- Prologue
- Desk job or Field job?
- Assistants
- Assistants: Promotion opportunities
- CSS (Assistant in Central Secretariat Service)
- Assistant (CSS): Job Profile
- Work diversity: CSS vs Other assistants
- CSS vs Inspectors (Income Tax, Excise etc)
- Assistant in MEA: Work Profile
- MEA: General vs Cypher Assistant (Difference)
- Assistant in Railways
- Assistants: remaining
- Divisional Accountant
- Auditor & Accountants (Non-Interview)
- CGDA vs C&AG
- CGDA (defence) posting
- Auditor:Promotion (CGDA)
- Tax Assistants (TA)
- Tax Assistant: Posting and Promotion
- Upper Division clerk
- Field jobs: (Inspectors)
- Tax authorities: CBDT vs CBEC
- Inspectors: Income Tax, Excise, Customs, Examiner
- ACR (Annual Confidential reports)
- Income Tax Inspector:Work Profile
- Income Tax inspector: Good or bad?
- Physical requirements (Indirect Taxes)
- Excise inspector vs Preventive Officer: Work Profile
- Preventive Officer vs Examiner: Work profile
- Assistant Enforcement Officer (AEO)
- CBI Sub-Inspector
- CBI: Physical requirement
- CBI Subinspector: Work profile
- Narcotics inspector/Subins.
- Postal inspector
- By the way how to prepare SSC CGL exam?
Prologue
- Many aspirants have doubts regarding what to fill up in “Preference order” for the SSC-CGL job application?
- So, following information should help you get some idea.
- Please note: I’ve not written this article all by myself. Most of this stuff is copypasted from the inputs given by some serving officers and pagalguy members, including csl180, prince1 and others.
- If you want to add update /correction / elaboration regarding these jobs, please do post your inputs in comments at the bottom of this article.

First thing you must decide: Do you want a…
Desk job or Field job?
Desk job
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Field job
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- Assistants, Auditors, Accountants, Tax-assistants, upper division clerks.
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- Inspectors (income tax, excise, preventive officers, examiners), CBI, narcotics etc.
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- No physical standard (height, chest, weight)
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- The working hours of desk job are “fixed”. (in most cases, except Assistant (cypher).
- It’s like office to home, home to office.
- So if your ultimate aim is preparing for some other exam (UPSC/CAT etc) then these are the “right” jobs because of the “City –posting” (Delhi or some State HQ).
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- Field jobs involve travelling, carrying out raids, inspections, surveillance etc.
- Sometimes you might need to work in non-office hours or even Sundays.
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- Less than field job (at the initial level).
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- Social status, nuisance power of field job is higher compared of desk job.
- I mean, in terms of impressing your parents, siblings, friends, college-batchmates, relatives in your village and girlfriend and her parents.
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- Peace of mind.
- Office-to-home, home-to-office.
- Hardly any transfers. (except MEA assistant)
- comfortable for family and social life.
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- (some of these) Jobs involve stress, dealing with informants, power-brokers, pressure-tactics, backstabbing bastards (within your department).
- Almost all of these jobs involve transfer from one city to another.
- Therefore family/social life=little bit of trouble.
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- No uniform
- No weapons.
- No adventure.
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- Includes uniform (some jobs), weapons training
- Some adventure (raids etc) although nothing very “dangerous”. (For Dangerous stuff you’ve to apply for CDS or CAPF).
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- So first decide-what do you want: Desk job or Field job?
- Second Question: do you want to permanently shift to Delhi or not? Because If you don’t want to shift to Delhi, then job of Assistant in CSS and various Central Ministries=useless for you.
- Similarly, if you don’t want to leave India, then MEA assistant =useless.
Now, we’ll see the Desk jobs, and in the later part of the article, we’ll see the Field jobs.
Assistants
They’re of two types
- Central Secretariat services (CSS)
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- Other than CSS (e.g. Assistant in railways, Election Commission, coast guard etc.)
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Assistants: Promotion opportunities
- Assistant (you join here)
- Section Officer (Group B Gazetted). To become SO, you have to pass departmental test, conducted by UPSC. If you don’t pass exam, you get promotion very late (after 10-12 years).
- Under Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Joint Secretary.
CSS (Assistant in Central Secretariat Service)
| Job code |
Name |
Salary |
| A |
Assistant in Central Secretariat Service (CSS) |
Pay Band –II f 9300-34800GP 4600 |
Assistant (CSS): Work Profile
- Work=files, files and files and then more files.
- But 3 hrs of work daily: from answering RTI of people to Cabinet note making to answering parliament questions to working on daily receipts
- It is like you’re given the project, and you made the dealing hand. Now report the problem in short about the project and tell your recommendations on what can be done.
- If your seniors like they will accept it or else they will tell their own decisions etc=this is CSS work.
Promotion speed: CSS vs other Assistants
- In CSS, the promotion from Assistant to Section Officer, you have vacancies like 200 , 250 etc
- In other places like MEA or railways you’ll have 5 ,10 etc.so promotions are faster in CSS.
Work diversity: CSS vs Other assistants
- If you become Assistant in say Railways, then you’re stuck in Railways forever.
- But CSS offers you wider variety of postings like in Ministry of consumer affairs, home, finance, education, civil aviation, law etc.
