The IBPS Clerk 2020 notification has been a surprise for many aspirants as the vacancies for this year has been reduced by 87%. The total number of vacancies for the year is 1557 which is much lesser compared to 12,075 of previous year. When you compared both the year, the decline is rather steep and many aspirants anticipate foul play. The maximum number of vacancies for this year is in Maharashtra whereas the vacancies in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka has witnessed a drastic dip. Also Check- IBPS Clerk 2020 notification

The following is a comparative study between the state-wise vacancies of 2020 and 2019, to give a better picture of the dramatic difference:

 When you also compare the total available vacancies from last five years, the difference is stark:

Probable reasons behind the Decline in IBPS Clerk 2020 vacancies:

• 10 PSU or Public Sector Undertaking banks have been merged together into four banks. Hence, the number of banks recruiting through IBPS Clerk has gone down to 12 this year.
• Many banks are relying on robotics to centralize the basic operations and hence, generate a quicker turnaround. This way, the need for manual labour has decreased.
• The number of retirements this year is less and hence vacancies has not been created due to the outgoing resources.

Many candidates have taken to twitter, to express their dissatisfaction with the reduced number of vacancies and are indicative of foul play by IBPS this year.

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