Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Vacancy 2026 — 80 Group-A Openings in EPFO
The Union Public Service Commission has invited online applications for 80 posts of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation under the Ministry of Labour & Employment. This is a Group-A, Non-Ministerial, permanent post in Level-10 of the Pay Matrix. Eligibility is open to every discipline — a degree from a recognised university, with age not over 35 years for UR and EWS, 38 for OBC and 40 for SC and ST. Browse more UPSC jobs.
Online applications are open from 22 August 2026 and close at 6:00 PM on 11 September 2026. The fee is just ₹25, and female candidates of any community along with SC, ST and PwBD candidates pay nothing. The pen-and-paper Recruitment Test is scheduled for 20 December 2026. GovtJobsAlert.in will keep this page current as UPSC issues further notices.
Key Highlights — UPSC EPFO APFC Recruitment 2026
| Particular | Detail |
|---|---|
| Organisation | UPSC, for the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation |
| Post Name | Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) |
| Total Vacancies | 80 |
| Post Type | Group-A, Non-Ministerial, permanent |
| Duties | Enforcement, recovery, accounts, administration, cash, legal, pension and computer work — inquiries, settlement of claims and MIS returns |
| Minimum Qualification | Degree of a recognised university or equivalent |
| Pay | Level-10 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, with all-India service liability |
| Recruitment Test Date | 20 December 2026 — the Commission can change the date or the centres and will notify any change on its website |
| Last Date to Apply | 11 September 2026 (6:00 PM) |
Vacancy Breakdown — UPSC EPFO APFC 2026
All 80 posts are in the single cadre of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner.
| Category | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Unreserved (UR) | 29 |
| OBC | 18 |
| SC | 15 |
| ST | 10 |
| EWS | 8 |
| Total | 80 |
PwBD reservation is horizontal — the 3 posts below are counted inside the 80, not added on top of them.
| PwBD Category | Posts |
|---|---|
| Blindness and low vision | 1 |
| Deaf and hard of hearing | 1 |
| Locomotor disability — both legs, both arms, one leg, one arm, one leg with one arm, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy, spinal deformity, spinal injury | 1 |
| Suitable but not reserved — mental illness, and multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness. You may apply and claim PwBD concessions, but you compete on the general standard of merit | 0 |
| Not identified as suitable — cerebral palsy, stiff back and hips, both legs with both arms, both legs with one arm, autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability | 0 |
| Total (inside the 80) | 3 |
Eligibility Criteria — UPSC EPFO APFC 2026
Educational Qualification
The advertisement prescribes no minimum percentage and no experience, so this is open to any graduate looking for a government career. Meeting the essential qualification is only the minimum — it does not by itself earn an interview call.
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Essential | Degree of a recognised university or equivalent — any stream, any discipline |
| Desirable (not compulsory) | Diploma in Company Law, Labour Laws or Public Administration |
| Claiming an equivalent qualification | Upload the order or letter, with number and date, of the authority that treated it as equivalent — without it the application is liable to be rejected |
| PwBD benchmark | A disability certificate of 40% or more is needed for PwBD reservation and concessions. A temporary condition certified as “likely to improve” is not eligible for reservation; progressive, non-progressive and “not likely to improve” conditions are |
| Relaxation of qualifications | The Commission may relax them, for reasons recorded in writing, for candidates who are otherwise well qualified |
| Nationality | Citizen of India; or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, a Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1 January 1962, or a person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, the listed East African countries or Vietnam — these four with a certificate of eligibility from the Government of India |
Age Limit
Your age is reckoned as on 11 September 2026, the closing date for applications.
