UPSC Civil Service Exam Notification 2020 or UPSC IAS Exam 2020: UPSC has released the Notification for Civil Service Exam (CSE) 2020. The Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Exam for the recruitment of various Government Services and Posts for filling up 796 Vacancies (Approximately) will be held by UPSC on 31st May 2020. The last date for registration of online applications is 3rd March 2020.

Important Dates of UPSC CSE 2020

The Closing date for Online Application –> 3rd March 2020 till 6:00 PM
The Last date for paying application fee (Pay by Cash) –> 2nd March 2020 up to 23:59 Hours
The Last date for paying application fee (Online Payment Mode) –> 3rd March 2020 till 6:00 PM
UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination Date –> 31st May 2020.

796 total Vacancies has been Notified in Civil Services Examination, 2020 (CSE 2020)

Age Limit: 21 to 32 years on the 1st August 2020 [i.e., he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August 1988 and not later than 1st August 1999]

Age Relaxation: 05 Years for SC / ST, 03 Years for OBC and Deference Services Personnel, 05 Years – if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January 1980 to the 31st December 1989, 05 Years for Ex-Serviceman and 10 Years for Physically Handicapped Candidates.

Vacancy Services & Posts: (i) Indian Administrative Service, (ii) Indian Foreign Service, (iii) Indian Police Service, (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’, (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, (vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’, (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’, (ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration), (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’, (xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, (xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’, (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, (xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’, (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’, (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’, (xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’, (xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’, (xix) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group “A”, (xx) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade), (xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’, (xxii) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’, (xxiii) Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’, (xxiv) Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.

Minimum Educational Qualifications: The candidate must hold a Degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Plan of Examination: The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages:-

(1) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and

(2) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.

Application Process for UPSC CSE 2020.

Applications are now invited for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination only. The Preliminary exam scheduled to be held on 2nd June 2019. Candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination will have to apply online again, in the Detailed Application Form which would be made available to them. The Main Examination is likely to be held in December 2019.

Application Fee: ₹ 100/- for General and OBC Category Candidates; The fee excepting Female/ SC / ST / PH Candidates. The payment can be made either by remitting the money in any Branch of SBI by cash or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India/ State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/ State Bank of Patiala /State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/ Master Credit/ Debit Card.  Candidates admitted to the Main Examination will be required to pay a further fee of ₹ 200/-.

How To Apply: Eligible Candidates are required to Apply Online through UPSC Online Website on or before 03/03/2020 till 06:00 PM.