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NIACL Assistants Recruitment Examination 2018

The New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL) is a leading global insurance group with offices and branches spread across India. The company invites applications for the recruitment of 685 Assistants in Class III cadre from open market. The NIACL is one of the five completely owned insurance company by the Government of India.

NIACL Assistants Recruitment Exam 2018 Important Dates

• Start of Online Registration: 16.07.2018
• End of Online Registration: 31.07.2018
• Payment of Application Fees - Online: 16.07.2018 to 31.07.20181Both dates inclusive)
• Tier I Online Examination (Preliminary Exam): 8th and/or 9th September 2018 (Tentative dates)
• Tier II Online Examination (Main Exam): 6th October 2018 (Tentative)
• Download of Call Letters 10 days prior to the date of each examination (Tentative)
• Preliminary Examinations as well as Main Exam

NIACL Assistants Recruitment 2018 Vacancies

Category-wise Vacancies (provisional):

• SC: 105
• ST: 60
• OBC: 113
• GEN: 375

Total Vacancies: 653

Category-wise Backlog vacancies:

• SC: 4
• ST: 10
• OBC: 18

Total Vacancies: 32

1. Andhra Pradesh: 13
   Language: Telugu
   
   
2. Assam: 16
   Language: Assamese
   
   
3. Bihar: 6
   Hindi
   
   
4. Chandigarh (UT)
   Hindi/ Punjabi: 4
   
   
5. Chhattisgarh: 8
   Hindi
   
   
6. Delhi: 40
   Hindi
   
   
7. Goa: 3
   Konkani
   
   
8. Gujarat: 48
   Gujarati
   
   
9. Haryana: 13
   Hindi
   
   
10. Himachal Pradesh: 5
    Hindi
    
    
11. Jammu & Kashmir: 5
    Hindi / Urdu
    
    
12. Jharkhand: 4
    Hindi
    
    
13. Karnataka: 41
    Kannada
    
    
14. Kerala: 33
    Malayalam
    
    
15. Madhya Pradesh: 23
    Hindi
    
    
16. Maharashtra: 155
    Marathi
    
    
17. Odisha: 19
    Oriya
    
    
18. Punjab: 21
    Punjabi
    
    
19. Puducherry: 1
    Tamil
    
    
20. Andaman & Nicobar (Port Blair): 2
    Hindi/English
    
    
21. Rajasthan: 21
    Hindi
    
    
22. Tamil Nadu: 83
    Tamil
    
    
23. Telangana: 25
    Telugu/ Urdu
    
    
24. Tripura: 2
    Bengali
    
    
25. Uttar Pradesh: 37
    Hindi
    
    
26. Uttarakhand: 9
    Hindi
    
    
27. West Bengal: 16
    Bengali
    

Reservation for Person with Disabilities (PWD) and Ex-servicemen are applicable as per prevailing Government of India norms. Vacancies reserved for OBC category are available to OBC candidates belonging to "Non-Creamy layer" only. "Creamy layer" OBC candidates should indicate their category as "General"

NIACL Assistants Recruitment 2018 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality/Citizenship

(a)  A candidate must either be:
i. an Indian citizen, or
ii. a subject of Nepal, or
iii. a subject of Bhutan, or
iv. a Tibetan refugee who has come to India, before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling down in India, or
v. an Indian origin person who has migrated from Vietnam, Ethiopia, Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, East African Countries of Kenya, Sri Lanka, Burma and Pakistan with the intention of permanently settling down in India.
vi. The Government of India should issue a certificate in favor of the candidate belonging to the categories (b), (c), (d) and (e)
The candidates have to submit the eligibility certificate issued by the Government of India during Document Verification. Failing which their candidature shall stand cancelled.

Age Limit

i. The age of the candidates should be between 21 to 30 years as on 30th June 2018. Candidates should not be  born earlier than 1st July 1988 and not later than 30th June.

ii. There is relaxation in the upper age limit of the candidates as under:

• Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe: 5 years
• Other Backward Classes (eligible for reservation): 3 years
• Persons With Disability: 10 years
• Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen Actual period of service rendered in the defense forces
• 3 years subject to maximum of 45 years.
• Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried: 5 years
• Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the 6 State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89: 5 years
• Existing Employees of The New India Assurance Co.Ltd.: 5 years

Educational Qualification (as on date of application registration)

1. Candidates should have successfully completed their graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
   
   
2. The candidate should have passed in English as one of the subjects at SSC/ HSC/Intermediate/ Graduation level. Candidate should possess certificate in proof of passing the qualifying examination as on date of application registration.

It is essential that the candidates has the knowledge of Regional Language of the State for which he/she has applied

NIACL Assistants Recruitment 2018 Pre-Examination Training (Non-Residential)

The candidates belonging to the SC/ST/OBC categories who wish to avail the benefit of pre-examination training may register their names and other details with the Regional offices of New India Assurance Co Ltd., convenient to them.