| Category | Upper Age Limit |
|---|---|
| UR and EWS | 35 years |
| OBC | 38 years |
| SC and ST | 40 years |
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| Relaxation | Extent |
|---|---|
| PwBD | Up to 10 years, subject to a maximum age of 56 years |
| Ex-Servicemen, and Commissioned Officers including ECOs and SSCOs | 5 years, if continuous service in the Armed Forces after attestation is not less than six months as on the closing date |
| Central and U.T. Government servants | 5 years, with 3 years’ continuous service in a post in the same line or an allied cadre — a maximum of 10 years in all for SC and ST, 8 years for OBC |
| Employees of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation | 5 years |
SC, ST and OBC relaxation applies only against vacancies reserved for that category. PwBD is the exception — the age relaxation is admissible whether or not the vacancy is reserved for PwBD, provided the post is identified suitable for that disability. PwBD reservation, age relaxation and fee exemption each need a benchmark disability of 40% or more — but the scribe and compensatory time reach below 40% too.
What is the Salary for UPSC EPFO APFC 2026?
Here we will be precise rather than convenient. The advertisement states the pay in exactly one line — Level-10 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC — and no rupee pay figure appears anywhere in the document. So if you see a website quoting an exact in-hand salary “from the notification”, treat it with caution, because that number is not in the official advertisement.
What the advertisement does confirm is the surrounding package: the post is permanent, probation is one year, and the National Pension System applies from 1 January 2004. Headquarters is New Delhi with all-India service liability. The Commission may also grant a higher initial pay to candidates adjudged meritorious in the interview.
What is the Selection Process for UPSC EPFO APFC 2026?
Selection is by a Recruitment Test followed by an Interview, and you must reach the minimum level of suitability in your category at both stages.
| Stage | Marks | Key Details |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment Test | 300 | Pen-and-paper OMR test on 20 December 2026, 2 hours, objective, four alternatives per question, all questions equal marks, in English and Hindi. One-third of the marks assigned to a question is deducted for a wrong answer. Marking more than one answer counts as a wrong answer and carries the same penalty even if one of them is correct; an unattempted question carries no penalty. The qualifying mark for the test is fixed by the Commission case by case |
| Interview | 100 | Date intimated separately. Bring the printout of your online application with the original documents and self-attested copies — failing to produce them disqualifies you from the interview and forfeits the Commission’s contribution to your travel expenses. Canvassing in any form disqualifies you outright |
| Indicative weightage | 75:25 | Recruitment Test to Interview — the Commission states this is the weightage that may be adopted, as adopted in the previous case |
Minimum suitability in the Interview is 50 marks and above for General and EWS, 45 and above for OBC and 40 and above for SC, ST and PwBD, the last two bands on relaxed standards. If applications run large, the Commission may shortlist by any of six methods: the desirable qualification, a higher educational qualification, higher experience, experience counted before or after the essential qualification, experience invoked even where none is prescribed, or the Recruitment Test itself.
The Test syllabus broadly comprises nine areas.
| No. | Syllabus Area |
|---|---|
| 1 | General English |
| 2 | Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Movements |
| 3 | Developmental Issues and Present Trends in the Indian Economy |
| 4 | Governance and the Constitution of India |
| 5 | General Science and Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications |
| 6 | Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability |
| 7 | Industrial Relations, Labour Codes and Social Security in India |
| 8 | Principles of Accountancy, Auditing and Insurance |
| 9 | Current Events of National and International Importance |
Our syllabus and exam preparation section can help you build a plan around the labour-law and accountancy portions. Five rules decide outcomes before the paper begins.
| Rule | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Exam centres | 84 centres across India, each also catering to candidates with benchmark disability. Every centre carries a capacity ceiling except Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata and Nagpur, and allotment is first-apply-first-allot — so apply early. No request for a change of centre is entertained at any stage |
| Scribe and extra time | Candidates with blindness, both arms affected or cerebral palsy get a scribe and compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of the test. Other benchmark-disability candidates, and those below 40% who have difficulty writing, get both on the prescribed medical certificate |
| OMR encoding | Any mistake in encoding your Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code makes the answer sheet liable for rejection. Mark answers with a black ball pen only |
| Photo ID and face authentication | The details of one photo ID — Aadhaar, Voter ID, PAN, passport, driving licence or another Government-issued photo card — must be entered in your URN profile, and you must carry that same card to the test and the interview. Face authentication at the venue is mandatory for every candidate, so reach early for verification and frisking |
| Banned items | Mobile phones, even switched off, pagers, electronic devices, storage media, smart watches, cameras and Bluetooth devices are prohibited in the examination and interview hall |
How to Apply Online for UPSC EPFO APFC 2026?
