SSC CGL Notification 2024 Date Out, Apply Online Starts from 11 June
Lakhs of students who graduated and thousands of those who failed to qualify for the CGL exam last year are now eagerly waiting for the release of the SSC CGL Notification 2024 pdf. Every year, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts a highly competitive exam called ‘Combined Graduate Level (CGL)’ that provides access to various prestigious government jobs with attractive salaries and benefits. This year, as well, the SSC will release the complete notification pdf on their official website www.ssc.gov.in, which will contain all the necessary information related to the recruitment process, eligibility criteria, age limit, selection process, updated exam pattern, and more.
SSC CGL Notification 2024
With the release of the SSC Calendar 2024, it has been already notified that the SSC CGL 2024 Notification PDF will tentatively be released on 11th June 2024 at www.ssc.gov.in. For candidates who are graduates and looking for a well-settled government job in the various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and its Subordinate Offices, then SSC CGL is the exam to appear for. From past 2 years, SSC has changed the selection process and now only two tier exams will be conducted to shortlist candidates for various Group B and C posts released under SSC CGL Notification 2024.
What is included in SSC CGL Notification 2024?
The commission will be releasing SSC CGL Notification 2024 online in PDF format which will include all the necessary information regarding the exam. To be precise, the following details are to be shared by the officials through the notification pdf:
- Important Dates like Registration dates, application fee submission dates, form correction dates, and tentative exam dates.
- Details of the posts to be filled for the respective year
- Pay Scale and benefits
- Vacancies and Reservation details
- Education Qualification
- Age Limit and category-wise age relaxation
- How to apply and pay the application fee
- Exam Centre details
- Scheme of Examination including Exam Pattern and Syllabus for both Tier 1 and Tier 2
Important Dates
Along with the notification release date, the schedule for the online registration process and tier 1 exam month are also notified. The candidates holding the required eligibility criteria and falling in the age group to apply for SSC CGL 2024 Exam, have to submit their applications online from 11th June to 10th July 2024.
Events | Dates |
Notification Release on | 11th June 2024 |
Registration Dates | 11th June to 10th July 2024 |
Exam Dates | September-October 2024 |
SSC CGL Vacancy 2024
Last year, 8415 vacancies were released for Group B and C posts and previous to that 37,409 vacancies were released which was the maximum of the last 7 years. Candidates can check the year-wise vacancy comparison from 2017 to 2024.
SSC CGL Vacancy | ||||||
Year | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Total |
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2023 | 3829 | 1273 | 618 | 1900 | 795 | 8415 |
2022 | 15982 | 5776 | 2995 | 8719 | 3937 | 37,409 |
2021 | 3008 | 1192 | 704 | 1832 | 885 | 7621 |
2020 | 2891 | 1046 | 510 | 1858 | 730 | 7035 |
2019-20 | 3577 | 1215 | 674 | 2116 | 846 | 8428 |
2018-19 | 5770 | 1723 | 845 | 2933 | – | 11271 |
2017 | 4238 | 1318 | 653 | 1916 | – | 9276 |
Eligibility Criteria for SSC CGL Exam 2024
Not everyone can appear in the SSC CGL Exam, as the commission has set parameters for minimum eligibility criteria including education qualifications, age limit, and nationality. As per the last year’s notification, the eligibility criteria is as follows-
1. Education Qualification
- For Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer- Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University and CA/CS/MBA/Cost & Management Accountant/ Masters in Commerce/ Masters in Business Studies.
- For Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)- Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with a minimum 60% in Mathematics in Class 12th
or in any discipline with Statistics as one of the subjects in graduation. - For Statistical Investigator Grade-II- Graduation Degree from any recognized University with Economics Statistics or Mathematics as a compulsory or Elective Subject.
- For Research Assistant in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)- Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute with a minimum one year research experience in any recognized university or recognized Research Institution.
- For Remaining posts- Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University.
2. Age Limit- 18 to 32 years
3. Nationality- A candidate must be a citizen/subject of either India/Nepal/Bhutan/a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.
SSC CGL Selection Process
SSC CGL 2024 Examination will be conducted in four tiers as indicated below:
1.1 Tier-I: Computer-Based Examination (Qualifying in nature).
1.2 Tier-II: Paper I (Compulsory for all posts), Paper II for candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Paper III for candidates who apply for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.
• All candidates who have applied successfully for the SSC CGL exam, will be assigned Roll numbers and Admit Cards for appearing in the Computer-Based Examination (Tier-I).
• Based on the marks scored in Tier-I, candidates will be shortlisted, category-wise, to appear in Tier-II and Tier-III Examinations.
