IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS Exams

UPSC Exam 2024- Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the UPSC IAS exam every year to recruit eligible candidates in the prestigious All India Service. UPSC is going to conduct Civil Service Examination on National Level for filling numerous vacancies of all India Services and various Central Civil Services. The selection of the candidates will be done through Prelims, Mains and Interview round where Prelims is Objective-type and Mains are descriptive-type. The final merit list will be prepared on counting the Mains Marks and Interview round.

Candidates can check the elaborated information regarding the Exam Details, Important Dates, Eligibility Criteria, IAS Salary, Online Application Form, Syllabus, UPSC Full Form in the article.

Syllabus of Preliminary Examination:

Preliminary Examination Paper I (GS I)

• Current events of national and international importance.

• History of India and Indian National Movement.

• Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

• Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

• Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.

• General issues on Environmental ecology, Biodiversity, and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.

General Science. Paper II (CSAT)

• Comprehension

• Interpersonal skills including communication skills

• Logical reasoning and analytical ability

• Decision making and problem solving

• General mental ability

• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc. — Class X level)

Syllabus of General Studies I to IV

General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society.

• Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

• Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the presentsignificant events, personalities, issues.

• The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.

• Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.

• History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.— their forms and effect on the society.

• Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.

• Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.

• Effects of globalization on Indian society.

• Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

• Salient features of world’s physical geography.

• Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).

• Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations.

• Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.

• Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.

• Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.

• Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries.

• Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.

• Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity

• Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.

• Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.

• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.

• Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

• Development processes and the development industry —the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.

• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.

• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

• Issues relating to poverty and hunger.

• Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.

• Role of civil services in a democracy.

• India and its neighborhood- relations.

• Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

• Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

• Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development, and employment.

• Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.

• Government Budgeting.

• Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country, - different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.

• Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.

• Food processing and related industries in India- scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.

• Land reforms in India.

• Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.

• Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.

• Investment models.

• Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

• Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.

• Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.

• Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

• Disaster and disaster management.

• Linkages between development and spread of extremism.

• Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.

• Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention.

• Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

• Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered :

• Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

• Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.

• Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and nonpartisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections. 

• Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.

• Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.

• Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.

• Case Studies on above issues.

UPSC 2023 Notification 

UPSC has released the official notification of UPSC CSE Indian Administrative Services notification (05/2022-CSP) and UPSC Forest Service Examination Notification (06/2022-IFS) on 02nd February 2022 @upsc.gov.in as per UPSC Exam Calendar. Candidates are advised to check Exam Pattern, Syllabus, and all the Important Details in the article. The candidates can go through the UPSC Notification 2022 from the below link. 

Check UPSC CSE Exam 2022 Official Notification PDF

Check UPSC IFS Exam 2022 Official Notification PDF

UPSC Exam 2022- Exam Summary

Every year Union Public Service conducts Civil Service Examinations for graduates to appear for various All India Services and Central Civil Services. To have a glimpse of UPSC CSE 2022, the candidates can refer to the below overview table.

UPSC IAS 2023- Overview
Organisation	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Exam Name	UPSC Civil Service Exam 2022 & UPSC Forest Service Exam 2022
Exam Level	National
Vacancy	1011
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Offline
Exam Stages	Prelims, Main Exams, Language Proficiency Test
Education Qualification	Graduates or relevant degree
Age Limit	21 years to 32 years
Exam Frequency	Once in a year
UPSC Official Website	upsc.gov.in

UPSC IAS 2022- Important Dates

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the revised exam dates for Civil Service Prelims & Mains Exam through UPSC Calendar 2022 on upsc.gov.in. As per the UPSC calendar, the UPSC Prelims Exam is scheduled to be conducted on 05th June 2022 and Mains Exam to be held from 16th September 2022 [5 days].  For other important dates regarding UPSC IAS 2022, go through the below table.

