LIC Assistant Notification 2020 – Exam Date Postponed, 218 AE, AAO Vacancies

LIC Assistant Notification 2020: Life Insurance Corporation of India has postponed the preliminary examination for recruitment of Assistant Engineers (including Assistant Architects) and Assistant Administrative Officer (Specialist). The recruitment is for a total of 218 assistant posts. LIC Assistant 2020 selection process consists of 3 rounds namely, preliminary examination, main examination and interview process. Scroll through this page to get detailed information about LIC Assistant notification 2020, LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020, procedure to apply online etc.

Latest: TPreliminary examination of LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 has been released. Click here to apply online.

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020

The selected candidates have to serve a probation period of 1 year (extendable up to 2 years). Also, the appointed candidates have to sign an employment bond of 4 years with the corporation. Scroll down to check important dates for LIC Assistant 2020 recruitment.

Check the schedule of events regarding LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 below.

LIC Assistant Notification 2020 Preliminary Examination Notice

The preliminary examination of Assistant Engineers, AA and AAO specialist has been postponed till further notice, check official notice from below:

LIC Assistant Notification 2020

The official notification for the recruitment is provided here. The candidates can see the first page below. Click on the image of notification given below to access the complete notification.

LIC Assistant 2020 Vacancies

Check here the vacancies for various posts advertised in LIC Assistant Notification 2020.

Assistant Engineer: 50 vacancies

Assistant Administrative Officer (Specialist): 168 vacancies

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Application Form

The candidates willing to apply for LIC AE and AAO posts have to register and fill the application form online. Offline applications are not accepted. The schedule to register and apply online can be checked from the schedule table provided above. After going through LIC Assistant Notification 2020, go through the following steps to apply online.

Step 1-Register: Enter name, mobile number and email id to register online. Note down the provisional registration number and password. These are needed to fill the LIC Assistant 2020 application form.

Step 2-Fill Application Form: Provide the requisite information in the application form accurately. One can complete the application form in multiple sessions using the “Save” option. Verify and validate all the details.

Step 3-Upload Documents: The following documents are to be uploaded in the LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 application form.

• Signature
• Left thumb impression
• Hand-written declaration

Step 4-Pay Application Fee: Finally, pay the application fee as given in the table below.

Application Fee: The applicants need to pay the following amount to apply for LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020. The fee can be paid online using the following payment modes: credit/debit card, netbanking, cash cards, mobile wallets and IMPS.

One candidate can apply for 1 post only. Multiple applications are liable to be rejected by LIC.

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must possess the prescribed eligibility to be considered for the AE, AA and AAO posts. Check the detailed criteria below.

Nationality: The applicants must be Indian citizens.

Age Limit (as on February 01, 2020): Lower age limit is 21 years while the upper age limit is 30 years. Check the age relaxations from the table given below.

Educational Qualifications for Assistant Engineer and Assistant Architect

To be eligible for the post of AA, registration with the Council of Agriculture is mandatory.

Educational Qualifications for Assistant Administrative Officer (Specialist)

• AAO (Chartered Accountant): Bachelor’s degree + associate membership of ICAI + candidate must have cleared final exam of the Institute of Chartered Accountant
• AAO (Actuarial): Bachelor’s degree + candidate must have passed a minimum of 6 papers of the exam conducted by Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK / Institute of Actuaries of India.
• AAO (Legal): Bachelor’s degree in Law / LLM + 3 years of bar experience
• AAO (Rajbhasha): PG degree in Hindi / Hindi Translation (English must be a subject at bachelor level) OR PG degree in English (Hindi as a subject at bachelor level) OR PG degree in Sanskrit (English + Hindi as subjects at bachelor level)
• AAO (IT): Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (IT, CSE or Electronics) / MCA / M.Sc (Computer Science)

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Exam Pattern

Since the selection procedure comprises of 3 subsequent stages, let us look at exam pattern for each of these.

Preliminary Examination

• Mode: Online
• Type of Questions: Objective
• Number of Sections: 3
• Duration: 1 hour (20 minutes separately for each of 3 sections)
• Medium: English and Hindi (except the English language section)
• Total Questions: 100
• Total Marks: 100 (effectively, prelims is of 70 marks only because English Language section is qualifying only)
• Section-wise Distribution: Check below.

