CWC Recruitment 2026: 327 Posts, 138 for Agri and Food Graduates. Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Syllabus and How to Apply

Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), the Navratna public sector company under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution that runs warehouses, container freight stations and inland container depots across India, has opened 327 posts under Advertisement No. CWC/I-Manpower/DR/Rectt/2026/01, dated 17 October 2026. Online applications are open from 17 October to 15 November 2026 on the official website, cewacor.nic.in. AgriHires is not the recruiter: apply only on the CWC website.

Posts, pay and vacancies

The posts that matter most for agriculture people are Assistant Manager (Technical), 60 posts, and Junior Executive (Technical), 78 posts. Together that is 138 posts for B.Tech agriculture and food technology graduates and for B.Sc graduates in agriculture, botany, zoology, food science, chemistry and the life sciences. The general posts are open to agri graduates too: Junior Executive (General) takes any graduate, and Assistant Manager (General) takes any two-year postgraduate degree or diploma, which includes an MBA in agribusiness or an M.Sc.

The posts that matter most for agriculture people are Assistant Manager (Technical), 60 posts, and Junior Executive (Technical), 78 posts.

Assistant Managers start on the E-1 scale of ₹40,000 to ₹1,40,000 and Junior Executives on the S-V scale of ₹29,000 to ₹93,000, both under the industrial dearness allowance (IDA) pattern, with allowances, contributory provident fund and pension, gratuity, LTC, performance-related pay and medical cover as per CWC rules.

Who can apply

The upper age limit for every post is 28 years for unreserved candidates on 15 November 2026: you must have been born between 16 November 1998 and 15 November 2008, both dates included. The minimum age is 18. SC and ST candidates get 5 years of relaxation, OBC (non-creamy layer) 3 years and persons with benchmark disabilities 10 years, with further relaxation for ex-servicemen and some other groups as set out in the notice, up to an overall cap of 55 years.

You must hold the final mark sheet or certificate by 15 November 2026. Final-year and final-semester students cannot apply. If your university gives a CGPA or OGPA, convert it to a percentage in the form and keep the university's conversion certificate ready for document verification. For Assistant Manager (Finance), CA or CMA articleship does not count as experience.

OBC candidates need a non-creamy layer certificate based on income for 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, issued on or after 1 April 2026 and before 15 November 2026. EWS candidates need an income and asset certificate from an officer not below the rank of Tehsildar. Your category cannot be changed after you register.

Exam pattern

Every post has one online exam of 202 questions and 230 marks in three hours, with each test timed separately. It always includes a descriptive English test of two questions for 30 marks. The technical posts add a professional or subject knowledge test, which carries the most marks, so that is where agri and food graduates can pull ahead.

There is negative marking: 1/4 of the marks for a question is cut for each wrong answer, and a question left blank loses nothing. You need a minimum score in every section and in the total. The professional knowledge section and the descriptive test each need at least 40% for unreserved candidates and 35% for OBC, EWS, SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen.

Syllabus for the technical posts

The Assistant Manager (Technical) syllabus is close to a B.Tech in agricultural or food engineering: engineering properties of produce, drying and moisture, cleaning, grading and handling, processing of cereals, pulses and oilseeds, and storage in godowns, silos and controlled-atmosphere stores; heat and mass transfer, refrigeration, cold storage, pasteurisation, sterilisation and water activity; food chemistry and quality; microbes in food grains, storage fungi and mycotoxins; stored grain pests, rodent control, IPM and fumigation; biotechnology in food preservation; and grain sampling, moisture testing, grading, storage losses and prophylactic treatment before and after the monsoon.

The Junior Executive (Technical) syllabus covers basic agriculture (crop production, animal husbandry, plant protection, extension, horticulture and agricultural economics), botany, zoology with a focus on insects, rodents, insecticides and storage hygiene, chemistry and physics. In short, revise warehouse work: grain pests and how to control them, fumigation, moisture and grading. Our free agriculture MCQ sets are a quick way to test the basics.

Selection, bond and posting

Assistant Managers are selected through the online exam, document verification and an interview of 30 marks. Up to five candidates per post are called (1:5), and the final merit list weighs the exam and the interview 85:15. The interview pass mark is 50% for unreserved and EWS, 45% for OBC and 40% for SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen. Junior Executives are selected on the online exam and document verification only, with up to three candidates per post called (1:3); there is no interview.

Selected Assistant Managers sign a bond of ₹1,00,000 to serve CWC for at least two years, and Junior Executives a bond of ₹50,000 for two years. Every post is on probation at first. The cadre is all-India: you can be posted anywhere in India or abroad, and new joiners usually spend a fixed time at CWC field units such as warehouses before any office posting.

Fees, dates and how to apply

Apply on cewacor.nic.in through 'Career @CWC (Direct Recruitment)-2026', then 'Click here to apply online for Advertisement No. 2026/01'. Register with your name, email and mobile number, note the provisional registration number and password, fill the form with your name exactly as on your Class 10 certificate, upload the scans, check the preview, click Complete Registration, pay online and save the e-receipt. Nothing can be changed after Complete Registration.

Get these ready before you start: a recent colour passport photo on a light background (200 × 230 pixels, 20 to 50 KB); your signature in black ink, not in capital letters (140 × 60 pixels, 10 to 20 KB); your left thumb impression in black or blue ink (240 × 240 pixels, 20 to 50 KB); and a hand-written declaration in English in your own hand on white paper (800 × 400 pixels, 50 to 100 KB). The declaration text is given in the notice. The form also takes a live photo through a webcam or your phone. The fee is paid online only, by card, net banking or UPI.

Exam centres are spread across every state and are listed in Annexure I of the notice. Your choice of centre is final, though CWC can move candidates to another centre. Keep checking cewacor.nic.in for the exam date and call letters. If you are also looking at private agri jobs while you prepare, send us your CV and we will match it to new vacancies as they open.