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APPSC has issued Brief Notification 20/2026 for Assistant Statistical Officer. Applications are scheduled from 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-02 (11:59 PM). The published pay scale is Rs 37,640 – 115,500.
| Detail | Published information |
|---|---|
| Notification | 20/2026; dated 15 September 2026 |
| Department/service | Planning — Economics & Statistics |
| Vacancies | 196 |
| Pay scale | Rs 37,640 – 115,500 |
| Application opens | 2026-10-13 |
| Application closes | 2026-11-02 at 11:59 PM |
| Detailed notification expected | On or before 2026-10-13 |
Provisional; subject to departmental confirmation.
Qualifications and special conditions
Applicants must possess the requisite Educational Qualification as on the date of the Detailed notification. Must possess: i) Bachelor’s Degree with Statistics as one of the main subjects. OR ii) Bachelor’s Degree with Mathematics (with Statistics as a paper in one year or two years or all the three years as the case may be) as one of the main subjects. OR iii) Bachelor’s Degree with Economics (with Statistics as a paper in one year or two years or all the three years as the case may be) as one of the main subjects. OR iv) Bachelor’s Degree with Commerce (with Statistics as a paper in one year or two years or all the three years as the case may be) as one of the main subjects. OR v) Bachelor’s Degree with Computer Science (with Statistics as a paper in one year or two years or all the three years as the case Name of the Post No. of vacancies Scale of pay Rs Assistant Statistical Officer in A.P. Economics & Statistical Subordinate Service 196 37,640 – 1,15,500 may be) as one of the main subjects. From a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or State Act or such institutions declared as deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commissions Act, 1956 or a foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time.
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Age, fees, reservations and other pending details
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- 2026 application/examination fees and exemptions
- 2026 category, zone/local and gender reservation roster
- Examination date and admit-card schedule
- Final certificate checklist and complete application instructions
- Subsequent corrigenda and detailed notification reconciliation
Previous-notification reference
As per the recovered previous notification (2024), the following historical details were compiled. Current 2026 details are awaited where not stated above.
Same designation matched to a previous notification; not proof that this is the latest previous recruitment.
- Source record: APPSC-2024-12:01 — Assistant Statistical Officer – Economics and Statistics
- Historical qualification: Bachelor degree with Statistics main; OR Mathematics/Economics/Commerce/Computer Science main with Statistics studied as a paper in the prescribed course
- Historical base age: 18–42 years; reference date: 2024-07-01
- Historical notes: Written examination and qualifying CPT; final selection remains subject to all notification conditions. Base rules are from the 2024 notification, not verified current rules.
- Previous official notification
Historical age limits and cutoffs are not the 2026 age rules. The archive was an incomplete research checkpoint; its unresolved warnings remain in the attached record.
How to apply
Use the official APPSC website during the application window. Read the detailed notification, confirm eligibility, and follow the official registration, application, fee and document instructions. The brief requires online applications; do not treat a generic portal link as an active post-specific application link.
Sources
2026 brief notification and annexures
Source download and content extraction: 16 September 2026. Source pages 1-2 provide the recruitment clauses; later pages contain the scheme and syllabus.
Syllabus — Assistant Statistical Officer
Current official source: 20/2026. Use the post-specific papers and any optional-subject provisions in the annexure.
General Studies & Mental Ability and Subject paper: each 150 questions, 150 minutes and 150 marks. Total 300.
Read the complete source text below. It is organised by official PDF page; use the PDF for equations, diagrams and original table alignment.
Official annexure · page 3
SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT STATISTICAL
OFFICER IN A.P. ECONOMICS & STATISTICAL SUBORDINATE SERVICE
SCHEME FOR EXAMINATION
(Annexure-V of G.O.Ms.No.201, Finance (HR-I Plg, & Policy) Dept., Dt:
21/12/2017)
WRITTEN EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE)-DEGREE STANDARD
PAPER Subject No. of
Questions
Duration
Minutes
Maximum
Marks
PAPER-I General Studies &
Mental Ability 150 150 150
PAPER-II Subject 150 150 150
TOTAL 300
NEGATIVE MARKS: As per G.O.Ms. No.235, Finance (HR-I, Plg & Policy)
Dept.,Dt.06/12/2016, for each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of
the marks prescribed for the question.
SYLLABUS
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
1. Major Current Events and Issues pertaining to International, National
and State of Andhra Pradesh.
2. General Science and its applications to the day to day life Contemporary
developments in Science & Technology and Information Technology.
