Question : SINGLE RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION

PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Gangaram Shri Awale Jaywant
10-03-2010

(a) whether the Staff Selection Commission has decided to make Government recruitment simpler by conducting single recruitment examination for all non-gazetted posts;

(b) if so, the main features of the proposed system and the reasons therefor; and

(c) the extent to which the new system would be beneficial to the applicants and the Government recruitment agency?

Answer given by the minister

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Ministerâ€™s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 190 ANSWERED ON 10.03.2010 ON SINGLE RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION.

There is no proposal from the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to conduct a single examination for recruitment to all non-gazetted posts. However, the SSC will be conducting a combined examination in 2010 for Group B and C non-gazetted posts which are within its purview and for which a graduate degree is the minimum qualification in place of 05 different examinations for these posts conducted earlier. The main features of the proposed system and its benefits are as follows:-

2 The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has been conducting the following examinations for which a graduate degree is an essential qualification:-


S.No.	Examination	Posts

1	Graduate level examination	Assistants, Inspector (Central Excise/	Income Tax /Preventive Officer /	Examiner), Sub- Inspector in CBI,	Divisional Accountants, UDC, etc.
2	Tax Assistant examination	Tax Assistants in Department of Revenue
3	Sub-Inspectors in CPOs examination	Sub-Inspectors in Central Police	Organisations
4	Statistical Investigator	Ministry of Statistics and	Grade II examination	Programme Implementation
5	Compiler examination	For Office of Registrar General	of India

3. The above examinations had subjects on General Studies/General Awareness, General English and Arithmetic/Numerical Ability. For the post of Statistical Investigator, a paper on Statistics/Economics/Mathematics/Commerce as per option was also compulsory. The revised examination is a three tier selection process on the basis of single application. Tier-I would be a screening test for 200 marks comprising of one paper of objective type on the subject of General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Awareness, Numerical aptitude and English Language. Those who are admitted for Tier-II examination will be required to take following papers of objective type questions depending upon their option for various posts:-


Paper	Subject	Posts	Marks

I	Arithmetic Abilities	All posts other than	200	SIs of CPOs
II	English language & comprehension	All posts	200
III	Mathematics/Economics/	Statistics/ Commerce	Statistical Investigators/ Compiler	200

Tier â€“III will consist of interview of 100 marks except for Tax Assistant, Divisional Accountant, Auditor, UDC and Accountant. There will be qualifying skill test for the post of Tax Assistant and Assistant of CSS.

4. For the first time, the facility of filing on-line applications and on-line payment of fee has been introduced. The details of the examination have been displayed on the website of Staff Selection Commission (http://ssc.nic.in) and published in the Employment News of 30 January-5 February, 2010 edition. The Tier-I of the examination is to be held on 16th May, 2010.

5. The restructured combined examination is expected to benefit the Government, candidates and user Ministries/Departments by way of faster completion of recruitment cycle, quicker selection and earlier placements. Instead of filling up different forms paying separate fees and appearing for different examinations, they will now be able to appear in a common examination. The Commission will recommend the candidates on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written examinations and interview (wherever applicable) and option/preference exercised by the candidates in the Application form depending on the number of vacancies available.

Question : SINGLE RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION

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