NABARD Grade A Notification 2023, Vacancies, Exam Dates

NABARD Grade A Notification 2023

NABARD Grade A Notification 2023 will be released soon. The previous year's notification was out with a total of 170 vacancies for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade A. For Rural Development Banking Services (RDBS), 161 vacancies were released, for Rajbhasha Service, 7 vacancies were released, and for Protocol & Security Services, 2 vacancies were released.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will announce the 2023 vacancies and application dates along with the notification. It is expected that the NABARD Grade A Notification for the year 2023 will be released in July 2023. Till then, candidates can check out the previous year's notification and get an idea about the exam.

NABARD Grade A Notification PDF 2022

Here is the NABARD Grade A Notification 2022 PDF that was published on the NABARD website for your reference. The candidates must note that except the vacancies and dates, everything else is expected to remain same in the 2023 notification as well.

NABARD Grade A Important Dates 2023

Let us know the NABARD Grade A Important Dates 2023 in the below table.

NABARD Grade A Vacancy 2023

Since the notification for the year 2023 has not been released yet, we have provided below the post-wise and discipline-wise distribution of vacancies for the year 2022. The same will be provided for 2023 as and when out.

Post-Wise 

Discipline Wise

NABARD Grade A Eligibility Criteria 2023

For Assistant Manager in Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS)

Age Limit (as on 1 July 2022)

• Minimum Age: 21 years
• Maximum Age: 30 years
  As per the NABARD Grade A Notification 2022, the candidate must be between 21 and 30 years of age. The candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-07-1992 and not later than 01-07-2001 as of 01-07-2022.

Educational Qualification (as on 1 July 2022)

Key Points to Note: 

•  A candidate applying for Assistant Manager (RDBS) - General cannot apply for another discipline and vice versa. Similarly, candidates applying for Assistant Manager (Rajbhasha) cannot apply for Asst. Manager (RDBS) and vice versa.
• The candidate can apply only for ONE Post/Discipline of his / her choice. In case of multiple applications across or within disciplines for Grade A (RDBS), only the last application submitted will be considered valid and the fee against all other applications will be forfeited.
• PWBD candidates applying against Unreserved (UR) posts will not be eligible for relaxation in percentage in Educational Qualification. They may, however, be eligible for relaxation in Age and Fee.
• The candidate must possess the required educational qualification as of 01-07-2022. The result of the final term/semester/ year examination of the required educational qualification must have been declared on or before 01-07-2022. In other words, candidates whose final year/semester results have been declared after 01-07-2022 are not eligible to apply.

Academic Qualification Discipline-Wise

Check out the below table to know the NABARD Grade A Educational Qualification.

NABARD Grade A Selection Process 2023

The detailed selection process for NABARD Grade-A Officers (RDBS/Rajbhasha) will have 3 phases. Details are as follows -:

Phase 1 – Preliminary Examination (Online Exam) – 200 Marks
Phase 2 – Main Examination will be online and will be a mix of MCQ and descriptive patterns. – 200 Marks
Phase 3 – Interview – 50 marks

NABARD Grade A Exam Pattern 2023

The exam pattern for NABARD Grade-A Officer 2023 exam is as follows -:

NABARD Grade A Phase 1 Exam Pattern 2023

The Phase 1 Exam is Prelims. Only those candidates who will clear this exam will be able to sit for the next phase which is the mains exam.

Important Pointers to Note for the Phase 1 Exam

1. Qualifying Section - Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making.
2. Merit Section - General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India.
3. Shortlisting of the candidates for the Main exam will be based on marks scored in the merit section only.
4. For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty in the Phase 1 paper. Cut-offs in Phase 1 may be applied in two stages: (i) On scores in individual tests, (ii) On Total Score

NABARD Grade A Phase 2 Exam Pattern 2023

Check out the exam pattern for the mains stage below.

Main Exam Pattern for the Post of Generalist Officers

Main Exam Pattern for the post of Specialist Officers

Important Note: Negative Marking & Cutoffs

• For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty in Phase 2 papers
• Cut-offs in Phase 2 papers may be applied in two stages - (i) On scores in individual tests, and (ii) On Total Scores.

NABARD Grade A Interview

Interview - 50 Marks 

• The calling ratio to qualify for the main examination and interview would be a maximum of 1:25 and 1:3.
• The final selection and ranking of the applicants for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade A (RDBS/Rajbhasha) will be based on their performance in Phase 2 Main Examination and Interview, taken together.

NABARD Grade A Application Fees (Expected)

The application fee (exclusive of applicable GST) for the post will be as under:

* Exclusive of applicable GST

@All NABARD employees satisfying the educational qualification criteria would be eligible to apply. They will be required to pay fee/intimation charges as indicated above at the time of online application, which will be reimbursed on submission of fee receipt only to those employees of NABARD (Staff Candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post. The status as a staff candidate will be verified at the time of the interview.

NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2023 For Phase 1 & Phase 2

The syllabus for the subjects Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness for the Phase 1 Exam is the same as all other banking exams. Following is a shortlist of the topics to be prepared for these sections as well as for sections of ESI & ARD.

