SSC CGL Recruitment 2017-18 Vacancies Notification – Complete Details

SSC Recruitment Vacancies for CGL 2017, Apply Online – Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the organization responsible for Job recruitment against vacancies of staff for Government of India in various department like Income Tax, Customs, Excise, CAG, Sub Inspectors, MES, Junior Engineers etc through Combined Graduate Level (CGL) . They also recruit candidates in non-technical Group ‘B’ and Group ‘C’ non gazetted posts in various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations of the Government of India. 

SSC posts vacancies for recruitment of staff in various categories each year for different departments under Government of India. Staff Selection commission has responsibility of finding the vacancies in each of the department, collection details, releasing notification against each of these vacancies annually. This year also SSC has released the notification for recruitment of staff in various department as per the list attached.

Read : SSC CGL Job Profiles,How To Select Post ?

This year many of the changes are marked in the recruitment vacancies of SSC. They are mainly :

[box type=”info” ]Changes marked in SSC Exam 2017 are :

1. Both Tier I and tier II exam will conducted under Online Mode

2. Duration of SSC CGL Tier I exam can be reduced from 75 minutes to a mere 60 minutes.

3. Introduction of descriptive paper of 100 marks within 60 minutes in pen and paper mode.

4. Reduce the time limit for examination of Tier -I from 120 minutes to 75 minutes.

5. There is no sectional Cutoff in the Exam.

6. Age of the candidates will now be calculated as on 1^st August this year instead of 1^st January of the examination year[/box]

Beside this there are changes introduced for Assistant Section Officer (Ministry of External Affairs), they are :

• Computer Proficiency Test has been prescribed as an Essential Qualification
• Now Staff Selection Commission will hold Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) for- Word Processing, Spread Sheet and Generation of Slides for applicants.

The existing time pattern of the exam are now changed from 75 minutes earlier to one hours only. Big relief to the candidates as the sectional cutoff is no more. This is good for candidates from the Hindi areas like Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh to crack the exam as the requirement of sectional cutoff is abolished. 

Staff Selection commission (SSC) conducts recruitment vacancies in following departments for CGL 2017 : 

• Assistants in Ministries/Departments, Attached and Subordinate office of the Govt. of India.

• Inspectors of Central Excise & Customs.

• Inspectors of Income Tax.

• Preventive Officers in Customs.

• Examiner in Customs.

• Sub-Inspectors in Central Bureau of Narcotics & CBI.

• Assistant Enforcement Officer in Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue.

• Divisional Accountant, Jr. Accountant, Auditor & UDCs in various offices of Govt. of India.

• Auditor Offices under C&AG, CGDA, CGA & others.

• Accountant/ Junior Accountant

• Tax Assistant in CBDT and CBEC

• Compiler in Registrar General of India.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Post Details :

SSC CGL 2017 Pay Scale Post wise

Post Name	Placement	Age Limit	Pay Scale
Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service	20-30 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	Central Vigilance Commission	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	Intelligence Bureau	21-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	Ministry of Railways	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	Ministry of External Affairs	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	AFHQ	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	Miscellaneous Ministries	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant	Miscellaneous Departments	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200
Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBEC	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Inspector (Preventive Officer)	CBEC	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Inspector (Examiner)	CBEC	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Up to 30 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4600
Sub- Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	20-30 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200
Inspector of Posts	Department of Post	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200
Divisional Accountant	Offices under CAG	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200
Statistical Investigator Gr.II	M/o Statistics & Prog. Implementation	Up to 32 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200
Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	18-27 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200
Sub Inspector	National Investigative Agency (NIA)	Up to 30 years	Grade Pay of Rs. 4200

Compare the In Hand Salary As per the Grade Pay

Posts	Grade pay	In Hand Salary
Inspector Examiner (CBEC)	4600	52000
Inspector Preventive (CBEC)	4600	51000
Inspector (Excise Dept.)	4600	51911
Inspector in Income Tax	4600	51122
Sub Inspector (CBI)	4200	42000
Inspector of Any Post (Department)	4200	42211
Inspector (Narcotics Dept.)	4200	41140
Sub Inspector (NIA) Investigation	4200	41999
Assistant in External Affairs (Ministry	4600	52333
Assistant in Railway (Ministry)	4600	53444
Assistant in IB (Investigation)	4600	52411
Assistant in (Secretarial Services)	4600	51121
Division Accountant (CAG)	4200	42456
CGDA Auditor	2800	35250
C and GA Auditor	2800	35000
CGA Auditor	2800	36400
Junior Accountant CGA	2800	35111
CBDT Tax Assistant	2400	31000
UDC (Central Dept.)	2400	31400
CBEC Tax Assistant	2400	32444
Sub Inspector in (Narcotics)	2400	31101

Educational Qualification

Name of Post	Academic Qualifications
Assistant Audit Officer	a) Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Instituteb) Desirable Qualifications : Post of Assistant Audit Officer: Chartered Accountant or cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters in Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.
Statistical Investigator Grade – II	Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% in Mathematics at 12th standard level: OR Bachelor’s Degree
Compiler	Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as compulsory or Elective subject.
SSC 2017 – All Other Posts	Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent

Click To Read : Which Post To Choose for SSC 2017 ?

