Updates as of September 22, 2026
PGT Economics is post code 829/24 with the Directorate of Education and carries 82 vacancies, the second largest subject in Advertisement 10/2024 after Hindi's 91. The split is 60 male posts, being 31 unreserved, 21 OBC, 2 SC and 6 EWS, and 22 female posts, being 7 unreserved, 13 OBC and 2 ST.
OnlineResult (notification mirror)The Economics paper was sat within the common examination block of 12 to 17 April 2026, in one of the two daily shifts running 9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 5 pm. As with every subject in the recruitment, it was a single computer-based test of 300 questions for 300 marks over three hours.
Career Power (exam schedule)No result or marks notice for post code 829/24 had appeared at the time of this update. Trackers list PGT results declared in July, August and September 2026 for History, Physics, Hindi, Commerce, Chemistry and Sanskrit, and marks for Mathematics and Biology, but Economics is not among them.
Testbook (as reported)Of the 300 marks, 200 come from Economics and teaching methodology. Published syllabus coverage for the subject section runs across microeconomics, macroeconomics, money and banking, public finance, balance of payments and international institutions, statistics for economics, and Indian economic development including the post-1991 reforms.
Adda247 syllabus page (as reported)The PGT Economics paper and post, at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Post code | 829/24, Directorate of Education |
| Vacancies | 82 in total, 60 male (UR 31, OBC 21, SC 2, EWS 6) and 22 female (UR 7, OBC 13, ST 2) |
| Economics and teaching methodology | 200 questions, 200 marks of the 300 |
| General Section I | 100 marks, five parts of 20: Mental Ability, GA, English, Hindi, Numerical |
| Paper and marking | One tier, 3 hours, minus 0.25 per wrong answer |
| Exam block | 12 to 17 April 2026, two shifts daily |
Economics is unusual among the PGT subjects in that a fifth of the 20-mark Arithmetical and Numerical Ability part of Section I overlaps directly with the statistics and index-number work in Section II, so a single body of revision earns marks in both halves of the paper. That overlap does not exist for the humanities subjects in the same advertisement.
Dates and windows
| What | When | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advertisement 10/2024 issued | 30 December 2024 | Closed |
| Online applications | 16 January to 14 February 2025 | Closed |
| PGT examination block, all subjects | 12 to 17 April 2026 | Closed |
| First results in the cycle (Sanskrit code) | 16 June 2026 | Confirmed |
| Other subject results and marks | July to September 2026 | Confirmed |
| Result or marks for Economics, 829/24 | Not published | Tentative |
| E-dossier and document verification for 829/24 | Follows the result | Tentative |
The application window and the April examination block are common to every subject advertised under post codes 824/24 to 834/24; one notification and one schedule cover the whole PGT recruitment. What is specific to Economics is that its post code has not yet been processed, DSSSB declaring results one code at a time.
What this means for your preparation
The characteristic error in PGT Economics is preparing the NCERT class eleven and twelve syllabus and stopping there. Section II is worth 200 of the 300 marks and is pitched at the post-graduate qualification, so the same topic headings appear but the questions sit a level above: not what the investment multiplier is, but how it behaves under a given marginal propensity to consume. The second error is assuming that 82 posts means an easy cut-off; it means a very large field.
Eighty-two posts, and how they are distributed
Economics is the second largest code in the advertisement with 82 posts, behind Hindi at 91 and ahead of Political Science at 78. Unusually for this recruitment, the code is male-weighted: 60 male posts against 22 female. Within the male list there are 31 unreserved, 21 OBC, 2 SC and 6 EWS posts; within the female list, 7 unreserved, 13 OBC and 2 ST. That means a female OBC Economics candidate is competing for 13 seats, more than the entire Biology code carries, while a male SC candidate is competing for two. Because DSSSB computes merit inside the post code and inside the gender sub-list, these numbers, not the headline 82, are what determine how hard the paper has to be cleared.
What the 200-mark Economics section covers
Published syllabus coverage for the subject section divides into two halves. The first is microeconomics and macroeconomics: production possibility curves and opportunity cost, consumer equilibrium, determinants of demand and supply and price elasticity, market structures and price determination, national income aggregates including GDP, GNP and NNP, income and employment determination and the investment multiplier, money and banking with central bank functions, government budget and fiscal policy, balance of payments and foreign exchange, theories of international trade and the roles of the IMF, World Bank and WTO, and securities, debentures, SEBI and the stock exchange. The second is statistics for economics and Indian economic development: data collection, measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation, time series and index numbers, the five-year plans, the post-1991 reforms, and contemporary issues in poverty, rural development, employment, infrastructure and sustainability, with comparative indicators for neighbouring economies.
