F. No. PPI03/17/2023-PP_1: As per the Recruitment Scheme formulated by the Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA) and as per the Memorandum of Understanding signed between
Ministry of Home Affairs and the Staff Selection Commission, the Staff Selection
Commission will conduct an open competitive examination for recruitment to the posts
of Constable (General Duty) in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP),
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Secretariat Security Force (SSF) and Rifleman (General
Duty) in Assam Rifles (AR) The recruitment process will consist of Computer Based
Examination (CBE), Physical Standard Test (PST), Physical Efficiency Test (PET),
Medical Examination and Document Verification. The salient features of the recruitment
are as under:
Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces Jobs 2023 CAPFs
1.1 The Examination will be advertised by SSC based on vacancies intimated by
MHA.
1.2 Applications will be accepted through on-line mode only.
1.3 Computer Based Examination (CBE) will be conducted by the Commission in
English, Hindi and in 13 Regional Languages viz. (i) Assamese, (ii) Bengali,
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(iii) Gujarati, (iv) Kannada, (v) Konkani, (vi) Malayalam, (vii) Manipuri, (viii)
Marathi, (ix) Odia, (x) Punjabi, (xi) Tamil, (xii) Telugu and (xiii) Urdu.
1.4 Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Detailed
Medical Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) will be
scheduled and conducted by the CAPFs.
1.5 Collection of required eligibility certificates/ documents from the candidates
and their verification will be carried out at the time of Detailed Medical
Examination (DME) by the CAPFs.
1.6 Vacancies of Constable (GD) in SSF will be filled on All India basis whereas
vacancies in all other CAPFs will be filled as per the vacancies available in
various States/ UTs. In addition, vacancies are earmarked for the Border
Guarding Districts and Militancy/ Naxal affected Districts which are reserved
for the candidates of these districts only.
1.7 The list containing names of Border Guarding Districts and Militancy/ Naxal
affected areas are available at Annexure-XI and Annexure-XII respectively.
1.8 Final results along with force allocation will be declared by the Commission
based on the performance of candidates in the Computer Based Examination
and preference of forces opted by them subject to their qualifying the Physical
Standard Test, Physical Efficiency Test, Medical Examination and other
conditions stipulated in the Notice of Examination.
1.9 Court cases/ RTI/ Public Grievances relating to Notice of Examination,
conduct of Computer Based Examination, preparation of merit list, force
allocation of selected candidates and final result will be handled by SSC and
issues relating to other matters namely scheme of examination, vacancies,
conduct of PST/ PET, DME/ RME, Document Verification etc. will be handled
by coordinating CAPFs.
1.10 Admit Card for all stages of examination will not be sent by Post. Facility for
download of Admit Cards will be provided at the websites of Regional Offices
of the Commission as well as on the website of CRPF i.e. http://www.crpf.gov.in. Candidates are advised to regularly visit the websites of the Commission i.e. https:// ssc.nic.in, Regional Office concerned and the Nodal CAPF i.e. CRPF for the updates on examination process and download of Admit Cards for each stage of examination.
- Dates for submission of online applications -24-11-2023 to 31-12-2023
- Last date and time for receipt of online applications -31-12-2023 (23:00)
- Last date and time for making online fee payment- 01-01-2024 (23:00)
- Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ and online payment of
Correction Charges – 04-01-2024 to 06-01-2024 (23:00) - Schedule of Computer Based Examination February-March, 2024
Pay Scale: Pay Level-3 (Rs. 21,700-69,100).
Vacancies: The details of vacancies are as follows:
BSF – 5211
CISF- 9913
CRPF – 3266
SSB – 593
ITBP- 2694
AR – 1448
SSF – 222
- Nationality/ Citizenship: Candidate must be a citizen of India. Vacancies in CAPFs
& AR are State/ UT/ area wise hence a candidate must submit domicile/ PRC against
his state/ UT. - Age Limit: 18-23 years as on 01-01-2024. Candidates should not have been born
earlier than 02-01-2001 and later than 01-01-2006 in normal course. - Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as
under
Age-relaxation permissible beyond the
1 .SC/ ST 5 years
2 .OBC 3 years
3 .Ex-Servicemen 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on
Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces Jobs 2023 CAPFs