Main Examination: English Language section is qualifying in this phase also.

• Mode: Online
• Type of Questions: Objective + Descriptive (English Language section)
• Number of Sections: 5
• Duration: 2 hours + 30 minutes for English Language section
• Medium: English and Hindi (except the English language section)
• Total Questions: 120 objective (30 from each section) + 2 descriptive (English Language)
• Total Marks: 300 + 25 (English Language)
• Section-wise Distribution: Check below.

Interview: Maximum marks for interview round are 300.

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Qualifying Marks

Life Insurance Corporation of India has fixed the minimum qualifying marks for all the phases of selection. It is mandatory to obtain the qualifying marks in individual sections as well as in aggregate. Go through the table provided below to check the same.

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Exam Centres

Candidates can check the list of exam centres for preliminary examination and main examination from below.

LIC Assistant 2020 Prelims Exam centres

LIC Assistant 2020 Main Exam centres

Click here to check the complete list of test centre districts for preliminary and main examination.

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Call Letter

The call letters, for each round of selection process, are issued by LIC on their official website, licindia.in. The candidates can check the schedule for release of LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 call letters from this page. The intimation regarding release of call letter is sent to the candidates through SMS or email. To download the LIC Assistant 2020 call letter, candidates need to put in their roll number / registration number and date of birth / password. Download the call letter and take a print-out of the same to be carried to the exam centre. Also, affix a recent photo on the LIC call letter.

Documents to be carried to the LIC Assistant 2020 exam venue

• Hard copy of the call letter
• Photo id proof in original
• Photocopy of the same photo id which is to be carried in original

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Selection Procedure

The selection process is 3-tiered, which means there are going to be 3 subsequent phases/stages one has to go through. Check all these phases below.

1. Preliminary Exam: It is the first phase of the LIC Assistant Recruitment selection procedure. The candidates qualifying this round are eligible to appear for the second phase. Candidates 20 times the number of total vacancies in each category are shortlisted for the next round.
2. Main Exam: This is the second phase of the selection process. Candidates who obtain more than minimum qualifying marks, prescribed by LIC, are eligible for the next round. Marks obtained in main examination alone are considered for shortlisting of candidates for interview. Candidates 3 times the number of total vacancies are invited for the next round.
3. Interview: This is the final phase of the selection procedure. Candidates who qualify the interview round are eligible for further process. Candidates appearing for this round have to carry a system-generated print-out of LIC Assistant application form. Final merit list is prepared based on scores in main examination and the interview.

Medical Examination: Those candidates whose names appear in the final merit list have to go through a pre-recruitment medical exam. The appointment is made only after the candidate is found medically fit.

LIC Assistant Recruitment 2020 Result

LIC announces the result of each phase of selection process after the completion of each phase. The final result or merit list is prepared on the basis of candidates’ marks in the main examination and the interview round. Candidates can check the LIC Assistant 2020 result from licindia.in. In case of 2 or more candidates having the same aggregate scores, their merit is decided using the following procedure.

• Candidate with higher educational qualification is given priority
• If there is still a tie, candidate senior in age is preferred for the merit order.

About LIC Assistant 2020

The selection of candidates to the post of Assistant Engineer, Assistant Architect and Assistant Administrative Officer is conducted by LIC in 3 stages. The candidates appointed to the advertised posts are entitled to basic pay of Rs 32,795 in the pay scale of Rs 32,795 – 1610 (14) – 55,335 – 1745 (4) – 62315. Along with the basic pay, the candidates are provided with HRA, CCA and other allowances, which takes the gross salary per month to around Rs 57,000. Other perks include gratuity, defined contributory pension, LTC, group mediclaim, cash medical benefit, group insurance, meals, mobile expenses, tea/coffee, newspaper, magazines etc. Moreover, candidates appointed as AAO (CA) with 2 years of post-qualification work experience get 2 advance increments.

Official Website: licindia.in

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