Alternative Learning Systems, Welcomes you...
(1) For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service,
a candidate must be a citizen of India.
(2) For other services, a candidate must be either:—
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of
permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African
countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and
Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose
favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the
examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate
has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.
(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of
32 years on the 1st of August, 2020 i.e., he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August,
1988 and not later than 1st August, 1999. Necessary action to make corresponding changes in
respective Rules/Regulations pertaining to various services is being taken separately.
(b) The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable:
(i) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe;
(ii) up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward
Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
(iii) up to 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;
(iv) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned
Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August,
2020 and have been released;
(a) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be
completed within one year from 1st August, 2020 otherwise than by way of dismissal or
discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or
(b) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or
(c) on invalidment.
(v) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial
period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2020 and whose
assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence
issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on
three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
(vi) up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of (a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard
of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack
victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and
mental illness; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d)
including deaf-blindness.
Note I:—Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other
Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of Rule 6(b) above, viz. those
coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, Persons of Benchmark Disabilities [viz. (a) blindness
and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy,
leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual
disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst
persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness etc.] will be eligible for grant of
cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.
Note II : The details of Functional Classification (FC) and Physical Requirements (PR) of each
service is indicated in this Notice which are identified and prescribed by the respective Cadre
Controlling Authorities (CCAs) as per the provisions of Section 33 and 34 of the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act, 2016. Only those category (ies) of disability (ies) mentioned in the Notice
shall apply for the examination under Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) categories.
Therefore, the candidates belonging to the Persons with Benchmark Disability categories are
advised to read it carefully before applying for the examination.
Note III:—The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as
Ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as
amended from time to time.
Note IV :—The age concession under para 3(II)(iv) and (v) will be admissible to
Ex-servicemen i.e. a person who has served in any rank whether as combatant or non-combatant
in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union and who either has been retired or
relieved or discharged from such service whether at his/her own request or being relieved by the
employer after earning his or her pension.
Note V:—Notwithstanding the provision of age relaxation under para 3 (b)(vi) above,
candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability will be considered to be eligible for
appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination as the Government or appointing
authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and
medical standards for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to the Persons with
Benchmark Disability by the Government.
Save as provided above, the age-limits prescribed can in no case be relaxed.
The date of birth, accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or
Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognized by an Indian University as
equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a
University which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the
Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate. These certificates are required to be
submitted only at the time of applying for the Civil Services (Main) Examination. No other
document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation,
Service records and the like will be accepted.
The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the
Instruction include the alternative certificates mentioned above.
Note 1:—Candidate should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the
Matriculation/Secondary Examination certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of
submission of application will be accepted by the Commission, and no subsequent request for its
change will be considered or granted.
Note 2:—Candidates should also note that once a date of birth has been submitted by them in the
application form and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an
Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently or at any other Examination of the
Commission on any grounds whatsoever.
Note 3:- The candidate should exercise due care while entering their date of birth in the online
Application Form for the Preliminary Examination. If on verification at any subsequent stage, any
variation is found in their date of birth from the one entered in their matriculation or equivalent
Examination certificate, disciplinary action will be taken against them by the Commission under
the Rules.
The candidate must hold a degree of any of
Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or othereducational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a
University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an
equivalent qualification.
Note I:—Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render
them educationally qualified for the Commission’s examination but have not been informed of the
result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be
eligible for admission to the Preliminary Examination.
All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services
(Main) Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite examination along
with their application (i.e. Detailed Application Form-I) for the Main Examination, failing which
such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination. Such proof of passing the requisite
examination should be dated earlier than the due date (closing date) of Detailed Application
Form-I of the Civil Services (Main) Examination.
Note II: In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who does
not have any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate provided that he/she has
passed examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of
the Commission justifies his/her admission to the examination.
Note III: Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by
the Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for
admission to the examination.
Note IV: Candidates who have passed the final professional M.B.B.S. or any other Medical
Examination but have not completed their internship by the time of submission of their
applications for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, will be provisionally admitted to the
Examination provided they submit along with their application a copy of certificate from the
concerned authority of the University/Institution that they had passed the requisite final
professional medical examination. In such cases, the candidates will be required to produce at the
time of their interview original Degree or a certificate from the concerned competent authority of
the University/Institution that they had completed all requirements (including completion of
internship) for the award of the Degree
Every candidate appearing at the examination, who is otherwise
eligible, shall be permitted six attempts at the examination:
Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates who are otherwise eligible :
Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other
Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be nine. The relaxation will be available to the
candidates who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates :
Provided further that candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability will get as many
attempts as are available to other candidates who do not belong to Persons with Benchmark
Disability of his or her community, subject to the condition that a candidate of Persons with
Benchmark Disability belonging to the General and EWS Category shall be eligible for nine
attempts. Necessary action to make corresponding changes in respective Rules/regulations
pertaining to various services is being taken separately. The relaxation will be available to the
candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
Note :—
(I) An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Civil
Services Examination.
(II) If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she
shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.
(III) Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance
of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
(a) 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. In case such a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS
after the Preliminary Examination of Civil Services Examination, 2020 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, 2020 notwithstanding his/her having qualified in the Preliminary
Examination, 2020.
Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS after the commencement
of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020 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. Civil Services Examination, 2020.
(b) A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Police Service on the results of an earlier
examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to opt for the Indian
Police Service in Civil Services Examination, 2020.
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination, 2020 as per guidelines given in Appendix-III of Rules for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 12th February, 2020