IBPS SO Notification 2026 Out for 745 Scale I Specialist Cadre Officer Vacancies, Download PDF, Apply Now at ibps.in

July 1, 2026

IBPS SO Notification 2026 PDF for the recruitment of 745 Specialist Officer (SO) vacancies under CRP SPL-XVI in Participating Public Sector Banks was released on the IBPS official website on 1 July 2026. Candidates can now start filling out their IBPS SO 2026 Online Application from 1 July 2026 @https://www.ibps.in/. Download IBPS SO Notification 2026 PDF here and apply before the deadline 21 July 2026 for various Scale I Officer posts in the Specialist Cadre in Participating Public Sector Banks here from Veranda RACE. Download official notification PDF, check eligibility, vacancy details, important dates, exam pattern, age limit, educational qualification, selection process, apply online and other details from Veranda RACE.

IBPS SO Notification 2026 Out for 745 Vacancies

TheIBPS SO Notification 2026 PDFfor the common recruitment process for recruitment and selection of personnel for 745 Scale 1 Officervacancies in Specialist Cadre in Participating Public Sector Banks was released officially by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on 1 July 2026 under CRP SPL-XVI for the year 2027-28.

IBPS SO Notification 2026 Out for 745 Scale I Specialist Cadre Officer Vacancies, Download PDF, Apply Now at ibps.in

A total of745 Scale 1 Officer vacanciesin the Specialist Officer Cadre was announced through the IBPS SO Notification 2026 PDF by the IBPS for 2027-28.

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

Candidates can find the complete information about the IBPS Specialist Officer Scale 1 Recruitment Notification PDF 2026 andapply before 21 July 2026 for the direct recruitment of 745 Scale I Specialist Officers in the Participating Public Sector Banks. Vacancies were announced for the Scale 1 Officer posts for IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer (AFO), Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer.

Candidates who wish to download the IBPS SO 2026 Notification PDF for the recruitment of 745 SO Scale 1 officer vacancies in the Participating Public Sector Banks can find the direct link in this Veranda RACE IBPS SO Recruitment blog post below:

IBPS SO 2026 Notification PDF – 745 Scale 1 Specialist Officer Vacancies – Download PDF Here

The online registration for the IBPS SO 2026 Recruitment starts from1 July 2026. Candidates can apply for this IBPS Specialist Officer SO Scale 1 2026 Recruitment Selection Process until21 July 2026.

IBPS SO Recruitment 2026: Overview

Candidates who are interested and fulfill the eligibility criteria to apply for the IBPS Specialist Officer SO Recruitment 2026 can find the comprehensive overview for the selection process of 745 Scale 1 Officer vacancies in the Participating Public Sector Banks cadre below:

IBPS SO Recruitment 2026: Overview
Conducting Body	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Recruitment Name	IBPS SO 2026
Post	IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Marketing Officer
Recruitment Cycle	CRP SPL -XVI
Vacancies	745
Apply Online Registration Dates	1 July 2026 to 21 July 2026
Educational Qualification	Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant disciplines (acc. to post)
Age Limit	20 to 30 years
Salary	₹76,000 (Approx.)
Category	Bank Job / Govt. Bank Job
IBPS SO Selection Process	Prelims, Mains, Personality Test, Interview
Official Website	https://www.ibps.in/

IBPS SO Apply Online 2026

Interested candidates who fulfill the required eligibility criteria such as the IBPS SO Educational Qualification, IBPS SO Age Limit, etc., as mentioned in the IBPS SO Scale 1 Specialist Officer 2026 Notification PDF can apply online through thisIBPS SO Apply Online 2026 Direct Link:

IBPS SO 2026 Recruitment – 745 SO Scale 1 Officer Vacancies - Direct Online Application Link to Apply

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

The last date to apply for the IBPS SO Specialist Officer 2026 Recruitment for the direct recruitment of Scale 1 Officer in the Specialist Cadre in the Participating Public Sector Banks is 21 July 2026.

