NICL Recruitment 2024 – Apply Online for Administrative Officer | 274 Posts
National Insurance Company Ltd. invites applications for recruitment of 274 (Two Hundred and Seventy Four) Officers in Scale I cadre from open market.
Please note the Important Dates:
| On line Registration commences from | 2 nd January, 2024 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | 22nd January, 2024 |
| Payment of Application fees | 2 nd January, 2024 to 22nd January, 2024 (both days inclusive) |
| Date of online Examination – Phase I | To be notified later |
| Downloading of call letters for examination commences from | To be notified later |
| Date of online Examination – Phase II & Hindi Officers Exam | To be notified later |
Detailed advertisement will also be published in Employment News dated 06th January, 2024.
Candidates should apply through On-Line mode only. No other means/mode of application will be accepted.
Vacancies (Tentative):
| Discipline | No. of Posts | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Out of which PwBD | |||
| a | b | c | d & e | |||||||
| Specialist: | 57 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Doctors (MBBS) | 28 | |||||||||
| Legal | 20 | |||||||||
| Finance | 30 | |||||||||
| Actuarial | 2 | |||||||||
| Information Technology | 20 | |||||||||
| Automobile Engineers | 20 | |||||||||
| Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | 22 | |||||||||
| Discipline | No. of Posts | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Out of which PwBD | |||
| a | b | c | d & e | |||||||
| Generalist | 130 | 68 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Backlog | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Educational Qualification (as on 01.12.2023)
Candidate should possess certificate in proof of passing the qualifying examination as on 01.12.2023. The minimum Educational Qualifications required for various disciplines are:
| Sl. No. | Discipline | Minimum Qualification |
| 1 | Doctors (MBBS) | M.B.B.S / M.D. / M.S. or PG – Medical Degree from a recognized University OR equivalent foreign degrees which are recognized as such by the National Medical Commission (Formerly Medical Council of India) with the prescribed benchmark. Furthermore, the candidate must be holding a valid registration from National Medical Commission (Formerly Medical Council of India) or any State Medical Council (as applicable for Allopathy) as on date of the scheduled interview |
| 2 | Legal | Graduate / Post Graduate in Law from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 3 | Finance | Chartered Accountant (ICAI) / Cost Accountant (ICWA) OR B.COM / M.COM from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 4 | Actuarial | Bachelor / Masters degree in Statistics / Mathematics / Actuarial Science or any other quantitative discipline from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 5 | Information Technology | B.E / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science/Information Technology/ MCA from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 6 | Automobile Engineering | B.E. / B.Tech. / M.E. / M.Tech in Automobile Engineering from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates |
| 7 | Generalist Officers | Graduate / Post Graduate in any stream from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates. |
| 8 | Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers | Master’s Degree from a recognized University in Hindi with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in English with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) OR Master’s Degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as the compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at the degree level with 60% marks (for SC/ST 55% marks) |
Age as on 01.12.2023
Minimum Age: 21 years Maximum Age: 30 years, as on 01.12.2023
i.e. a candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.12.1993 and not later than 01.12.2002 (both dates inclusive).
Relaxation in upper age limit shall be as follows:
Selection Procedure
Part A – Applicable for all applicants other than for Hindi Officers.
The written exam will be conducted in two phases
Phase – I: Preliminary Examination online
Phase – II: Main Examination online
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (applicable for all disciplines except for Hindi Officers)
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests (Multiple Choice type Questions) for 100 marks will be conducted online (applicable for all
disciplines except Hindi Officers). This test would be of 60 minutes duration consisting of 3 sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| S. No | Name of Test/Section (Not in Sequence) | Type of test | Max. Marks | Duration for each test/section (Separately timed) | Version |
| 1 | English Language | Objective | 30 | 20 minutes | English |
| 2 | Reasoning Ability | Objective | 35 | 20 minutes | Eng / Hindi |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | Objective | 35 | 20 minutes | Eng / Hindi |
| Total (Aggregate) | 100 |
Candidates have to qualify in each test/section by securing passing marks to be decided by the Company. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Company (approximately 15 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the Main Examination.
Phase – II: Main Examination online (applicable for all disciplines except for Hindi Officers)
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests (Multiple Choice type Questions) for 250 marks and Descriptive Test for 30 Marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.
(i) Objective Test: The Objective Test of 3 Hours duration consists of five & six sections for Generalists & Specialists respectively for total 250 Marks:
For Generalists:
| S. No | Name of Test/Section (Not in Sequence) | Type of test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration for each test/section (Separately timed) |
| 1 | Test of Reasoning | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 40 min |
| 2 | Test of English Language | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng | 40 min |
| 3 | Test of General Awareness | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 30 min |
| 4 | Test of Computer Knowledge | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 30 min |
| 5 | Test of Quantitative aptitude | Objective | 50 | 50 | Eng / Hindi | 40 min |
| Total (Aggregate) | 250 |
Application Fee (Non-Refundable)
Payable on-line from 2 nd January, 2024 to 22nd January, 2024 (both dates inclusive)
| SC / ST / PwBD | Rs. 250/- (incl. of GST) (Intimation Charges only) |
| All candidates other than SC / ST / PwBD | Rs. 1000/- (incl. of GST) (Application fee including intimation charges) |
