NABARD Grade A Recruitment 2025, Notification, Online Form, Eligibility

NABARD, an all-India Apex Organization, wholly owned by the Government of India. NABARD has its headquarters in Mumbai with branches spread all across the country. The NABARD Grade A Exam is conducted once every year to recruit eligible candidates for Assistant Manager posts in multiple disciplines. The selection process includes 3 stages- Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. The NABARD Grade A Notification 2025 along with complete details on the official website www.nabard.org. Get to know more details about the exam from the article below.

NABARD Grade A Notification 2025 PDF

The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will release the detailed NABARD Notification 2025 PDF on its official website www.nabard.org. The official NABARD notification includes all details regarding the Online Application Process, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Selection Process, etc. Till then check the details from the previous year's notification pdf

NABARD Grade A Notification PDF (Previous Year)- Click to Download

NABARD Grade A Recruitment 2025- Highlights

Being one of the well-known banks in India, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) attracts thousands of candidates every year who dream of joining the banking sector. Let's have an overview of the NABARD Grade A Recruitment 2025 exam details.

NABARD Recruitment 2025- Overview
Organization Name	National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
NABARD Post Name	Assistant Manager Posts
Vacancies	100
Category	Govt Jobs
Important Dates	To be notified
Selection Process	Prelims-Mains-Interview
Salary	Rs. 44,500/- (Basic Pay)
Official Website	www.nabard.org

NABARD Grade A 2025 Important Dates

NABARD will release the important dates for NABARD 2025 along with NABARD Grade A Notification 2025. All the candidates who have been waiting for the NABARD Grade A Vacancy 2025 keep checking this space as we will update all the important dates here.

NABARD Assistant Manager Recruitment 2025
Events	Dates
NABARD Grade A Notification 2025	--
Online Application Start Date	--
Last Date to Apply Online	--
Last Date to Pay Fees	--
NABARD Grade A Admit Card 2025	--
NABARD Grade A Prelims Exam Date 2025	--
NABARD Grade A Result 2025	--
NABARD Grade A Score Card	--

NABARD Grade A Vacancy 2025

The detailed NABARD Vacancies for Grade A Assistant Manager posts will be announced by NABARD along with a detailed notification pdf. As Previous year, NABARD announced 102 posts of Assistant Manager for Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) and Rajbhasa discipline. The discipline-wise NABARD Grade A Vacancy 2025 will be discussed below once released officially. Candidates can check the NABARD Assistant Manager Vacancy for the year 2024 for various disciplines from the below table.

NABARD Assistant Manager Vacancy 2024
Discipline	UR	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	Total
Assistant Manager- Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS)
General	23	07	03	12	05	50
Chartered Accountant	02	--	--	01	01	04
Finance	03	01	01	01	01	07
Computer/ Information Technology	09	01	01	05	--	16
Agriculture	01	--	--	--	01	02
Animal Husbandry	01	--	--	01	--	02
Fisheries	--	--	01	--	--	01
Food Processing	--	--	--	01	--	01
Forestry	01	--	--	01	--	01
Plantation & Horticulture	01	--	--	--	--	01
Geo Informatics	--	--		01	--	01
Development Management	01	--	01	01	--	03
Statistics	--	--	01	--	01	02
Civil Engineering	01	--	--	02	--	03
Electrical Engineering	--	--	01	--	--	01
Environmental Engineering/Science	01		01	--	--	02
Human Resource Management	01	01	--	--	--	02
Total	45	10	10	26	09	100
Assistant Manager- Rajbhasa
Total	01	01	--	--	--	02
Grand Total	46	11	10	26	09	102

NABARD Grade A Online Application Form 2025

The online application link for NABARD Recruitment 2025 for Assistant Manager will be activated by the National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on its official website www.nabard.org. The candidates can click on the below link for more details about NABARD Assistant Manager Apply Online.

NABARD Recruitment Online Application Form Link (Inactive)

NABARD Grade A 2025 Application Fee

The online application fee for NABARD Grade-A posts is given below:

Category	Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’( RDBS)
General Category	Rs. 800/-
SC/ ST/ PWD	Rs. 150/-

NABARD Recruitment 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must fulfill the required eligibility criteria to be eligible for NABARD Assistant Manager vacancies. The essential qualification and age limit have been discussed below.