• Separate cut-offs will be released separately for Paper-II of Tier-II (i.e. for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO), Paper-III of Tier-II (i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer and Assistant Accounts Officer) and for Paper-I of Tier-II (i.e. for all other posts).
• Tier-II Examinations will be conducted for all the candidates qualified in Tier-I.
• In Tier II, all the candidates will be required to appear in Paper-I, II and Paper-III. However, only specific candidates shortlisted for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer will be required to appear in Paper-II and Paper-III respectively.
SSC CGL Posts List
Staff Selection Commission of India to recruit Group B and Group C posts in various government ministries, departments, and organizations through the SSC CGL Exam. The list of SSC CGL posts and their classification along with related Department/Ministry are tabulated below.
SSC CGL Posts List | ||
SSC CGL Post | Classification of Post | Department/Ministry |
Assistant Audit Officer | Group “B” Gazetted (Non-Ministerial) | Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG |
Assistant Accounts Officer | Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG | |
Assistant Section Officer | Group “B” | Central Secretariat Service, Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Railway, Ministry of External Affairs, AFHQ |
Assistant | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations | |
Inspector (Central Excise) | CBIC | |
Assistant Enforcement Officer | Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue | |
Sub Inspector | Central Bureau of Investigation | |
Inspector | Central Bureau of Narcotics | |
Junior Statistical Officer | M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation | |
Statistical Investigator Grade-II | Registrar General of India | |
Inspector of Income Tax | Group “C” | CBDT |
Auditor | Offices under C&AG, CGDA | |
Accountant/ Junior Accountant | Other Ministry/ Departments | |
Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks | Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres | |
Tax Assistant | CBDT/ CBIC | |
Upper Division Clerks | Government Departments |
Posts Included in SSC CGL Exam
SSC CGL Exam is conducted to fill vacancies for various Group B and Group C posts in the Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and its Subordinate Offices. The list of SSC CGL Posts is as follows-
- 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 the 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
- Research Assistant
- Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant
SSC CGL Salary Structure
SSC CGL provides a wonderful opportunity for candidates who are looking forward to Group B & Group C posts in the government sector. SSC offers attractive salaries and perks to the candidates to apply for SSC CGL posts. The salary differs post-wise and to know the complete details about Salary, click on the link below.
Exam Centres List
SSC will be conducting SSC CGL 2024 exams across the country in different centers. The examination center of a candidate is mentioned on SSC CGL admit card. The list of online examination centres is given below:
Examination Centers | SSC Regions and States | Address of the Regional Offices/ Website |
Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna | Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | Regional Director (CR), Staff Selection Commission, 21-23, Lowther Road, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211002. ( |
Gangtok, Ranchi, Barasat, Berhampore (WB), Chinsurah, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Malda, Midnapur, Siliguri, Berhampore(Odisha), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Keonjhargarh, Sambalpur, Port Blair | Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal | Regional Director (ER), Staff Selection Commission, 1st MSO Building,(8th Floor), 234/4, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal-700020 (www.sscer.org) |
Bangalore, Dharwar, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Kochi, Kozhikode(Calicut), Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur | Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala | Regional Director (KKR), Staff Selection Commission, 1st Floor, “E” Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560034 (www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in) |
Bhopal, Chindwara, Guna, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Khandwa, Ratlam, Satna, Sagar, Ambikapur, Bilaspur Jagdalpur, Raipur, Durg | Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR)/ Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh | Dy. Director (MPR), Staff Selection Commission, J-5, Anupam Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492007 (www.sscmpr.org) |
Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Srinagar (Uttarakhand), Haridwar, Delhi, Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sriganganagar, Udaipur | Northern Region (NR)/ NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand | Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 (www.sscnr.net.in) |
Anantnag, Baramulla, Jammu, Leh, Rajouri, Srinagar(J&K), Kargil, Dodda, Hamirpur, Shimla, Bhathinda, Jalandhar, Patiala, Amritsar, Chandigarh | North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab | Dy. Director (NWR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 3, Ground Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9, Chandigarh 160009 (www.sscnwr.org) |
Guntur, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Vijaywada, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Puducherry, Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Warangal | Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. | Regional Director (SR), Staff Selection Commission, 2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600006 (www.sscsr.gov.in) |
Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar, Kutch, Amravati, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Thane, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Akola, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Alibaug, Panaji | Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra | Regional Director (WR), Staff Selection Commission,1st Floor, South Wing, Pratishtha Bhawan, 101, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400020 (www.sscwr.net) |
Itanagar, Dibrugarh, Guwahati(Dispur), Jorhat, Silchar, Kohima, Shillong, Imphal, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Agartala, Aizwal | North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. | Regional Director (NER), Staff Selection Commission, Housefed Complex, Last Gate-Basistha Road, P. O. Assam Sachivalaya, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam781006 (www.sscner.org.in) |