ESIC Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Articles & Updates
Limited Departmental Competitive Examination of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation for promotion of its own staff — MTS to LDC, LDC to UDC, UDC to Assistant / Head Clerk, Assistant to Social Security Officer / Manager Grade II, and the stenographer ladder. Papers vary by post and draw on the ESI Act, scheme and manuals, office procedure and service rules, English, arithmetic, reasoning and general awareness.
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ESIC LDCE Result: SSO Cut-offs, Promotion Orders and Joining Date
How the July 2025 ESIC LDCE became promotion orders: dates, the 07.11.2025 joining rule, lists by count, the SSO cut-offs for 2019 to 2025, and what ESIC has not published.
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ESIC LDCE Computer Skill Test and Shorthand Test for PA and Steno
The qualifying Computer Skill Test for SSO, LDC, PA and Steno (PowerPoint, Word typing, Excel) and the shorthand tests at 80, 100 and 120 wpm, with dictation and transcription times and a timer.
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ESIC SSO LDCE Syllabus: Three Rule Papers and the Computer Skill Test
The ESIC SSO / Manager Grade-II LDCE paper by paper: ESI Act and manuals, service rules and book-keeping, administrative law and management, the skill test, and a syllabus tracker.
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ESIC LDCE Exam Pattern: SSO, Assistant, UDC, LDC, PA and Steno Papers
Paper-wise questions, marks and timings of the ESIC LDCE for all six posts, from the HQ action plan of 27.06.2025: no negative marking, English tests in English only, and the skill tests.
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ESIC LDCE Eligibility: Six Posts, Six Feeder Grades and the Service Rule
Who can sit which ESIC LDCE: Level-1 to LDC, LDC to UDC, UDC to Assistant, Assistant to SSO, LDC to Steno and Steno to PA, with the 1 January crucial date and an eligibility checker.
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