- Therefore, your scope and work-diversity is huge. (just like an IAS officer).
CSS vs Inspectors (Income Tax, Excise etc)
| CSS (Desk Job) |
Income Tax/Excise inspectors |
| Desk job |
Field job. |
| Low |
Work Pressure / stress is high |
| Good for preparing UPSC (because you’re in Delhi, the Mecca of UPSC preparation) |
Less. |
| Low |
You can earn more (via bribes), provided that you know your job, duties well, otherwise people (your own colleges and bosses) will stab you in the back and you’ll be suspended hahaha. |
| For those who want to enjoy family and social life, peace of mind, and are not obsessed with money. |
Promotion, name, fame, money (but comes at the cost of social life) |
| Permanent posting in Delhi until you retire. |
Transfers, deputation, field posting. |
| Once you get promoted to Under Secretary, you get free air-tickets during travel. |
Not applicable. But you get free petrol, free mobile card etc in some jobs. |
- So it should be clear to you that in Desk job: first preference = CSS (Job application code “A”).
Assistant in MEA: Work Profile
- It is one of the most sought Assistant post under SSC-CGL.
- Why? Because charm of foreign posting and many other lucrative facilities like children’s education, accommodation etc and a very handsome salary of more than 1 lakh per month (perhaps upto Rs 1,25,000).
- But here is the problem: in the foreign countries, the cost of living, is also high!
- For example $1500 is big amount when converted in Indian Rupees, but inside America, you can buy very few things.
- And one can be posted in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Irak, Libya too.
- but nothing to fear on this count as while sending one to an other country on posting he is given a few choices for the needed postings and he is posted according to those choices preferably. If one chooses any of the countries mentioned he is given 50% more salary and his tenure there is counted as DOUBLE; means he has to serve there for one and a half year which is counted equal to three years.
- Let’s do comparison of these two assistants under MEA (Ministery of External affairs)
MEA: General vs Cypher Assistant (Difference)
MEA Assistant (General)
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MEA Assistant (Cypher)
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| SSC-CGL-2013 job Application code “E” |
Code “F” |
- General filing-reporting type work.
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- They have to do the task of coding and decoding in addition of some highly confidential language.
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- Cypher Asst got more foreign posting than general Asst
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- Assistant (General) is supposed to be posted generally 3 years in India and 3 years in foreign; and like this throughout his tenure of service
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- whereas an Assistant (Cypher) is posted 3 years in India and 6 years in foreign; and like this
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- promotional avenues are better in General Asst. You can go upto level of Under Secretary.
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- Cypher has night shifts because of time-zone difference between India and foreign country
- And it’s like u have to work for 6 days and then 2 days off. And 2 days will be night shift.
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- One can get his first promotion after about 15-17 years if he will not clear departmental examination and after clearing departmental examination, it will take around 8 odd years.
- Verdict: if you originally wanted to be an IFS officer, but it did not work out, then perhaps this is the job you should try for.
- If you want to permanently stay in India, then don’t tick these job-codes (application code “E and F”)
Assistant in Railways
- Job Code is “D”
- Assistant in railways: good job ,you’ll get 1 pass for family ( to and fro) anywhere in India free and 3 passes for family (to and fro) in which u pay 1/3rd of amount
- all this for tier 2 AC ticket..then railway has its own railway homes all over India ..so you can stay there at a very cheap rate, if you using railway passes!
Railways
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CSS
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| Always in Railways. |
Posting in variety of department and ministries= life is not monotonous. |
| Posting in various cities/regional HQ for example Lucknow. |
Always in Delhi till he retires. |
Assistants: remaining
| Job code |
Name |
| B |
Assistant Central Vigilance Commission |
| C |
Assistant Intelligence Bureau |
| G |
Armed forces Headquarters |
| H |
Other Ministries/ Departments/Organisations (Grade pay 4600) |
| I |
Other Ministries/ Departments/Organisations but gradepay is 4200. |
- Please note: these may or may not involve Permanent Delhi posting.
- For example,Other organization >>Election Commission =always in Delhi.
- But other organization >>Coast guard=sometimes in Chennai (Eastern command) and sometimes Kolkata (North Eastern Command).
- To sumup, if you want “assistant” job, select A to I job codes first. But Internal choice (A,E,F… or E,F,A.. or whatever) that is as per your career-interest.
Moving to other desk jobs: Auditors and accountants
Divisional Accountant
| Job Code |
Name |
Salary |
| Q |
Divisional accountant (under CAG) |
Group “C”
Pay Band –II f 9300-34800. Grade Pay 4200 |
- Interview=yes
- Physical=no.
- Posting: Once you join as Divisional Accountant in a state, there is no chance of moving outside the state.
- They’ve have direct engagements with contractors, so they earn (bribes).
- Divisional Accountant works in Public works departments offices (PWDs) which is a state govt office.
- Though his payroll comes from State govt, he is always a central govt employee.
- PWDs need not necessarily be in cities, so you might get posted to any district in a state.
- Regarding the work, he basically acts as an auditor for all expenses and receipts that go through the PWD, meaning he has to sign off each and every voucher.
- Since he is Central govt representative in state dept he enjoys great power and respect in the office and works independently, doesn’t need to report to anyone but himself.
- In terms of pure salary: Divisional accountant is better than Auditors, jr.accountants.