Events	Dates
UPSC Exam Notification Release Date	02nd February 2022
Exam Registration Date Begins on	02nd February 2022
Last Day to Apply for UPSC Exam 2022	22nd February 2022
Withdrawal of Application	1st March 2022 to 7th March 2022
Release of UPSC Admit Card 2022	10th May 2022
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2022	05th June 2022
UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2022	July 2022
UPSC Mains Admit Card 2022	August 2022
Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2022	16th September 2022 [5 days]

UPSC IAS 2022 Vacancy

UPSC conducts CSE exam to recruit candidates in the high bureaucratic posts of central government, UPSC recruit candidates for various posts which are given below. This year number of vacancy under UPSC Exam 2022 is 1011 and last year were 712. Out of the 1011 vacancies, 180 vacancies are for IAS and 200 vacancies are for IPS. There are 150 vacancies for the newly introduced service – Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS). The detailed vacancy distribution is released with Final Result, till then have a look at the last year's vacancy distribution. 

Service	GEN	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	Total
Indian Administrative Services	73	18	49	27	13	180
Indian Foreign Service	14	4	10	6	3	37
Indian Police Service	83	20	50	27	20	200
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’	4	1	5	2	2	14
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’	7	2	6	3	2	20
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’	10	2	6	4	2	24
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’	19	6	14	8	4	51
Indian Revenue Service Custom and Indirect Taxes Group ‘A’	16	5	11	6	3	41
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’	6	2	7	3	1	19
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’	1	3	3	2	1	10
Indian Railway Protection Force Service	5	0	4	0	0	9
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’	2	1	2	1	0	6
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’	5	0	2	1	1	9
Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’	6	0	1	0	1	8
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A"	4	1	2	2	1	9
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)	19	4	14	6	3	46
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'	3	1	2	1	0	7
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'	6	2	4	3	1	16
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'	3	0	1	2	0	6
Total	288	71	193	102	58	712

UPSC Apply Online 2022

UPSC has started accepting the All India Services CSE Application Form 2022 from 02nd February 2022 onwards along with the release of UPSC notification. Just like passing years, this year to lakh of candidates have filled their application form for UPSC Exam 2022, to get their dream job. location of exam centre. The last day to fill out the application form was 22nd February 2022 (6 pm).

Click here to Apply Online for UPSC CSE Exam 2022 [Link Active]

Instructions for UPSC CSE Online Application Form

Candidates must possess the following documents, information from which is required for the application submission:

1. Any Valid Photo Identity Proof.

2. Candidates must make a scanned copy of their Passport Size Photograph, Education Certificates.

Registration

Click on the link given below to go to the Registration Page. Click on the link ‘UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022’ under Active Examinations section Enter your Name, Date of Birth, Email Address and Mobile Number

Entering Application Form Details: Fill all the personal and professional details in the application form which are necessary to fill by candidates to get their form selected.

Upload Documents: Upload all the important documents which are asked to upload by the commission during the application process which include photographs, education qualification, valid I.D proof and other documents.

Application Fee: General, OBC, EWS candidates: Rs 100/-.Women, SC, ST, and PWD candidates are exempted from paying the fee.

Note: For online payment, use credit card/debit card/Rupay card or Internet Banking Services. For offline payment, download the e-challan and submit the cash in SBI bank branches on the next day itself.

UPSC IAS Exam 2022- Posts

All India Services

1. Indian Administrative Services(IAS)

2. Indian Police Servies(IPS)

3. Indian Forest Services(IFoS) [Prelims Only]

Central Civil Services

1. Indian Foreign Services(IFS)

2. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.

3. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

4. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.

5. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

6. Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.

7. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).

8. Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.

9. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

10. Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.

11. Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'.

12. Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.

13. Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’

14. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.

15. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.

16. Indian Trade Service, Group 'A'.

17. Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’.

18. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).

19. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.

20. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'.

21. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'.

22. Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.

UPSC IAS Exam 2022 Eligibility

Eligibility for UPSC is one of the first questions which crops up in the mind of a CSE aspirant. The nationality, the number of attempts, age limit and educational qualifications are some of the basic eligibility criteria for UPSC IAS Exam. All candidates must check the eligibility criteria before applying for the UPSC IAS Exam 2022 and ensure that they meet all the eligibility criteria as mentioned below.

