The Finance Ministry has announced changes to the way IBPS hires people for SBI, nationalized banks, and RRBs.

Starting with the 2026–27 common recruitment process, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will let candidates see their response sheets and the answer keys that go with them through a secure login.  The Ministry of Finance says that this step is meant to make public recruitment exams more open and help applicants better understand how well they did.

The Department of Financial Services (DFS) is making a number of changes to make hiring easier at the State Bank of India (SBI), nationalized banks, and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). This announcement is part of those changes.  IBPS does the hiring for all three groups, but the tests are given at different times.

Right now, the RRB exams are held first, followed by the nationalized banks and then the SBI. The results are also announced in that order.

The statement says that this pattern has led to high levels of turnover.  A lot of people who apply to RRBs later go to nationalized banks, and then to SBI when the results are announced.  Banks have said that this movement is causing problems with operations, which has led the DFS to look at the whole recruitment process and its order again.

After this review, the government told the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) to follow a consistent and logical order when announcing results. With the new rules, SBI will now announce the results of hiring first, followed by nationalized banks and then RRBs.  In each category, the same order will apply: officer-level results will be announced before clerical-level results.

The ministry said that this restructuring is meant to help candidates choose their preferred postings more quickly and clearly.  The system is expected to lower the number of candidates who switch between banks by making sure that results are always given in the same order.  It also aims to make workforce planning better by giving institutions a clearer picture of the people who will be working for them.