UPSC Notification 2025: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification of Civil Services Examination 2025. UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam (UPSC CSE Prelims Exam 2025 Date) will be held on 25 May 2025. The online application process has started from today (22 January 2025), which will continue till 11 February 2025. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online by visiting the official website of the Commission (UPSC) upsc.gov.in.
UPSC vacancy reduced in last three years
According to the notification by UPSC (UPSC CSE 2025 Notification), about 979 vacancies will be filled through this recruitment drive. Of these, 38 posts are reserved for physically handicapped (PwBD) candidates. This time there has been a decrease of 77 posts as compared to last year. Last year, 1,056 posts were advertised. Whereas 1,105 vacancies were released in 2023 and 1,022 vacancies were released in 2022. Apart from the Civil Services Examination, UPSC has also announced a total of 150 posts for the Indian Forest Service (IFS).
Who can apply?
Must have a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university. Final-year students can also apply, but after qualifying in Prelims, they will have to submit proof of graduate pass before Mains. Apart from this, the age limit of the applicants should be minimum 21 years and maximum 32 years as on 01 August 2025. . However, reserved category candidates are given some relaxation in the maximum age limit. More information can be seen in the notification.
UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 Notification Link
How to apply?
Step 1: First of all go to the official website of UPSC upsc.gov.in.
Step 2: Click on the link ‘Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025’ in the ‘Whats New’ section on the homepage.
Step 3: Click on the link given here to apply, a new page will open.
Step 4: If you are going to take the exam for the first time then register by filling the required details.
Step 5: Now log in with the help of the generated credentials.
Step 6: Fill the application form with required details, pay the fees and click on submit.
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selection process
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) invites candidates for important posts in Group A and B in various government departments including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS). Civil Services Examination is conducted every year for selection. UPSC CSE consists of three stages: Prelims, Mains and Interview. Objective type questions are asked in prelims exam whereas in mains exam the paper of the candidates is descriptive type. Thereafter, the candidates shortlisted in the main stage proceed to the final stage, which consists of a personality test i.e. interview.
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination consists of two objective type papers of total 400 marks and acts as a screening tool to select candidates for the next stage. The marks of the preliminary examination do not affect the final ranking, but approximately twelve to thirteen times more candidates than the number of vacancies available will be selected from among those who qualify the examination to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination.