IBPS Clerk Eligibility 2024: Age Limit, Qualification & Nationality

IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria is released along with the notification. The eligibility criteria comprise nationality, educational qualification and age limit. According to IBPS Clerk eligibility criteria, any graduate candidates between 20 and 28 years old can apply for the exam. Check here IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2024.

IBPS Clerk Eligibility 2024: The Institute of Banking Personnel prescribes IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria in terms of nationality, age limit, and educational qualification. According to IBPS Clerk eligibility criteria, any graduate candidates between 20 and 28 years old can apply for the IBPS Clerk 2024 exam. Candidates are advised to check IBPS Clerk eligibility before applying to ensure whether they are eligible for the exam or not.

IBPS Clerk exam is conducted every year to recruit eligible candidates for Clerical posts in the various public sector banks in the country. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates who wish to make their career in banking. Read below for more details on IBPS Clerk eligibility.

Also Read:

IBPS Clerk Notification 2024

IBPS Clerk Application Form 2024

IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2024: Nationality

A candidate must be either:

(i) A citizen of India or

(ii) A subject of Nepal or

(iii) A subject of Bhutan or

(iv) A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India or

(v) A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries (Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided they should belong to categories - (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

IBPS Clerk Age Limit 2024 as of July 1, 2024

The minimum IBPS Clerk Age Limit is 20 years, while the maximum age limit is 28 years. Candidates belonging to reserved categories are provided relaxation in the upper IBPS Clerk age limit.

Relaxation of Upper IBPS Clerk Age Limit

Category	Age Relaxation (In years)
SC/ST	5
Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	3
PwD	10
Ex-Serviceman	The actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years)
Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands	9
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	5
Persons affected by the 1984 riots	5
Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only)	5

Important Points Related to Age Relaxation

• Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit necessary certificates in original/ copies at the time of joining and at any subsequent stage of the recruitment process as required by IBPS/ participating banks
• Candidates for bank Clerk age limit relaxation are required to provide caste /category certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format in case of SC / ST / OBC/ PWBD category candidates
• In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, the certificate should specifically contain a clause that the candidate does not belong to the creamy layer section excluded from the benefits of reservation for Other Backward Classes in Civil posts & services under the Government of India
• Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming under the creamy layer are not entitled to OBC reservation for IBPS Clerk exam

Also Read: IBPS Clerk Application Form 2024

IBPS Clerk Eligibility for Ex-Servicemen

• Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under the Central Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ will be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or cadre in Group ‘C’/ ‘D’ under the Central Government. However, such candidates will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation on a second occasion for Ex-Servicemen in Central Government jobs
• Candidates who are still in the Armed Forces and desirous of applying under Ex-Servicemen category whose date of completion of a specific period of engagement (SPE) is completed one year from the last date for receipt of online application i.e. on or before are eligible to apply
• If an ex-serviceman applies for various vacancies before joining any civil employment, he/she can avail the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for any subsequent employment. However, to avail of this benefit, an ex-serviceman as soon as he/she joins any civil employment, should give a self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about date-wise details of application for various vacancies for which he/she had applied for before joining the initial civil employment. Further, this benefit would be available only in respect of vacancies which are filled on direct recruitment and wherever reservation is applicable to the ex-serviceman

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IBPS Clerk 2024 Qualification as of July 21, 2024

Candidates must possess graduation or equivalent qualification in any discipline. According to the IBPS Clerk qualification, candidates in the final year of graduation are not eligible to apply for the exam. They must have their marksheets on the day they register for the exam.

IBPS Clerk Qualification for Computer Knowledge: Candidates must have an operating and working knowledge of the computer. This means they should have a certificate/diploma/degree in computer operations/language/studied computer/information technology in high school.  

Proficiency in the official language for IBPS Clerk: Candidates must have proficiency in the official language of the state/UT for which they will apply. Candidates should know how to read/write and speak the official language of the state/UT.

IBPS Clerk 2024 Eligibility Criteria: Reservation Policy

IBPS Clerk is identified as suitable for the Persons with undernoted categories of disabilities as defined in the Schedule of RPWD Act 2016 and notified by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) from time to time.

OC Category

A person's inability to execute distinctive activities associated with movement of self and objects resulting from affliction of the musculoskeletal or nervous system or both, including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy and Acid Attack Victims. Orthopedically challenged persons are covered under locomotor disability with the following benchmark:

• OA - One arm affected (Right or Left)
• OL - One leg affected (Right or Left)
• OAL - One arm & One Leg affected
• BL - Both legs affected but not arms

QA and OAL Category-

• Persons with OA and OAL category should have normal bilateral hand functions. Leprosy cured person means a person who has been cured of leprosy
• Loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with no manifest deformity
• Manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity
• Extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents him/her from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression leprosy cured shall be construed accordingly
• Cerebral palsy is a Group of non-progressive neurological conditions affecting body movements and muscle coordination, caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring before, during or shortly after birth
• Dwarfism means a medical or genetic condition resulting in an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimetres) or less;
  Muscular dystrophy is a group of hereditary genetic muscle diseases that weakens the muscles that move the human body and persons with multiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. It is characterised by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue
• Acid attack victims means a person disfigured due to violent assaults by throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance

Visually Impaired Person Category [IV]

Visually Impaired category [IV] person who suffers from the below-mentioned problems meets the IBPS Clerk eligibility.

Blindness

• Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; OR 
• A total absence of sight; OR
• Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degrees.

Low Vision

• Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degrees up to 10 degrees

Hearing Impaired Person

• Any person having 70 decibels of hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears
• Any person having 60- 70 decibels of hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears

Intellectual Disability [ID] category

Candidates with the below-mentioned disorders are allowed to appear for the exam:

• Intellectual disability
• Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) 
• Specific Learning Disability
• Mental Illness
• Multiple Disabilities

Only those persons with benchmark disabilities will be eligible for reservation. Benchmark disability means a person with not less than 40 per cent of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes the persons with disability, where disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority.

A person who wants to avail the benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. Such certificate will be subject to verification/re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority. 

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