RBI Assistant 2026: vacancies, Ahmedabad posts, salary, eligibility and exam pattern

RBI Assistant 2026: is there a new notification?

No. On 22 October 2026 we found no Assistant advertisement for a new cycle among the recruitment notices on rbi.org.in. RBI names its cycles by "Panel Year", and the most recent Assistant notice is "Recruitment for the Post of Assistant, Panel Year 2025", dated 16 February 2026. That is the recruitment people are calling "RBI Assistant 2026", because the exams were held this year.

RBI also says that any corrigendum on an advertisement is published only on its website. All new notices, the application link and call letters go up on Opportunities@RBI, so that is the only page to trust. RBI warns on its site about fake appointment letters from look-alike web addresses.

RBI Assistant 2026 dates: what has already happened

Three things changed the schedule. The corrigendum extended the last date because candidates "faced difficulties in completing the online application process due to technical reasons". The preliminary exam planned for 11 and 13 April 2026 was not held at Imphal and Kakching because of a curfew, and RBI moved those candidates to 30 April 2026. The advertisement itself carried the Main Examination date only as "tentative", so use RBI's call letter for any exact date.

RBI Assistant vacancy 2026: how many posts, and Ahmedabad

The advertisement lists 650 vacancies across 17 recruiting offices. RBI says it can increase or decrease the number, or leave posts unfilled. The biggest offices are Mumbai (249), Chennai (53), Kanpur and Lucknow (50) and New Delhi (49).

Ahmedabad has 20 posts, which also serve Gujarat applicants. The split is below.

Within these 20, the notice also marks posts for persons with benchmark disabilities and for ex-servicemen (2 in the normal ex-servicemen group). Those are horizontal slots counted inside the 20, not extra posts, so do not add them on.

The same notice lists West Zone as Ahmedabad, Bhopal (with Raipur), Mumbai (with Belapur, Pune and Panaji) and Nagpur. Selected candidates are first posted in the office zone they applied for, but RBI says they can be transferred between zones for administrative reasons.

You can apply to one office only, and your online test centre must be in the same state group. RBI's own example is that a candidate applying to the Ahmedabad office can choose a centre only from Gujarat. RBI also reserves the right to give you a centre outside that state.

RBI Assistant eligibility

Nationality. An Indian citizen, or one of the other groups listed in the advertisement (subjects of Nepal or Bhutan, certain Tibetan refugees and persons of Indian origin who have migrated from listed countries, with a certificate of eligibility from the Government of India).

Age (on 1 February 2026). Between 20 and 28 years, which meant being born between 2 February 1998 and 1 February 2006, both days included. The upper limit is relaxed to 33 years for SC and ST, 31 years for OBC, and further for persons with benchmark disabilities, ex-servicemen, and widows, divorced or judicially separated women who have not remarried. Relaxations are not cumulative.

Education (on 1 February 2026). At least a bachelor's degree in any discipline with 50% marks in aggregate (pass class for SC, ST and PwBD candidates), and knowledge of word processing on a PC. If your university gives only a CGPA on a 10-point scale and does not define a conversion, RBI treats 5.75 as 50%, 6.25 as 55% and 6.75 as 60%. A fraction is ignored, so 49.99% counts as less than 50%.

Language. You must be able to read, write, speak and understand the language of the state, or any state, under the recruiting office you pick. For Ahmedabad that means the language of Gujarat. Check the language list in Appendix-I of the advertisement for the exact entry.

RBI Assistant exam pattern 2026

Selection has three stages: a Preliminary Examination, a Main Examination, and a Language Proficiency Test. Both online tests are objective and multiple choice.

Rules that matter:

• You must qualify in each part of the objective tests separately, and in the Preliminary to sit the Main.
• One quarter (1/4) of the marks is deducted for each wrong answer in both tests.
• RBI shortlists about 10 times the vacancies from the Preliminary, about 2 times the vacancies from the Main for the LPT, ranked on aggregate marks.
• The LPT is mandatory with no exemption. A candidate who is not proficient in the local language is disqualified.
• Final selection is on the online examination in order of merit, qualifying the LPT, medical fitness and certificate verification. The Main marks decide the merit, not the Preliminary.
• Mobile phones and calculators are banned inside the exam premises.

The online tests except English are available in English, Hindi and certain other languages listed in Appendix-II. Both marksheets and the Preliminary cut-off table are on RBI's marksheet page.

RBI Assistant salary 2026

RBI states the pay in the advertisement:

• Starting basic pay: ₹29,000 a month, in the scale ₹29,000 to ₹78,640 with the stated increments.
• Gross: about ₹58,514 a month at present, without house rent allowance.
• HRA: 15% of pay if you do not live in the Bank's accommodation.
• Other benefits: Bank accommodation subject to availability, medical reimbursement, dispensary and annual health check-up, interest-free festival advance, leave fare concession, and housing and personal loans at concessional rates after the minimum service. New recruits come under the Defined Contribution New Pension Scheme plus gratuity.

Fees, application and the stage now

Fees were non-refundable and paid online: ₹450 plus 18% GST for General, OBC and EWS applicants, and ₹50 plus 18% GST (intimation charges only) for SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen. RBI staff paid nothing.

RBI has published a notice, "Display of Roll Numbers of Provisionally Shortlisted Candidates", for those who cleared the Main Examination. It says the list is provisional, depends on the candidate clearing the LPT, being found medically fit and submitting acceptable documents, and that the LPT is "of qualifying nature". Shortlisted candidates must bring six copies of the attestation form and two copies of the biodata form, along with category certificates, as listed on the RBI notice.

If your roll number is not on that list, this cycle is over for you. Use the months before the next advertisement to prepare, and note that bank clerical and officer exams are on now. See our guides to IBPS Clerk 2026 and SBI PO 2026.

RBI Grade B 2026 and Office Attendant: where they stand

Grade B (Panel Year 2026). Advertisement RBISB/DA/01/2026-27, dated 29 April 2026, invited applications for 60 posts: 40 in the General cadre, 10 in DEPR and 10 in DSIM. The last date was 20 May 2026. The General cadre's Phase-II exam was held on 25 July 2026, and RBI has published the Phase-II result for interview and a final result with the recommended candidates. If you want Grade B next year, watch the same Opportunities@RBI page. See the advertisement for the education rules, since they differ by cadre.

Office Attendant (Panel Year 2025). The advertisement of 15 January 2026 invited applications for 572 posts, including 29 at Ahmedabad. You had to be 18 to 25 years old on 1 January 2026 and have passed Class 10 from the state of the recruiting office. Graduates were not eligible. The starting basic pay is ₹24,250 a month, about ₹46,029 gross without HRA. The online test was tentatively on 28 February and 1 March 2026, followed by a qualifying LPT.