Auditor & Accountants (Non-Interview)
- Interview is not done for these jobs. (but their salary is also lower compared to Divisional accountant.)
- Pay Band -I: f 5200-20200, Grade Pay 2800.
- Posting will be according to your state preference (+depending on merit)
- through SSC one can become auditor/accountant in two depts, CGDA & C&AG
- Abbreviations
| C&AG |
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) |
| CGDA |
Controller General of Defence Accounts |
| CGA |
Controller General of Accounts. |
Job codes for Auditors and Accountants
| T |
Auditor |
C&AG |
| U |
Auditor |
CGDA |
| V |
Auditor |
C&AG |
| W |
Accountant/Jr.Accountant |
C&AG |
| X |
Accountant/Jr.Accountant |
CGA& Others |
| T |
Auditor |
C&AG |
CGDA vs C&AG
CGDA
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C&AG
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- deals with audit works of defence forces (in various offices around India).
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- central audit dept dealing with state govt audits
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- It comes under CAG so It also has posting in Delhi
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- Has offices in all states as well as Delhi
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- Salary (approx.): 27,000
- Although salary of DA is less than Income Tax inspector.
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- The selected candidates for the post of Auditors were allocated departments of C&AG and CGDA in round robin manner of first candidates going to C&AG,
- second to CGDA, third to C&AG and so on, until the vacancies of the department
- in the respective category are utilized.
- The rest of the candidates in that category have been assigned the department with left over vacancies.
- The same criteria have been used to allocate department of C&AG and CGA to the candidates selected for Jr. Accountants/Accountants.
CGDA (defence) posting
They get posting in only in these cities: click me to see the list of CGDA offices
Experience (of a serving officer in CGDA)
(I’m just copy-pasting this).
- Auditor is the best amongst all non-interview post.
- I have been working as a Senior auditor in dad dept.(min. of defence) since 5 years.
- Auditors are recruited under CAG and CGDA dept. although most vacancies are in CGDA
- in CGDA you will be appointed as an auditor in defence acctts.
Work profile of Auditor (CGDA)
- Initially u will get army/navy/airforce/ordnance factory command.
- You have to do the manual work like passing of bills,auditing pay bills of Staffs, accounting the factory production in factory command.
- it’s a very good post. You have to work 8 hours(officially) but u can manage.s
- Saturday-sunday off days.
- You will get ample time to spent with your family.
- if bachelor maximum time u can utilize for your higher preparation. (UPSC)
- salary wise it is a very good post. initially you will get minimum 21 thousand in A class cities including HRA
Auditor:Promotion (CGDA)
- You will get automatically promoted to Senior Auditor (grade pay 4200) in 3 years .
- You will get a chance to sit for deptmental SAS exam for the ppst of AAO (Gazette post) after completion of 2 years.
- Promotion wise its a good dept. over all i have enjoyed thoroughly as an Auditor.
- so i will recommend each and every one(those who got selected in non interview post category) to give auditor as his first preference.
(end of copy paste).
Ok so far we saw Desk Jobs>>Assistant, Auditors, Accountants.
Now next Desk Job
Tax Assistants (TA)
| Job code |
Tax assistant in |
| Z |
CBDT (Direct tax) |
| @ |
CBEC (Excise and Customs) |
- Both are Group “C” Pay Band -I: f 5200-20200 (grade pay: 2400)
- Interview=no
- physical=no
- Data-entry test=yes.
Tax Assistant: Posting and Promotion
- Promotion : after promotion you rise to inspector level, and then to officer level.
- The inspector level is the same as the one people get through CGL (direct inspect in Income tax or Excise department)
- So joining as TA, you begin at one step lower.
- Promotion wise, CBDT (direct tax) is far better than CBEC.
- Both of these are transferable jobs. when you become a senior, you are automatically transferred to your home town for convenience.
Upper Division clerk
| Y |
Upper division clerkCentral Govt. Offices/Ministries other
than CSCS cadres |
Pay Band -I: f 5200-20200 |
- (Mostly) Delhi posting. He gets transferred from one ministry to another.
- Promotion : Upper Division clerk-> Assistant (generally after 5-7 years)
- Assistant>to>Section officer.
Ok this concludes discussion on “Desk Jobs”.
Now moving to Field jobs: Inspectors in Income Tax, Excise, CBI, Narcotics etc.
Field jobs: (Inspectors)
- I classify them under : Tax and Non-Tax
- Tax means Direct (Income tax) and indirect tax.(customs and Excise)
- Non tax means: CBI, narcotics and postal Department.
Let’s start with Tax inspectors
Tax authorities: CBDT vs CBEC
First understand the difference
Direct tax
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- Levied on your income and property.
- Income tax, corporate tax, capital gains tax are examples of Direct tax.
- Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) deals with it.
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Indirect tax
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- Levied on goods and services.
- Service tax, custom-excise are examples of Indirect tax.
- Central Board of Excise duty (CBEC) deals with it.
- Note: Sales tax is also an indirect tax, but State Governments look after it.
