The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, has announced a major overhaul of the recruitment and result-declaration cycle for SBI, nationalised banks (NBs) and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).
The move aims to reduce attrition, improve workforce planning and enhance transparency in examinations conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).
A recurring challenge in recent years has been candidates shifting repeatedly between RRBs, NBs and SBI as results were declared in that order. This sequencing created high attrition at the entry level, causing operational strain across banks.
To address this, the DFS has introduced a revised, standardised recruitment-result sequence:
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Results will now be announced first for SBI,
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followed by nationalised banks,
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and finally RRBs.
Within each category, officer-level results will be released before clerical-level results. The aim is to give candidates enough clarity to rank preferences and make informed decisions, while stabilising hiring cycles across the sector.
In a major transparency push, IBPS will also begin providing login-based access to candidates’ response sheets and correct answer keys from the 2026–27 Common Recruitment Process onward.
According to the DFS, the revamped framework is expected to improve predictability, reduce migration between banks, and strengthen workforce planning across the system.
