BSFC Recruitment 2026 - Apply Online for 259 Accountant, Lower Grade Clerk and More Posts

Notification Date: 24 August 2026 Registration / Online Application / Fee Payment Start Date: 25 August 2026 Last Date for Online Registration: 24 September 2026 Last Date for Registered Candidates to Submit Application & Pay Fee (via Debit/Credit Card, UPI, or Net Banking): 25 September 2026 Online Application Correction (Edit) Window: 26 September 2026 to 28 September 2026 Admit Card Release Date: Not specified - to be notified in due course Exam Date: Not specified - to be notified in due course

A total of 259 posts are to be filled across 5 designations. The Food & Consumer Protection Department has reserved the right to increase or decrease the number of posts as required. Total: 259 posts. The detailed category-wise roster (per the official notification) is as follows: Within the total vacancies, horizontal reservation is also provided for Persons with Disabilities (Divyang) and dependents of Freedom Fighters: Note: the Assistant Manager (Post Code 01) column above does not exactly reconcile with the stated Post Code 02 and Post Code 03 category totals when the individual rows are added - this appears to be an OCR/print-quality issue in the source roster table for those two columns specifically; the overall totals of 81, 11, 38, and 123 for Post Codes 01, 03, 04, and 05 do reconcile correctly against their respective rows.

Total: 259 posts.

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Pay ranges from PB-1/Grade Pay ₹1,900 (Level-2) for Lower Grade Clerk to ₹9,300–34,800/Grade Pay ₹4,600 (Level-7) for Assistant Manager and Assistant Accounts Officer. See the Eligibility table above for post-wise pay scales.

Fee is payable online via Credit Card, Debit Card, UPI, or Net Banking; an additional processing charge (as applicable to the payment mode) is borne by the candidate. Fee once paid is non-refundable, except where a payment transaction fails - in which case the deducted amount is automatically refunded to the candidate's bank account.

Age is reckoned as on 01 January 2026: Minimum age: 21 years Maximum age relaxation (as per General Administration Department, Bihar, resolution/notification no. 3/M0-1-35/2001-2530 dated 29.06.2010): Unreserved (Male): 37 years Backward Class / Extremely Backward Class (Male & Female): 40 years Unreserved (Female): 40 years SC / ST (Male & Female): 42 years Persons with Disabilities (Divyang): additional 10-year relaxation A separate maximum age relaxation for EWS candidates is not specified in the notification. To avoid any confusion regarding age eligibility, candidates can use our Age Calculator to calculate their exact age based on the prescribed cut-off date before applying.