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Inspectors: Income Tax, Excise, Customs, Examiner
| Organization |
Direct tax (CBDT) |
Indirect Tax (CBEC) |
| Inspector |
Income Tax Inspector |
Excise inspector |
Preventive officer (Custom officer) |
Examiner |
| Application Job code |
J |
K |
L |
M |
| Group |
C |
B |
B |
B |
| Salary |
Pay Band –II f 9300-34800 GP: 4600 |
| Physical test |
NO |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Uniform |
No |
Yes (Khakhi) but optional. |
Yes (White) Always have to wear. |
NO |
| First promotion:Group B Gazetted* |
Income Tax officer (ITO) |
Superintendent |
Superintendent of Customs |
Appraiser |
| 2nd Promotion Group A*(IRS) |
Assistant Commissioner |
Assistant Commissioner |
Assistant commissioner |
Assistant commissioner |
| subsequent promotions: |
Deputy Commissioner.
then Joint Commissioner > Addl. Commissioner > Commissioner |
Deputy Commissioner |
Superintendent of Customs |
Deputy Commissioner
then Joint Commissioner > Addl. Commissioner > Commissioner |
*notes on promotion
- You’ve to pass departmental exam to get promotion but it is for “screening”, otherwise promotion is actually given based on your zonal seniority.
- In Income Tax and Excise, initial years= you get posting only in the given zone. But once you get the “group-A” promotion that is Assistant Commissioner= you can be posted all india.
- Because those Group A jobs are just same like direct recruitment via UPSC civil service exam.
- According to All India Association of Central Excise Officers, the people joining in Income tax (CBDT) and Examiner (CBEC) get more promotions (6-7!) while Excise inspectors get barely 1-2 promotions, despite joining in the same year.
- Qualification for an ITI to get promoted to ITO is 3 years, though seniority also plays a major role in promotions. So basically it takes atleast 4-6 years to get promoted to ITO(considering the fact that one clears departmental exam in time), depending on the zone. (input by Rahul, CGL 2010).
Now let’s check the work profile of individual inspectors under Tax authorities
Income Tax Inspector:Work Profile
He can be posted in one of the following two areas (transferable on cyclic basis)
Assessment of tax
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Non assessment
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- He has to do assessment of income tax to be imposed on an individual, partnership firm, company etc;
- He has and refund of it in case someone has deposited in excess.
- He also has to see the work related to TAX DEDUCTION AT SOURCE (TDS) besides being accompanying a raid team.
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- An Income tax Inspector on non-assessment seat generally has to do do clerical work though he too could be asked to accompany a raid team.
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- He is part of the raiding party.
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- He is entitled for 30 liter of petrol if posted on assessment seat.
- He also gets a SIM from the department on which all STD calls on every type of BSNL/MTNL phone are free; and 400 minutes on other phones whether STD or LOCAL are free for every month.
- This SIM is provided to every ITI irrespective of the seat he is posted at.
Income Tax inspector: Good or bad?
Merit
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Demerits
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- public dealing & regards
- good promotion
- opportunity to prove your talent
- good pay & other benefits
- good workplace and environment
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- vulnerable post involving risks of making enemies..
- Post is under strict vigilance by CVC.
- Lots of departmental jealousy over coveted postings (=have to be alert of the backstabbing bastards)
- departmental complains from colleagues and public can get you in trouble very easily.
- too much hardwork & treachery to remain in importance.
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Now let’s talk about the inspectors associated with indirect taxes viz. excise inspector, prevention officer and examiner.
Physical requirements (Indirect Taxes)
Following are the requirements for Central Excise/Examiner/Preventive Officer/Inspector & Sub-Inspector In Central Bureau of Narcotics.
| Gender |
Male |
Female |
| Height |
157.5cm |
152 cms |
| Weight |
NA |
48kg minimum |
| Chest |
81 cm fully expanded |
NA |
| Walking |
1600 metres in 15 minutes |
1 Km. in 20 minutes |
| Cycling |
8 Kms. In 30 minutes |
3 km in 25 mins. |
Height relaxation
In case of Garwalis, Assamese, Gorkhas and ST candidates.
| Male |
Female |
| Height relaxable by 5 cms. |
Height relaxable by 2.5 cms.Weight by 2 Kgs. |
Ok now let’s check the work profiles
Excise inspector vs Preventive Officer: Work Profile

Excise & Service Tax
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Customs (Preventive Officer)
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- You have certain number of factory units or business entities under you.
- Your job is to scrutinize records to verify that the correct amount of the tax has been paid (according to production of particular goods).
- have some control over the production, money making capacity of community industrialist, business men, etc. your area of working is defined.
Even in the Customs Intelligence Agency like DRI, the most of the personnel belong to Central Excise. Thus, the Central Excise category officers have multi-skilled expertise
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- for those wanting an adventurous jobs, area of work is very broadly defined.
- in special cases you can also go out of your area also to nab a culprit, which gives u some more power than CE excise, ServiceTax or an Income Tax Inspector.
- Its a kind of job of both collecting intelligence as well as prevention- be prepared to work day and night, far away from your home.
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- sometimes they conduct raids etc but not so adventurous or risky.
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- Customs always surrounded by enemies.: on one direction there are smugglers/culprits and on the other hand are unsatisfied colleagues trying to ruin your hardwork by intruding into your information, network and assignments.(=backstabbing bastards)
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Preventive Officer vs Examiner: Work profile
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Preventive officer
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Examiner
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| Uniform |
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No. |
| Work |
- It Is more about intelligence gathering and raids.
