Finance Ministry recommends bank clerk recruitment exam in regional languages

New Delhi: Finance Ministry has recommended that clerical recruitments for the 12 Public Sector Banks and vacancies advertised henceforth will be conducted in the thirteen regional languages along with English and Hindi. This decision is based on the recommendation of a committee that was constituted by the Ministry to look into the matter of holding examinations for clerical cadre in Public Sector Banks in regional languages. 

The ongoing process of holding the examination initiated by IBPS was



kept on hold until the recommendations of the committee were made available.

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 and regional languages. This decision of holding clerical exams in regional languages will also apply to the upcoming SBI vacancies, post the completion of the ongoing recruitment process for the vacancies that are already advertised.