UCO Bank a leading listed Public Sector bank invites online applications from Indian citizens for recruitment in the clerical cadre posts. Candidates are requested to apply online between 21.07.2010 and 28.08.2010 only through Bank’s website www.ucobank.com after making payment of application fee/postage. No other means/mode of application/printout will be accepted.

Important Dates:

• Payment of application fee/postage charges: 21.07.2010 to 28.08.2010
• Opening date for online registration: 21.07.2010
• Closing date for online registration: 28.08.2010
• Tentative date of written examination: 14.11.2010

NOTE : Before applying candidates are advised to ensure that they fulfill the stipulated eligibility criteria. They should not that application fee and/or postage amount once deposited will neither be refunded nor be adjusted against any other project. Candidates are advised to fill their particulars online themselves correctly. Candidates should ensure that particulars once submitted by them will be final and no further change will be allowed thereafter.

Total number of vacancies : 1000

• Andamana and Nicobar UT 01
• Andhra Pradesh 33
• Arunachal Pradesh 01
• Bihar 113
• Chandigarh UT 05
• Chattisgarh 50
• Haryana 01
• Himachal Pradesh 79
• Jammu and Kashmir 06
• Jharkhand 21
• Karnataka 10
• Kerala 30
• Lakshwadweep UT 02
• Madhya Pradesh 76
• Maharashtra 31
• Manipur 02
• Mizoram 02
• Nagaland 03
• New Delhi 51
• Orissa 131
• Puducherry UT 04
• Punjab 81
• Rajasthan 92
• Tamilnadu 14
• Uttaranchal 12
• Uttar Pradesh 129
• West Bengal 20

  Total 1000 

PAY SCALE:

Rs 7200-400/3-8400-500/3-9900-600/4-12300-700/7-17200-1300/1-18500-800/1-19300. (DA, HRA etc will be paid as per rules in force from time to time depending upon the place of posting. Medical, LFC, Terminal Benefits etc will be as per prevailing rules.

Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality/citizenship: A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India or (i) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1982 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the govt of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/interview but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the govt of India

Age (as on 01.07.2010): Minimum 18 years, maximum 28 years. Relaxation in upper age limit SC/ST 05 years; OBC 03 years; PwD 10 years; Ex-servicemen candidates actual period of service rendered in defence services +3 years subject to a maximum age of 50 years

Qualification: Pass with 60% marks in 10+2 examination or its equivalent or a degree in any discipline. For SC/ST/Ex-servicemen/PC category candidates pass with 50% marks in 10+2 examination or its equivalent or a degree in any discipline. Educational qualifications should be from a recognized University/board. Apart from the prescribed educational qualifications, working knowledge in MS office will be essential. Candidate should be knowing how to read, write and speak the language of the state/UT for which he/she applies.

Selection Process:

Selection will be made on the basis of performance in written test and interview taken together. Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for written test or interview.

Details of written test are as under:

Test of reasoning Ability:

• No of questions: 50
• Maximum marks: 80

Test of English language:

• No of questions 50
• Maximum marks : Only qualifying

Test of Numerical Ability:

• No of questions: 50
• Maximum marks: 80

Test of Clerical Aptitude:

• No of questions: 50
• Maximum marks: 40

Note : Maximum time limit for above exams is 95 minutes.

Descriptive Paper:

• Maximum marks: Only qualifying
• Time limit: 60 minutes

NOTE : The written test will be objective and descriptive type. The questions in objective tests except for the test of English will be printed in bilingual, i.e. English and Hindi. The questions in Descriptive Paper will be printed in bilingual i.e. English and Hindi version. The candidates will have the option to answer the Descriptive Paper either in English or Hindi or official language of the state/UT for which they have applied. There will be negative marks for the wrong answers in the objective Tests. The candidates will be required to qualify in each objective test and also in the Descriptive Paper separately.

Written test centre: The written test will be tentatively held on Sunday, 14.11.2010 at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letter

Andhraman and Nicobar UT (Port Blair); Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland (Jorhat); Manipur, Mizoram (Guwahati); Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad); Bihar (Patna, Bhagalpur); Chattisgarh (Raipur); Haryana (Chandigarh); Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Sharamshala); Jharkhand (Ranchi); Karnataka (Bengaluru); Kerala (Ernakulam); Lakshwadweep UT (Kavaratti); Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal, Indore); Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu); New Delhi (New Delhi); Orissa (Bhubaneshwar, Sambalpur); Chandigarh UT, Punjab (Chandigarh); Rajasthan (Jodhpur, Jaipur); Tamilnadu (Chennai); Puducherry UT (Puducherry); Uttaranchal (Dehradun); Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi); Maharashtra (Nagpur); West Bengal (Kolkata)

Pre Examination training: It is proposed to impart free pre-examination training to a limited number of candidates belonging to SC/ST/minority communities/Ex-servicemen category on first come first serve basis of Bengaluru, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Patna, Ranchi, Raipur, Chandigarh, Shimla, Bhopal, Jammu, New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, Jaipur, Chennai, Nagpur, Dehradun, Lucknow and Kolkata. An eligible candidate who wishes to avail of Pre-examination training should fill in the relevant field in the online application. The bank, however reserves the right to cancel any of the above mentioned pre examination training centres and/or add some other centres depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc. All expenses regarding traveling, boarding, lodging etc will be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the concerned pre-examination training centre

Application fee and postal charges (non-refundable):

• SC/ST/PC/Ex-servicemen Rs 50/-
• General (including OBC) Rs 300/-

Probation: On appointment, candidates will be on probation for a minimum period of 6 months, which may be extended by another 3 months in the bank’s discretion. On successful completion of the probation, they will be confirmed in the Bank’s services.

How to apply:

• Take a print of the fee payment challan.
• Fill in the fee payment challan in a clear and legible handwriting in block letters
• Go to the nearest UCO bank branch with the fee payment challan and pay in cash, the appropriate application fee in the designated CBS account as given in the fee payment challan.
• Please note that even if the date for online registration is extended the dates for payment of application fee will remain unchanged i.e. 21.07.2010 to 28.08.2010
• Payment of application fee and/or postal charges by demand draft/cheques/money orders/postal order etc will not be accepted
• Obtain the candidate’s copy of counterfoil of the application fee payment challan duly receipted by the bank under cash received stamp and signature with branch name and branch code number, transaction ID, date of deposit and amount duly written by the branch official
• Candidate should preserve the original counter foil of the fee payment challan as they will have to submit the same along with the call letter at the time of the written test, without original counterfoil of free payment challan and the call letter for written test, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the written test
• Candidate is now ready to apply online by re-visiting the recruitment link on the bank’s website and choosing the option click here to apply online to open up the online application form

Call letters for written examination: The date of the written examination has been tentatively fixed for 14.11.2010 (Sunday). However, the date of examination shall be intimated in the call letter along with the centre/venue address. All eligible candidate will be issued call letters at the correspondence address, given by the candidates in their online application which be sent by ordinary post. An eligible candidate who does not receive the call letter by 06.11.2010 should contact the UCO bank at the following address along with the application print out, ID card and original fee payment challan for issue of duplicate call letter.

UCO Bank Clerical Recruitment Project-2010

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UCO BANK
(A govt of India Undertaking)
Head office, Personnel Services Department, 3&4, DD Block, Sector-1, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064