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Officers get one increment for JAIIB and, since 01.11.2022, two for CAIIB. For a Scale I officer at entry that is Rs 2,000 and Rs 4,000 a month in basic pay. Scales, PQP tables and a calculator.
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Five December 2026 dates, one elective day shared by all five electives, a registration window that IIBF postponed and then extended to 8 October, and no date yet for 2027.
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The four November 2026 papers day by day, the registration windows IIBF actually ran (page, schedule PDF and notices differ), the centre-change window, admit letters, and what is not yet published.
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IIBF publishes no past JAIIB papers and says it will not share questions or answers. What it does publish: the pattern, the module map and a paid mock. How to use each.
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Pass is 50 in a paper, or 45 in each with 50% overall in one sitting. Eight worked mark sets showing who passes, which credits carry forward, and the class awarded. Plus how IIBF gives you the result.
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What CAIIB opens: extra electives, the five-track Professional Banker (5 years’ experience, Rs 1,000), a CFP fast track skipping three exams, Chartered Banker, an IGNOU MBA and GARP FRR.
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English JAIIB and CAIIB books are 2026 editions, Hindi ones older, elective books 2023. Flipbooks come only with printed copies, the mock test is Rs 100 plus GST a subject, classes Rs 2,360 a subject.
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JAIIB and CAIIB are for IIBF ordinary members only: Rs 1,500 plus GST, taken once. Who qualifies, the new portal, ID cards, why bank staff must not take DB&F, and the full cost from joining to CAIIB.
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IIBF says results come within 45 days; in 2026 they took 79 days for JAIIB and 82 for CAIIB. The result advice, consolidated marksheet, e-certificate, signature check for HR, and a date estimator.
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IIBF allows only an 8-function, 12-digit calculator, yet AFM, ABM and BFM need annuities, YTM, compounding and standard deviation. Every calculation chapter, and how to work each one.
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What to carry, which calculator is allowed, why a switched-off phone costs six months, the full IIBF debarment table, scribe rules and a checklist that builds your own exam-day dates.
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JAIIB is 4 papers of 4 modules; CAIIB is 4 compulsory papers of 4 modules plus one elective of 4 to 6. Module names as in IIBF’s 2026 booklets, what changed since 2022, and a tracker.
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Five attempts within three years, counted when you apply. Pass with 50 in a paper, or 45 in each and 50% overall in one sitting. Fees, registration windows (two sources disagree) and a checker.
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IIBF’s own figures: 63.8% of CAIIB elective enrolments were for HRM in 2025-26, up from 24.2% two years earlier. Modules, pass data from the separate elective exam, IIBF’s advice, and a chooser.
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Six years of enrolled, appeared and passed counts from IIBF annual reports. JAIIB 15.63% and CAIIB 14.03% in 2025-26, after 7.68% and 10.23% in the first year of the revised syllabus.
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JAIIB / CAIIB (IIBF): the dates, the paper structure, what has actually been notified, what it means for your preparation, with a source link on every claim.
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