UPSC organizes a different examination every year. It offers some examinations for every kind of field, whether it is medical, defence, administrative, engineering, economics, and many more, UPSC APFC is one such exam.
An Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner is in charge of transferring the provident fund of employees transferring from one sector to another. It is one of the reputed jobs of UPSC and also offers lucrative salaries and additional benefits.
In this article, you will find everything about the UPSC APFC Eligibility criteria and other important facts for this exam.
UPSC APFC
As stated above UPSC APFC are responsible to transfer provident funds of the employees that want to transfer their sectors. These officers work under the Employees Provident Fund Organization.
UPSC APFC Notification 2021
Recently UPSC has disclosed the cutoff marks for the 2016 exam. The exam commenced on 10 January 2016. The cutoff for the exams are as follows:
Notification of the exam is expected to be released soon in September. This will include my notification of UPSC APFC Jobs Vacancies 2021- 22 for freshers, Diploma, Engineers, Polytechnic, Science, Medical, Arts, Engineering, ITI, degree holders, and 10+2.
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UPSC APFC Recruitment
Candidates are selected for various posts of UPSC APFC is done in two ways:
# Direct recruitment through the exam
# Indirectly recruited through the promotion of group B enforcement officers or account officers.
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UPSC APFC Exam Pattern
The selection procedure of the UPSC APFC exam is conducted in four phases:
# Written Exam
# Group Discussion
# Physical Selection
# Personal Interview
Written Test
The written test includes two papers: General English and General Studies. Total 2 hours is given for the commencement of both parts and include objective types of questions. For every right answer 1 mark would be given and for 1 wrong 1/3rd marks would be deducted.
| Sections | Subjects | No Of Marks | Time Duration | Medium Of The Test | Negative Marking |
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100 Marks | 2 Hours | Hindi & English | 1/3rd Mark |
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100 Marks | 2 Hours | Hindi & English | 1/3rd Mark |
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UPSC APFC Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who want to apply for the exam need to fulfil the eligibility criteria of the exam as stated by the Union Public Service Commission.
Nationality
A candidate must be either:
# A Citizen of India
# A Subject of Nepal and Bhutan
# A Tibetan refugee (01, January 1962).
# A person of Indian origin migrated from any of the following countries with the intention of permanent settling in India.
| Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, and East African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, the united republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam |
Age Limit
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | Up to 5 years |
| OBC | Up to 3 years |
| Employees of EPFO | Up to 5 years |
| Ex-Servicemen | Upto 5 years |
| Central Government employees | Up to 5 years (10 years for SC/ST and 8 years for OBC) |
| Persons who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of J&K (1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989) | Up to 5 years |
| Physically Handicapped (PH) persons | Up to 10 years |
| Physically Handicapped (PH) SC / ST candidates | Up to 15 years |
| Physically Handicapped (PH) OBC candidates | Up to 13 years |
Educational Background
There are two levels of educational qualification.
Compulsory Qualification
# A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in any of the disciplines from an affiliated university or any educational institution.
Note:
#1. Qualifications are relaxable in the case of well-qualified candidates
#2. Qualifications are also relaxable in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST if there are not sufficient candidates of the communities for the post to fulfil the reserved seats.
Preferred Qualifications
| # Bachelor’s degree in Law or Integrated five years degree in Law |
| # Masters in Business Administration |
| # Post-Graduate Diploma in Management/ Company Secretary/Chartered Accountant/Cost and Management Accountant. |
| # Two years of experience in Administration, Account, Legal matters in any government organization or a private one. |
Documents Required
| 10th / 12th School Certificate
Mark Sheet from HSLC School Leaving Certificate Graduation Completed Certificate Caste Certificate or Religion Certificate Name or Photo ID Proof Aadhar Card and License Address Proof Extra Activities Participate Certificate Self-attested photocopies of Certificate Registration Certificate Experience Certificate |
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UPSC APFC Syllabus 2021
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In-Depth Syllabus of General Studies
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Conclusion
To conclude we can say that UPSC APFC is an interesting and reputed job in the commission. Several candidates wish to work with the union public service commission.
For more preparation materials and information visit UPSC Pathshala. This website contains all information about various exams conducted by the UPSC. Also other banking and other examinations.
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