(SSC PLANNER) Special Steps To Promote Representation of SC/ST/OBC Candidates in Govt. Jobs

The Commission takes the reservation policy of the Government seriously and ensures that vacancies reserved for SC/ST/OBC and differently abled candidates are fully filled up. The following are some of the steps taken to encourage reserved category candidates to appear for SSC Examinations:

i) Detailed Notices of the Examinations of the Commission are hosted on the websites of the Commission and its Regional Offices. Short Examination Notices are also published in the Employment News in Hindi, English and Urdu languages.

ii) For the benefit of candidates belonging to SC/ST Community, examination centres are opened in areas having concentration of SC/ST population. A Sub-Regional office of the Commission is also located at Raipur, to encourage the tribal population to participate in the recruitment. The details of SC, ST and OBC candidates nominated through the All India Open Competitive Examinations during the year 2015-16 are available in Chapter IV.

iii) During 2015-16, 3861, 1992 and 7671 (total 13524) candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories respectively were recommended for appointment against open recruitment, which works out to 54.97% of the total candidates i.e. 24604 recommended for appointment. Similarly, for Selection Posts 66, 36 and 150 (total 252) candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories respectively were recommended for appointment out of a total of 534 candidates selected. This works out to 47.19% of the total candidates recommended for appointment.

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