SSC CGL Exam 2025: Tier 1 Begins on September 12, Centres Within 100 KM Radius - SSC Chairman Confirms

Sep 4, 2025, 10:43 IST

SSC CGL Exam Date 2025 Out: The Staff Selection Commission has officially announced the new SSC CGL Exam Dates. The CGL Tier 1 exam will be conducted from September 12 to 26, 2025, in a single shift each day, while adhering to all necessary guidelines and protocols. SSC Chairman S. Gopalakrishnan revealed important details regarding the shift timings, normalisation process, and several key reforms introduced for the upcoming SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam. Get details here.

SSC CGL Exam Date
SSC CGL Exam Date

SSC CGL 2025 Updates: The Staff Selection Commission has announced the SSC CGL Exam Date on its official website. The commission has also introduced major reforms for the upcoming SSC exams after the technical chaos during the Selection Post Phase XIII exam. SSC Chairman S. Gopalakrishnan confirmed that the necessary measures have been taken to improve the exam process and provide a smoother experience for candidates. He revealed that SSC CGL tier 1 exam will be held from September 12 to 26 in a single shift instead of multiple sessions, addressing the concerns over variation in difficulty level and normalization of marks. Check all the major reforms taken for SSC CGL exam below:

SSC CGL Exam Date 2025 Out

SSC has announced the New SSC CGL Exam Date on its official website, ssc.gov.in. The SSC CGL Tier 1 exam will be held from September 12 to 26 to fill 14582 CGL vacancies. The admit card will be issued 2 to 3 days prior to the exam date. Check the revised SSC CGL Exam schedule in the table below.

Events Dates
SSC CGL City Intimation Slip 2025 & Application Status 7-10 days before exam date
SSC CGL Hall ticket 2025 2-3 days before exam date
SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Date 2025 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th September 2025

SSC CGL Exam 2025 Major Reforms

SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) is one of the most sought-after exams in India, conducted every year to recruit candidates for various Group B and C posts. This year, it was scheduled from August 13 to 28 to fill 14582 vacancies but was postponed due to technical glitches and administrative issues faced during the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Exam. The CGL exam will now be conducted from 12th to 26th September 2025, with one single shift each day. 

SSC CGL Exam Centres Within 100 KM of Candidate’s Address

Earlier, candidates often had to travel long distances—sometimes to other cities or even states—to appear for the exam. To address this issue, the Commission has now decided to allot exam centres within a 100-kilometre radius of the candidate’s address. Currently, around 80% of candidates are assigned nearby centres, but SSC aims to increase this number to over 90% in the upcoming exams.

SSC CGL Exam Center 2025

The commission will try to allot exam centers within 100 KMs of candidate's address. These centers are spread across the country. Candidates can check the state-wise and region-wise SSC CGL Exam Centers List in the table below.

SSC CGL Exam Center 2025 List
Examination Centers & Centre Code SSC Region SSC States
Bhagalpur (3201), Muzaffarpur (3205), Patna (3206), Gaya (3203), Agra (3001), Bareilly (3005), Gorakhpur (3007), Jhansi (3008), Kanpur (3009), Lucknow (3010), Meerut (3011), Prayagraj (3003), Varanasi (3013)   Central Region Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Port Blair (4802), Dhanbad (4206), Jamshedpur (4207), Ranchi (4205),   Balasore (Odisha) (4601), Berhampore (Odisha) (4602), Bhubaneswar (4604), Cuttack (4605),  Rourkela (4610), Sambalpur (4609), Gangtok (4001), Asansol (4417), Burdwan (4404), Durgapur (4426), Kolkata (4410), Siliguri (4415), Shri Vijay Puram (4802), Suri (4416), Dhenkanal (4611)  Eastern Region (ER) Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, and West Bengal
Belagavi (9002), Bengaluru (9001), Hubballi (9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) (9005), Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru (9009), Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012). Ernakulam (9213),  Kollam (9210), Kottayam (9205), Kozhikode (9206), Thrissur (9212), Thiruvananthapuram (9211), Kannur (9202), Kavaratti (9401)  Karnataka, Kerala Region(KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka, and Kerala
Bhopal (6001), Gwalior(6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014),Sagar (6015), Ujjain (6016), Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204), Durg-Bhilai (6205)  Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR) Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
Itanagar (5001), Dibrugarh (5102), Guwahati(Dispur) (5105), Jorhat (5107), Silchar (5111), Tezpur (5112), ,Imphal (5501), Churachandpur (5502),  Ukhrul (5503), Shillong (5401), Aizwal (5701), Dimapur (5301), Kohima (5302), Agartala (5601),   North Eastern Region (NER) Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura
Dehradun (2002), Haldwani (2003),  Roorkee (2006), Delhi (2201), Ajmer (2401), Bikaner (2404), Jaipur (2405), Jodhpur (2406),  Sikar (2411), Udaipur (2409)  Northern Region (NR)/ Delhi Delhi, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand
Chandigarh/ Mohali (1601), Hamirpur (1202), Shimla (1203), Jammu (1004), Samba (1010),  Srinagar(J&K)  (1007), Leh (1005),   Amritsar (1404), Jalandhar (1402), Patiala (1403), Bathinda (1401), Ludhiana (1405)  North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Punjab
Chirala (8011), Guntur (8001), Kakinada  (8009), Kurnool (8003), Nellore (8010), Rajahmundry (8004), Tirupati (8006), Vizianagaram (8012), Vijayawada (8008), Vishakhapatnam (8007),  Puducherry (8401), Chennai (8201), Coimbatore (8202), Madurai (8204),  Salem (8205), Tiruchirapalli (8206), Tirunelveli (8207), Vellore (8208), Hyderabad (8601), Karimnagar (8604), Warangal (8603), Srikakulam (8015), Eluru (8016), Krishnagiri (8209), Ongole (8014)  Southern Region (SR) Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Panaji (7801), Ahmedabad (7001), Gandhinagar (7012), Mehsana (7013), Rajkot (7006), Surat (7007), Vadodara (7002), Amravati (7201), Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (7202), Jalgaon (7214), Kolhapur (7203), Mumbai (7204), Nagpur (7205), Nanded (7206), Nashik (7207), Pune (7208)  Western Region (WR) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra

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Aadhaar Verification Mandatory for SSC CGL 2025

Over 59,500 candidates were affected by technical glitches and administrative issues during the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Exam. To address this and strengthen exam security, SSC has made Aadhaar verification mandatory for all candidates. This ensures faster and smoother ID verification while reducing cases of impersonation and the use of fake IDs.

SSC CGL Exam: Technical Improvements and Fair Scoring System

The Commission has acknowledged past complaints related to technical glitches, such as computers not working or slow servers. In response, the commission has directed the exam-conducting agencies to upgrade their infrastructure and ensure that devices are tested and fully functional before the exam day. 

Also Check: SSC CGL Exam Date 2025

New Normalisation Formula

The commission has introduced shift-wise normalisation process. "If one shift's paper is tougher and easier in next shift, candidates will be evaluated within their own shift," explained SSC Chairman S. Gopalakrishnan.

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