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IB SA Eligibility

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Prospective candidates of Intelligence Bureu Security Assistant (Executive), should satisfy the IB SA Eligibility Criteria: Educational Qualifications and Age Limit to apply for the position of IB SA.
Educational/Academic Qualifications Age Limit
Matriculation (10th class pass) or equivalent from a recognized Board of Education
Knowledge of any one of the local language.
✦Age Limit: Not exceeding 27 years Age-Relaxation for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD/ Others as mentioned in below sections

shape Eligibility

(i) Matriculation (10th class pass) or equivalent from a recognized Board of Education, and (ii) Knowledge of any one of the local language/ dialect mentioned in the Tier-I Centres [Click Here] against each SIB/ Centre of examination.
Desirable: Field experience in Intelligence work.
Not exceeding 27 years
  • Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ ST & by 3 years for OBC candidates.

  • Upper age limit is relaxable for departmental candidates up to 40 years of age who have rendered 3 years of regular & continuous service. This relaxation is applicable only to Central Govt. Civilian employees holding civil posts & not applicable to personnel working in PSUs, Autonomous/ Statuary bodies, etc.

  • The age limit is relaxable up to age of 35 years for general candidates & up to 40 years for SC/ ST in case of widows, divorced women & women judicially separated from their husbands & not remarried.

  • The age limit is relaxable for ex-servicemen as well as for candidates who were domiciled in J&K from 1.1.1980 to 31.12.1989 as well as the children & dependents of victims of communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat as per the Govt. instructions in this regard issued from time to time.

  • The age limit is relaxable up to maximum 5 years to the meritorious sportspersons specified in Para 1 (a) of D.o.P. & A.R., O.M. No. 14015/1/76-Estt.(D), dated 4.8.1980. The candidate claiming for age relaxation in this category must have the desired certificate in the form & from the authority prescribed in OM under reference. (As per the annexure of the advertisement).

Knowledge of Local Language/ Dialect: Candidates applying for the vacancies of a particular SIB/ centre are required to possess knowledge of any one of the local language(s)/ dialect(s) indicated against it. They should be able to read, write and speak in that language/ dialect.
Service Liability: The post involves All India Transfer liability. Therefore, the candidates willing to serve anywhere in India only need to apply.

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