NABARD GRADE A OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION 2022

Table - I

I.         NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND RESERVATION

@PWBD – Cat(a)- 2 (includes 01 backlog), Cat(b)-1, Cat(c)-1, Cat (d & e) –3 (includes 02 backlog)

Includes 01 Backlog vacancy

01 LD Backlog vacancy

Reservation for PWBD candidates shall be applied horizontally within the overall vacancies earmarked for various categories viz., UR, SC, ST, OBC & EWS for Grade A (RDBS)/Rajbhasha posts.

1. The reservation will be provided for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWBD category as per extant Government of India instructions.
2. The Bank reserves the right to increase / decrease the number of vacancies in any of the disciplines or not to fill up any of the vacancies or cancel the recruitment process, as per its requirement.
3. Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the ‘Creamy Layer’ are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate the category as ‘General’ (Gen).
4. Reserved category candidates desirous of applying for the posts where the vacancies are not reserved, should apply under UR category.
5. Out of 161 vacancies of Asst. Manager (RDBS) and 07 Asst. Manager (Rajbhasha), 08 vacancies are reserved for PWBD candidates under RPWD Act 2016 as per the details given in Table below. The overall PWBD vacancies include 01 LD, 02 (Category d+e) and 01 VI Backlog vacancies.

All 07 PWBD vacancies reserved for Asst. Manager (RDBS) are open to General & Specialised disciplines.

Table II

Grade A (RDBS)- Reservation for PWBD

Table III

Grade A (Rajbhasha)- Reservation for PWBD

(vii) The candidates from PWBD category will be eligible for age relaxation and exemption from payment of application fee. However, they will have to pay the intimation charges.

Note for PWBD:

1. Visually Challenged (VC): Only those Visually Challenged persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions are eligible to apply.
   1. Total absence of sight.
   2. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
   3. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse

Applicants having low vision as defined under the Schedule - Specified Disability of RPWD Act 2016.

2.Hearing Impaired (HI):

Grade A – RDBS - Only those Hearing Impaired (HI) candidates who are Partially Deaf (i.e. Hard of Hearing) are eligible to apply

Grade A – Rajbhasha - Only those Hearing Impaired (HI) candidates who are Partially Deaf (i.e. Hard of Hearing) or Deaf (D) are eligible to apply

1. Locomotor Disability (LD) : Only those Orthopedically Challenged (OC) applicants who have locomotor disability as mentioned in Table II & III are eligible to apply.

PWBD candidates may belong to any category (UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS). Reservation for PWBD is horizontal and within the overall vacancies for the post.

4.I          Guidelines for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities using a Scribe

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is adversely affected permanently for any reason can use their own scribe at their cost during the online examination, subject to limits as in (ii) and (iii) below. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

1. The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.
2. The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same examination. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request will not be entertained.
3. A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.
4. The scribe may be from any academic stream. However for posts in disciplines other than "General", the scribe should be from an academic stream different from that prescribed for the post.
5. Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the online examination and interview / final result.
6. Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination or as otherwise advised.
7. Only candidates registered for compensatory time will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for the test conducting agency to allow such time if he / she is not registered for the same. Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions.
8. The candidate should opt for using scribe/ compensatory time only if they are eligible for availing these services/concessions as per the rules and guidelines of Government of India under RPWD Act, 2016 in this regard.
9. The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F.No.16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi.
10. During the exam, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering the questions, the exam session will be terminated and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions.