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Written by  Vishesh Chogtu

Published on Mon, February 24, 2020 10:26 AM   Updated on Thu, September 3, 2020 2:21 PM   18 mins read

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a government organization incorporated under the Food Corporation Act 1964. The organization was set up with the objective:

  • To provide farmers remunerative prices
  • To make food grains available at reasonable prices, particularly to the vulnerable section of the society
  • To maintain buffer stocks as a measure of Food Security
  • To intervene in the market for price stabilization

The overall aim of the organization is to provide and ensure food security to the citizens of the nation. The FCI operates under the ministry of agriculture and the ministry of food. It incorporates its working with the aim of ensuring Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the farmers and ensures providing food grains to the vulnerable sections of the society at affordable prices.

It operates in a total of five zones across the nation namely the North zone, South zone, East zone, West zone, and North-East zone. The FCI is a central government operating organization, providing services like remunerative prices to the farmers for better production.

Go through the below information to know about everything related to FCI Recruitment, FCI Syllabus, FCI exam pattern, etc. The following are the Zone/Region where FCI operates:

  • Procurement
  • Storage & Contract
  • Movement
  • Finance
  • Sales
  • Stocks
  • Quality Control
  • Engineering
  • Import-Export
  • Industrial Relations-Labour
  • Information Technology
  • Vigilance
  • Personnel
  • Purchase

FCI Recruitment 2020

It is important to note that FCI will be recruiting more than 4000+ vacancies this year through FCI 2020 Recruitment process. The candidates aspiring to apply in FCI can fill the application form on its official website. FCI recruitment process takes place through an online exam and interview at the national level. The selected candidates can expect their job posting to be throughout India. 

Every year FCI recruits a large number of freshers who aspire to serve the nation. The job positions at FCI include Assistant Grade I, II, III for the categories such as General, Depot, Technical, and accounts. Recruitment at FCI is done through three categories:

Category-I: Where the recruitment is done at the Headquarters level

Category II & Category III: Where the recruitment is done at the Zonal/Regional level & III. The management candidates are also hired by the organization for the Management Trainee position. Some important points related to FCI Recruitment 2020 are:

  • The FCI exam is held at a national level every year
  • The exam is conducted in two phases
  • The FCI Phase 1 exam was held in July 2020 and the results for the same have been declared
  • Candidates can go to the official website in order to check their respective results and further information

The FCI Phase 2 has been held in August 2020 and the results for category 2 has been declared on the official website of the organization

FCI recruitment

The notifications for various posts have been released on the official website. But due to the ongoing pandemic dates have been delayed. Five zones are east, west, north, and south, and they have a different number of vacancies for different posts. The eligibility criteria are different for different posts, and the candidate must carefully read all the guidelines before filling the posts.

S.NOIMPORTANT EVENTSDATES
1Commencement of application form5th February 2020
2Last date to apply5th march 2020
3Admit card release date3rd September 2020
4FCI recruitment dateOctober 1-October 8th 2020
5Results26th October 2020

FCI recruitment apply online

Both freshers and experienced candidates can opt the jobs. There are many job profiles under FCI. Engineers, typists (both English and Hindi) accounts technicians 

Apply online –

  • Step 1- visit the official website of FCI
  • Step 2- check the recruitment portal and open it
  • Step 3- download the important notification and check the important details
  • Step 4- click on the online application form and open it
  • Step 5- fill up the necessary details and upload the necessary documents like a scanned copy of photo and signature
  • Step 6- pay the application fees and submit the form, take a print out of the form for future uses

FCI recruitment exam result

The result for FCI recruitment 2019-2020 has been declared on the official website. There are a total number of 330 vacancies for the manager post. The result is declared in online mode; only the candidates can follow the given steps to check the result. The candidates must keep all the documents safely, such as to admit card, etc., until the completion of the complete process. The result comes as a PDF file.

How to check result-

  • Step 1- visit the official website of recruitmentfci.in
  • Step 2- Click on the link to check the result by logging in and check the result of the zone in which you belong to.
  • Step 3- The PDF file appears on the screen check for your name/roll number/ registration number.
  • Step 4 – in the login form, you have to search for your roll number registration number, date of birth, and hit the submit button, the result displays on the screen.

FCI recruitment west Bengal

There are 82 watchman vacancies in west Bengal; FCI west Bengal welcomes application for 281 posts in FCI depots and offices all over West Bengal and Sikkim states. The selection will be made based on a written exam and a physical endurance test. The number of posts as per reservation is- UR- 42, OBC- 18, SC-18 posts, ST- 04 posts.

