- 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 âPreference orderâ for the SSC-CGL job application?
- So, following information should help you get some idea.
- Please note: Iâve 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 âfixedâ. (in most cases, except Assistant (cypher).
- Itâs 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 ârightâ jobs because of the âCity âpostingâ (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 âdangerousâ. (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 donât want to shift to Delhi, then job of Assistant in CSS and various Central Ministries=useless for you.
- Similarly, if you donât want to leave India, then MEA assistant =useless.
Now, weâll see the Desk jobs, and in the later part of the article, weâll see the Field jobs.
Assistants
Theyâre 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 donât 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 âII 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 youâre 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 youâll have 5 ,10 etc.so promotions are faster in CSS.
Work diversity: CSS vs Other assistants
- If you become Assistant in say Railways, then youâre 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 youâre 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 youâll 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 âAâ).
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.
- Letâs 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 âEâ |
Code âFâ |
- 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 itâs 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 donât tick these job-codes (application code âE and Fâ)
Assistant in Railways
- Job Code is âDâ
- Assistant in railways: good job ,youâll 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 âCâ
Pay Band âII 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.
- Theyâve 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:Â click me to see the list of CGDA offices
Experience (of a serving officer in CGDA)
(Iâm 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.
- itâs 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 âCâ 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 âDesk Jobsâ.
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.
Letâs 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 âII 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
- Youâve to pass departmental exam to get promotion but it is for âscreeningâ, 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 âgroup-Aâ 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 letâs 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 letâs 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 letâs 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 âTaxâ officers.(direct or indirect).
- There is one more officer associated with taxation: Assistant Enforcement officer (AEO). But he doesnât 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 letâs 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 âII 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 âII f 9300-34800GP 4200 |
| # |
Subinspector |
Pay Band -I: f 5200-20200, GP=2400. |
- Mrunal edit: still searching for job profile, posting, promotion etc. if youâve information, kindly post it in comments.
Postal inspector
- Well this doesnât really count as âfield jobâ 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 âII 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 |
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| Maths / Quantitative Aptitude for Tier I and II |
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| Cut off marks of 2011 and 2012 |
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what are the different type of medical test conducted by ssc cgl for auditor ?
Sir,
I hv search as per ur info. on Astt. Enforcemnt Officer but m nt getting info. abt. promotion opportunities & role
Also sir i. want full info on Insector In Narcotics Department The facilties, role & promotion opportunities, evrything u cn provide….
Ur Bolg on CGL POST most of ur dobts reagrding the job profiles n it helps in geting our desired job
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thnks a lot sir.. keep on doing this..:-):-):-)
Result aayega kab…. abhi tak toh answer key bhi nahi aaye.. last year key was released within a week… Is the delay voz of the court case?
In a post in FB i saw that the date of next hearing b/w ssc vs some guys
is 28 Nov.Last year by this time leave alone answer keys by SSC even the result was out.
One more thing in the English key of career launcher are all answers given correctly if not then can anybody give link to any other english key where if not 100% atleast 90% answers are correct
bro i have an eye sight of -4.5 … am i eligible for PO,CEX,CBI ???
mrunal,,,awesum blog
but the job profile bout statistical investigator is missing..
i have heard dat SI are given field work also of collecting data by goin door 2 door
is that true?
correct me if iam wrong and also please give details as you did for all other posts(if not more but sum lines)
hello sir, i m expecting 375 marks(t1+t2)in cgl 2013. what r my chances to get inspector in excise or po in excise at gujrat. i m n obc candidate.plz suggest…..
Hi frnds…
I have a small doubt plz clarify me…In SSC CGL exam my post preference is EDBNPTUHJC & state preference is AMXLH(ALL SOUTHERN STATES)…In these preferences there r only 2 non-interview posts that to AUDITOR IN CGA & CGDA rest r interview….I m getn around 347-350 marks 4m OBC(AP) …If my marks r not fitted 2 these non-interview posts….m i m elgibile for other non-interview posts which i have not opted n my preference list..? or else can i expect atleast any1 of these 2 NI posts…
Thnx n advnc frnds..plz help me
Hi Mrunal,
Awesome blog…got lot of information.I have a doubt.
DOES INCOME TAX INSPECTOR JOB IS SUITABLE AND SAFE FOR FEMALES???
please do reply because based on this i can prepare for a suitable job.
