Clerical recruitment exams for PSBs to be held in 13 regional languages, also applicable on future SBI vacancies

The Ministry of Finance has recommended that going forward clerical recruitments for the twelve Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and vacancies advertised henceforth, both Prelim and Main exams, will be conducted in the 13 regional languages along with English and Hindi.

"FinMinIndia has recommended that clerical recruitments for 12 public sector banks & vacancies advertised henceforth, both Prelim & Main exams will be conducted in the 13 regional languages along with English & Hindi," Department of Financial Services (DFS) tweeted.

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As per the information provided by the Ministry of Finance, this decision is based on the recommendation of a committee that was constituted by it to look into the matter of holding examinations for clerical cadre in PSBs in regional languages.

@FinMinIndia has recommended that clerical recruitments for 12 public sector banks & vacancies advertised henceforth, both Prelim & Main exams will be conducted in the 13 regional languages along with English & Hindi.

Link of the press release: https://t.co/kw5ZYFwzsn

— DFS (@DFS_India) September 30, 2021

The ongoing process of holding the examination initiated by IBPS was kept on hold until the recommendations of the Committee were made available, as per the information provided by the Finance Ministry.

"The committee worked with an aim to provide a uniform opportunity to the local youth for employment opportunities and have an upper hand with the customers through local/regional languages," it said.

This decision of holding clerical exams in regional languages will also apply to the future SBI vacancies. The ongoing recruitment process of SBI for the vacancies that are already advertised and for which preliminary exams had been held will be completed as per the advertisement, the Ministry added.