SSC CHSL 2022: Salary after 7th Pay Commission, Job Profile & Promotion Policy

SSC CHSL 2022 Salary for LDC/DEO/JSA/PA/SA Posts: Get all the information related to Job Profile of SSC CHSL - Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO) alongwith their salary structure, allowances & promotion policy.

SSC will hold CHSL Exam (10+2) for recruitment of Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO) for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India. Eligible Candidates can apply for these posts till 7th March 2022. For applying, candidates must only have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.

SSC has not yet announced the vacancies for SSC CHSL Posts. In this article, we will provide you all the information related to the SSC CHSL Posts (LDC, JSA, PA, SA, DEO); be it the nature of the work, pay scales, salary structure or the promotion policies. Let us first look at the Pay Scale of SSC CHSL LDC/JSA/DEO/PA/SA in detail:

Pay Scale of SSC CHSL after 7th Pay Commission

Pay Scale for Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO) for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India is as follows:

Salary of SSC CHSL LDC/ JSA/ DEO/ PA/ SA after 7th Pay Commission
Name of Posts	Pay Level	Pay Band
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA)	Level-2	Rs. 19,900-63,200
Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA)	Level-4	Rs. 25,500-81,100
Data Entry Operator (DEO)	Level-4	Rs. 25,500-81,100
Data Entry Operator, Grade “A”	Level-4	Rs. 25,500-81,100

SSC CHSL 2019-20 Tentative Vacancies (FOR LDC/DEO/JSA/SA/PA)

Allowances given to SSC CHSL – LDC/ JSA/ DEO/ PA/ SA

Apart from the Basic Pay, LDC/ JSA/ DEO/ PA/ SA is entitled to several other benefits and allowances. These allowances will vary as per the various official rules of the respective Government Departments where the candidates are posted. Some of these allowances are:

1. Dearness Allowance

2. House Rent Allowance

3. Transport Allowance

4. Other Special Allowance

The House Rent Allowance (HRA) of all government employees will be calculated as per the criteria mentioned below in the table:

Category of Cities	HRA Before 7th Pay Commission	HRA After 7th Pay Commission
X	30%	24%
Y	20%	16%
Z	10%	8%

The three categories of cities are classified according to their population density. Let’s look at the list of cities which fall under the X, Y and Z categories:

Categories	Cities
X (Population >= 50 Lakhs)	Bengaluru, Greater Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata
Y (Population 5 to 50 Lakhs)	Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Puducherry, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Raipur, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Moradabad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Solapur, Kolhapur, Vasai-Virar Cty, Vijayawada, Warangal, Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Nellore, Guwahati, Patna, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Salem, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Erode, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Sangli, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Vadodara, Surat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Srinagar, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Belgaum, Malegaon, Nanded-Waghala, Aligarh, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Noida, Firozabad, Jhansi, Asansol, Siliguri, Durgapur
Z (Population < 5 Lakhs)	All other remaining cities

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Salary Structure of Different SSC CHSL Posts (LDC/JSA/DEO/PA/SA) after 7th Pay Commission

The table given below shows the Salary Structure of Different SSC CHSL Posts (LDC/JSA/DEO/PA/SA) after 7th Pay Commission:

SSC CHSL Post Names	Basic Pay	City	HRA	TA	Gross	In Hand Salary
Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA)	19900	X	4776	1350	26026	22411
	19900	Y	3184	900	23984	20369
	19900	Z	1592	900	22392	18777
Data Entry Operator (DEO)/ Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA)	25500	X	6120	3600	35220	31045
	25500	Y	4080	1800	31380	27205
	25500	Z	2040	1800	29340	25165

The in-hand salary of Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) will be approx 23,000/- monthly. The below table shows the salary details of SSC CHSL Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA):

Salary Details- SSC CHSL Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA)
Salary Details	City X	City Y	City Z
Pay Scale	5200 – 20200	5201 – 20200	5202 – 20200
Grade Pay	1900	1900	1900
Basic Pay	7100	7100	7100
CPC Fitment Factor	18247	18247	18247
HRA	4379.28	2919.52	1459.76
Transport Allowance	1350	900	900
Gross Pay	23976.28	22066.52	20606.76
Deductions
NPS	710	710	710
CGEGIS	1500	1500	1500
CGHS	125	125	125
Total Deductions	2335	2335	2335
Net Salary	21641.28	19731.52	18271.76

The in-hand salary of Data Entry Operator (DEO)/ Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) will be approx 32,000/- monthly. The below table shows the salary details of SSC CHSL Data Entry Operator (DEO)/ Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant:

Salary Details- SSC CHSL Data Entry Operator (DEO)/ Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA)
Salary Details	City X	City Y	City Z
Pay Scale	5200 – 20200	5200 – 20200	5200 – 20200
Grade Pay	2400	2400	2400
Basic Pay	9910	9910	9910
CPC Fitment Factor	25468.7	25468.7	25468.7
HRA	6112.488	4074.992	2037.496
Transport Allowance	3600	1800	1800
Gross Pay	35181.188	31343.69	29306.2
Deductions
NPS	991	991	991
CGEGIS	1500	1500	1500
CGHS	125	125	125
Total Deductions	2616	2616	2616
Net Salary	32565.188	28727.69	26690.2

Job Profile and Promotion Policies of SSC CHSL – LDC/JSA/DEO/PA/SA

Let’s have a look at the different Job Profiles and Promotion Policies of Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO) under various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India.

