If you sat the RBI Grade B Phase 1 exam last month, your result is already out, and the next stage is fast approaching. Here's the complete picture — what got released, who's cleared, and exactly when Phase 2 lands.
What RBI Grade B Actually Is
RBI Grade B is the entry-to-mid-level officer recruitment exam conducted by the Reserve Bank of India Services Board (RBISB) for the Reserve Bank of India. Within RBI's own officer hierarchy, a Grade B Officer sits at Level 8, handling regulatory and policy work at an entry-to-mid officer level, roughly equivalent to an Assistant Secretary rank in the Government of India (Wikipedia). This is a genuinely prestigious posting — RBI is India's central bank, and its officers work directly on the regulatory and monetary policy machinery of the country's financial system.
For the 2026 cycle, RBI announced recruitment across three distinct streams: General (DR), DEPR (Department of Economic and Policy Research), and DSIM (Department of Statistics and Information Management) (sarkariresult.study; govtexam.study). Each stream has distinct eligibility requirements: the General stream requires a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST/PWD candidates) in your bachelor's degree along with Class 10 and 12 (sarkariresult.study); DEPR requires a master's degree in Economics, Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Mathematical Economics, or Finance with at least 55% marks (sarkariresult.study); and DSIM requires a master's in Statistics or a closely related quantitative field, again with a minimum of 55% (sarkariresult.study). Age limits for this cycle run 21 to 30 years, as on April 1, 2026 (sarkariresult.study; anujjindal.in).
The 2026 Recruitment Timeline So Far
This cycle's notification was released on April 29, 2026, with applications open through May 20, 2026 (sarkariresult.study; anujjindal.in). Vacancy numbers vary slightly across reporting — sarkariresult.study lists 60 total posts across all three streams (40 General, 10 DEPR, 10 DSIM) (sarkariresult.study), while a separate report cites 61 Officer posts overall (govtexam.study) — either way, this is a genuinely small, highly selective vacancy count relative to the volume of applicants a central bank exam typically attracts.
The Phase 1 exam ran on two separate days depending on stream: June 13, 2026 for the General cadre, and June 14, 2026 for DEPR and DSIM (Careers360; sarkariresult.study; govtexam.study).
The Phase 1 Result
For the DEPR cadre specifically, the RBISB officially declared the Phase 1 result on June 30, 2026, for the Panel Year 2026 recruitment cycle (mysarkarinaukri). Candidates who appeared for the June 14, 2026 exam can check whether their roll number appears on the shortlisted list (mysarkarinaukri). One genuinely useful piece of practical advice worth passing along directly: the roll number list is published as a separate sheet within the official result document, so the fastest and safest way to confirm your status is to open the official PDF directly and search it (Ctrl+F) for your own roll number — rather than relying on third-party lists or screenshots circulating online, which can be outdated or simply wrong (indiajobalerts).
What Comes Next: Phase 2
Here's where it's worth being precise, since reported Phase 2 dates vary slightly by source and by stream. For the DEPR cadre, Phase 2 is scheduled for July 26, 2026 (mysarkarinaukri). A separate source lists Phase 2 for the General cadre on July 25, 2026, and for DEPR/DSIM on July 16, 2026 (sarkariresult.study), while another simply states Phase 2 runs across July 25 and 26, 2026 (govtexam.study). Given this genuine discrepancy across sources, if you've cleared Phase 1, the safest move is confirming your exact Phase 2 date directly against your own admit card once it's released, rather than assuming a single date applies to your specific stream.
The Full Selection Process
RBI Grade B selection runs across three stages in total: Phase 1 (online examination), Phase 2 (online or written examination), and a final Interview (govtexam.study; prepp.in). It's important to understand how the final selection actually gets calculated: your Phase 1 score is used purely for screening — it doesn't carry forward or count toward your final ranking. Final selection is based entirely on marks obtained in Phase 2 and the Interview (prepp.in). In other words, clearing Phase 1 gets you into the room for Phase 2 — it doesn't give you a head start on the actual merit calculation from that point onward.
What You Should Do If You've Cleared Phase 1
If your roll number appears on the Phase 1 result, your entire focus now shifts to Phase 2, since that's genuinely where your final ranking gets decided alongside the interview. Confirm your exact Phase 2 exam date through your official admit card rather than a generic news summary, given how much the reported dates vary depending on stream. And since Phase 1 marks don't carry forward into your final score, don't let a strong or weak Phase 1 performance shape your confidence going into Phase 2 — treat it as a fresh, decisive round on its own terms.