The Assistants' Grade Examination is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for recruitment to:

(a) Grade IV (Assistant) of the General Cadre of the Indian Foreign Services (B).
(b) Grade II (Cypher Assistant) of Cypher Cadre of Indian Foreign Service Branch (B);
(c) Assistants' Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service
(d) (i) Assistants' Grade of the Central Secretariat Service
(ii) Assistants' Grade of the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service; and
(iii) Posts of Assistants in other Departments / Organizations and the Attached Offices of the Government of India, not participating in IFS (B)/Railway Board Secretariat Service/ Central Secretariat Service/Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services.