Hi anyone,
I am from OBC cat. Mene 4-5 state ke liye preference bhari hai…and post ke liye inspector in IT and Excise bhara hai….I want to know that how the posting is done. SSC ke notice ke hisab se pahle preference ko dekhte hai and unreserved category ki merit list banti hai uske bad other categories ki…..
ab suppose i am getting 450 marks and my preferences are Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi,,,,,and the general category cut off in these states are 470, 440, 449 respectively and OBC cut off is 435, 425, and 440 respectivly then….will i be posted in Gujarat or Rajasthan as I am from OBC…..pleaseguide
Sir at which stage does an IT inspector get amber beacon light vehicle? Is it Additional Commissioner of IT or at earlier stage?
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Job profile of IB
In a way, job satisfying. Pay is ok, work is ok, frustrating at times, but still manageable. Not much social life, real life âTigerâ has no time for Katrina. He is not âEk THAâ but âEk HI Tigerâ. Work environment is not what you expect from an intelligence organization. It is as inefficient as any sarkari office, if not more. But still it is successful ONLY because of max 10% dedicated officers at lower level (ACIO) and higher level (IPS). Patriotism is slightly less than Army, but 100 times more than (State)Police. Zero tolerance towards terrorism. Youâll learn that when you join. As of now, (I have) no plans to leave but I donât see myself continuing more than 3yrs (in this job). My intention is to give as much info to the ACIO aspirants, as I am legally allowed to, so that
They can come in mentally prepared and know what to expect from this job.
They know their rights and strengths. (Regarding leaving job, getting No Objection Certificates (NOC) to write other exams etc.) Because no one will tell them these later on. I do this because no one gave me this info when I joined and I faced difficulties.
Iâm not discouraging anyone from joining. Iâm trying to give people an idea of what lies ahead so that they are not overwhelmed later. If some guy who lives in a fantasy of johnny depps and james bonds cant digest it, not my problem. I have seen people coming in with high expectations only to end up disappointed. (Therefore Iâm providing) both positives and negatives. Although, I admit, negatives seem more in number.
After posting, youâll have ample free time, but in a difficult situation, it is difficult to enter in a studious mindset. But serious candidates will clear UPSC even in such situations. I have given the (following) picture from an averageACIO Training
Initial training (phase 1)
Your initial training in Shivpuri will be mostly physical. Running for 1.5 KMS in the morning, followed by 2 hours of exercise. Then âclassesâ-totally useless 5th standard stuff taught. Utterly useless. Again, exercise in the evening and bed by 10.30PM. This is for 2 months in Shivpuri. Salary in hand (during training): 20,000/- to 25000/-.
Good news is, most of your salary will stay in your bank account as you will not have to spend on anything except food (mess fees- 5 thousand per month).
Save this money, it will be useful if you want to pay the bond amount and leave in the first few months of job posting. You will more or less enjoy this period of training and make good friends. For UPSC candidates, bad news. NO TIME TO STUDY AT ALL! NOT EVEN 30 minutes per day!
Trainees get holidays to write other exams (Ex:UPSC mains) during the training period if they give a written request. This will be good news to those who have training during 2013 mains.Second training (phase 2)
Second training in Delhi. Theory classes from morning till evening. NO PHYSICAL TRAINING. Some lectures by IPS officers are worth listening to, rest are crap.
You will be allowed to roam around in Delhi in the evening. This is for 2 months also. UPSC candidates, here also, no time to study.
Salary in hand: same as in shivpuri( 20 â 25 thousand). you will enjoy this period of training too, have fun with friends you have made in Shivpuri. But sadly, you will not have any more fun in IB for 3 MORE YEARS.First Job Posting
now getting to the SERIOUS STAGE. This stage will teach you a lot about yourself. You will go through some seriously tough circumstances. Enough build-up, here it is-
FIRST JOB POSTING: 99% border area, (kashmir or northEast)
(Although) I found out that from recent years (2009 perhaps) ACIO recruits need not compulsorily undergo border posting after joining. Lucky buggers. They are safe in mainland India, and will have a work atmosphere of a typical sarkari office. So that depressing and scary picture i gave is nothing to worry about now. But they will have to serve in the border at SOME TIME in their career. Border posting wont be too big a problem for an acio with 3 â 4 years service unlike a fresh ACIO recruit. having said this, a very small portion of new recruits are posted in the border for a year or so.
women candidates are treated with slight leniency during posting. They may choose NOT to serve in the border initially. Boys, sorry about that.
