UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification Out for 230 EO/AO & APFC Posts; Apply from 29 July 2025

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UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification Out for 230 EO/AO & APFC Posts; Apply Now

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Notification 2025 PDF was released on the UPSC website with complete exam details for the posts of EO/AO or APFC on 29 July 2025. Candidates can check the UPSC EPFO notification PDF 2025 for the recruitment of 156 Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers (EO/AO) posts and 74 Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) vacancies in the EPFO.Candidates can apply online for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 starting from 29 July 2025 to 18 August 2025 in the UPSC website.

UPSC EPFO 2025 Official Notification Out

The Union Public Service Commission, also known as the UPSC, has officially released the short notice for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification PDF for a total of 230 vacancies in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organsiation (EPFO) in the Employment News magazine.

The complete details with the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification PDF was released on 29 July 2025 through Advertisement Number 52/2025 on the UPSC website. This UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 is announced for the recruitment of 156 Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer (AO/EO) vacancies and 74 Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) vacancies.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification Out for 230 EO/AO & APFC Posts; Apply from 29 July 2025

This UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification PDF for the recruitment of EO/AO and APFC vacancies was by the UPSC on its website on 29 July 2025.

Candidates can start applying for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 for the direct recruitment of 230 EO/AO and APFC vacancies from 29 July 2025.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification Out for 230 EO/AO & APFC Posts; Apply from 29 July 2025

The last date to apply or submit the online application for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Selection Process 2025 is 18 August 2025.

The online application window to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 will remain open from 29 July 2025 till 18 August 2025.

To know about the official UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Short Notice PDF candidates can click here to download:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Short Notice PDF – Click Here to Download

Candidates can download the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification PDF containing important details such as vacancies, eligibility criteria, educational qualification, age limit, salary, admit card, exam dates, syllabus and exam pattern here using the direct link below:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Official Notification 2025 PDF – Click to Download

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Overview

The UPSC has officially issued the UPSC EPFO Official Recruitment Exam Notification 2025 PDF for the recruitment of Enforcement Officers/Account Officers (EO/AO) and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) in the EPFO.

This UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 is conducted for the direct recruitment of 156 EO/AO vacancies and 74 APFC vacancies in EPFO offices all over India.

Veranda RACE has released the detailed exam pattern and exam syllabus for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Exam.

Indian nationals who are eligible to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 for the direct recruitment of posts of the EO/AO and APFC in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) can find the comprehensive overview of the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF and the short notice announcement below in this Veranda RACE blog post:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Overview

Organisation

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

Recruitment Body

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

Posts

Enforcement Officers (EO) / Accounts Officer (AO)

Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC)

UPSC EPFO Vacancies in 2025

230

UPSC EPFO Exam 2025 Notification Release Date

29 July 2025

UPSC EPFO 2025 Online Application Registration Dates

29 July 2025 to 18 August 2025

Last Date to Apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025

18 August2025

UPSC EPFO Educational Qualification 2025

Graduation / Any Degree

UPSC EPFO Age Limit 2025

EO/AO: 30 years

APFC: 35 years

UPSC EPFO Selection Process 2025

Recruitment Test

Interview

Exam Application Mode

Online

Official Website

www.upsc.gov.in

What are EPFO EO/AO and APFC posts?

EPFO is the abbreviation of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). It is a crucial social security agency under the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Indian Government. EPFO is responsible for the regulation and management of provident funds (PFs) in India and administers the retirement plan for employees in India comprising mandatory PFs, basic pension scheme and a disability/death insurance scheme.

Formed in 1952 through the Employees’ Provident Find Act of 1952, EPFO now manages more than ₹15.6 lakh crores under its management as of 2021. Under this Central Government organisation, the posts of Enforcement Officers (EO), Accounts Officer (AO) and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) forms a crucial part in managing the regulation of PFs in India.

