2.2 Age and Educational Qualification:
Cut-off date for
Age
01.05.2026
Age Minimum 20 years - Maximum 28 years as on date of cut-off
Relaxation in upper age limit will be applicable as per Government of
India guidelines for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates.
Cut-off date for
Educational
Qualification
06.06.2026
Educational
Qualification
Regular Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University/
Institute or any equivalent qualifications recognized as such by the
Central Government.
The apprentice should be proficient in local language (Reading, Writing,
Speaking & Understating) of State / UT. The apprentice should produce
8th/10th/12th or Graduate Level standard mark sheet / certificate
evidencing having studied one of the languages as local language.
Students who have completed Post Graduate qualification are not
eligible for Apprenticeship training.
Students with work experience of one year or more are not eligible to apply.
Candidates should not have completed five years after passing qualifying examination.
a) Educational qualifications mentioned should be from a recognized University/ Institute/ Board
recognized by Govt. of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies. Proper document from
Board/ University / Regulatory Body has to be submitted at the time of application / as and
when called for by the Bank. The date of passing the examination which is reckoned for
eligibility will be the date of passing, appearing on the consolidated mark-sheet/ provisional
certificate, issued by the University/Institute.
b) In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute
and web based certificate is issued then a certificate in original issued by the appropriate
authority of the University/ Institute indicating the date of passing properly mentioned thereon
will be reckoned for verification and for further process.
c) Candidates should indicate the percentage obtained in HSC & Graduation calculated to the
nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA/ OGPA is awarded, the same
should be converted into percentage and indicate the same in online application. If called for
interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority
inter alia stating the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and
the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.
d) Calculation of Percentage: The percentage of marks, unless mentioned by the University/
Board, shall be arrived at, by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the
subjects in all semester(s)/ year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective
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of honours/ optional/ additional optional subject, if any, multiplied by 100. This will be applicable
for those Universities also where class/ grade is decided on the basis of Honours marks only.
e) The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than
60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%
.3 RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT (in case of candidates belonging to following
categories)
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Other Backward Classes(Non-creamy layer) Persons With Benchmark Disabilities as defined under
“The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,2016”
Widows, divorced women and women legally
separated from their husbands who have not remarried
No. of years of relaxation
5 years
3 years
10 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots Age concession up to the
age of 35 years for
General/EWS, 38 years for
OBC and 40 years for
SC/ST candidates
5 years
Note:
SI.No. Category i) ii) iii) iv) v) a. The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative
basis with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as
mentioned above in Point No. 2.3(iii) to 2.3(v).
b. Candidates claiming relaxation under 2.3 (I to iii) should enclose necessary certificate as
documentary proof.
3. RESERVATIONS:
Reservation for SC/ST/OBS/EWS candidates will be provided as per government guidelines.
Candidates belonging to and applying under “reserved SC/ST/OBC category” or claiming
reservation under EWS are required to submit a certificate regarding his/her ‘Community’ OR
EWS status in the prescribed format “ FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE PRODUCED BY OTHER
BACKWARD CLASSES AND ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION APPLICANTS APPLYING
FOR APPOINTMENT TO POSTS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA”, SC/ST and the OBC
certificate should contain the “Non-creamy Layer Clause” which is not more than one year old
and EWS certificate issued for the financial year prior to the
year of application. Candidates who fail to produce the above certificate will not be considered
under the OBC category or EWS whichever is applicable.
The competent authority for the issue of the certificate to SC/ST/OBC/EWS/ Persons with
Benchmark Disbilities (PwBD) is as under:
For SC/ST/OBC/EWS: (i) District Magistrate/ Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy
Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Deputy Collector/ First Class Stipendiary
Magistrate/ City Magistrate/ Sub-Divisional Magistrate (not below the rank of First Class
Stipendiary Magistrate/ Taluk Magistrate/ Executive magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner
(ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate / Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
4. Engagement of Apprentices in the Bank
(iii) Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar (iv) Sub-divisional officer of the area where
the candidate and or his family normally resides.
Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities
Under section 34 of “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”, persons with benchmark
disabilities are eligible for Reservation. The reserved categories of disabilities mentioned under
this Act are namely:
a. Visually Impairment (VI) category includes Blindness and low vision;
b. Hearing Impaired (HI) category includes Deaf and Hard of hearing;
c. Orthopedically Challenged (OC) includes Locomotor Disability (One arm-OA, One Leg-OL,
Both Leg-BL, One Arm and One Leg – OAL), cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack
victims and muscular dystrophy;
d. Intellectual Disability (ID) category includes intellectual disability (Autism Spectrum Disorder,
specific learning disability and mental illness);
e. Multiple Disabilities (MD) means disability amongst clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness
in the posts identified for each disability:
Note: Definition of the above specified disabilities will be as per “THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2016” and authorized certifying authority will be the Medical Board of
the District level consisting of Chief Medical Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District
and an Orthopedic/ Ophthalmic/ ENT Surgeon or any person designated as certifying authority by
appropriate government.
Only those persons with ‘Permanent Benchmark Disability’ would be eligible for reservation.
‘Benchmark Disability’ means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability where
specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes the persons with
disability, where disability has been defined in a measureable term, as certified by the certifying
authority.
Candidates belonging to SC, ST, OBC, EWS, PwBD categories have to submit certificates in
support of it at the time of document verification.
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