New Government Jobs Digest: 3 November 2026 - KEA FDA and SDA Recruitment (5,431 Posts)

ent 2026 - 5,431 posts. The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has released recruitment notifications for 5,431 vacancies - First Division Assistant (FDA), Second Division Assistant (SDA) and equivalent Group C posts - across Karnataka government departments, boards and corporations. Applications have begun on the official KEA portal. This is KEA's first recruitment through a single common examination for equivalent posts across 33 departments, The Hindu reported on 2 November 2026. Post-wise vacancies, educational qualifications, age limits, fees and the application schedule are set out in the official notifications on the portal - read the notification for your post and cadre before applying.

What KEA has announced

• Total vacancies: 5,431, covering First Division Assistant, Second Division Assistant and other posts with equivalent educational qualifications across 33 departments, boards and corporations.
• One common examination: for the first time, KEA will conduct a single examination for equivalent posts across departments, on the CET-style counselling model it already uses for admissions - a facility earlier available only through the Karnataka Public Service Commission.
• One application, one fee: candidates can apply for posts across multiple departments through a single application and pay a single fee, following the State government's recent decision to recognise KEA as a recruitment agency.
• Automatic carry-forward: KEA's new software automatically carries forward details of candidates who had earlier applied for posts such as Village Administrative Officer, Land Surveyor, Agriculture Officer and Assistant Agriculture Officer into their FDA and SDA applications.
• The official KEA Admission & Recruitment Portal lists the FDA & SDA Recruitment 2026 and the Various Departments Recruitment 2026 under its Recruitment section, in RPC and Kalyana Karnataka cadres.

Eligibility, dates and how to apply

• Applications are to be filed online on the official portal, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in, under Recruitment.
• The eligibility criteria - educational qualification for each post, age limits and category-wise relaxations - the post-wise and cadre-wise vacancy break-up, the application fee and the last dates are given in the official notification for each cadre. Candidates should rely only on those notifications.
• Candidates seeking Kalyana Karnataka local reservation benefits should read the separate Kalyana Karnataka notification before applying.

Why this recruitment matters

• The single-examination model is expected to reduce the financial burden on candidates, who earlier paid fees and wrote separate examinations for each department, and to cut delays in filling Group C posts.
• KEA Executive Director H. Prasanna said the authority developed software to carry forward earlier applicants' details, simplifying repeat applications.

Freshness note

This digest lists only the newly notified recruitment: KEA's FDA and SDA recruitment notifications are newly released and the application process has begun, The Hindu reported on 2 November 2026. Always verify post-wise eligibility, category-wise vacancies, fees and dates in the official notification PDF on the KEA portal before applying.

Sources

• KEA Admission & Recruitment Portal (official - FDA & SDA Recruitment 2026 and Various Departments Recruitment 2026 under Recruitment): cetonline.karnataka.gov.in
• The Hindu, 2 November 2026 - Karnataka Examination Authority to conduct single examination for recruitment to multiple posts: thehindu.com