Nationality

For Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), a candidate must be a citizen of India. For all other services, a candidate can either be a citizen of India or

1. A citizen of Nepal/ Bhutan

2. A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India

3. 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

Note: Candidates who are subjects of Nepal/ Bhutan or Tibetan refugees are not eligible to apply for Indian Foreign Service (IFS).

Age Limit

Candidates must be minimum of 21 years and a maximum of 32 years of age as on 01st August 2022. This means that candidates must have born not earlier than August 2, 1990 and not later than August 1, 2001.

Check UPSC CSE 2022 Age Relaxation in the below table:

Age Relaxation
Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ ST	5 Years
OBC	3 Years
Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 Years
Ex-servicemen including commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years of military service	5 Years
PwD [(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]	10 Years

Note: No age relaxation is provided for the Economically Weaker Sections in the UPSC CSE Exam 2022.

Educational Qualification

The candidate must have completed their Graduation from any of Central or State Universities which incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University.

Number of Attempts

The number of attempts allowed for each candidate in UPSC Exam are 6 for general category candidates. While the number of attempt are 9 for OBC Category Candidates. There is no restriction on the number of attempt of SC/ST Candidates. Candidates must note if they had appeared as many times as the number of attempt allowed in UPSC CSE Prelims, then they are no more eligible for the UPSC IAS Exam.

UPSC IAS Syllabus and Exam Pattern

To master, any exam candidates need to know the Exam Schema and Syllabus of the Exam. Candidates must note that UPSC IAS Syllabus is one of the lengthy syllabus of any exam in the country. Therefore, it is of importance that the aspirants must aware of the UPSC CSE Syllabus and Exam Pattern. Knowledge of these two helps a candidate to maintain their focus and prepare themselves to get through the prestigious UPSC Exam.

Every candidate has to clearly pass all the three stages of the UPSC CSE Exam to get their name in the merit list of the UPSC IAS Result 2022.

1. Preliminary

2. Mains

3. Interview

Check Elobrated UPSC IAS Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2022

IAS Salary, Perks, Emoluments

UPSC CSE offer the most lucrative job salary, perks and emoluments in the country. No other jobs in India offer such kind of salary in the country. Candidates can check the salary perks and emoluments by clicking on the link given below.

Click here to check IAS Salary, Perks, Emoluments

UPSC CSE Admit Card 2022

The UPSC IAS Prelims is scheduled to be held on 05th June 2022 and UPSC IAS Admit Card 2022 will be released in May 2022. The Commission will release the UPSC CSE Mains Admit Card tentatively in August 2022 as Mains exam is to be held from 16th September 2022 for 5 days. Candidates are advised to keep in touch with the website to get new updates regarding UPSC CSE Admit Card 2022.

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UPSC CSE Result 2022

The UPSC is going to release the result of CSE Prelims exam in the month of July 2022. UPSC generally declars approximately 45 days after the exam. As we know the Mains exam is scheduled to be held from 16th Seotember 2022. Candidates are advised to keep visiting the website for UPSC IAS Result 2022.

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UPSC Exam 2022- Exam Centres

The candidates who appear every year for the UPSC CSE Exam are about 09 to 10 lakhs only. Since the number of candidates is far less in the UPSC Exam exam hence the number of centres are also less. The UPSC Exam Centres are given below:

The Exam Center Cities for UPSC
Ahmedabad	Dehradun	Mumbai
Aizawl	Delhi	Patna
Allahabad	Dispur (Guwahati)	Raipur
Bangaluru	Hyderabad	Ranchi
Bhopal	Jaipur	Shillong
Chandigarh	Jammu	Shimla
Chennai	Kolkata	Thiruvananthapuram
Cuttack	Lucknow	Vijayawada

Note: The official website informs that allotment of centers (for both Preliminary and Mains) will be on a first-apply-first allot basis. Once the capacity of a particular center is attained, the same will be frozen and applicants will have to choose a center from the remaining options. Applicants are, therefore, advised to apply early so that they can get an exam center of their choice.