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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's central agency which conducts several examinations for the recruitment of eligible candidates for government services. The important exams which are conducted by UPSC include Civil Services Examination, Indian Forest Service examination, Engineering Services Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, National Defence Academy Examination, Naval Academy Examination, Combined Medical Services Examination, Special Class Railway Apprentice, Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, Combined Geoscientist and Geologist Examination, and Central Armed Police Forces(Assistant Commandant) Examination. Every year, lakhs of candidates appear for the highly competitive exams conducted by Union Public Service Commission. It would be interesting to note that UPSC was set up on October 1st, 1926. There were certain factors which led to the formation of UPSC. Firstly, the Indianisation of the superior Civil Services became one of the major demands of the political movement which compelled the British Indian Government to consider setting up of a Public Service Commission for recruitment to its services in the territory. The limited advisory functions failed to satisfy the peoples aspirations and the continuous stress on this aspect by the leaders of our freedom movement resulted in the setting up of the Federal Public Service Commission under the Government of India Act 1935. The Union Public Service Commission has been established under Article 315 of the Constitution of India. The Commission consists of a Chairman and ten Members. The Commission is serviced by a Secretariat headed by a Secretary with two Additional Secretaries, a number of Joint Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries and other supporting staff. Competitive examinations are being conducted every year for the recruitment to services & posts under the Union and the recruitment to services & posts under the Central Government is done by selection or through Interviews. Another important function of UPSC is to advise on the suitability of officers for appointment on promotion as well as transfer-on-deputation. UPSC also advises the government on matters such as recruitment, disciplinary cases, miscellaneous matters relating to grant of extra ordinary pensions, reimbursement of legal expenses etc. UPSC is among the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom along with the countrys higher judiciary and lately the Election Commission.At present, Union Public Service Commission of India has 42 regular examination centers, where every year they conduct Several Indian Civil Services Examination. UPSC also publish information regarding various exam, results and issues notification regarding the official notifications and the results of exams. UPSC has to present a report the president about the work done by the Commission and on receipt of such report, the president shall cause a copy there of together with the Memorandum explaining, as respect the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before each House of the Parliament.Currently, UPSC has been asked to take steps to include third gender in UPSC exam by the High Court. Union Public Service Commission is soon going to revise the upper age limit for the prestigious Civil Services Examination (CSE). The commission may reduce the upper age limit to 26.At present, the candidates between the age group of 21 and 32 years are eligible to appear for the examinations. The commission is thinking to reduce the upper age limit by 6 years to insulate the aspirants those who are currently preparing for the exam. However, there would be no reduction in the upper age limit for the SC/ ST category candidates which is presently 37 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed a panel to revamp the entire system of the civil services examination. The panel is chaired by former education secretary BS Baswan. Union Public Service Commission has also recently undertaken a project called "SAMPERA" (Screening and Mechanised Processing of Examination and Recruitment Applications). Under the project SAMPERA there will be simplified single sheet common application form for all the examinations. The single sheets will be scanned by using OMR/ICR technology. The implementation of this project will help in high speed scanning of data from forms eliminating manual entry. SAMPERA will also help in accurate and faster generation of Admit Cards, Attendance lists with photo replica and signature facsimile of each candidate, and an error-free list of doubtful cases. The main aim of SAMPERA is to cope up with the increasing volume of applications through innovations and mechanized handling so as to reduce the processing time and send communications faster to minimized errors. The cases of impersonation/malpractices will also be eliminated and wasteful expenditure will be reduced.

UPSC NDA, NA (I) 2019 Exam Today, Check Last Minute Details Here
India.com Education Desk | April 21, 2019 9:06 AM IST
UPSC NDA, NA (I) 2019: The UPSC NDA/NA I 2019 exam will be held on April 21, that is, on Sunday. Can...
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Rahul Gandhi's Special Message to Wayanad Woman Who Clears UPSC Exam - Read Here
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New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated Sreedhanya Suresh, for creating his...
Rahul Gandhi's Special Message to Wayanad Woman Who Clears UPSC Exam - Read Here
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UPSC Final Exam Results 2018: List of Top 10 Candidates
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UPSC Main Exam 2018: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the results of the Civi...
