NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2023
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2023: National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will release the NABARD Grade A Cut Off after the declaration of the Result. The Cut Off is applied to the total score and individual tests. NABARD Grade A Prelims Cut Off 2023 will be released discipline-wise and for all the categories. The cut-off is the minimum score to be attained by the candidates to be able to advance to the next level of the selection process and get closer to accomplishing their dreams. While preparing for the exam it is necessary to have an idea of the cut-off. In this article, candidates can go through the previous year’s cut off listed below.
NABARD Grade A Previous Year Cut Off
Till the NABARD Grade A Cut off 2023 is released, the candidates can have a look at the NABARD Previous year cut off 2022 to 2017. You can get complete knowledge of the exam by taking a look at the below-mentioned range of cutoff. Check the post-wise and discipline-wise cut off presented here in the table.
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2022- Prelims
In the table below, you can find the NABARD Grade A Phase I Cut off sorted by categories and disciplines.
| NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2022: Phase I | |||||
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| Fisheries | 16.50 | 22.75 | |||
| General | 33.25 | 30.75 | 37.75 | 29.25 | 41.75 |
| Forestry | 19.25 | 27.75 | |||
| Agriculture Engineering | 17.75 | 10.00 | 27.25 | 32.25 | |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 28.00 | 30.50 | 39.50 | ||
| Plantation/Horticulture | 16.00 | 36.75 | |||
| Civil Engineering | 13.25 | 17.00 | |||
| Environmental Engg/Science | 9.00 | 11.50 | 21.00 | ||
| Finance | 9.25 | 8.50 | 14.75 | ||
| Computer/IT | 7.25 | 8.00 | 14.50 | ||
| Development Management | 16.50 | 19.00 | |||
| AM (Rajbjasha) | 16.00 | 16.00 | 10.75 | 16.00 | |
NABARD Grade A Phase I Cutoff 2022 PDF
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2022- Mains
The NABARD Grade A Phase II Cut Off for various disciplines in 2022 is provided in the table below. The cut-off scores vary across different categories, indicating the minimum marks required for each discipline to qualify for further stages of the selection process.
| NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2022: Phase II | |||||
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| Fisheries | 90.25 | 116.75 | |||
| General | 120.00 | 119.25 | 124.50 | 121.50 | 130.50 |
| Forestry | 120.25 | 131.00 | |||
| Agriculture Engineering | |||||
| Land Development – Soil Science | 114.00 | 105.75 | 120.75 | ||
| Plantation/Horticulture | 106.00 | 118.25 | |||
| Civil Engineering | 106.75 | 122.25 | |||
| Environmental Engg/Science | 126.50 | 125.50 | 138.50 | ||
| Finance | 93.75 | 96.50 | 94.50 | 121.25 | |
| Computer/IT | 109.75 | 108.75 | 110.25 | 121.25 | |
| Development Management | 102.00 | ||||
| AM (Rajbjasha) | 84.50 | 91.50 | 91.50 | ||
NABARD Grade A Phase II Cutoff 2022 PDF
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2022- Final Cut Off
Here candidates can check the category wise final cutoff of NABARD Grade A 2022 in the given below table.
| NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2022: Phase II | |||||
| Discipline | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS |
| Fisheries | 170.75 | 153.50 | |||
| General | 171.50 | 160.00 | 156.00 | 167.50 | 165.75 |
| Forestry | 173.00 | 164.75 | |||
| Agriculture Engineering | 160.75 | 156.25 | 169.00 | 167.25 | |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 167.25 | 149.00 | 164.75 | ||
| Plantation/Horticulture | 162.25 | 144.00 | |||
| Civil Engineering | 163.25 | 152.25 | |||
| Environmental Engg/Science | 183.75 | 174.75 | 167.50 | ||
| Finance | 158.25 | 138.25 | 139.50 | 121.75 | |
| Agri Marketing/Agri /Business | 169.50 | 128.75 | |||
| Computer/IT | 161.00 | 150.50 | 150.00 | 149.00 | |
| Development Management | 160.25 | ||||
| AM (Rajbjasha) | 137.25 | 128.5 | 114.50 | 157.00 | |
NABARD Grade A Final Cutoff 2022 PDF
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2021- Prelims
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2021 category-wise is tabulated below-
| NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) Cut Off 2021- Prelims | |||||||||
| Post | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | CAT.B | CAT.C | CAT.A | CAT.E |
| General | 44.00 | 41.50 | 45.75 | 31.75 | 53.50 | 14.25 | 37.50 | 38.75 | 12.75 |
| Agriculture | 31.50 | 28.00 | 40.75 | 29.00 | 46.25 | ||||
| Agriculture Engineering | 15.50 | – | 16.00 | – | 40.00 | ||||
| Fisheries | 23.00 | — | 19.25 | – | 22.00 | ||||
| Animal Husbandry | 21.00 | – | 21.00 | – | 27.25 | ||||
| Forestry | 30.50 | – | – | – | 27.00 | ||||
| Plantation/ Horticulture | 14.75 | – | 21.50 | – | 24.75 | ||||
| Land Development/ Soil Science | – | – | 18.75 | – | 20.75 | ||||
| Water Resources | – | – | 15.50 | – | 36.25 | ||||
| Finance | 8.75 | 11.75 | 8.25 | – | 16.75 | ||||
| Computer/ Information Technology | 9.25 | – | 8.50 | 19.75 | 26.25 | ||||
| Rajbhasha | 10.25 | – | – | – | 23.50 | – | 22.50 | — | — |
NABARD Grade A Prelims Cut Off 2021 Section-wise is tabulated below
| NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) Cut Off 2021- Prelims | ||||||||
| Category | Qualifying Section | Merit Section | ||||||
| RE | EL | CK | QA | DM | GA | ES | AR | |
| 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 40 | |
| Unreserved and EWS | 3.75 | 11.25 | 3.25 | 5.00 | 1.25 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 6.50 |
| OBC, ST, SC, PWBD | 1.25 | 7.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 1.00 | 3.00 |
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2021- Mains
NABARD Grade A Cut off for the Mains 2021 is given below
| NABARD Grade A (Assistant Manager) Cut Off 2021- Mains | |||||
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| General | 109.67 | 109.83 | 114.08 | 115.50 | 118.42 |
| Agriculture | 116.83 | 116.75 | 124.67 | 122.33 | 127.92 |
| Agriculture Engineering | 121.00 | — | 127.33 | — | 129.58 |
| Animal Husbandry | 107-83 | — | 120 | 114.92 | 134.50 |
| Fisheries | 100.33 | — | 104.33 | — | 117.08 |
| Forestry | 107.42 | — | — | — | 120.25 |
| Plantation/ Horticulture | 97.83 | — | 110.83 | 90.75 | 112.67 |
| Land Development/ Soil Science | — | — | 123.75 | — | 130.08 |
| Water Resources | — | — | 89.92 | — | 121.75 |
| Finance | 91.83 | 93.75 | 105.17 | 94.67 | 113.33 |
| Computer/ Information Technology | 98.33 | Considered under UR Category |
109.25 | 103.00 | 112.58 |
| Rajbhasha | 96 | No candidate qualified |
Considered under UR Category |
No candidate qualified |
102.67 |
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2020
Candidates who are dreaming of joining NABARD can check this latest NABARD Cut Off 2020 to crack the upcoming exam. This cut off will give you a clear idea about the competition of NABARD Group A officers.
