IBPS Clerk 2026 Notification PDF Out for 11403 vacancies

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1 Aug 2026
IBPS Clerk Notification 2026

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the detailed IBPS Clerk Notification on 1st August, 2026 for the recruitment of 11403 post of Customer Service Associates (CSA), highlighting all the important details and announcing a minor change in the Mains exam pattern. 11 public sector banks participate in the recruitment process, which includes Prelims and Mains exams. 

Learn all the important details about the IBPS Clerk Recruitment, from the application process, syllabus, exam pattern, to eligibility criteria, through this guide!

IBPS Clerk Notification 2026

 The IBPS Clerk Notification 2026 (CRP CSA-XVI) has announced 11403 vacancies for the post of Customer Service Associates (CSA) in different Public Sector Banks. The application window is open from 1st August and conitnue till 21st August 2026 for all the aspirants. Candidates are advised to go through the official notification PDF provided in the link below for complete details.

IBPS Clerk 2026 Notification PDF

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2026 Exam Details

The important exam details stated in the official notification about the IBPS Clerk Recruitment for the FY 2027-28 are given in the table below:

IBPS Clerk 2026 - Exam Summary

Organisation

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)

Post Name

CRP CSA-XVI

Vacancy

11403

Registration dates

1st to 21st August 2026

Participating Banks

11

Exam Mode

Online

Recruitment Process

Prelims + Main Exams

Education Qualification

Graduate 

Age Limit

20 years to 28 years 

Application Fee

SC/ST/PWD- Rs 175

General and Others- Rs. 850

Official Website

www.ibps.in

 

Important Dates for IBPS Clerk Notification

The IBPS Clerk 2026 Notification has been released on 1st August 2026 with the application dates at the official website. Candidates interested in filling out the application form should go through the details given below and keep a note of the important dates

IBPS Clerk 2026- Important Dates

Events

Dates

IBPS Clerk Notification 2026

1st August 2026

Apply Online Starts

1st August 2026

Last Date to Apply Online

21st August 2026

Conduct of Pre-Exam Training

September 2026

PET Call Letter

September 2026

Prelims Admit Card

1st week of October 2026

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam

 10th and 11th October 2026

Mains Admit Card

2nd week of December 2026

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam

27th December 2026

Provisional Allotment Process

March 2027

 

IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2026 State-wise

The detailed notification has announced 11404 vacancies for the post of Junior Associate (Clerk), which is divided across all the states and union territories in India. Aspirants are advised to go through the vacancy breakdown carefully before applying for the post, as they must choose a specific state while filling out the online application form.

Category Vacancies
UR 4740
SC 1910
ST 942
OBC (NCL) 2815
EWS 996
Total 11403


The state-wise and category-wise breakdown of IBPS Clerk 2026 vacancies are given below:

States Vacancies SC ST OBC EWS
Andaman & Nicobar 18 -- 1 5 1
Andhra Pradesh 186 33 11 53 14
Arunachal Pradesh 45 -- 19 -- 4
Assam 349 26 41 97 30
Bihar 491 89 1 146 42
Chandigarh 20 4 -- 4 1
Chhattisgarh 265 33 82 13 23
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 18 -- 6 1 1
Daman & Diu 07 -- -- 1 --
Delhi 415 65 35 123 36
Goa 61 -- 5 10 5
Gujarat 698 50 103 194 63
Haryana 196 39 -- 56 15
Himachal Pradesh 97 25 4 18 8
Jammu & Kashmir 67 2 6 17 4
Jharkhand 182 19 45 21 14
Karnataka 1414 224 101 386 136
Kerala 108 9 -- 29 8
Ladakh 06 -- -- -- --
Lakhshdweep 11 -- 4 -- 1
Madhya Pradesh 570 91 114 98 49
Maharashtra 1051 117 96 291 95
Manipur 42 -- 12 3 3
Meghalaya 22 -- 4 -- 1
Mizoram 17 -- 6 -- --
Nagaland 31 -- 11 -- 2
Odisha 337 55 70 40 29
Pdudcherry 26 1 -- 5 1
Punjab 481 150 -- 106 40
Rajasthan 392 67 53 84 35
Sikkim 28 -- 4 4 3
Tamil Nadu 675 137 5 213 58
Telangana 191 29 18 48 16
Tripura 64 10 17 -- 5
Uttar Pradesh 1731 375 17 508 159
Uttarakhand 145 24 2 17 11
West Bengal 946 236 49 224 83
Total 11403        
 