- Checking boats, cargos, containers coming from foreign ports.
- auction and disposal of confiscated goods.
- a preventive officer also acts as a facilitator of trade and commerce and tourism.
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- examine the goods imported or to be exported and assessing duty on that.
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- These are all “Tax” officers.(direct or indirect).
- There is one more officer associated with taxation: Assistant Enforcement officer (AEO). But he doesn’t fall under CBDT or CBEC. He is under Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue.
- Enforcement directorate basically looks into 1) Moneylaundering 2)FERA, FEMA (Foreign exchange)
Assistant Enforcement Officer (AEO)
- If posted in the field, he carries out regular inspector type of work, viz.
- prevention of money laundering,
- to conduct searches of suspected persons, conveyances and premises
- seize incriminating materials (including Indian and foreign currencies involved),
- to arrest and prosecute the person suspected to be involved in the act of money laundering, etc.
Assistant Enforcement Officer: Posting
10 zonal offices
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11 sub-zonal offices
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| Headed by Joint Director |
By Deputy director |
| Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai |
Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Madurai, Nagpur, Patna, Srinagar and Varanasi |
Now let’s talk about non-tax inspectors.
CBI Sub-Inspector
| Job code |
Name |
Pay |
| O |
CBI sub-inspector (group B) earlier he was in “C” but recently changed to “B” |
Pay Band –II f 9300-34800GP 4200 |
- interview=yes
- physical=yes
CBI: Physical requirement
Height
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- For men – 165 cms.
- For women – 150 cms.
- Height relaxable for Hillsmen and Tribals : 5 cms.
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Chest
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- 76 cms. with expansion (There shall be no such requirement in case of female candidates)
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Vision
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- Eye-sight (with or without glasses)
- Distant vision : 6/6 in one and 6/9 in the other eye.
- Near vision 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in other eye.
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No physical test (like running, cycling carried out, unlike those indirect tax inspector jobs).
CBI Subinspector: Work profile
- Life in CBI is stressful due to heavy workload and deadlines there.
- Training duration is 32 weeks involving physical training and training on criminal and anti-corruption laws. During the training the daily physical activity includes 2 km run, PT, Drill in the morning and Games/Unarmed Combat Course in the evening.
- It is not a 24 x 7 job; but sometimes the work streches beyond the usual working hours i.e. sometimes one has to work till 8 or 9 pm. Usually on Saturdays, if the workload is more, the work goes on as usual; though Sundays are spared.
- Also in some branches like Special Crime etc, the job involves a fair bit of travelling especially in the starting years.
- The nature and hours of work also differs from branch to branch and place to place. Some branches have less workload and so the personnel can take it easy.
- No uniform required.
- Sub Inspectors in CBI or for that matter any rank in CBI does not possess revolver/pistol.
- In a very few cases, when a search is to be carried out in some dangerous places, weapons are issued to the staff.
Narcotics inspector/Subins.
Central Bureau of Narcotics=CBN
| Job code |
Name |
Pay |
| S |
Inspector |
Pay Band –II f 9300-34800GP 4200 |
| # |
Subinspector |
Pay Band -I: f 5200-20200, GP=2400. |
- Mrunal edit: still searching for job profile, posting, promotion etc. if you’ve information, kindly post it in comments.
Postal inspector
- Well this doesn’t really count as “field job” because Field job=social status and nuisance power- unfortunately postal inspector gets neither.
Update: input from Mr.Abhi D.
Inspector of Posts (IP) is either posted as Subdivisonal Inspector or IP-PG(Public Grievance). He/she is incahrge of about 60-70 post offices within his/her subdivison. He/she is appointing authority for GDS (Gramin Dak sevaks and conducts their interview). He/she is assisted in his work by two Mail overseers.He/she gets seperate office and montly allowance for internet and telephone (Rs 750) . He/she is provided with a laptop and he gets his travelling expenses reimbursed by submitting TA(about Rs 2000 for 10 days on tour ).
| Job code |
Name |
Pay |
| O |
Inspector of Posts (group B) |
Pay Band –II f 9300-34800, GP-4200 |
- Inspector of posts is there with every postal division.
- There must be 2 or more divisions in district.
- Presently the Postal inspector must go to canvass people for getting Postal Life Insurance and also they have to acquire a huge sum for the department.
- The Department of Posts has given instructions to all circles to enhance their growth by 20 percent- All such burden comes on Postal inspector.
By the way how to prepare SSC CGL exam?
Booklist, strategy, topicwise analysis of last three years, cutoffs everything given in following articles:
| General Awareness Tier I |
Click me |
| Maths / Quantitative Aptitude for Tier I and II |
Click me |
| Reasoning / General Intelligence for Tier I |
Click me |
| English Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension for Tier I and II |
Click me |
| Cut off marks of 2011 and 2012 |
Click me |
If I selected for cgl
interview post …….can I apply for cgl exam In future please reply….
Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know you can apply for other posts as long as the grade pay is above your current GP.
Dear Mrunal jee,
I’ve qualified in Tier I of SSC CGL 2013. My roll number is on the published list. But beside that my name has a slight error- in my surname an alphabet is missing. My surname is shown “MA APATRA” instead of “MAHAPATRA”. My name is printed correctly on my admit card and I had put my correct signature in the attendance list in the exam hall. What should I do now?
