SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria 2022 – Check Age Limit

SSC CGL eligibility 2022 : Staff Selection Commission conducts the Combined Graduate Level Examination, every year for filling up various Group B and Group C posts in different Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations. And, it is important to know about the eligibility requirements to the post mentioned before applying. Aspirants who fulfill the mentioned age limit and educational qualification can complete the online application procedure. For the SSC Combined Graduate Level examination the minimum qualification is of course graduation related to the post. So aspirants can check the complete details regarding the post-wise – SSC CGL qualification eligibility, SSC CGL physical eligibility and more.

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SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria 2022

SSC CGL Age Limit

If you are wondering about the SSC CGL AAO eligibility or assistant audit officer SSC CGL eligibility or junior statistical officer SSC CGL eligibility, check the below table

Group B Posts:

Group C Posts:

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Age Relaxations:

Essential Educational Qualifications

• Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer

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

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

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

• 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 a Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.

• Statistical Investigator Grade-II

Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects from a recognized University or Institute. The candidates must have studied Statistics as a subject in all the three years of the graduation course.

• All other Posts

Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

Note: The candidates appearing in the final year of their graduation can also apply, however they must possess Essential qualification on or before the last date notified by the Staff Selection Commission.

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Physical Standards requirements 

Sub-Inspector in National Investigation Agency

Sub-Inspector in Central Bureau of Investigation

Inspector (Central Excise/ Examiner/ Preventive Officer), Inspector & Sub-Inspector in CBN

Nationality/ Citizenship

A candidate must be either:

• a citizen of India, or
• a subject of Nepal, or
• a subject of Bhutan, or
• a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the First January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
• a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

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How to Apply for SSC CGL 2022

• Login to your SSC online applications with provided Registration Number and password. Click Here
• On the latest tab, you can see “Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGL) “.
• Beneath the CGL tab, you can see the “Apply” tab. Connect on the same.
• On the new tab, you can see your primary elements like name, DOB, Matriculation Details, etc, review whether the facts requires any edit. On the same page, candidates can select three examination centres of their choice, EWS, and Ex-servicemen status.
• Applicants should enter their education qualification and whether they are applying for the Junior Statistical Officer position or not. Since the JSO required specific education qualifications.
• Once you are completed with the application form, check the declaration given at the end of the page and click on the “Preview” button, and verify all the details given in the form and click on the “Submit” button.
• For unreserved male prospects, the SSC CGL application fee is Rs. 100/ and should be delivered via online mode. Applicants can select any credit cards, debit cards, BHIM UPI or NET banking ways to pay the application fee. 
• Your SSC CGL 2022 Application will get provisionally received by the commission, once you complete the application fee stage (if required). 
• Grab a printout or pdf copy of the SSC CGL application form download for your coming concerns, if needed.

Application Fees

 SSC CGL: Window for Application Form Correction

• As per the notification, after the closing date for the submission of the online application, the Commission will provide a period of 5 days to correct online application form, wherein candidates can re-submit applications after correcting the application requirements
• A candidate will be allowed to correct and re-submit the corrected application two times during the ‘Window for Application Form Correction’. No more corrections in the application form will be allowed under any circumstances.
• Only those ,whose online application submission is completed along-with payment of requisite fee candidates, will be allowed to make corrections in the application form
• Latest modified application will be considered as valid
• The previous application(s) submitted by such candidates will be ignored immediately .
• The Commission imposes a uniform correction charge of ₹ 200/- for making correction
• re-submitting modified/ corrected application for the first time will cost ₹ 500/- for the second time.
• The correction charges will be applicable to all candidates irrespective of their gender/ categories.
• The correction charges can be paid only by online mode through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards.
• The correction charges once paid shall not be refunded
• candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the form before submission of the corrected application.
• After expiry of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed.

SSC CGL Exam 2022: Centre of Examination

Details about the Examination Centre and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these Examination Centre are located are given below the candidates are advised to check the exam Centre details before applying for the post.

• No request for change of center will be considered later under any
• Hence, the candidates should select the centers, carefully as the number of chances for the correction of the exam center is nil.
• The Commission will accommodate the candidates in centers opted by
• The Commission reserves the right to cancel any Centre

SSC CGL Salary 2022

The salary structure for the post of SSC CGL 2022 is given below. The SSC is offering a high salary and yearly promotion to those candidates whose performance are  remarkable. The candidates can check the salary structure below.

SSC CGL Pay Level-8 

The SSC CGL Pay scale 8^th wise salary structure is given below. The candidates can refer to the pay scale to get a clear understanding about the salary structure.

SSC CGL 2022 Posts: Pay Level-7 (INR 44,900 to INR 1,42,400)

SSC CGL Pay Level-6 (INR 35400 – INR 112400)

SSC CGL 2022 Posts: Pay Level-5 (Rs 29,200 to 92,300)

SSC CGL Pay Level-4 (salary varies from INR 25,500 to 81,100)

SSC CGL Salary: Other Allowances 

Apart from the basic salary, the employees will be given allowances in addition. The candidates can check the name of the additional benefits, bonuses and allowances below.

• House Rent Allowance (HRA)
• Travel Allowance (TA)
• Special Security Allowance
• Dearness Allowance (DA)
• Medical Allowance

Scheme of Tier-I and Tier-II Examinations

Given below is the detailed  scheme of Paper 2,3 and 4. Those candidates who are preparing for the exam can refer to the tabular column given below.

• Tier-I and Tier-II will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice
• The questions will be set both in English & Hindi
• English Comprehension in Tier-I and Paper-II in Tier-II is an exception.
• In Tier-I, there will be negative marking of 50 for each wrong answer.
• In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension)
• Negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I, Paper-III and Paper-IV.
• In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the
• In Tier-II, Paper-III will be for only those candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Statistical Investigator Grade-
• In Tier-II, Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-IV

SSC CGL Scheme of Tier-III Examination

• The Paper in Tier-III will have to be written either in Hindi or in English.
•  Part paper written in Hindi and part in English will be awarded zero marks.
• In Tier-III, candidates must write their correct Roll Number at the prescribed places on the cover page of the Answer Book.
• Candidates must also affix signature and Left-hand Thumb Impression in the relevant columns in the Answer Book.
• Candidates must not write any personal identity e.g. name, roll number, mobile number, address, etc inside the Answer Book (Tier-III).

Tier-IV (Skill Test)

• In the Tier-IV, Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) andData Entry Speed Test (DEST) will be conducted.

Even if the candidate do not meet any one of the required eligibility for the SSC CGL recruitment, the application will be rejected. Hence, make sure to study the SSC CGL Eligibility details well, before applying.

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