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Dear all, can anyone of you let me know about the exemption which is available in Bank of Baroda PO recruitment of this year for OBC candidates? I belongs to the OBC category and I want to know about the exemptions available for me. Please tell me asap. Thank you!

There are total 162 vacancies for OBC candidates in the recruitment examination.

The required qualification is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree with minimum 55% and age limit is 20-28 years for general category ( +3 years relaxation in upper limit for OBC ).

You have to appear and qualify in entrance examination for final selection.

Sorry to say that there are no exemptions available for OBC category candidates in Bank of Baroda PO recruitment. Exemption of marks and concession in fee is applicable only to SC/ ST/ PWD category candidates as per the Bank of Baroda PO recruitment official notification. So, you will be having only upper age relaxation of 3 years to apply for Bank of Baroda PO recruitment.

There is very less exemption available for Other Backward Class candidates in case of Bank of Baroda Probationary officer recruitment.

1. As an OBC candidate, you will get upper age relaxation of three years.

2. If you will belong to non creamy layer of OBC then you will get reservation benefits.

3. Cut off marks will be less as compared to general candidate.

Being a OBC candidate, you are eligible for upper age relaxation of 3 years as per government rules to apply for Bank of Baroda PO recruitment. No relaxation in aggregate of marks or exemption or concession of application fee is applicable to OBC category candidates to apply for Bank of Baroda PO recruitment.

The exemptions available to OBC candidates in case Bank of Baroda PO exam are:

Generally, OBC candidates have three years upper age relaxation in upper age limit. During selection process, cut off marks are less.

Apart from above, there are hardly any exemption.

Candidates who belong to OBC non creamy layer category, get reservation benefit and can also claim age relaxation benefit. Apart from these things, you don't get any other exemptions.

Application fee is same for General and OBC category and also cut off for OBC category sometimes is higher than General category. Hence, there is not much benefits.

Exemptions available in Bank of Baroda PO recruitment for OBC candidates :

Age of general candidate must be from 20 to 28 years. There is relaxation of 3 years in upper age limit to OBC candidates( Non-Creamy layer ).

There is no relaxation in application fee. Application Fee for both General candidates and OBC candidate is Rs. 600/-.

162 seats out of 600 are reserved for OBC candidates.

For more details please find official notification in attachments.