Source: SSC Stenographer Grade C & D 2026 Official Notification. Last verified: 2026-09-09.
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SSC Stenographer Grade C & D officers serve in central ministries, attached offices, and tribunals. Duties include taking shorthand dictations during official proceedings, drafting correspondence, managing office documentation, and secretarial assistance.
Stenographer Grade C and Grade D
Accessibility: LimitedCentral government ministries and departments · Grade C: Level 6; Grade D: Level 4
Stenographer posts requiring shorthand dictation and transcription. Office-based, but the skill test is shorthand-centred.
Accessibility & Quota note: The Skill Test is a shorthand dictation-and-transcription test. SSC provides specific accommodation for VI candidates and for those who cannot operate a keyboard — confirm the accommodation for your case before relying on these posts.
Total: 731 posts total (Grade C + Grade D combined). Post-wise vacancy table and PwBD vacancy breakdown to be published on ssc.gov.in.
Reserved / PwBD: Visually Impaired (VI): Breakdown to be published in the detailed post-wise vacancy table on ssc.gov.in.
Computer Based Test
Online objective CBT
Duration: 2 hours; 2 hours 40 minutes with compensatory time
Total: 200 marks · Minus 0.50 per wrong answer
Shortlists for the Skill Test.
Skill Test (Stenography)
Shorthand dictation and transcription
Duration: Dictation at 80 (Grade D) or 100 (Grade C) words per minute
Total: 0 marks · Qualifying only
Qualifying in nature. Separate compensatory time applies; VI candidates and those unable to operate a keyboard get special accommodation — confirm it from the notice.