Superiors are arrogant, subordinates are kaam-chors. You will be given accommodation in police quarters. There is danger at work, but nothing to be scared of as long as you donât do anything STUPID.
You will have to go and collect info from people whenever your superior (DCIO) asks you to. He might make your life difficult. You WILL be very lonely. You will have no friends to help you, no one to care about you. No one will teach you how to collect info. you will have to learn on your own. You will feel that your work is useless. You will have ZERO power. Even police constable will have 10 times more power than you. Aap bas naam ke hi âOFFICERâ honge. You will be not be given ANY important work. you will feel useless No desh seva and all.
But good thing is, No one will punish you if you are unable to collect info. You WILL be yelled at by your superior, but he CANNOT do anything more. DONT DO ANYTHING STUPID THERE. YOU MAY DIE. The police and army people will know who you are (IB guy) and they WILL NOT cooperate with you. You will go through hell. Most of the time, you will not know what to do.
On the bright side, you will not have too much work. You will have time to study. But most probably, you will be so depressed that you WILL NOT be able to study. This will go on for 3 years. 80 â 90 % of people pay the bond amount (60,000 rupees) and quit before the first year, Good thing is, IB will not create problems if you want to leave. you can even quit one month after your job posting if you find it difficult. No one can stop you from leaving your job, so dont worry. Just keep the bond amount (60,000/-) ready.
Also, NOC certificate to write other exams will be given without much problem. you will have to write a letter to your boss. He will have to compulsorily give permission within 15 days. but permission will be given only if the job you are applying for is of higher pay grade than ACIO-II
If you survive the 3 years IN HELL, you will be given the actual IB training. James Bond ishtyle!! Your job will 90% be in your home state. You will do ACTUAL IB work. chasing terrorists, keeping country safe and things like that.
You can take your spouse with you during posting, except Kashmir. Spouses might not be allowed there. EnquireACIO medial / physical standards
We have guys who wear glasses. So if your vision can be corrected by wearing glasses, that must not be a problem. Youâre fine. relax.
I have seen candidates worrying about things, even little things, and it is understandable. I will say something to clear the doubts of all those people- itâs not army or air force. It is IB, a police job. medical aur baaki sab test bas naam ke hi hain.
(When you get selected) your offer letter will have info in detail. But if you hav a serious condition like asthma, heart problem or low/high BP etc. Get test done PROPERLY and tell IB about it when they ask u. Because during posting in border area, medical help may not be readily available.IB men usually donât carry guns (unless on deputation in CRPF, SPG etc.)
IB men cannot arrest people by themselves.
IB men cannot tell everyone that âI work in IB.â
In Tier-III city you get more than 35000 Salary per month as an ACIO-II.
Awesome information … There is a Assistant IB post in SSC. Do they do the same work and life style as ACIO 2..??
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Central Bureau of Narcotics works mainly:
Superintendence of the licit cultivation of opium poppy in India.Licensing for manufacture of synthetic narcotics drugs under Rule 7 of NDPS Rules, 1985.
Posting Areas: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan only.
CBN Inspector Post-
The Post of an inspector is an executive post under CBN. The inspector looks after all the work relating to cultivation as well as enforcement work and such other works as entrusted to him. Under the NDPS Act, 1985 the inspector has been entrusted to perform as indicated in section 42, 43, 44, 49, and 53 relating to search, seizures and investigation.
Promotion: Inspector<Superintendent<Asst Narcotics Commissioner.
CBN Sub-Inspector Post:
An opium division comprises an average of 4-5 Ranges. A sub inspector in opium division is the in-charge of a Range. His primary duty is to undertake measurement of the area of all the licensed fields, to ensure that there is no cultivation of opium poppy without proper license. He attends to all related functions of his Range. At the time of weighting, the sub inspectors help the DOO and attends other work as assigned relating to procurement of opium, dispatch of opium consignment to Govt opium Factories etc. In addition to the above functions, the sub inspector also attends to the enforcement work and such other work as assigned to him in the field and Headquarters of the department.Under the NDPS Acts, 1985 the sub inspector has been entrusted to perform the functions as indicated in the sections 42, 43, 44 and 49 relating to search and seizures.