Bank-Wise IBPS Clerk Vacancy

Participating Bank

Total

UR

SC

ST

OBC (NCL)

Bank of Baroda

1,200

504

176

117

284

Bank of India

500

207

69

56

114

Bank of Maharashtra

500

257

59

34

110

Canara Bank

2,500

1,062

376

245

577

Central Bank of India

1,419

458

298

122

441

Indian Bank

1,700

655

334

106

471

Indian Overseas Bank

780

327

130

66

189

Punjab National Bank

2,016

886

333

148

459

Punjab & Sind Bank

376

172

75

17

87

UCO Bank

412

212

60

31

83

Union Bank of India

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Grand Total

11,403

4,740

1,910

942

2,815


IBPS Clerk Apply Online

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2026 Application Process

  1. Go to the official website ibps.in

  2. Find the “Click for new registration” and start your registration process

  3. Click on the New Registration button on the top right corner of the homepage to start the registration.

  4. Fill in the basic details such as name, contact number, email ID, address, etc, to complete your application process, then click on the save and next button to move to the next section.

  5. Upload the required handwritten declaration, your signature, and your photograph in the format as given by the IBPS. The photograph must be of passport size with a white background. Both the photograph and the signature must be clear and visible.

  6. Enter your academic qualifications and professional details as required in the online application form. Once completed, click on the "Save & Next" button to proceed.

  7. Carefully review your application form before final submission, as no further modifications will be allowed. After ensuring all details are correct, click on the "Save & Next" button.

  8. Make the application fee payment using any of the available online payment methods, such as Credit Card, Debit Card, or Net Banking.

  9. Click on the "Submit" button to successfully complete your application process.

  10. Upon submission, you will receive an email confirmation from IBPS containing your registration ID and password, which will be required for future logins.

Document

Content/Details

Dimensions (Pixels)

File Type

File Size

Other Requirements

Handwritten Declaration

"I, (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true, and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required."

800 x 400 (200 DPI preferred)

JPG/JPEG

50 KB – 100 KB

Written in black ink on white paper; scanned at 200 DPI, True Color.

Photograph

 -

200 x 230

 JPG/JPEG

20 KB – 50 KB

  -

Signature

  -

140 x 60

 JPG/JPEG

10 KB – 20 KB

  -

Left Thumb Impression

  -

240 x 240 (200 DPI)

 JPG/JPEG

20 KB – 50 KB

  -

 

IBPS Clerk Application Fee 2026

The IBPS Clerk application fee details for different categories are given in the table below:

SNo.

Category

Application Fee

1

SC/ST/PWD

Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only)

2

General and Others

Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

 

IBPS Clerk Selection Process 2026

The IBPS Clerk Recruitment Process takes place in two stages:

  1. Preliminary Examination

  2. Mains Examination

It is important to note that there is no interview round in the IBPS Clerk 2026 Recruitment. Candidates are required to clear the cut-off in both exams to secure a CSA position in one of the PSBs. 100% weightage is given to the Mains exam result.

Complete IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk recruitment is done through a systematic process where the candidate has to appear for 2 stages of evaluation. These stages are:

  1. Preliminary Exam

  2. Mains Exam

Both the Prelims and Mains exams are computer-based, objective exams. Prelims is of 100 marks, whereas Mains is of 200 marks.
The IBPS Clerk Prelims and IBPS Clerk Mains examinations follow a similar pattern, but they differ in difficulty level. The difficulty level of the Mains exam is higher than that of the Prelims exam.
The Mains exam also includes a General/Financial Awareness section, and Reasoning & Computer Aptitude are combined into one section. The pattern of both the IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains exams is as follows:
 

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2026

Candidates first take the Prelims round in IBPS Clerk 2026, which is a qualifying exam consisting of three sections, a maximum of 100 marks, and has a total time duration of an hour.

S.No.

Name of Tests

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1

English Language

30

30

20 minutes

2

Numerical Ability

35

35

20 minutes

3

Reasoning Ability

35

35

20 minutes

Total

100

100

1 Hour

Note: There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2026

After the Prelims, candidates appear for the IBPS Clerk 2026 Mains, which includes 155 questions for 200 marks, and a total duration of 2 hours

S.No.

Name of Tests

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

40

60

35 minutes

2

English Language

40

40

35 minutes

3

Quantitative Aptitude

35

50

30 minutes

4

General/ Financial Awareness

40

50

20 minutes

Total

155

200

120 minutes

Note: There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer.

