(2023 Vs 2025)

EPFO EO/AO & APFC (2023 vs 2025)

Sl. No.	2023 Syllabus	Current Syllabus 2025	Changes/Remarks
1.	(a) General English – understanding of English & workman-like use of words	i) General English – understanding of English & workman-like use of words	✅ No change
2.	(b) Indian Culture, Heritage & Freedom Movements & Current Events	ii) Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Movements	🔄 Split: “Current Events” removed and moved separately to point (ix)
3.	(c) Population, Development and Globalization	—	❌ Removed explicitly. Concepts might now be included under “Developmental Issues”
4.	—	iii) Developmental Issues and Present Trends in Indian Economy	🆕 Reworded and broadened to include “Developmental Issues”; “Population & Globalization” subsumed/inferred
5.	(e) Present Trends in Indian Economy	iii) Developmental Issues and Present Trends in Indian Economy	🔄 Merged with point (c) above
6.	(d) Governance and Constitution of India	iv) Governance and Constitution of India	✅ No change
7.	(f) Accounting and Auditing, Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, Insurance	vii) Industrial Relations, Labour Laws and Social Security in India viii) Principles of Accountancy, Auditing and Insurance	🔄 Split into two topics 🆕 “Social Security” explicitly grouped with IR and Labour Laws
8.	(i) Social Security in India	vii) Industrial Relations, Labour Laws and Social Security in India	✅ Now merged properly under a relevant heading
9.	(g) Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications, General Science	v) General Science and Basic Knowledge of Computer Applications	🔄 Reordered only
10.	(h) Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability	vi) Elementary Mathematics, Statistics and General Mental Ability	✅ No change
11.	—	ix) Current Events of National and International Importance	🆕 Current Affairs given a distinct and clear identity

How to Change Your Preparation Strategy

(As per Old vs. New Syllabus)

1. Prioritize Current Affairs as a Separate Pillar

• What Changed: Earlier it was clubbed; now it’s explicitly separate.
• What to Do:
  
  • Dedicate daily time to current affairs
    (esp. economy, IR, labor sector, social security).
    
  • Focus on Government schemes, International reports (ILO, IMF, ILO, UNDP), and EPFO/ESIC news.
    
  • Prepare monthly compilations
    ( CrackTarget.com summaries, PIB, Yojana/Kurukshetra).

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2. Understand Developmental Issues in Detail

• What Changed:
  “Population, Development and Globalization” → “Developmental Issues and Present Trends…”
• What to Do:
  • Go beyond population theory – study poverty, unemployment, skill development, climate challenges, etc.
  • Use NITI Aayog reports, Economic Survey, and Budget for factual, issue-based preparation.
  • Prepare short notes on SDGs, demographic dividend, inclusive growth, gender issues, etc.

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3. Merge Labour Laws + Social Security Preparation

• What Changed: “Social Security” is now grouped with Labour Laws & IR.
• What to Do:
  • Integrate your notes: focus on EPF, ESI, Gratuity, Maternity Benefit, Code on Social Security, 2020.
  • Learn landmark SC judgments, key sections, and objectives of each Act.
  • Solve case-based MCQs, which UPSC is moving towards.

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4. Treat Accountancy, Auditing, and Insurance as a Professional Paper

• What Changed: Now clearly demarcated under “Principles of Accountancy…”
• What to Do:
  • Don’t ignore this – UPSC may test basics of accounting terms, journal entries, and audit standards.
    
  • Study Insurance types, IRDAI functions, recent reforms (like PM Suraksha Bima Yojana).
  • Use B.Com first-year level books or ICAI basics.

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5. Prepare Culture and Freedom Movement from a GS + APFC Lens

• What Changed: Now listed separately from current events.
• What to Do:
  • Focus on reform movements, trade union movements, freedom-related labor movements.
  • Go beyond Laxmikanth – refer to Spectrum + NCERTs + Bipin Chandra (for depth).

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6. Update Your Notes for Indian Economy

• What Changed: More emphasis on developmental issues + trends.
• What to Do:
  • Focus on real-time indicators: GDP, inflation, banking sector reforms, job market trends, fiscal policy.
  • Build issue-based notes on Atmanirbhar Bharat, MSME reforms, DBT, etc.

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7. Practice Reasoning, Maths & Stats with Speed + Accuracy

• No Syllabus Change but high weightage.
• What to Do:
  • Practice with EPFO/APFC PYQs, SSC CGL-level questions.
  • Focus on data interpretation, averages, pie charts, and basic statistics (mean, median, SD).

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8. Computer + General Science –
Just Basics, Not Technical

General Science from NCERT 6–10th – focus on everyday science, biology, human health, physics in daily life.
What to Do:

Learn basic MS Office, emails, malware, hardware vs software, networking terms. Study PDF for Computer available on this website as well as in telegram group.

Attempt 50 Full Mock test Daily based on Updated Syllabus
to ensure interview call