UPSC IAS Vacancy 2026: Check Here for IAS, IPS and Civil Service Vacancies
Indian Administrative Services 2026 ( IAS )
Registration - 4 Feb '26 - 24 Feb '26
The Union Public Service Commission will release the Civil Service (IAS) notification soon at upsc.gov.in. The Commission will not mention the service-wise vacancies in the IAS notification. The candidates should note that the number of Indian Administrative Service(IAS) vacancies is expected to remain constant at 180. The number of vacancies for the Indian Police Service (IPS) will be 150. The vacancies to other Central Civil Services varies every year.
The UPSC IAS notification will be out online only and along with it, the online application form will be activated with it. The Commission will conduct the Civil Service (IAS) exam on May 24, 2026. The IAS 2026 vacancies are expected to be in around 900+. The Commission conduct IAS exam for All India and Central Civil Services which are over 25 in number. The Union Ministry of Personnel releases the post-wise break-up of Civil Service vacancies later.
- UPSC IAS Vacancy 2026
- UPSC IAS 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- UPSC CSE Vacancies 2025
- UPSC CSE Vacancies 2024
- UPSC CSE Vacancies of Previous Years
- UPSC IAS Vacancies 2026 FAQs
UPSC IAS Vacancy 2026
The Union Public Service Commission will mention the number of vacancies in the notification. The Ministry of Personnel will release the service-wise vacancies on its official website - persmin.gov.in/. The UPSC vacancies 2026 will be released in the notification only.
Commonly asked questions
No, the number of IAS vacancies is fixed to 180. Every year, the Commission recommend 180 candidates for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS). In case of any change, the Commission will notify.
The candidates should note that the Union Public Service Commission does not provide service-wise vacancies in the official notification. The service-wise vacancies are published by the Ministry of Personnel on its official website. Following the past trends, the number of candidates recruited for the Indian Administrative Service is 180 and 150 candidates are recruited for the Indian Police Service.
The number of vacancies for other services varies every year.
UPSC IAS 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2026 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 04 Feb ' 26 - 24 Feb ' 26 | UPSC IAS 2026 Application Dates ONGOING |
| May ' 26 | IAS Prelims Admit Card 2026 Issue Date TENTATIVE |
| 24 May ' 26 | IAS Prelims 2026 Exam Date |
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 22 Aug ' 25 - 31 Aug ' 25 | IAS Main 2025 Exam Date |
| 25 May ' 25 | IAS Prelims 2025 Exam Date |
| 13 May ' 25 - 25 May ' 25 | IAS Prelims Admit Card 2025 Issue Date |
UPSC CSE Vacancies 2025
The Union Public Service Commission mentioned the number of vacancies in the UPSC IAS notification. The Ministry of Personnel released the tentative breakup of the IAS 2025 vacancies in the following manner:
| Sl. No | Service | CSE-2025 TENTATIVE VACANCIES BREAKUP | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | Total | Out of which PwBD Vacancies | ||||||
| LD | VI | HI | MD | Total | ||||||||
| 1 | IAS | 28 | 13 | 47 | 18 | 74 | 180 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | IFS | 8 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 55 | 1 | 0 | C | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | IPS | 22 | 11 | 42 | 15 | 60 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | IA&AS | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | ICAS | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | ICLS | 9 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | IDAS | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | IDES | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | IIS | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | IPoS | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | IP&TAFS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | C | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | IRMS(Accounts) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | IRMS(Personnel) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | IRMS(Traffic) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | IRPFS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | IRS(C&IT) | 14 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 39 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | IRS(IT) | 32 | 15 | 57 | 20 | 82 | 206 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 18 | ITS | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | AFHQCS | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | DANICS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | DANIPS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | PONDICS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | PONDIPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 144* | 66‘ | 269* | 92* | 396* | 979 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 | |
The final number of the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) vacancies will be notified later.
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission released the Civil Service (IAS) Main result 2025 on its portal - upsc.gov.in. The Commission selected 2,736 candidates for the interview stage.
The Union Public Service Commission is expected to conduct the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) interviews till March/April 2026. The Commission is expected to release the UPSC CSE (IAS) Final Result in April 2026.