IBPS SO Important Dates 2026

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

IBPS SO Important Dates 2026
Event	Important Dates
Notification Release Date	1 July 2026
Online Application Start Date	1 July 2026
Online Application Last Date	21 July 2026
Last Date to Pay Application Fee / Intimation Charges	21 July 2026
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Date 2026	29 August 2026
IBPS SO Mains Exam Date 2026	1 November 2026
IBPS SO Interview Date 2026	December 2026
Provisional Allotment	January 2027

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Date 2026

The IBPS SO Prelims Exam Date 2026 is scheduled to be held on 29 August 2026 in various IBPS SO Prelims Exam Centres 2026. The IBPS SO Prelims Exam Date 2026 was already announced in the IBPS Bank Exam Calendar 2026 PDF.

IBPS SO Mains Exam Date 2026

As announced in the IBPS Annual Exam Planner 2026-27 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), the IBPS SO Mains Exam Date 2026 will be held on 1 November 2026 in various IBPS SO Mains Exam Centres for candidates who clear the IBPS SO Prelims 2026.

IBPS SO Participating Banks 2026

The following 11 public sector banks (PSBs) are participating in the upcoming IBPS SO Exam 2026-27 (CRP-SPL-XVI) Selection Process.

Find the participating public sector banks in the IBPS SO Specialist Officer Exam 2026 here:

Bank of Baroda (BOB)

Bank of India

Bank of Maharashtra

Canara Bank

Central Bank of India (CBI)

Indian Bank

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)

Punjab National Bank (PNB)

Punjab & Sind Bank

UCO Bank

Union Bank of India (UBI)

IBPS SO Vacancies 2026

TheIBPS has announced a total of 745 Scale 1 Officer posts in Specialist Cadre in the IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2026 PDF.

Here, candidates can find the detailed IBPS SO post-wise vacancies in 2026 segregated according to the category and banks as mentioned in the IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 Notification PDF in the table below:

IBPS SO Post-wise Vacancies 2026
Post	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total
IT Officer (Scale 1)	46	23	82	28	122	301
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale 1)	28	13	51	19	73	190
Law Officer (Scale 1)	14	6	26	10	49	105
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale 1)	11	6	21	8	43	89
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale 1)	8	3	15	6	28	60
Marketing Officer (Scale 1)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Vacancies						745

The post of IT Officer (Scale 1) has the highest number of IBPS SO vacancies in the IBPS SO Notification 2026 with 301 vacancies.

Marketing Officer (Scale 1) has the lowest number of IBPS SO vacancies as listed in the IBPS SO Notification 2026 with no vacancies listed.

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2026

Candidates applying for the IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 for the direct recruitment to the posts of 745 Scale 1 SO Officer vacancies in the 11 Participating Public Sector Banks should fulfill the following eligibility criteria to apply or register online for the IBPS Specialist Officer SO Recruitment 2026 Selection Process.

The IBPS Scale 1 Specialist Officer Eligibility Criteria 2026 for the recruitment of Scale 1 Officer vacancies include Nationality, IBPS SO Educational Qualification 2026, IBPS SO Age Limit 2026, IBPS SO Age Relaxation 2026, etc., which are discussed below in detail in this Veranda RACE blog post:

Nationality

Candidates applying for the IBPS SO 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 SO Age Limit 2026

Interested candidates who are applying for the IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 for the direct recruitment of745 Scale 1 Specialist Officer in the Participating Public Sector Banks should be between the following ages as mentioned in the official notification of the IBPS SO Recruitment PDF in 2026:

IBPS SO Age Limit 2026
Posts	Minimum Age	Maximum Age
Scale 1 Specialist Officer	20 years	30 years

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

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

IBPS SO Age Relaxation 2026

Candidates who wish to seek age relaxation in the upper age limit based on their categories for the IBPS SO 2026 Recruitment can take note of the following table containing the age relaxation details for various categories for 745 Scale 1 Specialist SO Officer vacancies in 2026:

IBPS SO Recruitment 2025: Age Relaxation
Community/Category	Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
SC / ST Candidates	5 years
OBC (Non-creamy Layer) Candidates	3 years
Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)	10 years
Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs) / Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service	5 years

Candidates applying for the IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 must have been born not earlier than 2 July 1996 and not later than 1 July 2006 (both dates inclusive).

