SDAFDEFAEFwefStaff Selection Commission (SSC) is an organisation under the Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments of the government of India and in subordinate offices and agencies.
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.[2]
The SSC decided to conduct the Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff examination in 13 Indian languages, which are Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati,Konkani, Meitei (Manipuri), Marathi, Odia and Punjabi, in addition to Hindi and English, out of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic, for the first time in January 2023.[3][4]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, the Subordinate Services Commission was renamed as Staff Selection Commission. The functions of the 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 the Staff Selection Commission came into effect from 1 June 1999. Every year conducts the Combined Graduate Level Examination for recruiting non-gazetted officers to various government jobs.[2]
Personnel
The commission is headed by a Chairman[5] and two members after him. Besides, there are one Secretary, one Director, one Deputy Secretary, two Joint Directors, nine Under Secretaries, four Deputy Directors, one Finance & Budget Officer, one Assistant Director (OL), 24 Section Officers and more than 183 supporting officers/staff are at the Headquarters for discharging the duties and responsibilities of the Commission [6]
Headquarters
Staff Selection Commission has its headquarters located at CGO Complex in New Delhi. At present, it has seven Regional offices at Prayagraj, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi. It also has two Sub-regional offices at Raipur and Chandigarh.[7]
Each regional office is headed by a Regional Director and each Sub-Regional office is headed by a Deputy Director.[6]
Regional Offices
| Region | Headquarter | Jurisdiction | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Region | Prayagraj | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh | www.ssc-cr.org |
| Eastern Region | Kolkata | Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT), Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal | www.sscer.org |
| KKR Region | Bengaluru | Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep (UT) | www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in |
| MPR Region | Raipur | Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh | www.sscmpr.org |
| Northern Region | New Delhi | Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand | www.sscnr.nic.in |
| North East Region | Guwahati | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura | www.sscner.org.in |
| North West Region | Chandigarh | Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (UT), Ladakh (UT), Punjab | www.sscnwr.org |
| Southern Region | Chennai | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT) | www.sscsr.gov.in |
| Western Region | Mumbai | Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (UT) | www.sscwr.net |
Functions
