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:
State |
2020 |
2019 |
Andaman & Nicobar Island |
- |
14 |
Andhra Pradesh |
10 |
777 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
1 |
11 |
Assam |
16 |
189 |
Bihar |
76 |
295 |
Chandigarh |
6 |
64 |
Chhattisgarh |
7 |
174 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
4 |
4 |
Daman & Diu |
Merged vacancies with Dadra and Nagar haveli |
2 |
Delhi |
67 |
525 |
Goa |
17 |
67 |
Gujarat |
119 |
600 |
Haryana |
35 |
328 |
Himachal Pradesh |
40 |
129 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
5 |
63 |
Jharkhand |
55 |
141 |
Karnataka |
29 |
953 |
Kerala |
32 |
349 |
Lakshadweep |
2 |
1 |
Madhya Pradesh |
75 |
440 |
Maharashtra |
334 |
1,257 |
Manipur |
2 |
11 |
Meghalaya |
1 |
7 |
Mizoram |
1 |
9 |
Nagaland |
5 |
11 |
Odisha |
43 |
417 |
Puducherry |
3 |
44 |
Punjab |
136 |
634 |
Rajasthan |
48 |
325 |
Sikkim |
1 |
23 |
Tamil Nadu |
77 |
1,379 |
Telangana |
20 |
612 |
Tripura |
11 |
53 |
Uttar Pradesh |
136 |
1,203 |
Uttarakhand |
18 |
117 |
West Bengal |
126 |
847 |
Total |
1,557 |
12,075 |
When you also compare the total available vacancies from last five years, the difference is stark:
Year |
Number of vacancies |
2020 |
1,557 |
2019 |
12,075 |
2018 |
7,275 |
2017 |
7,883 |
2016 |
19,243 |
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.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.