The IBPS SO maximum age limit for the recruitment of Scale 1 Specialist SO Officer in the Participating Public Sector 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 SO 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 SO Interview 2026 date.

IBPS SO Educational Qualification 2026

Candidates who submit their online application for the IBPS Scale 1 Specialist SO Officer Recruitment 2026 should have the following education qualification as on 21 July 2026 as mentioned in the IBPS SO 2026 Notification PDF:

IBPS SO Educational Qualification 2026
Posts	Educational Qualification
IT Officer (Scale 1)	4-year Engineering/Technology Degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications, Information Technology, Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunication, Electronics & Communication, Electronics & Instrumentation (or) Postgraduate Degree in the relevant disciplines (or) Graduate with DOEACC ‘B’ Level
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale 1)	4-year Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Dairy Science, Fishery Science, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing & Cooperation, Co-operation & Banking, Agro-Forestry, Forestry, Agricultural Biotechnology, Food Science, Agriculture Business Management, Food Technology, Dairy Technology, Agricultural Engineering, or Sericulture
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale 1)	Postgraduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at graduation level (or)Postgraduate Degree in Sanskrit with Hindi and English as subjects at graduation level
Marketing Officer (Scale 1)	Graduate with a two-year full-time MMS (Marketing), MBA (Marketing), PGDBA, PGDBM, PGPM, or PGDM with specialisation in Marketing
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale 1)	Graduate with a two-year full-time Postgraduate Degree/Diploma in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, HR, HRD, Social Work or Labour Law.
Law Officer (Scale 1)	Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council

Thecut-off dateto determine the educational qualification for the IBPS Specialist Scale 1 Officer Recruitment 2026 will be21 July 2026as mentioned in the IBPS SO 2026 Notification PDF.

It has mentioned in the IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2026 that for posts other than IT Officer (Scale 1) candidates should have Certificate / Diploma / Degree in Computer Operations / Language / should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School / College / Institute. Candidates can apply for only one post.

IBPS SO Selection Process 2026

The IBPS Specialist SO Scale 1 Officer Recruitment comprises of three stages in its recruitment selection process:

IBPS SO Prelims 2026

IBPS SO Mains 2026

IBPS SO Interview 2026

IBPS will hold the IBPS SO Prelims 2026, which will be followed by the IBPS SO Mains 2026. IBPS SO Prelims 2026 will be a qualifying / screening exam and the ultimate selection is made by combining the marks from the IBPS SO Mains 2026 and the IBPS SO Interview 2026.

To be chosen in the end and find your name in the IBPS SO Final Merit List 2026, it is crucial to perform well on the IBPS SO Mains 2026 and in the IBPS SO Interview 2026.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026

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

The IBPS SO Prelims 2026 will be an online objective test conducted for 100 questions for a total of 125 marks.

The duration of the IBPS SO Prelims 2026 will have sectional timing of 20 minutes for each section.

There will be negative markingofone-fourth marks (0.25 marks) assigned to the questionfor each wrong answer in the IBPS SO Prelims 2026. There will be a sectional cut-off in the IBPS SO Prelims 2026 and candidates have to clear the cut-off in each section.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026:

Total Questions:100 questions

Total Marks:120 marks

Time Duration:80 minutes

Sections:English Language, Quantitative Aptitude / General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry, Reasoning, Professional Knowledge

Negative Marking:1/4^thmarks

Sectional Timing:Yes

Sectional Cut-Off: Yes

Here, you can find the detailed IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026 in the table:

For the Post of Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari:

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2026
Section	Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	25	25	20 minutes
Reasoning	25	25	20 minutes
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	25	25	20 minutes
Professional Knowledge	25	50	20 minutes
Total	100	125	80 minutes

For the Post of IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer & Marketing Officer:

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
Section	Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	25	25	20 minutes
Reasoning	25	25	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	25	25	20 minutes
Professional Knowledge	25	50	20 minutes
Total	100	125	80 minutes

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2026

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

The IBPS SO 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 SO Mains 2026 in the objective test.

