INTELLIGENCE BUREAU (MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  ASSISTANT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER GRADE-II/EXECUTIVE EXAMINATION – 2023 

Online applications are invited from Indian nationals for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Grade–II/Executive i.e. ACIO-II/Exe in the Intelligence Bureau, (Ministry of Home Affairs), Government of India.

2. Applicants are advised to go through all parameters under different paras and subparts and satisfy themselves about their suitability in terms of age limit, essential qualifications, etc. for the post of ACIO-II/Exe before applying. Candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria of the post may apply ONLINE through MHA’s website (www.mha.gov.in) or NCSportal (www.ncs.gov.in) only. The eligibility criteria and other relevant details are as follows:

Note 1: The post of ACIO-II/Exe is not identified as suitable for any category of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) i.e. HH, OH, VH & Autism. Hence, they NEED NOT apply.

Note 2: The number of vacancies is provisional and liable to change.

Note 3: The eligibility of the candidates in terms of age, educational qualification, caste/category, etc. will be determined on the closing date. The candidate must possess the essential qualification for the post i.e. Graduation or equivalent on the closing date, i.e.15.12.2023 (till 2359 hours) and he/she must have been declared successful in it.

Note 4: Candidates could be accommodated in any one of the five examination centers/Cities opted by him/her for the Tier-I examination.

Note 5:

i. IB reserves the right to cancel any of the examination centers and/or add some other centers, allot the candidates to any Centre/City other than the one opted by them, at its discretion, depending upon the administrative feasibility.

ii. Tier-I exams may be conducted in one or more shifts at one or more examination centers where the candidates are large in number.

iii. Appointment to the post will be temporary. However, appointment in a permanent capacity will depend on various factors governing permanent appointment in such posts in force at that time.

iv. The reservation of vacancies for OBC, SC, ST, EWS & ESM is as per rules/roster. If suitable ESM candidates are not available, vacancies reserved for ESM will be filled by non-ESM candidates of respective categories.

v. ESM who have already secured employment in civil side under Central Govt in Group‘C’ posts regularly after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ESM for their re-employment are not eligible for fee concession or for claiming benefits of reservation under the ESM category. However, they are eligible for age relaxation.

vi. Serving defense personnel who are due for discharge are required to obtain a certificate as per Appendix 4 at the end of the advertisement. Besides, all ESM candidates are required to submit an undertaking, as & when asked for, as per Appendix-5 at the end of the advertisement.

vii. While every care has been taken for the inclusion of GoI instructions in vogue, IB reserves the right to rectify omissions, if any, noticed subsequently.

SERVICE LIABILITY: The post involves All India Transfer liability. Therefore, candidates willing to serve anywhere in India only need to apply. 

 SCHEME OF EXAMINATION: 

Note: Candidates appearing in interviews may be subject to a Psychometric/Aptitude test which will be a part of the interview.

5. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES:

a) The candidate has to appear in Tier-I at one of the 5 centers allotted to him/her out of his/her choice of five cities. There will be a negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer. No marks would be awarded for an un-attempted question. The questions marked as “Mark for Review” by the candidates will not be considered for evaluation.

b) In order to achieve qualitative selection & recruit the best available talent, there would becut-off marks (out of 100) in Tier-I exam under UR-35, OBC-34, SC/ST-33 & EWS-35 (all Ex-servicemen would be treated in their own category viz., UR/OBC/SC/ST/EWS)

c) On the basis of their performance & normalization of marks in the Tier-I exam, candidates would be shortlisted for Tier-II @ 10 times the number of vacancies, subject to the condition that the candidate should have scored minimum cut-off.

d) On the basis of their combined performance in Tier-I and Tier-II, the candidates would be shortlisted for Tier-III/Interview @ 5 times the number of vacancies subject to the condition that the candidate secures a minimum 33% marks (17 out of 50) in Tier-II exam.

e) On the basis of combined performance in Tier-I, Tier-II, and Tier-III/Interview exams, a final merit list of 995 candidates for the post of ACIO-II/Exe will be prepared.

f) The final selection to the posts would be further subject to successful completion of character and antecedent verification followed by medical examination, etc.

g) The date, time & center of Tier-II & Tier-III/Interviews would be intimated to the successful candidates through E-mail given by them in the online application.

h) Tier-II exam & Tier-III/Interview may or may not be conducted at all city/centers mentioned in Para 3 above. The department reserves the right to conduct Tier-II & Tier-III/interviews in a city/center by clubbing the candidates of nearby centers.

i) The candidates would be required to adhere to the instructions contained in the admit card/call letter of Tier-I, Tier-II & Tier-III/Interviews relating to entry/exit, conduct inside the venue, frisking, etc failing which their candidature would be canceled.

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