IBPS Clerk 2024 Notification

IBPS Clerk 2024 Detailed Notification

IBPS Clerk Exam Highlights

IBPS Clerk 2024 notification will be released soon and we will update the details for this year accordingly. The detailed advertisement for the vacancies has been published by the Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection on its official website. 

IBPS Clerk Exam Dates 2024

As per the official IBPS calendar for 2024, IBPS has issued the tentative exam schedule for the forthcoming clerical cadre recruitment.

Application fee for IBPS Clerk 2024

The Application fee for IBPS Clerk 2024 is as follows:

Guidelines for Uploading Documents for Registering IBPS Clerk 2024

Photograph

• The photograph must be recent in color, preferably against a white background
• The size should be 200 x 230 pixels
• File size should be between 20KB to 50KB

Signature

• Must be signed in black ink
• Size must be 140 x 60 pixels
• File size should be between 10KB and 20KB

Left thumb impression

• Must be in blue and black ink
• Size must be 240 x 240 pixels at 200 dpi
• File size should be between 20KB and 50KB
• The file type should be jpg or jpeg

Handwritten declaration

• Must be written in black ink in English
• Size must be 800 x 400 pixels at 200 dpi
• File size should be between 50 KB and 100 KB
• The file type should be jpg or jpeg

Eligibility Criteria of IBPS Clerk 2024

There are some mandatory fulfilments as criteria that the aspirants should meet if they want to appear in the IBPS Clerk Exam 2024. The candidates become qualified to apply for IBPS Clerk Exam 2024 if he/she fulfills the set minimum-academic qualification, age limit, and computer literacy.

IBPS Clerk Educational Qualifications

• An aspirant must possess a Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a university recognized by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
• He/she must possess a valid Mark-sheet/Degree Certificate that he/she is a graduate on the day he/she registers and mention the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while applying online for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2024.

IBPS Clerk Age Limit

Minimum age limit: 20 years

• Maximum age limit: 28 years

Age Relaxation for IBPS Clerk 2021

IBPS also gives age relaxations for various categories of people & professionals. Check out the table given below to know the upper age relaxation for various categories:

IBPS Clerk 2024 Selection Process

The Candidates who will qualify for Prelims Exam and be shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination. There is no interview round in the IBPS Clerk exam. All weightage is given to the result of the mains exam result while selecting the clerks. The results of the mains exam are given 100% weightage. The IBPS Clerk exam comprises two steps:

• Online Prelims Examination
• Online Mains Examination

There is no Interview process for IBPS Clerk.

IBPS Clerk 2024 Vacancies

The IBPS Clerk 2024 vacancies for this year as the official notification are 4,545. The below-mentioned vacancies are as per the previous year's notification.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2024

Candidates must know the exam pattern and complete the syllabus before setting out to prepare for the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam.

Here are all the details of the IBPS Clerk exam pattern and the syllabus:

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2024 Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk CRP XI preliminary exam is an online exam that tests a candidate's ability to reason, calculate and use the English language. It consists of three sections, wherein the candidate has to clear the cut-off of each section to reach the Mains exam phase or round. IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus comprises three sections: Reasoning, English Language and Quantitative Aptitude. 

Candidates are required to answer each section in 20 minutes' time, or a total of 60 minutes for all the sections. The total marks allotted for the paper is 100 Marks and the passing marks are decided by IBPS. The passing Marks keep changing every year on the basis of the difficulty of the exam.

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2024 Exam Patterns are as follows:

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

IBPS Clerk Mains 2024 Exam Pattern

No changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now consist of 190 questions that need to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes. IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus comprises three sections: Reasoning, English Language, and Quantitative Aptitude & General / Financial Awareness.

Previously, the Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Sections used to be conducted separately. But, in the recent update by IBPS, both these sections are amalgamated together and will constitute 50 questions that need to be solved in a time duration of 45 minutes. Both Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam will be conducted in 13 regional languages along with English and in Hindi. Let us have a look at the Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk CRP-X.

IBPS Clerk Mains 2024 Exam Pattern is as follows:

Penalty for the wrong answer in IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam

There is negative marking for wrong or incorrect answers in both IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam Preliminary and Mains exams. Every wrong answer to an objective question deducts one-fourth of the total Mark assigned for that question. There will be no penalty for the question left blank or unanswered.

Final Score Calculation for IBPS Clerk Exam:

The final score for the IBPS Clerk exam is calculated on the basis of the following points:

• Marks obtained in the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam (Phase-1) will not be considered for final selection.

• Candidates must qualify for Phase-2 to be eligible for final merit.

• IBPS Clerk aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category.

Thus, the Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected by IBPS.

IBPS Clerk Salary 2024

The banking aspirants who are planning to apply for IBPS Clerk 2024 and are curious to know the IBPS Clerk salary structure and career growth, go through the details mentioned in the article. IBPS Clerk job profile has a lot of prestige. Apart from the salary of IBPS Clerk, the employees also get other perks and benefits. Along with the basic pay, the employees are given various allowances such as  House Rent Allowance, Dearness, Travel Allowance, and Special and Medical Allowances.

As per the IBPS, the pay scale of a Clerk in IBPS is 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230/1310-1-31540.

This translates into

• Initial Basic Pay – Rs 11765 with a yearly increment of Rs 655 for three years.
• After 3 years – Rs 13730 with a yearly increment of Rs 815 for the next three years.
• Next 3 years – Rs 16175 with a yearly increment of Rs 980 for the next four years.
• Next 4 years – Rs 20095 with a yearly increment of Rs 1145 for the next 7 years.
• Next 7 years – Rs 28110 with a yearly increment of Rs 2120 for the next one year.
• Next 1 year – Rs 30230 with a yearly increment of Rs 1310 for the next one year.
• Maximum – Rs 31540

The minimum basic pay of an IBPS clerk starts at Rs. 11765/- and the maximum goes till Rs. 31540.

IBPS Clerk Pay Scale 2024

As per the IBPS, the pay scale of a Clerk in IBPS is 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230/1310-1-31540.

IBPS Clerk Salary 2024 Other Allowances

IBPS clerk gets other allowances other than the allowances besides basic pay. These are

IBPS Clerk Promotion

Promotion is conducted every 2 years, and a clerk gets an opportunity to participate in it and officers are eligible for the promotion. There are two processes for promotion from clerk to officer:

1. General procedure
2. Merit basis process

These two processes are applied to individual candidates on the basis of their performance and experience in banking services.

(1) Under normal procedure the employee (Bank Clerk) has to pass a written test and can be selected as an officer on the basis of his experience and seniority in the services of the bank. No JAIIB & CAIIB Diploma is mandatory in this process. After clearing this exam you will become a Trainee Officer (TO). Trainee officers can later become Probationary Officers (PO).

(2) Merit-based Process: Graduate/Post Graduate degree with two years service (minimum) as Clerk with JAIIB and CAIIB Diploma conducted by Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF).

After becoming a Probationary Officer (PO), there are seven scales in the officer cadre:

Scale 1 - Officer/Assistant Manager

Scale 2 - Manager

Scale 3 - Senior Manager

Scale 4 - Chief Manager

Scale 5 - Asst. general manager

Scale 6 - Deputy General Manager

Scale 7 - General Manager