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

Here, you can find the detailed IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2026 for various posts in the below table:

For the Post of Law Officer:

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2026
Section	Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	25 minutes
Reasoning	40	40	35 minutes
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	30	30	20 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	50	100	45 minutes
Total	150	200	125 minutes
Descriptive Paper (English)	2	25	30 minutes
Total		225 marks	155 minutes

For the Post of Rajbbhasha Adhikari:

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2026
Section	Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	25 minutes
Reasoning	40	40	35 minutes
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	30	30	20 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	50	100	45 minutes
Total	150	200	125 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive Paper)	2	25	30 minutes
Total		225 marks	155 minutes

For the Post of IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer & Marketing Officer:

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
Section	Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	25 minutes
Reasoning	40	40	35 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	30	30	25 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	50	100	40 minutes
Total	150	200	125 minutes
Descriptive Paper (English)	2	25	30 minutes
Total		225 marks	155 minutes

In the IBPS SO Mains 2026, all tests except Professional Knowledge will be qualifying in nature and merit listing will be done on the basis of candidates’ scores in test of Professional Knowledge.

IBPS SO Interview 2026

Candidates who qualify the IBPS SO Mains 2026 will be called to attend the IBPS SO Interview 2026.

The total marks in the IBPS SO Interview 2026 will be 100 marks.

The combined final score of the candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of the scores obtained by the candidates in the IBPS SO Mains 2026 in the Professional Knowledge section and IBPS SO Interview 2026 of CRP-SPL-XVI. The relative weightage (ratio) of Online Main Exam and Interview 2ill be 80:20 respectively.

IBPS SO Application Fee 2026

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

IBPS SO Application Fee 2026
Category / Community	Exam Fee
All candidates (Except SC/ST/PwBD)	₹ 850 (inclusive of GST)
SC/ST/PwBD	₹ 175 (inclusive of GST)

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 SO 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 SO 2026 Online Application Fee and Intimation Charges is 21 July 2026.

IBPS SO Salary 2026

The post of Scale 1 Officer posts in the Specialist cadre is one of the most sought-after Specialist Officer posts among the Bank jobs in the Indian Public Sector Banks.

The IBPS SO Initial Basic Pay starts from ₹48,480. The IBPS SO Salary also comes with various allowances such as DA, HRA and other special allowances as admissible as per the rules of the Participating Public Sector Banks applicable from time to time.

IBPS SO Salary / Pay Scale 2026
Post	Scale 1 Officer
Starting Basic Pay	₹48,480 per month
Pay Scale	₹48,480 – 2,000/7 – 62,480 – 2,340/2 – 67,160 – 2,680/7 – 85,920
Allowances	Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), Special Allowances, City Compensatory Allowance (CCA), Medical Benefits, Travel & Other Perks

IBPS SO Exam Centres 2026

Candidates applying for the IBPS SO Exam 2026 for the direct recruitment of Specialist SO Officers can check the IBPS SO Prelims Exam Centres and IBPS SO Prelims Mains Exam Centres here.

