SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria : Age limit, Educational Qualification & Age Relaxation

SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria : Age Limit, Educational Qualification and Age Relaxation

Candidates who are aspiring to appear for the SSC CGL, should know all the SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria related to educational qualifications, age limits, and physical standards.

SSC CGL Education Qualification

The basic and compulsory education qualification required under SSC CGL Eligibility is a Bachelor Degree / Graduation or any equivalent qualification from a recognized university.

SSC CGL Education qualification for various posts are given below :

Name of the Post	Education Qualification
Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer	Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute.
	Desirable - 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.
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.
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 qualification on or before 01st August 2020.

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

SSC CGL Age Limit

As per the last SSC CGL 2020 notification from Staff Selection Commission, the age limit for Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) 2020 will be calculated as on 1st August 2020.

SSC CGL Age Limit for 2020 is calculated as below :

Age Limit	Calculation
For Post for which age limit is 20-27 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1991 and not later than 01.08.1998
For Post for which age limit is 18-27 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1991 and not later than 01.08.2000
For Post for which age limit is 20-30 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1988 and not later than 01.08.1998
For Post for which age limit is up to 30 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1988 and not later than 01.08.2000
For Post for which age limit is up to 32 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1986 and not later than 01.08.2000

Note : Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate only will be accepted by the Commission.

⚫ The age limit under the SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria is different for different posts. There is a provision of different pay scales for different posts after clearing SSC CGL.

⚫ As per SSC CGL 2020 Notification, the commission has changed the age limit criteria for the various post. The posts and their changes age limits are given below :

Group of Posts	Post Name	Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre	Age Limit
A	Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Not exceeding 30 years
	Assistant Accounts Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Not exceeding 30 years
B	Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service	20-30 years
	Assistant Section Officer	Intelligence Bureau	Not exceeding 30 years
	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Railway	20-30 years
	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of External Affairs	20-30 years
	Assistant Section Officer	AFHQ	20-30 years
	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	18-30 years
	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	20-30 years
	Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Not exceeding 30 years
	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Not exceeding 30 years
	Assistant/ Superintendent	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Not exceeding 30 years
	Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Not exceeding 30 years
	4 Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBEC	Not exceeding 30 years
	Inspector (Preventive Officer)	CBEC	Not exceeding 30 years
	Inspector (Examiner)	CBEC	Not exceeding 30 years
	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Up to 30 years
	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	20-30 years
	Inspector Posts	Department of Post	18-30 years
	Divisional Accountant	Offices under CAG	Not exceeding 30 years
	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Not exceeding 30 years
	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Up to 30 years
C	Junior Statistical Officer	M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation	Up to 32 years
D	Auditor	Offices under C&AG	18-27 years
	Auditor	Offices under CGDA	18-27 years
	Auditor	Other Ministry/ Departments	18-27 years
	Accountant	Offices under C&AG	18-27 years
	Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/ Departments	18-27 years
	Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks	Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres	18-27 years
	Tax Assistant	CBDT	18-27 years
	Tax Assistant	CBEC	18-27 years
	Sub-Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	18-27 years
	Upper Division Clerks	Dte. Gen Border Road Organization (MoD)	18-27 years

SSC CGL Age Relaxation

According to the SSC CGL age limit criteria, some age relaxations are given for various categories. The age relaxation for different categories are as follows :

Code No.	Category	Age-Relaxation
01	SC/ ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	PwD	10 years
04	PwD + OBC	13 years
05	PwD + SC/ ST	15 years
06	Ex-Servicemen (ExS)	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
07	For Group “C” posts Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	Up to 40 years of age
08	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	Up to 45 years of age
09	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989	5 years
10	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried	Up to 35 years of age
11	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST)	Up to 40 years of age
12	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 years
13	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST)	8 years
14	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces	Up to 45 years of age
15	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces (SC/ ST)	Up to 50 years of age
16	Retrenched census employees of the Office of Registrar General of India (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies)	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment, and weightage of past service.

Note: SSC has removed the age relaxation for Group "B" posts Central Govt. Civilian Employees and Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular & continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.

SSC CGL Physical Standards : Prescribed Height, Weight and Vision

SSC has a prescribed physical standard eligibility for the following posts : Sub Inspector NIA, Inspector in Central Excise, Examiner, Preventive Officer and /Inspector & Sub-Inspector in CBN.

Candidates who fulfill the specified physical measurements will be eligible for the respective posts. You can check the complete criteria are given below :

Note: As per the latest notification, PwD (Person with Disabilities) candidates are not eligible for the post of Assistant Section Officer in Intelligence Bureau.

Criteria	For Male Candidates	For Female Candidates
Height	157.5 cm	152 cm
Weight	-	48 Kgs.
Chest	81 cm (fully expanded with a minimum expanse of 5 cm)	No requirements
Height Relaxable	5 cm in the case of Garhwali’s, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Scheduled Tribes.	2.5 cm for Gorkhas, Garhwali’s, Assamese, and Members of Scheduled Tribes.
Weight Relaxable	-	2 Kgs for Gorkhas, Garhwali’s, Assamese, and Members of Scheduled Tribes.
Walking	1600 meters in 15 minutes.	1 Km. in 20 minutes.
Cycling	8 Km In 30 minutes	3 Kms. in 25 minutes

Physical Standards for Sub-Inspection in CBI

Criteria	For Male Candidates	For Female Candidates
Height	165 cm	150 cm
Chest	76 cm with expansion	No requirements
Height Relaxable	5 cm in the case of Garhwali’s, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Scheduled Tribes.	2.5 cm for Gorkhas, Garhwali’s, Assamese, and Members of Scheduled Tribes.
Vision: Eye-sight (with or without glasses)	Distant Vision - 6/6 in one and 6/9 in the other eye.
	Near Vision – 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in the other eye.

Physical Standards for Sub-Inspector in NIA

Criteria	For Male Candidates	For Female Candidates
Height	170 cm	150 cm
Chest	76 cm with expansion	No requirements
Height Relaxable	5 cm in the case of Garhwali’s, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Scheduled Tribes.	2.5 cm for Gorkhas, Garhwali’s, Assamese, and Members of Scheduled Tribes.
Vision: Eye-sight (with or without glasses)	Distant Vision - 6/6 in one and 6/9 in the other eye.
	Near Vision – 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in the other eye.

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