The Civil Services 2021 preliminary exam will be held on June 27 and the exam notification will be released on February 10, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Tuesday. The application submission window will be active until March 2, 2021. The Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021 will be held on September 17, 2021.
UPSC released the exam schedule for the year 2021 on its official website online at upsc.gov.in. Students can check the dates on the main website or below.
The Commission has released the dates of the Engineering Services exam, Combined Geologist Services exam, Indian Economic Service exam, Indian Statistical Service exam, Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination and Combined Medical Services Examination for 2021.
The dates of notification, application, commencement and duration of Examinations/ RTs can be changed/altered if the circumstances so warrant, the UPSC has said. In the official notification, the UPSC has also stated that it will conduct the preliminary exam for Civil Services 2020 recruitment on October 4. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on May 31 but was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic and countrywide lockdown. As per the exam schedule released by the UPSC on Tuesday, the main exam for Civil Services 2020 selection will be held from January 8-10 and on 16,17.
Next year, the UPSC will also conduct the NDA exams as per the old pattern. The exams are held biannually, however, this year they will be held together due to the pandemic. The first exam of NDA could not be held and thus both will be conducted on September 6. Next year, NDA exams will be held in April and in September.
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission every year for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS).
The results of the Civil Services exam 2019 was recently released on August 4.
Find the entire datesheet below:
UPSC Calendar 2021 | |||||
S. No. |
Name of Examination |
Date of Notification | Last Date for receipt of Applications | Date of commencement of Exam |
Duration of Exam |
1. |
Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 |
07.10..2020 |
27.10.2020 |
21.02..2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
2. | C.D.S. Examination (I), 2021 | 28.10.2020 | 17.11.2020 | 07.02.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
3. |
Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination |
|
| 21.02.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
4. |
Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination |
|
| 07.03.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
5. |
CISF AC(EXE) LDCE-2021 | 02.12.2020 | 22.12.2020 | 14.03.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
6. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (I), 2021 | 30.12.2020 | 19.01.2021 | 18.04.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
7. | Reserved for UPSC RT for the posts of EO/AO in the EPFO |
|
| 09.05.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
8. | Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 |
10.02.2021 |
02.03.2021 |
27.06.2021 (SUNDAY) |
1 DAY |
9. | Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 through CS(P) Examination 2021 | ||||
10. |
Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination |
|
| 04.07.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
11. | I.E.S./I.S.S. Examination, 2021 | 07.04.2021 | 27.04.2021 | 16.07.2021 (FRIDAY) | 3 DAYS |
12. |
Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2021 |
|
| 17.07.2021 (SATURDAY) |
2 DAYS |
13. | Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 | 07.04.2021 | 27.04.2021 | 18.07.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
14. | Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2021 | 15.04.2021 | 05.05.2021 | 08.08.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
15. | Combined Medical Services Examination, 2021 | 05.05.2021 | 25.05.2021 | 29.08.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
16. |
Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination |
|
| 29.08.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
17. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II), 2021 | 09.06.2021 | 29.06.2021 | 05.09.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
18. |
Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination |
|
| 12.09.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
19. | Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021 |
|
| 17.09.2021 (FRIDAY) | 5 DAYS |
20. | Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2021 |
|
| 10.10.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
21. | C.D.S. Examination (II), 2021 | 04.08.2021 | 24.08.2021 | 14.11.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
22. | Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2021 |
|
| 21.11.2021 (SUNDAY) | 10 DAYS |
23. | S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LDCE | 15.09.2021 | 05.10.2021 | 11.12.2021 (SATURDAY) | 2 DAYS |