NABARD Grade A prelims Cut Off 2020
| Category | RE | EL | CK | GA | ES | AR | QA |
| (20) | (40) | (20) | (20) | (40) | (40) | (20) | |
| SC/ST/OBC/PWBD | 1.00 | 3.50 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| EWS/UNRESERVED | 2.25 | 8.50 | 3.25 | 1.75 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.25 |
| Discipline and Category-wise cut off for NABARD 2020 | |||||
| DISCIPLINE AM (RDBS) | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| General | 98.50 | 92.00 | 104.00 | 95.75 | 118.50 |
| General Agriculture | – | 62.25 | 82.25 | 61.75 | 99.50 |
| Agriculture Engineering | 62.50 | – | 82.25 | – | 96.50 |
| Food/ Dairy Processing | – | 33.25 | 71.00 | – | 87.75 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 70.50 | 33.50 | – | – | 88.25 |
| Environmental Engg/Sciences | 49.50 | 22.25 | 48.75 | – | 82.00 |
| Agriculture Marketing/ Agribusiness Management | – | – | 56.25 | – | 71.00 |
| Geo Informatics | – | – | 26.50 | – | 45.75 |
| Agriculture Economics/Economics | 55.50 | – | 72.75 | 31.00 | 93.75 |
| Information Technology | 74.50 | 50.75 | 69.25 | 34.75 | 94.25 |
| Chartered Accountant | 37.00 | 36.50 | 37.75 | 44.25 | 57.50 |
| Company Secretary | 50.25 | – | 47.25 | – | 50.25 |
| Finance | 31.75 | 32.75 | 25.75 | 35.25 | 65.50 |
| Human Resource Management | – | – | 27.50 | – | 66.25 |
| Statistics | – | – | 33.25 | – | 61.50 |
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 23.75 | 25.00 | – | – | 34.25 |
| AM (Legal) | 36.75 | 28.50 | – | – | 84.50 |
NABARD Grade A Mains Cut Off 2020
| DISCIPLINE AM (RDBS) | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| General | 116.75 | 115.25 | 117.00 | 117.00 | 126.00 |
| General Agriculture | – | 100.00 | 112.00 | 103.50 | 117.75 |
| Agriculture Engineering | 101.00 | – | 108.50 | – | 125.25 |
| Food/ Dairy Processing | – | 84.50 | 106.25 | – | 119.50 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 107.00 | 82.00 | – | – | 117.50 |
| Environmental Engg/Sciences | 107.25 | 101.50 | 114.75 | – | 124.75 |
| Agriculture Marketing/Agri business Management | – | – | 105.00 | – | 110.00 |
| Geo Informatics | – | – | 93.00 | – | 103.00 |
| Agriculture Economics/Economics | 129.00 | – | 137.00 | 123.25 | 145.75 |
| Information Technology | 102.50 | 100.50 | 97.25 | 93.75 | 113.75 |
| Chartered Accountant | 97.25 | @ | 102.75 | 97.75 | 110.50 |
| Company Secretary | 106.75 | – | 99.25 | – | 119.50 |
| Finance | 109.50 | 102.25 | 103.25 | 100.75 | 122.50 |
| Human Resource Management | – | – | 116.25 | 105.50 | 139.25 |
| Statistics | – | – | 108.25 | – | 122.00 |
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 119.75 | 98.75 | – | – | 131.50 |
| AM (Legal) | 114.00 | 89.75 | – | – | 121.50 |
NABARD Grade A Final Cut Off 2020
The below table shows the final cut-off. It is a combined NABARD Grade A cut off released by the board for mains and interview round.
