NABARD Grade A 2024 Notification
The official notification of NABARD Grade A is not Released. Once NABARD releases the official Notification PDF, all the candidates can visit the official website and apply over there. Exam Dates of NABARD Grade A will also be mentioned in the notification. Also, details of dates of preliminary exam, main exam and interview of NABARD Grade A exam will be provided in this document.
NABARD Grade A 2024 Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Criteria is really an important factor that every candidate must check before applying for any exam. NABARD Grade A has prescribed educational qualification eligibility for all the streams of the exam. Read the information given below to know about the eligibility for NABARD Grade A Exam 2024.
Here we are providing you NABARD Grade A Eligibility Criteria, Age Relaxation and Education Qualification.
NABARD Grade A 2024 Age Limit
- Minimum Age: 21 years
- Maximum Age: 30 years
As per the NABARD Grade A Notification 2024, the candidate must be between 21 and 30 years
NABARD Grade A Age Relaxation
Upper age limit may be relaxed by -
- 03 years in case of eligible OBC applicants,
- a maximum of 05 years in case of : (i) Applicants belonging to SC/ST , if the posts are reserved for them (ii) Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) provided that the applicants have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability or have been released on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or on invalidation (iii) Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers who have completed their initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service but whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case, on selection, the Ministry of Defence issues certificates that they would be released within 03 months from the date of receipt of offer of appointment, (iv) Children/family members of victims died in the1984 riots.
- 10 years for PWBD (General); 13 years for PWBD (OBC) and 15 years for PWBD
(SC/ST) applicants.
NOTE: NO CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY
APPLICANT, SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE.
NABARD Grade A 2024 Educational Qualification
The NABARD Grade A Educational Qualification details of different posts have been given below for your reference:
Generalist Post
Bachelor's Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.
or
Post Graduate degree, MBA/PGDM with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.
or
CA/ CS/ICWA OR PhD from Institutions recognized by GOI/UGC.
In case University/Institute defines criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the same will be accepted. However, where the University/Institute does not define criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the undefined parameter(s) would be worked out as under:
Equivalent CGPA/ OGPA/ CPI or similar terminologies allotted on a 10-point scaleClass / DivisionAggregate % of Marks
| | |
6.75 | I (First) | 60% |
6.25 | II (Second) | 55% |
5.75 | II (Second) | 50% |
5.25 | II (Second) | 45% |
Aggregate Grade Point or percentage of marks where awarded would mean aggregate over the entire duration of the course.
General Agriculture
Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.
or
Post-Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/ Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution.
Agriculture Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture Engineering with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.
or
Post-Graduate degree in Agriculture Engineering with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution.
Animal Husbandry
Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.
and/or
Post Graduate degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.
Land Development – Soil Science
Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with 60% marks (PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.
or
Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution.
Fisheries
Bachelor's degree in Fisheries Science from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate
or
Postgraduate degree in Fisheries Science with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate.
Forestry
Bachelor's degree in Forestry from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate
or
Postgraduate degree in Forestry with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.
Plantation/Horticulture
Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate
or
Post Graduate degree in Horticulture with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.
Water Resources
Bachelor's degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology /Irrigation /Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 60% marks (PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate
or
Post Graduate degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology/Irrigation /Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 55% marks in aggregate (PWBD applicants 50%) from a recognized University.
Finance
BBA (Finance/Banking) / BMS (Finance/Banking) with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%)
or
Two years full-time P.G. Diploma in Management (Finance) / Full-time MBA (Finance) degree with 55% (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 50%) from Institutions/ Universities recognized by GoI /UGC with Bachelor's Degree in any discipline. Candidates will be required to submit a certificate from Institution/University regarding specialization in finance
or
Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%)
or
Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institution with Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained on or before 01-07-2021 OR CFA.
Computer & Information Technology
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate
or
A postgraduate degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized university.
NABARD Grade A Exam Dates
Here we are providing you NABARD Grade A Exam Dates so that all the candidates can start their exam preparation as soon as possible and crack NABARD Grade A Exam.
Particulars | NABARD Grade A Important Dates |
NABARD Grade A Notification Release | To be notified soon |
Apply Online Start Date | To be notified soon |
Last Date to Apply Online | To be notified soon |
Prelims Admit Card Release | To be notified soon |
Prelims Exam Date | To be notified soon |
Mains Admit Card Release | To be notified soon |
Mains Exam Date | To be notified soon |
Interview Result | To be notified soon |
NABARD Grade A Application Fees 2024 (Expected)
The NABARD Grade A 2024 Notification PDF will be released soon on the official Website. After the application form is completed, candidates are taken to the payment gateway. Candidates can pay through Debit Card (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Card, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Card/Mobile Wallet through any mode. You can pay the application fee of NABARD Grade A. If you don't make the payment, the application form can be cancelled, so all the candidates should make the payment along with filing the application form.
