UPSC EPFO 2023 NOTIFICATION OUT: APPLY BY 17TH MARCH 2023

Updated On : 25 Feb, 2023

UPSC EPFO RECRUITMENT 2023:

Union Public Service Commission is a well-known and prestigious commission that annually conducts various examinations for the recruitment of various posts, such as EPFO, CAPF, IES, IFOS etc. The Commission released the official notification on 25th February 2023 for the post of EPFO EO/AO & APFC (Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer & Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner) in the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Ministry of Labour.

Through this recruitment drive, 577 vacant seats for the posts of Enforcement Officer (EO), Accounts Officer (AO), and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) are going to be filled. To apply for this post, you must meet the eligibility criteria. Those who are willing to appear for this examination must read the notification, to know more details about the examination.

UPSC EPFO Important Dates 2023

Event	Date
Notification issued on	25th February 2023
Application began on	25th February 2023 (12:00 Noon)
Last date to apply	17th March 2023 till 18:00 HRS (6.00 P.M.)
Last date to generate Pay-in slip	16th March 2023 ( 11:59 P.M.)
Exam date	To be announced

Note:- THE PRESCRIBED CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION SHALL BE THE DATE FOR DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL CANDIDATES IN EVERY RESPECT.

UPSC EPFO UPDATES 2023:

Exam Conducting Body	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Exam Name	Employees' Provident Fund Organisation Exam 2023
Name of the Post	Enforcement Officer (EO) Accounts Officer (AO) Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC)
Application Dates	25 Feb to 17 March 2023
Vacancies	577
Selection Process	Recruitment Test (RT) Interview Document Verification Medical Examination
Application Mode	Online
Official website	upsc.gov.in
Official Short notice	UPSC-EPFO-Recruitment-2023-Short-Notice.pdf
Official Notification	Click Here
Apply Link	Click Here
Previous Year Question Paper	UPSC EPFO 2017 P.Y.P UPSC EPFO 2020 P.Y.P

UPSC EPFO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 2023:

(a) Nationality

A Candidate must be either:

(a) a citizen of India, or

(b) a subject of Nepal, or

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

(b) Educational Qualification

Candidates must be having Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.

(C) Age

To apply for the examination candidate’s age should be as follows:-

Post name	Age Limit
Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers	Candidates must not be older than 30 years old.
Assistant Public Provident Commissioner	Candidates must not be older than 35 years old.

Relaxation in upper age is also permitted for some special categories, the details of which are listed below:

Category	Relaxation in Upper Age
Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs	5 years
Central/U.T. Govt. Servants	5 years
Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)	10 years
Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes	10 years
Backward Classes	8 years
Employees of EPFO	5 years

(d) Experience

Candidates must have two years of experience in their respective fields.

UPSC EPFO APPLICATION PROCESS 2023:

Candidates have to apply online for the post of Employees Provident Fund Organisation. If you are facing any trouble in filling out this application form then you can follow the below-mentioned steps:

1. Firstly, visit the official website of UPSC.

2. On the homepage, fill in your required details to register yourself.

3. After registration, your login credentials will be sent to your registered email address or contact no.

4. Now, log in with your registered details to fill in the application form.

5. Now, upload your required documents in the needed format and size.

6. At last, pay your Application Fee through net banking.

Application fee

Application fee for this post is INR 25/-. Those candidates who wish to apply for both posts have to pay Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only). Some special categories (SC/ST/ PH/Female candidates) don’t have to pay any fee.

Note:- Application fees should be paid only either by remitting the money in any branch of the SBI by cash or by using the net banking facility of any bank or by using Visa/Master/Rupay/Credit/Debit Card/UPI payment.

UPSC EPFO SELECTION PROCESS:

The selection process will consist of 4 steps:-

Recruitment Test (RT)
Interview
Document Verification
Medical Examination

UPSC EPFO EXAM PATTERN 2023:

Recruitment Test (RT) pattern for the post of Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers/Assistant Public Provident Commissioner are as follows:-

(i) The test will consist of objective questions with multiple-choice answers.

(ii) All questions will be graded equally.

(iii) The examination will last two hours.

(iv) The test will be administered bilingually i.e. in Hindi and English.

(v) There will be a negative marking for incorrect answers. Every incorrect answer will result in a one-third reduction in the marks assigned to that question. There will be no penalty for a question that has no answer marked.

For the detailed pattern, refer the below-mentioned table:-

Subject	No.of Questions	Duration
Part A
General English and Vocabulary	20	2 Hours
Part B
Population, Development, and Globalization	100
Constitution of India
Current trends in the Indian Economy
Accounting and Auditing, Industrial Relations, Labor Laws, Insurance
Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications, and General Science
Elementary Mathematics, Statistics, and General Mental Ability
Social Security in India
Total	120

Weightage Of Exam:-

Exam	Marks
Recruitment Test	300
Interview	100

Note:- Recruitment Test and Interview carrying a weightage of 75:25.

