RBI Assistant 2026 has reached its shortlist. The Reserve Bank of India published office-wise roll numbers of provisionally shortlisted candidates on 24.09.2026, drawn from the Main Examination of 07.06.2026, and every one of them must still clear a Language Proficiency Test. The Bank runs this recruitment as Assistant, Panel Year 2025, under the advertisement of 16.02.2026 for 650 posts, so the year in the popular name and the year on the Bank’s own notices do not match. Applications closed on 10.03.2026. Read from opportunities.rbi.org.in on 26.09.2026.
Shortlist for the Language Proficiency Test
| Shortlist fact | What the Bank published |
|---|---|
| Published on | 24.09.2026, in the Results section of the recruitment site. |
| Drawn from | Performance in the online Main Examination of 07.06.2026. |
| Form of the list | Office-wise roll numbers, starting with Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. |
| Status of the list | Provisional, not a final selection. |
| Language Proficiency Test | Every shortlisted candidate must appear, and it is qualifying only. |
| Other conditions | Medical fitness, document verification and a relieving letter where applicable. |
| Forms to submit | Attestation form, biodata form and the caste, EWS or disability certificates. |
| Appendices named | Appendix XI and Appendix XIII, both in the Bank’s own formats. |
| Final result | Not declared as on 26.09.2026. |
Note: The wording on the notice matters here. Being on this list is not selection. It says the list is subject to clearing the LPT, to medical fitness and to producing every eligibility document, and that a candidate without the required certificates may not be appointed. The Bank also repeats its standing warning that call letters, interview schedules and final results appear only on opportunities.rbi.org.in, and that appointment letters from any other domain are fraudulent.
Important Links
| Link | Status on 26.09.2026 |
|---|---|
| LPT shortlist roll numbers | Click here · Live, office-wise PDF |
| Shortlist notice | Click here · Live, dated 24.09.2026 |
| Preliminary cut-off marks | Click here · Live, dated 27.08.2026 |
| Preliminary marksheet notice | Click here · Live |
| Attestation form | Click here · Live |
| Biodata form | Click here · Live |
| Appendix XI | Click here · Live |
| Appendix XIII | Click here · Live |
| OBC caste certificate format | Click here · Live |
| OBC declaration format | Click here · Live |
| SC and ST certificate format | Click here · Live |
| EWS certificate format | Click here · Live |
| Notification of 16.02.2026 | Click here · Live |
| Apply online, IBPS portal | Click here · Closed 10.03.2026 |
| RBI vacancies page | Click here · Live, Assistant no longer listed |
| RBI call letters page | Click here · Live, where the LPT call letter will appear |
| RBI results page | Click here · Live |
| Sarkari Naukri updates | Click here · Live |
Note: Every form a shortlisted candidate has to carry is linked directly here, because the Bank buries them inside the body of one notice and they are easy to miss. The Vacancies page was checked on 26.09.2026 and lists only Medical Consultant engagements, a Director post at IIBM Guwahati and Site Engineers, with nothing on Assistant, which is consistent with a recruitment that has reached its shortlist.
Preliminary cut-off marks, office by office
| Cut-off reading | What the table of 27.08.2026 shows |
|---|---|
| Highest general cut-off | Chandigarh at 96.75 marks. |
| Lowest general cut-off | Mumbai at 90.25 marks. |
| Spread between them | 6.5 marks, on the same paper and the same day. |
| Offices above 96 in general | Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur, Kanpur and Lucknow, and Patna. |
| Kanpur and Lucknow | Counted as one office in the cut-off table, not two. |
| General at New Delhi | 95.25 marks. |
| General at Kolkata | 95.25 marks. |
| General at Bengaluru | 92.50 marks. |
| Categories listed | SC, ST, OBC, EWS, GEN, four PwBD groups and two ex-servicemen groups. |
| Marks applied on | The total of the preliminary paper. |
Note: The figures above are read off the Bank’s own cut-off table and the spread is our own arithmetic from it, which anyone can check against the PDF. It is the number worth knowing, because the same preliminary paper qualified a Mumbai candidate at 90.25 and rejected a Chandigarh candidate at the same score. Office choice, not preparation alone, decided who went through. Blank cells in the table mean that office had no vacancy in that category, not a cut-off of zero.
How the 650-post recruitment ran
| Recruitment detail | Official record |
|---|---|
| Posts advertised | 650 Assistant posts. |
| Official name | Assistant, Panel Year 2025, not 2026. |
| Notification | 16-02-2026. |
| Application window | 16-02-2026 to 10.03.2026, as the application portal showed. |
| Edit window | 14 and 15.03.2026. |
| Last date to print the form | 25.03.2026. |
| Preliminary exam | 11, 13 and 30 April 2026, across three dates. |
| Preliminary marksheet and cut-off | 27.08.2026. |
| Main exam | 07-06-2026. |
| LPT shortlist | 24.09.2026. |
| Category split | UR 346, OBC 99, SC 110, EWS 58 and ST 37. |
| Application fee | Rs 450 for General, OBC and EWS, Rs 50 for SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen, nil for RBI staff. |
| Age on 01.02.2026 | 20 to 28 years, with relaxation under Government of India rules. |
| Qualification | A bachelor’s degree in any discipline with 50 per cent, a pass class for SC, ST and PwBD. |
| Other requirements | Computer knowledge and the official language of the state or union territory. |
Note: Two figures on this page were wrong before 26.09.2026 and are corrected here. Many listings, and this page along with them, gave 08-03-2026 as the last date, while the application portal ran to 10.03.2026. And the preliminary exam is written everywhere as 11.04.2026 alone, while the Bank’s own marksheet notice names 11, 13 and 30 April 2026. The five category figures add to 650.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Has the RBI Assistant result been declared?
Not the final one. The Bank published office-wise roll numbers of provisionally shortlisted candidates on 24.09.2026, based on the Main Examination of 07.06.2026, and the final result is still awaited.
What does a candidate on the shortlist have to do next?
Appear for the Language Proficiency Test, which every candidate on the 24.09.2026 list must take and which is qualifying only, then clear medical fitness and document verification with the attestation form, the biodata form and Appendix XI and XIII.
What were the preliminary cut-off marks?
They were published on 27.08.2026 office by office. In the general category they ran from 90.25 at Mumbai to 96.75 at Chandigarh, a spread of 6.5 marks on the same paper.
Was the last date to apply 8 March or 10 March 2026?
The application portal ran from 16.02.2026 to 10.03.2026. The 08-03-2026 date carried by many listings, including this page earlier, is wrong.
When was the preliminary exam held?
On 11, 13 and 30 April 2026. Most listings name only 11.04.2026, while the Bank's own marksheet notice names all three dates.
Why do RBI notices call this Panel Year 2025?
The Bank runs the recruitment as Assistant, Panel Year 2025, under its advertisement of 16.02.2026 for 650 posts. The 2026 in the popular name is the advertisement year, not the panel year.