In a good news for lakhs of civil services aspirants, the government
today decided to give two
additional attempts to all categories of
candidates of the prestigious 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.
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 is conducted in three stages-- preliminary, mains and interview.
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), according to a notification issued for
Civil Services Examinations, 2013.
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 upto 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 upto 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 upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and
orthopaedically handicapped candidates besides other categories, the
rules said.