UPSC EPFO SYLLABUS 2023:

Topic	Sub Topic
General English	Reading Comprehension Vocabulary Synonyms/Antonyms Error Detection Fill in the Blanks Cloze Test Sentence Rearrangement
Current Events	Current events are daily current affairs that are important in terms of exams.Developmental issues are limited to the schemes and laws made public by the government in order to maintain decorum and the smooth operation of the constitution. Development issues also include the government's yojanas for the poor. betterment of the public
Polity	Indian Polity Economy
General Accounting Principles	Accounting Principles Accounting Cycle Completion Subsidiary Ledgers Analyzing and Recording Transactions Adjustments & Financial Statements Special Journals
General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications	Physics Chemistry Biology Computer Applications DBMS, Data Structure Operating Systems Input/Output Devices Computer Network Computer Organizations Internet MS Office
General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude	Mental Ability Series, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle Test, Statement and Conclusion, Statement and Inferences, Data sufficiency, Seating Arrangement, Directions. Quantitative Aptitude Number System, Algebra, HCF and LCM, Average, Mixtures and Alligation, Time & Work, Speed Time & Distance, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Quadratic Equations, Partnership, Percentage, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Problems on Ages, Calendar & Clock, Permutations & Combinations, Probability

UPSC EPFO VCANCY 2023:

Category	EO/AO	APFC
General	204	68
SC	57	25
ST	28	12
OBC	78	38
EWS	51	16
Total	418	159

Note: Out of the 418 vacancies of EO/AO 25 vacancies are reserved for the PwBD candidates silarly for APFC 16 vacancies are reserved for the PwBD candidates out of 159 vacancies.

UPSC EPFO SALARY 2023:

Post name	Salary
Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers	47600/- to 151100/- (Level- 08 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC.)
Assistant Public Provident Commissioner	56100/- to 177500/- (Level- 10 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC.)

UPSC EPFO EXAMINATION CENTRE 2023:

AGARTALA	GORAKHPUR	PATNA
AGRA	GURGAON	PORTBLAIR
AHMEDABAD	GWALIOR	PRAYAGRAJ (ALLAHABAD)
AIZAWL	HYDERABAD	PUDUCHERRY
AJMER	IMPHAL	PUNE
ALIGARH	INDORE	RAIPUR
ALMORA (UTTARAKHAND)	ITANAGAR	RAJKOT
ANANTHAPURU	JABALPUR	RANCHI
AURANGABAD (MAHARASHTRA)	JAIPUR	SAMBALPUR
BAREILLY	JAMMU	SHILLONG
BENGALURU	JODHPUR	SHIMLA
BHOPAL	JORHAT	SILIGURI
BILASPUR (CHHATISGARH)	KOCHI	SRINAGAR
CHANDIGARH	KOHIMA	SRINAGAR (UTTARAKHAND)
CHENNAI	KOLKATTA	SURAT
COIMBATORE	KOZHIKODE (CALICUT)	THANE
CUTTACK	LEH	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
DEHRADUN	LUCKNOW	TIRUCHIRAPALLI
DELHI	LUDHIANA	TIRUPATI
DHARAMSHALA (HIMACHAL PRADESH)	MADURAI	UDAIPUR
DHARWAR	MANDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH)	VARANASI
DISPUR	MUMBAI	VELLORE
FARIDABAD	MYSURU	VIJAYAWADA
GANGTOK	NAGPUR	VISHAKHAPATNAM
GAUTAM BUDDH NAGAR	NASIK	WARANGAL
GAYA	NAVI MUMBAI	GHAZIABAD
PANAJI (GOA)

UPSC EPFO PREVIOUS YEAR CUT-OFF 2021:

UPSC EPFO final Cut-off details are tabulated below:-

Category	2021 Cut-off Marks	2018 Cut-off Marks
UR	259.33	237.5
OBC	244.51	219.72
SC	234.39	194.25
ST	231.87	228.58
EWS	246.08	-
PH-HI	169.28	-
PH-OH	242.99	-

FAQS ON UPSC EPFO 2023:

Q. Can anyone apply for UPSC EPFO recruitment 2023 online?

A. Yes, an applicant who meets the eligibility criteria outlined in the notification (i.e. the detailed information on the website) is eligible to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2023.

Q. How many UPSC EPFO EO/AO Exam stages are there?

A. The UPSC EPFO EO/AO Recruitment process consists of two stages: a Recruitment Test (Examination) and an Interview.

Q. How many vacancies have been released for the UPSC EPFO EO/AO 2023 exam?

A. This year, this organisation has announced 577 vacancies for the positions of Enforcement Officer (EO)/Accounts Officer (AO) and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner.

Q. Are the EPFO EO/AO posts advertised by the UPSC gazetted?

A. Yes, the posts offered by the EPFO under the UPSC EPFO EO/AO Recruitment are Permanent, Group' B', Non-Ministerial posts.

Q. When will the UPSC EPFO EO/AO 2023 online registration begin?

A. UPSC EPFO EO/AO 2023 online registrations will begin on February 25th, 2023.

Q. How many questions are asked in the UPSC EPFO EO/AO Exam, and what is the exam duration?

A. The Recruitment Test consists of 120 questions worth a total of 300 marks and the duration of the exam is 2 hours (120 minutes).