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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has decided to implement Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in its all forthcoming examinations in order to verify candidates' identity on a voluntary basis, officials said on Sunday. They said the new measure will come into force for recruitment tests conducted from next month onwards. The SSC is one of the largest recruitment agencies of the central government with its main mandate to conduct selections for non-gazetted posts in various central ministries and departments, among others. "The Commission has decided to implement Aadhar Based Biometric Authentication in its forthcoming examinations. "Accordingly, candidates will be able to authenticate themselves using Aadhaar at the time of online registration, while filling up online application form for the examinations and while appearing at the test centre to take examinations conducted by the Commission from May 2025 onwards," a recent public notice issued by the recruitment body said.
Aviation watchdogs DGCA and BCAS and state-owned AAI are grappling with a significant manpower crunch, with 37 to 48 per cent of the total sanctioned positions remaining vacant, according to official data. Nearly 48 per cent of the posts are vacant at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) while it is 37 per cent in the case of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI). State-owned AAI plans to hire 1,098 people at the executive level in the current financial year. As per the data provided by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol to the Lok Sabha last week, as many as 814 posts were vacant out of the sanctioned 1,692 positions at DGCA. In the case of BCAS, there were 224 vacancies, while the sanctioned strength is 598. At AAI, out of the sanctioned strength of 25,730 posts, 9,502 are vacant. These are figures for this year till March 31. In a written reply to the Lower House, the minister said that 441 post
The Centre on Monday made public the rules under the recently-notified anti-paper leak law, mandating the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) to prepare norms, standards and guidelines for the computer-based tests among others. The rules were notified within days of operationalising The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 -- the first-ever national law against the use of unfair means to rig recruitment exams conducted by various public bodies. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 was passed by Rajya Sabha on February 9 and Lok Sabha passed it on February 6. President Droupadi Murmu gave approval to the bill on February 12, turning it into a law. The Act aims to prevent unfair means in the public examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the railways, banking recruitment examinations and the NTA among others. It has provisions for a minimum of three to five years of ...
The Congress government on Tuesday disbanded the Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission whose functioning was suspended after a paper leak was detected in December last year. The reports of departmental inquiry and vigilance bureau pointed out irregularities and papers were being leaked and sold to selective people for the past three years following which the state government has decided to dissolve the commission with immediate effect, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. He said complaints were also received regarding the papers held recently by the HPSSC, headquartered in Hamirpur. The ongoing recruitment process from HPSSC has been transferred to Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC), Shimla, for the convenience of candidates till further alternative arrangements are made or a testing agency is constituted, he said while interacting with media persons. All examinations would be conducted by HPPSC, he said and added that the employees of the Staff Select