| DISCIPLINE |
SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| Agri Eco/Eco | 157 | 170.25 | 164 | – | 181.75 |
| Agriculture Engineering | – | 152 | 131 | – | 155 |
| Agriculture Marketing/Agri business Management | – | 133.75 | – | – | 139.25 |
| Chartered Accountant | 132 | 141.5 | 120.25 | – | 148.75 |
| Company Secretary | – | 141.25 | 148.5 | – | 153.75 |
| Environmental Engg/Sciences | – | 148.75 | 138.75 | 154.25 | 161.75 |
| Finance | 126.75 | 147 | 147.5 | 136 | 164 |
| Food/ Dairy Processing | – | 155.25 | – | 123.25 | – |
| General Agriculture | 139.25 | 138.75 | – | 140.25 | 144.5 |
| General | 150.25 | 148.75 | 151.25 | 151 | 157.75 |
| Geo Informatics | – | 139 | – | – | 136.25 |
| Human Resource Management | 161.25 | 157.5 | – | – | 174.25 |
| IT | 134.75 | 127 | 141.25 | 138.75 | 145 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | – | – | 138.25 | 145.75 | 156 |
| STATISTICS | – | 140 | – | – | 172 |
| AM (Rajbhasha) | – | – | 171.5 | 146.75 | 173 |
| AM (Legal) | – | – | 151 | 135.5 | 153 |
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2019
Candidates who are dreaming of joining NABARD can check this latest NABARD Cut Off 2019 to crack the upcoming exam.
NABARD Grade A Cut Off Prelims 2019
Refer to the below table to know NABARD Grade A Cut off 2019 Phase I
|
CATEGORY |
RE | EL | CK | GA | ES | AR | QA |
| (20) | (40) | (20) | (20) | (40) | (40) | (20) | |
| SC, ST, OBC, PWBD | 1.00 | 5.75 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.25 |
| EWS, UNRESERVED | 3.00 | 10.75 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 4.25 |
Refer to the below table to know NABARD Cut off 2019 discipline and category-wise cut off marks.
| DISCIPLINE AM (RDBS) | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| General | 116.75 | 115.25 | 117.00 | 117.00 | 126.00 |
| General Agriculture | – | 100.00 | 112.00 | 103.50 | 117.75 |
| Agriculture Engineering | 101.00 | – | 108.50 | – | 125.25 |
| Food/ Dairy Processing | – | 84.50 | 106.25 | – | 119.50 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 107.00 | 82.00 | – | – | 117.50 |
| Environmental Engg/Sciences | 107.25 | 101.50 | 114.75 | – | 124.75 |
| Agriculture Marketing/Agri business Management | – | – | 105.00 | – | 110.00 |
| Geo Informatics | – | – | 93.00 | – | 103.00 |
| Agriculture Economics/Economics | 129.00 | – | 137.00 | 123.25 | 145.75 |
| Information Technology | 102.50 | 100.50 | 97.25 | 93.75 | 113.75 |
| Chartered Accountant | 97.25 | – | 102.75 | 97.75 | 110.50 |
| Company Secretary | 106.75 | – | 99.25 | – | 119.50 |
| Finance | 109.50 | 102.25 | 103.25 | 100.75 | 122.50 |
| Human Resource Management | – | – | 116.25 | 105.50 | 139.25 |
| Statistics | – | – | 108.25 | – | 122.00 |
| AM (Rajbhasha) | 119.75 | 98.75 | – | – | 131.50 |
| AM (Legal) | 114.00 | 89.75 | – | – | 121.50 |
NABARD Grade A Cut Off Mains 2019
Refer to the below table to know NABARD Grade A Cut off 2019 for Phase 2
| Discipline | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| General | 115.50 | 111.75 | 120.75 | 118.50 | 127.50 |
| Animal Husbandry/ Dairy Technology | – | 111.00 | 125.50 | 115.00 | 128.25 |
