

Central Recruitment and Promotion Department
Advt No-CRPD/CR/2011-12/05
State Bank of India , Corporate Centre, Mumbai invites on-line applications from Indian citizens for appointment in the Clerical Cadre posts in State Bank of India. Candidates are requested to apply
online between 28th December 2011 and 20th January, 2012 through Bank’s website www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in. Before applying, candidates are advised to ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria.
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Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for appointment in Clerical cadre in State Bank of India
Candidates can apply for vacancies in one state only
Vacancies for clerical posts under special recruitment drive for SC/ST/OBC category
Ahmedabad-Gujarat; Total-117; ST-09; OBC-108
Bangalore-Karnataka; Total-301; ST-104; OBC-197
Bhopal-Madhya Pradesh; Total-164; SC-57; ST-107
Bhopal-Chhattisgarh; Total-165; ST-165
Bhubaneswar-Orissa; Total-86; ST-86
Chandigarh-Jammu and Kashmir; Total-11; OBC-11
Chandigarh-Himachal Pradesh; Total-28; SC-14; OBC-14
Chandigarh-Haryana; Total-18; SC-08; OBC-10
Chandigarh-UT; Total-28; SC-22; OBC-6
Chandigarh-Punjab; Total-68; SC-03; OBC-65
Delhi-Delhi/Haryana; Total-109; SC-106; ST-03
Delhi-Rajasthan; Total-84; SC-81; ST-03
Delhi-Uttar Pradesh (West); Total-107; SC-100; ST-7
Delhi-Uttarakhand; Total-54; SC-50; ST-04
Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh; Total-248; SC-188; ST-30; OBC-30
Kolkata-West Bengal; Total-245; ST-164; OBC-81
Kolkata-A&N Islands; Total-03; OBC-03
Kolkata-Sikkim; Total-06; OBC-06
Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh; Total-395; SC-308; ST-28; OBC-59
Patna-Bihar; Total-149; SC-149
Patna-Jharkhand; Total-49; SC-49
Total (inclusive of 65 vacancies in North Eastern Circle under Special Recruitment Drive
Total-2500; SC-1150; ST-750; OBC-600
Vacancies for clerical posts under regular recruitment and special recruitment drive for SC/ST/OBC category for North Eastern circle
Assam; Total-314 (8*); General-172; SC-21; ST-37; OBC-84 (8*)
Arunachal Pradesh; Total-50; General-28; ST-22
Manipur; Total-50 (8*); General-26; SC-01 (2*); ST-17 (6*); OBC-06
Meghalaya; Total-65 (2*); General-34; ST-28; OBC-03 (2*)
Mizoram; Total-25; General-13; ST-11; OBC-01
Nagaland; Total-60; General-33; ST-27
Tripura; Total-36 (47*); General-18; SC-06 (13*); ST-11 (34*); OBC-01
Total-600 (65*); General-324; SC-28 (15%); ST-153 (40*); OBC-95 (10*)
1 - SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR SC/ST/OBC CATEGORY
2 - REGULAR RECRUITMENT FOR POSTING AT NORTH EASTERN CIRCLE
Date of Written Examination : 18.03.2012 (sunday)
On-line Registration will start from : 28.12.2011
Last Date for Registration of Online Applications : 20.01.2012
Payment of Fees : 30.12.2011 TO 25.01.2012
Scale of pay: Rs 7200-400/3-8400-500/3-9900-600/4-12300-700/7-17200-1300/1-18500-800/1-19300
Emoluments: The total starting emoluments of a clerical cadre employee payable at metro like Mumbai will be around Rs 14,177/- per month for graduates inclusive of D.A. and other allowances at the current rate, allowances may vary depending upon the place of posting
Educational qualification (as on 01st December, 2011): Minimum 12th standard (10+2) pass or equivalent qualification with a minimum of aggregate 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PwD/Ex-Servicemen)
PwD (OBC)/Ex-Servicemen (OBC) candidates applying under special recruitment drive are required to have minimum of 60% marks in 12th standard or in equivalent qualification or a degree (graduation level) from a recognised university
Candidates who have not passed 12th standard examination but have passed Diploma course after 10th standard are eligible for the captioned recruitment provided Diploma course passed after 10th standard must be a full time course (Diploma course through correspondence are not eligible) with a minimum of two years duration
The Diploma course passed after 10th standard should be recognized/approved by the State Board of technical Education of concerned State
The percentage of marks in 12th/Diploma course shall be arrived at by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate in all subjects by aggregate maximum marks of all subjects irrespective of optional/additional optional subjects studied. Grace marks, if any, awarded by the Board/University will be excluded for the purpose of calculation of percentage
The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the marksheet/provisional certificate or the date on which the result was posted on the website of the university/institution
Matriculate Ex-servicemen, who have obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force, after having completed not less than 15 years of service in Armed Forces of the Union are also eligible for the post. Such certificates should be dated on or before 01st December, 2011
Should be able to write and speak English fluently
Knowledge of local language will be an added qualification
Age (as on 01st December, 2011): Minimum age 18 years, maximum age 28 years. Candidates born between 30th November, 1983 and 01st December, 1993 are only eligible to apply
The upper age limit will be relaxed as SC/ST 5 years; OBC 3 years; PWD (Gen) 10 years; PWD (SC/ST) 15 years; PWD (OBC) 13 years; Persons domiciled in Kashmir Division 5 years of Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01st January, 1980 to 31st December, 1989; Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen actual period of service rendered (In respect of vacancies detailed under in defence services + 3 years, age relaxation applicable to (8 years for Disabled Exparent category (SC/ST/OBC) only will be Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) available) subject to maximum age of 50 years; widows, divorced women and women 9 years (subject to maximum judicially separated from their husbands age limit of 35 years for general and who are not remarried and 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates)
Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate’s at the time of interview, if qualifying
Cumulative age relaxation will not be available either under above items or in combination with any other item
Probation period: The newly appointed clerks will be on probation for a minimum period of 6 months. Before the probation period comes to an end, the performance of the newly recruited employees will be evaluated and the probation period of those employees whose performance fails to meet Bank’s expectation, may be extended
Application fees and/or intimation charges (non-refundable)
SC/ST/PwD/Ex-servicemen-Rs 50/-; OBC/General Rs. 350/-