IBPS Clerk 2026 Eligibility Requirement

To apply for the IBPS Clerk 2026 Recruitment, candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria set by the IBPS. The eligibility conditions include nationality, age limit, and educational qualifications.

IBPS Clerk Nationality

The candidate must meet one of the following categories:

  • A citizen of India, or

  • A subject of Nepal/Bhutan, or

  • A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, intending to settle permanently, or

  • A person of Indian origin (PIO) who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, or East African countries with the intention of permanent settlement in India.

Candidates other than Indian citizens must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

IBPS Clerk Age Limit

The age limit for IBPS Clerk Recruitment is 20 to 28 years. The candidates applying for the exam must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1998 and not later than 01.07.2006.

Upper Age Limit Relaxation Details

SNo. Category Age relaxation
1 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe  5 years
2 Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)  3 years
3 Persons With Disabilities  10 years
4 Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen  actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) but the age should not be more than 50 years.
5 Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried Age relaxation upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates

IBPS Clerk Educational Qualification 2026

Candidates applying for the IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2026 must meet the educational qualifications mentioned below.
Essential Qualification:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Government of India.

  • Candidates should be a graduate on or before the registration date, as they have to enter their graduation marks while applying.

  • Candidates are required to have a basic working knowledge of computers. It is mandatory to either have a certificate/degree in computer operations or have IT/Computer Science as one of the subjects in college or school.

  • Knowing how to read, write, and speak the official language of the state or UT that the candidate is applying for is preferable.

 

IBPS Clerk Salary Structure 2026

The IBPS Clerk role offers a highly rewarding salary of approximately ₹40,000-₹42,000 per month. This remuneration includes the fixed pay and multiple allowances such as dearness allowance (DA), house rent allowance (HRA), etc. Along with financial protection, employees also receive medical facilities and leave perks, making it a wonderful opportunity for people who are interested in making a stable and well-paid career in the government banking sector. The table below shows the proper structure of IBPS Clerk salary 2026.

IBPS Clerk 2026 Salary Structure

Basic Pay

Rs. 24050

Dearness Allowance

Rs. 4769.12

Special Allowance

Rs. 7083

Transport Allowance

Rs. 850

House Rent Allowance (HRA)

Rs. 2739.83

TA DA

Rs. 133.71

Gross Pay

Rs. 40720.34

Deduction (NPS Fund, Union Fee)

Rs. 2986

Net Pay

Rs. 37734.34


Complete IBPS Clerk Pay Structure

IBPS Clerk 2026 Syllabus

The IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2026 is similar to the bank exam syllabus followed by most public sector banking recruitment exams. There are 3 sections in Prelims (Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability, and English Language) and 5 sections in Mains, with Computer Awareness and General Awareness as the two added sections. The complete breakdown of the syllabus for both IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains is given in the table below:

English Language

Numerical Ability

Reasoning Ability

Computer

General Awareness

Reading Comprehension

Number Series

Puzzle and Arrangements

History and Generations of Computers

Banking and Insurance Awareness

Cloze Test

Simplification/ Approximation

Inequality

Introduction to Computer Organisation

Financial Awareness

Fillers

Quadratic Equations

Syllogism

Computer Hardware and I/O Devices

Govt. Schemes and Policies

Spotting Errors

Data Interpretation

Coding-Decoding

Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS

Current Affairs

Sentence Improvement

Data Sufficiency

Blood Relations

Operating System, Internet

Static Awareness

Fill in the Blanks

Miscellaneous

Direction sense

Computer Network & Security

 

 

 

Order and Ranking 

MS Office Suite and Shortcut Keys

 

Computer Memory, Computer Software

Number System and Conversions



IBPS Clerk Mock Test

IBPS Clerk 2026 State-Wise Language Details

 The IBPS Clerk Exam, both Prelims and Mains, will be conducted in 13 regional languages along with Hindi and English, which will be helpful for the local candidates and improve the customer service. The state-wise language list is given in the table below:

IBPS Clerk 2026 Medium of Examination

States Name

Version of tests (Medium of examination)

Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, 

English and Hindi

Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, 

Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Sikkim, 

Andhra Pradesh

English, Hindi and Telugu

Assam

English, Hindi and Assamese

Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani

Goa

English, Hindi and Konkani

Gujarat

English, Hindi and Gujarati

Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh

English, Hindi and Urdu

Karnataka

English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani

Kerala, Lakshadweep

English, Hindi and Malayalam

Maharashtra

English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani

Manipur

English, Hindi and Manipuri

Odisha

English, Hindi and Odia

Puducherry

English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

Punjab

English, Hindi and Punjabi

Tamil Nadu

English, Hindi and Tamil

Telangana

English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu

Tripura, West Bengal

English, Hindi and Bengali

 

IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam Centres Locations

Candidates have to select exam centers while filling out the IBPS Clerk form. It is advised to go through the exam center list for the State/UT you are applying for. Note that Prelims and Mains Exam centers are not the same. Candidates should carefully check the exam centers and select the one that will be convenient for them to reach. The list of exam centers for each state is given below:

IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam Centre

State/ UT

Prelims Exam Centers

Mains Exam Centers

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

Ananthapur, Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram

Guntur, Kurnool, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam

Arunachal Pradesh

Naharlagun

Naharlagun

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

Guwahati, Silchar

Bihar

Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea

Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna

Chandigarh

Chandigarh/Mohali

Chandigarh/Mohali

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur

Raipur

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Surat, Jamnagar

Surat

Delhi

Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad

Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad

Goa

Panaji

Panaji

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara

Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara

Haryana

Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra

Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram

Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan

Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla, Solan

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Samba, Srinagar

Jammu, Srinagar

Jharkhand

Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro

Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

Karnataka

Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi

Bengaluru, HubliDharwad, Mangalore

Kerala

Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur

Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram

Ladakh

Leh

Leh

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

Kavaratti

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain

Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior

Maharashtra

Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Solapur

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Pune

Manipur

Imphal

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Aizawl

Nagaland

Kohima

Kohima

Odisha

Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur

Bhubaneshwar

Puducherry

Puducherry

Puducherry

Punjab

Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala

Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur

Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur

Sikkim

Bardang/ Gangtok

Bardang/ Gangtok

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar

Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli

Telangana

Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal

Hyderabad, Karimnagar

Tripura

Agartala

Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Sitapur, Varanasi

Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee

Dehradun

West Bengal

Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri

Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri

 

IBPS Clerk Cut Off 2026

IBPS shares the scorecards and the Clerk cut-off after the results are announced. Candidates must pass both the preliminary and main stages of the selection process. Aspirants can better understand their performance and competition by looking at the Prelims and Mains cut-off. Let's now discuss the IBPS Clerk previous year cut-off.

IBPS Clerk Mains Cut off 2025

IBPS Clerk mains cut off 2025 has been released. Check IBPS Clerk Category-wise and state-wise Cut off:-

Minimum Scores (Online Main Examination out of 100)

IBPS Clerk mains cut off - minimum scores

Maximum Scores (Online Main Examination out of 100 )

IBPS Clerk mains cut off - maximum scores

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off 2025

State/UT

General

SC

ST

EWS

OBC (NCL)

Andhra Pradesh

64.5

-

64.50

-

-

Arunachal Pradesh

-

-

-

-

-

Assam

65.75

-

-

-

-

Bihar

61.25

-

-

61.25

61.25

Chhattisgarh

66.75

-

-

-

-

Chandigarh

86.5

-

-

-

-

Delhi

84

-

-

-

83

Gujarat

45.25

-

45.25

45.25

45.25

Haryana

78.5

70.75

-

-

-

Himachal Pradesh

82.75

-

-

-

-

J & K

81.25

-

-

-

-

Jharkhand

74.5

-

-

-

74.50

Kerala

77.25

-

-

-

77.25

Madhya Pradesh

69

-

-

-

69.75

Maharashtra

46

46.25

-

46.25

46.25

Manipur

52

-

-

-

52

Odisha

69.75

-

-

-

-

Punjab

81

-

-

81

-

Rajasthan

77.50

-

64.50

77.5

77.50

Karnataka

46

-

-

-

46

Telangana

46.25

-

-

-

46.25

Tamil Nadu

-

-

-

-

45.25

Uttar Pradesh

69.75

63

57.75

-

69.75

Uttarakhand

85

77.75

-

-

-

West Bengal

78.50

-

-

-

70.25

Tripura

-

-

-

-

-

Sikkim

-

-

-

-

-

 

List of Participating Banks in IBPS Clerk 2026 exam

Here is the list of 11 participating banks in the IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam:

  • Bank of Baroda

  • Bank of India

  • Bank of Maharashtra

  • Canara Bank

  • Central Bank of India

  • Indian Bank

  • Indian Overseas Bank

  • Punjab & Sind Bank

  • Punjab National Bank

  • UCO Bank

  • Union Bank of India