NABARD Assistant Manager Age Limit

Age Limit for NABARD Grade A: Candidates' age should be between 21 to 30 years for apply for NABARD recruitment 2025. i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-09-1994 and not later than 01-09-2003. The relaxation in the upper age limit is as follows:

NABARD Grade A Age Limit Relaxation
SNo.	Category	Age Relaxation
1	SC / ST	05 years
2	OBC	03 years
3	Person with disabilities (General)	10 years
4	Person with disabilities(SC /ST)	15 years
5	Person with disabilities(OBC)	13 years

NABARD Assistant Manager Educational Qualification

NABARD Assistant Manager Educational Qualification
Post/Department Name	Education Qualification
Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS)
General	Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from any recognized University/Institution with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree, MBA/PGDM with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate OR CA/ CS/ICWA OR Ph.D from Institutions recognized by GOI/UGC.
Chartered Accountant	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institution with Membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained
Finance	BBA (Finance/Banking) / BMS (Finance/Banking) with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 45%) OR Two years full-time P.G. Diploma in Management (Finance) / Full-time MBA (Finance) degree from Institutions / Universities recognized by Govt. of India /UGC OR Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis with 50% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 45%).
Computer/Information Technology	Four years Bachelor’s Engineering/Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering/ Information Technology / Electronics / Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation / Data Science / Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from any recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering / Computer Applications/Information Technology / Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation / Data Science / Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence with 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution OR Graduate with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution AND having passed Department of Electronics and Accreditation of Computer Courses (DOEACC) ‘B’ Level.
Agriculture	Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture from any recognized University / Institution with a minimum of 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Two years full time Post Graduate Degree in Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution.
Animal Husbandry	Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Fisheries	Bachelor’s Degree in Fisheries Science from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (ST/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Fisheries Science with 55% marks (ST/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution
Civil Engineering	Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from any recognized University/Institution with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Civil Engineering with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Electrical Engineering with 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%)in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Geo Informatics	BE/B.Tech/BSC degree in Geoinformatics from any recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR ME/M.Tech/MSc degree in Geoinformatics with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Forestry	Bachelor’s degree in Forestry from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Postgraduate degree in Forestry with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate
Food Processing	Bachelor’s degree in Food Processing/Food Technology from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Food Processing /Food Technology with 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree in Statistics from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Statistics with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/ Institution.
Plantation/Horticulture	Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Horticulture with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
Development Management	Bachelor’s degree in Social Work/Rural Development/Rural Management/Development Studies/Development Management/Development Administration/Economic/Development Economics from any recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (ST/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Social Work/Rural Development/Rural Management /Development Studies/Development Management/ Development Administration/Economic/Development Economics with 55% marks (ST/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution
Environmental Engineering/Sciences	Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering/ Environmental Science from any recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate Degree in Environmental Engineering / Environmental Science with 55% marks (ST/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution
Human Resource Management	Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University/Institution AND Two years full time Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Human Resource/Human Resource Development/Labour Law) with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution
Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RAJBHASHA)
(i) Bachelor's Degree from a recognized university in English or Hindi medium with Hindi and English as a compulsory or elective subject with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) or equivalent in aggregate ii) PG Diploma in Translation (minimum one year) in Hindi to English and vice-versa from any recognized University. Candidates must have studied English and Hindi as subjects in at least 02 years of bachelor’s degree course. OR Master’s Degree in HINDI with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%). Candidates must have studied English as main/ elective subject in at least 02 years of Bachelor’s Degree course. OR Master’s Degree in ENGLISH with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%). Candidates must have studied Hindi as main/elective subject in at least 02 years of Bachelor’s Degree course.

