Staff Selection Commission - Combined Graduate Level Examination

SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria 2024: Education Qualification, Post-wise Age Limit and Relaxation Criteria

SSC CGL 2024 eligibility is laid out by the SSC in the official notification released on the portal. SSC will be conducting recruitment for a total of 36 posts in 3 groups in various departments/ministries/organisations of the central government.

Abhishek AroraUpdated on : Feb 04 2024 14:25 IST

SSC CGL 2024 Eligibility: The Staff Service Commission(SSC) releases the SSC CGL 2024 official notification on the official portal. Once the official notification is released, candidates aspiring to appear for the SSC CGL exam are advised to read the notification carefully to know the post-wise SSC CGL 2024 Eligibility.

If the candidate fulfils the eligibility criteria laid out by the SSC, then he or she is eligible to appear for the examination. However, if the candidate fails to fulfil the eligibility, then he or she will not be eligible to fill the application form. The SSC CGL exam will be conducted in two tiers - Tier 1 and 2. Those who will qualify for the Tier 1 exam will be eligible to appear for the Tier 2 examination.

SSC CGL notification has prescribed the detailed application dates, eligibility criteria, syllabus, exam pattern and the expected vacancies, among other important information related to the recruitment process. However, SSC is entitled to amend the notification at any time before the exam process is completed.

The Staff Selection Commission will release the SSC CGL application form 2024 on June 10, 2024. Eligible candidates will be able to register for SSC CGL till July 11, 2024.

SSC CGL 2024: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates applying for the SSC CGL examination 2024 are advised to carefully understand the eligibility criteria and relaxations provided by the commission. Thoroughly understanding the eligibility criteria is important because SSC will disqualify the candidate in the document verification round if the candidate is unable to fulfil the eligibility criteria. The Detailed SSC CGL 2024 Eligibility Criteria is mentioned below:

SSC CGL 2024: Nationality Status

The candidate aspiring to apply for SSC CGL exam must fulfil the following eligibility criteria regarding Nationality:

Citizen of India
Subject of Nepal
Subject of Bhutan
Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962

Candidates of Indian origin who have migrated from the following countries with the intention of permanently settling in India are also eligible to apply for the SSC CGL 2024 Exams:

Pakistan
Burma
Sri Lanka,
East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopi
Vietnam

SSC CGL 2024: Post-wise Age Limit:

SSC CGL Examinations have different age limits for different posts. Candidates applying for the SSC CGL 2024 are required to fulfil the following age criteria as on January 01, 2022

SSC CGL 2024 Age Limit
SSC CGL Department	Name of the Post	Age Limit
Other Ministries/Departments/ Organisations	Assistant	18-30 years
CBEC	Tax Assistant	20-27 years
CSS	Assistant Section Officer	20-30 years
Narcotics	Sub Inspector	20-30 years
Intelligence Bureau	Assistant Section Officer	Not exceeding 30 Years
Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Up to 30 years
NIA	Sub Inspector	Up to 30 years
CBI	Sub Inspector	20-30 years
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation	Junior Statistical Officer	Up to 32 years
Other departments	All other posts	18-27 years

SSC CGL 2024: Eligible Date of Birth

As per the SSC CGL official notification, the date of birth of candidates applying for the exam must be between certain dates as of January 01, 2022. The SSC CGL age limit and eligible date of birth for applying to various posts are mentioned below:

Age Limit	Eligible DOB
For specific post which has an age limit of 18-27 years	Applicants must have been born by January 1, 1994, and not before January 1, 2004.
For specific post which has a age limit of 20-30 years	Applicants must have been born by January 2, 1992 and not before January 1, 2002.
For specific post which has a age limit of 18-30 years	Applicants must have been born by January 2, 1992 and not before January 1, 2004.
For specific post which has a age limit of 18-32 years	Applicants must have been born by January 2, 1990 and not before January 1, 2004.

SSC CGL 2024: Category-Wise Age Relaxation

SSC has several provisions of age relaxation for candidates applying for the combined graduate-level examination. This age relaxation is based on the gender, social category and profession of the applicants. The various SSC CGL age relaxation are mentioned below in a tabulated format:

