UPSC IAS Vacancy 2025 OUT: Check Here for IAS, IPS and Civil Service Vacancies
Indian Administrative Services 2025 ( IAS )
The Union Public Service Commission notify the number of vacancies in the Civil Service(IAS) Exam notification. The Commission releases the tentative number of vacancies because it receive the requisitions from different department till the month of IAS prelims exam. The Commission will conduct IAS exam on May 24, 2026. So the final number of vacancies always increase from the initial numbers. The IAS 2026 vacancies are expected to be in around 900+.
The number of vacancies have the positive impact on the cutoff as the UPSC IAS Cutoff decrease with the higher number of vacancies. The Union Public Service Commission will release the Civil Service (IAS) 2026 notification on January 14 and notify the vacancies for the 2026 edition of exam. The Union Ministry of Personnel releases the post-wise break-up of Civil Service vacancies later.
- UPSC (IAS) Vacancies 2025
- IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- UPSC CSE Vacancies 2024
- IAS 2023 Vacancies
- IAS Vacancies of Previous Years
- IAS 2025 Vacancies FAQs
UPSC (IAS) 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 Commission will start conducting the interviews in December 2025.
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.
IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2025 exam
| 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 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.
IAS 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.
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 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.
IAS 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 |
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.
IAS 2025 Vacancies FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to IAS vacancies.
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.
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.
IAS Exam
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
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.
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Beginner-Level 5
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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.
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A: BEL 2022 recruitment applications were started on February 22, 2022.
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Beginner-Level 5
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A: BEL accepted the applications till March 16, 2022, only.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
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 Commission will start conducting the interviews in December 2025.
Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
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.
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Beginner-Level 5
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The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC Civil Service (prelims) exam on May 24, 2026. The exam will be conducted in two sessions and the General Studies Paper 2 will be qualifying only.
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Beginner-Level 5
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The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS 2026 notification on January 14 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission will also activate the UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 online application link on its website. The last date for the UPSC IAS application form is February 3, 2026.
Contributor-Level 9
Answered 2 months ago
The candidates should analyse the UPSC CSE previous year question papers to know the trend of the most asked topics. The Commission releases the UPSC question paper on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates can get the UPSC question paper of previous year here. The candidates can downloa
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