  • Age limit needs to be considered while applying
  • Physical tests would be taken.
  • Applicants must have completed class 8th exam
  • The candidates must apply with supporting documents
  • The pattern and syllabus o written tests are given on the website of FCI.

FCI recruitment Punjab

The food corporation of India is ready to release the advertisement for selection of watchmen in Punjab state, candidates looking for government jobs in Punjab can apply for the same. The candidates must refer to the official site for more updates. The written exam dates will be available on the website. Class 8th certificate is required and is mandatory.

  • The candidates must strictly adhere to the last date
  • The candidates must read the qualifications before applying.
  • The candidates looking for a government job must fill the form before the last date.
  • The candidates who have passed in intermediate from a recognized board are eligible for the posts of watchman and others
  • The admit card will be released 15 days before the examination.

FCI recruitment Rajasthan

Job seekers who are interested in working and are eligible have the opportunity to fill the online form. The aspirants need to visit the official site for the release of notification frequently. The designation is of watchman/ guard. The candidates have to also go through a physical examination,

  • It is organized under the Rajasthan food corporation of India.
  • Candidates must be a citizen of India, a subject of Nepal or Bhutan refugee
  • Candidates must have passed class 8th.
  • They should have a minimum of 18 years to 25 years age
  • The candidates must pay Rs. 300/- as the application fee while submitting the application form through any online mode.

FCI recruitment Age Limit

SSC FCI stands for staff selection commission Food Corporation of India. The organization is responsible for the supply of food grains all over the country. The mode of examination is online. The application form filling has started on 5th February 2020.

The age limit of the position of assistant grade is 27 years. The maximum age to apply for AG II (Hindi) is 28 years. For the post of typist and stenographer, the age limit is 25 years. Junior engineers can apply to 28 years. The age relaxation given to OBC is three years, and to candidate belonging to ST/SC is five years.

FCI Recruitment Exam Pattern

Every year, the organization conducts a national level recruitment exam for various posts in various departments under India’s government. There are a total of 4103 vacancies all over the country. The exam consists of two papers. The first paper is the same for everyone, but the second paper is different for different specializations.

FCI recruitment process

The selection process is carried out in different phases; the candidates first have to give the written exam and then give the paper two, which consists of a specialized post. The candidates appearing for the posts of stenographer and typist need to give skill tests that will test their suitability for the post. After this, the document verification process is done, and the merit list is prepared for the candidates who are eligible for a job.

FCI Recruitment Admit Card

FCI recruitment process takes place through an online exam and interview at the national level. The selected candidates can expect their job posting to be throughout India. The aspirants can fill the application form online or post the application form to the postal address of FCI. After the successful registration for the exam, the candidates will be provided with the respective admit card for FCI Recruitment along with the examination venue and the schedule of the written test. You can download the admit card for the FCI Recruitment examination through the official website of FCI.

FCI Recruitment Exam Result

The official results for the FCI recruitment exams are declared with a few weeks after the exam is conducted. The candidates can check their respective results whether they are shortlisted on the official website of FCI. The exam result for FCI Phase II for Category II has been declared and can be checked here. The shortlisted candidates will have to get ready for the interview and document verification process.

FCI Recruitment 2020 Apply online

FCI recruitment process takes place through an online exam and interview at the national level. The selected candidates can expect their job posting to be throughout India. The aspirants can fill the application form online or post the application form to the postal address of FCI. After the successful registration for the exam, the candidates will be provided with the respective admit card for FCI Recruitment along with the examination venue and the schedule of the written test. Follow the steps given below for how to apply online for FCI Recruitment exam:

  • Visit the official website of FCI
  • Open the registration form
  • Enter the required information including personal details
  • Upload the latest photograph and genuine signature as asked
  • Make the payment for the application form from the given options
  • Click on the submit and save option
  • You can download and take a print out of the form for future reference

FCI Recruitment 2020 Last Date

The last date for applying for the final phase, i.e. Phase II of FCI was in August 2020. FCI will be recruiting more than 4000+ vacancies this year through FCI 2020 Recruitment process. Recruitment at FCI is done through three categories: 

Category-I: Where the recruitment is done at the Headquarters level

Category II & Category III: Where the recruitment is done at the Zonal/Regional level & III. The management candidates are also hired by the organization for the Management Trainee position. Some important points related to FCI Recruitment 2020 are:

  • The FCI exam is held at a national level every year
  • The exam is conducted in two phases
  • The FCI Phase 1 exam was held in July 2020 and the results for the same have been declared
  • Candidates can go to the official website in order to check their respective results and further information
  • The FCI Phase 2 has been held in August 2020 and the results for category 2 has been declared on the official website of the organization

FCI Recruitment 2020 Syllabus

FCI operates in a total of five zones across the nation namely the North zone, South zone, East zone, West zone, and North-East zone. It is a central government operating organization, providing services like remunerative prices to the farmers for better production. The job positions at FCI include Assistant Grade I, II, III for the categories such as General, Depot, Technical, and accounts. The syllabus for the respective posts of FCI Recruitment exam are:

Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering) (Post Code A)

Surveying

Principles of surveying, plane table surveying, theodolite, levelling and contouring, curvature, permanent adjustment of dumpy level, methods of contouring, tachometric survey etc. 