UPSC Final Exam Results 2018: List of Top 10 Candidates
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UPSC Civil Services Exam Result 2018 Declared; Kanishak Kataria Secures 1st Rank
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UPSC final exam results: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the results for Civil S...
UPSC Civil Services Exam Result 2018 Declared; Kanishak Kataria Secures 1st Rank
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UPSC NDA And NA (I) Admit Card 2019 Released at upsconline.nic.in
India.com Education Desk | March 29, 2019 9:47 PM IST
UPSC NDA And NA (I) Admit Card 2019: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the adm...
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UPSC Civil Service Notification 2019: Online Registration For Preliminary Exam Closes on March 18, Apply at upsc.gov.in or upsconline.nic.in
India.com Education Desk | March 17, 2019 6:01 PM IST
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UPSC Notification 2019: Registration For Prelims Exam Begins Today, Check at upsconline.nic.in
India.com Education Desk | February 19, 2019 8:16 PM IST
UPSC Notification 2019: UPSC began its online registration for the Prelims exam from Tuesday, Februa...
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UPSC IFS Cut-off 2018 Released For 110 Posts, Check at upsc.gov.in
India.com Education Desk | February 15, 2019 10:52 PM IST
UPSC IFS Cut-off 2018: The cut-off marks for the Indian Forest Service Exam (Main) 2018 has been rel...
UPSC IFS Cut-off 2018 Released For 110 Posts, Check at upsc.gov.in
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NDA Registration 2019: Apply For UPSC NDA/NA I Latest by February 4 at upsconline.nic.in
India.com Education Desk | February 2, 2019 10:32 AM IST
NDA Registration 2019: The registration for NDA 2019 will conclude on Monday, February 4, 2019. Inte...
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UPSC NDA NA Examination: Apply For 392 Posts at upsconline.nic.in by February 4; Check Details Here
India.com Education Desk | January 25, 2019 1:38 PM IST
UPSC NDA NA Examination: Online application for the UPSC NDA NA Examination (1) 2019 is currently un...
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UPSC Civil Services Exam 2011: Aspirants Stage Protest at Jantar Mantar, Demand Compensatory Attempts Due to Change in CSAT Exam Pattern
India.com Education Desk | January 15, 2019 6:50 PM IST
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UPSC CAPF Written Exam 2018 Results Released; Check at upsc.gov.in
India.com Education Desk | January 10, 2019 8:24 PM IST
UPSC CAPF Exam 2018: The Union Public Service Commission has declared the results of the written exa...
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UPSC Exam: Government Dismisses Report of Limiting Age Criteria, Says Speculations Should be Put to Rest
India.com News Desk | December 25, 2018 12:44 PM IST
New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday dismissed media reports suggesting that the age criteri...
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Arvind Saxena Appointed as Chairman of Union Public Service Commission
India.com News Desk | November 28, 2018 8:17 PM IST
New Delhi: Arvind Saxena who had been serving as the acting chairman of the Union Public Service Com...
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UPSC Recruitment 2018: Today is Last Day to Apply For Assistant Director and Economic Officer And Other Posts; Hurry
India.com News Desk | November 15, 2018 4:03 PM IST
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UPSC Declares Combined Defence Services Examination (I) 2018 Final Result
India.com News Desk | November 9, 2018 4:38 PM IST
New Delhi: The results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2018 have been released by ...
UPSC Declares Combined Defence Services Examination (I) 2018 Final Result
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Delhi: 20-year-old UPSC Aspirant Commits Suicide in Karol Bagh
India.com News Desk | October 29, 2018 7:28 PM IST
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UPSC permits candidates to withdraw applications
ANI Feeds | October 1, 2018 8:53 PM IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 01 (ANI): The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday gave its green...
UPSC permits candidates to withdraw applications
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UPSC Recruitment 2018: Now, Candidates Can Withdraw Their Applications - Follow These Steps
India.com News Desk | October 1, 2018 7:46 PM IST
New Delhi: In what can be called a good news for civil services aspirants, Union Public Service Comm...
UPSC Recruitment 2018: Now, Candidates Can Withdraw Their Applications - Follow These Steps
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Dilbag Singh to Continue as Jammu And Kashmir DGP Till UPSC Takes a Decision: Supreme Court
India.com News Desk | September 20, 2018 1:18 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said the newly appointed acting Director General of Police (DG...
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