UPSC Announces Indian Economic Service/ Statistical Service Exam Dates
The Indian Economic Service/ Statistical Service exam will be held in June. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced 32 vacancies for various posts under the Indian Economic Service and 33 vacancies through the Indian Statistical Service exam. In comparison to last year, the vacancy number has increased by 41%. IES exam, as it is commonly referred to, is taken by aspiring Economics postgraduates. Candidates with postgraduate degree in Applied Economics, Business Economics and Econometrics can also appear for the exam.
Candidates with 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 are eligible to appear for the Indian Statistical Service exam.
Candidates who do not wish to take the exam can withdraw the application from April 23 to April 30. "UPSC has no provision to refund any fee amount paid by candidates, so in case of successful withdrawal of application the fees will not be refunded," reads the exam notice released by the UPSC. The Commission had started this facility in the Engineering Services exam this year. However this option has not been provided to the candidates appearing for the Civil Services exam in which the attendance, usually, is 50%. More than 10 lakh candidates register for the Civil Services exam every year.
Vacancy Details:
Indian Economic Service – 32 Posts
Indian Statistical Service – 33 Posts
Eligibility Criteria:
Indian Economic Service: Candidates applying for the exam must have obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics/Econometrics from any recognized university.
Indian Statistical Service: Candidates must have got a Bachelor's Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subjects or a Master's degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics from any recognized university.
Candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August 2019.
He/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd August 1989 and not later than 1st August 1998.
Application Fee:
Candidates who want to take up Indian Economic Service Examination/Indian Statistical Service Examination will have to pay fee of Rs 200/- either by remitting the money in any Branch of State Bank of India or by using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card or by using Internet Banking of SBI.
Scheme of exam:
The Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination is conducted in two stages: 1) The written exam carrying a maximum of 1000 marks 2) The Viva voce (oral exam) carrying a maximum of 200 marks.
There is negative marking for wrong answers by a candidate in the objective type question papers.
Exam Paper
The question papers in all subjects in Indian Economic Service Examination and in Indian Statistical Service Examination will be of conventional (essay) type except in Statistics Paper I and Statistics Paper II which are of objective type. All question papers must be answered in English.
A combined competitive examination for recruitment to Junior Time Scale of the Services will be held by UPSC commencing from May 12, 2017 at various centres across the country (see details in the notification below).
Exam Results
The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the commission. The results of the written part of the examination is likely to be declared in the month of August, 2017.
Important Dates
Opening date of application: March 20, 2019
Closing date of application: April 16, 2019
Withdrawn of online application dates: April 23 to April 30, 2019
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Candidates with 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 are eligible to appear for the Indian Statistical Service exam.
Candidates who do not wish to take the exam can withdraw the application from April 23 to April 30. "UPSC has no provision to refund any fee amount paid by candidates, so in case of successful withdrawal of application the fees will not be refunded," reads the exam notice released by the UPSC. The Commission had started this facility in the Engineering Services exam this year. However this option has not been provided to the candidates appearing for the Civil Services exam in which the attendance, usually, is 50%. More than 10 lakh candidates register for the Civil Services exam every year.
Vacancy Details:
Indian Economic Service – 32 Posts
Indian Statistical Service – 33 Posts
Eligibility Criteria:
Indian Economic Service: Candidates applying for the exam must have obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics/Econometrics from any recognized university.
Indian Statistical Service: Candidates must have got a Bachelor's Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subjects or a Master's degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics from any recognized university.
Candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August 2019.
He/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd August 1989 and not later than 1st August 1998.
Application Fee:
Candidates who want to take up Indian Economic Service Examination/Indian Statistical Service Examination will have to pay fee of Rs 200/- either by remitting the money in any Branch of State Bank of India or by using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card or by using Internet Banking of SBI.
Scheme of exam:
The Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination is conducted in two stages: 1) The written exam carrying a maximum of 1000 marks 2) The Viva voce (oral exam) carrying a maximum of 200 marks.
There is negative marking for wrong answers by a candidate in the objective type question papers.
Exam Paper
The question papers in all subjects in Indian Economic Service Examination and in Indian Statistical Service Examination will be of conventional (essay) type except in Statistics Paper I and Statistics Paper II which are of objective type. All question papers must be answered in English.
A combined competitive examination for recruitment to Junior Time Scale of the Services will be held by UPSC commencing from May 12, 2017 at various centres across the country (see details in the notification below).
Exam Results
The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the commission. The results of the written part of the examination is likely to be declared in the month of August, 2017.
Important Dates
Opening date of application: March 20, 2019
Closing date of application: April 16, 2019
Withdrawn of online application dates: April 23 to April 30, 2019
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