Transportation Engineering

Types of pavements, pavement materials – aggregates and bitumen, Design of flexible and rigid pavements, bituminous construction, rigid pavement joint, pavement maintenance, Railway Engineering.

Building Materials

Physical and Chemical properties building stones, cement (Portland), Asbestos products, Timber and Wood-based Products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes etc.

Soil Mechanics

void ratio, porosity, saturation, water content, the specific gravity of soil grains and unit weights, grain size, Atterberg’s limits, soil classification, plasticity chart, permeability, consolidation of soils. Lab tests, moisture content, bearing capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test etc. 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.

Environmental Engineering

Quality of water, purification, distribution, sanitation, sewerage and sewage treatments.

Concrete Technology

Latest technology and uses of concrete, water-cement ratio, workability, mix design, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, quality control of concrete, repair, and maintenance of concrete structure, etc.

Structural Engineering

Theory of Structures, bending moment and shear force diagrams retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection, critical load, and columns, torsion etc

RCC Designs

RCC flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of single reinforced beams, retaining walls, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State method and Working Stress method).

Steel Design

Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams, roof trusses, plate girders.

Construction Management

Construction scheduling Bar Chart, CPM and PERT etc

Junior Engineer (Electrical Mechanical Engineering) (Post Code B)

Basic concepts, Concepts of current, voltage, power, energy and their units, Circuit law, AC Fundamentals, Measurement and measuring instruments, Electrical Machines, Synchronous Machines, Generation, Transmission, and Distribution of power in different power stations, Estimation and costing, Utilization of Electrical Energy, Basic Electronics, Theory of Machines and Machine Design, Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Thermal Engineering, Air standard Cycles for IC engines, Rankine cycle of steam, Air Compressors & their cycles, Boilers Refrigeration cycles, Production Engineering.

Assistant Grade – III (Accounts) (Post Code G)

Auditing

Auditing concepts and methods, Internal & External audit of companies.

Commercial Laws

Basics of Contract Act, Basics of Company Act, Basics of Sales of Goods Act, Negotiable Instrument Act

Basic of Computers

Operating System, Browsers, Email, Memory (Internal, External, portable), Chats, Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Networks

Assistant Grade-III (Technical) (Post Code H)

Agriculture

Statics of Indian Agriculture (Cereals & Pulses), Elementary entomology, Plant Protection, Agricultural Economics.

Botany

Cell Biology: Tissue, Organ & Organ System, Genetics, Plant Classification, Diversity, Ecology, Life Process: Photosynthesis, Respiration, Circulation, Movement etc, Basics of Biochemistry.

Zoology

Animal Cell & Tissue, Organ System, Heredity & Variation, Animal Classification, Micro Organism, Insects & Rodents.

Chemistry

Chemical bonding, Organic Chemistry: Basics of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes and acids, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry in daily life.

Physics

Measurements, Basic Physics, Light, Electricity.

FCI Recruitment 2020 Exam Pattern

Subjects No. of Questions MarksDuration
English Language30 20 marks20 Minutes
Reasoning Ability35 20 marks20 Minutes
Numerical Aptitude3525 marks20 Minutes 
Total100100 marks60 Minutes
Type of paper Number of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
Paper – I120 Multiple Choice Questions 1 mark each – Total 120 marks90 Minutes
Post specific Paper-II (in phase II)60 Multiple Choice Questions 2 marks each – Total 120 marks90 Minutes
Paper-III for the Post of Manager (Hindi) Post Code-H)120 Multiple Choice Questions 1 mark each – Total 120 marks90 Minutes
Paper-IV (Only for the Post of Manager (Hindi) Post Code-H)1 Passage for translation from Hindi to English1 Precis Writing in English 1 Passage for translation from English to Hindi1 essay in Hindi30 marks each – Total 120 marks 90 Minutes

Punjab FCI Recruitment

FCI is going to release the applications for Punjab FCI Recruitment soon and the candidates from Punjab aspiring to apply for the same can stay tuned for further updates or check the official website of the organization. The interested candidates for Punjab FCI Recruitment 2020 can apply online through the official website of FCI once the applications are released. You can follow steps given below for how to apply online for Punjab FCI Recruitment 2020 exam:

