Assistant - How to become an Assistant

Assistant in organisations like Central Secretariat Services (CSS) Railway Boards, Election Commissions of India, and Central Vigilance Commission is an important post. These are the organizations which work directly under the aegis of the Constitution of India. These organizations are the most important organizations in the administrative system of the Government of India.

To become an Assistant in GOI organisations one has to undergo a selection process of written and Oral exams conducted by Staff Selection Commission so that only the competent few among so many aspirants could be selected.

Assistant Eligibility Conditions

Educational Qualification
To be eligible for becoming an Assistant one should hold a Bachelor of any stream.

Age Limits
The candidate must have attained the age of 18 years on 1st July of the year of examination and must not have attained 27 years of age on that date.

The upper age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

The upper age limit is also relaxed in favour of certain categories of employees working under the Government of India and Defense Services Personnel.

How to become an Assistant?
To be an Assistant one has to follow the given steps:

Step 1
As a first step, the aspirant has to procure the “Application Form” along with required information from the employment newspaper generally published in the month of April. sent the filled Application form to the regional centres as mentioned.

Note: The notification for the examination with relevant details regarding rules and syllabus is published in the month of April in the 'Employment News' / 'Rozgar Samachar', 'Gazette of India', and in some leading Newspapers of the country.

Step 2
Preliminary Examination
In the month of May or June, the aspirants have to take the “Preliminary examinations” consisting of two papers. The papers are on:

Note:-This exam is just a qualifying exam for the Final exam and scores obtained in this exam are not added to make the final result.

Step 3
Main Examination
Those candidates who are declared qualified in the “Preliminary examination” are supposed to take the final exam.
The final examination will consist of two part. Part A will be of written examination and second Part B will be of Personality Test

Step 4
Personality Test
Once you are through the final stage is the interview. The aspirants are grilled in the interview to test their personality and mental ability. Then the final list of the successful candidates is prepared.

Assistant Job Description

An assistant’s working in this organization is to assist his superior in whatever task they ask for. An assistant in these departments has to be an honest and man of high integrity as the work and information of these departments is highly secretive and can prove costly if leaked outside the organization. He himself has to maintain this secrecy in the better interest of his nation. The job of an Assistant in these highly important organizations is full of pressure and responsibilities. Thus to discharge his duties one has to be very dedicated towards his work and responsibilities.  

Assistant  Salary

An Assistant gets the pay scale of Rs.6500-Rs.10,500. The Government of India has fixed salary grades for its employees at various posts. Although they keep on changing with new pay commission

Note: The above scales only provide an idea of the pay scales. Different branches of the service have different scales of pay. Even personnel of same branches may have different pay according to their area of posting and responsibility they are holding at a particular time. In addition to the salary, Assistant receive various types of allowances such as Dearness Allowance, City compensatory Allowance, Leave Travel Allowance, Medical and subsidized housing.