REGARDING CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2005

Subject:- REGARDING CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2005

An assurance was made by Minister of State (MOS), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievences and Pensions in Parliament on 04.08.2014 as under:

"Candidates, who appeared in Civil Services Examination, 2011, may be given one more attempt in 2015."

In pursuance to the above assurance given in the parliament by Hon'ble MOS (PP), the Government has decided as under:

"The candiates, who appeared in Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2011, will be given one additional attempt in CSE, 2015. details will be notified through CSE Rules, 2015 in due course".

Source:http://persmin.gov.in/AIS1/Docs/CSE-2015.pdf

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Amendments in the rules for Civil Services Examination to be held by UPSC in 2014

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 16th August, 2014

F. No. 13018/01/2014-ATS(I).— The Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the rules for competitive examination—Civil Services Examination—to be held by the Union Public Service Commission in 2014 notified by the Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) vide notification number 13018/01/2014-AIS (I), dated the 31st May, 2014 and published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 19th June, 2014, namely:—

In Appendix I to the said notification,—

(i) in “SECTION I”, under the heading “PLAN OF EXAMINATION”, in paragraph 2, after the portion beginning with “The Preliminary Examination will consist of and ending with “set out in sub-section (A) of Section II”, the following shall be inserted, namely:—

“The merit on the basis of Preliminary Examination shall be drawn using aggregate marks obtained in Paper-I out of 200 and marks obtained in Paper-II out of 200 minus the total of the marks allocated to the questions on English Language Comprehension skills.”;

(ii) in “SECTION II”, under the heading “A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION”,—

(A)for the words and figures “The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each”, the words, letters and figures “The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers, of which Paper-I will be of 200 marks and Paper-II will be of 200 marks minus the total of the marks allocated to the questions on English Language Comprehension skills.” shall be substituted;

(B)in the Note, for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(iii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level, which are printed in English only, shall not be evaluated for gradation or merit and therefore, need not be attempted by the candidates.”;

(iii) in “SECTION III”, under the heading “Part A-Preliminary Examination”,—

(A) for the sub-heading “Paper II-(200 marks) Duration: Two hours”, the following sub-heading shall be substituted, namely:—

“Paper II-(200 marks minus the total of the marks allocated to the questions on English Language Comprehension skills) Duration: Two hours”;

(B)for Note 1, the following note shall be substituted, namely:—

“Note 1: Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level, which are printed in English only, shall not be evaluated for gradation or merit and therefore, need not be attempted by the candidates.”

GAYATRI MISHRA, Director (AIS)

Note.—The principal notification number 13018/01/2014-AIS (I), dated the 31st May, 2014 was published in the Gazette of India, Part I, Section 1, dated the 19th June, 2014.

Source:http://persmin.gov.in/AIS1/Docs/Gazzettee-Amendment-CSE.pdf

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Civil Services Examination, 2012 Results Declared.

   Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012 held by the Union Public Service Commission in October, 2012 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March-April, 2013, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to: -
 
[i]       Indian Administrative Service;
[ii]      Indian Foreign Service;
[iii]     Indian Police Service; and
[iv]     Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.
 
   A total number of 998 candidates have been recommended for appointment including 457 General (including 23 Physically challenged candidates), 295 Other Backward Classes (including 09 Physically challenged candidates), 169 Scheduled Castes  (including 02 Physically challenged candidate) and 77 Scheduled Tribes candidates  against  1091  vacancies  ( 550 General, 295 Other Backward Classes, 169 Scheduled Castes and 77 Scheduled Tribes).

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Important Highlights of Civil Services Examination, 2012.

              The UPSC has declared the final results of Civil Services Examination, 2012 on Friday, the 3rd May, 2013. The following are the important highlights of the results :
 
        The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2012 was conducted on 20th May, 2012. A record number of 5,36,506 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 2,71,422 candidates have actually appeared.
 
        13,092 candidates were declared qualified for the Main written examination held in October, 2012 out of which 2674 candidates were selected for the Personality Test conducted in March-April, 2012.  Finally 998 candidates (753 Male & 245 Female) have been recommended for appointment to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central Services against 1091 reported vacancies.  Vacancies unfilled presently are on account of 92 reserved community candidates qualifying on general standards. Depending on the options exercised by these candidates for service allocation, these vacancies will be filled by candidates recommended from the Reserve List that is maintained by the Commission.
 
       TOP position has been taken by Female candidate, Ms. Haritha V. Kumar (Roll No.075502). She has done B.Tech (E&C) from Kerala University.  This is her 4th attempt.

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