The Reserve Bank Of India has released notification for the RBI Grade B exam notification 2025 and online application is going on. The application process for this exam has been started on September 10, 2025 and the online application process will continue till September 30, 2025 (till 06:00 PM). Threre are total 120 posts available under this recruitment for three diffrent categories of Grade B Posts. We will discuss everything for this RBI Grade B Exam and recruitment one by one to clear your concept. Let’s start with the quick summary table below.
RBI Grade B Exam 2025 Quick Summary
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Organisation Name | Reserve Bank of India |
| Post , Vacancy | 1. Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – General Cadre- 83 2. Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DEPR Cadre- 17 3. Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DSIM Cadre- 20 Total- 120 |
| Pay | Pay scale of ₹78450-4050(9)-114900-EB-4050(2)-123000-4650(4)-141600 (16years) and Monthly gross emoluments (without HRA) are ₹1,50,374/- (approximately +House Rent Allowance of 15% of Pay will be paid. |
| Age Limit (As on September 01, 2025) | 21 years and to 30 years. Relaxation available as per rules. |
| Last Date of Receiving Application | September 30, 2025 (till 06:00 PM)(Online) |
| Qualifications | Grade ‘B’ (DR) – General– Graduation or Post graduations in any discipline with 60% marks (PG 55 %)(50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants). Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DEPR– MA/ MSc in Economics/ Finance with 55% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants). Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DSIM-Master’s Degree with a minimum 55% in Statistics / Mathematics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics/ Quantitative Economics/ Econometrics/ Informatics or any other related branches recognized Indian/ Foreign University/ Institute approved/ recognized by Government/ UGC/ AICTE. |
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RBI Grade B Recruitment 2025 Impoprtant Dates
RBI has already decalared all the important dates related to this exam like application start date, application end date and also the examinations dates like Phase-I, Phase-II, Paper-I, II & III Online Examinations. Let’s note all the important dates one by one as mentioned below.
Application Submission Window
| Event | Important Dates |
|---|---|
| Opening Date for Online Registration of Applications and Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges | September 10, 2025 |
| Closing Date for Online Registration of Applications and Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges | September 30, 2025 (till 06:00 PM) |
Dates of Online/ Written Examinations
| Post | Name of the Examination | Important Dates** |
|---|---|---|
| Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR)- General | Phase-I: Online Examination | October 18, 2025 |
| Phase-II: Paper-I, II & III Online Examination | December 06, 2025 # | |
| ***Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR)- DEPR | Phase-I: Paper-I & II Online Examination | October 19, 2025 % |
| Phase-II: Paper-I & II Written Examination | December 07, 2025 % | |
| ***Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR)- DSIM | Phase-I: Paper-I Online Examination | October 19, 2025 |
| Phase-II: Paper-II & III Online / Written Examination | December 07, 2025 % |
RBI Grade B Exam 2025 Age & Age Relaxations
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on September 01, 2025 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than September 02, 1995 and not later than September 01, 2004.
| Category | Relaxation |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| Eligible Other Backward Classes | 3 years |
| Ex-employees of banking institutions whose services had to be terminated for reasons of economy or because of bank going into liquidation and personnel retrenched from Government Offices after at least one year’s service and currently registered with any Employment Exchange. | 5 years |
| Ex-servicemen | 5 years |
| PwBD candidates(Gen/ EWS,SC/ST, OBC PwBD) | 40 years 45 years 43 years |
| M.Phil. and Ph.D | 32 and 34 years respectively. |
Equivalent Percentage of CGPA/OGPA/CPI
For the candidates, if the University/Institute/ Board does not define criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into percentage of marks, in the degree/passing certificates, the undefined parameter(s) would be worked out as under:
| Equivalent CGPA/OGPA/CPI or similar terminologies allotted on a 10-point scale | Aggregate Percentage of Marks |
|---|---|
| 6.75 | 60% |
| 6.25 | 55% |
| 5.75 | 50% |
Scheme of Selection for RBI Grade B Exam
Selection for the aforementioned posts will be done through Online / Written examinations in Phase – I and Phase – II and Interview.
Link for Detailed scheme of selection syllabus is given below
Application Fee For RBI Grade B Exam 2025
The examination fees to apply for the RBI Grade exam is discussed below according to category.
| Category | Category | Amount* |
|---|---|---|
| SC/ST/PwBD | Intimation Charges only | ₹100/- + 18%GST |
| GEN/OBC/EWS | Application fee including Intimation Charges | ₹850/- + 18%GST |
| STAFF@ | Nil | Nil |
*Bank/Transaction charges are to be borne by the candidate.
