IBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 Out for 4256 Scale I Officer Vacancies in Regional Rural Banks, Download PDF, Apply from 1 Sept 2026

IBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 PDF for the recruitment of 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A) vacancies under the Common Recruitment Process (CRP-RRB-XV) in Participating Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) was released on the IBPS official website on 1 September 2026. Candidates can now start filling out their IBPS RRB PO 2026 Online Application from 1 September 2026 @https://www.ibps.in/. Download IBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 PDF here and apply before the deadline 21 September 2026 for Group A Scale I Officer posts in Participating Regional Rural Banks in India here from Veranda RACE. Download official notification PDF, check eligibility criteria, participating RRBs, vacancies, important dates, Prelims exam date, Mains exam date, Interview date, Prelims exam pattern, Mains exam pattern, age limit, educational qualification, selection process, apply online direct link, application fee, exam centres and other details from Veranda RACE.

IBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 Out for 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A) Vacancies

TheIBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 PDF, the common recruitment process popularly known as the RRB Scale I Officer Exam, for recruitment and selection of personnel for 4256 Scale I Officers (Group A) vacancies in Participating Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) was released officially by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on 1 September 2026 under CRP-RRB -XVI.

A total of4256 Scale I Officer (Group A) vacanciesin Regional Rural Banks were announced through this IBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 PDF by the IBPS through this common recruitment process.

Candidates who are interested and fulfil the required eligibility can start filling their online application forms for the IBPS RRB Scale I Officer Recruitment 2026 Selection Processstarting from 1 September 2026and registrations are open on the official IBPS official website (https://www.ibps.in/).

Candidates can find the complete information about the IBPS RRB Scale I Exam Recruitment Notification PDF 2026 andapply before 21 September 2026 for the direct recruitment of 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A) in the Participating RRBs in India.

Candidates who wish to download the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF for the recruitment of 4256 Scale I RRB officer vacancies in the Participating Regional Rural Banks can find the direct link in this Veranda RACE IBPS RRB PO Recruitment blog post below:

IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF – 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A) Vacancies – Download PDF Here

The online registration for the IBPS RRB Scale I Officer 2026 Recruitment starts from1 September 2026. Candidates can apply for this IBPS RRB PO 2026 Recruitment Selection Process until21 September 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026: Overview

Candidates who are interested and fulfill the eligibility criteria to apply for the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026 can find the comprehensive overview for the selection process of 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A) vacancies in the Regional Rural Banks in Scale I cadre below:

IBPS RRB PO Apply Online 2026

Interested candidates who fulfill the required eligibility criteria such as the IBPS RRB PO Educational Qualification, IBPS RRB PO Age Limit, etc., as mentioned in the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF can apply online through thisIBPS RRB PO Apply Online 2026 Direct Link:

IBPS RRB PO 2026 Recruitment – 4256 Scale I Assistant Manager Vacancies - Direct Online Application Link to Apply

Interested candidates who are eligible to apply for the IBPS RRB PO Sarkar Naukri Bank Recruitment 2026 can begin to apply on theIBPS official websiteor using theIBPS RRB PO 2026 Direct Online Application linkfrom Veranda RACE starting from 1 September 2026.

The last date to apply for the IBPS RRB PO Scale I Officer 2026 Recruitment for the direct recruitment of Scale I Assistant Manager posts in the Participating Regional Rural Banks is 21 September 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Important Dates 2026

Eligible candidates can find the IBPS RRB PO Important Dates 2026 that has been announced in the IBPS RRB PO Notification PDF 2026 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) in the below table:

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Dates 2026

The IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Date 2026 is scheduled to be held on 21 November 2026 and 22 November 2026 in various IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Centres 2026.The IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Dates 2026 were already announced officially in the IBPS Bank Exam Calendar 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Date 2026

As announced in the IBPS Annual Exam Planner 2026-27 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, the IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Date 2026 will be held on 20 December 2026 in various IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Centres for candidates who clear the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Interview Date 2026

The IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026 will be held for candidates who have provisionally cleared the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026. It will be held at exam centres tentatively in January 2027.

IBPS RRB PO Vacancies 2026

TheIBPS has announced a total of 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A Assistant Manager) posts in the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment Notification 2026 PDF as part of CRP-RRB-XV.

