INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE
The Indian Economic Service is the administrative inter-ministerial civil service under Group A of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in Brief
instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in Appendix-II. Detailed
instructions are available on the above mentioned website.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING UP OMR SHEETS
a) For both writing and marking answers in the OMR Sheets (Answer Sheet) candidates must use black ball point pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen.b) Candidates should note that any omission/mistake/discrepancy in encoding/filling in details in the OMR answer sheet; especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the answer sheet liable for rejection.
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS
Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question PaperELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
Nationality
- a citizen of India; or
- a citizen of Nepal; or
- a citizen of Bhutan; or
- a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India; or
- a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India :
NOTE
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) & (e) above shall be
person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the
examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility
certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.
B. Indian Statistical Service
Age Limits
(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the
age of 30 years on 1st August,
(b) The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable as follows :—
- up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
- up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidate belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
- up to a maximum of five years if a candidate has ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st December, 1989;
- up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof ;
- up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2017 and have been released : (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2017 otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account or misconduct or inefficiency; or (ii) on account of Physical disability attributable to Military Service; or (iii) on invalidment;
- up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2017 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for Civil employment and that they will be released on three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment;
- up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and orthopaedically disabled persons.
NOTE I-
Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and Other
Backward Classes who are also covered under any Other clauses of para 3(II) (b)
above. viz., those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in
the State of J&K, blind, deaf-mute and orthopaedically handicapped etc. will be
eligible for grant of cumulative age relaxation under both the categories.
NOTE II-
The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-servicemen
in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as
amended from time to time.
NOTE III-
The age concession under para 3(II)(b)(v) and (vi) will not be admissible to Exservicemen
and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on
their own request.
NOTE IV-
Notwithstanding the provisions of age relaxation under para 3(II)(b)(vii) above, a
physically disabled candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only
if he/she (after such physical examination as the Government or appointing
authority as the case may be, may prescribed) if found to satisfy the requirement of
physical and medical standard for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to
the physically disabled candidates by the Government.
SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED
Minimum Educational Qualifications
(a) A candidate for the Indian Economic Service must have obtained a Post-Graduate
Degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics/Economtrics from a University
incorporated by of an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational
Institutes established by an Act Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under
Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the
Central Government from time to time.
(b) A candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must have obtained a Bachelor's Degree
with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subject or a Master's
degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by
an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by
an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section 3 of the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from
time to time.
Physical Standards
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standard for admission to Indian
Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2017 as per Regulations given in
Appendix III of the rules for the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination,
2017 published in Gazette of India dated 8th February, 2017.
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
SECTION-I
The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan—
Part I-
Written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks in the subjects as shown below.
Part II-
Viva voce of such candidates as may be called by the Commission carrying a maximum of
200 marks.
PART-I
The subjects of the written examination under Part-I, the maximum marks allotted to each
subject/paper and the time allowed shall be as follows :
A. Indian Economic Service
s.no
|
Subject
|
Maximum
|
Time
|
1
|
General English
|
100
|
3 hrs
|
2
|
General Studies
|
100
|
3 hrs
|
3
|
General Economics-I
|
200
|
3 hrs
|
4
|
General Economics-II
|
200
|
3 hrs
|
5
|
General Economics-III
|
200
|
3 hrs
|
6
|
Indian Economics
|
200
|
3 hrs
|
s.no
|
Subject
|
Maximum
|
Time
|
1
|
General English
|
100
|
3 hrs
|
2
|
General Studies
|
100
|
3 hrs
|
3
|
Statistics-I (Objective)
|
200
|
2 hrs
|
4
|
Statistics-II (Objective)
|
200
|
2 hrs
|
5
|
Statistics-III (Descriptive)
|
200
|
3 hrs
|
6
|
Statistics-IV (Descriptive)
|
200
|
3 hrs
|
Note-1 :
Statistics I & II will be of Objective Type Questions (80 questions with maximum marks of
200 in each paper) to be attempted in 120 minutes.
Note-2 :
Statistics III & IV will be of Descriptive Type having Short Answer/ Small Problems
Questions (50%) and Long Answer and Comprehension problem questions (50%). At least
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