The Union Public Service Commission has released the notification for recruitment to 80 posts of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation.

Online registration for the UPSC EPFO APFC 2026 recruitment opened on August 22 and will remain open until September 11, 2026.

Eligible candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university or equivalent qualification.

The upper age limit is set at 35 years for UR and EWS candidates, 38 years for OBC candidates, and 40 years for SC and ST candidates.

The recruitment exam is scheduled for December 20, 2026, followed by a two-stage selection process comprising a written exam and an interview, with the final merit list based on a 75:25 weightage between the two.

The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner post is a Group A Gazetted position, carrying Level 10 pay under the 7th Central Pay Commission matrix.

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is the statutory body responsible for administering retirement savings and pension schemes for salaried employees across India, operating under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Candidates are advised to carefully read the detailed notification on the UPSC website before applying, as it lays out the complete eligibility criteria, exam pattern, and syllabus for the recruitment.

The application fee has been set at a nominal amount, with exemptions provided for SC, ST, PwBD and women candidates, in line with standard UPSC recruitment norms.

This recruitment cycle is separate from the EPFO’s regular Assistant recruitment conducted through the Staff Selection Commission, with APFC being a more senior, directly UPSC-recruited role within the organisation.

Given the position’s gazetted status and pay scale, competition for the 80 available posts is expected to be significant among candidates preparing for central government examinations.

UPSC typically releases the detailed exam pattern and syllabus alongside the notification, giving applicants a clear roadmap for preparation ahead of the December exam date.

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The Railway Recruitment Board has declared the RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT 1 result for CEN 07/2025.

The exam was held between May 7 and June 20, 2026, and results have so far been released zone-wise for regions including Gorakhpur, Siliguri, Bilaspur, Ahmedabad and Muzaffarpur.

Category-wise minimum qualifying marks, before normalisation, are set at 40% for UR and EWS candidates, 30% for OBC and SC candidates, and 25% for ST candidates.

Separate qualifying marks have also been specified for Ex-Servicemen and PwBD categories in the official cut-off document.

Individual scorecards for candidates will be made available from 5 PM on August 26, 2026, through the respective regional RRB websites.

Candidates who qualify in the CBT 1 result will proceed to the second stage Computer-Based Test, CBT 2, which is tentatively scheduled for September 17, 2026.

The undergraduate CEN 07/2025 recruitment drive was conducted for various non-technical popular categories in Indian Railways, drawing a large number of applicants across the country.

Candidates are advised to download their zone-wise result PDF from the official RRB regional website corresponding to the zone they applied under, since results are not consolidated into a single national list.

The CBT 1 stage functions as a screening test, with a significantly larger pool of qualifiers moving on to CBT 2, which carries more weight in the final selection process.

NTPC posts cover a range of non-technical roles across Indian Railways’ zonal divisions, making this one of the most widely watched recruitment cycles for candidates seeking stable government employment.

Candidates who do not find their zone’s result live yet have been advised to keep checking the official RRB websites over the coming days as the remaining zone-wise lists are released.

The Railway Recruitment Board conducts these exams across multiple zones simultaneously, a scale that makes NTPC one of the largest recruitment drives run by any central government body each cycle.

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The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences has released the NEET PG 2026 admit card today.

Candidates can download the hall ticket by logging in at nbe.edu.in using their user ID and password.

The NEET PG 2026 exam will be held on August 30 in a single shift, across 340 cities and more than 1,300 examination centres nationwide.

The hall ticket carries the candidate’s name, category, date of birth, application ID, allotted exam centre details and photograph, all of which candidates are advised to verify carefully after downloading.

NBE has asked candidates to take multiple printouts of the hall ticket to carry to the exam centre, along with a valid photo ID, since entry is not permitted without both documents.

The release date for the admit card had earlier been listed as August 27 before NBEMS corrected the timeline and moved it up to August 24.

Candidates who face login issues or discrepancies in their hall ticket details have been advised to contact the NBEMS helpdesk well before the exam date rather than waiting until the last moment.

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences conducts NEET PG once a year, with the result typically used by counselling authorities to allot postgraduate medical seats through centralised and state-level counselling rounds.

The hall ticket carries the candidate’s name, category, date of birth, application ID, allotted exam centre details and photograph, all of which candidates are advised to verify carefully after downloading.

NBE has asked candidates to take multiple printouts of the hall ticket to carry to the exam centre, along with a valid photo ID, since entry is not permitted without both documents.

The release date for the admit card had earlier been listed as August 27 before NBEMS corrected the timeline and moved it up to August 24.

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