IBPS to conduct examination for state-run banks' recruitment

Updated on: Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Government said that the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) would conduct the common recruitment examination for the public sector banks (PSBs) to recruit as many as 85,000 staff in the next three years.

"...the Government has decided to entrust IBPS, the responsibility to conduct the Common Recruitment Examination for the PSBs," an official statement said.

The IBPS, established in 1984, is an autonomous body engaged in recruitment of personnel and internal promotion in banks and financial institutions.

"In future, IBPS also proposes to conduct the examinations online. The PSBs have a tentative plan of recruitment of around 34,000 officers and 51,000 clerks during the next three years for 2010-2013," it added.

During the year 2009-10, IBPS conducted test for around 60 lakh candidates at 125 centres across the country for recruitment in PSBs.

The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) has recommended to the Government that a common recruitment programme in public sector banks should be conducted by the IBPS.

Earlier in order to professionalise the human resources of the state-run banks and align them with the new and ever changing requirements of the banking industry, the government had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of AK Khandelwal, former Chairman, Bank of Baroda.

The Committee presented its report to the Government on June 30 this year, making a number of recommendations on the HR issues. The report of the Committee is under consideration of the Government.

IBPS to conduct examination for state-run banks' recruitment

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