If I fail in the physical test for a post, will I be considered for other posts also?
Waiting to hear from you eagerly.
Hii everyone,
wat is the meaning if there is given cat-6 in ssc result n I hv applied only for intelligence officer in ncb.plz provide information if anyone knows…thanx
Hi everybody . My name is anand I want to know if I qualified in cgl and I got interview post which is not my choice can I apply next cgl 2014………. please suggest me … thanks
Yes
@rohitash
Dear Anand, you can NOT get a post which was not chosen by you earlier. If you got a post which is not to your liking (e.g. in my case Dept of Post/ Railway), AFAIK you can opt out of joining and rewrite the exam the following year.
PS: Generally there is a formality where you are offered a post and you are at your discretion whether to accept it. After you accept it, you are given a joining date. You join your respective office on the joining date and receive your joining letter.
Regards
Arabinda
You are wrong. One can join one post and still apply in next years exam 2014 for a different post.
A wonderful fact given in SSC CGL 2012 Discussion Group.I have taken this piece from there.Helpful in prefering posts in Staff Selection Commissionn Combined Graduate Level Exam.
Some well-known facts about the Differenent services in SSC CGL. Order is in sequence wise of their importance.
• Promotion wise best job:- Assistant in CSS, ITI, Assistant in AFHQ
• Exposure wise:- Assistant in CSS, Assistant in Mea, Sub Inspector in CBI
• Pay wise including allowance:-General Assistant or Cypher Assistant if posted outside India ,Assistant in Intelligence Bureau or Assistant in CSS depends upon posting, Assistant in Railway or ITI
• Nature of Job wise:- Assistant, Sub-Inspector in CBI, Auditor
• Home Posting Wise:-Auditor, Accountant or Junior Accountant, Statistical Investigator
• Potential to earn money through Unconstitutional means or Corruption wise:-Examiner, Excise-Inspector, Preventive Officer, ITI or Divisional Accountant
• Authority immediately after joining:- Sub-Inspector in CBI,Examiner, Division Accountant
• Relaxation wise means discretion to do the job:-Divisional Accountant, Auditor, Statistical Investigator-II
• To leave permanently in Power Corridor wise:-Assistant in CSS only
• Close relationship with politicians:- Assistant in CSS only
• Influence on Society:- Assistant in CSS only
• Multi-dimensional Job wise:-Assistant in CSS only
• The Most Influence of post on the following types on people
1. On villager :- Assistant in CSS-In Hindi:-केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा-Say I work in सचिवालय
2. On student from Village back-ground:- Assistant in CSS-In Hindi:-केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा
3. On urban student:-Sub-Inspector in CBI or ITI or Examiner or Excise equally
4. On urban adventurous student- Sub-Inspector in CBI
5. On highly educated People means Doctorate, Lawyer:- Assistant in CSS-In Hindi:-केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा
6. On children:-Sub Inspector in CBI
7. Educated Aged:- Assistant in CSS-In Hindi:-केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा
8. On GOI or State employees:- Assistant in CSS-In Hindi:-केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा
9. Students who reads about public administration:- Assistant in CSS-In Hindi:-केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा
10. One who prefer money nothing else:-Examiner only
11. Local or Even big Goons:-SI in CBI
12. On small level Politicians:-SI in CBI
13. On railway, post and telegrapher and PSU:- SI in CBI.
• Students prefer which posts as their first preference:-Examiner or ITI equally.ITI a little preferable even over Examiner.
• Charming designation name wise: – Assistant Enforcement Officer, Examiner, Income Tax Inspector or Central Excise equally, Preventive Officer.
• Supportive Colleagues wise:-Any assistant Job, Accountant, Auditor
• The best training Wise:-Assistant in CSS,SI in CBI
• Those who wanted to prepare for IAS:-Assistant in CSS, ITI, Auditor
• The Worst promotion wise:-Excise Inspector or Preventive Officer equally, AEO, Job with small cadre like Assistant in Enforcement Directorate
• To be in contact with some top bureaucrats of the country:-Assistant in CSS only
• Power wise different posts:-
1. To show power to corporate when investigating big economic offences:- Assistant Enforcement Officer though he only do what he is directed to.
2. Power wise in day to day matter:- Examiner.
3. To handle different types of cases of the most powerful people: CBI.
4. Power in making policy:-Assistant in CSS.
5. Power in gaining money:-Examiner or Excise-Inspector.
6. Power in pin-pointing mistakes:-Auditor.
7. Risky situation wise:-SI in CBI, Assistant Enforcement Officer, Preventive Officer.
8. To know some biggest secrets of the country:-Assistant in CSS only.
9. To know some secrets related to intelligence gathering:-Assistant in Intelligence bureau or Assistant in CSS equally, Cypher Assistant in MEA, SI in CBI.
Note: – A few exception in contrary to public belief
• ITI has no power which candidates initially belief, after becoming ITO he has a few marginal powers though exercise after taking permission from Assistant Commissioner.
• The Condition of AEO is same as ITI
• Examiner gains authority from his very first day.
• The “Chatak life” people talk about is only in SI in CBI. Similar to State Government police job. After a few time a few lazy people founds this job quite headache. Good for those who really wants headache. Good job for daring people.
