Employees Provident Fund Organization is expected to release the EPFO Assistant Preliminary examination result 2019 soon. Candidates who have appeared for the preliminary examination can check their result through the official site of EPFO at epfindia.gov.in. The preliminary written examination was conducted on July 30 and July 31, 2019.
EPFO Assistant Preliminary Result 2019
Candidates who will qualify the prelims examination will have to appear for the main examination. The main examination dates will be announced by the organization soon after the declaration of the preliminary examination.
| Events | Dates |
| EPFO Assistant Prelims Exam 2019 | 30th and 31st July 2019 |
| Release of EPFO Prelims Result | August 2019 |
| EPFO Assistant Mains | August 2019 |
The selection process comprises of the preliminary examination and main examination. The main examination will be of 230 marks having 153 questions. The exam duration is 2 hours 45 minutes. The marks obtained in Phase – II will be considered for final selection. The main examination will have negative marking in it. For each wrong answer, one-fourth of the mark assigned to that question will be deducted.
EPFO Assistant Result: EPFO Assistant Cutoff
Along with the EPFO Assistant result, the officials will also release the EPFO cutoff. The expected EPFO 2019 cutoff for Assistant are tabulated below:
| Category | EPFO Expected CutOff |
| GEN | 75-80 |
| OBC | 72-77 |
| SC | 69-74 |
| ST | 66-71 |
This recruitment drive will fill up 280 posts of Assistant posts in the organization. The application process started on May 30 and ended on June 25, 2019. Candidates can check for more related information from the official site of EPFO.
EPFO is one of the world’s largest Social Security Organisations in terms of clientele and the volume of financial transactions undertaken. Currently, it maintains 17.14 crore accounts (Annual Report 2015-16) pertaining to its members. The Employees’ Provident Fund was established with the promulgation of the Employees’ Provident Funds Ordinance on the 15th November 1951. Later, it was replaced by the Employees’ Provident Funds Act, 1952.
Steps to check EPFO Assistant Preliminary exam result 2019:
- Visit the official website, epfindia.gov.in.
- On the home page, click on the EPFO Assistant Result 2019 link available under recruitment section
- Enter the required details and click on submit.
- Your result will be displayed on the screen.
- Download and take a printout of it for further use.
The Employees’ Provident Funds Bill was introduced in Parliament to provide for the institution of provident funds for employees in factories and other establishments. The Act is now referred to as the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