@ Fee/Intimation charges waiver is only for those employees of RBI (Staff Candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria separately stipulated by the Bank vide its circular RBI circular CO. HRMD. No. G-75/ 5599/ 05.01.01/ 2013-2014 dated December 20, 2013 read with RBI circular CO.HRMD.No. G132 / 17000 /05.01.01 /2013-14 dated June 09, 2014 and para 5.16 of RBI Master Circular on Recruitment dated April 01, 2025
Mode of Application RBI Grade B Exam
Candidates are required to apply ONLINE only through the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in. No other mode for submission of application is available.
Brief instructions for filling up the “Online Application Form” are given in Appendix-I.
Closing Date of Receipt of Applications:
The Online Applications can be filled up to September 30, 2025 till 06:00 PM.
Pay Scale for RBI Grade B Exam
Selected candidates will draw a starting basic pay of ₹78,450/-p.m. in the pay scale of ₹78450-4050(9)-114900-EB-4050(2)-123000-4650(4)-141600 (16years) applicable to Officers in Grade ‘B’ and they will also be eligible for Special Allowance, Grade Allowance, Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, Special Grade Allowance, Learning Allowance, House Rent Allowance as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly gross emoluments (without HRA) are ₹1,50,374/- (approximately). The House Rent Allowance of 15% of Pay will be paid, if accommodation is not provided by the Bank.
How to Apply for RBI Grade B Exam
Candidates are required to apply only online using the website www.rbi.org.in and no other means/mode of application will be accepted. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are given at Appendix-I which is available on the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in
The applicants are advised to submit a single application for RBI Grade B Exam, however, if due to any unavoidable situation, if he/she submits another/multiple applications, then he/she must ensure that the application with the HIGHER egistration ID (RID) is complete in all respects like applicant’s details, examination Centre, photograph, signature, left thumb impression and handwriting undertaking, fee etc. The applicants who are submitting multiple applications should note that only the last completed applications with higher RID shall be entertained by the Board and Application Fee/Intimation Charges paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID.
Online Examination Centres RBI Grade B Exam
Phase-I – Grade ‘B’ (DR) – General
| State /UT/ NCR | Centre | State/UT/ NCR | Centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar (UT) | Port Blair | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Moga, Phagwara, Pathankot |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Tirupati, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, Eluru, Ongole | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Ujjain |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun | Maharashtra | Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Jalgoan, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Akola, Jalna, Chandrapur, Solapur, Dhule |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Manipur | Imphal, Kakching, Churachandpur |
| Bihar | Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Gaya, Purnea | Meghalaya | Shillong, Tura |
| Chandigarh (UT) | Mohali | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur, Bhilai, Bilaspur (CG) | Nagaland | Kohima, Dimapur |
| Goa | Panaji | Delhi | Delhi |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Anand, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar | Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Baripada, Puri |
| Haryana | Ambala, Hissar, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Gurugram | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Bharatpur, Sikar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur, Solan, Shimla, Bilaspur, Kangra | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Jammu & Kashmir (UT) | Jammu, Srinagar, Sambha, Baramulla | Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Salem, Namakkal, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Thanjavur, Vellore, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Viluppuram, Cuddalore, Ramanathapuram |
| Ladakh (UT) | Leh, Kargil | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Mehbubnagar, Nizamabad, Khammam |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Tripura | Agartala |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru, Kalaburagi(Gulbarga), Hubballi(Hubli), Dharwad, Mangaluru(Mangalore), Mysuru(Mysore), Shivamogga(Shimoga), Udupi | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Noida & Greater Noida, |
| Kerala | Kannur, Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
| Puducherry (UT) | Puducherry | West Bengal | Asansol, Kolkata, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri, Burdwan,Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah |
Phase-II – Grade ‘B’ (DR) – General
| Name of the Centres | |
| Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar | Jammu |
| Bengaluru, Mysuru (Mysore) | Kanpur |
| Bhopal | Ernakulam |
| Bhubaneswar | Lucknow |
| Kolkata | Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Raigad |
| Mohali | Nagpur |
| Chennai | New Delhi |
| Guwahati | Patna |
| Hyderabad | Pune |
| Jaipur | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Raipur | |
Phase-I and Phase-II – Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DEPR/DSIM
| Name of the Centres | |
| Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar | Jammu |
| Bengaluru, Mysuru (Mysore) | Kanpur |
| Bhopal | Ernakulam |
| Bhubaneswar | Lucknow |
| Kolkata | Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Raigad |
| Mohali | Nagpur |
| Chennai | New Delhi |
| Guwahati | Patna |
| Hyderabad | Pune |
| Jaipur | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Raipur | |
