All about FCI (Food Corporation of India)

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all about FCI (Food Corporation of India)

 The Food Corporation of India (FCI) was set up on 14 January 1965 having its first District Office at Thanjavur – rice bowl of Tamil Nadu– and headquarters at Delhi under the Food Corporations Act 1964 to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy :

1. Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers
2. Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for Public Distribution System
3. Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of foodgrains to ensure National Food Security
4. Regulate market price to provide foodgrains to consumers at a reliable price

Statistics

It is one of the largest corporations in India and probably the largest supply chain management in Asia (Second in world).^{[citation needed]} It operates through 5 Zonal offices and 24 Regional offices. Each year, the Food Corporation of India purchases roughly 15 to 20 per cent of India’s wheat output and 12 to 15 per cent of its rice output. The purchases are made from the farmers at the rates declared by the Govt. of India. This rate is called as MSP (Minimum Support Price). There is no limit for procurement in terms of volume; any quantity can be procured by FCI (Food Corporation of India) provided the stock satisfies FAQ (Fair Average Quality) specifications with respect to FCI.

 FCI Recruitment

 FCI recruitment process for the post of Assistant Grade II, Grade III, Grade IV etc.

  FCI 2017 Vacancy

FCI Exam Pattern

 Paper-I (Duration-90 Minutes):

120 Multiple Choice Questions are asked from General Aptitude constituting of Reasoning, Data Analysis, English Language, Computer Proficiency, General Awareness, General Intelligence, Current Events, Numerical Ability, Data Interpretation to candidates applying for the Post Code A{Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering)}, B {Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineering)}, C {Junior Engineer (Mechanical Engineering)}, F {AG- III (General)}, G {AG-III (Accounts)}, H{AG – III (Technical)} & I { AG-III (Depot)}.

Paper-II (Duration-90 minutes):

 120 Multiple Choice Questions on Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering will be asked to candidates applying for the Post Code A {Junior Engineer (Civil Engineering)}, Post Code B {Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineering)}, Post Code C {Junior Engineer (Mechanical Engineering)} to assess the post specific technical knowledge of relevant stream.

120 Multiple Choice Questions on Commerce particularly from the field of General Accounting and Finance will be asked to the candidates applying for the Post Code G {Assistant Grade-III (Accounts)} to assess the post specific technical knowledge of relevant stream.

120 Multiple Choice Questions on Biological Sciences will be asked to candidates applying for the Post Code H {Assistant Grade-III (Technical)} to assess the post specific technical knowledge of relevant stream.

  Paper-III (Duration-90 minutes):

120 Multiple Choice Questions on General Hindi, General English, General Awareness, General Intelligence and Computer Knowledge will be asked to candidates applying for the Post Code D {Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)} and Post Code E {Typist (Hindi)}.

Paper-IV (Duration-90 minutes):

2 Passages, one each from Hindi to English and vice-versa and two essays each in Hindi & English will be asked to candidates applying for the Post Code D {Assistant Grade-II (Hindi)}.

Candidates applying for the Post of Typist (Hindi) are required to take only Paper – III as Written Test. Candidates will be short-listed on the basis of their performance in Paper-III and the short-listed candidates will undergo a Skill-Test in typing in Hindi which will decide further shot listing of candidates for skill/typing test. Candidates will be intimidated about the same through website (www.fcijobsportal.com). Final merit list will be generated on the score obtained by candidate in Skill Test.

 The number of candidates to be called for the Skill Test will be 10 times (subject to availability) to the number of vacancies available for Typist (Hindi) posts. In-case the requisite number of Candidates are not available to fill up the vacancies, then at the discretion of Competent Authority, an additional list for the Skill-Test may be drawn based on the merit of Paper-III.

Candidates applying for AG-II (Hindi) posts will be shortlisted for evaluation of Paper-IV, based on their marks in Paper – III.

Here will be a minimum qualifying mark for Paper-IV. Candidates who secure the minimum qualifying marks will be considered for final selection. Final selection will be made on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in Paper – III and Paper – IV, subject to securing the minimum qualifying marks in paper IV. Paper IV will be evaluated for candidates in the Merit list.

Note: – The Question Papers for Written Test will be bilingual i.e. in English and Hindi

FCI Eligibility Criteria

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