FCI RECRUITMENT 2022 MANAGEMENT TRAINEES | APPLY TILL 26TH SEPTEMBER FOR 113 VACANCIES

FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA: AT A GLANCE:

The Food Corporation of India (FCI), one of the largest public sector organisations responsible for the nation's food security, is seeking qualified applicants who fulfil the required criteria in terms of education, experience, and other factors to submit online applications for the position of Manager (General/ Depot/ Movement/ Accounts/ Technical/ Civil Engineering/ Electrical Mechanical Engineering) in its depots and offices located throughout the nation. Candidates will be chosen as Management Trainees and will get six months of training.

HIGHLIGHTS:

IMPORTANT DATES:

The tentative schedule is tabulated below:-

Note: For regular updates, candidates are recommended to check the FCI website. The online registration link is available from Tuesday, August 27, at 10:00 a.m. (IST), through Friday, September 26, at 6:00 p.m. (IST). Candidates are advised to submit their applications well in advance to avoid the last-minute rush. Network issues or any other issues that arise during the submission of an online application are not the responsibility of FCI.

IMPORTANT LINKS:

HOW TO APPLY:

Only online applications will be accepted from 27.08.2022, 10:00 IST, until 26.09.2022, 16:00 IST. No other forms of application will be considered.

A. REGISTRATION OF APPLICATIONS

1. Candidates must go the FCI website at https://fci.gov.in/ and select "APPLY ONLINE," which will open a new window.

2. Select the "Click here for New Registration" tab to register an application, then enter your name, phone number, and email address. The system will generate a Provisional Registration Number and Password, which will then be shown on the screen. An email and SMS containing the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be provided. (Candidate should note down the Provisional Registration Number and Password.)

3. In the event that the applicant is unable to complete the application in single attempt, he or she may keep the data submitted thus far by selecting the "SAVE AND NEXT" tab. Candidates are urged to use the "SAVE AND NEXT" feature to check the details in the online application form before submitting it, and to modify them if necessary. Candidates who are visually impaired should carefully complete the application form or have the details checked to make sure they are accurate before submitting it.

4. Candidates are recommended to carefully complete and double-check the information they enter into the online application since after they click the COMPLETE REGISTRATION BUTTON, no changes will be permitted or accepted. 

5. The candidate's name, or the name of his or her father, husband, or another family member, should be spelt exactly as it appears on all certificates, mark sheets, and identity documents. Any improvement or change could cause the candidate to be disqualified.

6. By selecting the "Validate your details" and "Save & Next" buttons, you can verify your application information and save it.

7. Candidates can continue by scanning and uploading their photos and signature in accordance with the guidelines listed in point "C" of the guidelines for scanning and uploading photos and signatures.

8. Candidates can continue filling out the application form's other details.

9. Before completing registration, examine and double-check the complete application form by selecting the Preview tab.

11. Click on the 'Payment' Tab and proceed with payment. 

12. Click on the 'Submit' button. 

B. PAYMENT OF FEE

The payment can be done through Debit Cards (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/Mobile Wallets, and the application form is integrated with the payment gateway.

C. DOCUMENT SCAN AND UPLOAD

Photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm) 

Signature (with black ink) 

Left thumb impression (on white paper with black or blue ink) 

A handwritten declaration (on a white paper with black ink) Ensuring that all these scanned documents adhere to the required specifications.

Application Fee

• General / OBC / EWS: 800/-

• SC / ST / PH : 0/-

• All Category Female : 0/-

• Pay the Examination Fee Through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking, E Challan

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Nationality

A candidate for appointment in the service of the Corporation shall be:

 i. a Citizen of India, or

ii. a subject of Nepal, or

iii. a subject of Bhutan, or

iv. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1

st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or v. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries  of Kenya, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar),

 Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Age Limit

A person must be at least 18 years old to be eligible for an initial appointment

Educational Qualification

SELECTION PROCESS:

• Manager (General /Depot /Movement /Accounts /Technical /Civil Engineering/Electrical Mechanical Engineering):- The selection process will consist of Online Test, Interview and Training.

• Manager (Hindi):- The selection process will be consisting of Online Test and Interview

EXAM PATTERN:

A) Online Test

The online test will comprise Phase-I and Phase-II exams

i) The online test of Phase-I shall be common irrespective of the post. The test structure for the Phase I Online test is as follow:-

*The nature of questions will be such that they do not require specialised study of any discipline. 

ii) Phase-II online test will comprise:-

The pattern of Paper(s) for the PHASE-II Online Test shall be as follows: 

The Structure of Paper – I, Paper-II, Paper-III and Paper – IV of PHASE-II Online Test shall be as follows:

PAPER-I (Duration - 90 minutes) (120 Marks): 

For the post of Manager (General / Depot / Movement / Accounts / Technical / Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering).

* The nature of questions will be such that they do not require specialised study of any discipline. 

 PAPER-II (Duration - 60 minutes) (120 Marks):

I. 60 Multiple Choice Questions on General Accounting and Finance for candidates applying for Manager (Accounts)

OR 

II. 60 Multiple Choice Questions on Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Engineering & Bio-Technology for candidates applying for Manager(Technical) 

OR 

III. 60 Multiple Choice Questions on Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering for candidates applying for Manager(Civil Engineering / Electrical Mechanical Engineering).

B. DOCUMENT VERIFICATION & INTERVIEW

Candidates for the postcodes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H who were shortlisted in the online test will then be invited for an interview with FCI at a post-to-candidate ratio of 1:3. At the time of the interview, the document verification will be completed.

