SSC CGL 2021 Notification Revised. See here new eligibility conditions
SSC CGL 2021 notification amended. Read further to know the details.
SSC CGL 2021 Notification was revised on September 10 through a corrigendum. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) revised the eligibility criteria of certain posts and included persons with certain disabilities in confirmation to “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”. SSC added Person with Disabilities (PwD) for the following posts.
1. Assistant Section Officer
2. Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA/UDC)
3. Inspector of Income Tax
4. Tax Assistant
SSC released the details notice regarding certain posts and mentioned that the Person with certain Disabilities is eligible for the aforesaid posts. The details of the corrigendum are shown below.
| Post Name |
Identified suitable for |
Physical Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Section Officer (ASO) As mentioned in Para 2.2 & S. No. 10 |
(a) Locomotor Disability (OA, OL, OAL, BL, BLOA) including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy cured, Dwarfism, Acid attack victims and Muscular Dystrophy. (b) Blind and low vision (c) Deaf and Hard of hearing (d) Autism, Intellectual Disability, Specific learning disability and Mental illness (e) Multiple Disabilities from amongst (a) to (d) except deaf-blindness |
S, ST, W, RW, SE, C |
| Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA/UDC) As mentioned in Para 2.5 & S. No. 29 |
(a) Locomotor Disability (OA, OL, OAL, BL, BLOA) including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy cured, Dwarfism, Acid attack victims and Muscular Dystrophy. (b) Blind and low vision (c) Deaf and Hard of hearing (HH) (d) Autism, Intellectual Disability, Specific learning disability and Mental illness (e) Multiple Disabilities from amongst (a) to (d) except deaf-blindness |
S, ST, W, RW, SE, C |
S. No. 11 and 30 of Table under Para 2.2 may be read as:
| Name of Post |
Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre |
Classification of Posts |
Nature of Physical Disabilities permissible for the post |
Age-Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspector of Income Tax As mentioned at Sr. No 11 |
CBDT |
Group “C” |
OA, OL, BL, OAL, HH, Autism |
Not exceeding 30 years |
| Tax Assistant As mentioned at Sr. No 30 |
CBDT |
Group “C” |
BL, OL, PD, D, PB, B, OA, OAL, Autism |
18-27 years |
SSC amended the eligibility conditions of certain posts, now it is expected that might SSC release the application form for the candidates fulfilling the new eligibility conditions and conduct their exams. SSC CGL notification was released in December 2020 and in the original notification, no such eligibility conditions were mentioned for the aforesaid posts. SSC CGL 2021 Tier-I exam was conducted in multiple shifts from August 13 to 24. SSC also released the CGL 2021 answer key on September 2.
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