About NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam Notification
NABARD is an apex-level development finance organisation / regulatory body that oversees all aspects of agricultural finance in India. Every year, NABARD conducts the recruitment of Grade A officers for various disciplines. The NABARD Grade A IT officer post is also one of them. The official notification got released on the 18th of July 2022 with a total of 170 vacancies for the Grade A post. Of these, 161 posts were for the RDBS officers. Of these 161 vacancies for the RDBS officers, 25 vacancies have been notified for the IT officer post.
We would also like to tell you that a total of 148 openings for Grade A Assistant Managers (RDBS) were announced for the 2021 recruitment cycle, 15 of which were for the IT/Computer Technology discipline. In this blog post, we intend to provide all the necessary information for the post of Grade A IT officer at NABARD. Read on to learn more.
NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officers' Exam Overview
| NABARD Grade A Exam Particulars | Details |
|---|
| Exam Name | NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam |
| Conducting Authority | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) |
| Posts Offered | Assistant Manager in R&SS, RDBS, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Legal |
| NABARD Grade A Official Notification Release Date | 18th July 2022 |
| Vacancies | 25 |
| Salary | Gross Pay of Rs. 70,000 per month |
| Job Location | Pan India |
| NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Expected Exam Date | Phase 1 (Prelims) - 7th September 2022
Phase 2 (Mains) - To be announced |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Application Fee | SC/ST - Rs. 150 For others - Rs. 800 |
| Selection process stages | Phase 1 (Prelims) Phase 2 (Mains) Interview |
| Official Website | www.nabard.org |
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NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam – Vacancy
The vacancies for NABARD Grade ‘A' AM (RDBS) – IT are provided below :
| Category | 2022 Vacancies | 2022 Vacancies |
|---|
| Unreserved | 10 | 06 |
| OBC | 9 | 04 |
| SC | 4 | 03 |
| ST | – | – |
| EWS | 2 | 02 |
| Total | 25 | 15 |
| PWBD | – | AM (RDBS) – Total – 07 |
NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam – Eligibility Criteria
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.
Age Limit
The candidate must be between 21 and 30 years of age. As per the NABARD Grade A 2022 notification, 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.
Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
| 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 |
Educational Qualification
- 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 2022 IT Officer Exam Pattern
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 2022 IT Officer Exam – Prelims Exam Pattern
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 for the Phase 1 Exam (Prelims)
- 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 2022 IT Officer Exam – Mains Exam Pattern
The Mains exam pattern of NABARD Grade A IT Officer (Assistant Manager Exam) is given below :
| Paper | Subject | Type of
Paper | Number of Questions | 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.
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:
- On scores in individual tests
- On Total Score
NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam Notification PDF
You can download the notification PDF here to get detailed information for each aspect of the exam.
NABARD Gr. A 2022 Detailed Notification PDF
NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam – Previous Years' Cut-Off Marks
Check the table below to find the Phase 1 (prelims) and Phase 2 (mains) cut-off marks for the previous years:
NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam – Phase 1 Cut-Off Marks
| Category | 2020 Cut-off Marks | 2019 Cut-off Marks |
|---|
| Unreserved | 94.25 | 113.75 |
| OBC | 69.25 | 97.25 |
| SC | 74.50 | 102.50 |
| ST | 50.75 | 100.50 |
| EWS | 34.75 | 93.75 |
NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam – Phase 2 Cut-Off Marks
| Category | 2020 Cut-off Marks |
|---|
| Unreserved | 113.75 |
| OBC | 97.25 |
| SC | 102.50 |
| ST | 100.50 |
| EWS | 93.75 |
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NABARD Grade A 2022 IT Officer Exam – Syllabus
NABARD Grade A Phase 1 (prelims) examination and Phase 2 (mains) examination syllabus are given below:
IT Officer Exam Phase 1 Syllabus (Prelims Examination)
| 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. |
Economic and Social Issues
| Name of Section | Topics |
|---|
| 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 |
Agriculture and Rural Development
| Name of Section | Topics |
|---|
| 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 |
IT Officer Exam Phase 2 Syllabus (Mains Examination)
| Paper-I – English Topics |
|---|
| Essay, Précis writing, Comprehension, and Business/Office Correspondence |
| Paper-II – Syllabus |
|---|
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03. Data Structure, File structure and programming through ‘C', ‘C++', ‘Java' and ‘Python'
04. Elements of Systems Analysis and Design
05. Numerical and Statistical Computing
06. Data Communication and Networks
07. Computer Architecture and Network Architecture
08. Object-Oriented Systems
09. Database Management Systems including RDBMS
10. Software Engineering
11. Operating Systems
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 visualisation using reporting tools
20. Data warehousing with Analytical capabilities and virtual data management
21. API usage for cross-user interaction and data exchange |
NABARD Grade A Salary Structure
NABARD Grade A is a prestigious entry-level position in the organization of NABARD. Not to mention, the aspirants who are able to crack the exam, are paid handsomely. This section deals with complete details regarding the salary, perks, and job responsibilities of the NABARD Grade A officers.
Candidates selected as NABARD Grade A 2022 officers will start their careers with basic pay of Rs 28,150. The pay scale for NABARD Grade A is Rs 28150-1550(4)-34350-1750(7)- 46600-EB-1750(4) - 53600-2000(1) - 55600. The in-hand Salary of a NABARD Grade A officer at initial monthly gross emoluments stands at Rs.70,000 per month approximately.
| Particulars | Details |
|---|
| NABARD Grade A Officier Basic Pay | Rs.28150/- per month |
| NABARD Grade A Officer Pay Scale | 28150-1550(4)-34350-1750(7)–46600–EB-1750(4)-53600-2000(1)-55600 |
| NABARD Grade A Officer Allowances | Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, and Grade Allowance. |
| NABARD Grade A Officer Gross Emoluments | Total monthly emoluments will be around Rs.70000/- at the present rate of dearness allowance. |
| NABARD Grade A Officer Initial Monthly In-hand Salary | Rs. 62,600/- |
NABARD Grade A Officer Allowances
NABARD Grade A posts offer the following perks and allowances
- Dearness Allowance
- Local Compensatory Allowance
- House Rent Allowance (HRA)
- Grade Allowance
- Conveyance Allowance (CA):
- Medical Allowance
- Leave Fare Concession Travel (LFC)
- Bank Loan Facility
- Pension
NABARD Grade A Officer Perks
- Bank's accommodation is subject to availability
- Reimbursement of expenses for maintenance of vehicle for official purpose
- Newspaper, internet, telephone charges, book grant as per eligibility
- Allowance for furnishing of residence, etc. as per eligibility
- Free dispensary facility besides reimbursement of medical expenses for OPD treatment/hospitalisation as per eligibility
- Interest-free festival advance
- Leave Travel Concession,
- Loans and Advances at concessional rates of interest for Housing, Car, Education of children, Consumer Articles Personal Computer, etc.
- Candidates selected for the post will be governed by the defined contribution to the New Pension Scheme (NPS) in addition to the benefits of Gratuity and Optional Group Term Insurance Plan.
Nature of Duties for NABARD Grade A IT Officer (Information & Technology Officer)
- Security
- Analytics
- Database Administration
- Application Development
- Networking
- Server Management and related fields/
- Database Analysis (MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL)
Exam Date
Prelims (Phase 1) - 7th September 2022, Mains (Phase 2) - To be announced
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