PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 17 -- Aspirants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have once again emerged as frontrunners in central government job recruitments conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). According to the latest data, between 22% and 37% of candidates selected in the last five major SSC examinations hailed from the central region that comprises these two states.

Ashish Kumar Srivastava, regional director of SSC's central region headquartered in Prayagraj, said the consistent success reflects a positive and sustained trend over the past several years. The most notable result came from the recently declared Junior Engineer (JE) Recruitment Exam-2024, where candidates from the central region accounted for 36.76% of total selections-the h...