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Staff Selection Commission - Northern Region

Staff Selection Commission (Northern Region)

About SSC Northern Region:

The Staff Selection Commission is functioning under the Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India. Initially known as Subordinate Services Commission, it was set up on 1 July 1976 primarily to make recruitment on zonal basis for non-technical Group C posts under the Central Government, except the post for which recruitment was made by Railway Service Commission and the industrial establishments. The functions of the Staff Selection Commission have been enlarged from time to time and now it carries out the recruitment for Group B posts also under the Central Government. Thus, the Commission recruits for the major work force of the Central Government. This segment constitutes the most vital part of the Government machinery; the posts for which it makes recruitment are at the grass root level which interact with the public and interfaces with the implementation of the Government’s policies.

The Headquarters of the Commission is at New Delhi.

The Commission is headed by Shri N.K.Raghupathy,IAS.

The recruitment examinations, held on an All India basis, broadly include Open Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the following posts in the various Ministries/ Departments and Attached Offices of the Government of India:

Lower Division Clerks, Stenographers Grade D and Grade C ;

Assistants

Inspectors of Central Excise in different Collectorates of Central Excise, Inspectors of Income Tax in different charges of the Commissioners of Income Tax, Preventive Officers and Examiners in different Custom Houses, Assistant Enforcement Officers in Directorate of Enforcement;

Sub Inspectors in Delhi Police, Central Bureau of Investigation and Central Police Organisations;

Divisional Accountants, Auditors and Accountants in the office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India and other Accounts Departments, Upper Division Clerks in various Attached and Subordinate Offices of Government of India.

In addition to the above, the examination schedule also includes Departmental Examinations for:

Promotion from Group D to LDC grade

Promotion from LDC to UDC grade

Promotion from Stenographer Grade D to Stenographer Grade C grade

Periodical Typewriting tests in English & Hindi

Regional/Sub Regional Offices is as under:

Sl.No.	Region	Date of Establishment	Location	Jurisdiction
1	Northern Region	26.09.1979	New Delhi	Delhi, Rajasthan & Uttarkhand
2	Central Region	31.12.1977	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & Jarkhand
3	Southern Region	14.11.1977	Chennai	Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry
4	Kerala-Karnataka Region	01.03.1990	Bangalore	Karnataka, Kerala & Lakshadweep
5	Eastern Region	27.12.1977	Kolkata	West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
6	Western Region	10.01.1978	Mumbai	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
7	North-Eastern Region	07.02.1981	Guwahati	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura
8	Madhya Pradesh Sub Region	01.01.1980	Raipur	Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh
9	North-Western Sub- Region	16.11.1996	Chandigarh	J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab & Chandigarh