Rachit Kumar
Rachit Kumar Saxena
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New Delhi, Updated on Mar 4, 2021 12:59 IST

UPSC 2021 Notification released for 712 vacancies. Read below for UPSC vacancies, eligibility criteria and important dates.

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UPSC 2021 notification was released on March 4. The UPSC IAS 2021 exam notification was delayed by 21 days because of the case pending in the Supreme Court (SC) of India. The IAS prelims 2021 exam will be conducted on June 27 as notified earlier. The Union Public Service Commission released the Civil Service (IAS) 2021 exam notification for 712 vacancies. As per the recent year trends, the number of UPSC vacancies has declined. The number of IAS vacancies will be around 180 as in the past years. The rest of the vacancies are declining year after year. The last date to apply for the IAS 2021 exam is March 24.

The UPSC 2021 notification mentions the eligibility criteria, age limit, important dates and vacancies. The candidates must read and understand the IAS eligibility criteria because the candidature of the candidate is provisional till the last moment and it can be cancelled.

The UPSC IAS 2021 applications were also started with the UPSC notification. The UPSC will provide a 20 days window period to the candidates for filling the IAS 2021 applications. The candidates must understand the IAS 2021 notification before filling the IAS applications 2021.

UPSC IAS 2021 Eligibility criteria

The UPSC 2021 notification differs from the previous year notification because some candidates could appear in the IAS exam even when they exhausted their quota of attempts last year but are well below the maximum age limit.

See here: IAS Eligibility 2021

UPSC Vacancies

The number of vacancies notified in the UPSC 2021 notification was 712. In the total around 180 will the IAS and 150 will be IPS vacancies. The rest of the vacancies differs from year to year and the post-wise distribution of UPSC vacancies will be released later by the Department of Personnel.

See here: Post-Wise UPSC Vacancies of Previous years

UPSC Important Dates

The candidates will be provided twenty days to fill the IAS application 2021. The important dates are as follows

IAS 2021 Exam Event

Important Dates

Highlights

UPSC IAS 2021 Notification

4 Mar 2021

The UPSC 2021 notification was delayed by 22 days because of the pending case in Supreme Court.

IAS 2021 Application Started

4 Mar 2021

The candidates can fill the IAS application online only

Last date to apply for IAS 2021

24 Mar 2021

The candidates can apply online till March 24.

How to Apply for the IAS exam

The IAS 2021 application was released along with the UPSC notification. The candidates should read the official notification to ensure that they confirm all the eligibility criteria defined in the notification. The candidates can fill the IAS application by following the link given below.

See here: How to apply for IAS Exam?

After the last dates of application, UPSC also provides the Application details correction window of one week. The candidates can also withdraw their application once the UPSC provides the facility for the candidates.

See here: IAS 2021 dates

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