IBPS SO Exam Centres 2026
State Code	State / UT / NCR	Prelims Exam Centre	Mains Exam Centre
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Ananthapur, Chirala, Guntur/Vijayawada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram	Guntur/Vijayawada, Kurnool, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun	Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar
15	Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea	Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali	Chandigarh/Mohali
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai/Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur	Bhilai/Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur
18	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Surat	Surat
19	Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad	Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad
20	Goa	Panaji	Panaji
21	Gujarat	Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Anand, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat/Bardoli, Vadodara	Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat/Bardoli, Vadodara
22	Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra
23	Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra, Kullu, Shimla, Una	Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Una
24	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar
25	Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
26	Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belagavi (Belgaum), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Dharwad/Hubballi (Hubli), Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi	Bengaluru, Belagavi (Belgaum), Dharwad/Hubballi (Hubli), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi
27	Kerala	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
28	Ladakh	Leh, Kargil	Leh, Kargil
29	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	Kavaratti
30	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain	Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, Ujjain
31	Maharashtra	Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai/MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Solapur, Sangli, Satara	Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai/MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune
32	Manipur	Churachandpur, Imphal, Kakching, Thoubal	Churachandpur, Imphal, Kakching, Thoubal
33	Meghalaya	Shillong, Tura	Shillong, Tura
34	Mizoram	Aizawl	Aizawl
35	Nagaland	Kohima, Dimapur	Kohima, Dimapur
36	Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur	Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur
37	Puducherry	Puducherry	Puducherry
38	Punjab	Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Patiala, Phagwara	Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Patiala, Phagwara
39	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur	Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Sikar
40	Sikkim	Gangtok	Gangtok
41	Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Namakkal, Nagercoil/Kanyakumari, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Tiruppur	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar
42	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal
43	Tripura	Agartala	Agartala
44	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ayodhya, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/Greater Noida, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Varanasi	Ghaziabad, Noida/Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Varanasi
45	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
46	West Bengal	Asansol, Burdwan, Hooghly, Kalyani, Durgapur, Kolkata/Greater Kolkata, Siliguri	Asansol, Durgapur, Kalyani, Kolkata/Greater Kolkata, Siliguri

Important Links for IBPS SO 2026

IBPS Official Website	Click Here
IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2026 PDF	Click Here to Download
IBPS SO Apply Online 2026 Direct Link	Click Here to Apply
IBPS Bank Exam Calendar 2026-27	Click Here to View

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FAQs

When is the last date to apply for the IBPS SO Recruitment in 2026?

Candidates can apply for the IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 until 21 July 2026.

How many vacancies were announced through IBPS SO Recruitment in 2026?

A total of 745 Scale 1 Officer vacancies were announced through IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 as a part of CRP-SPL/XVI recruitment process.

What is the salary of an IBPS Specialist Officer in 2026?

The IBPS SO Salary 2026 has a starting basic pay is ₹48,480 and selected candidates receive additional benefits such as Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), City Compensatory Allowance (CCA), medical benefits, travel allowance and other bank allowances.

Which banks are participating in IBPS SO Recruitment 2026?

The IBPS SO Recruitment 2026 is conducted for vacancies in several Participating Public Sector Banks across India. Banks recruiting through the IBPS SO CRP-SPL-XVI process include Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, and Punjab & Sind Bank. A total of 745 IBPS SO vacancies has been announced for 2026, although some participating banks may not report vacancies depending on their recruitment requirements.

Is there negative marking in the IBPS SO Exam 2026?

Yes, the IBPS SO Exam 2026 has negative marking in both PreIims and the Objective section of the Mains Exam. For every incorrect answer, one-fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted, while unanswered questions do not attract any penalty.

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SBI PO Exam 2024

Thanks to Veranda RACE, I've cracked three Bank Exams - IBPS PO, SBI PO and IBPS Clerk. Coming a village in Tuticorin, Veranda RACE faculty helped me understand the syllabus and topics of Bank Exams. With full focus on Bank exams, I used to prepare daily in the computer lab and library with constant support from my Bank mentors. They cleared all my doubts without any hesitation.

Thanga Vignesh

SBI PO Exam 2024

AIC MT Exam 2024

I prepared for Bank Exams in Veranda RACE’s Tambaram branch. They trained me specifically for the ‘Agriculture Insurance Company’ Exam. I’m happy that I could contribute more to the profession of my choice! Thanks to the faculty and mentors of Veranda RACE!

Amsalekha

Management Trainee, AIC

LIC ADO Exam 2024

Preparing from Tirunelveli, I want to thank my faculty for the constant support and motivation to crack the LIC ADO Exam. The lab facilities were top notch and I used to prepare writing online mock tests at the computer lab. This was the major reason for cracking the exam in the first attempt. Thanks, Veranda RACE!