Promotions: SI<Inspector<Superintendent.
hello sir, I am scoring 380 + both in tier 1&2.. wat are my chances of getting post .. belongs to gen cate……..
Sir I filled my posts pref in the order CVC>CSS>MEA…I really want to get into the MEA,but if I clear the cutoff for CSS,will I be considered for MEA anyhow?? and what if I skip the CPT? Will that disqualify me from all other pref I had opted for? :(
Kidnly help sir
IF CPT SKIPPED THEN NO DQ, YOU SHALL GET NEXT POST.. HOW MANY MARKS YOU ARE SCORONG…
Im scoring 460 in tier1+tier2….could the cut off for these posts be higher?
Also there is a last year’s detailed doc on ssc site showing lowest and highest marks for various posts in states n all cat,please tell me whether the marks given are out of 600 or includes interview marks too??
yes they are inclusive of interview marks..
and good luck ull get cvc, slim chance for MEA, only if sum1 with higher marks get CVC post, as cvc post are few(only 1 last year)…
But CVC is a much more sought after post than MEA,then how can the cut off of CVC be higher than MEA?
sir i did a very big mistake tht i didn’t give any preference to TA .i give preference as A>D>H>I>F>E>B>C>Q>Y>J>K>L>M>S>P>O>N>T>U>V>G>Q. i m getting 360 in t1+ t2. if i cleared in non interview post. wht shd i do.if i get auditor thn its k.but if auditor is not given thn ll i be considered for TA.pl reply sir.i m depending on you. if ur answer come as yes thn only i ll prepare for CPT(typing test).or there is some other possibility.pl help me sir.
Sir,
In post preference I have filled TA before Auditor.If i score marks more than cut off for auditor then how can i join auditor.If i don’t give CPT for TA then shall i be considered for auditor ?
What are the various career prospects of an assistant enforcement officer….? what are the various promotions and grade pay?
what is the detailed job profile of assistant in MEA?what are the perks and allowances with it?is the info given on various websites true about it?
excellent sir..gr8
can any1 tel me about promotion in cbi?
hello I am getting 358 marks(tier1+tier2)….will i get tax assistant(CBEC) job in my first preference that is rajasthan…and sir let me know which dept (CBEC and CBDT)is better for the promotion and salry aspect…
if i got selected at this time will i write ssc CGL 14 or not… i heard that once a person joined a dept after that he cant write any exam conducted by SSC….
hello frnds..i have few doubts here in selection procedure for ssc….
1.if i havent cleared interview and not selected for interview posts…am i applicable for NoN-Interview posts…
2. is any one know about this “there vl b no new posts for next year”
is it applicable to ssc..
sir ,I passed my 12th science with 2nd attempt in 2006…and have 4 yrs gap after 12th…..I passed my graduation with bsc biotechnology with first class(64%)in 2013……I have no computer course certificate because I NEVER studied computer course from private institution or in college or school…. …….. SIR I AM SELECTED FOR PO INTERVIEW ….WILL THE ABOVE PROBLEM MAKE ME INELIGIBLE FOR INTERVIEW or PROBATIONARY OFFICER POST or DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE / PROBLEM AFTER PASSING AN INTERVIEW???? SIR SHOULD I JOIN MS-CIT COURSE or ANY OTHER COMPUTER COURSE FROM PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS? IF,THEN PLZ LET ME KNOW WHICH COURSE SHOULD I JOIN? PLZ REPLY I M TENSE
what is the best job for girls in bhopal after marriage and it should be non transferable for starting 10 years at least ….
Any 0ne can reply plsssssssssssssss
hello frnds..i have few doubts here in selection procedure for sscâŚ.
1.if i havent cleared interview and not selected for interview postsâŚam i applicable for NoN-Interview postsâŚ
2. is any one know about this âthere vl b no new posts for next yearâ
is it applicable to ssc..
sir, can u tel me about prmotion in CBI?
sir i want syllabus and your point of view about ibps so in it feild
sir i expected my score 355 am comes under obc catagory . is it possible to get interview posts for my score? please give me suggestion
Sir, My score is 375(Tier I = Tier II). Can u please tell me what are the chances?
I am selected as Excise Inspector in 2012…I want to know that in how many years i can be Superintendent (by promotion and by qualifying internal exam) both..