STATE BANK OF INDIA RECRUITS 1837 VACANCIES

ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION : 07.04.2014

PAYMENT OF FEES - ONLINE : 07.04.2014 TO 25.04.2014
PAYMENT OF FEES - OFFLINE : 10.04.2014 TO 28.04.2014

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers (P05) in State Bank of India. Candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.

VACANCIES:

VACANCIES					VACANCIES (PWD)
SC	ST	OBC*	GEN	TOTAL	VH	OH	Total
235	439	405	758	1837	29	31	60

Backlog vacancies included in the above mentioned total vacancies.

SC	ST	OBC*	TOTAL	VH	OH
10	327	-	337	7	9

Vacancies for OH & VH category candidates are reserved horizontally. Vacancies including reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to the requirements of Bank.

1. ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA:

(A) Essential Academic Qualifications : (AS ON 10.08.2014)

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.

Those who are in the Final year of their Graduation/Semester may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 10.08.2014.

Candidate having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 10.08.2014.

Note : The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the marksheet or provisional certificate issued by the University / Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University / Institute then a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University / Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.

(B) Age Limit : (As on 01.04.2014)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2014 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1984 and not later than 01.04.1993 (both days inclusive)

Relaxation of Upper age limit

Sr.No.	category	Age relaxation
1.	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe	5 Years
2.	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 Years
3.	Persons With Disabilities (PWD)	PWD (SC/ST)-15 Years PWD (OBC)- 13 Years PWD (Gen)- 10 Years
4.	Ex Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment.	5 Years
5.	Persons Ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	5 Years

NOTE : CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE EITHER UNDER THE ABOVE ITEMS OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS.

CATEGORY:

Instructions for writing Category Name and Category Code no. while applying online.

Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the 'CREAMY LAYER', are not entitled to OBC reservation and age relaxation. They should indicate their category as 'GEN' or 'GEN (OH)' or 'GEN (VH)' (as applicable).

Various category names and their code numbers are given below.

PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CATEGORY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT ANY STAGE AFTER REGISTRATION OF ONLINE APPLICATION.

Category	Code	Category	Code	Category	Code	Category	Code
Sc	01	ST	04	OBC	07	GEN	10
SC(OH)	02	ST(OH)	05	OBC(OH)	08	GEN(OH)	11
SC(VH)	03	ST(VH)	06	OBC(VH)	09	GEN(VH)	12

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

(a) Phase-I Examination consisting Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks.

The Objective Test will be online. Immediately after online Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered. Cadidates will have to answer Descriptive Test on paper/Pen mode.

(i) Objective Test: The Objective Test with 2 hour duration consists of 4 Sections with 50 marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:

a) Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)

b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing &Computers

c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation

d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test with 1 hour duration (50marks) will be of "Test of English Language (comprehension, short précis, letter writing & essay)".

The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are Placed adequately high as per total marks in objective test.

(b) Phase-II Group Discussion (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)

The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and Descriptive Test will be arranged in descending order in each category. Adequate number of candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank will be called for Group Discussion and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the Bank.

Candidates qualified for GD & Interview under 'OBC' category are required to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause. Candidates not submiting the OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause and requesting to be interviewed under General category will not be entertained.

Final Selection:

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-I and Phase-II separately.

Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Written Test and Group Discussion & Interview out of 100 for each category.

The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category. Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase II and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank's website. Final select list will be published in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.

The examination will be held in the month of June 2014 (Tentatively) . The Tentative List of examination centres is Placed as Point No. : 12.

Candidate should Choose the name of the Centre where he/she desires to take the examination. NO CHANGE IN THE CHOICE OF EXAMINATION CENTRE WILL BE ENTERTAINED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. BANK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADD OR DELETE ANY CENTRE OR ALTER EXAMINATION DATE AT ITS DISCRETION.

EMOLUMENTS:

PAY: The starting basic pay is Z 16,900/-(with 4 increments) in the scale of Z 14500-600/ 7-18700-700/2-20100-800/7-25700 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale I. The official will also be eligible for D.A, H.R.A & C.C.A as per rules in force from time to time. The compensation per annum at Mumbai is around Z 8,40,000/-. The break up of monthly compensation is as under:

Cash Component Z34,320/-

Bank's contribution to PF Z1,690/-

Housing (Lease Rental) Z 29,500/-

Perquisites (Conveyance, Newspapers, Entertainment allowance, House & Furniture Maintenance etc. Z 4,130/-

In addition, the officers are also entitled to other benefits like -

(i) Medical Aid for self (100%) and for family (75%)

(ii) Home Travel Concession/Leave Fare Concession

(iii) Concessional Interest Rates for Housing/Car/Personal Loans

The salary scales are under revision with effect from November 2012.

CAREER PATH

The Probationary Officers will be on probation of two years during which they will be given intensive training. Towards end of their probation / training period, they will be subjected to a screening process. While those Officers who achieve the predetermined standards may be confirmed and given placement in the next higher grade i.e., Officer Middle Management Grade Scale II, others who qualify the test but fail to achieve the standards set for placement in Middle Management Grade Scale II, will be confirmed as Officer Junior Management Scale Grade I. The services of those Officers who fail to qualify in this process will be terminated.

Bank provides immense opportunities for growth in the Bank including opportunities for postings abroad. The attractive promotion policy of the Bank provides an opportunity to the meritorious and exceptionally brilliant officers to reach the Top Management Grade in a reasonably quick time.

APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGE: (Non Refundable)