UPSC CSE Vacancies 2024
The Department of Personnel and Training released the UPSC CSE 2024 vacancies breakup in the following way.
| CSE-2024-FIRM VACANCIES BREAKUP | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sl. No | Service | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | Total | Out of which PwBD Vacancies | ||||
| VI | HI | LD | MD | Total | ||||||||
| 1 | IAS | 24 | 13 | 52 | 18 | 73 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | IFS | 9 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | IPS | 23 | 10 | 42 | 15 | 60 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | IA&AS | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | ICAS | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | ICLS | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | IDAS | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | IDES | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | IIS | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | IPoS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | IP&TAFS | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | IRMS | 22 | 11 | 40 | 15 | 62 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | IRPFS | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | IRS(C&IT) | 14 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | IRS(IT) | 27 | 13 | 49 | 18 | 73 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | ITS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | AFHQCS | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 18 | DANICS | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | DANIPS | 8 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 34 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | PONDICS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | PONDIPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 161 | 87 | 319 | 110 | 455 | 1132 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 50 | |
The UPSC did not mention the post-wise or service-wise vacancies in the official notification. The Commission only mention the number of total vacancies that too is a tentative number. The final number of vacancies in UPSC exam is finalised and released by the Ministry of Personnel on its website.
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission notifed 1056 vacancies in the Civil Service Exam (CSE) 2024 notification on February 14, 2024. The Commission notifies the tentative number of Civil Service vacancies for the exam. The Commission can increase or decrease the number of vacancies in the final result.
In normal circumstances, the Civil Service vacancies increase because the Commission includes the requisition received from the Central Government Ministries till the prelims exam is conducted.
UPSC CSE Vacancies of Previous Years
The candidates can see below the previous year vacancies of UPSC IAS exam:
| IAS Exam Year | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1087 |
| 2024 | 1,132 1,056 |
| 2023 | 1,105 |
| 2022 | 1,022 (Revised) |
| 2021 | 712 |
| 2020 | 836 |
| 2019 | 927 |
The above is the year-wise vacancies in Civil Service Exam.
UPSC 2023 Vacancies
The number of UPSC CSE 2023 vacancies were 1,105. The IAS notification 2023 was released as per the schedule given in the UPSC exam calendar. The Commission mentioned the total number of vacancies in the official notification but the UPSC revised the number of IAS vacancies through a notice or addendum. There were 180 vacancies for the IAS officer.
UPSC IAS 2022 Exam Vacancies
The Ministry of Personnel released the service-wise vacancies for the Civil Service Exam 2022. The total number of vacancies were 1,011 after the addition of IRMS. Union Government of India informed the parliament that the number of IPS vacancies were increased to 200.
Civil Service (IAS) 2021 Exam Vacancies
The candidates can see below the Civil Service Exam 2021 vacancy breakup as notified by the ministry of personnel in different services as follows:
| Service |
GEN | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Administrative Service |
73 | 18 | 49 | 27 | 13 | 180 |
| Indian Foreign Service |
14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 |
| Indian Police Service |
83 | 20 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 200 |
| Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ |
4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’ |
19 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 51 |
| Indian Revenue Service Custom and Indirect Taxes Group ‘A’ |
16 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 41 |
| Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ |
6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Indian Railway Protection Force Service |
5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’ |
5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’ |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" |
4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) |
19 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B' |
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B' |
6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total |
288 | 71 | 193 | 102 | 58 | 712 |
The Service-wise UPSC vacancies in the Civil Services exam of previous year is given below:
| Service |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Administrative Service |
180 |
180 | 180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
| Indian Foreign Service |
36 |
24 | 30 |
42 |
45 |
45 |
32 |
32 |
| Indian Police Service |
200 |
150 | 150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
| Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ |
20 |
17 | 17 |
29 |
29 |
22 |
16 |
25 |
| Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
20 |
28 | 25 |
25 |
28 |
28 |
25 |
25 |
| Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Tax) Service, Group ‘A’ | 41 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 104 | 230 | 200 | 230 |
| Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
24 |
20 | 15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
13 |
19 |
| Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’ |
74 |
75 | 65 |
180 |
200 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
| Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration) |
- |
