Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced examination for UPSC Civil Service IAS IFS Recruitment 2023 for Indian Administrative Services and Indian Forest Services Examination 2023 for the total of 1255 Posts.

No other means/mode of submission of applications will be accepted for UPSC Civil Service IAS IFS Recruitment 2023.The number of vacancies advertised is tentative and may decrease or increase.

To access further details regarding the recruitment, such as the syllabus, age criteria, qualifications, salary scale, and any additional information, please review the advertisement thoroughly before proceeding with your application.

Important Dates

• Application Begin : 01/02/2023
• Last Date for Apply Online : 21/02/2023
• Last Date Pay Exam Fee : 21/02/2023
• Correction Edit Form : 22-28 February 2023
• Pre Exam Date : 28/05/2023
• Admit Card Available : 08/05/2023
• Pre Result Available : 12/06/2023
• IAS DAF Form Available : 11-19 July 2023 upto 6 PM
• Main Exam Date : 15-24 September 2023
• Admit Card Available : 28/08/2023
• IFS Mains Admit Card Available : 17/11/2023
• IAS Mains Result Available : 08/12/2023
• DAF II Form Available : 09/12/2023
• Interview Schedule Available : 19/12/2023
• IFS Mains Result Available : 12/01/2024
• IAS Final Result Available : 16/04/2024

Exam Fee Details

• General/OBC/EWS : 100/-
• SC/ST/PwD : 0/-(Exempted)
• All Category Female : 0/- (NIL)
• Pay the exam fee by online mode only (Debit/Credit Cards, UPI,
• Net Banking, E Challan etc.)

Age Eligibility : As on 01/08/2023

• Minimum Age Limit: 21 Years
• Maximum Age Limit: 32 Years

Age Relaxation in compliance with the Recruitment Rules delineated by UPSC Civil Service IAS IFS Recruitment 2023. candidates may qualify for age relaxation exceeding the conventional criteria. Such relaxation is contingent upon distinct conditions and is enforceable in accordance with the directives established by the competent recruitment authority.

Total Vacancy : UPSC Civil Service IAS IFS Recruitment 2023 : 1255 Post

Post Name	Total Vacancy	Educational Eligibility Criteria
Indian Administrative Services 2023 (IAS)	1105	Bachelor Degree in any Stream in any recognized University in India
Indian Forest Services 2023 (IFS)	150	Bachelor Degree as one of Subject Animal Husbandry& Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statics and Zoology, Agriculture or equivalent.

Post & Cadre Details : UPSC Civil Service IAS IFS Recruitment 2023

Indian Administrative Service (IAS)	Indian Foreign Service (IFS)	Indian Police Service
Indian P&T Accounts &Finance Service, Gr-A	Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Gr-A	Indian Defense Accounts Service, Gr-A
India Revenue Services (IRS)(I.T.), Gr-A	Indian Postal Service, Gr-A	Indian Civil Accounts Service, Gr-A
Indian Railway Traffic Service(IRTS), Gr-A	Pondicherry Civil Service, Gr-B	Pondicherry Police Service, Gr-B
Indian Defense Accounts Service, Gr-A	Indian Corporate Law Service, Gr-A	Indian Information Service, (Junior Grade, Gr-A)
Indian Railways Personnel Service, Gr-A	Indian Defense Estates Service, Gr-A	Indian Railway Accounts Service, Gr-A
Indian Ordinance Factory Service, Gr-A	Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Gr-A	Assistant Security Commissioner (Railway Protection Force, Gr-A)
	Indian Revenue Service (Custom & Central Excise),	Armed Forces Headquarter Civil Service, Gr-B

Examination Scheme & Pattern

The Civil Services Examination will consist of two examination successive stages and Interview.

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the
Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the
various Services and posts noted above.
(iii) Interview

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS:

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers marked by
a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

Number of attempts

Every candidate appearing at the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six (6)
attempts at the CSE. However, relaxation in the number of attempts will be available to the SC/ST/OBC
and PwBD category candidates who are otherwise eligible. The number of attempts available to such
candidates as per relaxation is as under:

SC/ST	OBC	PwD
Unlimited	09	09 for GEN /EWS / OBC/

Final Result : UPSC Civil Service IAS IPS Recruitment 2023

• A total number of 1016 candidates have been recommended for appointment as per following break-up:

Services	GEN	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	Total
IAS/IFS 2023	347	115	303	165	86	1016

• In accordance with Rule 20 (4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules 2023, the Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of candidates as under:

Services	GEN	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	PwD-1	PwD-2	Total
IAS/IFS 2023	120	36	66	10	04	02	02	240

• Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in the Rules for the Examination. The number of vacancies reported by the Government to be filled is as under:

Services	GEN	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	Total
IAS	73	17	49	27	14	180
IFS	16	04	10	05	02	37
IPS	80	20	55	32	13	200
Central Services Gr-A	258	64	160	86	45	613
Gr-B Services	47	10	29	15	12	113
Total	474	115	303	165	86	1143*

• The candidature of 355 recommended candidates has been kept provisional.

Final Cut Off Marks : UPSC CSE IAS/IPS 2023

In the Civil Services Examination 2023, the minimum qualifying standards/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various
categories at various stages are as under:-

• Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. GS Paper-II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule-15 of Civil Services Examination, 2023.
• Subject to 10% marks in each of the seven competitive papers i.e. Essay, GS-I, GS-II, GS-III, GS-IV, Optional I and Optional-II.
• Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal aggregate marks in CSE Exam, 2023, the tie(s) have been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission, viz.
  • Candidate securing more marks in the @ Compulsory Papers and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher;
  • In case where the marks mentioned at (i) above are equal, the candidate senior in age is to be ranked higher.
  • Compulsory Papers include Essay, General Studies-I, General Studies-II, General Studies-III and General Studies-IV.

Category	Preliminary	Mains	Final
General	75.41	741	953
EWS	68.02	706	923
OBC	74.75	712	919
SC	59.25	694	890
ST	47.82	692	891
PwD-1	40.40	673	894
PwD-2	47.13	718	930
PwD-3	40.40	396	756
PwD-5	33.68	445	589

Final Result: Indian Forest Service IFS 2023

• A total of 147 candidates have been recommended for appointment under different categories as per the following break-up :-

GEN	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	Total
43	20	51	22	11	147

Before applying online, it’s important for interested candidates to carefully read through the entire notification. www.vacancyboard.in

Links for Online Application

Final Result IFS 2023	Click here
Final Cutoff Marks	Click here
UPSC Civil Services IAS/IFS Final Result	Click here
Download IAS Phase Interview Schedule	Click here
Download Interview Schedule	Click here
Download IFS Mains Result	Click here
Download IAS Mains Result	Click here
Edit / Correction Online form	Click here
Apply Online Through OTR (One Time Registration)	Click Here
Download Notification IAS/IFS 2024	Click on notification IAS 2023 | IFS 2023
Official Website	UPSC Official Website

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