Applications are submitted online only, through the UPSC Online Recruitment Application (ORA) portal linked below.
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Create an account on the UPSC online application portal |
| 2 | Complete Universal Registration to generate your Universal Registration Number (URN), which stays constant across every UPSC recruitment |
| 3 | Fill the Common Application Form (CAF), upload your photograph and capture a live photograph, keeping both clear |
| 4 | Upload your signature — sign three times, one below the other, on plain white paper with black ink |
| 5 | Fill the post-specific module for Vacancy No. 26085201722, which generates your Application Number. Keep it with your URN |
| 6 | Upload documents as separate PDFs — Matriculation certificate showing date of birth, your degree certificate or, if you do not have it yet, the provisional certificate with mark sheets for all academic years, the caste certificate in the prescribed proforma and, if you claim OBC reservation, the separate non-creamy-layer declaration judged as on the closing date, in addition to the OBC community certificate, plus disability and age-relaxation papers. Do not upload pay slips, resumes, appointment letters, relieving letters or unsigned experience certificates |
| 7 | If you are already in regular Government service, upload a declaration that you have informed your Head of Office or Department in writing that you have applied |
| 8 | Pay the ₹25 fee online by Visa, Master or RuPay card, UPI, or internet banking. Exempted candidates skip this step |
| 9 | Submit before 6:00 PM on 11 September 2026. Any required information or supporting document missing from the Common Application Form entails cancellation of your candidature for this vacancy |
| Before you hit submit | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| There is no second chance | No withdrawal, correction or modification is allowed once the application is submitted |
| Category and date of birth are locked | A category once declared cannot be changed later, and the date of birth you enter is final — no request to change it is ever considered or granted |
| Every claim must be true | A claim later found false gets your candidature rejected and can have you debarred, permanently or for a specified period, from every UPSC examination or selection and from all Central Government employment |
Important Dates — UPSC EPFO APFC Recruitment 2026
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Online applications open | 22 August 2026 |
| Last date to apply and pay fee | 11 September 2026 (6:00 PM) |
| Eligibility reckoned as on | 11 September 2026 |
| Recruitment Test | 20 December 2026 |
The e-Admit Card is made available on the Commission’s website before the Recruitment Test — no admit card is sent by post or email, so download it yourself. You can also track releases on our admit card page.
Application Fees — UPSC EPFO APFC 2026
| Category | Fee |
|---|---|
| All candidates except those exempted | ₹25 |
| Female candidates of any community | No fee |
| SC, ST and PwBD candidates | No fee |
Note carefully that no fee exemption is available to OBC, EWS or Unreserved male candidates — they must pay the full ₹25. Payment is online only, by card, UPI or internet banking, up to the closing date and time. An application without the prescribed fee is summarily rejected, and the fee once paid is never refunded nor carried forward to another examination.
Essential Links — UPSC EPFO APFC Recruitment 2026
- Download Official Notification PDF
- Apply Online for UPSC EPFO APFC 2026
- Visit UPSC Official Website
- Join WhatsApp Channel for Government Jobs
- Join Telegram Channel for Government Jobs
Eighty Group-A posts, any-stream graduation, a ₹25 fee and four months to prepare. Apply in the next few days to lock in the exam centre you want, then split your preparation between the labour-law and accountancy portions and the general studies areas. Keep visiting GovtJobsAlert.in for more UPSC recruitment updates.