0 | 4 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
| Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ |
38 |
20 | 22 |
25 |
9 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
| Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
12 |
18 | 16 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
15 |
| Indian Railway Protection Force Service |
20 |
- | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’ |
- |
78 | 71 |
63 |
65 |
69 |
73 |
66 |
| Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' |
- |
33 | 34 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
32 |
30 |
| Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’ |
- |
42 | 28 |
27 |
23 |
27 |
32 |
28 |
| Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ |
- |
14 | 8 |
15 |
15 |
45 |
34 |
33 |
| Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ |
10 |
4 | 9 |
19 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
7 |
| Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’ |
20 |
23 | 8 |
65 |
24 |
21 |
25 |
8 |
| Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’ |
6 |
15 | 4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
| Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" |
17 |
10 | 15 |
10 |
30 |
20 |
6 |
8 |
| Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) |
64 |
74 | 48 |
67 |
218 |
53 |
240 |
74 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B' |
21 |
36 | 4 |
22 |
5 |
3 |
17 |
32 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B' |
31 |
25 | 4 |
31 |
2 |
4 |
25 |
45 |
| Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' |
2 |
0 | 2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
| Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’ |
- |
0 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
836 |
927 | 812 |
1058 |
1209 |
1164 |
1364 |
1228 |
The number of UPSC vacancies (tentative) are notified every year in the Civil Service notification.
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service Exam every year to recruit the candidates for the All India Services and Central Civil Services. There are around 25 Central Civil Services whose exam is combinedly conducted as Civil Service Exam.
The candidates must prepare the five fundamental subjects as notified for the IAS prelims exam. These are History, Geography, Economy, Polity, Current Affairs, General Science. The candidates should also prepare the Environmental issues too.
UPSC IAS Vacancies 2026 FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to IAS vacancies.
Commonly asked questions
The UPSC Civil Service Exam Notification mention that the Civil Service Prelims exam is qualifying only. The UPSC IAS prelims exam is a MCQ based exam conducted offline at the designated exam centre. The marks scored in the UPSC prelims exam is not considered for the final selected process.
The prelims exam was introduced to filtering of candidates and restricting the number of candidates for the main exam.
The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service Exam every year to recruit the candidates for the All India Services and Central Civil Services. There are around 25 Central Civil Services whose exam is combinedly conducted as Civil Service Exam.
The Union Public Service Commission introduced the Universal Registration Number (URN) process for all exams. The URN is a common regisration for all the applications where the candidates fill out registration one time only and these personal details are re-used for the application.
The URN is common to all exam application. The candidates can take the registration number anytime irrespective of any active application.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
Yes, the UPSC IAS Notification 2026 was postponed due to administrative reasons. The Commission released the notification on its official website - upsc.gov.in on February 4, 2026. The last date to apply online for the Civil Service (IAS) exam is February 24.
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The Union Public Service Commission will release the IAS Prelims Answer Key 2026 in May 2027. The Commission releases the official answer key after the declaration of final result.
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The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the IAS prelims exam on May 24, 2026. The Commission will release the IAS prelims result 2026 in the first week of June.
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The Cadre Controlling Authority for Indian Foreign Service is the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). It is recruited through the Civil Service Exam.
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The Cadre Controlling Authority for Indian Police Service is the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). It comes directly under the supervision of Home Minister of India.
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The Union Public Service Commission notified 933 UPSC Civil Service vacancies in the official notification. The number of vacancies for IAS is 180 and for IPS it is 150. Rest of the vacancies are notified for the Central Civil Services.
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The Union Public Service Commission mention the age limit in the official notification. The upper age limit for the General Categoary candidates is 32 years. The Commission provides age relaxation to certain reserved categories.
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No, the Indian Foriegn Service is a Central Civil Service. It is organised and controlled by the Ministry of External Affairs. It is recruited through the UPSC Civil Service Exam conducted annually.
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The Union Public Service Commission released the Civil Service (IAS) notification 2026 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission notified 933 vacancies (tentative) in the notification.
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Yes, the UPSC IAS previous year question papers are very important because they provide a clear picture of the exam. The UPSC IAS PYQs hints about the most frequently asked topics in the exam. It also provides the tentative weightage of the sections in the UPSC IAS syllabus.
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