The main responsibility of the Staff Selection Commission is to make recruitment to Group C (non-technical) & Group B (non-gazette- both technical & non-technical) posts in departments of Government of India, its attached & subordinate offices except those for which recruitment is made by the Railway Recruitment Boards & Industrial Establishments. The Staff Selection Commission is also assigned the task of conducting Departmental Examinations for :-
Promotion from Group D to LDC Grade , Promotion from LDC to UDC Grade and Promotion from Stenographers Grade D to Stenographers Grade C besides holding Periodical Typewriting Tests in English & Hindi.
The Staff Selection Commission has a nationwide network of 9 Regional/Sub-regional Offices located at New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Allahabad & Sub-regional offices located at Chandigarh & Raipur.
Main responsibilities of Staff Selection Commission's Regional/Sub-regional Offices include, inter alia, implementing the policies & programmes of the Commission, supervising & overseeing its field operations, liaisoning & establishing rapport with State Governments & their Departments, making arrangements for impartial & smooth conduct of examinations, assisting Interview Boards & servicing the Examination Centres within their area of jurisdiction.