3. History of India – emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the
subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus
on AP and Indian National Movement.
4. Geography of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh.
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reforms and e-Governance initiatives.
6. Indian Economy and planning
7. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation
strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of
Disaster
9. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation.
10. Data Analysis: Tabulation of data Visual representation of data
Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode
and variance) and Interpretation.
PAPER-II
SUBJECT
1. Economic Concepts: Concepts of Production, Consumption and
Demand – Concept of Elasticity – Market Structures and Equilibrium –
Price determination . National Income: concepts and determinants –
employment, consumption, savings and investment. Rate of Interest an d
Profit. Concepts of Money and measures of money supply, velocity.
Banks and credit creation, Banks and portfolio management, Central
Bank and control over supply of money. Determination of price level –
Inflation: meaning, measurement and control. Public Finance: Budgets,
Taxes and non-tax revenues, Budget deficits.
2. International Economics : Free Trade and Protection – Balance of
payments accounts and adjustment – Exchange rate under the exchange
markets – International Monetary System and World Trad ing order –
Brettonwoods system. IMF and the World Bank and their associates.
Sources of growth – capital, Human capital, productivity, Trade and aid,
non-economic factors.
3. Indian Economics: Main features: Population; size, composition,
quality and growth trend, occupational distribution, Effects of Births and
Deaths. Mass poverty – Unemployment and its types – Inequality and
types thereof – Rural-urban disparities. Foreign Trade: Balance of
Payments and External Debt. Inflation and parallel economy and its
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Economic Planning in India: Major controversies on planning in India,
NITI Ayog. Broad Fiscal, monetary, industry, trade and agricultural
policies.
4. Financial Accounting: Introduction to accounting – Accounting
concepts and conventions – Accounting process – Journalizing, Posting to
ledger accounts – Subsidiary books including Cash book – Bank
Reconciliation Statement – Preparation of Trial Balance and Final
Accounts – Errors and Rectification – Depreciation and Reserves – Single
entry and non trading concerns.
5. Basics of Computers: Binary system, Octal and Hexadecimal systems.
Conversion to and from Decimal systems. Codes, Bits, Bytes and Words.
Memory of a computer, Arithmetic an d Logical operations on numbers.
Algorithms and Flow charts. Using Spread Sheet: Basics of Spreadsheet;
Manipulation of cells; Formulas and Functions; Editing of Spread Sheet,
printing of Spread Sheet.
6. Introduction to Statistics: Collection of data: pr imary and Secondary
data. methods of Sampling (Random, Non Random), Definition of
Probability – Census- Schedule and questionnaire – Frequency
distribution – Tabulation – Diagrammatic and graphic presentation of
data.
7. Measures of Central Tendency: Meaning objectives and characteristics
of measures of central tendency –Types of Averages: Arithmetic Mean,
Geometric Mean, Harmonic Mean, Median, Mode, Quartiles Deciles,
Percentiles-Properties of averages and their applications.
8. Measures of Dispersion and Skewne ss: Dispersion: Meaning and
properties –Types: Range, Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard
Deviation, Coefficient of Veriation. Skewness: Meaning – Karl Pearson
and Bowl’s measures of skewness, concept of kurtosis – normal
distribution.
9. Measure of Relation: Correlation meaning and uses – types of
correlation – Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient – Spearman’s rank
correlation – probable error.
10. Analysis of time series and Index Numbers : Time Series
analysis: Meaning and Uses – Components of time series – Measurement
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Decentralization of data. Index Numbers: Meaning and importance –
Methods of construction of Ind ex Numbers: Price Index Numbers,
Quantity index Numbers – Tests of Adequacy of Index Numbers -base
shifting and deflation of Index Numbers – Cost of living Index Numbers –
Limitations of Index Numbers. Concepts of price, quantity and cost
Index Numbers. Deflation of Index Numbers.
SCHEME & SYLLABUS OF THE COMPUTER PROFICIENCY TEST (CPT)
Scheme for Computer Proficiency Test
(As per G.O.Ms.No.26, G.A. (Ser.B) Dept., dt: 24.02.2023)
Scheme of the examination (Practical Type)
Test Duration
(Minutes)
Maximum
Marks
Minimum Qualifying Marks
SC/ST/PBD B.C’s O.C’s
Proficiency in Office
Automation with usage of
Computers and
Associated Software.
