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PFRDA Officer Grade A Recruitment 2025

Written by: ARVIND KUMAR

Published: 2025-07-03

Post Introduction

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has released the official notification for the recruitment of Officer Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager) in various streams for the year 2025. The recruitment will be conducted through a three-stage process: Phase I (Online Screening), Phase II (Online Examination), and Phase III (Interview).

Basic Information

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Basic Information

Information	Details
🏢 Organization Name	Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
📝 Description	Recruitment of Officer Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager) for General, Finance & Accounts, IT, Research (Economics/Statistics), Actuary, Legal, and Official Language streams.
📌 Advertisement No.	Advt. No. 01/2025
📋 Post Names	Officer Grade ‘A’ (Assistant Manager)
📞 Contact Info	Email: [email protected]
📍 Location	All India
🌐 Website	https://www.pfrda.org.in

Important Dates

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Important Dates

📅 Event	🕒 Date
📅 Application Start Date	02 July 2025
⏳ Last Date to Apply	06 August 2025
🧾 Last Date for Fee Payment	06 August 2025
🖥️ Phase I Online Exam	06 September 2025
🖥️ Phase II Online Exam	06 October 2025
🎤 Phase III Interview	Will be intimated later

Application Fee

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Application Fee

Category	Fee
💰 General/OBC/EWS	₹1,000 (inclusive of GST)
💰 SC/ST/PwBD/Women/Ex-servicemen	Nil
💳 Payment Mode	Online only (Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, etc.)

Eligibility

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Eligibility

📌 Criteria	🔍 Details
🎓 Educational Qualification	General: Master’s in any discipline or Bachelor's in Law/Engg or ACA/FCA/ACS/FCS/ACMA/FCMA/CFA Other Streams: As per post (e.g. Law, IT, Actuary, Rajbhasha)
🎂 Age Limit	Maximum: 30 years Cutoff date: 31 July 2025
🧍‍♂️ Age Relaxation	SC/ST: 5 years OBC (NCL): 3 years PwBD: 10–15 years Others: As per Govt. norms
🪪 Nationality	Indian Citizen or as per official norms

Note: Candidates can apply for a maximum of 2 streams. Separate applications and fees are required for each stream.

Post Details

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Vacancy Details

🆔 Stream	📚 Qualification	📊 Total Posts	🔍 Category-wise
General	Master’s in any discipline / Bachelor's in Law / Engineering / ACA / FCA / ACS / FCS / ACMA / FCMA / CFA	28	SC: 4, ST: 2, OBC: 8, EWS: 4, UR: 10
Finance and Accounts	Graduation + ACA / FCA / ACS / FCS / ACMA / FCMA / CFA	2	SC: 1, UR: 1
Information Technology (AI/ML preferred)	Engineering (CS/IT/ECE/EEE) or MCA or any degree + PG in IT/AI/ML	2	SC: 1, UR: 1
Research (Economics)	Master’s in Economics / Statistics / Commerce / Finance / Econometrics	1	OBC: 1
Research (Statistics)	Same as above (Economics/Statistics/Commerce etc.)	2	ST: 1, UR: 1
Actuary	Graduation + Pass/exempted all 7 core principles of IAI	2	OBC: 1, UR: 1
Legal	Bachelor’s Degree in Law	2	OBC: 1, UR: 1
Official Language (Rajbhasha)	Master’s in Hindi with English at UG level or Master’s in English/Sanskrit/Eco/Commerce with Hindi at UG level	1	UR: 1

*PwBD: Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (reservation is horizontal).

Selection Process

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Selection Process

🔢 Stage	📋 Description
Phase I	Online Screening Exam – Two papers (100 marks each): Paper 1: English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, General Awareness. Paper 2: Stream-specific subjects (MCQs).
Phase II	Online Exam – Two papers (100 marks each): Paper 1: English (Descriptive – drafting skills). Paper 2: Stream-specific subjects (MCQs).
Phase III	Interview – Conducted for candidates shortlisted from Phase II.
Final Selection	Based on combined performance in Phase II (85%) and Interview (15%).

Exam Pattern

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Exam Pattern

Phase I – Online Screening Exam
Paper	Subjects	Marks	Duration
Paper 1	English (25), Quantitative Aptitude (25), Reasoning (25), General Awareness (25)	100	60 minutes
Paper 2	Stream-specific MCQs (General/IT/Finance/etc.)	100	40 minutes
Total		200	100 minutes

Note: 1/4th negative marking for incorrect answers in both papers.

Phase II – Online Exam
Paper	Subjects	Marks	Duration
Paper 1	English (Descriptive – drafting skills)	100	60 minutes
Paper 2	Stream-specific MCQs (General/IT/Finance/etc.)	100	40 minutes
Total		200	100 minutes

Note: 1/4th negative marking for Paper 2 (MCQs).

Syllabus

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Syllabus Overview

📚 Stream	📝 Key Topics
General Stream	Commerce & Accountancy: Accounting Standards, Financial Statements, Ratio Analysis. Management: Planning, Leadership, HRD, Motivation, Communication. Finance: Financial Markets, Derivatives, Fiscal Policy, Inflation. Costing: Marginal Costing, Budgetary Control, Lean Systems. Companies Act: Key Chapters (III, IV, VIII, X, XI, XII, XXVII). Pension Sector: NPS, Atal Pension Yojana, Annuity Plans.
Information Technology	Database Concepts, SQL Queries, Programming (Java/C++/Python). Data Analytics, Algorithms, Networking, Cyber Security. AI/ML: Supervised/Unsupervised Learning, Neural Networks, NLP.
Finance & Accounts	Financial Statements, Ratio Analysis, IND AS, Auditing. Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, Corporate Accounting. Business Law, Income Tax, GST, Financial Markets.
Legal	PFRDA Act, PMLA, Constitution of India, Contract Law. Corporate Law, Arbitration, Digital Data Protection Act.

Note: Detailed syllabus for all streams is available in the official notification.

How to Apply

📢 PFRDA Officer Grade ‘A’ Recruitment 2025 – Step-by-Step Application Process

Visit the official website: https://www.pfrda.org.in
Navigate to Careers → Recruitment of Officer Grade ‘A’ 2025.
Register with Name, Email, Mobile Number, and generate a Provisional Registration ID.
Fill the application form with personal, educational, and stream-specific details.
Upload scanned documents:
- Photograph (20–50 KB, 200x230 pixels).
- Signature (10–20 KB, 140x60 pixels).
- Left Thumb Impression (10–20 KB).
- Handwritten Declaration (50–100 KB).
Pay the application fee (if applicable) via online modes.
Submit and print the application confirmation for future reference.