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Food Corporation of India, Grade-III Examination

Introduction to FCI Grade-III Exam

The Food Corporation of India (FCI), one of the largest Public Sector Undertakings, dealing with Food grain supply-chain management in India. It recruits young and skilled Category III personnel for manning posts in its depots and offices spread all over the country through SSC. Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Government of India, makes recruitment to these posts on behalf of the Food Corporation of India, the candidates selected through this recruitment for posts in FCI will NOT, however, have the status of Central Government Civilian Employees.

Thus they will not be eligible for benefit of age relaxation etc. admissible to Central Government civilian employees in recruitments made by the Staff Selection Commission for Ministries/ Departments/ Attached and Subordinate Offices under Government of India and will not be entitled to claim parity with Central Government Civilian Employees in any matter whatsoever.

FCI is devided in 5 zones

FCI is devided in 5 Zones mentioned below

NORTH ZONE :

  • Delhi Region, Haryana Region
  • Punjab Region (includes the Union Territory of Chandigarh)
  • Himachal Pradesh Region
  • J&K Region
  • Rajasthan Region
  • Uttar Pradesh Region
  • Uttrakhand Region

EAST ZONE :

  • Bihar Region
  • Jharkhand Region
  • Odisha Region
  • West Bengal Region (Includes the State of Sikkim

WEST ZONE:

  • Maharashtra Region (Includes the State of Goa)
  • Madhya Pradesh Region
  • Chhattisgarh Region
  • Gujarat Region (Includes the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli

SOUTH ZONE :

  • Andhra Pradesh Region (Includes the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
  • Karnataka Region (includes the Union Territory of Lakshdweep)
  • Kerala Region
  • Tamilnadu Region (includes the Union Territory of Puducherry)

NORTH EAST ZONE :

  • Arunachal Pradesh Region
  • Assam Region
  • Nagaland Manipur Region
  • NEF Region (includes the States of Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya)

Posts and Salary in FCI

There are four category and there corresponding salaries are -

Posts Salary
AG III (General) Rs. 9300-22940
AG III (Accounts) Rs. 9300-22940
AG III (Technical) Rs. 9300-22940
AG III (Depot) Rs. 9300-22940

Eligibilty Criteria : Educational Qualification

There are four category and there corresponding Qualification Requirement are

Posts PostCode Qualification
For AG-III (General) A Graduate Degree in any discipline from a recognized University with proficiency in use of computers.
For AG-III (Accounts) B Bachelor of Commerce from a recognized University with proficiency in use of computers.
For AG-III (Technical) C
  1. B.Sc. in Agriculture from a recognized University
    Or
    B.Sc. with any of the following subjects from a recognized University Botany/Zoology/Bio-Technology/Bio-Chemistry/Microbiology/Food Science
    Or
    B.Tech./BE in Food Science/Food Science & Technology/Agricultural Engineering/Bio-Technology from a recognized University/an institution approved by AICTE.
  2. Proficiency in use of Computers
For AG-III (Depot) D Graduate Degree in any discipline from a recognized University with proficiency in use of computers.

 

Eligibilty Criteria : Age Limit

Candidate whose age is more than 18years and less than 30 years are eligible for this examination. However certain classes of candidates are given relaxation in upper age limit.

  • SC/ST candidates are given 5years of age relaxation in case of upper age limit.
  • OBC candidates are given 3 years of relaxation in case of upper age limit.

Examination Pattern

Whole recruitment process concludes in three steps. Among them 1st stage is qualifying test for next stage however marks obtained in this stage is considered in final merit list. Students applying for any post have to go through this stage. In this stage they have to face Paper- . Students who qualify this paper will be considered for second two.

In Stage two there are two papers one for non technical post(paper-II) and other paper is for technical post( paper-III). Students applying for Post Code A, B, D have to face for Paper-II and those who are applying for Post Code C have to face Paper-III. Students who qualify in this round will only be considered for Final stage.

Final stage is computer proficiency test which is a qualifying test.

Composition of Paper-I, Paper-II & Paper-III :

All the three papers consist of 200 Marks

Subject No. of questions No. of questions Marks
Paper-I(Objective Type) (a)General Intelligence
(b)General Awareness
(c)Quantitative Aptitude
(d)English Language 		50
50
50
50		 50
50
50
50
Paper-II(Objective Type)

(a)Quantitative Methods
(b)English Language & Comprehension

50
100		 100
100
Paper-III(Objective Type) Biological Sciences (200 questions) 200 200

Duration :

  • For General Candidates : 2 hours
  • For Visual Handicapped : 2 hours & 40 minutes

Computer Proficiency Test

For General, Depot, Accounts and Technical Cadres a Computer Proficiency Test (CPT), which
will be of qualifying nature, with components of Word Processing and Excel will also be held
for candidates shortlisted on the basi s of Paper-I and Paper-II/ Paper-III. Qualifying marks in
word processing may be prescribed by the SSC at its discretion for evaluation of Excel Scripts, in
which a separate qualifying standard will be prescribed.