SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer 2022: The Staff Selection Commission has announced the SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer 2022 exam dates. According to the notice, the Commission will conduct SSC CGL 2022 Tier 1 exam in February 2023. Furthermore, they will release the SSC CGL 2022 Tier 1 notification on September 10, 2022. Earlier, SSC released the Tier 1 result on July 4, 2022.

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The Commission conducts the Combined Graduate Level exam to recruit candidates for Assistant Section Officer in Intelligence Bureau and other departments. The Assistant Section Officer (ASO) was earlier known as Assistant in Central Secretariat Service (CSS). The selection process consists of Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4 exams. Continue to read the article to find out more.

SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer 2022: Overview

Read this article to know all details related to the SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer salary, eligibility, job profile, and more. But before proceeding further, let us take an overview of the SSC CGL Section Officer 2022 exam below:

Particulars	Details
Conducting Body	Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
Examination Name	SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination
Exam Mode	Online (Tier 1 & 2) & Offline (Tier 3 & 4)
Exam Level	National-level
Job Location	Pan India
Selection Process	Tier I: Computer-based Examination Tier II: Computer-based Examination Tier III: Pen-and-paper Mode (Descriptive Paper) Tier IV: Computer Proficiency Test/ Data Entry Skill Test
Official Website	ssc.nic.in

SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer 2022: Important Dates

Check the table below to know the important dates and events related to the SSC CGL section officer:

Events	Important Dates
SSC CGL Notification release date	September 10, 2022
CGL application start date	September 10, 2022
Last date to apply for SSC CGL 2022	October 01, 2022
Last date for making an online fee payment	To be notified
Last date for the generation of offline Challan	To be notified
Last date for payment through Challan	To be notified
Application form correction facility	To be notified
Release of Tier 1 admit card	To be notified
SSC CGL Tier 1 exam date	February-March 2023
Announcement of result	To be notified
SSC CGL Tier 2 exam date	To be notified
SSC CGL Tier 3 exam date	To be notified

SSC CGL ASO Vacancy

The table below provides the number of vacancies for ASO jobs in various departments and category-wise jobs offered. 

Ministries/Dept./ Offices/ Cadre	UR	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	Total
Central Secretariat Service (DOPT)	69	13	10	51	8	151
Intelligence Bureau	11	3	1	6	2	23
Election Commission	0	1	0	3	0	4
Ministry of External Affairs	38	13	6	24	8	89
AFHQ	36	15	9	20	8	88
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology	2	1	0	1	1	5
Central Administrative Tribunal	3	1	0	1	0	5
Central Vigilance Commission	2	0	0	0	0	2
National Technical Research Organisation	3	0	1	1	1	6

SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer Eligibility Criteria

Candidates can check the eligibility criteria for Assistant Section Officer in Intelligence Bureau and other departments from the table below:

Particulars	Details
ASO Nationality	A candidate must be either a citizen of India, a subject of Nepal, a subject of Bhutan, or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st 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.
Assistant Section Officer (ASO) in CSS: Age Limit	20-30 years (Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1991 and not later than 01-01-2001) However, age relaxation is applicable as per official notification.
Assistant Section Officer (ASO) in CSS: Educational Qualification	Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognised university or equivalent

Assistant Section Officer (ASO) in CSS: Age Relaxation

The age limit for ASO in CSS is 20 to 30 years, with upper age relaxation for certain sections as listed below:

Category	Age Relaxation (Years)
OBC	3
SC/ST	5
PwD + Gen	10
PwD + OBC	13
PwD + SC/ST	15
Ex-Servicemen	3 (after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date)
Defence personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3
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

How To Apply Online for SSC CGL ASO 2022?

To attend the examination, candidates have to fill in the application form before the last date. Read the notification carefully and check all details, including eligibility criteria. The step-by-step process involved in filling the application form for Assistant Section Officer Recruitment is given below:

• First, visit the official website of SSC at ssc.nic.in and check for the recent Assistant Section Officer Job detail on the homepage.
• Click on the desired Assistant Section Officer Job openings.
• Read all the details mentioned, such as eligibility, selection procedure, salary, exam detail, etc.
• After reading the details and ensuring the eligibility criteria, click on the apply link or download the application form.
• Fill in personal details, education qualifications, contact details, etc., in the application form.
• Select the exam centre at your convenience. 
• After filling in the details, cross-check the entered information and submit the form.
• Upload your documents, signature, and photographs in the next step.
• Pay the application fee as per the category-wise fee detail given. You can pay using the online mode of payment.
• In the end, take a printout of the filled application for further use.