• When assistant takes 2 promotions, it is equal to 3 promotion of Inspector post.
• Mostly Preventive Officer tries to switch their job after joining.
• Risk factors outweigh money consideration in Preventive Officer, ITI.
• No money in AEO.
• No more corruption at Inspector level in Income Tax as It was earlier used to be. Those who do at this level are being caught owing to ethical conduct by the colleagues who are not on money earning sit.
• In excise a only a few gets chance to earn money not everyone.
• There is no difference between State Government Police Job, Delhi Police or SI in CBI.
Overall the best post after considering these above factors is Assistant in CSS. This is the best Grade-B post of All. This post is for those who wanted to give the credit of their success to minister though ready to bear the blame e.g. like Missing Coal-Scam Files. Hardly anything is happened in this country, who files is not gone under the signature of Dealing hand means Assistant. Whatever note or drafts he puts, rarely modifies at subsequent level. Very big role in policy making.
In state Governments:-These Assistant post is known as Review Officer at state level. At few other place Section Officer or Assistant Section Officer.
The Designation of Assistant in CSS particularly is going to change as a ‘Secretariat Officer’. May other secretariat services follow this Nomenclature, Once CSS adopts it.
My own preference considering the all above factor. I am supposing that I am daring, risk taking and adventurous people. Top 10 post for me.
1. Assistant in CSS.
2. Examiner.
3. Cypher Assistant.
4. Assistant in MEA.
5. Income Tax Inspector.
6. SI in CBI.
7. Assistant in AFHQ.
8. Assistant in Railway.
9. Central Excise Inspector.
10. Assistant Enforcement Officer.
While choosing job, I personally feel, Candidates should decide first whether they are interested in secretariat job or executive. If they are interested in secretariat they should go for Assistant post first and Assistant in CSS specifically. If they like Executive post, they should prefer Inspector Post and Examiner specifically. If really adventurous then SI in CBI only.
Job preference depends upon individual. Every individual should opt his preferable post according to his liking. Don’t decide what others say. Try to know one liking. If Ones take decision on preference of job after consulting others without preferring his own liking, afterwards joining they start getting dissatisfied with their jobs.
Over all the jobs in SSC-CGL are the few best jobs in India. And a few lucky guys able to grab it.
Wonderful share. Thank you very much.
whts dis CSS???
how much hav to score in tier-2 to got the job in CSS??
CSS is Central Secretariat Services.Employee of these services sits in all the ministry excluding Railway and Ministry of External Affairs.Even in UPSC,Cabinet Secretariat,PMO,President and Planning commission, most of employee belongs to these services.At the secretary post us usual manned by IAS.They can go upto Joint Secretary and Additional secretary in the rarest of the rare case.Cut off depends upon comparative performance.But CPT test a computer exclusive for this test is mandatory in nature.
@Narender Singh,
If i clear d cut off for MEA…is there any surety that i got the job…..i mean…its depends on number of availability of seats
I was not aware of these pros and cons . I ended up with a central excise inspector post in 2011. Is there any scope for improvement in promotion prospects with the proposed cadre restructuring?
Why not?But no surety of parity with Assistant Post or ITI or Examiner or Auditor.
Most of Info not true.
e.g. consider this statement
ITI has no power which candidates initially belief, after becoming ITO he has a few marginal powers though exercise after taking permission from Assistant Commissioner.
ITI is investigating authority, it is ITI who do Rekis for raids, investigation & prepare the case & then refer it to ITO or Asst. Comm as the case will be.
2nd ITO has vast range of powers, he is sole incharge of a ward, all the cases will be done by him in his/her ward, Asst Comm has no intereference powers.
3rd An ITO never has to take permission from asst comm bcz both have their diff areas & both of them report to Joint/Addl. comm
see every Comm has some ranges under it
each range is headed by Addl. or joint comm.
each range has 1 circle & 3-4 wards
each circle is headed by asst comm & ward by ITO
each one of them had sub0rdinate staff like Insp, tax assistant Sr. Jr., Notice server, office secretary, cashier, Tapal person, daily wagers, contractors, person for typing etc. all of them is headed by Insp. & he reports to ITO.
SI CBI not a wise choice
Thank you very much sir for a wonderful analysis. It will surely help me and all other candidates.
I have one query though. Why did you give Asst. Cypher as your choice above general Asst.in MEA? Is Asst. Cypher better than the general assistant in MEA?
is there any corruption in assistant in css……also please explain elaborately the work profile of divisional accountant….
Good Analysis ,Mrunal sir !!!!!
By the way,I have no regrets about not joining Assistant in MEA though I was the topper that year for the post (overall AIR–40,SSC CGL 2011).
Regret kar bhi rahe hooge to hamein kyun bataoge. Aise bhi ab kuch nahi kiya ja sakta.
Dear Sir, Can you please tell me how much number is needed to get auditor post under C&AG (in own state)? Thanks.
