Vacancy Details
| Vacancy Number | 21070904424 |
| Post | Senior Grade of Indian Information Service |
| Classification | |
| Ministry/Administration | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Department/Office | other |
| Organisation | Other |
Number of Posts and Reservation
| UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD | Total |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
PwBD Reservation Details
| PwBD Type | PwBD Category |
| Deaf and Hard of Hearing | HH-Hard of Hearing |
| Deaf and Hard of Hearing | D-Deaf |
| Autism, Intellectual Disablility, Specific Learning Disability, Mental Illness | A-Autism |
| Autism, Intellectual Disablility, Specific Learning Disability, Mental Illness | ID-Intellectual Disability |
| Autism, Intellectual Disablility, Specific Learning Disability, Mental Illness | SLD-Specific Learning Disability |
| Autism, Intellectual Disablility, Specific Learning Disability, Mental Illness | MI-Mental Illness |
Post Description
| Pay Scale | Level-7 in the Pay Matrix with initial basic pay of Rs.44,900/- (7thCPC). (Corresponding to Rs.9300-34800/- in PB-2 with Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- ) (Pre-Revised – 6th CPC) (Total emoluments Rs.48,500 plus DA approximately at the time of initial appointment) |
| Age | Not exceeding 30 years as on normal closing date. Not exceeding 35 years for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates as on normal closing date in respect of the vacancies reserved for them. Not exceeding 33 years for Other Backward Classes candidates as on normal closing date in respect of the vacancies reserved for them. Not exceeding 40 years for Persons with Benchmark Disability candidates (45 Years for SC/ST candidates and 43 years for OBC candidates) as on normal closing date in respect of the vacancies reserved for them. Relaxable for regularly appointed Central/U.T. Government Servant upto Five years as per instructions/orders issued by Govt. of India from time to time. For age concession applicable to some other categories of applicants, please see relevant paras of the ‘Instructions and Additional Information to Candidates for Recruitment by Selection.’ |
| Essential Qualification (s) |
A. EDUCATIONAL (i) Degree of a recognized University or Institute (ii) Diploma/Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism/ Mass Communication from a recognized University/Institution or Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from a recognized University/Institute (iii) Candidates must have studied concerned Indian language upto 10th Class. Note:- Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the Commission for reasons to be recorded in writing, in case of candidate otherwise well qualified. B. EXPERIENCE Two years’ experience of journalistic, publicity or public relation work in a Government Department/Public Sector Undertaking/Autonomous Organisation/News agency/Newspaper registered with the Registrar of Newspapers of India/any other Listed Private Organizations. Note 1:- Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified. Note 2:- The qualification(s) regarding experience is/are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, if at any stage of selection, the Union Public Service Commission is of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these communities possessing the requisite experience are not likely to be available to fill up the vacancies reserved for them. N.B.:- Direct recruitment to the posts in Senior Grade of IIS shall be made language-wise. There shall be no category-wise/community-wise reservation for any of following the languages:- Hindi-09 vacancies, English-03 vacancies, Punjabi-03 vacancies, Telugu-05 vacancies, Oriya-03 vacancies, Bengali-01 vacancy, Marathi-05 vacancies, Gujarathi-01 vacancy, Assamese-02 vacancies, Manipuri-02 vacancies. |
| Desirable Qualification (s) | |
| Duty(ies) |
• The officers are required to prepare press notes, publicity materials, editorial material and analysis of Press Comments on current topics, compilation of news bulletins and reporting of news for broadcasting, monitoring of news bulletins by foreign broadcasting stations. • Organising Exhibitions, writing scripts/captions, maintenance of Register on newspapers in India. • Preparation of research/reference paper and background note in the fields of history, economics and current events for use of press, radio, writers etc. |
| Probation | Two (02) Years |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Other Details | The posts are located in different Media Units/field units of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting all over the Country. These posts are permanent. |
| Any Other Conditions | |
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