UPSC CSE 2021 NOTIFICATION RELEASED

Every year, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the Civil Services examination to which more than 5 lakhs appear every year. This exam is conducted to recruit officers into the All India Services and Central (group A and B) services. This year, the Prelims exam has been scheduled for the 27th of June, 2021. Candidates who will be appearing this year will get all the relevant details in this article. The UPSC CSE 2021 Notification is out today and candidates will be able to start filling their forms - UPSC Prelims 2021 Form!

UPSC Notification 2021

TO DOWNLOAD THE NOTIFICATION: https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Notice-CSP-2021-Engl-04032021.pdf

TO APPLY: https://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php

 The UPSC CSE Notification gives the following information:

•  UPSC exam dates
• UPSC vacancies
• Exam centres
• Exam fees
• How to apply/online application procedure
• Eligibility for civil services exam (nationality/age limit/number of attempts/educational requirement)
• UPSC Exam Plan
• UPSC posts (for which the civil services exam is held)
• UPSC Syllabus

The UPSC notification also gives the IAS exam dates as mentioned below:

•  The UPSC online application process for the prelims exam will commence on 4 March 2021.
• UPSC CSE 2021 Prelims exam will take place on Sunday, 27th June 2021.
• The UPSC mains exam is scheduled to commence on 17th September 2021.
• UPSC Personality Test/interview dates will be announced.

 

UPSC Vacancies

The UPSC notification 2021 mentions 712 vacancies. The number of vacancies to be filled through the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 were 796 and in 2019 it was 896 

UPSC Civil Services Posts

 UPSC recruitment is conducted through the civil services exam to fill in vacancies in the following services, as mentioned in the UPSC notification:

•  Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
• Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
• Indian Police Service (IPS)
• Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’
• Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’
• Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
• Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’
• Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
• Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’
• Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’
• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’
• Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’
• Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’

Plan of Examination

The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and

(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.

• Applications are now invited for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination only.
• The Candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination will have to apply online again and submit on-line Detailed Application Form-I [DAF-I].
• Detailed Application Form-II [DAF-II], before the commencement of Personality Tests (Interview) of the examination.

 

Age Limits

 (1) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2021 i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1989 and not later than 1st August, 2000. The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable:

 (a) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;

 (b) up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;

 (c) up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;

 (d) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2021 and have been released:

 (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2021, otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency); or

 (ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or

 (iii) on invalidment.

 (e) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2021 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.

 (f) up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) categories viz.

 (i) blindness and low vision;

 (ii) deaf and hard of hearing;

 (iii) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy;

 (iv) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness;

 (v) multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (i) to (iv) including deaf-blindness.

 

Minimum Educational Qualification

A candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.

 

Number of attempts

Every candidate appearing at the examination who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six (6) attempts at the CSE. However, relaxation in the number of attempts will be available to the SC/ST/OBC and PwBD category candidates who are otherwise eligible. The number of attempts available to such candidates as per relaxation is as under:

Examination Centres 

Prelims

Mains

Fees

Candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs. 100 to apply for civil services prelims examination. Female candidates and those belonging to SC, ST and Persons with Benchmark Disability categories are exempted from payment of fees. (check details in notification on how to pay). : Candidates who qualify for Main Examination will need to pay a further fee of Rs. 200.

 

Apply Online for UPSC Recruitment

 1) Visit the official UPSC application website (upsconline.nic.in)

2) Navigate to the UPSC Civil Services Examination Link

 3) Click on Fill Part-I Registration

 4) Once the registration number is generated, use it to fill out Part-II Registration

 5) Click on submit once done

• Candidates should note that the UPSC CSE prelims exam is also the same for the Indian Forest Service (IFoS). So, candidates should specify while applying whether they are applying for civil services or forest service or both.
• There are two parts to the registration process – Part I and Part II.
• Candidates should also pay the fees, give centre preference, and upload the photo and signature images on the website.
• They should also specify the language of the medium of exam for papers I to V.
• The optional subject should also be selected. Candidates should also specify the Indian language for paper A. (The medium, language and optional subject selection are required for mains exam only but they have to be specified while applying for the prelims itself).

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