SSC CGL ASO Application Fee

Once the form was duly filled, candidates were required to pay SSC CGL 2022 application fee through SBI Challan/BHIM UPI/Net Banking or Visa/Mastercard/Maestro Credit/RuPay debit card.

Category	Application Fee (in Rs)
General/ OBC	₹100
Women (of all categories)/Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD)/Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	Nil

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SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer Syllabus

The major questions asked in SSC CGL 2022 Preliminary Exam include General Awareness, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language.

General Intelligence and Reasoning	General Awareness	Quantitative Aptitude	English Comprehension
Classification	Static General Knowledge (Indian History, Culture, etc.)	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Analogy	Science	Interest	Fill in the Blanks
Coding-Decoding	Current Affairs	Averages	Spellings
Word Formation	Sports	Percentage	Phrases and Idioms
Matrix	Books and Authors	Ratio and Proportion	One word Substitution
–	Important Schemes	Problem on Ages	Sentence Correction

SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer Exam Pattern

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam every year in four levels for ASO posts. The examination will be conducted in four tiers as indicated below:

Tier	Type	Mode
Tier – I	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer-based (online)
Tier – II	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer-based (online)
Tier – III	Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi	Pen and Paper mode
Tier – IV	Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test	Wherever Applicable

SSC CGL ASO Admit Card 2022

Every successfully registered candidate will be able to download their admit card/hall ticket/call letter from the official website of SSC. The admit card for the CGL Tier-1 exam will be released first, followed by the CGL Tier-2 exam (available to only those candidates who qualify for the Tier-1 exam).

SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer Selection Process

• The candidate’s selection process involves four stages: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4. All four stages are qualifying in nature.
• All candidates who have applied successfully for SSC CGL 2022 exam will appear for the Tier 1 examination.
• Based on the marks scored in Tier-I, candidates will be shortlisted, category-wise, to appear in Tier-2 and Tier-3 Examinations.
• Candidates scoring the above SSC CGL Cut off in Tier 2 exam will be eligible to appear for the next stage of the selection process, i.e., Tier 3.
• Candidates must note that the final merit list will be prepared based on cumulative marks scored by candidates in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3.
• Tier 4 is the document verification stage for candidates on the merit list.

SSC CGL ASO Result 2022

The SSC CGL result will be released separately for each stage of the exam. The SSC CGL result will be available in the form of a PDF on the official website. After that, the SSC CGL Scorecard will also be released. Candidates have to visit the official website @ssc.nic.in to download the Result/ Scorecard.

After visiting the official website, the candidate must enter their ‘User ID’ and ‘Password’ to view and download the scorecard.

SSC CGL Assistant Selection Officer Cut-off

The SSC CGL cut off will be released along with the result on the official website. SSC decides the cut-off scores based on the number of vacancies, the number of candidates appearing for the exam, and the difficulty level of the exam. Candidates can check the SSC CGL ASO Tier 1 cut-off from the table below:

Category	Cut-off Marks
SC	94.58598
ST	81.52690
OBC	117.87106
EWS	109.64915
UR	130.18384
OH	77.22326
HH	40
VH	64.77883
Others-PWD	40

Assistant Section Officer (ASO) in CSS: Job Profile

After selection, any of the following SSC CGL job profiles are allotted to the job holders:

• Routine noting, drafting, writing letters, and submission of cases.
• Identify and examine the issues involved in the court case and record a note.
• Required to locate and collect other files or papers, data, information, and material, if any, referred to in the receipt or having a bearing on the issues raised therein. 
• Assisting in the formulation and monitoring of the implementation of policies concerning subjects.
• Monitoring and review of the implementation of policies. 

Assistant Section Officer in CSS: Job Nature

Assistant section officers are a part of the permanent bureaucratic setup and are expected to perform the following jobs along with the above-mentioned job responsibilities:

• Prompt action and checks on delays.
• Linking of all relevant material, including rules, precedents, etc.
• Put up alternative solutions along with possible consequences and conclusions.
• Facilitate maintaining the vital link between Parliament and the Central Secretariat.
• Handling of Parliament Questions, Assurances & Government Bills.
• Work relating to cadre management of various organised services.
• Work relating to financial management and preparation of the budget of various departments of the Central Government.
• Litigation work of the Central Government (preparing a reply for court cases).
• Ensuring continuity in the policies of the government.

SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer (ASO): Job Benefits

The Assistant Section Officer Post offered by the Staff Selection Commission is considered to be one of the most respectable posts offered by the government of India or any state government. This is an easy job that any trained person can perform.

In this job, the job holders get more holidays and less challenging work. The job timing is regular and quite comfortable, from 9 AM to 5 PM. Apart from this, job holders will get fixed weekends off (Saturdays and Sundays) with no additional shifting work.

Assistant Section Officer in CSS: Career Growth

Candidates selected for Assistant Section Officer will be given opportunities to get promoted to upper posts. The details of the promotion criteria are mentioned below:

Section Officer: The promotion of an ASO to a Section Officer (4800) usually takes 5 to 7 years. The ASO is allowed to promote them through an Inter-Department exam. UPSC conducts the examination. If the candidates fail the exam, they will be given another chance to promote themselves in the next 5 to 7 years. 

Section Officer: A Section Officer (4800) gets promoted to Section officer (5400) after completing at least 4 years of service. 

Under Secretary: The Section Officer is given a chance to promote themselves to Under Secretary promotions. The Section Officer (5400) to Under Secretary promotions are also fast due to the large strength of the Under Secretary Cadre and no direct recruitment in this cadre. So, it takes a minimum of 4 years and a maximum of 6 years for SO (5400) to become the US (6600).

Deputy Secretary/ Director: Based on the performance in the job as Under Secretary, one can be promoted as a Deputy Secretary or Director. 

Assistant Section Officer (ASO): Salary, Pay Scale and Allowances

After the 7^th Pay Commission, the pay scale of an ASO comes under the 4600-grade pay. On the basis of this, the salary of the ASOs will be as follows:

Basic + Allowances	X Category	Y Category	Z Category
Basic	44900	44900	44900
DA	0	0	0
HRA	10776	7184	3592
TA	3600	1800	1800
DA on TA	0	0	0
Gross Salary	59276	53884	50292
NPS	4490	4490	4490
CGHS	325	325	325
CGEGIS	2500	2500	2500
Deductions	7315	7315	7315
Salary in Hand	51961	46569	42977

Candidates might also check:

SSC CGL Application Form	SSC CGL Eligibility
SSC CGL Result	SSC CGL Exam Analysis
SSC CGL Exam Dates	SSC CGL Exam Pattern
SSC CGL Salary	SSC CGL Syllabus
SSC CGL Notification	SSC CGL Books
SSC CGL Admit Card	SSC CGL Preparation Tips
SSC CGL Previous Year Papers	SSC CGL Answer Key
SSC CGL Tier I	SSC CGL Tier II

FAQs on SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer 2022

These are the frequently asked questions related to SSC CGL ASO 2022:

Q.1: What is SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer in CSS?
Ans: The Assistant Section Officer or ASO in Central Secretariat Service (CSS) is a Grade B post under the Government of India. They act as a bridge between the Parliament and the Central Secretariat. This post primarily requires a desk job.

Q.2: Is SSC CGL Assistant Section Officer 2022 a good job?
Ans: It serves as the backbone of administrative work and provides permanent bureaucracy and functionary staff in the Central Government of India. “Assistant Section Officer” in CSS is considered one of the best jobs offered by the SSC CGL Exam.

Q.3: What does an assistant section officer do?
Ans: The job profile of an ASO in CSS mainly includes clerical work like completing files and making reports, routine noting, drafting, writing a letter, and sending them to higher authorities.

Q.4: Is the SSC CGL exam tough?
Ans: Since there are four sections the question paper of SSC CGL is divided into, the difficulty level of all the four sections varies from easy to moderate.

Q.5: What are the responsibilities of ASO at the Ministry of External Affairs?
Ans: The following are the primary responsibilities of the Ministry of External Affairs’ Assistant Section Officer (ASO):
a. To assist IFS personnel with their daily tasks.
b. Managing files, taking notes, creating documents, and communicating with the Indian headquarters.

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