ESIC UDC Eligibility, Important Dates and Practice Questions

ESIC publishes no age limit, qualification, fee or relaxations for UDC. They're printed in the notice of the body that conducts the exam, usually the AIIMS Common Recruitment Examination.

One rule is on record: a selected candidate who declines the allotted post has the candidature cancelled, and ESIC says no further communication will be entertained.

ESIC has no written exam, skill test or interview of its own for UDC. You sit the conducting body's exam (the AIIMS Common Recruitment Examination for Group 'C' posts), opt for posts and institutions there, and are allotted to ESIC on that result. ESIC then issues the appointment, or cancels the candidature if you decline.

What ESIC does recruit itself, hospital by hospital and mostly by walk-in interview, is medical and academic staff: Senior Residents, Teaching Faculty, Tutors and Contractual Doctors, plus project engagements and empanelments.

ESIC was set up under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. It runs the contributory social security scheme for organised-sector workers (sickness, maternity, disablement and dependants' benefits) and its own hospitals, dispensaries and medical colleges, which is why most of what it advertises is medical.

A UDC works on records, correspondence, noting and drafting in ESIC's headquarters, regional, sub-regional and branch offices.

There are no ESIC dates for UDC. Application, exam and result dates are in the conducting body's notice on the AIIMS recruitment portal.

If ESIC ever recruits to the post directly, the notification will appear on its ESIC Recruitments page, which is updated daily.

1. Prepare for the conducting body's exam, not an "ESIC UDC exam". Read the CRE notice for the pattern, marking and syllabus once it is live.
2. Cover the usual Group 'C' core: reasoning, general awareness, quantitative aptitude and English or Hindi.
3. Know the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 and the benefits ESIC pays. It's the job's subject matter.
4. Choose posts and institutions carefully when you apply. Declining an allotment ends your candidature.

• ESIC Recruitments page: every ESIC notice, with publish and last dates
• ESIC Regional Office Mumbai notice of 09-09-2026 (Group 'C' posts filled through AIIMS CRE-2025)
• AIIMS recruitment portal and the AIIMS Common Recruitment Examination information page
• Staff Selection Commission, which runs the central government's other common exams for Group C posts
• esic.gov.in and the Ministry of Labour and Employment

ESIC publishes notices only on its own site. A fee demand or admit card for UDC from anywhere else isn't from ESIC.

Does ESIC conduct an exam for UDC?

No. Its Recruitments page carries no notification for the post.

Then who conducts it?

ESIC's Group 'C' posts come through common exams, chiefly the AIIMS Common Recruitment Examination. An ESIC notice of 09-09-2026 records a Group 'C' appointment made from AIIMS CRE-2025.

Where do I apply?

To AIIMS, under its CRE notice, not to ESIC.

What about the vacancy counts and cut-offs I've seen online?

They aren't ESIC's. ESIC has published none for this post.

What happens if I'm selected and decline the post?

Your candidature is cancelled.