SSC CGL Vacancy 2017

This time vacancies in Income Department, Enforcement department will at maximum. Previous year the total number of vacancies were mere 4500 to 5000 but later revised to 9000. This year also the number of vacancies are not expected much. It is expected that number of vacancies for CGL 2017 will be 10,000+.

SSC CGL 2017 Exam Dates

The tentative schedule for the SSC CGL 2017 

Read : SSC Cutoff Analysis,Answer key,Syllabus, Admit Card ,Results and Interview Analysis

SSC CGL Exam Pattern

Revised Exam pattern for Combined Graduate Level (CGL) of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : 

Major Changes in SSC CGL 2017 are :

• SSC CGL 2017 Tier 1 and Tier 2 exam will be conducted under online mode.

• New descriptive paper of 100 marks within 60 minutes in pen and paper mode.

• Time limit reduced from Tier -I from 120 minutes to 75 minutes.

• No change in Tier II.

• No Sectional Cut off.

SSC CGL Syllabus 2017

Syllabus of SSC CGL are :

SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus

SSC CGL Tier I is an objective mode multiple choice exam. There are 4 sections with 100 questions which account for a total of 200 marks. The subject-wise details are given below:

Important To Remember:

• Negative marking, penalty of 0.5 marks for each wrong Answer

• The exam duration is 100 minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped.

SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus

This is an objective exam which will be conducted online. There are 4 sections in the Tier 2 exam with 100 questions which account for a total of 200 marks. 

Important To Remember

• Paper-1 and Paper-2 are compulsory for all posts

• Paper-3 is only for the post of “Statistical Investigator Gr. II” & “Compiler”

• Paper-4 is only for the post of “Assistant Audit Officer”

• Negative marking, a penalty of 0.5 marks in Paper-1,3,4 and 0.25 marks in Paper-2.

• Questions in Paper-I will be of 10th standard level, Paper-2 of 10+2 level and Paper-3 & 4 of graduation level.

• Computer will be provided by the Commission at the Centre/venue notified for the purpose. 

• The exam duration is 2 Hours and 40 Minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped.

SSC CGL Tier 3 Exam Syllabus

It is conducted offline and candidates need to write Essay/Letter/Application/Precis either in Hindi or English.

Important Points:

• The exam is of 60 minutes’ duration and carries 100 marks.

• The questions are based on 10+2 level.

• The exam duration is 80 minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped or suffer from cerebral palsy.

SSC CGL Tier 4 Exam Syllabus

1. DEST (Data Entry Speed Test): This skill test is of qualifying nature for all the posts, other than Compiler, and is used to check the typing speed of the candidate. The candidates are given printed matter in English which they must accurately type on a computer with a minimum of 2000 (two thousand) key depressions in a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes.

2. CPT (Computer Proficiency Test):The Commission will hold CPT, comprising three modules – Word Processing, Spread Sheet and Generation of Slides, for applicants for the post of Assistants of CSS. CPT will be of a qualifying nature.

SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria

1. Citizenship: Candidate must be a citizen of India

2. Age Limit: There are different set of age limits for different posts in SSC CGL Exam 2017 :

3. Educational Qualification: The educational qualifications for different posts are 

4. Physical Fitness Requirements: Apart from the above, there are certain requisite Physical Standards for Inspector (Central Excise/ Examiner/Preventive Officer), Sub-Inspector in CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) and Sub-Inspector in NIA (National Investigation Agency).

SSC CGL Online Application

The online application for SSC CGL 2017 exam will start soon. Candidates may visit : www.ssc.nic.in

SSC CGL Application Fee

• The required application fee is Rs. 100/-

• Exemption: No fee is required to be paid by female, SC, ST, Physically Handicapped, and Ex-Servicemen candidates

• Applications fee should be pay only through SBI either in the form of challan or through SBI Net Banking or any other bank Credit/Debit Card. Challan form will be generated online

• To pay fee in cash, candidate should take print out of challan generated online after the completion of Part-1 registration. Deposit the requisite fee in any branch of SBI and then continue with the Part-2 registration

• Those candidates who want to pay online can go directly to part-2 registration after completion of part-1 registration. Candidate must supply registration number and date of birth to continue to Part-2 registration

SSC CGL Admit Card 2017

Once SSC CGL 2017 Admit Card made available to download by SSC, Candidates may download it from the link provided.

SSC CGL Results 2017

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) results for Tier I will be published within 15 days of recruitment exam. 

SSC CGL Cut off

The cutoff for various Tier of Exam for SSC CGL 2016 were :

CGL 2016 TIER- 1 Cut-off:

SSC CGL 2015 TIER- 1 Cut-off:

SSC CGL Answer Key 2017

The official answer key to the SSC CGL Tier-1 exam will be updated just after the exam at this blog. Kindly visit for updates.