NABARD Grade A 2025 Eligibility

NABARD Grade A 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria is really an important factor that every candidate must check before applying for any exam. NABARD Grade A has prescribed educational qualification eligibility for all the streams of the exam. Read the information given below to know about the eligibility for NABARD Grade A Exam.

Here we are providing you with NABARD Grade A Eligibility Criteria, Age Relaxation, and Education Qualification.

NABARD Grade A 2025 Age Limit

• Minimum Age: 21 years
• Maximum Age: 30 years
  As per the NABARD Grade A Notification 2025.

NABARD Grade A Age Relaxation

The upper age limit may be relaxed by -

•   03 years in case of eligible OBC applicants,
•  a maximum of 05 years in case of : (i) Applicants belonging to SC/ST , if the posts are reserved for them (ii) Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) provided that the applicants have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability or have been released on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or on invalidation (iii) Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers who have completed their initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service but whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case, on selection, the Ministry of Defence issues certificates that they would be released within 03 months from the date of receipt of offer of appointment, (iv) Children/family members of victims died in the1984 riots.
• 10 years for PWBD (General); 13 years for PWBD (OBC), and 15 years for PWBD

 (SC/ST) applicants. 

NOTE: NO CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY

APPLICANT, SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE. 

NABARD Grade A 2025 Educational Qualification 

The NABARD Grade A Educational Qualification details of different posts have been given below for your reference: 

Generalist Post

Bachelor's Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.
or

Post Graduate degree, MBA/PGDM with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.
or

CA/ CS/ICWA OR PhD from Institutions recognized by the GOI/UGC.
In case the University/Institute defines criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the same will be accepted. However, where the University/Institute does not define criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the undefined parameter(s) would be worked out as under:

Equivalent CGPA/ OGPA/ CPI or similar terminologies allotted on a 10-point scaleClass / DivisionAggregate % of Marks

Aggregate Grade Point or percentage of marks where awarded would mean aggregate over the entire duration of the course.

General Agriculture 

Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.

or

Post-Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/ Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution. 

Agriculture Engineering 

Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture Engineering with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.

or

Post-Graduate degree in Agriculture Engineering with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution. 

Animal Husbandry

Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.

and/or

Post Graduate degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate. 

Land Development – Soil Science

Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with 60% marks (PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate.

or

Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution. 

Fisheries 

Bachelor's degree in Fisheries Science from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate

or

Postgraduate degree in Fisheries Science with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate. 

Forestry

Bachelor's degree in Forestry from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate

or

Postgraduate degree in Forestry with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.

Plantation/Horticulture

Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate

or

Post Graduate degree in Horticulture with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate.
Water Resources
Bachelor's degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology /Irrigation /Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 60% marks (PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate

or

Post Graduate degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology/Irrigation /Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 55% marks in aggregate (PWBD applicants 50%) from a recognized University.

Finance

BBA (Finance/Banking) / BMS (Finance/Banking) with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%)

or

Two years full-time P.G. Diploma in Management (Finance) / Full-time MBA (Finance) degree with 55% (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 50%) from Institutions/ Universities recognized by GoI /UGC with a Bachelor's Degree in any discipline. Candidates will be required to submit a certificate from an Institution/University regarding specialization in finance

or

Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%)

or

Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institution with Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained on or before 01-07-2021, OR CFA.
Computer & Information Technology
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate

or

A postgraduate degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized university.