[To be published on the website of the Commission ([Link] on 01.12.
2025]
भारत सरकार,
कर्मचारी चयन आयोग,
कार्र्मक, लोक र्िकायत और पेंिन र्ंत्रालय,
ब्लॉक स॰ 12, केन्द्रीय कायामलय पररसर,
लोधी रोड, नई र्िल्ली – 110003
NOTICE
Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and SSF, and Rifleman (GD)
in Assam Rifles Examination, 2026
Dates for submission of Online Application Form 01.12.2025 to 31.12.2025
Last date and time for receipt of Online Application 31.12.2025 (23:00)
Form
Last date and time for making Online Fee Payment 01.01.2026 (23:00)
Dates of ‘Window for Online Application Form
Correction’ including online payment of correction 08.01.2026 to 10.01.2026 (23:00)
charges
Tentative Schedule of Computer Based Examination Feb- April, 2026
“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER
BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”
F. No. HQ-C-3007/10/2025-C-3: As per the Recruitment Scheme formulated by the Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA) and as per the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Staff
Selection Commission will conduct an Open Competitive Examination for recruitment to the
posts of Constable (General Duty) in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP),
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), and Secretariat Security Force (SSF), and Rifleman (General
Duty) in Assam Rifles (AR). The recruitment process will consist of Computer Based
Examination (CBE), Physical Standard Test (PST), Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Medical
Examination and Document Verification. The salient features of the Recruitment Examination
are as follows:
1.1. The Notice of the Examination will be published by the SSC based on the Scheme
of Examination and the vacancies provided by the MHA.
1.2. Application Forms will be accepted through online mode only.
1.3. Computer Based Examination (CBE) will be conducted by the Commission in
English, Hindi and in 13 Regional Languages viz. (i) Assamese, (ii) Bengali, (iii)
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Gujarati, (iv) Kannada, (v) Konkani, (vi) Malayalam, (vii) Manipuri, (viii) Marathi,
(ix) Odia, (x) Punjabi, (xi) Tamil, (xii) Telugu and (xiii) Urdu.
1.4. Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Detailed Medical
Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) and Document
Verification (DV) will be scheduled and conducted by the CAPFs.
1.5. Collection of required eligibility certificates/ documents from the candidates and
their verification will be carried out at the time of Detailed Medical Examination
and Document Verification by the CAPFs.
1.6. Vacancies of Constable (GD) in SSF will be filled up on an All-India basis whereas
vacancies in all other CAPFs will be filled up as per the vacancies available in
various States/ UTs. In addition, vacancies are earmarked for the Border Guarding
Districts and Militancy/ Naxal affected Districts, which are reserved for the
candidates of these districts only.
1.7. The lists containing names of Border Guarding Districts and Militancy/ Naxal
affected areas are available at Annexure-XI and Annexure-XII respectively.
1.8. Final results along with Force allocation will be declared by the Commission based
on the performance of candidates in the Computer Based Examination and
preference of forces opted by them in the Online Application Form subject to their
having qualified Physical Standard Test, Physical Efficiency Test, Medical
Examination and other conditions stipulated in the Notice of the Examination.
1.9. Court cases/ RTI/ Public Grievances relating to the conduct of the Computer Based
Examination, preparation of merit list, Force allocation of selected candidates and
final result will be handled by the SSC and the issues relating to other matters,
namely, policy related issues arisen in the Examination, Scheme of the
Examination, vacancies, conduct of PET/ PST, DME/ RME, Document
Verification etc. will be handled by the MHA/ the coordinating CAPFs.
1.10. Admission Certificates for all stages of the Examination will not be sent by Post.
Facility for download of Admission Certificates will be provided on the websites
of the Commission/HQ as well as on the website of CRPF i.e.
[Link] Candidates are advised to regularly visit the websites of
the Commission i.e. [Link] the Regional Office concerned and the
Nodal CAPF i.e. CRPF for updates on the Examination process and download
Admission Certificates for each stage of the Examination.
2 Pay Scale: Pay Level – 3 (₹21,700/- to ₹ 69,100/-) for all the posts.
3 Vacancies: The details of vacancies are as follows:
Force Male Total Female Total Grand
SC ST OBC EWS UR SC ST OBC EWS UR Total
BSF 78 58 113 53 222 524 11 7 20 5 49 92 616
CISF 1918 1391 2958 1321 5547 13135 205 152 326 150 627 1460 14595
CRPF 870 32 1343 598 2523 5366 15 8 27 8 66 124 5490
SSB 257 167 412 176 752 1764 0 0 0 0 0 0 1764
ITBP 146 139 219 109 486 1099 24 25 38 16 91 194 1293
AR 161 302 278 157 658 1556 14 30 25 10 71 150 1706
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SSF 3 2 6 2 10 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Total 3433 2091 5329 2416 10198 23467 269 222 436 189 904 2020 25487
3.1. The vacancies are Tentative. Vacancies in detail (state-wise, force-wise, gender-
wise category-wise etc.) are available on the website of the Commission
([Link] For Candidates > Tentative Vacancy). Any change in the
number of vacancies will be intimated through the website of the Commission.
3.2. 10% vacancies are earmarked for Ex-servicemen (ESM). If suitable ESM
candidates are not available, vacancies reserved for ESM will be filled by non-ESM
candidates of the respective categories.