| Economics & Agricultural Economics | 100.00 | 105.75 | 105.75 | 101.00 | 116.00 |
| Environment | 113.75 | 115.25 | 125.50 | – | 132.50 |
| Food Processing | 107.50 | – | 96.25 | – | 121.25 |
| Forestry | – | 121.00 | 120.50 | – | 131.50 |
| Finance | 118.00 | 105.25 | 103.75 | 132.00 | 133.75 |
| Land Development – Soil Science | 94.00 | – | 100.50 | – | 108.25 |
| Plantation & Horticulture | – | – | 96.75 | – | 106.25 |
NABARD Grade A Final Cut off 2019
Check the below table to know Final Cut off 2019 of Grade-A post
| Discipline | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | UR |
| Ah/Dairy | 148.25 | 168.25 | – | 165.5 | 158.75 |
| Eco & Agri Eco | 138.75 | 134.25 | 124.75 | 135 | 141.50 |
| Environment | – | 162 | 148.25 | 138.25 | 157 |
| Finance | 147 | 147.75 | 140 | – | 157.75 |
| Food Processing | – | 145.5 | 129.5 | – | 153.50 |
| Forestry | – | 152 | – | 152 | 157 |
| General | 149.25 | 152.55 | 146.75 | 149.25 | 154 |
| Land Dev – Soil Sci | – | 133.25 | 125.25 | – | 138.25 |
| Plant & Horticulture | – | 127.75 | – | – | 134.50 |
NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2018
Refer to the below table to know NABARD Preliminary Exam Cut Off 2018 Category wise cut off
| Discipline | Category | |||
| SC | ST | OBC | UR | |
| General | 99.75 | 94.75 | 105.25 | 116.50 |
| Economics | — | 61.75 | 67.50 | 90.50 |
| Environment Engineering | — | 68.75 | 90.75 | |
| Animal Husbandry | 19.25 | — | 55.00 | 64.75 |
| Forestry | 28.75 | — | 57.00 | 77.75 |
| Chartered Accountant | 53.75 | — | 34.50 | 74.50 |
| Food Processing/Food Tech | 25.50 | 69.25 | 86.00 | |
| Land Development(Soil Science)/Agriculture | 76.0 | 62.25 | 79.25 | 91.50 |
| Minor Irrigation(Water Resources) | 35.25 | 29.25 | 46.25 | 59.75 |
| Social Work | 23.50 | — | 39.25 | 70.75 |
Discipline wise and Category wise Cut off 2018
| Discipline | Category | Test | ||||||
| RE(20) | EL(40) | CK(20)
|
GA(20) | ES(40)
|
AR(40) | QA(20) | ||
| General | SC,ST,OBC | 1.75 | 8.75 | 2.50 | 1.25 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.75 |
| Unreserved | 4.50 | 13.25 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 5.75 | 4.00 | 4.00 | |
| All other disciplines | SC,ST,OBC,PWBD | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Unreserved | 11.00 | 7.25 | 2.00 | 11.00 | 2.05 | 3.00 | 1.00 | |
NABARD Cut off 2018 Mains Exam
| Discipline | Category | |||
| SC | ST | OBC | UR | |
| General | 113.75 | 114.25 | 117.75 | 124.00 |
| Economics | 102.00 | 113.75 | 128.00 | |
| Environment Engineering | 120.25 | 127.00 | ||
| Animal Husbandry
|
128.25
|
130.50 | 134.00
|
|
| Forestry | 141.50 | 139.75 | 145.25 | |
| Chartered Accountant | 108.00 | 131.25 | 142.25 | |
| Food Processing/Food Tech | 98.50 | 111.50 | 121.75 | |
| Land Development(Soil Science)/Agriculture | 124.25 | 121.75 | 132.50 | 136.75 |
| Minor Irrigation(Water Resources) | 93 | 85.75 | 103.25 | 111.50 |
| Social Work | 121.25 | 128.50 | 137.75 | |
NABARD Cut Off 2017
NABARD Grade A Phase I Cut Off 2017
Refer below table know the NABARD Cut off 2017 for the Grade A Preliminary Exam.
