APPSC ASO case studies
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The APPSC Assistant Section Officer (ASO) recruitment examination is conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission to fill Assistant Section Officer posts in the state Secretariat and its attached departments. It is an entry point into secretariat work: drafting notes, moving files, coordinating between sections and handling office correspondence. The APPSC ASO case studies are 5 cases and about 3,789 words.
1Splitting a ₹40-crore MSME package between a handloom cluster and a food-processing cluster
The MSME Department has a one-time ₹40 crore package to split between two clusters. Cluster A (Pedana, Krishna district) has 1,200 handloom units, 8,000 workers, average unit turnover ₹18 lakh, 62% of output exported, and a 14% bank NPA rate; its binding constraint is working capital, and the department estimates that ₹1 crore of working-capital support retains about 45 jobs.
810 words, about 4 min2A gram panchayat leases a tank bed: statutory limits versus an urgent drinking-water need
The District Collector of a delta district receives a gram panchayat resolution from a village of 3,400 people. The panchayat has resolved to lease 12 acres of a tank bed, recorded as 'tank poramboke' in revenue records and notified as a minor irrigation tank, to a private aquaculture operator for five years at ₹6 lakh per year, to fund a drinking-water scheme.
811 words, about 4 min3Evacuation call in the Konaseema delta with a 22,000-shelter ceiling
on 11 October, the Mandal Revenue Officer of a Konaseema mandal must advise the Collector on evacuation. The IMD has forecast 180–220 mm of rain in 24 hours and a depression crossing near Kakinada.
765 words, about 4 min4Digitising 1.2 lakh land-record pages within 30 days on a 200 GB drive
A district office must digitise 1,20,000 pages of legacy land records within 30 calendar days (26 working days). It has two desktop scanners rated at 40 pages per minute in simplex mode, four clerks and two data-entry operators; the office works 7 hours a day.
724 words, about 4 min5Meeting a 1,000-certification target with fixed batch costs, dropout and a seat-rental offer
A department must certify 1,000 employees in basic computer literacy. Each batch has a fixed cost of ₹1,10,000 (trainer, lab and materials) and a variable cost of ₹500 per enrolled candidate.
679 words, about 3 min