NABARD Recruitment 2025 Selection Process

For Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS), the candidates will be selected through Prelims, Mains, and Interview rounds. For Officers in Grade ‘A’ (P & SS) only an interview round will be conducted for the selection process. NABARD Grade A 2025 Selection is going to be conducted as follows:

NABARD Assistant Manager Selection Process
NABARD Grade A Stages	Marks	Duration
Stage 1- Prelims	200 marks	120 minutes
Stage 2- Mains	200 marks	210 minutes
Stage 3- Interview	50 marks	--

NABARD Grade A 2025 Exam Pattern

NABARD Grade A Exam includes 2 stages Prelims and Mains Exam for which the exam pattern has been already shared by the officials in the previous year's notification. Below is discussed both NABARD Grade A Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern.

NABARD Assistant Manager Prelims Exam Pattern

The Preliminary Exam is an online objective test comprising of 200 marks that has to be completed in 2 hours. The Prelims Exam Pattern for NABARD Grade-A has been revised by the authority, which has been discussed below:

Prelims Exam Test Structure for Assistant Manager
Sno	Sections	Total Marks/ No. of Questions	Time Taken
1.	Test of Reasoning	20	A composite time of 2 hours (120 minutes)
2.	English Language	30
3.	Computer Knowledge	20
4.	Quantitative Aptitide	20
5.	Decision Making	10
6.	General Awareness	20
7.	Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India)	40
8.	Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India	40
Total		200

NABARD Assistant Manager Mains Exam Pattern

The candidates who clear the preliminary round of the NABARD Assistant Manager 2025 Officer Exam are eligible to appear for the NABARD 2025 Mains Examination. The main examination comprises both Online Objective Test as well as descriptive Test paper. Let’s have a look at the NABARD Grade A 2025 Mains Exam Pattern:

Mains Exam Test Structure for Assistant Manager [Generalist]
Papers	Subjects	Type of Paper	Total Questions	Total Marks	Duration	Remarks
Paper I	General English	Online Descriptive	3	100	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answers to be typed using a keyboard
Paper-II	Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development	Objective	30	50	30 minutes
Paper-II		Descriptive Type	6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each]	50	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards)

Mains Exam Test Structure for Assistant Manager [Specialist & Rajbhasha]
Papers	Subjects	Type of Paper	Total Questions	Total Marks	Duration	Remarks
Paper I	General English	Online Descriptive	3	100	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answers to be typed using a keyboard
Paper-II	Stream Specific Paper	Objective	30	50	30 minutes
Paper-II	Stream Specific Paper	Descriptive Type	6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each]	50	90 Minutes	Descriptive Answers to be typed using keyboard either in English or Hindi (Remington and Inscript keyboards)

After the candidate clears the NABARD Grade A 2025 Mains Paper, he/she is finally called for the Interview Process. Final selection is made on how well a candidate fare in the Mains Examination as well as the Interview Process.

NABARD Grade A 2025 Syllabus

The preliminary exam of the NABARD Assistant Manager 2025 Exam will have 7 major sections namely Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture and Rural Development.

Main exam will be conducted in three phases with an inclusion of a descriptive test in English to test a candidate’s proficiency in written English. Apart from these two papers, an interview will be conducted for selected candidates.

NABARD Grade A Prelims Syllabus 2025
Name of Section	Topics asked
Reasoning Ability	Puzzles & Seating arrangement Syllogism Data sufficiency Statement based questions (Verbal reasoning) Inequality Miscellaneous Questions Input-Output Blood relations Coding-Decoding
Quantitative Aptitude	Data Interpretations Quadratic Equations Number Sehonoursries Simplification/ Approximation Data Sufficiency Arithmetic Questions Quantity Comparisons Mathematical Inequalities
English Language	Reading Comprehension Cloze test Sentence improvement Spotting the errors Fill in the blanks Sentence rearrangement Para Jumbles New pattern questions
General Awareness	The questions in this test will be from Current Affairs and Banking and Economy, Insurance. In Current Affairs, questions can be asked from recent appointments, awards, and honors, sports, new schemes, national and international news, the latest developments in science and technology.
Computer Knowledge	This section covers topics from various topics like Networking, Input-output devices, DBMS, MS Office, Internet, History of computers & generations, Shortcuts.