| Name of the Section | Post | All other Disciplines | ||
| SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD | Unreserved | SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD | Unreserved | |
| Reasoning Ability | 1.25 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 |
| English Language | 2.50 | 6.50 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Computer Knowledge | 2.75 | 4.50 | 1.75 | 3.25 |
| General Awareness | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Economic & Social Issues | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.25 |
| Agriculture & Rural Development | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.25 |
NABARD Cut off 2017
Refer to below table to know NABARD Grade-A Prelims Cut off
| Discipline | Category | |||
| SC | ST | OBC | UR | |
| General | 93.50 | 88.00 | 98.25 | 109.25 |
| Economics | 53.25 | 46.25 | 66.25 | 89.00 |
| Agriculture | 67.75 | 59.50 | 74.50 | 82.00 |
| Agriculture Engineering | – | – | 59.75 | 80.75 |
| Plantation & Horticulture | 38.00 | – | 49.50 | 63.75 |
| Animal Husbandry | 15.00 | – | 38.00 | 51.25 |
| Fisheries | 19.25 | – | 18.25 | 53.75 |
| Food Processing | – | – | 55.75 | 73.00 |
| Forestry | – | – | 48.50 | 66.50 |
| Environmental Engineering | – | – | 58.75 | 75.00 |
| Water Resource Development & Management | 28.75 | 31.00 | – | 46.75 |
| Social Work | – | – | 19.75 | 57.50 |
| Chartered Accountant | 58.50 | – | 46.25 | 66.25 |
| Company Secretary | – | – | 57.75 | 57.75 |
NABARD Cut off 2017 Phase II
Refer to below table to know Category wise Phase II cut off for Grade A
| Discipline | Paper I (Descriptive Test) | Paper II (ESI) | ||
| SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD | General | SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD | General | |
| General | 62.75 | 66.00 | 41.50 | 46.75 |
| Economics | 62.75 | 66.00 | 41.00 | 47.75 |
| Agriculture | 62.75 | 66.00 | 32.00 | 37.00 |
| Agriculture Engineering | 62.75 | 66.00 | 20.00 | 24.75 |
| Plantation & Horticulture | 62.75 | 66.00 | 33.50 | 39.00 |
| Animal Husbandry | 62.75 | 66.00 | 21.75 | 26.50 |
| Fisheries | 62.75 | 66.00 | 10.25 | 15.25 |
| Food Processing | 62.75 | 66.00 | 16.75 | 21.00 |
| Forestry | 62.75 | 66.00 | 34.75 | 39.50 |
| Environmental Engineering | 62.75 | 66.00 | 26.25 | 30.00 |
| Water Resource Development & Management | 62.75 | 66.00 | 17.50 | 24.50 |
| Social Work | 62.75 | 66.00 | 36.75 | 42.00 |
| Chartered Accountant | 62.75 | 66.00 | 40.00 | 44.75 |
| Company Secretary | 62.75 | 66.00 | 54.00 | 58.00 |
NABARD Grade A Final Cut Off 2017
| Discipline | Category | |||
| SC | ST | OBC | UR | |
| General | 118.50 | 115.75 | 125.00 | 132.50 |
| Economics | 126.50 | 114.00 | 128.00 | 137.25 |
| Agriculture | 104.75 | 101.50 | 116.25 | 119.00 |
| Agriculture Engineering | – | – | 102.00 | 113.25 |
| Plantation & Horticulture | 99.25 | – | 115.25 | 117.75 |
| Animal Husbandry | 94.75 | – | 104.25 | 110.75 |
| Fisheries | 79.75 | – | 90.50 | 96.25 |
| Food Processing | – | – | 98.75 | 102.00 |
| Forestry | – | – | 118.50 | 121.75 |
| Environmental Engineering | – | – | 107.50 | 111.50 |
| Water Resource Development & Management | 87.50 | 89.00 | – | 106.00 |
| Social Work | – | – | 114.00 | 124.50 |
| Chartered Accountant | 128.25 | – | 117.25 | 128.25 |
| Company Secretary | – | – | 127.00 | 138.00 |
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NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2023 – FAQs
Q1. When will the NABARD Grade A Cut Off 2023 be released?
Ans. The NABARD Grade A Cut off 2023 will be released along with the result.
Q2. Is NABARD Grade A Cut off released category-wise?
Ans. Yes, NABARD Cut Off is released category-wise for each post.