60 100 30 35 40
Syllabus for Computer Proficiency Test
PART-A
1. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS: Introduction to Computers –
Components and their classification – Peripheral devices and their
purpose. Input Devices – Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, Lighten, Touch
screens, Joystick, Micro phone, Scanner, Digital camera, Bar code
reader, Biometric sensor. Out put Devices: Display devices, Printers,
Monitor, Speaker, Plotter, Secondary Storage Devices – Feature- Driven
Development (FDD), Magnetic tape, Universal Serial Bus(USB), Pen
Drives, Disks – The Role of input Processing / output processing devices
– Computing Concepts – Data – Information – Random – Access Memory
(RAM) – Read-Only Memory(R OM) – Control Unit – Memory Unit –
Arithmetic Logic Unit(ALU).
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Software, Embedded software, Proprietary Software, Op en source
software (their purpose and characteristics only).
3. OPERATING SYSTEM: Purpose of operating system, Single User and
Multi User Operating Systems with Examples.
4. WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM: Interfacing Graphical User Interface
(GUI), Differences between Character User Interface (CUI) and Graphical
User Interface(GUI) – working With Files and Folders – More About Files –
Running An Application Through the File Manager – Running an
Application Through the Program Manager – Setting up of Printer,
Webcam, Scanner and other peripheral devices.
5. LINUX/MAC OS (only basic concepts): Introduction to Linux – Features
and advantages of Linux, File handling commands, directory handling
commands – User Management – File permissions Macintosh Apple
Computer (MAC) OS – Introduction – Advantages of Macintosh Apple
Computer (MAC) OS. Basics commands
6. INTERNET CONCEPTS (only basic concepts): Minimum Hardware and
Software Requirements for a system to use internet, Communication
Protocols and Facilities – Various browsers – What is Internet Protocol (IP)
Address – Steps required in connecting system to network – Uploading
and Downloading Files from Internet
7. ELECTRONIC MAIL (only basic concepts): Sending and receiving mails,
Basic E-Mail Functions, Using your word processor for E-mail, Finding
E-Mail Address, Mailing Lists and lists Servers.
8. WORLD WIDE WEB (only basic concepts): WWW advantages of the Web
– how to navigate with the Web – Web Searching.
PART – B
1. OFFICE SUITE : MSOFFICE or any open source office like Libre Office
/Apache Open Office Neo office for Windows/Linux/Macintosh Apple
Computer (MAC)OS.
2. GETTING STARTED WITH OFFICE: Introduction to Office Software –
Starting and Exiting the Office Applications – Introducing the Office
Shortcut Bar – Customizing Office Shortcut Bar.
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Techniques – Opening An Application – Creating Files – Entering And
Editing Text – Saving Files – Opening Files – Closing a File – Exiting The
Application – Managing Your files With the Office Applications.
4. TOOLS IN THE OFFICE APPLICATIONS: Key Combinations – Cut, Copy
and Paste – Drag And Drop Editing – Menu Bars And Toolbars – Undo
and – Redo – Spell Checking – Auto Correct – Find and Replace – Help And
The Office Assistants – Templates and Wizards.
5. WORD PROCESSING (MS WORD or its equivalent in Libre office
/Apache Open Office / Neo office for Windows/s/Linux/Mac OS):
Starting Word
Title Bar – Menu Bar – Format Bar – Standard Bar – Ruler – Workspace
Area – Scroll Bar – Status Bar – Different Toolbars – Option a Menu Bar
– Creating New Document When Word is Running – Opening Pre
existing Documents When Word is Running – Designing Your
Document – Typing Text – Selection text – Deleting Text – Formatting
text and document – copying and moving – Saving Document – Page
Setup – Properties of a document – Undo-Redo-Cut-Copy a Document –
Pasting a Document – Print Preview – Printing – Select All – Find –
Replace – Go To – Four Different View Of A Docum ent – Normal, Web
Layout, Print Layout, and Outline Layout- Document Map – Full Screen
– Zoom – Objects – Page Break – Header and Footer – Page Number –
Auto Format – Auto Text – Inserting Date And Time – Working With
Header, Footers -footnotes-Fields-Symbols-Caption Cross Reference –
Index-Tabs-Table and Sorting – Working With Graphics – Inserting
Pictures – Modifying Pictures – Word Art – Inserting Chart – Inserting
Files – Hyper Linking – Bookmark – Using Different Fonts – Paragraph –
Bullets Borders and Sh ading-Columns-Drop Cap-Theme-Change Case
Background-Frames-Style-Spelling And Grammar – Set Language –
Word Count – Auto Summarize – Auto Correct – Merge Document –
Protect Document – Envelopes And Labels – – Templates, Wizards And
Sample Documents – drawing Tables – Merge Cell – Spilt Cells – Spilt
Table – Table Auto Format – Auto Fit – Sort – Formula – Arrange All –
Split- Micro Soft Word Help – Macros – Custom Toolbars – Keyboard
Shortcuts – Menus – Mail Merge.