Click to Check the NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2025

NABARD Grade A 2025 Salary Structure

The basic salary for NABARD Grade A Officer is Rs. 44,500/- with a pay scale of Rs. 44500 – 2500 (4) – 54500 – 2850 (7) – 74450 – EB – 2850 (4) – 85850 – 3300 (1) – 89150 (17 Years) applicable to Officers in Grade 'A and At present, initial monthly gross emoluments are approximately Rs. 1,00,000/-. The candidates selected for the post of Assistant Manager posts will be provided with a handsome salary which has been tabulated below:

NABARD Grade A Salary 2025
Basic Pay	Rs. 44,500/-
Pay-scale	Rs. 44500 – 2500 (4) – 54500 – 2850 (7) – 74450 – EB – 2850 (4) – 85850 – 3300 (1) – 89150
Additional Allowances	Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, reimbursement of expenses for maintenance of vehicle for official purpose, newspaper, internet, telephone charges, book grant and Grade Allowance.

NABARD Grade A Salary Structure- Click to Check Details

NABARD Grade A 2025 Admit Card

The NABARD Admit Card for Grade A posts will be released on the official website www.nabard.org at least 10 to 12 days before the exam date. To download the NABARD Grade A admit card, the registration number or roll number and date of birth or password are required which will be provided at the time of the registration process. Carrying a hard copy of the NABARD Hall Ticket 2025 to the exam hall is mandatory.

NABARD Grade A 2025 Result

The results for each stage will be released separately for NABARD Grade A Officer posts. The candidates whose names are notified in the Prelims result will be shortlisted for Mains Exam and the candidates qualifying Mains exam will be called for the Interview round. Once the NABARD Result is out for each stage, we will notify here.

Steps to Check NABARD Result 2025

Visit the official website of NABARD www.nabard.org
Search for the result link that appeared on the home page.
The NABARD Grade A Result PDF will be opened on your screen.
Check your roll number in the result list.
Download the result file and save it for future reference.

NABARD Grade A 2025 Cut-Off

The official cut-off marks for the NABARD Grade A are decided by the officials after each stage of the recruitment process. NABARD Grade A cut off 2025 will be released after the exam is successfully conducted along with the result, till then the candidates can have a look at the previous year's cut off marks below. Candidates can evaluate their selection chances by matching their scores with the cut-off list released by NABARD.

NABARD Prelims Cut-Off 2021: Discipline & Category-wise

NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2021
Post	UR	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	CAT.B	CAT.C	CAT.A	CAT.E
Agriculture	46.25	31.50	28.00	40.75	29.00	14.25	37.50	38.75	12.75
General	53.50	44.00	41.50	45.75	31.75
Agriculture Engineering	40.00	15.50	-	16.00	-
Fisheries	22.00	23.00	--	19.25	–
Animal Husbandry	27.25	21.00	–	21.00	–
Forestry	27.00	30.50	–	–	–
Plantation/ Horticulture	24.75	14.75	–	21.50	–
Water Resources	20.75	–	–	18.75	–
Land Development/ Soil Science	36.25	–	–	15.50	–
Finance	16.75	8.75	11.75	8.25	–
Computer/ Information Technology	26.25	9.25	–	8.50	19.75
Rajbhasha	23.50	10.25	–	–	–	–	22.50	--	--

NABARD Cut-Off Prelims 2021: Sectional Cut-Off

Category	Qualifying Section					Merit Section
	RE	EL	CK	QA	DM	GA	ES	AR
	20	30	20	20	10	20	40	40
Unreserved and EWS	3.75	11.25	3.25	5.00	1.25	3.00	4.50	6.50
OBC, ST, SC, PWBD	1.25	7.50	2.00	2.50	1.00	1.75	1.00	3.00

Check NABARD Cut Off - Previous Year

NABARD Grade A 2025 Exam Preparation

To prepare effectively for the NABARD Grade-A 2025 exam, a candidate must excel in the subjects being asked in the Preliminary and main exams. Candidates can prepare for the written test either through our Online Mock Test Series or by joining the Career Power Gold Online Classroom Program. Now is the time, to buckle up and set your foot on the paddle for accelerated preparation for NABARD Grade-A 2025 exam.

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