Staff Selection Commission conducts Combined Graduate Level Examination (SSC – CGL) for enlistment to various Central Civil posts - Assistant/Inspector/SI/Divisional Accountant/Statistical Officer/Auditor/Accountant/Junior Accountant/UDC/Tax Assistant/Compiler, for which Graduation from a perceived University is the base Educational Qualification required. The enrollment for these posts is done in bureaus of Central Secretariat Service/Central Vigilance Commission/Intelligence Bureau/Ministry of Railways/Ministry of External Affairs/Ministry of Defense/CBI and a couple of different Ministries/Departments/Organizations of the Central Govt.

Qualification Criteria

(i) Age:

(a) Statistical Investigator Gr II : Max 32 years

(b) Assistant Section Officer/SI in CBI : 20 - 30 years

(c) Assistant in IB: 21 - 27 years

(d) Assistant Enforcement Officer/SI in NIA/Asst Audit Officer : Max : 30 years

(e) SI in Central Bureau of Narcotics: 18 - 25 years

(f) Tax Assistant CBEC : 20 – 27 Years

(g) All Other posts : 18 - 27 years

(ii) Educational Qualification:

(i) For post of Compiler : Degree from any perceived University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as mandatory or Elective subject.

(ii) For post of Statistical Investigator Grade – II : Bachelor's Degree in any subject from a perceived college or organization with no less than 60% in Mathematics at twelfth standard level OR Bachelor's Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level

(iii) All different Posts: Degree from a perceived University or comparable.

Highlights of SSC CGL 2016 Exam

1) Biggest Change : No Interview for CGL 2016

2) No change in CGL syllabus and Exam Pattern

3) There is No notice that CGL-2016 will be an online Exam.

4) The Post MEA (figure) has been ended

5) For some posts, the upper age utmost is set to 30 years