C. TRAINING 

The recruitment process includes training as a Management Trainee, which is given a 10% weighting. Candidates who are chosen to be management trainees (general, depot, movement, accounts, technical, civil engineering, electrical mechanical engineering), will go through a six-month training course.

SYLLABUS:

The SYLLABUS for specified technical posts for Paper-II to assess the post-specific technical knowledge of the relevant stream is as under:

• Manager(Accounts) (Post Code-D):

1. Basic Accounting concept including preparation of books of accounts and Accounting Standards.

2. Financial Management:(a) Analysis of Financial statement (b) Budgeting & Budgetary control (c) Working 

Capital management(d) Capital Budgeting & Ratio Analysis.

3. Taxation: (a) Income Tax including the filing of the return, TDS, Advance Tax etc. (b) Goods & Services Tax.

4. Auditing: (a) Auditing Concepts and Methods(b) Internal & External Audit of Companies.

5. Commercial Laws: (a) Contract Act (b) Companies Act (c) Sales of Goods Act (d) Negotiable Instrument Act

(e) Consumer Protection Act(f) RTI Act.

6. Basic of Computers: (a) Operating System (b) Browsers(c) Email (d) Memory (Internal, External, 

portable) (e) Chats(f) Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) (g) Networks.

• Manager (Technical) (Post Code-E):

1. Agricultural- Statistics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses), Food & Agriculture Microbiology, Nutrition 

(Animal & Plant), Postharvest care of Cereals & Pulses, Food grain Protection, Agriculture Extension.

2. Biotechnology- Microbes: Beneficial & Harmful, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnological Principles, Economic 

Biotechnology, Pathogens & Control, Recent trends.

3. Entomology- Basic Entomology, Economic Entomology, Beneficial and harmful insects, Integrated Pest 

Management (IPM), Storage Grain Insect pest, Vertebrate Pests.

4. Chemistry-Physical Chemistry: Structure of Atoms, Chemical Bonding, Radioactivity; Inorganic Chemistry, 

Periodic Table, Basics Metals & Non-metals, Organic Chemistry, Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, 

aldehydes and acids , Biochemistry (Carbohydrates, Proteins & Fats).

5. PFA Act, 1964,Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006/Food Safety and Standards Regulations 2011, Right to 

information Act, 2005

• Manager(Civil Engineering) (Post Code-F):

1. Engineering Materials & Construction Technology

Selection of site for the construction, Planning and orientation of buildings, Ventilation and air conditioning, acoustics. Building and highway materials, Stones, Bricks timber, Lime, Cement Mortar, Plain and reinforced Cement Concrete, Bitumen, Asphalt.

2. Building Materials: Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminium, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures, Timber, Bricks and Aggregates Classification, properties and selection criteria, Cement etc.

3. Construction Practice, Planning and Management: Construction Planning, Equipment, site investigation, Tendering Process and Contract Management, Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost; Land acquisition, Labour Safety and welfare.

4. Surveying, Leveling, temporary and permanent adjustments of levels and Theodolite, Use of theodolite, tachometry. Trigonometrically and Triangulation survey. Contours and contouring, Computations of areas and volumes.

5. Soil/Geotechnical Engineering

Classification of soil, Field identification tests, water content, specific gravity, voids ratio, porosity, Soil permeability and its determination in the laboratory and field, Darcy’s law, Flow nets its Characteristics. Local and general shear failures, design Criteria for shallow foundation, Plate load test, Stability of simple slopes. 

6. Highway and bridges: Classification of road land width, Flexible pavements, WBM courses, sub-base, sand bitumen base curse, crushed cement concrete base / sub-base course. Prime and tack coats, surface dressing, Asphaltic concrete, seal coats etc. 

7. Structural Analysis: Strength of materials, Bending moments and shear force, Analysis of determinate and indeterminate structure, Suspended Cables, Concepts and use of Computer Aided Design. 

8. Design of steel structures: Principles of working stress methods, Design of tension and compression members, Design of beams and beam column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs, Principles of Ultimate load design.

9. Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures; Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces; Design of beams, Slabs, Lintels, Foundations, Retaining walls, Tanks, Staircases.

10. Estimating, Costing and Valuation: estimate, analysis of rates, earthwork, Brick, RCC work shuttering, Painting, Flooring, Plastering flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles etc. Valuation- Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation.

• Manager(Electrical Mechanical Engineering) (Post Code-G):

Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Theory of Machines, Machine Design, Strength of Materials, Engineering Materials, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Planning and Control Material Handling, Electrical Circuits, Network theorems, EM Theory, Electrostatics, Material Science (Electric Materials), Electrical Measurements, Elements of Computation Power Apparatus and Systems (Power System: Power generation; Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear & Solar power production and 

Transmissions), Electromechanics, Control Systems, Electronics and Communications, Estimation and costing, 

Use of computers.

VACANCY:

The zone-wise vacancy details are tabulated below:-

North Zone

South Zone

West Zone

East Zone

North East Zone

SALARY:

Individuals will only receive a monthly aggregated stipend of Rs. 40,000 (forty thousand rupees only). Throughout the training phase, Management Trainees will be considered for absorption as Managers in the IDA Pay scale of Rs. 40000 – 140000 upon successful completion of a training period of six months. However, there will be no training in the case of Managers (Hindi) and they will be directly appointed as Managers in the IDA Pay scale of Rs. 40000 – 140000.