NABARD Grade A IT Notification 2024
The NABARD Grade A IT Notification 2024 will be released on the official website soon. NABARD will release vacancies for the post of Grade A Assistant Managers (RDBS) in various disciplines. Out of these total vacancies released, some vacancies are specifically out for the IT/Computer Technology discipline. In this blog post, we intend to provide all the necessary information on NABARD Grade A IT Notification 2024.
NABARD Grade A IT Notification PDF
The notification will be released on the official website for Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS). The candidates can apply within the application window that will be open soon. As the NABARD Grade A IT 2024 Notification has not been released yet the candidates must download NABARD Grade A IT Notification PDF for previous year below.
Download NABARD Grade A IT Notification PDF (Previous Year)
NABARD Grade A IT Officer 2024 – Important Dates
The schedule for the NABARD Grade A IT officer exam 2024 is provided below
Events | NABARD Grade A IT Officer 2024 Important Dates |
NABARD Grade A IT Officer Notification Release Date | To be Updated |
NABARD Grade IT Officer Application Start Date | To be Updated |
NABARD Grade A IT Officer Application End Date | To be Updated |
NABARD Grade A IT Officer (RDBS) – Phase 1 Prelims Exam Date | To be Updated |
NABARD Grade A Officer – Phase 2 (Mains) Exam Date | To be Updated |
NABARD Grade A IT Vacancies 2024
The vacancies for NABARD Grade ‘A’ AM (RDBS) – IT will be provided below for the current year. We have shared the vacancy of the previous years as well so that the aspirants come to know about the vacancy trend being followed.
Category | 2024 Vacancies | 2023 Vacancies | 2022 Vacancies | 2021 Vacancies |
Unreserved | To be Updated | 16 | 10 | 06 |
OBC | To be Updated | 14 | 9 | 04 |
SC | To be Updated | 6 | 4 | 03 |
ST | To be Updated | 1 | – | – |
EWS | To be Updated | 3 | 2 | 02 |
Total | To be Updated | 40 | 25 | 15 |
NABARD Grade A IT Apply Online 2024
The application window has not been opened yet so the below given link is inactive. Use the direct link given below to apply for NABARD Grade A IT Officer as and when active.
Direct NABARD Grade A IT Officer Apply Online Link (Inactive)
NABARD Grade A IT Eligibility 2024
While applying for NABARD Grade A, be aware that you can apply only for one discipline/ post of your choice. If you apply for Assistant Manager in IT discipline, you cannot opt for any other discipline like General, Fisheries, Agriculture, Finance, etc.
NABARD Grade A IT Eligibility – Age Limit
The candidate must be between 21 and 30 years of age which means that the candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-09-1994 and not later than 01-09-2003 as of 1st September 2024. Also note that the reference date and the other dates are as expected.
NABARD Grade A IT Officer Age Limit – Relaxation
Check out the relaxation in the table given below:
Category | Age Relaxation |
OBC | 3 years |
1. SC/ST 2. Ex-servicemen 3. Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers 4. Children/family members of victims died in the 1984 riots | 5 years |
PWBD 1. General 2. OBC 3. SC/ST | 10 years 13 years 15 years |
NABARD Grade A IT Eligibility – Educational Qualification
Check out the NABARD Grade A IT Educational Qualification required below:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer
Applications/Information Technology with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in
aggregate OR
- A post-graduate 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 IT Notification 2024 – Selection Process
The selection will be in three Phases as furnished below:
- Phase 1 (Preliminary Examination) – 200 Marks
- Phase 2 (Mains Examination) – 200 Marks
- Phase 3 (Interview) – 50 marks
NABARD Grade A IT Exam Pattern 2024
The NABARD Grade A IT Exam Pattern for both prelims and mains has been discussed below. The candidates must check out the detailed pattern to have a better understanding of subjects and their weightage.
NABARD Grade A IT Exam Pattern 2024 for Prelims
The Prelims Exam Pattern of NABARD Grade ‘A’ Assistant Manager – IT is given below :
Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Max 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 |
Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India) | 40 | 40 |
Agriculture & Rural Development with an Emphasis on Rural India | 40 | 40 |
Total | 200 | 200 |
Important Notes
- 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 IT Exam Pattern 2024 for Mains
The Mains exam pattern of NABARD Grade A IT Officer (Assistant Manager Exam) is given below :
Paper | Subject | Type of Paper | Number of Qs | Marks | Duration | Remarks |
Paper- I | General English | Online Descriptive | 3 | 100 | 90 minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard |
Paper-II | IT | Objective | 30 | 50 | 30 minutes | – |
Paper-II | IT | Descriptive Type | 6 You will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each] | 50 | 90 Minutes | Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards) |
The calling ratio to qualify for the main examination and interview would be a maximum of
1:25 and 1:3, respectively.
