UPSC : Central Govt likely to reduce age limit for civil service aspirants. The Narendar Modis government is likely to lower the age limit and reduce the number of attempts for UPSC Civil Services Examination aspirants from the year 2015. The Civil Service Examinations is conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) annually to recruit candidates for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), etc. The process is done in three stages ; Preliminary round, Mains and a Personal interview. As per the recommendation of the government, the upper age limit for candidates under the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) categories will be 29 years as compared to the earlier age of 35. For candidates under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category it has been reduced to 28 years from 33 and for unreserved candidates it will be 26 years from 30.Besides these changes, there are also certain modifications in the total number of attempts that candidates are allowed for taking the Civil Services Examination. For candidates under the SC/ST categories it will come down to six, five for OBC and three for unreserved candidates. The physically challenged candidates under each category will get two additional attempts as quoted by one of the website. However, there is no clarity from UPSC regarding these changes. UPSC is yet to clear its stand on this matter. The Department of Personnel and Training also said that they have not received any such notifications. The decision will affect the UPSC aspirants as they will be the one who have to bear the burns if the decision of altering the age limit/attempt will be confirmed. Source: India Today
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:50:20 +0000
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