Monday, 6 June 2016

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) (Hindi: कर्मचारी चयन आयोग) is an association under Government of India to enlist staff for different posts in the different Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and in Subordinate Offices.

This commission is a connected office of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which comprises of Chairman, two Members and a Secretary-cum-Controller of Examinations. His post is equal to the level of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.

The Estimates board of trustees in the Parliament suggested the setting up of a Service Selection Commission in its 47th report (1967-68) for directing examinations to enroll lower classifications of posts. Later, in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, on fourth November of 1975 Government of India constituted a commission called Subordinate Service Commission. On 26th September 1977, Subordinate Services Commission was renamed as Staff Selection Commission. Also get the SSC Admit cards 2016 here

The elements of Staff Selection Commission were re-imagined by The Government of India through Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on 21st May 1999. At that point the new constitution and elements of Staff Selection Commission became effective from first June 1999

Head Quarters Staff Selection Commission has its head quarters situated at New Delhi. At present it has seven Regional workplaces at Allahabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Bangalore. It likewise has two Sub-Regional workplaces at Raipur and Chandigarh. Each Regional office is going by a Regional Director and every Sub-Regional office is going by a Deputy Director.