IBPS Clerk Exam Put On Hold By The Finance Ministry On Tuesday

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced the vacancies for the Clerical Exam on 11th July 2021. A total of 5830 vacancies were announced.  IBPS Clerk exam was scheduled to be held on August 28th & 29th, 2021 September 4th, 2021 in 2 languages only i.e. English and Hindi. Now, the Finance Ministry (FM) has put a hold on the Recruitment of IBPS Clerk 2021 as the exam is not conducting in the regional languages. 

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday directed the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to put on hold examination for clerical cadre in public sector banks (PSBs) till a final view is taken on conducting tests in regional languages. In order to look into the demand for holding examination for clerical cadre in PSBs in local/regional languages, a Committee has been constituted to look into the matter in its entirety, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

IBPS Clerk Exam 2021 – Notification Out for 5830 Vacancies

IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam Put On Hold By The Finance Ministry

Recently, IBPS issued an advertisement for holding an examination for recruitment in the clerical cadre of PSBs only in two languages–English and Hindi, despite the fact that 22 languages were recognized by the Constitution of India. The news report cites a statement made by the Union Finance Minister in 2019 when she had assured holding banking exams in local languages.

In the above context, it may be clarified that the Finance Minister’s statement referred to above was made in the context of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) only. With a view to providing a level playing field to the local youths for availing employment opportunities, the Government in 2019 decided that for recruitment of Office Assistant and Officer Scale I in RRBs, the examination will be held in 13 regional languages including Konakani and Kannada, besides Hindi and English. Since then, examinations for these recruitments are being conducted in regional languages also.

In order to look into the demand for holding examination for clerical cadre in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in local/regional languages, a Committee has been constituted to look into the matter in its entirety. The Committee will give its recommendations within 15 days. The ongoing process of holding the examination initiated by IBPS will be kept on hold until the recommendations of the Committee are made available.

Source: PIB

Message For Aspirants

Aspirants preparing for IBPS Clerk 2021 exam should not panic as the exam is not canceled. It is just put on hold till the time it is decided by the IBPS & Finance Ministry on the exam languages. Finance Ministry has also constituted a committee to look into this matter & the committee will give its recommendations within 15 days. So, let’s focus on the preparations and make the best use of this time.

IBPS Clerk Exam Important Details

Important Dates For IBPS Clerk Exam 2021

DATES	EVENTS
11 July 2021	Notification of IBPS Clerk, 2021
12 July 2021	Registering Online (Has been put on hold)
–	End of Online Application

Exam Dates of IBPS Clerk Notification 2021

DATES	EVENTS
August 2021	Training of pre-exam – Admit Card
16.08.2021 onwards	Training of pre-exam
August 2021	IBPS Clerk Preliminary exam admit card
28, 29 Aug & 04 Sept 2021	Preliminary exam dates
September/ October 2021	Result of Preliminary Exam
October 2021	Admit card of the main exam
31 Oct 2021	Main Exam date
April 2022	Provisional allotment

IBPS Clerk Exam Recruitment Details:

The Organization	IBPS
The official site of IBPS	www.ibps.in
Vacancies	More than 3000
Mode of Application	Online mode
The exam will be held in	Online mode
Post	For Clerk
Age eligibility	For 20 to 28 years of age
Selection based on	Prelims and Mains Exam
Banks Participating	11

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