TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer Recruitment 2021 – Notification, Apply Online, Application Form

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer Recruitment 2021 Apply Online : TNPSC AHO 2021 notification has been released on 5 February 2021. Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission will conduct a direct recruitment exercise for the post of Assistant Horticultural Officer. Interested candidates must check eligibility conditions and apply for the recruitment. The last date to apply online is 4th March 2021. The written exam will be held on 17th April 2021 for Paper I and Paper-II.

Check details about TNPSC AHO such as the release of official notification, no. of vacancies, important dates & time, fees and concession, mode of payment, qualifications, age concession, the scheme of examination & syllabus, centers of examination, selection procedure, how to apply,  admit card, result, etc.

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer 2021 Overview

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer 2021 Notification & Vacancies

TNPSC has released an official notification for AHO recruitment on 5th Feb 2021. TNPSC assistant horticultural officer direct recruitment 2021 official notification will be available on its official website under the ‘Notifications’ tab.

Download TNPSC AHO Notification 2021 

Vacancies

Total no. of vacancies is 307. Out of which, 204 are regular vacancies and 103 are carried forwarded vacancies for SC/ST candidates only. Further distribution of vacancies will be announced later through the official website.

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer Direct 2021 Eligibility Conditions

Age Limit (as on July 1st 2021)

• There is no maximum age limit for candidates belonging to the categories of SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BCs, BCMs and DWs of all castes. But they must have completed 18 years of age on July 1st, 2021.
• For ‘others’, minimum and maximum age are 18 and 30 years respectively. 

Educational Qualification (As On May 25th 2021)

An applicant who wants to apply for AHO must have passed 10+2/higher secondary examination and obtained a 2-years’ diploma in Horticulture from the institutions approved by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University or Director of Horticulture and Plantation Crops or from the Gandhigram Rural Institute. In addition to this, the applicant must possess adequate knowledge of Tamil.

TNPSC AHO Fee

All the new applicants should have to pay an amount of Rs. 150/- as a one-time registration fee and Rs. 100/- as an examination fee at the time of submitting the online application.

Aspirants who have already registered in the OTR system are exempted from paying the registration fee. Such candidates need to pay only the examination fee i.e. Rs. 100/-. However, concession on examination fee is applicable for candidates belonging to special categories such as SC/ST, etc. 

Aspirants can make payment either online by using credit/debit cum ATM card/internet banking or offline through Bank (Indian Bank or State Bank of India).

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer 2021 Application Form & Process

TNPSC AHO Application Forms will be released online on the website @www.tnpsc.gov.in. Check below the steps in filling and submitting an online application.

• Open commission’s official website 
• You will see the homepage
• Find and click on the ‘Notifications’ tab
• A new page will be opened having several ‘Apply Online’ links of different ongoing recruitment exercises
• Find and click on the ‘Apply Online’ link available in front of notification ‘ASSISTANT HORTICULTURAL OFFICER IN THE TAMIL NADU HORTICULTURAL SUBORDINATE SERVICE.’
• You will see a new page having several tabs such as the ‘One-time registration’ tab, the ‘Forgot Password’ tab etc.
• If you have already registered in the OTR system then click on the ‘Apply’ link available in front of the notification ‘ASSISTANT HORTICULTURAL OFFICER INCLUDED IN TAMIL NADU HORTICULTURAL SUBORDINATE SERVICE’
• Otherwise, click on the tab ‘One Time Registration’; it is necessary for all the new candidates applying for any posts
• Click on the ‘New User’ tab
• You will see a new page having ‘One-time registration’ form
• Now, fill in all the details such as your name, father’s/mother’s name, etc, place of birth etc
• Select date of birth, gender, origin place, father’s place of birth, mother tongue, nationality, religion, etc
• Enter your S.S.L.C. qualification details such as S.S.L.C. register number, month & year of passing, education board, etc
• Enter your communication details like email ID, mobile number, correspondence & permanent address, etc
• Accept declaration by marking the given checkbox
• Enter the characters as shown in the box
• Click on the ‘Save & Continue’ tab
• Upload digital copies of your latest PP size photo, signature, and certificates
• Submit documents to get user ID and password
• Use obtained user ID & password to log in and apply for the AHO recruitment exercise
• Select payment option and make the payment
• Print e-receipt and final submitted application form

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer 2021 Scheme Of Examination

• There will be a total of two papers to be conducted in pen & paper-based mode.
• Both papers i.e. Paper I & II will have objective type questions.
• Paper I contains 200 MCQs of maximum 300 marks. Time duration will be 180 minutes (3 hours). MCQs will be of diploma level from the subject – Horticulture.  
• Paper-II will have 100 MCQs of maximum 200 marks. The time duration will be 2 hours (120 minutes). Paper-II will be distributed in two sections. The first section will have 75 questions of HSC standard from Subject – General Studies. Second or the last section will have 25 questions of SSLC standard from subject/topic- Aptitude and Mental Ability.
• Both question papers will be set in bilingual i.e. English & Tamil.

TNPSC AHO Syllabus

TNPSC AHO syllabus is given below.

Paper I: Horticulture

Basic horticulture and plant propagation, soil and fertility, irrigation and weed management, production technology of fruits and vegetables, production technology of flower crops and landscaping, production technology of spices, plantation crops, medicinal and aromatic crops, insect pest and diseases of horticultural crops and their management, post-harvest handling and value addition of horticultural crops, livestock management, and poultry production, commercial agriculture, farm management, marketing, and extension education.

Paper-II: General Studies

General science, current events, geography, history, and culture of India and Tamil Nadu, Indian polity, Indian economy and Indian national movement.

Aptitude & Mental Ability

Ratio & proportion, area & volume, time & work, visual reasoning, alpha numeric reasoning, number series, analytical interpretation of data, simplification & percentage, LCM & HCF, compound & simple interest etc.

Minimum Qualifying Marks for Selection

TNPSC set minimum qualifying marks for the selection of candidates. The total maximum marks in both papers will be 500. Out of which, 150 marks will be minimum qualifying marks for selection for candidates belonging to categories – SCs, BCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs and BCMs and 200 for rest candidates.

TNPSC AHO Exam Date & Centres of Examination

As per the official notification, offline examination for the post of Assistant Horticulture Officer will be held on 17th April 2021 at the following centres- Thanjavur, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Madurai & Chennai.

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer 2021 Hall tickets

Successfully registered candidates can download their TNPSC AHO hall tickets a few days from the date of examination through the commission’s website. The process is given below:

• Open TNPSC’s website
• Find and click on the ‘Hall Ticket Download’ tab; it is available under the ‘Candidate’s Corner’ tab
• Enter your ID & date of birth
• Submit details
• You will see your hall ticket
• Download or print it on the A4 size paper

TNPSC Assistant Horticultural Officer Recruitment 2021 Result

TNPSC AHO final results will be declared after 1 or 2 weeks from the date of examination. Once results announced and published on the commission’s website, participants can easily check their result by login into their account. The entire process of checking result is explained below:

• Open commission’s official website
• Click on the ‘Results’ tab
• Find and click on the appropriate result link
• Enter and submit the required details (if asked) like registration ID, date of birth etc
• You will see your result and scorecard
• You can print your result as well

TNPSC AHO Salary

According to the official notification, the scale of pay for Assistant Horticultural Officer will be as follows- Level – 10  Rs. 20,600 – 65,500/-.