Staff Selection Commission

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is an organisation under Government of India to

recruit staff for various posts in the various Ministries and Departments of
the Government of India and in Subordinate Offices

This commission is an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Training

(DoPT) which consists of Chairman, two Members and a Secretary-cum-Controller of
Examinations. His post is equivalent to the level of Additional Secretary to the
Government of India.

The Estimates committee in the Parliament recommended the setting up of a Service

Selection Commission in its 47th report (1967–68) for conducting examinations to
recruit lower categories of posts. Later, in the Department of Personnel and
Administrative Reforms, on 4 November 1975 Government of India constituted a
commission called Subordinate Service Commission. On 26 September 1977,
Subordinate Services Commission was renamed as Staff Selection Commission. The
functions of Staff Selection Commission were redefined by The Government of India
through Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and on 21 May 1999. Then the new
constitution and functions of Staff Selection Commission came into effect from 1 June
1999. Every year SSC conducts the SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination for
recruiting non-gazetted officers to various government jobs.
Headquarters

Staff Selection Commission has its headquarters located at New Delhi. At present it
has seven Regional offices at Allahabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai,
Bangalore. It also has two Sub- Regional offices at Raipur(MP and CG) and
Chandigarh.

Exams conducted by SSC

SSC currently functions as an autonomous body that is mainly engaged in conducting

competitive exams for recruitment to various posts in the SSC departments,
organizations. In the previous years, SSC has conducted various exams as given below

 SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination (SSC CGL)

 SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam (SSC CHSL)
 Junior Engineer[2]
 Hindi Translator
 SSC GD Constable
 SSC Multitasking
 Scientific Assistant Post
 Selection Post
 Central Police Organization
 Stenographe