Hi,
for excise inspector, will there be any vision test. Please reply..
help me folks, since i am appearing first time in this exam so i have no idea about the different departments so i gave job preference in random order. i gave first preference to tax assistance and third preference to assistant in mea, now after reading this article i find that i have committed a blunder, as assistance in mea should have been first preference in my case.now i am eligible for tier 2 and sure that i will qualify for mea job,plz tell me if i clear minimum cut-off for mea whould i have been offered in mea or tax assistance first?? and what if i don’t accept tax assistance job???
preference cannot be changed now. You’ll get tax assistant job even if you are a CGL topper.
in this case try to dodge DEST exam if u r sure of mea
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Sir, please provide the details of the work profile for Assistants in Intelligence Bureau
for more details watch ek that Tiger minus the Katrina kaif part.
liked give some info on narcotics
sir how much should i score(i.e. in t1+t2+interview combined) to get assistant post in CSS???
sir, if someone is selected for the cgl ,he does not want to join it this year.In this case will he be permitted to appear at the next year examination
Hello Sir,
I wanted to clarify something from you. After reading your discussions both on ACIO exam and CGL exam, I am doubtful regarding the career graph for candidates joining IB through ACIO and those joining through CGL. I realise that in the beginning the job profile isn’t the same for both of them, but ultimately do the candidates from both entries reach the same post and/or do the same job?
Also, are the cut-off marks that you have given for previous years for Tier 2 of CGL exam out of 600 (200-tier 1 + 400-tier 2)?
Waiting eagerly for your reply.
Thank you.
I didnt know about the job profiles when i filled the form
can i change my preference if i get selected ?
Mr Mrunal,
I would like to bring to your notice that information provided here , regarding job Profile is incomplete, and thus erroneous. It assumes importance in the light of the fact that many students from rural areas,like I myself ,relies upon website like this to make important decisions like filling up the Preference form. Kindly rectify the info.
Inspector of Posts (IP) is either posted as Subdivisonal Inspector or IP-PG(Public Grievance). He/she is incahrge of about 60-70 post offices within his/her subdivison. He/she is appointing authority for GDS (Gramin Dak sevaks and conducts their interview). He/she is assisted in his work by two Mail overseers.He/she gets seperate office and montly allowance for internet and telephone (Rs 750) . He/she is provided with a laptop and he gets his travelling expenses reimbursed by submitting TA(about Rs 2000 for 10 days on tour ).
thanks for your input, it has been updated.
Also provision has been passed by CBDT for a laptop & a mobile phone to every inspector, And a mobile phone to every sub-ordinate staff. Laptop & dongle is there from ITO onward already.
It will come into execution in next 2-3 months.
Hello Fellow Aspirants,
Anyone have real knowledge regarding the effect of Austerity enforced by P Chidambaram on upcoming Govt Exams in 2014.
I am an aspirant of SSC CGL 2014. With this announcement, I am really worried regarding my Plans with SSC CGL 2014.:(
Article says, “There will be no new Jobs for 1 year” . My Questions are
1. What exactly “New Jobs” means?
2. Would It Effect SSC CGL 2014?
3. If Yes, By what time Scenario Will be clear?
I would really appreciate if anyone can Clear these conflicts(Based on real Data only).
Thanks in Advance,
SSC CGL Aspirant.
Dear Mrunal Sir
You have discussed about both C&AG and CGDA. But I want to know about CGA, that if the posts are only in Delhi or are they in other states also. Also send a list of offices, if available.
Also please discuss Compiler in Registrar general of India.
Hi Dear Sir,
how much score should i get in SSC CGL tierI and tierII to join SI in CBI.
please sir I request you to answer of my above question..
one query..presently working as po in boi..joined last december..failed in upsc mains in previous three attempts but want to give my best in my last attempt..will apply for leave without pay in april or may..dont know whether bank will fire me or not if i come there after 6-7 months and upsc is known for ditching. so just want to know if i every thng goes against me,is auditor post in cag office good enough to carry on or should i give more govt exams.Thank You
Auditor gets promoted to senior auditor(GP – 4200) in 3yrs, but after that promotion takes time.Life will be peaceful here.Obviously it is better than Bank P.O. Once you are in field you have real power.It is good but if possible try for some GR B level post.
thnx for reply Rahul..but i m over 27,had given ssc 2012 just for the sake of giving it..regretted that i should had given it earlier.So only insurance companies job and state pcs are left for me..couldnt qualify rbi by 1 mark.So in dilemna wat to do becoz banks job is really overburdened with lesser staffs and more risks involved.
poor you :( i hope you are able to get out of the hectic bank life soon…
mrunal pls help me, i hv opted central secreteriat ie otion A as my first preference in cgl, i want to ask that if i fail the cpt which is necessary for css, will i be considered for the next post like external affairs or ministry of railways if i score abv their cut offs?
YES
sir, i have some neurological disorder its some malformation in head with this am i eligible to field posts?
Whether this is the apt post to ask or not,i have a query regarding the difference between working in a PSU and a SSC Job in terms of the In-hand compensation,the perks and the dignity or “rutba”??
sir, i would like to know if a person gives preference post wise ITI, EXCISE INSPECTOR only & states preference bihar, UP delhi .if he is not able to achieve adequate marks for bihar& up , he will be selected for iti in other states which he has not given preference?
No
Mrunal sir ….waiting for your opinion and comment on tier 2 exam…Was that really easy ? will cutt off soar upto 360..??
yes i think so
i want to know about stegno C n D post job profiles…do u have any idea??
Great work collecting this info.
i want to know, that if i get selected for a 4600 gp post can i apply for same grade pay next year, as it was said by someone in the comments thak u can only apply for highers gp post only???