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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) released the Civil Services Examination (CSE) notification in 2025. This year, the commission has offered 979 vacancies for CSE. The commission advertised 1,105 posts last year.
The number of total vacancies to be filled through the examination also includes 38 vacancies reserved for Persons with benchmark disability category. Of them, as many as 12 vacancies will be filled by candidates of blindness and low vision, seven vacancies for deaf and hard of hearing; 10 vacancies for locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; and nine vacancies would be filled from candidates of multiple disabilities.
In 2023, the UPSC had announced 1,105 vacancies, while in 2022, it was 1,011, and 712 in 2021.
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The upsc.gov.in website is hosting the application form and candidates will be able to apply by February 11, 2025. The UPSC CSE 2025 prelims exam is set to be held on May 25.
UPSC has asked the candidates to upload photographs not older than 10 days from the start of the online application process. Therefore, candidates will have to make sure that the photographs are taken after January 12, 2025.
Also, the name of the candidate and the date on which the photograph was taken must be clearly mentioned on the photograph, UPSC added.
The face of the candidates should also occupy three-fourths of the space in the photograph.
As a first, documents in support of age and reservation-related claims have been made mandatory for candidates while applying for the UPSC CSE prelims 2025. Earlier, such documents were to be uploaded after candidates qualified the preliminary test.
Moreover, candidates will also have to submit their service preference during the time of UPSC CSE application.
This time, candidates who are yet to pass their qualifying exam will also become eligible to write the UPSC CSE mains exam. However, all such candidates, who are declared qualified by the Commission for Interview/Personality Test, will be required to produce proof of passing of the requisite qualifying examination within the time limit. Earlier, only those candidates were eligible to appear for the mains were required to produce proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination along with their application (i.e. Detailed Application Form-I) for the main examination.
The UPSC CSE exam is held in three stages — prelims, mains and interview. UPSC CSE preliminary exam will consist of objective type questions. Candidates scoring above the cut-off marks becomes eligible to register for the UPSC IAS Main examination. UPSC CSE Main is held for descriptive paper and will be conducted from August 22 for five days. The CSE Mains exam will be followed by an interview round for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