 

SSC CHSL - Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) Job Profile and Promotion

JOB PROFILE: The work responsibilities of a Lower Division Clerk (LDC) involves daily office tasks, for example, to maintain the data, files and documents of the office in a systematic manner. LDCs are generally the first level of clerks in any Government Organization. Below are the major roles and responsibilities performed by a Lower Division Clerk (LDC) in different government departments:

• Dealing with the Entire Clerical Work and Maintaining the Work Flow in Office
• Registration of Mails
• Entering Data on Computer
• Indexing, Registering and Maintaining File Registers in an efficient manner.
• Receiving Documents and Maintaining the Record of the same.
• Getting the Important Files and Documents for their Seniors.
• Typing Official Letters, Notices, Notifications and other official documents
• Preparation of Simple Drafts and Statements.
• Making Salary Slips of the Staff.
• Fetching up the important data from the library of information and bring them for the seniors.
• Supervision of Correction of Reference Books.

PROMOTION POLICY: A lower division might get promoted to UDC (Upper Division Clerk) after his/ her completion of year tenure in a particular department. After then, to get the promotion, the candidate has to pass a UDC exam conducted by SSC. Furthermore, with this experience, the candidate can become the Section officer which is a Gazetted Post. Let us see the organizational hierarchy and promotion flow of a Lower Division Clerk (LDC) in descending order:

SSC CHSL - Data Entry Operator (DEO) Job Profile and Promotion

JOB PROFILE: The work responsibilities of a Data Entry Operator (DEO) involves tasks, for example, to operate data entering, maintaining, and updating on a routine basis. DEOs need to filter and manage huge amounts of user and client data of Government Organizations. That is why a DEO must be a well-trained person with a good typing speed in Hindi or English either of the languages and must have basic computer knowledge. Right from collecting and maintaining data in database, a DEO does all the tasks efficiently. Below are the major roles and responsibilities performed by a Data Entry Operator (DEO) in different government departments:

• DEO needs to handle Office Computers. So, Candidates are required to have a sufficient knowledge of Computers.
• Typing is one major responsibilities of a DEO. A good typing speed is must for a DEO.
• Working with Software like MS Excel, Word and Power Point.
• Preparation of Notes and Reports.
• Entering and Managing the Data.
• Insert customer and account data by inputting text based and numerical information from source documents within time limits.
• Collecting all the important information, tables and structure of the company to prepare a proper database for the company.
• Inputting the Data and Fetching out the Outputs.
• Scanning and printing the important documents.
• Research and obtain further information for incomplete documents.
• Make it easy for others to access the files and provide them relevant information about the data entered in the file.
• Apply Data Program Techniques and Procedures.
• Writing Letters and Handling the Work in the absence of SSC CHSL LDC.

PROMOTION POLICY: A DEO has to give different exams conducted by SSC for promotions. Let us see the organizational hierarchy and promotion flow of a Data Entry Operator (DEO) in descending order:

SSC CHSL – Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) Job Profile and Promotion

JOB PROFILE: The work responsibility of a Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) basically revolves around the Postal Department of the Indian Government. Postal Assistant (PA) is a clerical cadre post that has the same rank as Sorting Assistant. For Postal Assistant (PA) Post, language proficiency is the essential criteria for the candidates and hence you may get posted in your home town in any Govt. Organizations. Below are the major roles and responsibilities performed by a Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) in different government departments:

• Disposal of Mails and Maintaining the Data.
• Customer Support. Handling Customer queries and providing them a feasible solution.
• Monitoring all the tasks that are related to your work.
• Locating the correct address of the addressee, if not located, locating the address of sender.
• Returning the Mail to Sender in case of not being able to locate the address of the Receiver.
• Intra-city transmission of mail between Mail Offices and Post Offices.
• Transmission of Foreign articles through the Post office network.

DEPARTMENTS FOR POSTAL ASSISTANTS:

• Army Postal Service
• Circle Office & Regional Office
• Foreign Post Offices
• Mail Motor Services
• Post Offices
• Postal Stores Depots
• Railway Mail Service
• Saving Bank Control Organization

PROMOTION POLICY: For getting promotion after Postal Assistant Designation, a candidate has to gain 5 years of experience and give Postmaster Grade I examination. Otherwise, the candidates have to wait and will get promotion as MACP after 10 years. Let us see the organizational hierarchy and promotion flow of a Data Entry Operator (DEO) in descending order:

So, the Job Profile of SSC CHSL LDC/JSA/DEO/PA/SA can be a great opportunity for those candidates who are looking for a job government job with 12th Pass Qualification. SSC CHSL Posts can offer you a government job with a good salary package. Before applying to the various positions offered under SSC CHSL 2022 Recruitment Drive, candidates are advised to look at the eligibility criteria, age limit and the educational qualification for the respective posts.