Staff Selection Commission

What Staff Selection Commission does

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a statutory body of the Government of India, operating under the Department of Personnel and Training within the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Established to centralize recruitment for the Indian civil service, SSC conducts competitive examinations to staff Group B and C posts across various central government ministries, departments, and subordinate offices. Its candidate base consists of Indian government job aspirants seeking positions including Junior Engineers, Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, and roles within the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).

SSC's operational model centers on administering computer-based examinations at designated testing centers across India, supported by an official online portal at ssc.gov.in. The platform enables candidate registration, examination scheduling, and slot selection — with a December 2025 calendar evidencing live operations across multiple examination tracks between December 3 and 12, 2025. The Commission standardizes testing processes for positions ranging from technical engineering roles to uniformed services, providing a uniform merit-based gateway into central government employment.

As a wholly government-owned entity, SSC is funded through public budget allocations from the Government of India rather than operating a commercial revenue model. Candidate-facing revenue from application fees exists but is not publicly disclosed and is immaterial relative to government appropriations. SSC does not generate revenue in the private-sector sense and does not have external shareholders, investors, or parent entities outside of the Government of India itself. Its mandate and continuity derive from its statutory role as the central recruitment instrument of the Indian state.

Name

Staff Selection Commission

Legal name

Staff Selection Commission

Website

https://ssc.gov.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Staff Selection Commission is a statutory Government of India body that conducts nationwide competitive examinations to recruit candidates for Group B and C posts across central government ministries and departments.

Ownership category

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Product category

Government Examination Services

NAICS

Administration of Human Resource Programs (923)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Labor, Employment Standards & Occupational Licensing Boards (BPAIAOAF)

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Government & Public Sector Direct Hire (BPACAFAK)

Keywords

• Government recruitment examinations
• Competitive examination services
• Public sector staffing
• Civil services testing
• Government examination body

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

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Core offering

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a Government of India statutory body that conducts standardized competitive examinations for recruitment to Group B (non-gazetted) and Group C posts across central government ministries, departments, and subordinate offices. It administers computer-based and offline tests for positions including Junior Engineers, Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), with candidates registering and selecting examination slots through the official ssc.gov.in portal.

Product overview

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a government examination body under the Government of India that conducts competitive examinations for recruitment to various posts in government departments and ministries. The available source data does not contain specific details about distinct product offerings, modules, or named services.

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Products and services

• SSC Junior Engineer (JE) Examination A competitive recruitment examination administered by SSC for Junior Engineer positions across various central government departments, targeting engineering graduates seeking central government employment.
• SSC Sub-Inspector (CPO) Examination A competitive examination for recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), targeting candidates seeking law enforcement roles under the central government.
• SSC Group B and Group C Recruitment Examinations A portfolio of competitive examinations conducted by SSC for recruitment to various Group B (non-gazetted) and Group C posts across central government ministries, departments, and subordinate offices. Each examination is administered through designated offline centers and the online ssc.gov.in registration and slot-selection system.

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Emerging players

• Prometric: Test delivery and proctoring services provider for high-stakes certification and licensure exams worldwide. Comparable in delivering secure, large-scale standardized examinations, with relevance to SSC's computer-based testing infrastructure.
• Pearson VUE: Global computer-based testing and assessment provider used by governments and certification bodies. Comparable in delivering standardized online examinations at scale, though operates commercially rather than as a statutory body.

Direct peers

• Railway Recruitment Board (RRB): Statutory body conducting examinations for recruitment to various Group C/D posts in Indian Railways. Highly comparable in operating model — government-administered competitive testing at scale for central public-sector hiring.
• National Testing Agency (NTA): Central government body that conducts entrance examinations for higher education and other national-level tests in India. Comparable as a parallel public examination authority handling computer-based testing at national scale.
• Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS): Autonomous body that conducts standardized examinations for recruitment to public-sector banks and regional rural banks in India. Operates with a similar standardized-online-test model for government-adjacent financial-sector hiring, making it a directly comparable examination authority.
• Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): India's premier central government examination body for Group A (and senior Group B) civil services recruitment. Highly comparable to SSC in mandate and structure; UPSC handles higher-tier posts while SSC covers Group B/C, but both administer nationwide competitive examinations for Government of India recruitment.

Others

• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Recruitment Cell: Government recruitment arm within DRDO that conducts its own technical/scientific cadre examinations. Comparable in function (government technical recruitment) though limited to a single ministry's needs.

Regional players

• Staff Selection Board, various State Public Service Commissions: State-level PSCs (e.g., UPPSC, MPSC, KPSC) conduct recruitment examinations for state government Group A/B/C posts. Operate in the same examination-authority category as SSC but at sub-national level — comparable mandate, regional scope.

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Customer concentration

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