What
is UPSC?
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Indianisation of the superior Civil Services became one of the major demands of
the political movement compelling the British Indian Government to consider
setting up of a Public Service Commission for recruitment to its services in
the territory. The first Public Service Commission was set up on October 1st,
1926. The Constituent Assembly, after independence, with the promulgation of
the new Constitution for independent India on 26th January, 1950, this Public
Service Commission was accorded a constitutional status as an autonomous entity
and given the title - Union Public Service Commission.
Constitutional Provisions: the UPSC is an constitutional body in
the sense that it is directly created by the Constitution of India. It has been
established under Article 315 of the Constitution of India. Usually, the Commission
constitutes 9 to 11 members including the Chairman. The UPSC is the central
recruiting agency in India. The major role played by the Commission is to
select persons to man the various Central Civil Services and Posts and the
Services common to the Union and States (viz. All-India Services). Under the
Constitution one of the functions of the Commission is to conduct examinations
for appointment to Civil Services/Posts of the Union. The Commission usually
conducts over a dozen examinations every year on an all India basis. These
include Examinations for recruitment to services/posts in various fields, such
as Civil Services, Engineering, Medical and Forest Service, etc.
1. Civil Services Examination
2. Indian Forest Service (IFoS)
3. Engineering Service Examination (IES)
4. Indian Economic & Stastical Service (IES/ISS)
5. Geologist Examination
6. Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination (SCRA)
7. Combined Medical Services (CMS)
8. Central Police Forces (CPF)
9. Combined Defence Service (CDS)
10. National Defence & Naval Academy (NDA/NA)
At present the Union Public Service Commission conduct their
examinations at numerous venues spread over 42 regularcenters throughout the
country. There are several other Public Service Commission i.e. Uttar Pradesh(UPPSC),
Bihar(BPSC), Jharkhand(JPSC), Madhya Pradesh(MPSC), Rajasthan(RPSC), etc.
public service commission.
1. Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
2. Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
3. Assam Public Service Commission
4. Bihar Public Service Commission
5. Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission
6. Goa Public Service Commission
7. Gujarat Public Service Commission
8. Haryana Public Service Commission
9. Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
10. Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission
11. Jharkhand Public Service Commission
12. Karnataka Public Service Commission
13. Kerala Public Service Commission
14. Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission
15. Manipur Public Service Commission
16. Maharashtra Public Service Commission
17. Meghalaya Public Service Commission
18. Mizoram Public Service Commission
19. Nagaland Public Service Commission
20. Orissa Public Service Commission
21. Punjab Public Service Commission
22. Rajasthan Public Service Commission
23. Sikkim Public Service Commission
24. Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
25. Tripura Public Service Commission
26. Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission
27. Uttaranchal Public Service Commission
28. West Bengal Public Service Commission
The civil service has always attracted the best in the country.
This is a three stage recruiting process. The Civil Services Examination (CSE)
offers the widest range of jobs in our country and is conducted by the Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC). There are about twenty-six (24) services
offered through this single examination. But, most popular among them are
Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian
Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Indian Customs &
Central Excise Services, etc. along with the other central services.
Recruitment is made in the following services through Civil Services Exam.
GROUP–A SERVICE
1 1 Indian Administrative
Service ( IAS )
2 Indian Foreign Service (
IFS )
3 Indian Police Service (
IPS )
4 Indian P & T
Accounts & Finance Service
5 Indian Audit &
Accounts Service
6 Indian Revenue Service
(Customs and Central Excise)
7 Indian Defence Accounts
Service
8 Indian Revenue Service
(I.T)
9 Indian Ordnance
Factories Service Group –A (Asst. manager, Non-technical)
10 Indian Postal Service
11 Indian Civil
Accounts Service
12 Indian Railway
Traffic Service
13 Indian Railway
Account Service
14 Indian Railway
Personnel Service
15
Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group-A in Railway Protection Force
16 Indian Defence Estates Service
17
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)
18 Indian Trade Service
19
Indian Corporate Law Service
GROUP –
B SERVICES
20 Armed Forces, Headquarters Civil Service, (Section
Officer’s Grade)
21
Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Civil Service, Group B
22 Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Police Service
23 Pondicherry Civil Services
24 Pondicherry Civil Services