Two additional attempts for UPSC’s civil services exams
New Delhi: The government has decided to give two additional attempts with consequential age relaxation to all categories of candidates of the prestigious UPSC Civil Services exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission.
“The Central government has approved two additional attempts to all categories of candidates with effect from Civil Services Examination 2014, with consequential age relaxation of maximum age for all categories of candidates, if required,” the Ministry of Personnel said in an order.
There is no restriction on number of attempts by a candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
The rules will soon be notified by the government for further clarity non age relaxations, he said.
The age relaxation of up to 32 years will not be given to those candidates who have exhausted six attempts before 30 years of age, the official added.
The Civil Services Examination (Preliminary), 2014 is tentatively scheduled to be held on August 24, this year.
The Civil Service Examinations is conducted by the UPSC to select Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Foreign Service (IFS) among others.
The examinations are conducted in three stages– preliminary, mains and interview.
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 2013 exam’s 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, the existing norms say.
There is also a relaxation in upper age up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped candidates besides other categories, they say.