EO/AO stands for Enforcement Officer / Accounts Officer and APFC means Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner. These roles under the EPFO are usually filled through a recruitment exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

The EO/AO involves enforcing the rules of EPFO, managing the EPFO accounts and ensuring proper fund collection from employers all over India.

The APFC post is a higher designation that includes supervisory and administrative responsibilities, policy implementation and decision-making ones. Both EO/AO and APFC are most sought-after central government posts offering lucrative salaries, job security and a constant career growth.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025: Apply Online

The UPSC will officially start online registration the UPSC EPFO 2025 Application Process for the selection process of the recruitment of EO/AO and APFC posts. Eligible candidates who wish to apply for the 156 EO/AO vacancies and 74 APFC vacancies in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) can submit their UPSC EPFO Recruitment Online Application 2025 from 29 July 2025 to 18 August 2025 on the UPSC official website (www.upsc.gov.in) only.

To complete the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam Apply Online process 2025, eligible candidates must visit the official UPSC website to apply if they have the eligibility as mentioned in the UPSC EPFO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF or the short notice announcement.

Candidates can also use the direct online link available below to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Selection Process:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Apply Online Direct Link – Click Here

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Vacancies

The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF to be released by the UPSC and EPFO is mainly for the direct recruitment of Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) posts.

The number of UPSC EPFO Recruitment Vacancies 2025 was officially announced in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Notification PDF and short notice announcement.

A total of 230 EO/AO and APFC Vacancies in 2025 was announced by the EPFO in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam Official Notification 2025 PDF and short notice.

Here, candidates can find the detailed category-wise listing of the UPSC EPFO vacancies in 2025:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Vacancies 2025

Category

EO/AO Vacancies

APFC Vacancies

General (UR)

78

32

Economically Weaker Section (EWS)

1

7

Other Backward Castes (Non-Creamy Layer) (OBC-NCL)

42

28

Scheduled Caste (SC)

23

7

Schedules Tribe (ST)

12

-

Total

156

74

The number of UPSC EPFO Recruitment vacancies for the post of AO/EO for the General category is 78, for OBC is 42, for EWS is 1 and for SC & ST is 23 and 12 respectively. A total of 156 EO/AO posts were announced in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025.

The number of UPSC EPFO Recruitment vacancies for the post of APFC for the General category is 32, for OBC is 28, for EWS is 7 and for SC is 7. A total of 74 APFC posts were announced in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Short Notice.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Important Dates

The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF and Short Notice was officially released by the UPSC and EPFO on its official website on 29 July 2025.

Interested and eligible UPSC EPFO candidates and central government exam aspirants can find the UPSC EPFO Exam Important Dates 2025 belonging to the UPSC EPFO Exam Schedule 2025 here:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Important Dates

Events

Dates

Short Notice Release Date

22 July 2025

Detailed Notification Release Date

26 July 2025

Start Date for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Online Application Process 2025

29 July 2025

Last Date to Apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025

18 August 2025

Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025

18 August 2025

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025

To be notified later

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Interview 2025

To be notified later

The exam dates for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 will be officially released by the UPSC and EPFO in the UPSC official website.

Candidates can check the Veranda RACE website to know the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam Dates 2025 when it is officially announced by the UPSC and EPFO.

The last date to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Selection Process is 18 August 2025 at the www.upsc.gov.in website.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Interested and eligible applicants for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 for the recruitment to the posts of EO/AO and APFC should fulfill the following eligibility criteria as clearly outlined by the UPSC to apply online for the selection process.

