WBPSC IDO Recruitment 2026: 247 Posts, Apply 6 to 26 Nov

WBPSC IDO Recruitment 2026 has 247 Industrial Development Officer posts open, and the form runs from 6 November to 26 November 2026 on psc.wb.gov.in. The fee is Rs 160 plus service charges, free for SC and ST candidates of West Bengal and for persons with benchmark disabilities. The pay is Level 10, Rs 32,100 to Rs 82,900 a month under the West Bengal pay rules of 2019.

The post sits in the Directorate of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, under the state Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles. The advertisement is No. 15 of 2024, and the detailed notification follows an indicative advertisement dated 24 December 2024. That is why a 2024 number carries a 2026 application window.

The last date covers the form and the fee together, both close at 3 pm on 26 November, and an edit window runs from 27 November to 2 December.

WBPSC IDO Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The Bengali condition is the part to check first

Any graduate can apply, and so can anyone holding a Diploma in Engineering or Technology from a recognised university or institution. You must hold the qualification by the closing date of the form.

The condition that catches people out is language. The notification makes the ability to read, write and speak in Bengali an essential requirement, and it is tested at the interview. A candidate whose performance in that test is poor can have the candidature cancelled.

The exception is narrow. Candidates whose mother tongue is Nepali are not bound by the Bengali condition. Everyone else should treat it as a real test, not a formality.

The age limit is 18 to 44 years on 1 January 2024, and the Commission accepts only the age recorded in the Madhyamik or equivalent certificate. The upper limit relaxes by 5 years for SC and ST candidates of West Bengal, by 3 years for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates of West Bengal, and up to 45 years for persons with disabilities of 40 percent and above. If your birthday sits near the cut off, work out your exact age on 1 January 2024 before you pay. The site's age calculator does that in seconds.

What the exam looks like

Selection has two parts. Part 1 is a written exam of 100 marks, and Part 2 is an interview of 15 marks. The merit list uses the aggregate of both, out of 115.

The written exam has 100 multiple choice questions, 1 mark each, to be answered in 1 hour 30 minutes. Every wrong answer loses 0.25 marks. The seven subjects and their marks are English 15, Industrial Safety/Security Measures and Pollution Control Measures 10, Environmental Issue with Emphasis on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy 15, Physical Science 15, Elementary Computer Knowledge 10, Industrial Scenario and Industrial Potential in West Bengal 15, and Mental Ability and Arithmetic 20.

The qualifying marks apply to the aggregate, not to the written exam alone. They are 40 percent for UR, EWS and MSP, 38 percent for OBC, 35 percent for SC, and 30 percent for ST and PwBD. There are no qualifying marks in the interview, and the Commission says it may relax the qualifying marks if a sizable number of reserved posts stay unfilled. If two candidates finish with equal aggregate marks, the older candidate ranks higher.

Read the vacancy table carefully

The notification states 247 vacancies in words and figures. The reservation table printed under it lists SC 52, ST 14, OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) 18, PwBD 9, EWS 25 and MSP 5, and those add to 123.

The table prints no separate unreserved figure. So any site that shows a neat category split adding to 247 has filled in a number the notification does not give. Apply on the total of 247, and check the reservation position in the notification itself before you count yourself in or out of a category.

How to apply on psc.wb.gov.in

Applications go through psc.wb.gov.in only, after One Time Registration on the portal. Fill the form, upload a scanned photograph and signature, pay the fee online, and submit before 3 pm on 26 November. The fee is Rs 160 plus service charges for most candidates, and nothing for SC and ST candidates of West Bengal and for persons with benchmark disabilities of 40 percent and above. OBC candidates pay the usual fee.

Submit only one application. The notification forbids more than one application from the same candidate. Documents are uploaded during the edit window only, from 27 November to 2 December, and the edit option can be used only once. If your photo or signature file is the wrong size for the form, the site's exam photo resizer fixes it in a minute.

OPSC opened a separate state recruitment the same week, with 340 Assistant Section Officer posts and a 30 November deadline, and the details sit in the OPSC ASO Recruitment 2026 post on this site.

The window is 20 days, and the fee deadline is the same as the form deadline. Apply early, because a form sent after 3 pm on 26 November does not count.

Sources & verification: West Bengal Public Service Commission, Advertisement No. 15/2024, detailed notification PDF, read 6 November 2026 from psc.wb.gov.in. All figures in this article come from that notification: the vacancy total and reservation table on page 1, the exam scheme on page 1, the qualifying marks on pages 2 to 3, and the application dates on page 7. Apply only through psc.wb.gov.in.