Where the Economics cut-off has sat
Published cut-offs from the 2022 PGT cycle put Economics near the middle of the family rather than at the top: 175.51 for unreserved male and 175.76 for unreserved female, 126.01 and 136.11 for OBC male and female, 137.12 and 129.04 for SC male and female, and 101.01 and 98.23 for ST male and female. Biology in the same cycle closed at 211.53 for unreserved male, roughly 36 marks higher. The pattern is informative: Economics attracts a very large field but a comparatively wide spread of preparation, so the marginal marks are won in the harder half of the subject section rather than in Section I. Treat these figures as historical, from a different advertisement with different vacancy counts.
Two places where the same revision pays twice
Economics candidates have an advantage no other subject in this recruitment has. Section I contains a 20-mark Arithmetical and Numerical Ability part, and Section II contains statistics for economics with central tendency, dispersion, correlation and index numbers. The computational habits are the same, so a fortnight on quantitative work raises the score in both. The second overlap is General Awareness at 20 marks, where current economic policy, budget provisions and the roles of the RBI, SEBI and the multilateral institutions recur, and these are already inside the Economics syllabus. A candidate who plans the revision around these overlaps buys roughly 40 marks of Section I almost as a by-product, which is exactly where the margin against a large field is found.
Negative marking, and where Economics loses marks
With 0.25 deducted for each wrong answer across 300 questions, four wrong guesses cancel one correct one. Economics questions are particularly prone to near-miss errors: definitional distinctions between GDP at market prices and at factor cost, between nominal and real magnitudes, between revenue and fiscal deficit, between a shift in demand and a movement along it. These are the items where a candidate feels confident and is wrong, which is worse than an outright guess because it is not flagged for review. The practical countermeasure is to build a short list of paired definitions during revision and drill only the pairs. In the paper itself, with roughly 36 seconds a question, the subject section should be attempted first while attention is fresh.
Common questions
What is the post code for DSSSB PGT Economics?
PGT Economics is post code 829/24 under the Directorate of Education in Advertisement 10/2024. DSSSB keys every stage of the process to the code rather than to the subject name: the application, admit card, shift allotment, answer key, result notice, cut-off and the e-dossier call for document verification. When looking up Economics results or cut-offs, search by 829/24 and note whether the figure is for the male or female sub-list, since DSSSB publishes and computes them separately and they differ.
How many vacancies are there for DSSSB PGT Economics?
Eighty-two, making Economics the second largest subject in the 432-post advertisement after Hindi. The code is male-weighted: 60 male posts, comprising 31 unreserved, 21 OBC, 2 SC and 6 EWS, and 22 female posts, comprising 7 unreserved, 13 OBC and 2 ST. All 82 are with the Directorate of Education. Because merit is computed inside the gender sub-list, the number that matters to any individual candidate is the figure for their own category and sub-list, not the headline 82.
What is the DSSSB PGT Economics Section B syllabus?
Section II carries 200 of the 300 marks and is set at the post-graduate level. Published coverage spans microeconomics and macroeconomics, including production possibility curves, consumer equilibrium, elasticity, market structures, national income aggregates, income determination and the multiplier, money and banking, government budget and fiscal policy, balance of payments and exchange rates, international trade and the IMF, World Bank and WTO, and securities, SEBI and stock exchanges. The second half is statistics for economics and Indian economic development, including the five-year plans and the post-1991 reforms.
Has the DSSSB PGT Economics result been declared?
Not at the time of this update. DSSSB has been releasing this cycle's outcomes one post code at a time since June 2026, with results for History, Physics and Hindi in July, Commerce and Chemistry in August and a Sanskrit code in September, and marks published for Mathematics and Biology. Post code 829/24 does not appear in any of those lists. The result notice will be published on dsssb.delhi.gov.in, with individual scorecards available through the OARS module on dsssbonline.nic.in.
What was the DSSSB PGT Economics cut-off?
The cut-off for post code 829/24 will be published with its result notice and is not yet available. From the 2022 PGT cycle, reported Economics cut-offs are 175.51 for unreserved male and 175.76 for unreserved female, 126.01 and 136.11 for OBC male and female, 137.12 and 129.04 for SC male and female, and 101.01 and 98.23 for ST male and female. These come from a different advertisement with different vacancy counts, so they indicate the scale of competition rather than the mark to aim at this time.
Do I need a master's in Economics to apply for DSSSB PGT Economics?
Yes. The essential qualification for these PGT post codes is a master's degree in the relevant subject with at least 50 per cent marks in aggregate, together with a B.Ed., or B.A.B.Ed. or B.Sc.B.Ed., or a three-year integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed. from an NCTE-recognised institution. CTET is not listed among the essential qualifications, since it certifies teaching for classes one to eight while a Post Graduate Teacher handles senior secondary classes. The post is Group B at Pay Level 8 and the application fee was 100 rupees, waived for women and for SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates.
