UPSC Expected To Announce Civil Services Exam Date On June 5

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said that it will announce the Civil Services exam (prelims) date on June 5. "Revised Programme of Examinations/ RTs-2020 [including the date of the Civil Services (Prel.) Examination-2020] will be uploaded on 05.06.2020 after assessing the situation," the UPSC has notified today.

The UPSC held a special meeting today to review the situation after the third phase of the nation-wide restrictions, due to COVID-19.

Taking notice of the extension of several restrictions, the Commission decided that it will not be possible to resume examinations and interviews, for the present, it said.

The Commission, however, took note of the progressive relaxations being announced by the Central Government and various States and has decided to review the situation once more, after the fourth period of lockdown. With a view to giving some clarity to candidates of various examinations and interviews, which have been deferred over the last two months, the Commission will issue a revised schedule of examinations in its next meeting to be held on June 5, 2020, it added.

The Civil Services exam, scheduled to be held on May 31, has been postponed due to COVID-19 lockdown. New exam date was expected to be announced today, as per the UPSC's notification released on May 4.

Due to COVID-19 lockdown and travel restrictions many candidates had requested to postpone the exam to a later date. "Taking notice of the extension of restrictions, the Commission decided that it will not be possible to resume examinations and interviews for the present," the UPSC had said earlier.

After deciding the exam date, UPSC will issue admit cards to candidates. The admit cards will be available on the official website of UPSC and will have details of the exam centre, time, session, city, etc.

Meanwhile the UPSC has also postponed interviews of Civil Services exam 2019. The personal interview round is the last phase of selection to Civil Services post. However, due to COVID-19 outbreak the ongoing interviews were postponed. It has also deferred the notification for the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2020; Combined Medical Services Examination, 2020; Central Armed Police Forces Examination, 2020 and the NDA & Naval Academy Examination, 2020.

Over 5 lakh candidates appear for the Civil Services exam every year. The civil services exams are held in three stages - prelims, main and interview - by the UPSC to select officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

As many as 796 vacancies were announced by the commission to be filled through the civil services examination 2020.

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