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UPSC Marketing Officer (Group I), Directorate of Marketing and Inspection 2027
UPSC recruits Marketing Officers for the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (Agmark) through a 300-mark objective recruitment test and an interview. A master's in food science technology or food processing is among the accepted degrees, and the test covers agricultural marketing, market law including the FSS Act and AGMARK, grading and quality management.
Marketing Officers (Group I, Pay Level 7) in the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, work on agricultural marketing, AGMARK grading and standards, and market regulation. UPSC Advertisement No. 09/2024 notified 33 posts. UPSC held an offline objective recruitment test on 23 March 2025 to shortlist for interview, with the test and interview weighted 75:25. A master's degree in food science technology, food processing or post-harvest technology is among the accepted qualifications, with two years of experience; the test itself is mostly agricultural marketing and economics, with market law (including the FSS Act and AGMARK) and grading and quality management where food graduates have an advantage.
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- Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Who can apply
For Advt. 09/2024 UPSC asked for a master's degree in agriculture in one of the listed disciplines, which include food science technology, food processing and post-harvest technology, or a master's in botany, economics, commerce with economics, mathematics, statistics or business administration, plus two years of relevant experience. The age limit was 30 for UR/EWS candidates.
- Essential: Master's degree in Agriculture including one or more disciplines such as Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Engineering, Post Harvest Technology, Food Science Technology, Food Processing, Post Harvest Management, Cold Chain Logistics or Horticulture; or a Master's degree in Botany, Economics, Commerce with Economics, Mathematics, Statistics or Business Administration
- Experience: two years of relevant experience
- Age: 30 years for UR/EWS, 33 for OBC, 35 for SC/ST, 40 for PwBD
- Post: Group I (Group A Gazetted), Pay Level 7; 33 vacancies in Advt. 09/2024
- A B.Tech in Food Technology alone does not meet the master's requirement; the 2017 Marketing Officer (Oils and Fats) call accepted a bachelor's in Food Technology or Dairy Technology, so check each advertisement
A summary. Confirm the details in the current notice.
Source: UPSC Advertisement No. 09/2024 ↗. Source: IndGovtJobs summary of Advt. 09/2024 ↗. Checked 2026-10-30.
Based on past papers, not an official scheme. Confirm in the current notice.
Every section is compulsory, with no choice between them, and the paper is timed at 120 minutes.
| Section | Questions | Marks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| English language | 15 | 37.5 | Compulsory |
| Quantitative aptitude | 15 | 37.5 | Compulsory |
| Basic concepts of marketing | 15 | 37.5 | Compulsory |
| Agricultural marketing | 15 | 37.5 | Compulsory |
| Market legislation (APMC, ECA, NFSA, FSS Act, WDRA, CACP, FSSAI, AGMARK, DMI) | 15 | 37.5 | Compulsory |
| Grading, standardisation and quality management | 12 | 30 | Compulsory |
| Market information and intelligence | 8 | 20 | Compulsory |
| Market research and statistics | 10 | 25 | Compulsory |
| Indian agricultural economy | 8 | 20 | Compulsory |
| Current events | 7 | 17.5 | Compulsory |
| Paper total | — | 300 |
Mock tests follow UPSC's recruitment test for Advt. 09/2024: one offline objective paper of 2 hours and 300 marks, all questions carrying equal marks, English medium, one third of a question's marks lost for a wrong answer. UPSC did not state the number of questions; the mocks use 120 questions of 2.5 marks, spread over the ten parts of the official syllabus. The test only shortlists for interview; final merit weights test and interview 75:25.
Marking scheme
Each question carries 2.5 marks (120 questions, 300 marks in these mocks). A wrong answer loses one third of its marks (0.83); a blank carries no penalty. An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.
Source: UPSC addendum to Advt. 09/2024, Marketing Officer (Group I) recruitment test of 23.03.2025 ↗
Free PDFs and recommended books for UPSC Marketing Officer (DMI, Agmark). How we choose
Free PDFs
7 free PDFsAgriculture
NCERT
Class 10 Geography — Agriculture
Indian cropping patterns, major crops and agricultural reforms.
TNAU
Crop Production Guide — Horticulture Crops (2020)
The official package of practices for fruits, vegetables and spices.
Food safety & law
FSSAI
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (full text)
The core food law behind every CFSO, TO and Food Analyst law paper.
FSSAI
Manual for Food Safety Officers — A Ready Reckoner
FSSAI's own handbook of a Food Safety Officer's hygiene and enforcement duties.
FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Spices and Condiments
Official methods for spice quality and adulterant detection.
FSSAI
Compendium — Food Additives Regulations (December 2022)
Consolidated legal limits for additives by food category.
Official and open resources
3 resourcesOfficial syllabus
UPSC addendum: scheme and syllabus of the recruitment test
The 300-mark, 2-hour scheme, the one-third penalty and the ten-part syllabus.
Official resource
Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (AGMARK)
Grading and marking rules, commodity grade specifications.
Official law
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (English)
Named in the market-legislation part of the syllabus.
Core food science
4 resourcesAgricultural marketing
Agricultural Marketing in India by S. S. Acharya and N. L. Agarwal
The standard Indian text for marketing functions, efficiency, margins.
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Marketing
Marketing Management by Philip Kotler
Marketing mix, segmentation, strategy and pricing for the basic-concepts part.
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Economy
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
Indian agricultural economy, price policy, MSP, CACP and food security.
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Statistics
Fundamentals of Statistics by S. C. Gupta
Sampling, descriptive statistics, regression.
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Aptitude and general studies
1 resourceAptitude
Quantitative Aptitude by R. S. Aggarwal
For the quantitative aptitude part.
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