Fee once deposited will neither be refunded nor be adjusted against any future recruitment projects. The fee sent through Indian postal order, bank drafts, cheques, currency notes etc will not be accepted. Such applications will be treated as without fee and will be summarily rejected. Candidates also has an option to make online fee payment
Selection procedure: All eligible candidates should apply on-line before the last date for registration of application
Final selection will be made on the basis of performance in the written test and interview taken together
Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for written test or interview
The written test will be of objective type consisting of (i) General Awareness (ii) General English (iii) Quantitative Aptitude (iv) Reasoning Ability (v) Marketing Aptitude/Computer Knowledge
The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be printed bilingual i.e., English and Hindi
There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests
The passing marks in each of the tests will be decided by the Bank on the basis of the performance of all the competing candidates taken together in each test to a minimum required level. Candidates are also required to score a minimum percentage marks on aggregate (for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/Ex-Servicemen candidates, 5% relaxation available thereon) for being considered for interview. Minimum percentage marks on aggregate will be decided by the bank
Other detailed information regarding the written examination will be given in the Acquaint Yourself booklet, which will be made available to the eligible candidates along with the call letter for the test
Interviews: Depending upon the number of vacancies only certain number of candidates from amongst those who qualify by ranking high enough in the merit will be called for interview in the ratio of maximum 3 candidates for each vacancy
Candidates are required to score a minimum percentage marks (to be decided by the bank) in interview to be considered for final selection. 5% relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/Ex-Servicemen category will be available thereon. Final selection will be made on the basis of candidate’s performance in the written test and interview taken together
Bank reserves the right to change the date of examination under unforeseen circumstances, if any
Call letters for written examination: The candidates should download their call letter and an Acquaint Yourself Booklet by entering his/her registration number and password/date of birth, after 05th March, 2012 from the Bank’s website. No hard copy of the call letter/Acquaint Yourself booklet will be sent by post
Examination centres: Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Bangalore, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mysore, Mangalore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (Ganjam), Cuttack, Sambalpur, Ambala, Karnal, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Palampur, Shimla, Chandigarh, Jammu, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Silchar, Agartala, Aizwal, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Shillong, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Asansol, Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Port Blair, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Dehradun, Haldwani, New Delhi, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Ranchi
: Candidates should have valid email ID. This will help him/her in getting call letter/interview advices etc by e-mail)
Option-I
Payment of fee (off-line)
Candidates should first scan their photograph and signature as detailed under guidelines for scanning the photograph and signature; candidates to visit Bank’s website www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in and open the appropriate online application format; fill the application carefully; in the event of the candidate not able to fill the data in one go, he can save the data already entered; when the data is saved, registration number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen
Candidate should note down the registration number and password. Email/SMS indicating the Registration number and Password will be sent. They can reopen the saved data using registration number and password and edit the particulars, if needed
This facility will be available for three times only. Once the application is filled complete, candidate should submit the data. Candidates to take a printout of the system generated fee payment challan immediately. No change/edit will be allowed thereafter. The registration at this stage is provisional
Fee payment will be accepted from 2nd working day after registration and can be made within three working days at any branch of State Bank of India. System generated fee payment challan will be used for depositing fee (for example if one has registered on 12th January, 2012, then he/she will be able to deposit the fee from 14th to 17th January, 2012, considering 15th is a non- working day). Once fee paid, the registration process is completed
Candidate will receive registration confirmation by SMS/e-mail after two working days from the date of payment of fees. Please ensure to furnish correct Mobile number/e-mail address to receive the registration confirmation
There is also a provision to reprint the submitted application containing fee details, after three days of fee payment
Option-II
Payment of fees (on-line payment)
Follow steps given in option-I above. However fee payment challan will not be generated and fee payment will have to made online through payment gateway available thereat
After ensuring the correctness of the particulars of the application form candidates are required to pay fees through the payment gateway integrated with the application, following the instructions available on the screen. No change/edit will be allowed thereafter
The payment can be made by using Master/Visa debit/credit cards or Internet Banking by providing information as asked on the screen. Transaction charges for online payment will be borne by the candidates
On successful completion of the transaction, e-receipt and application form will be generated; you may take its printout for your record
If the online transaction has not been successfully completed, then please register again. Candidates may then revisit online application link and fill in their application details again and make payment online
There is also a provision to reprint the e-Receipt and application form containing fee details, at later stage
The printout of the application form must not be sent to the Bank
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