Nationality: A candidate for appointment in the service of the Corporation shall be:

i. a Citizen of India, or
ii. a subject of Nepal, or
iii. a subject of Bhutan, or
iv. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
v. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories ii, iii, iv and v above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the Managing Director.

Qualification /Experience as on 01/01/2019:

1. In making appointments in the services of the Corporation, reservations, relaxation of age limits and other concessions would be provided to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other category of persons as directed by Government of India from time to time.
2. The prescribed qualifications, experience, age limit, etc. shall be reckoned as on 01/01/2019.
3. The candidates belonging to of SC/ ST and OBC categories are eligible for age relaxation maximum by 05 and 03 years respectively.
4. There will not be any upper age limit in case of departmental (FCI) employee.
5. The upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years for PwBD, 15 years for PwBD candidates belonging to SC/ ST and 13 years for PwBD candidates belonging to OBC. Relaxation in age limit shall be applicable irrespective of the fact whether the post is reserved (for PwBD) or not, provided the post is identified for PwBD.
6. A PwBD candidate can apply, against vacancies reflected above, for a post even if there is no vacancy reserved for PwBD but that post has been identified as suitable for PwBD. However, such candidate will be considered for selection to such post by General standard of merit.
7. The aforesaid reservation and relaxation is not applicable to OBC candidates falling within the creamy layer.
8. Further, the reservations & relaxations will be provided to OBC Candidates as specified by the Central Government in the list prepared by the Government of India from time to time for the purpose of making provisions for reservation of appointments or posts in favour of backward classes of citizens. The form of certificate to be produced by Other Backward Classes candidates applying should be in the prescribed format only for the posts under the Government of India. The prescribed format of the certificate to be produced should be as per Annexure-B [Click Here].
9. Age is additionally relaxable by 5 years for those applicants who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01-01-1980 to 31-12-1989. Any applicant intending to avail the relaxation under this category shall have to submit a certificate from the District Magistrate in within whose jurisdiction she/ he had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this behalf by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir to the effect that she/ he had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01-01-1980 to 31-12-1989. This relaxation shall remain in force till the 31st day of December, 2019 and there shall be no further extension beyond the said period.
10. Age Relaxation in Case of Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried up to 35 years, 38 Years and 40 Years for Unreserved, OBC and SC/ ST respectively.
11. The candidates who are applying under Ex-Servicemen category shall submit the undertaking as prescribed in Annexure-F format [Click Here]. For Ex- Serviceman the Upper Age limit shall be relaxed as on 01/01/2019 by allowing the deduction of length of actual Military Service from his actual age and the resultant age should not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the Post for which he is seeking appointment by more than 3 years (8 years in case of SC/ST; 6 years in case of OBC Candidates).

Explanation I:
An Ex-Serviceman is defined as a person
(i) who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy, Air Force of the Indian Union, and

(a) who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his/ her pension; or (b) who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or (c) who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment;

(ii) who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial Army, namely, pension holders for continuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service;
(iii) personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal Service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or circumstances beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension;
(iv) Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987;
(v) Gallantry award winners of the Armed Forces including personnel of Territorial Army;
(vi) Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension.
Explanation II:
The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from service, would come under the category of “Ex-Serviceman” may be permitted to apply for re-employment one year before the completion of the specified terms of engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to Ex-Servicemen but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete the specified term of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.

The persons with the Degree of Disability of 40% and above are eligible for applying for the posts earmarked for persons with benchmark disabilities as under:

Identification of Posts for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD):

Categories of disabilities are as follows:

(a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities:

Abbreviations used:
OA = One Arm, OL = One Leg, BA = Both Arms, BL = Both Legs, OAL = One Arm and One Leg, BLOA = Both Legs and One Arm, BLA = Both legs and both Arms, B = Blind, LV = Low Vision, HH = Hearing Impaired/ Hard of Hearing , CP = Cerebral Palsy, LC = Leprosy cured, D = Dwarfism, AAV = Acid Attack Victims, MD = Muscular Dystrophy, A = Autism, ID = Intellectual Disability, SLD = Specific Learning Disability, MI = Mental Illness

a. In accordance with Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) O.M. No. 34- 02/2015-DD-III dated 29th August, 2018 on the subject - Guidelines for conducting written examination for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, the PwBD candidates eligible for Scribe/ Reader/ Lab Assistant has discretion of opting for his own Scribe/ Reader/ Lab Assistant or request the Examination body for the same.
b. Further as per Para-IV of the said OM, the facility of scribe/ reader/ lab assistant shall be given only to persons with benchmark disabilities in the category of blindness, locomotors disability (both arm affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, if so desired by the person.
c. For other category of persons with benchmark disabilities, the provision of scribe/ reader/ lab assistant can be allowed on production of a certificate to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write and use keyboard, and scribe is essential to write and use keyboard in examination on his behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/ Civil Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per prescribed proforma (Annexure-G).
d. The posts identified suitable in FCI for PwBD candidates have been tabulated in the advertisement. As such, facility of scribe/ reader/ lab assistant can only be provided on production of certificates from the concerned authority in the prescribed proforma as mentioned above.
e. The candidate opting for bringing his own Scribe/ Reader/ Lab Assistant, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination.
f. In case, subsequently it is found that the qualification of Scribe is not one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination the candidature of the candidate shall liable to be summarily rejected.
g. Accordingly, PwBD candidates appearing in the above examination who are eligible for scribe (as given in Para-b and c above) are advised that in case they need the assistance of Scribe from FCI, they should indicate the same at the time of applying online. Further, such candidates may also visit the FCI Regional Office of the State in which their Examination Centre is situated to meet the scribe two days before the examination to check and verify whether the scribe is suitable or not. The address & email ids of FCI Regional Offices are available on FCI website i.e. http://fci.gov.in/contactUs.php.
h. For eligible PwBD candidates using their own Scribe in the above examination are required to submit ‘Scribe Declaration Form (Annexure-H) on the day of examination at Examination Venue.
i. The candidates eligible for scribe will be allowed compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour in the examination on production of requisite certificate as mentioned in Para-d above.
j. It may be noted that in case candidate does not apply for scribe assistance from FCI at the time of applying online, it will be presumed that he/ she does not require scribe from FCI and may arrange for the same on their own.
k. PwBD candidates taking assistance of a scribe and availing compensatory time will be required to submit requisite certificate as mentioned above at the time of Document Verification/ Online exam venue (as applicable), failing which their candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.