  • Visit the official website of FCI
  • Open the registration form
  • Enter the required information including personal details
  • Upload the latest photograph and genuine signature as asked
  • Make the payment for the application form from the given options
  • Click on the submit and save option
  • You can download and take a print out of the form for future reference

Gujarat FCI Recruitment

The candidates from Gujarat aspiring to apply for the same have applied for Gujarat FCI Recruitment exam 2020. The applications were invited in the month of January 2020 and the candidates who have qualified the class of 8th were eligible to apply for the job. Total 107 jobs were vacant for Gujarat FCI Recruitment 2020 and the candidates who qualified both the phases of the exam were shortlisted for the interview and documentation verification. Further, the candidates were selected for the respective job posts. 

You can contact the FCI department in Gujarat here – https://fci.gov.in/contactUs.php?dep=28

FCI Recruitment 2020 Odisha

The applications for FCI Recruitment for candidates in Odisha 2020 have been released. The aspirants can check the application form on the official website of FCI. The last date of filling and submitting the official application form for FCI Recruitment 2020 Odisha is in October 2020. The candidates who have qualified the class of 8th are eligible to apply for the job. You can follow steps given below for how to apply online for FCI Recruitment 2020 Odisha exam:

  • Visit the official website of FCI
  • Open the registration form
  • Enter the required information including personal details
  • Upload the latest photograph and genuine signature as asked
  • Make the payment for the application form from the given options
  • Click on the submit and save option
  • You can download and take a print out of the form for future reference

FCI Recruitment 2020 Rajasthan

FCI is going to release the applications for Rajasthan FCI Recruitment soon and the candidates from Rajasthan aspiring to apply for the same can stay tuned for further updates or check the official website of the organization. The interested candidates for FCI Recruitment 2020 Rajasthan can apply online through the official website of FCI once the applications are released. You can follow steps given below for how to apply online for FCI Recruitment 2020 Rajasthan exam:

  • Visit the official website of FCI
  • Open the registration form
  • Enter the required information including personal details
  • Upload the latest photograph and genuine signature as asked
  • Make the payment for the application form from the given options
  • Click on the submit and save option
  • You can download and take a print out of the form for future reference

FCI Recruitment 2020 Fees

Candidates applying for FCI Recruitment exam application can pay the FCI application fee through a Debit/Credit card, Internet banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets/UPI. The candidates can go through the below table for your reference to know about the fee payment categories for FCI Recruitment exam:

CategoryApplication Fees
Males of General CategoryRs. 500/- 
SC/ST/PwBD/Serving Defense Personnel / Ex-Serviceman/women’sNo fee

FCI Recruitment Salary

Apart from a good amount of salary an FCI employee gets, they also get other benefits like medical allowance, Dearness allowance, Lunch Subsidy, Transport allowance and other special allowances. The salary of the FCI Recruited employees are as follows:

FCI Post NameFCI Salary Pay Details
FCI Manager40000-140000
Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering)11100-29950
Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineering)11100-29950
Junior Engineer (Mechanical Engineering11100-29950
Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)9900 – 25530
Typist (Hindi)9300 – 22940
 Assistant Grade-III (General)9300 – 22940
 Assistant Grade-III (Accounts)9300 – 22940
 Assistant Grade-III (Technical) 9300 – 22940
 Assistant Grade-III (Depot)9300 – 22940

FCI Recruitment Age Limit

The basic age limit of the candidates applying for any job in FCI has to be between 18-28 years. Although, there is some relaxation in the age criteria for the candidates applying for job in FC for SC/ ST /OBC/PWD/ PH aspirants according to prescribed the Government of India Rules and Regulations.

FCI Recruitment Process

A candidate who has applied for a job post by FCI has to go through a total of three steps for the selection process in FCI recruitment. Although, this does not apply for the candidates applied for the job post of a Typist and a Stenographer. The candidates applied for the job post of a Typist and a Stenographer will have to go through a total of four steps for the selection process in FCI recruitment

FCI Recruitment Process for candidates except for Typist and Stenographer:

  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Document Verification

FCI Recruitment Process for candidates for Typist and Stenographer:

  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Skill Test
  • Document Verification

FAQs

✅ How many vacancies are there for FCI manager recruitment 2019?

There a total of 330 vacancies for FCI manager recruitment 2019

✅ What is the time period and stipend of trainees?

The time period and stipend of trainees is a duration o 6 months and Rs. 40,000/- per month respectively

✅ When will be the FCI mains exam?

The FCI mains exam will be held on 27th July 2020 as on the website

✅ On what basis FCI result 2020 will be announced?

The merit list will be declared based on the performance of all the candidates.

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