Reasoning

Here are the important topics listed:

• Alphanumeric Series,
• Order and Ranking,
• Direction Sense,
• Alphabet Test,
• Data Sufficiency,
• Inequalities,
• Seating Arrangement,
• Puzzles,
• Syllogism,
• Blood Relations,
• Input-Output,
• Coding-Decoding,
• Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

Here are the important topics listed:

• Data Interpretation,
• Quantity Based,
• Data Sufficiency,
• Simplification,
• Approximation,
• Quadratic Inequalities,

Number Series both missing and wrong number series
Important Arithmetic Topics: 

• Partnership,
• Average,
• Ages,
• Profit & Loss,
• Time & Work,
• Speed, Time, Distance,
• Boat & Stream,
• Trains,
• Simple Interest & Compound Interest,
• Percentage,
• Ratio & Proportion

Computer Knowledge

Here are the important topics listed:

• Computer Fundamentals and Terminologies
• Computer Hardware and Software
• History – Generations of Computer
• Operating System
• Internet and Networking
• DBMS
• MS Office – MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, etc.
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Basic Security Concepts
• Computer Abbreviations

General Awareness

Here are the important topics listed:

• Current Affairs (Agriculture Focused),
• Banking Awareness and Economy (Agriculture Focused),
• Agricultural Insurance,
• Important people in the news,
• Sports News,
• Appointments, etc.

English

Here are the important topics listed:

For Phase 1 Exam 

• Cloze test,
• Fillers,
• Spotting the errors,
• Para Jumbles,
• New pattern questions,
• Idioms and phrases,
• Word Rearrangement,
• Column Based questions,
• Sentence improvement,
• Paragraph Completion,
• Grammar,
• Reading Comprehension

For Phase 2 Exam

• Essay,
• Precis Writing,
• Comprehension,
• Business/Office Correspondence

Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD)

Here are the important topics listed:

Agriculture: Definition, meaning and its branches, Agronomy: definition, meaning and scope of agronomy. Classification of field crops. Factors affecting crop production, Agro Climatic Zones; Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems. 

Problems of dry land agriculture; Seed production, seed processing, seed village; Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory; Precision Farming, System of Crop Intensification, organic farming;

Soil and Water Conservation: Major soil types, soil fertility, fertilisers, soil erosion, soil conservation, watershed management;

Water Resource: Irrigation Management: types of irrigation, sources of irrigation, crop-water requirement, command area development, water conservation techniques, micro-irrigation, irrigation pumps, major, medium and minor irrigation.

Farm and Agri Engineering: Farm Machinery and Power, Sources of power on the farm- human, animal, mechanical, electrical, wind, solar and biomass, biofuels, water harvesting structures, farm ponds, watershed management, Agro Processing, Controlled and modified storage, perishable food storage, godowns, bins and grain silos.

Plantation & Horticulture: Definition, meaning and its branches. Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops. Post-harvest management, value and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture crops.

Animal Husbandry: Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy, Animal husbandry methods in India, common terms pertaining to different species of livestock, Utility classification of breeds of cattle. Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification and utility.

Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present and future status), Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management. Concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India. Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming.

Fisheries: Fisheries resources, management and exploitation - freshwater, brackish water and marine; Aquaculture- Inland and marine; biotechnology; post-harvest technology. Importance of fisheries in India. Common terms pertaining to fish production.

Forestry: Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry. Principles of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management and forest economics. Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, and joint forest management. Forest policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest Report 2015. Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Agriculture Extensions: Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programmes, Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVK) in the dissemination of Agricultural technologies.

Ecology and Climate Change: Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their sustainable management and conservation. Causes of climate change, Green House Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis, the distinction between adaptation and mitigation, climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihood, carbon credit, IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings, funding mechanisms for climate change projects, initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC.

Present Scenario of Indian Agriculture and Allied activities: Recent trends, major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance the viability of agriculture. Factors of Production in agriculture; Agricultural Finance and Marketing; Impact of

Globalization on Indian Agriculture and issues of Food Security; Concept and Types of Farm Management.

Rural Development: Concept of Rural Area, Structure of the Indian Rural Economy- Importance and role of the rural sector in India - Economic, Social and Demographic Characteristics of the Indian rural economy, causes of Rural Backwardness.

Rural population in India; Occupational structure, Farmers, Agricultural Labourers, Artisans, Handicrafts, Traders, Forest dwellers/tribes and others in rural India- Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce; problems and conditions of rural labour; Issues and challenges in Handlooms

Panchayati Raj Institutions – Functions and Working. MGNREGA, NRLM – Aajeevika, Rural Drinking water Programmes, Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA and other rural development programmes.

Economic & Social Issues

Nature of Indian Economy - Structural and Institutional features - Economic underdevelopment - Opening the Indian Economy - Globalisation - Economic Reforms in India - Privatisation.

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 - Characteristics / Status - Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture - Agricultural performance - Issues in Food Security in India - Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit. Industry - Industrial and Labour Policy - Industrial performance - Regional Imbalance in India's Industrial Development - Public Sector Enterprises.

Rural banking and financial institutions in India - Reforms in Banking/ Financial sector. 

The globalisation of Economy - Role of International Funding Institutions - IMF & World Bank - WTO - Regional Economic Co-operation.

Social Structure in India - Multiculturalism - Demographic trends - Urbanisation and Migration - Gender Issues Joint family system - Social Infrastructure - Education - Health and Environment. Education - Status & System of Education - Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy - Educational relevance and educational wastage - Educational Policy for India. Social Justice: Problems of 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 - Social Movements - Indian Political Systems - Human Development. Current Economic & Social Issues.

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