Category of applicant | Application Fee | Intimation charges | Total |
For SC/ ST/ PWBD | NIL | 150 | 150 |
For all others | 650 | 150 | 800 |
Staff @ | @ | @ | @ |
Exclusive of applicable GST
@All NABARD employees satisfying the educational qualification criteria would be eligible to apply. They will be required to pay fee/intimation charges as indicated above at the time of online application, which will be reimbursed on submission of fee receipt only to those employees of NABARD (Staff Candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post. The status as staff candidate will be verified at the time of interview.
NABARD Grade A Nos of Attempts
There is no limit on the number of attempts for NABARD Grade A Recruitment, but the age limit is well decided by the recruitment board, so a candidate can apply for NABARD Grade A only if he fulfills the age limit criteria. Thus National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided that candidates between 18 years to 27 years can apply for NABARD Grade A 2024.
NABARD Grade A Selection Process
As per the NABARD Grade A notification, the selection process of NABARD Grade A is classified into three stages, first all the candidates have to crack the prelims exam, then those candidates who crack the preliminary exam are moved to the Mains exam. After cracking the Mains exam, they face the interview Process.
- Preliminary Exam
- Mains Exam
- Interview
NABARD Grade A Exam 2024
Here we have provided NABARD Grade A Syllabus for Phase I, Phase II and Phase III Exams, which will help the candidates a lot. NABARD Exam Pattern 2024 is divided into three phases:
- Preliminary Exam (Phase I): Objective Type Paper
- Mains Exam (Phase II): Objective Type Paper & Online Descriptive Type
- Interview (phase III)
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Pattern
Here we are providing NABARD Grade A Exam Pattern, Preliminary Exam Pattern to the candidates, so that all NABARD Grade A candidates can get an idea of the exam.
Name of the Test | No. of Question | No. Of Marks |
Test of Reasoning | 20 | 20 |
English Language | 30 | 30 |
Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 |
Decision Making | 10 | 10 |
General Awareness | 20 | 20 |
Economic & Social Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 |
Agriculture & Rural Development (with emphasis on Rural India) | 40 | 40 |
Total | 200 | 200 |
Time: Composite time of 120 Minutes for all the tests together |
Important Pointers to Note for Preliminary Exam.
- Qualifying Section - Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making.
- Merit Section - General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India.
- Shortlisting of the candidates for the Main exam will be based on marks scored in the merit section only.
NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern
Here we have provided you with the exam pattern of NABARD Grade A Mains Exam, so that you are aware about how many sections are there in NABARD Grade A Mains exam (Phase 2) and how many marks do they carry.
NABARD Grade A Main Exam Pattern for the post of Generalist
Paper | Grade A | Type of Paper | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration | Remarks |
Paper I | General English | Online Descriptive | 3 | 100 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard |
Paper II | ESI & ARD | Objective | 30 | 50 | 30 Minutes | |
| | Descriptive Type | 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] | 50 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards) |
NABARD Grade A Main Exam Pattern for the post of Specialist
Paper | Grade A | Type of Paper | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration | Remarks |
Paper I | General English | Online Descriptive | 3 | 100 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard |
Paper II | Stream Specific Paper | Objective | 30 | 50 | 30 Minutes | |
| | Descriptive Type | 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] | 50 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards) |
NABARD Grade A Main Exam Pattern for the post of Rajbhasha
Paper | Grade A | Type of Paper | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration | Remarks |
Paper I | General English | Online Descriptive | 3 | 100 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard |
Paper II | Stream Specific Paper | Objective | 30 | 50 | 30 Minutes | |
| | Descriptive Type | 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each] | 50 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard in Hindi ( with Remington /Inscript keyboard) |
Important Note: Negative Marking
- For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty in Preliminary and Mains, both.
NABARD Grade A 2024 Officer Interview
Interview - 50 Marks
- The calling ratio to qualify for the main examination and interview would be a maximum of 1:25 and 1:3.
- The final selection and ranking of the applicants for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade 'A' (RDBS/Rajbhasha) will be based on their performance in the Phase-II Main Examination and Interview, taken together.
NABARD Grade A Vacancies 2024
NABARD Grade A 2024 Vacancy will be released soon on the official website. You can get an idea of upcoming vacancies from previous year vacancies so we are providing you NABARD Grade A post-wise and category-wise vacancies of 2022.
NABARD Grade A Post-Wise Vacancy 2022
Post | Vacancy |
Assistant Manager In NABARD Grade A (RDBS) | 161 |
Assistant Manager in NABARD Grade A (Rajbhasha) | 07 |