NABARD Grade B Eligibility Criteria 2024

NABARD jobs are preferred by most job aspirants who want a good job with all kinds of perks and benefits. Before you apply for the NABARD Grade B 2024, you need to make sure if you are eligible according to the required qualifications mentioned by NABARD. Details on NABARD Grade B eligibility criteria 2024 are given below.

NABARD Grade B Educational Criteria 

You need to possess certain educational qualifications to be eligible to apply for NABARD Grade B 2024 Manager post. You must be a Post Graduate in any subject from a recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks. This percentage may vary for candidates coming in the reserved categories. Further details on the NABARD Grade B education eligibility are given below.

PostEducation Criteria (As on July 01, 2021)
Manager (RDBS) - General
  • Post Graduate degree in any subject from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate. Candidates should have a minimum 60% or equivalent in 10th, 12th, Graduation and PG, MBA/PGDM at all levels OR a minimum 60% or equivalent in 10th, 12th, Graduation, PG, and a professional degree, viz., CA/CS/ICWA OR a minimum 60% or equivalent in 10th, 12th, Graduation, PG and Ph.D.
  • Experience: Minimum 03 years’ experience (SC/PWBD - 02 years) in related sectors viz., Banking, Finance, Agriculture & Allied and Rural Development is essential. Experience will be reckoned post minimum educational qualification (i.e. PG).
NOTE: All educational qualifications should have been obtained from Universities/ Institutions incorporated by an Act of Central or State legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section – 3 of UGC Act 1956.

Experience

Besides this, you need to have a minimum of 3 years of experience in Banking, Finance, or any Agriculture organization (for SC/PWD it is 02 years).

NABARD Grade B Age Criteria 

If you are applying for NABARD Grade B, you need to meet up certain NABARD Grade B age criteria. The  NABARD Grade B age limit for the applicants who are applying must lie in the bracket of 25 years to 32 years. Detailed age criteria for NABARD Grade B exam 2024 is given below.

PostAge Criteria (As on July 01, 2021)
Grade B Manager (RDBS) The candidate must have attained the age of 25 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than July 02, 1989 and not later than July 01, 1996).

Age Relaxation

NABARD Grade B 2024 exam like any other competitive exam provides age relaxation to the candidates who come under reserved categories. If you belong to any such reserved category, you can claim age relaxation in the NABARD Grade B 2024. Such candidates need to produce the required documents as and when asked in the NABARD Grade B 2024 recruitment process. Further details on the NABARD Grade B age relaxation criteria is given below.

CategoryAge Relaxation
SC 5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates 3 years
Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) provided that the applicants have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) 5 years
Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers who have completed their initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service but whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case, on selection, the Ministry of Defence issues certificates that they would be released within 03 months from the date of receipt of offer of appointment 5 years
Children/family members of victims died in the1984 riots 5 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWBD)
  • General–10 years
  • OBC–13 years
  • SC/ST–15 years