Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2010
Examination Notice No. 10/2010-IES/ISS
(Last Date for Receipt of Offline Applications: 05.07.2010)
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
Eligibility Conditions :
a) Nationality
A candidate must be either :—
(a) A citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
b) Age Limits : A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st January, 2010, i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1980 and not later than 1st January, 1989.
(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
(iii) upto a maximum of five 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 day of December, 1989.
c) Minimum Educational Qualifications :
A candidate for the Indian Economic Service must have obtained a Post-graduate degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Busines Economics/Econometrics and a candidate for the Indian Statistical must have obtained a Post-Graduate 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 a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956, or a foreign university approved by the Central Govt. from time to time.
Note I : A candidate who has appeared at an examination the passing of which would render him/her eligible to appear at this examination but has not been informed of the result, may apply for admission to the examination. A candidate who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination if otherwise eligible, but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite qualifying examination along with the detailed application form which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the result of the written part of the examination.
Note II : In exceptional cases, the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has none of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate provided that he has passed examination conducted by other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his admission to the examination.
Note III : A candidate who is otherwise qualified but who has taken a degree from a foreign University may also apply to the Commission and may be admitted to the examination at the discretion of the Commission.
d) Physical Standards:
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2010 as per Regulations given in Appendix III of the rules for the Indian Economic/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2010 published in Gazette of India dated 05th June, 2010.
FEES :
(a) Candidates applying Offline (through Common Application Form) are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) through a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp. Central Recruitment fee Stamp (NOT postage stamps) must be obtained from the post office and affixed on the application form in the space provided therein. The stamp may be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation mark partially overflows on the application form itself but within the space provided on the form. The impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.
Candidates residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of India's High Commissioner, Ambassador or representative abroad as the case may be for credit to account head "051-Public Service Commission-Examination Fees" and attach the receipt with the application.
All Female Candidates and Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not required to pay any fee. No Fee exemption is, However, Available to OBC Candidates and they are required to pay the Full prescribed fee.
(b) Candidates applying Online (excepting Female/SC/ST/Physically Handicapped candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a reduced fee of Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only) either by remitting the money in any branch of SBI by Cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card.
(a) The UPSC have developed an application form common for all their examinations which will be processed on computerised machines. This application form alongwith an Information Brochure containing general instructions for filling up the form, an acknowledegment card and an envelope for sending the application is obtainable from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country as listed in Appendix-III of Notice against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees twenty only). Form should be purchased from the designated Post Offices only and not from any other agency. This form can be used only once and for only one examination. Candidates. who wish to apply offline, must use the form supplied with the Information Brochure only and they should in no case use photocopy/reproduction/unauthorisedly printed copy of the Form. Since this form is electronically scannable, due care should be taken to fill up the application form, correctly. While filling up the application form, please refer to detailed instructions given in Appendix-II(A) of this Notice. The candidate should also fill up in the relevant places of the Acknowledgement Card, their Application Form Number (8-digit) and the name of the examination. The applicants are required to affix the postage stamp of Rs.6/- on the Acknowledgement Cards and send the same along with application form to UPSC. If an applicant fails to affix the postage stamp of requisite amount, his/her acknowledgement card will not be dispatched and the Commission will not be responsible for non receipt of acknowledgement Card by the applicant. The duly filled in application form and the acknowledgement card should then be mailed in the special envelope supplied with the Information Brochure. You should also write the name of examination viz. "Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2010" on the envelope before despatching it to "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069".
(b) Candidates can also apply Online using the link http://www.upsconline.nic.in. Detailed Instructions for filling up Online applications are available on the above mentioned website.
Last date for receipt of applications :
(a) OFFLINE:
The completed Offline Application Form must reach the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi 110069 by post or by personal delivery at the Commission’s counter on or before 05th July, 2010.
(b) ONLINE:
The Online Application can be filled up to 28th June, 2010 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.
Mobile Phone Not Allowed:
(a) Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations.
(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safekeeping can not be assured.
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