IBPS RRB 2026 (CRP RRBs-XV)

IBPS RRB (CRP RRBs-XV) selects Officers and Office Assistants for Regional Rural Banks; its first tentative exam date is 21 November 2026. The Common Recruitment Process (CRP) is run by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for Officers (Scale I, II and III) and Office Assistants (Multipurpose) of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The notification for CRP RRBs-XV had not been published by 5 October 2026. IBPS's tentative calendar of 16 January 2026 lists the Officer Scale I Preliminary on 21 and 22 November 2026 and the Office Assistants Preliminary on 6, 12 and 13 December 2026. The eligibility and pattern below are from the latest notification, CRP RRBs-XIV (1 September 2025), whose vacancy annexure, updated as on 27 September 2025, adds up to 13,301 indicative vacancies.

IBPS RRB at a glance

Important dates (IBPS RRB 2026)

Vacancies in CRP RRBs-XIV

Annexure I of the notification, updated as on 27 September 2025, lists indicative vacancies bank by bank. The figures below are sums of those rows, because IBPS prints no all-India row. Provisional allotment follows the actual vacancies reported by the RRBs.

Selection

Interviews apply only to Officers: Scale I candidates shortlisted in the Main and Scale II and III candidates shortlisted in the single-level examination are called for an interview coordinated by the nodal RRB with NABARD and IBPS. Office Assistants and Officer Scale I need proficiency in the local language prescribed by the participating RRB. The XIV notification's tentative schedule placed the Preliminary in November-December 2025, the Main or single-level examination in December 2025 to February 2026, and the interviews in January-February 2026.

Sources: IBPS tentative calendar 2026-27 (16 January 2026); IBPS notification, CRP RRBs-XIV (1 September 2025); Notification with updated vacancies as on 27 September 2025; IBPS CRP updates. Checked on 5 October 2026.

1. Open ibps.in, go to the CRP for RRBs page and click the link for Officers (Scale I, II and III) or for Office Assistants (Multipurpose) to open the online application form.
2. Click the new-registration option and enter the basic details; the system generates a provisional registration number and password (also sent by e-mail and SMS) so the saved form can be reopened and edited.
3. Upload the photograph, signature, left thumb impression and hand-written declaration, and capture a live photograph, as specified in the notification.
4. Pay the fee or intimation charges online within the registration window.

• Photograph: JPEG, 20 to 50 KB. Signature: JPEG, 10 to 20 KB, not in capital letters.
• Left thumb impression: JPEG, 20 to 50 KB. Hand-written declaration in the format given in the notification: JPEG, 50 to 100 KB.

Source: CRP RRBs-XIV notification, procedure for applying online, and the IBPS calendar 2026-27 for file sizes (cycle XIV; the XV notification may change the steps).