3.3. As the vacancies in CAPFs have been earmarked State/ UT-wise, candidates are
required to submit a Domicile/ Permanent Residential Certificate of the State/ UT
indicated by them in the Online Application Form at the time of DME/ Documents
Verification failing which their candidature will be cancelled forthwith and they
will not be allowed to appear in the Detailed Medical Examination. If a candidate
produces Domicile/ Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) issued by a State other
than the State mentioned in his/ her Online Application Form, he/ she shall not be
allowed to change the State at the time of Document Verification and his/her
candidature shall be cancelled straightaway. Therefore, candidates should fill in the
Online Application Form very carefully.
3.4. Candidates recommended for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India.
3.5. The appointment of candidates after their selection is subject to the availability of
seats in the training facilities of various CAPFs. As such, candidates may be
appointed in phases in accordance with the availability of training space. The
joining and in-service issues, seniority, training etc. will be regulated in accordance
with the rules and regulations of various Organizations participating in this
Examination.
3.6. The Commission shall not prepare or maintain a waiting list /reserve list after the
declaration of the final result of the Examination.
4 Nationality/ Citizenship: Candidate must be a citizen of India. Vacancies in CAPFs &
AR are State/UT/area wise; hence a candidate must submit a domicile certificate/ PRC
against his domiciled state/ UT.
5 Age Limit: The crucial date for age reckoning is fixed as 01-01-2026 in accordance with
the provisions of the DoP&T OM No. 14017/70/87-Estt.(RR) dated 14-07-1988.
Accordingly, the age of the candidate must be 18-23 years as on 01-01-2026 (i.e.,
candidates born not before 02-01-2003 and not later than 01-01-2008).
5.1. Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as under:
Code No Category Age-Relaxation Permissible
beyond the upper age limit
1 SC/ ST 5 years
2 OBC 3 years
3 Ex-Servicemen 3 years after deduction of the
military service rendered from
the actual age as on the date of
reckoning.
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Code No Category Age-Relaxation Permissible
beyond the upper age limit
4 Children and dependents of victims 5 years
killed in the 1984 riots (Unreserved/
EWS)
5 Children and dependents of victims 8 years
killed in the 1984 riots (OBC)
6 Children and dependents of victims 10 years
killed in the 1984 riots (SC/ ST)
5.2. Date of Birth (DoB) filled by the candidate in the Online Application Form and the
same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will be
accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no subsequent request for
change will be considered or granted. In case of a mismatch between DoB, the
candidature of such candidate shall be liable to rejection at any stage of the
Examination.
5.3. Ex-Servicemen (ESM), who have already secured employment in the civil side
under the Government on a regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation
given to Ex-Servicemen for their re-employment, are not eligible for reservation in
the ESM category and fee concession. However, he can avail himself of the benefit
of reservation as an Ex-Serviceman for subsequent employment if he immediately
after joining civil employment, has given a self-declaration/ undertaking to the
employer concerned about the date-wise details of applications for various
vacancies for which he had applied for before joining the initial civil employment
as mentioned in the DoP&T OM No. 36034/1/2014-Estt (Res) dated 14th August
2014.
5.4. The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall
also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for the purpose of age-
relaxation.
5.5 The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-
servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Service and Posts)
Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time and the instructions issued by the
Government vide DoP&T's OM No.36012/3/ 2021-Estt. ([Link]) dated 27.02.2023,
which provides, inter-alia, as under: -
i) Candidates working in the Armed Forces would become eligible for
applying Civil posts only when he completes the prescribed period of
Armed Forces Service within a year from the last date of receiving
application in connection with Special Recruitment/Examination, etc.,
prescribed by the Competent Authority.
ii) Provided, when selection process takes more than one year, from the last
date of receiving of applications, the candidate will not be declared
ineligible under Ex-servicemen category only on the ground that he has got
himself released from Armed Forces after one year from the last date of
receiving of application.
iii) Such candidates are also required to be in possession of the prescribed
certificate and the Undertaking as at Annexure-V [Appendix-V(A) and
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V(B)] of the Rules, by the closing date of the Online Application Form as
may be notified by the Commission in its Notice for the Examination.
5.6 Explanation: An 'Ex-Serviceman' means a person:
5.6.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the
Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union, and
a. who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service
whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning
his or her pension; or
b. who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable
to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded
medical or other disability pension; or
c. who has been released from such service as a result of a reduction in
establishment;
or
5.6.2 Who has been released from such service after completing the specific period
of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or
discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a
gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial Army, namely, pension
holders for continuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service;
or
5.6.3 Personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of the Regular Army and
retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service
with pension, or are released from the Army Postal Service on medical grounds
attributable to or aggravated by military service or circumstance beyond their
control and awarded medical or other disability pension;
or
5.6.4 Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six
months prior to the 14th April 1987;
or
5.6.5 Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of the
Territorial Army;
or
5.6.6 Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical grounds and granted medical
disability pension.
5.7 The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from
service, would come under the category of Ex-Serviceman and will be permitted to
apply for re-employment one year before the completion of the specified term of
engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to Ex-Servicemen
but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete the specified
term of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.
5.8 Age-concession/ reservation is not admissible to sons, daughters and
dependents of Ex-Servicemen. Therefore, such candidates should not indicate
their category as Ex-Servicemen.
5.9 Children mean:
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