The eligibility criteria for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Selection Process 2025 for both EO/AO and APFC posts include UPSC EPFO Nationality 2025, UPSC EPFO Educational Qualification 2025, UPSC EPFO Age Limit 2025, etc., which are discussed below in depth in this UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Official Notification and short notice blog post of Veranda RACE:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Nationality

Candidates applying for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 must be either a citizen of India (or) a subject of Nepal (or) a subject of Bhutan (or) a Tibetan refugee (who came over to India before 1 January 1962) with the intention of permanently settling in India (or) a person of Indian origin, who has migrated from Pakistan, Myanmar (formally Burma), Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Educational Qualification

Candidates interested to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 must hold a Bachelor’s Degree/Graduation Degree from a recognised university as mentioned in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF for the direct recruitment of both EO/AO and APFC posts in the EPFO. Candidates who have a graduation degree in law, management or a related field can also apply.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Educational Qualification 2025

Name of the Post

Educational Qualification

Enforcement Officer / Accounts Officer (EO/AO)

Bachelor’s Degree / Any Degree

Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC)

Bachelor’s Degree / Any Degree

The cut-off date for determining the eligibility for UPSC EPFO Recruitment Educational Qualification 2025 is 18 August 2025.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Age Limit

Candidates interested to apply for the 230 EO/AO and APFC vacancies in the EPFO through the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Selection Process should be within the following ages:

EPFO EO/AO Age Limit:

Maximum Age: 30 years

Eligibility Cut-off Date: 18 August 2025

EPFO APFC Age Limit:

Maximum Age: 35 years

Eligibility Cut-off Date: 18 August 2025

The date to determine the candidate’s age for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 with respect to maximum age will be 18 August 2025.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Age Limit 2025

Post

Maximum Age

Enforcement Officer / Accounts Officer (EO/AO)

30 years

Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC)

35 years

Age relaxation in the upper age limit will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories as per government norms for the EPFO.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Age Relaxation 2025

As per the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF and short notice, age relaxation will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories. Age relaxation depends on the category of the candidates and follow government rules. Check the below table to know more about the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Age Relaxation:

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Age Relaxation 2025

Category

Age Relaxation

Other Backward Castes (Non-Creamy Layer) (OBC-NCL)

3 years

Scheduled Caste (SC)

5 years

Schedules Tribe (ST)

5 years

PwBD

10 years

Ex-Servicemen

5 years

Central / Union Territory Government Servants

5 years

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Selection Process

The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam Selection Process 2025 is a two-staged process and candidates have to clear all the two stages to get shortlisted as a EO/AO or APFC in the EPFO.

The UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Selection Process involves the following two stages:

UPSC EPFO Written Test 2025

UPSC EPFO Interview 2025

The UPSC EPFO Written Test is a pen and paper objective examination consisting of MCQ questions. Candidates who clear the UPSC EPFO Written Test 2025 will be called to attend the UPSC EPFO Interview 2025 for EO/AO or APFC posts.

There will be a penalty or negative marking for wrong answers. Every wrong answer in the UPSC EPFO Written Test 2025 will carry a deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question. If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question.

The weightage, in the ratio of 75:25, will be accorded for marks in the UPSC EPFO Written Test 2025 and for marks in the UPSC EPFO Interview 2025 for determining the final merit list in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 for direct recruitment of 230 vacancies of EO/AO and APFC posts in the EPFO.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment Application Fee 2025

The online application fee for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 is mentioned below in the table:

UPSC EPFO Exam Application Fee 2025

Category

Online Application Fee

SC/ST/PwBD/Female

No fee

All other catgories

₹ 25

Candidates (Except female/SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disability candidates) are required to pay a fee of ₹ 25 only either by remitting the money in any branch of the State Bank of India by cash or by using Internet banking facility of any bank or by using Visa/Master/Rupay/Credit/Debit Card/UPI payments for the UPSC EPFO Exam Application Fee 2025.

Candidates who opt for ‘Pay by Cash’ mode should print their system-generated pay-in-slip during Part-II online application registration of the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Online Registration and deposit the application fee at the counter of the State Bank of India Branch on the next working day only.

Candidates who wish to apply for both the posts of EO/AO and APFC have to pay ₹ 50. However, those candidates who wish to apply for the single post (either EO/AO or APFC) have to pay ₹ 25 only.

UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025: Salary Structure

The candidates shortlisted for the post of Enforcement Officer / Accounts Officer (EO/AO) will be offered a pay scale monthly salary of Level 8 (₹47,600 to ₹1,51,100) in the pay matrix plus admissible Central Government allowances. This EO/AO post in the EPFO is a permanent Group B and Non-Ministerial post.

Meanwhile candidates who are selected as APFC in the EPFO will be placed under the pay scale of Pay Level 10 offering a monthly salary of ₹56,100 to ₹1,77,500 in the pay matrix along with Government allowances. The APFC post in the EPFO is a permanent, Group A and Non-Ministerial post.

UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025

The UPSC EPFO Syllabus 2025 was released officially for the Recruitment Test 2025 along with the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Test Syllabus 2025 for the posts of EO/AO and APFC posts is given below:

  • General English
  • Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Movements
  • Developmental Issues and Present Trends in Indian Economy
  • Governance and Constitution of India
  • General Science and Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications
  • Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability
  • Industrial Relations, Labour Laws and Social Security of India
  • Principles of Accountancy, Auditing and Insurance
  • Current Events of National and International Importance

UPSC EPFO Exam Centres 2025

The combined recruitment test for the posts of EO/AO and APFC for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 Selection Process will be conducted across the 78 UPSC EPFO Exam Centres 2025 as mentioned in the UPSC EPFO EO/AO & APFC Recruitment Official Notification PDF 2025. Candidates can find the 78 UPSC EPFO Exam Centres here:

UPSC EPFO Combined Recruitment Test Exam Centres 2025

AgartalaAgraAhmedabadAizawl
AjmerAlmora (Uttarakhand)AligarhAnanthapuru
Aurangabad (Maharashtra)BareillyBengaluruBhopal
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)ChandigarhChennai*Coimbatore
CuttackDehradunDelhiDharamshala (Himachal Pradesh)
DharwarDispur*FaridabadGangtok
Gautambudd NagarGayaGhaziabadGorakhpur
GurgaonGwaliorHyderabadImphal
IndoreItanagarJabalpurJaipur
JammuJodhpurJorhatKochi
KohimaKolkata*Kozhikode (Calicut)Lucknow
LudhianaMaduraiMandi (Himachal Pradesh)Mumbai
MysuruNagpurNasikNavi Mumbai
Panaji (Goa)PatnaPort BlairPrayagraj (Allahabad)
PuducherryPuneRaipurRajkot
RanchiSambalpurShillongShimla
SiliguriSrinagarSrinagar (Uttarakhand)Surat
ThaneThiruvananthapuramTiruchirappalliTirupati
UdaipurVaranasiVelloreVijayawada
VishakhapatnamWarangal

FAQs

The online exam application window for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment Exam 2025 for the posts of EO/AO and APFC will be opened on 29 July 2025 on the UPSC official website. Candidates can find the direct link to register for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 on the Veranda RACE website itself.
The last date to apply for the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 is 18 August 2025 (6.00 PM). The online payments for the application fee of UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 can be paid until 18 August 2025.
The UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 Official Recruitment Notification PDF released 156 Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer (EO/AO) vacancies and 74 Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) vacancies to be recruited through the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025.
There are two stages namely: Recruitment Test & Personal Interview, in the UPSC EPFO Recruitment 2025 selection process.
UPSC EPFO is a recruitment examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the direct recruitment of candidates to the posts pf EO/AO and APFC in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation under the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment of Indian Government.
No the UPSC EPFO is not conducted every year for the recruitment of EO/AO and APFC. It is conducted periodically with a gap of few years. Last time, UPSC EPFO for the recruitment of EO/AO and APFC was conducted in 2023. Before that the recruitment for APFC in the EPFO through UPSC EPFO was conducted in 2015 and the EO/AO in 2021.
No, EPFO is a Central Government organisation which comes under the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and not UPSC. UPSC only conducts selection process to recruit candidates for the EPFO for EO/AO and APFC posts.

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