Here, candidates can find the detailed IBPS RRB PO bank-wise vacancies in 2026 segregated according to the regional rural banks (RRBs) and category as mentioned in the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF in the table below:

Gujarat Gramin Bank has the highest number of IBPS RRB PO vacancies in the IBPS RRB PO Notification 2026 with 600 Vacancies followed by Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank with 425 vacancies.

Tamil Nadu has been listed with 90 RRB PO vacancies for Tamil Nadu Grama Bank. Kerala has been allotted 55 RRB PO vacancies, while Karnataka has been listed with 300 RRB PO vacancies for Karnataka Grameena Bank.

IBPS RRB PO Eligibility Criteria 2026

Candidates applying for the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026 for the direct recruitment to the posts of 4256 Scale I Officer (Group A Assistant Manager) vacancies in the 28 Participating Regional Rural Banks should fulfill the following eligibility criteria to apply or register online for the IBPS RRB PO Scale I Officer Recruitment 2026 Selection Process under CRP-RRB-XV.

The IBPS RRB Scale I Officer PO Eligibility Criteria 2026 for the recruitment of Assistant Manager (Scale I) vacancies include Nationality, IBPS RRB PO Educational Qualification 2026, IBPS RRB PO Age Limit 2026, IBPS RRB PO Age Relaxation 2026, etc., which are discussed below in detail in this Veranda RACE IBPS RRB PO blog post:

Nationality

Candidates applying for the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026 must be either acitizen of India(or) a subject of Nepal (or) a subject of Bhutan (or) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India (or) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

IBPS RRB PO Age Limit 2026

Interested candidates who are applying for the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026 for the direct recruitment of4256 Scale I Officers (Group A Assistant Managers) in the Participating RRBs should be between the following ages as mentioned in the official notification of the IBPS RRB Scale I Officer Recruitment PDF in 2026:

The cut-off date to determine the upper age limit for the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026 will be 1 September 2026 as mentioned in the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF.

Eligible candidates from reserved categories will get IBPS RRB PO Age Relaxation in the upper age limit according to the government rules.

Candidates should not have been born earlier than 2 September 1996 and later than 1 September 2005 (both dates inclusive) in order to apply for IBPS RRB PO 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Age Relaxation 2026

Candidates who wish to seek age relaxation in the upper age limit based on their categories for the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Recruitment can take note of the following table containing the age relaxation details for various categories for 4256 RRB Group A Assistant Manager vacancies in 2026:

The IBPS RRB PO maximum age limit for the recruitment of RRB Scale I Group A Officer in the Participating Regional Rural Banks specified is applicable to General category and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category candidates.

Candidates seeking age relaxation in the upper age limit will be required to submit necessary certificates in original along with photocopies at the time of IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026.

The date of issuance of the OBC (NCL) certificate issues should be on or after 1 April 2026 till the date of the IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026 date.

IBPS RRB PO Educational Qualification 2026

Candidates who submit their online application for the IBPS RRB PO Scale 1 Officer Recruitment 2026 should have the following education qualification and Post Qualification experience as on 21 September 2026 as mentioned in the IBPS RRB Scale I Officer 2026 Recruitment Notification PDF:

Thecut-off dateto determine the educational qualification for the IBPS RRB PO Recruitment 2026 will be21 September 2026as mentioned in the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF.

Candidates should be proficient in the local language for Office Scale I Recruitment as specified by the Regional Rural Bank. Candidates who have already studied the language of the state in Class VIII or any level above Class VIII in Government recgonised boards of school or having any certificate to the effect for Class VIII or any level above Class VIII would be considered proficient in that language.

IBPS RRB PO Selection Process 2026

The following steps are included in the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Selection Process for the direct recruitment of Scale I Officer (Group A Assistant Manager) in the 28 Participating Regional Rural Banks (RRBs):

IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026

IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026

IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026

The IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 is a screening / qualifying round and the first stage of the IBPS RRB PO Selection Process 2026.

Candidates who clear the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 will be called to attend the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 qualifying round.

Candidates who qualify in the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 will be called for the IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026 by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the assistance of NABARD and IBPS.

The IBPS RRB PO Final Merit List 2026 will be prepared based on the combined final score of the candidates on the basis scored obtained by the candidates in the IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam 2026 and IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026

In the recently released IBPS RRB PO 2026 Notification PDF, IBPS has officially released IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026.

This IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 consists of the following two sections:

• Reasoning – 40 marks
• Quantitative Aptitude – 40 marks

The IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 will be an online objective test conducted for 80 questions for a total of 80 marks.

The time duration of the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 will be 45 mins. The IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 will have sectional timing. The reasoning section will have a sectional timing of 25 mins and the quantitative aptitude section will have a sectional timing of 20 mins.

There will be negative marking(penalty) ofone-fourth marks / 0.25 marks assigned to the questionfor each wrong answer in the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026.

There will be a sectional cut-off in the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 and candidates have to clear the cut-off in each section.

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026:

Total Questions:80 questions

Total Marks:80 marks

Time Duration:45 minutes

Sections: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude

Negative Marking:1/4^thmarks

Sectional Timing:Yes

Sectional Cut-Off: Yes

Here, you can find the detailed IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026 in the below table:

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Pattern 2026

Candidates who clear the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2026 will be called to attend the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026.

The IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 will consist of the following five sections in the objective paper:

• Reasoning – 50 marks
• Computer Knowledge – 20 marks
• General Awareness – 40 marks
• English / Hindi Language – 40 marks
• Quantitative Aptitude – 50 marks

The IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 will be an online objective. The objective test will be conducted for 200 questions for a total of 200 marks.

The IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 will have sectional timing in the objective test.

There will be negative markingofone-fourth marks / 0.25 marks assigned to the questionfor each wrong answer in the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 in the objective test.

There will be a sectional cut-off in the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 and candidates have to clear the cut-off in each section.

Here, you can find the detailed IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Pattern 2026 for the objective test in the below table:

IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026

Candidates who qualify the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 will be called for a Personal Interview.

The total marks in the IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026 will be 100 marks. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40 $ (35% for SC / ST / OBC / PwBD candidates).

The combined final score of the candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of the scores obtained by the candidates in the IBPS RRB PO Mains 2026 and IBPS RRB PO Interview 2026 of CRP-RBR-XV.

IBPS RRB PO Application Fee 2026

The prescribed online application fee that candidates applying for the IBPS RRB PO Selection Process 2026 have to pay according to their community or category is mentioned below in the table for the reference from Veranda RACE:

Candidates (Except SC/ST/PwBD) are required to pay a fee of ₹ 850 (inclusive of GST) only using online payment either by Internet banking facility of any bank or by using Credit/Debit Card/BHIM/UPI payments/Mobile wallets.

IBPS RRB PO Application Fee 2026:

General/EWS/OBC Candidates: ₹ 850 (inclusive of GST)

SC/ST/PwBD Candidates: ₹ 175 (inclusive of GST)

The last date for the payment of the IBPS RRB PO 2026 Online Application Fee and Intimation Charges is 21 September 2026.

IBPS RRB PO Salary 2026

The post of RRB Scale I Officer (Group A) / Assistant Manager posts is one of the most sought-after posts among the Bank jobs in the Indian Regional Rural Banks.

The IBPS RRB Scale I Officer Salary in hand ranges around ₹74,000 to ₹76,000 with various allowances such as DA, HRA and other special allowances as admissible as per the rules of the Participating Regional Rural Banks applicable from time to time.

IBPS RRB PO Exam Centres 2026

Candidates applying for the IBPS RRB PO Exam 2026 for the direct recruitment of Scale I Officer / Group A Assistant Manager can check the IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Centres and IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Centres here.

IBPS RRB PO Participating Regional Rural Banks in 2026

Candidates can find the list of participating Regional Rural Banks as part of CRP-RRB-XV through IBPS RRB PO Scale I Officer Recruitment in 2026:

Important Links for IBPS RRB PO 2026

How to Prepare for IBPS RRB PO 2026?

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Veranda RACE specialises in training aspirants for roles like Probationary Officer (PO), Clerk /Junior Associate (JA), Circle Based Officer (CBO), Specialist Officer (SO), System Based Officer (SBO), RBR Scale I Assistant Manager Officer and Office Assistant in public sector banks, regional rural banks and general insurance firms.

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More than 1700 students from Veranda RACE have cleared the IBPS Exams like IBPS RRB PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO, IBPS RRB PO, IBPS RRB Office Assistant, etc. in 2024 alone.

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