SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit, Relaxation, Qualification & Eligibility

SSC CGL is undoubtedly one of the most sought after exams in India. Every year, more than 15 lakhs of candidates appear this prestigious exam. This exam opens the door to the lucrative government jobs that are available under the umbrella of Staff Selection Commission. These jobs offer you a stable career, decent salary, other benefits like house rent, allowances and pension. The forms for the SSC CGL 2017 exam was opened on 16th of May and was closed on 19th of June2017. Now, if you are someone who is appearing SSC CGL tier-1 in August 2017 or if you are targeting for future SSC CGL exams then you must read this article on SSC CGL Eligibility and SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit, Relaxation, Qualification.

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SSC CGL qualification | Educational Qualification for SSC CGL 2017

Essential Qualifications as on 1st August, 2017

1. Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer:

a) Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute

b) Desirable Qualifications: Chartered Accountant or cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters I Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.

NOTE: During the period of probation direct recruits shall have to qualify the “ Subordinate Audit Service Examination” in respective branches for confirmation and regular appointment as Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer.

2. Junior Statistical Officer:

Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% Marks in Mathematics at 12th standard level: OR Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.

3. All other Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

The candidates appearing in the final year of their graduation can also apply, however, they must possess Essential qualifications on or before 1st August 2017.

A: For posts of Assistant Section Officer (CSS), Assistant Section Officer (MEA) and Assistant in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under M/o Corporate affairs, Assistant (GSI) in the M/o Mines Computer Proficiency Test has also been prescribed as an Essential Qualification.

B: As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10.06.2015 published in Gazette of India all the degrees/diplomas/certificates including technical education degrees/diplomas awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act,1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission.

C: All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for appearing at the Data Entry Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test will be required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets for all the three years of Graduation/ Provisional Certificate/ Certificate of Graduation in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before the 1st August, 2017, failing which the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled by the Commission. The Candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cutoff date and he/she has been declared passed, will also be considered to meet the Educational Qualification.

SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit

Usually the SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit of most of the posts are 18-27 years. However, there are some posts where the age limit has been set to 30 years. Here you will find out the age SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit for different posts.

Sl. No.	Post	Ministry	SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit
1	Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Not exceeding 30 years
2	Assistant Accounts Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Not exceeding 30 years
3	Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service	20-30 years
4	Assistant Section Officer	Intelligence Bureau	Not exceeding 30 years
5	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Railway	20-30 years
6	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of External Affairs	20-30 years
7	Assistant Section Officer	AFHQ	20-30 years
8	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/Org anisations	18-27 years
9	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/Org anisations	20-30 years
10	Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries/ Departments/Org anisations	Not exceeding 30 years.
11	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	18-27 years
12	Assistant/ Superintendent	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	Not exceeding 30 years
13	Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Not exceeding 30 years
14	Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBEC	18-27 years
15	Inspector (Preventive Officer)	CBEC	18-27 years
16	Inspector (Examiner)	CBEC	18-27 years
17	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Upto 30 years
18	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	20-30 years
19	Inspector Posts	Department of Post	18-27 years
20	Divisional Accountant	Offices under CAG	Not exceeding 30 years
21	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	18-27 years
22	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Upto 30 years
23	Junior Statistical Officer	M/o Statistics & Prog. Implementation.	Upto 32 years
24	Auditor	Offices under C&AG	18-27 years
25	Auditor	Offices under CGDA	18-27 years
26	Auditor	Other Ministry/Departments	18-27 years
27	Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Offices under C&AG	18-27 years
28	Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/Departments	18-27 years
29	Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks	Central Govt. Offices/Ministries other than CSCS cadres.	18-27 years
30	Tax Assistant	CBDT	18-27 years
31	Tax Assistant	CBEC	20-27 years
32	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	18-27 years

Age Relaxation in SSC | SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit

Staff Selection Commission provides this special relaxation in SSC CGL 2017 Age Limit for candidates belonging to reserved categories. That means these candidates can apply and appear the exam for a longer period of time. For example a Candidate from SC category applying to SSC will get a relaxation of 5 years. That means he/she can appear the exam till he/she becomes 32 years old, whereas a general candidate can apply that exam till he/she becomes 27 years only.

Category Code	Category	Age Relaxation permissible beyond the Upper age limit.
1	SC/ST	5 years
2	OBC	3 years
3	PH	10 years
4	PH + OBC	13 years
5	PH + SC/ST	15 years
6	(For Group “B” & “C” posts) Ex-Servicemen( Unreserved/General )	03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the Closing date for receipt of application
7	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	06 years(3 years + 3 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the Closing date for receipt of application
8	Ex-Servicemen (SC & ST)	08years(3 years + 5 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the Closing date for receipt of application
9	For Group “B” posts Central Govt. Civilian Employees(General/Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	5 years
10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees(OBC)) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	8 (5 +3) years
11	Central Govt. Civilian Employees(SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	10(5+5) years
12	For Group “C” posts Central Govt. Civilian Employees(General/Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	Upto 40 years of age
13	Central Govt. Civilian Employees(OBC)) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	Upto 43 years of age
14	Central Govt. Civilian Employees(SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	Upto 45 years of age
15	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989(Unreserved/General)	5 years
16	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989 ( OBC )	8 years
17	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989 ( SC/ST)	10 years
18	For Group “C” posts only. Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not remarried(Unreserved/General)	Upto 35 years of age
19	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not remarried(OBC)	Upto 38 years of age
20	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not remarried(SC/ST)	Upto 40 years of age
21	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof.( Unreserved/General)	5 years
22	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof.( OBC)	8(5+3) years
23	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof( SC/ST)	10(5+5)years

We encourage all of the candidates to read this official notification of SSC CGL 2017 where you can find all the required information regarding this season of SSC CGL. Click here to download the .PDF file of SSC CGL notification 2017.