UPSC EPFO Apply

Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC EPFO notification on their official website along with which they have also activated the apply online direct link. Candidates interested in applying for UPSC EPFO 2023 examination need to check the notification in order to get all the details related to the recruitment process like eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern, and selection process which might be enough for them to know before they proceed to fill out the UPSC EPFO Application form.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment

According to the UPSC EPFO Educational Requirements, a candidate must hold a least graduation degree in any stream from an accredited university. The official announcement about the requirements for EPFO educational eligibility lists a few ideal streams. The recommended academic credentials for UPSC EPFO 2023 are:

law or integrated bachelor’s degree Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Masters in Business Administration, Post Graduate Diploma in Management, and a five-year law degree are all examples of advanced degrees.
two years of experience working for any government agency or listed-private organisation in administration, accounting, or legal matters

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test (RT)

(i) The test will be of two hours duration

(ii) All questions will carry equal marks.

(iii) The test will be objective type questions with multiple choices of answers.

(iv) The medium of the test will be both Hindi and English.

(v) There will be penalty for wrong answers. Every wrong answer will carry a deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question.

(vi) If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question.

Note: The interview stage in this exam involves minimum qualifying marks.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Recruitment Test (RT)

The syllabus of the Test broadly comprises the following topics:-

i) General English- To evaluate candidate’s understanding of English language & workman like use of words.

ii) Indian Freedom Struggle.

iii) Current Events and Developmental Issues.

iv) Indian Polity & Economy.

v) General Accounting Principles.

vi) Industrial Relations & Labour Laws.

vii) General Science & knowledge of Computer applications.

viii) General Mental Ability & Quantitative Aptitude.

ix) Social Security in India.

The detailed syllabus for UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer is given below:

i) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General English:

Phrase replacement, Reading Comprehension, Sentence completion/ para completion, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, Para Jumbles, Phrases/ Idioms, Spellings, Synonyms/Antonyms.

ii) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Indian Freedom Struggle:

British extension:

The Carnatic Wars, invasion of Bengal. Mysore and its confrontation with British expansion: The three Anglo-Maratha Wars. Regulating and Pitt’s India Acts. Early composition of the British raj.

Confrontation to British rule:

Early uprisings, The 1857 Revolt-reasons, character, course and result, Indian Freedom struggle the first stage: Growth of national consciousness; creation of Associations; Establishment of the Indian National Congress and its Moderate stage; Swadeshi Movement; Economic Nationalism; The development of Extremism and the split in Congress; The policy of Divide and Rule; Congress-League Pact of 1916.

Gandhian thoughts and techniques of mass mobilization:

Civil Disobedience, the Khilafat movement, Non-Cooperation Movement, and Quit India Movement; another strand in the National Movement-Revolutionaries, Subhash Chandra Bose, and the Indian National Army.

iii) UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Current Events & Developmental Issues

Current events basically refer to as the daily current affairs that are important from an exam point of view. Developmental Issues confine to the schemes and laws made public by the government to maintain the decorum and for the ease of run of the constitution. developmental issues also cover the yojanas revealed by the government for the betterment of the public.

iv)EPFO Syllabus for Indian Polity & Economy

Indian Polity:

Indian Constitution, historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, the conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these, Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes, Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues/

Indian Economy:

Economic growth and development – basic concept and definition of economy and economics, use and transfer of resources, distributive effects, macro and microeconomic policy, micro-macro balance, distributive impact of economic policies, Inclusion – definition, relevance, types, financial inclusion, recent initiatives. Fiscal policy – definition, component, receipts, revenue and capital account, tax revenue, expenditure, budget.

v) EPFO Syllabus for General Accounting principles

Principles of Accounting, Analyzing & Recording Transactions, Adjustments & Financial Statements, Completion of the accounting cycles, Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals.

vi)EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations & Labour Laws

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Labour Laws:

About, Types, Areas implemented, sectors applicable, overview.

EPFO Syllabus for Industrial Relations:

Industrial relations code (IRC) Bill, Model of labour reforms.

vii)  EPFO Syllabus for General Science & Knowledge of Computer Applications

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Science:

Physics, Chemistry, Life Science

EPFO Syllabus for Computer Applications:

Computer organisations, Operating Systems, Database management, Data structures, Data communications, Computer networks

viii) EPFO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude & General Mental Ability

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude:

Number Systems, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Average Ratio, SI & CI and Arithmatic questions.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus for General Mental Ability

Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables), Data sufficiency Syllogism, Puzzles & More.

ix)EPFO Syllabus for Social Security In India:

What is Social Security?, History of Social security, Social Security in India, Social Security: Constitutional Provisions Concurrent List, Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy, Difference between Organized and Unorganized Sectors SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS in India, Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act), Employees’ Provident Funds Act, 1952, Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (WC Act), Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (M.B. Act), Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (P.G. Act), Social Security In India: Different From Developed Nations, Provident Fund.

III. EPFO Marks Weightage

The Recruitment Test (RT) and Interview carry weightage in the ratio of 75:25 for the candidates shortlisted based on Recruitment Test (RT) and qualify for the interview.