The UPSC conducts the Indian Economic/Statistical Services Examination in the month of November to recruit officers for the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) and Indian Economic Service (IES).
Eligibility:
Educational Qualification: 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.
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.
Application:
Blank application forms and other particulars are published by UPSC in leading newspapers and Employment News generally in the month of June. A candidate seeking admission must apply to The Secretary, UPSC, New Delhi on prescribed application form. The application forms are available on payment from any of the designated post office throughout the country. Last date for submission of applications is generally in the month of July.
Selection:
Plan of the examination: The examination comprises:
(i) Written Examination
(ii) Viva-Voca test of such candidates as may be called by the commission carrying a maximum of 250 marks.
Written Examination: The subjects of written examination, the marks allotted to each subject will be as under:
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General English
General Studies
General Economics- I
General Economics- II
Indian Economics
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Indian Statistical Service
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General English
General Studies
Statistics- I
Statistics- II
Statistics- III
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Standard of Papers:
The standard of papers in General English and General Studies will be that of a graduate of an Indian University. The standard of papers of other subjects will be that of the Masters degree examination.
IESE Subjects:
General English
General Studies
General Economics-I
General Economics-II
Indian Economics
Statistics-I
Statistics-II
Statistics-III
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