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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