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Open Office / Neo office for Windows/Linux/Mac OS):
Features Of Excel – Excel worksheet – Selecting Cell – Navigating With
The Mouse And Keyboard – Entering And Editing Text – Text Boxes – Text
Notes – Checking Spelling – Undoing And R epeating Action – Entering
And Editing Formulas – Referencing Cells – Order Of Evolution in
Formulas – Copying Entries And Equations To Minimize Typing – More
Auto Fill Examples – Creating Custom Fill Lists Protecting And Un
Protecting Documents And Cell – Creating A New Worksheet – Excel
Formatting Tips And Techniques – Moving cell – Copying Cells – Sorting
Cell Data – Insertion Cells Inserting As You Paste – Deleting Parts Of
Worksheet – Clearing Parts Of A Worksheet – Excel Page Setup –
Changing Column W idth And Row Heights – Auto Format – Manual
Formatting – Using style – Format Code Alter A Number’s Appearance –
Format Painter Speeds -Up Format Copying – Changing Font Size And
Attributes – Adjusting Al ignments – Cantering Text Across Column –
Using Border Buttons And Commands – Changing Color And Shading –
Inserting And Removing Page Breaks – Hiding Rows And Columns –
Rearranging Worksheet – Entering Formula – Excel Functions – Inserting
Rows And Columns – Saving A Worksheet – Printing A Worksheet –
Printing Tips For Large Excel Project – Parts Of A Function – Functions
Requiring Add -ins – Function Wizard – Example Of Functions By
Category – Organizing Your Data – Excel’s Chart Features – Chart Parts
And Terminology – Instant charts with The chart wizard – Creating Chart
On Separating Worksheets – Resizing And Moving Charts – Adding Chart
Notes And Arrows – Editing Charts – Rotating 3 -D Charts – Printing
Charts – Deleting Charts Setting The Default Chart Type – Creating Trend
Lines Data Map – Working With Graphics in Excel – Creating And Pacing
Graphic objects – Resizing Graphs – Possible Sources Of Excel Graphics –
Creating and Running Macro – Sorting Excel Data – Adding Subtotals To
Databases – Customizing Excel – Customizing Workspace – Comma
Separated Value (CSV) File format – Using Worksheet As Databases.
7. PRESENTATION SOFTWARE (MS Power Point or its equivalent in
Libre Office/Apache Open office /Neo office for Windows/Linux/Mac
Os): Introduction – Starting Presentation Software – Views in
Presentation Sof tware – Slides – Terminology – Color Schemes –
Formatting Slides – Creating a Presentation – Using the Auto Content
Wizard – Masters- – Using a Template – Creating a Blank Presentation –
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Text – Working in Outlaying view – Spell checking – Finding And
Replacing Text – Formatting Text – Aligning Text – Developing Your
Presentation – Importing images From The Outside World – The Clipart
Gallery – Drawing in Presentation software – Bringing A P resentation to
Life – Inserting Objects in Your Presentation – Inserting A Picture –
Working With Graphics – Multimedia in Power Point – Animating The
Objects, Pictures, Graphics, – Enhancements to the Slide Show Showing
Slides Out Of Order Printing Presen tation Elements – Finalizing The
Presentation – Assigning Transitions And Timings – Setting The Master
Slide – Setting Up The Slide Show – Running The Slide Show.
Assessment Pattern:
Part-A: Test may be designed to assess the candidate by means of MCQs.
(20%of Total Marks)
Part-B: A computer based assessment test where they need to:
1. Prepare a model document and organize the same in a formatted
manner. This should cover evaluating the typing speed, organizing the
document and covering several other aspects such as inserting tables,
inserting Images/WordArt, mail merge, etc.)
2. Evaluating typing speed (25% of Total Marks)
(This may be made mandatory for qualifying based on the norms
existing)
3. Organizing and inserting different objects (15% of Total Marks)
4. Prepare an Excel Sheet to fill with data and format the sheet,
merging/splitting cells, formulae for calculation in the cells,
conditional formatting, preparation of different graphs based on the
data. (20% of Total Marks)
5. Prepare a Power Point presentation using the standard layouts
available and filling different slides with content (Formatted text,
images, tables, transition effects, animation etc.).
(20%of Total Marks)