This Examination is conducted
by the Union Public Service Commission generally in the month
of September. Blank application forms and other particulars are
published in the Employment News generally in the last week of
March. Last date for submission of applications is generally second
week of May.
Age:
A candidate should have attained
the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 28 years
on the 1st January of the year of examination:
The upper age limit may be relaxed in respect of the Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and such other
categories of persons as may from time to time be notified in
this behalf by the Government of India to the extent and subject
to the conditions notified in respect of each category.
A candidate for Indian Economic Service must have obtained a degree
with Economics or Statistics as a subject and a candidate for
the Indian Statistical Service must have a degree with Statistics
or Mathematics or Economics as a subject from any of the Universities
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 Universities under Section
3 of the Universities Grant Commission Act, 1956 or possess an
equivalent qualification.
Plan of the Examination: The examination comprises:
· Written Examination in subjects set out in Para 5 below; and
· Viva-Voca Test of such candidates as may be called by the Commission
carrying a maximum of 250 marks.
Examination Subjects:
The subjects of written examination, the maximum marks allotted
to each subject and the time allowed will be as under:
|
Sl
No.
|
Subject
|
Maximum
Marks
|
Time
Allowed
|
A. Indian
Economic Service
|
|
1.
|
General
English |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
2.
|
General
Studies |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
3.
|
General
Economics-I |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
4.
|
General
Economics-II |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
5.
|
Indian
Economics |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
Total
|
750
|
B:
Indian Statistical Service
|
|
1.
|
General
English |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
2.
|
General
Studies |
150
|
3hrs
|
|
3.
|
Statistics-I |
200
|
3hrs
|
|
4.
|
Statistics-II |
200
|
3hrs
|
|
5.
|
Statistics-III |
200
|
3hrs
|
|
Total
|
900
|
N.B. All the question
papers in the examination will be of conventional (essay type)