NABARD Grade A IT Negative Marking
- There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked by the candidate.
- For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty in Phase-I and Phase-II.
- Cut-offs in Phase-I and Phase-II may be applied in two stages that are On scores in individual tests & On Total Score.
NABARD Grade A IT Syllabus 2024
NABARD Grade A Phase 1 (prelims) examination and Phase 2 (mains) examination syllabus are given below:
NABARD Grade A IT Prelims Syllabus 2024
Check out the detailed NABARD Grade A IT Prelims Syllabus below:
Name of Section | Topics asked |
Reasoning Ability | 1. Puzzles & Seating arrangement 2. Syllogism 3. Data sufficiency 4. Statement-based questions (Verbal reasoning) 5. Inequality 6. Coding-Decoding 7. Input-Output 8. Blood relations 9. Miscellaneous Questions |
Quantitative Aptitude | 1. Data Interpretation 2. Quadratic Equations 3. Number Series 4. Simplification/ Approximation 5. Data Sufficiency 6. Arithmetic Questions 7. Quantity Comparisons 8. Mathematical Inequalities |
English Language | 1. Reading Comprehension 2. Sentence improvement 3. Cloze test 4. Spotting the errors 5. Fill in the blanks 6. Sentence rearrangement 7. Para Jumbles 8. New pattern questions |
General Awareness | Majorly includes questions from current affairs – Banking, Finance, Insurance, Appointments, Awards and Honours, Sports, Schemes, and National and International Events. |
Computer Knowledge | It various topics like Networking, Input-output devices, DBMS, MS Office, Internet, History of computers & generations, and Shortcuts. |
NABARD Grade A IT ESI Syllabus 2024
The ESI is one of the most important subjects to excel if you want to clear the NABARD Grade A Exam.
Name of Section | Topics asked |
Nature of Indian Economy | 1. Structural and Institutional features 2. Economic Underdevelopment 3. Opening up the Indian Economy 4. Globalization 5. Economic Reforms in India 6. Privatization |
Inflation | Trends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy and Individual Income. |
Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India | Rural and Urban Measurement of Poverty Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government |
Population Trends | Population Growth and Economic Development Population Policy in India |
Agriculture | 1. Characteristics / Status 2. Technical and Institutional changes in Indian 3. Agriculture 4. Agricultural performance 5. Issues in Food Security in India 6. Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit |
Industry | 1. Industrial and Labour Policy 2. Industrial performance 3. Regional Imbalance in India’s Industrial Development 4. Public Sector Enterprises |
Rural banking and financial institutions in India | Reforms in the Banking/ Financial sector. |
Globalization of Economy | 1. Role of International Funding Institutions 2. IMF & World Bank 3. WTO 4. Regional Economic Cooperation |
Social Structure in India | 1. Multiculturalism 2. Demographic trends 3. Urbanization and Migration 4. Gender Issues- Joint family system 5. Social Infrastructure 6. Education 7. Health and Environment |
Education | 1. Status & System of Education 2. Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy 3. Educational relevance and educational wastage 4. Educational Policy for India |
Social Justice | Problems with scheduled castes and scheduled tribes Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and other backward classes. |
Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged | 1. Social Movements 2. Indian Political Systems 3. Human Development |
NABARD Grade A IT ARD Syllabus 2024
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Name of Section | Topics asked |
Agriculture | 1. Definition, meaning, and its branches 2. Agronomy: Definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy 3. Classification of field crops 4. Factors affecting crop production 5. Agro Climatic Zones 6. Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems 7. Problems of dry land – Seed production, seed processing, seed village 8. Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory 9. Precision Farming 10. System of Crop Intensification 11. Organic farming |
Soil and Water Conservation | 1. Major soil types 2. Soil fertility 3. Fertilizers 4. Soil erosion 5. Soil conservation 6. Watershed management |
Water Resource | 1. Irrigation Management 2. Types of irrigation 3. Sources of irrigation 4. Crop-water requirement 5. Command area development 6. Water conservation techniques 7. Micro-irrigation 8. Irrigation pumps 9. Major, medium, and minor irrigation. |
Farm and Agri-Engineering | 1. Farm Machinery and Power 2. Sources of power on the farm- human, animal, mechanical, electrical, wind, solar, and biomass, biofuels 3. Water harvesting structures 4. Farm Ponds 5. Agro-Processing 6. Controlled and modified storage, of perishable food storage, godowns, bins, and grain silos |
Plantation & Horticulture | 1. Definition, meaning, and its branches 2. Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops 3. Post-harvest management, value, and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture crops. |
Animal Husbandry | 1. Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy 2. Animal husbandry methods in India 3. Common terms pertaining to different species of livestock 4. Utility classification of breeds of cattle Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification, and utility 5. Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present, and future status) 6. Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management 7. The concept of mixed farming and its relevance to the socio-economic conditions of farmers in India 8. Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming. |
Fisheries | 1. Fisheries resources Management and exploitation – freshwater, brackish water, and marine 2. Aquaculture- Inland and marine 3. Biotechnology Post-harvest technology 4. Importance of fisheries in India 5. Common terms pertaining to fish production. |
Forestry | 1. Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry 2. Principles of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, and forest economics 3. Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, joint forest management 4. Forest policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest Report 2015 5. Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change |
Agriculture Extensions | 1. Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programs 2. Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in the dissemination of Agricultural technologies |
Ecology and Climate Change | 1. Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, sustainable management, and conservation 2. Causes of climate change, GreenHouse Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis 3. Distinguish between adaptation and mitigation 4. Climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods 5. Carbon credit, IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings 6. Funding mechanisms for climate change projects 7. Initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, and INDC. |
Present Scenario of Indian Agriculture and Allied activities | 1. Recent trends 2. Major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance 3. Viability of agriculture 4. Factors of Production in agriculture 5. Agricultural Finance and Marketing 6. Impact of Globalization on Indian Agriculture and issues of Food Security 7. Concept and Types of Farm Management. |
Rural Development | 1. Concept of Rural Area 2. Structure of the Indian Rural Economy 3. Importance and role of the rural sector in India 4. Economic, Social, and Demographic Characteristics of the Indian rural economy 5. Causes of Rural Backwardness 6. Rural population in India 7. Occupational structure 8. Farmers, Agricultural Laborers, Artisans, Handicrafts, Traders, Forest dwellers/tribes, and others in rural India 9. Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce 10. Problems and conditions of rural labour 11. Issues and challenges in Hand-looms 12. Panchayati Raj Institutions – Functions and MGNREGA, NRLM – Aajeevika, Rural Drinking water 13. Working Programmes, Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA, and other rural development programs |
NABARD Grade A IT Mains Syllabus 2024
The NABARD Grade A IT Mains Syllabus is divided into two papers. Check out the detailed syllabus of both the papers below:
Paper-I – English Topics |
Essay, Précis writing, Comprehension, and Business/Office Correspondence |
Paper-II – Syllabus |
01. Introduction to Software – Download the Free eBook Here 02. Computer Fundamentals – Download the Free eBook Here 03. Data Structure, File structure and programming through ‘C’, ‘C++’, ‘Java’ and ‘Python’ – Download the Free eBook Here 04. Elements of Systems Analysis and Design 05. Numerical and Statistical Computing 06. Data Communication and Networks 07. Computer Architecture and Network Architecture – Download the Free eBook Here 08. Object-Oriented Systems 09. Database Management Systems including RDBMS 10. Software Engineering 11. Operating Systems – Download the Free eBook Here 12. Management Information Systems 13. Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Computing 14. Design and analysis of Algorithms 15. Basic of AI, ML and natural language processing 16. Cyber Security 17. Big data Analytics 18. Data Modelling and Analytics 19. Concept of data visualization using reporting tools 20. Data warehousing with Analytical capabilities and virtual data management 21. API usage for cross-user interaction and data exchange |
How to Prepare for NABARD Grade A Exam?
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Special Note: Any Graduate candidate from any discipline can apply for this exam. With a systematic way of preparation, aspirants can smoothly get good marks in the Agriculture section.
NABARD Grade A IT Notification 2024 FAQs
No, the NABARD Grade A IT Notification has not been released yet.
The NABARD Grade A IT Application Dates has not been released.
The candidates with Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology.
Yes, the third phase of the selection process is the Interview and you will have to clear all three phases to get finally selected.
For SC/ST/PwBD, it is Rs 150 and for others, it is Rs 800.
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