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* Candidates who have appeared or intend to appear for the
qualifying examination and are awaiting results are also
eligible to appear for the Preliminary Examination. All such
candidates who qualify to appear for the Civil Services Main
Examination must produce proof of having passed the said
examination along with their application for the Main
Examination.
* The UPSC may in exceptional cases treat a candidate without
the foregoing requisite qualification as an eligible candidate
as per following conditions,
*
* he / she has passed an examination conducted by other
institutions, the standard of which justifies his / her
admission in the opinion of the Commission.
* Candidates with professional and technical qualifications
recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional and
technical degrees.
* Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any
Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can
also appear for the Main Examination. However they must submit
along with their Main Examination application, a certificate
from the concerned authority of the University / Institution
that they have passed the final professional medical
examination. At the Interview stage they must then produce a
certificate from a competent authority that they have completed
(including internship) all the requirements for the award of the
Medical Degree.
Natonality
* Only Indian nationals are eligible for IAS and IPS.
* For other services a candidate can be either of the following:
1. a citizen of India,
2. a subject of Nepal,
3. a subject of Bhutan,
4. Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962
with the intention of permanently settling in India,
5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Burma,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United
Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam, Zaire or Zambia with the
intention of permanently settling in India.
Candidates belonging to either categories of b, c, d or e, must
produce an eligibility certificate issued by the Government of
India. Those who belong to either of b, c, or d, categories are
not eligible for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service.
Age limit for IAS
*
* A candidate must have attained 21 years and not be over 30
years on August 1 of the year of examination.
* The upper age limit is relaxed in specific cases as mentioned
below:
1. upto a maximum of 5 years if the candidate belongs to SC/ST.
2. upto a maximum of 3 years if the candidate belongs to Other
Backward Classes.
3. upto a maximum of 5 years if the candidate had been domiciled
in Jammu & Kashmir during the period between January 1, 1980 and
December 31, 1989.
4. upto a maximum of 3 years in the case of Defence Services
personnel disabled during hostilities with foreign countries or
in a disturbed area and consequently released.
5. upto a maximum of 5 years in the case of ex-servicemen
including Commissioned Officers and ECOs / SSCOs who have
rendered at least five years Military Service as on August 1 of
the year of examination and have been released:
1. on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment
is due to be completed within one year from August 1 of the year
of examination) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge
on account of misconduct or inefficiency,
2. on account of physical disability attributable to Military
Service, or
3. on invalidment.
6. upto a maximum of 5 years in the case of ECOs / SSCOs who
have completed an initial period of assignment (5 years Military
Service) as on August 1 of the year of examination and whose
assignment has been extended beyond 5 years. Such candidates
will have to provide a certificate from the Ministry of Defence
stating that they can apply for civil employment and they will
be released on a notice of 3 months, upon selection, from the
date of receipt of offer of appointment.
7. upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute
and orthopaedically handicapped candidates.
Number of attempts
The maximum number of attempts restriction is effective from the
examination held in 1984. In case other eligibility conditions
apply:
* General candidates: four attempts.
* Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates: No
restriction.
* Other Backward Classes: seven attempts.
NOTE1:
* An attempt at a Preliminary Examination is considered an
attempt at the examination.
* If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the
Preliminary Examination, he is considered to have made an
attempt at the examination.
* Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of
candidature the fact of appearance of the candidate at the
examination will count as an attempt.
NOTE 2: Restrictions on reapplying for the examination
* A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative
Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an
earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service
will not be eligible to compete at this examination.
* If a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS after the
Preliminary Examination of IAS exam for a year(say 2010) is over
and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she
shall not be eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main)
Examination, not withstanding his/her having qualified in the
Preliminary Examination, 2010.
* If a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS after the commencement
of the Civil Services (Main) Examination for a year(say 2010),
but before the result thereof and continues to be a member of
that service, he/she shall not be considered for appointment to
any service/post on the basis of the result of this examination
viz. IAS exam, 2010.
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