Category	Age relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
PwBD (Unreserved)	10 years
PwBD (OBC)	13 years
PwBD (SC/ST)	15 years
Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years following the date on which the military duty was actually performed reduced by the real age.
Defense personnel who became unable to perform their duties while engaged in combat with any foreign nation or in a volatile situation and were subsequently discharged	3 years
Defense personnel who became unable to perform their duties while engaged in combat with any foreign nation or in a volatile situation and were subsequently discharged and also belong to SC/ST category	8 years
Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as of closing date for receipt of application.	Upto 40 years of age
Central Govt.Central Govt. Civilian Employees who belong to SC, ST and have not rendered at least not less than three years of regular and continuous service as given on the closing date for the application's receipt.	Upto 45 years of age
Divorced Women/ Widow Women / Women judicially separated and who are yet to marry.	Up to 35 years of age
Women who belong to SC/SCT and are divorced/Widows / Women judicially separated and who are yet to marry.	Up to 40 years of age

SSC CGL 2024: Post-wise Educational Qualification:

Candidates applying for the SSC CGL 2024 exam must have a minimum bachelor's degree. However, certain posts have specific educational qualification requirements. Candidates can check the detail of SSC CGL educational qualification in the below-mentioned table:

Name of post	Educational qualifications
Assistant Audit/ Accounts Officer	Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or school in any field. Preferred Qualification: Chartered Accountant or Cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or MBA in Finance or Masters in Business Economics. ot M.Com
Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)	Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized university with a minimum 60% in mathematics in the 12th grade Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with Statistics as one of the graduating subjects
Statistical Investigator Grade-II	Bachelor's degree in any field from a recognised university/ institution, with statistics as one of the required disciplines.
Other Posts	Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent ((BA, B.Sc, B.Com, BBA, BCA, B.Tech etc.)

As per SSC CGL official notification, there are certain posts where the candidates need to meet certain physical fitness criteria. The general physical requirements which the candidate needs to pass for final recruitment are Height, weight, and eye-sight. Take a look at the fitness criteria here:

Physical Eligibility for the Post of Inspector (Central Excise/ Preventive Officer/ Examiner)

Inspector & Sub-Inspector in CBN

Physical Standards	Male	Female
Height	157.5 cm (relaxation of 5 cm for Garhwal, Assamese, Gorkhas and ST members)	152 cm (relaxation of 2.5 cm for Garhwal, Assamese, Gorkhas and ST members)
Weight	–	48 KGs (Those who are Gorkhas, Garhwal, Assamese and ST members get a relaxation of 2 Kgs)
Chest	81 CMs (fully expanded)	–
Physical Test	Cycling: 8 KMs in 30 minutes Walking: 1600 metres in 15 minutes	Cycling: 3 KMs in 25 minutes Walking: 1 KM in 20 minutes

Physical Eligibility for Post for CBI Sub Inspector:

Physical Standards	Male	Female
Height	165 cm (Hills men and Tribals get relaxation of 5 cms)	150 cm (Hills men and Tribals get relaxation of 5 cms)
Chest	76 cm with expansion	-
Vision	Eye-sight (with or without glasses) Near vision 0.6 in one eye 0.8 in the other eye Distant vision: 6/6 in one 6/9 in the other eye

Physical requirements for the Sub Inspector NIA position:

Physical Standards	Male	Female
Height	170 cm (relaxation of 5 cm for Hills tribe and STs)	150 cm (relaxation of 5 cm for Hills tribe and STs))
Chest	76 cm with expansion	-
Vision	Eye-sight (with or without glasses) Near vision 0.6 in one eye 0.8 in the other eye Distant vision: 6/6 in one 6/9 in the other eye

SSC CGL 2024: Posts Details

Detailed information of the SSC CGL post is provided in the official notification. SSC will be conducting recruitment for a total of 36 posts in 3 groups in various departments/ministries/organisations of the central government.

SSC CGL posts are classified into the following categories:

Group ‘B’ Gazetted
Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted
Group ‘C’

SSC CGL 2024 exam will be conducted for only 2 posts in the Group 'B' Gazetted category. Take a look at the following details down below

S.No	Name of Post	Classification of Posts	Ministry/ Department/ Office
1	Assistant Audit Officer	Group “B” Gazetted	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG
2	Assistant Accounts Officer	Group “B” Gazetted	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG
3	Assistant Section Officer	Group “B”	Central Secretariat Service
4	Assistant Section Officer	Group “B”	Intelligence Bureau
5	Assistant Section Officer	Group “B”	Ministry of Railway
6	Assistant Section Officer	Group “B”	Ministry of External Affairs
7	Assistant Section Officer	Group “B”	AFHQ
8	Assistant Section Officer	Group “B”	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

NOTE: Candidates can read more about SSC CGL application form and SSC CGL admit card here.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Can I appear for the SSC CGL 2022 exam if I have exceeded the age limit by one day?

If you do not meet the age limit, you will not be able to fill out the SSC CGL application form. You must be under 32 years old to be eligible for the SSC CGL in 2022, according to the SSC CGL eligibility criteria.