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Prof. D P Agrawal, Hon’ble Chairman,
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
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Delhi: Civil Services aspirants will get two more additional attempts from this
year onwards to write the prestigious exam but there will be no change in its
format and syllabi, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said today.
“The
aspirants should note that the government has decided to allow two additional
attempts with consequential age relaxations to all categories of candidates
with effect from Civil Service Examination, 2014.
“There
are no other changes in the format and syllabi of papers contained in the Civil
Services Examination,” the UPSC said in a short notice.
A
candidate is permitted a maximum of four attempts for the examination. However,
there is no restriction on number of attempts by a candidates belonging to
Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
As
many as seven attempts are permissible to an aspirant belonging to Other
Backward Classes (OBCs).
The
Civil Service Examinations is conducted by the UPSC to select Indian
Administrative Service (IAS), Indian PoliceService (IPS) and Indian foreign
Service (IFS) officers among others.
The
examination is conducted in three stages– preliminary, mains and interview.The
Civil Services Examination (Preliminary), 2014 is scheduled to be held on
August 24, this year.
A
candidate who has attained the age of 21 years but not attained 30 years may
apply for the Civil Services Examination, as per eligibility mentioned in the
notification.
The
upper age limit is relaxable UP to a maximum of five years for candidates
belonging to SCs or STs categories and up to a maximum of three years for
candidates of OBC category among others.
The
upper age limit is also relaxable up to a maximum of five years if a candidate
had ordinarily been domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir during January 1, 1980 to
December 31, 1989.
It can
also be relaxed 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.
There
is also a relaxation in upper age up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of
blind, deaf-mute and orthopaedically handicapped candidates.
The
detailed examination notice for this year’s Civil Services Examination will be
published in Employment News or Rozgar Samachar on May 31, the UPSC said.
Source : PTI
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