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UPSC Notification 2024 has been released by UPSC on its official website. Check all the relevant information about UPSC 2024!
UPSC notification 2024 was released by UPSC on 14 February 2024. Candidates have time till 5th March to submit their application for UPSC prelims 2024. The prelims exam will be conducted on 16th of June 2024, while mains will begin from 20th September 2024.
UPSC notification 2024 has made changes to the method of filling the form for UPSC prelims 2024. Candidates will have to check the instructions carefully while filling the form. There are no major changes in terms of exam pattern and syllabus.
To know more about UPSC notifications 2024, you can read this article completely. You will get a clear idea about UPSC prelims 2024 once you complete reading this piece!
UPSC notification 2024 was released on 14th February 2024. According to the notification, there are 1056 vacancies this year. The prelims will be held on 16th June.
The mains exam is said to commence on 20th September 2024. The details of the UPSC notification is given below.
| Date of Notification | 14th February |
| Beginning of Registration | 14th February |
| End of Registration | 5th March |
| Number of Vacancies | 1056 (CSE)
150 (IFoS) |
| UPSC 2024 Calendar | Click here |
| Release of Admit Card | May 2024 |
| Date of Preliminary Examination | 16th June |
| Results of Preliminary Exam | June/July |
| Announcement of Cutoff Marks | 2025 |
| Dates of Mains Examination | September 20 Onwards |
According to the UPSC notification 2024, following are the posts for which UPSC CSE will be conducted.
| Type | Service Name |
| All-India Service | |
| Group ‘A’ Civil Services |
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| Group ‘B’ Civil Services |
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UPSC notification 2024 has provided certain criteria that candidates have to fulfil for filling the form for UPSC prelims and UPSC mains.
The age criteria according to the UPSC notification 2024 for candidates belonging to the General category is 21 to 32 years.
To be eligible for UPSC examination 2024, candidates must be at least 21 years old and not more than 32 years old as of August 1, 2024.
However, there are age limit relaxation for candidates belonging to certain categories:
| Category of Candidates | Age Relaxation |
| Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes | 5 years |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 3 years |
| Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations | 3 years |
| Ex-servicemen (Commissioned Officers, Emergency Commissioned Officers and Short Service Commissioned Officers) with at least five years of service | 5 years |
| Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)
(a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and low hearing; (c) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; (d) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness |
10 years |
A candidate from a certain category has a distinct number of attempts for the exam, according to UPSC notification 2024. To apply for UPSC prelims 2024, attempt criteria must be fulfilled.
| Category | Number of Attempts | Maximum Age (Years) |
| General and EWS | 6 | 32 |
| OBC | 9 | 35 |
| PwBD | 9 | 42 |
| SC and ST | Unlimited | 37 |
| Ex-Servicemen | 9 | 37 |
| Disabled Defence Services Personnel | 9 | 35 |
| General/OBC/EWS PwBD candidates | 9 | See below Description |
| SC/ST categories PwBD candidates | Unlimited | See below Description |
| Age Relaxation for PWD Candidate
The prescribed upper age-limit of an examination (wherever applicable) is relaxable up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of candidates belonging to PwBD categories as below (a) low vision and blindness; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) Locomotor disability, including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; (e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (e) including deaf, blindness. PwBD candidates, who also belong to either SC or ST or OBC or Ex-servicemen, are eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both categories. |
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According to UPSC notification 2024, a candidate has to register oneself on the OTR application before proceeding with filling the form.
The Candidate has to fill the Part-1 of the application form before proceeding to the Part-2. Steps involved in filling the Part-1 of the application form is as follows:
Without filling the Part 2 of the exam, a candidature is invalid. It is therefore advised to fill Part 2 immediately after completing Part 1.
UPSC notification 2024 has mentioned the amount that candidates are required to pay as examination fees. There is also a list of exempted candidates.
| Category of Candidates | UPSC Prelims | UPSC Mains |
| GM/EWS/OBC males | Rs 100 | Rs 200 |
| SC/ST/PwBD males | Exempted | Exempted |
| Female candidates of all category | Exempted | Exempted |
The UPSC notification 2024 has provided three stages in which examination will be conducted. These stages are prelims, mains and interview. Each examination stage is distinct in itself. The details of the stages are provided below.
| Stage | Mode of Exam | Paper to be Attempted | Total Marks | Nature of Exam |
| Stage 1: Prelims | MCQ | Paper 1: General Studies
Paper 2: CSAT |
Paper 1: 200
Paper 2: 200 |
Qualifying |
| Stage 2: Mains | Descriptive Papers | Paper A: Indian Language
Paper B: English |
Paper A: 300
Paper B: 300 |
Qualifying in Nature |
| Essay
General Studies 1 General Studies 2 General Studies 3 General Studies 4 Optional Paper 1 Optional Paper 2 |
250 X 7 = 1750 | Marks Considered for Merit list | ||
| Stage 3: Interview | Oral Interview | – | 275 | Marks added to Mains marks to prepare the merit list |
The centres which the candidate can choose for writing the exam have been provided in the UPSC notification 2024. This list is provided for both prelims and mains exam.
The following is a list of exam centres for prelims exam 2024 given in the UPSC notification 2024.
| Agartala | Gorakhpur | Patna |
| Agra | Gurgaon | Port Blair |
| Ajmer | Gwalior | Puducherry |
| Ahmedabad | Hyderabad | Pune |
| Aizawl | Imphal | Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
| Aligarh | Indore | Raipur |
| ALMORA (UTTARAKHAND) | Itanagar | Rajkot |
| Anantpur (Andhra Pradesh) | Jabalpur | Ranchi |
| Aurangabad | Jaipur | Sambalpur |
| Bengaluru | Jammu | Shillong |
| Bareilly | Jodhpur | Shimla |
| Bhopal | Jorhat | Siliguri |
| Bilaspur | Kochi | Srinagar |
| Chandigarh | Kohima | Srinagar (Uttarakhand) |
| Chennai | Kolkata | Surat |
| Coimbatore | Kozhikode (Calicut) | Thane |
| Cuttack | Leh | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Dehradun | Lucknow | Tiruchirapalli |
| Delhi | Ludhiana | Tirupati |
| Dharwad | Madurai | Udaipur |
| Dispur | Mumbai | Varanasi |
| Faridabad | Mysuru | Vellore |
| Gangtok | Nagpur | Vijayawada |
| Gaya | Navi Mumbai | Visakhapatnam |
| Gautam Buddh Nagar | Nasik | Warangal |
| Ghaziabad | Panaji (Goa) | Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) |
The following is a list of exam centres for mains exam 2024 given in the UPSC notification 2024.
| Ahmedabad | Dehradun | Mumbai |
| Aizawl | Delhi | Patna |
| Prayagraj (Allahabad) | Dispur (Guwahati) | Raipur |
| Bengaluru | Hyderabad | Ranchi |
| Bhopal | Jaipur | Shillong |
| Chandigarh | Jammu | Shimla |
| Chennai | Kolkata | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Cuttack | Lucknow | Vijayawada |
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