[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB SECTION (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi, dated $5^{\text {th }}$ August 2010
Notification

G.S.R(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution, and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons sewing in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the educational and other quali tications required for direct recruits to the posts of Stenographer in Pay Band-1 and Pay Band-2 in the Central Civil Services and Civil posts in connection with the affairs of the Union, name ly –
I. Short title and commencement.- (I) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services and Civil posts, Stenographer grades in Pay Band-1 and Pay Band-2 (Educational and other Qualifications for Direct Recruitment) Rules, 2010.
(i). They shall come into force on the cate of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Appilication.- These rules shall apply to all posts of Stenographer in the grade of Pay Band-1 and Pay Band-2 in the Central Civil Services and Civil posts under the Central Government and under the Indian Audit and Accounts Department for which direct recruitment is made through the Sta iT Selection Commission.
3. Educational and other qualifications required for persons to be eligible for direct recruitment to the post of Stenographers.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any recruitment rules relating to the posts of Stenographers in Pay Band-1 or in Pay Band-2 borne on the Central Civil Services and Civil posts, the educational and other qualifications required for persons to be eligible to be appointed to such post of sitenographers by the method of direct recruitment through the Staff Selection Commission shal be as under:-
(i) $12^{\text {th }}$ class pass or equivalent qualificat on from a recognised Board or University;
(ii) Skill Test Norms:
(a) For Stenographers in Pay Band-1:

Dictation: 10 minutes @ 80 words per mir. ute.
Transcription: 50 minutes (English), 65 mi .utes (Hindi) on computers”.
(b) For Stenographers in Pay Band-2:

Dictation: 10 minutes @ 100 words per minute.
Transcription: 40 minutes (English), 55 mi .nutes (Hindi) on computers.

The Manager,
Government of India Press,
Mayapuri, Ring Road,
New Delhi.

No.AB14017/08/2010-Estt (RR)
$05^{\text {th }}$ August, 2010
To
All Ministries/Departments of Government of India

Copy to :

1. The President’s Secretariat, New Delhi.
2. The Vice-President’s Secretariat, New Delhi
3. The Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi.
4. The Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi.
5. The Comptrollerand Auditor General of India, New Delhi.
6. The Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
7. The Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi
8. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
9. The Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
10. All Attached Offices under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
11. Establishment Officer and Secretary, ACC (10 copies).
12. All Officers and Sections in the Department of Personnel \& Training.
13. Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C, Femzeshah Road, New Delhi
14. All Staff Members of National Council (JCM)
15. All Staff Members of the Departmental Council (JCM), Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
16. Establishment (RR Division) (200 copies)