NIACL Assistants Recruitment Exam 2018 Selection Procedure

Candidates are selected on the basis of an on-line tests (Preliminary & Main Examination).

Tier I: Preliminary Examination:

The Preliminary Examination is an online objective test conducted for 100 marks. The duration of the test is one-hour and will consist of 3 sections as follows:

Test of English language
No. of questions: 30
Marks: 30
Duration: 20 minutes

Test of Reasoning
No. of questions: 35
Marks: 35
Duration: 20 minutes

Test of Numerical Ability
No. of questions: 35
Marks: 35
Duration: 20 minutes

The test paper will be made available in both English & Hindi language, except for the test of English Language. Candidates are required to qualify in each test by securing the passing marks to be decided by the Company.

Tier II : Main Examination:

The Main Examination is will be an online objective test.

Test of Reasoning
No. of questions: 40
Marks: 50

Test of English Language
No. of questions: 40
Marks: 50

Test of General Awareness
No. of questions: 40
Marks: 50
Total Duration: 120 minutes

The test paper will be made available in both English & Hindi language, except for the test of English Language. Candidates are required to qualify in each test by securing the passing marks to be decided by the Company. Candidates qualifying in the Main Examination will be further shortlisted for Regional Language Test before the final selection.

No separate marks will be awarded for Regional Language Test. This test will be only qualifying in nature. Final selection will be made on the basis of performance in the online Main examination subject to qualifying the Regional Language Test.

Note: In case of equal marks scored by the last two or more candidates in the merit list, the candidate senior most in age will be shortlisted for further process of recruitment.

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both - Preliminary and Main examination)
One fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted for wrong answers. However, no marks will be deducted for un-attempted questions.

NIACL Assistants Recruitment Exam 2018 Regional Language Test

Candidates who successfully clear the main examination will subsequently be called for Regional Language Test to be conducted by the Company, at selected centres. The name and address of the Centre, time & date of this test will be informed to the shortlisted candidates through the website

NIACL Assistants Recruitment 2018 Examination Centres

The examination will be conducted online in venues given in the respective call letters. No request for change of centre/venue/date/session for Examination shall be entertained.

Find below the tentative list of centres for Preliminary examination (Tler-l) given below. The examination centres for Main Examination (Tler-ll) will be limited and intimated later on.

Union Territory: Andaman & Nicobar
Preliminary Exam Center: Port Blair

State: Assam
Preliminary Exam Center: Dibnugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

State: Bihar
Preliminary Exam Center: Arrah. Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea

State: Chandiqarh
Preliminary Exam Center: Chandigarh, Mohali

State: Chhattisgarh
Preliminary Exam Center: Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur

State: Delhi
Preliminary Exam Center: Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon

State: Goa
State: Gujarat
Preliminary Exam Center: Ahmedabad. Anand, Gandhinagar, Himmatnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara

State: Haryana
Preliminary Exam Center: Ambala, Faridabad,Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Palwal, Sonipat, Yamunanagar

State: Himachal Pradesh
Preliminary Exam Center: Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una

State: Jammu & Kashmir
Preliminary Exam Center: Jammu, Samba, Srinagar

State: Jharkhand
Preliminary Exam Center: Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

State: Karnataka
Preliminary Exam Center: Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi

State: Kerala
Preliminary Exam Center: Alapuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Thinuvananthapuram

State: Madhya Pradesh
Preliminary Exam Center: Bhopal, Gwalior. Indore, Jabalpur, Salna, Sagar, Ujjain

State: Maharashtra
Preliminary Exam Center: Amravati, Aurangabad. Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur. Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara

State: Odisha
Preliminary Exam Center: Balasore, Berhampur(GanJam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur

State: Puducherry
Preliminary Exam Center: Puducherry

State: Punjab
Preliminary Exam Center: Amritsar, Bhatinda. Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot. Patiala. Sangrur

State: Rajasthan
Preliminary Exam Center: Ajmer. Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kola, Sikar, Udaipur

State: Tamilnadu
Preliminary Exam Center: Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Selam, Thanjavur, Iimchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Thoothukodi, Vellore

State: Telangana
Preliminary Exam Center: Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal

State: Tripura
Preliminary Exam Center: Agartala

State: Uttar Pradesh
Preliminary Exam Center: Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandshaher, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Grealer Noida, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi

State: Uttarakhand
Preliminary Exam Center: Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee

State: West Bengal
Preliminary Exam Center: Asansol, Berhampur, Bardhaman, Durgapur, Hoogly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

NIACL Assistants Recruitment Exam 2018 Application Fees

SC/STIPWD/EX-SER: Rs.100 (Intimation Charges only)
Other than SC/ST/PWD/EX-SER: Rs.600 (Application fee including Intimation Charge)