Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2011

Union Public Service Commission,

Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069

Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2011

A combined competitive examination for recruitment to Grade IV of the Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Services will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing from 3rd December 2011 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation in the Gazette of India dated the 30th July, 2011.

The examination will be held at the following centres:- AHMEDABAD, JAIPUR, ALLAHABAD, JAMMU, BANGALORE, KOLKATA, BHOPAL, LUCKNOW, CHANDIGARH, MUMBAI, CHENNAI, PATNA, CUTTACK, SHILLONG, DELHI, SHIMLA, DISPUR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM and HYDERABAD.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

(I) 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.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.

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, 2011, i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1981 and not later than 1st January, 1990. The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable in some cases and they are given in detail in the notification.

Minimum Educational Qualifications :

A candidate for the Indian Economic Service must have obtained a Post-graduate degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics/ Econometrics and a candidate for the Indian Statistical Service 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 Act, 1956, or a foreign university approved by the Central Govt. from time to time.

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.

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/she has passed examination conducted by other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his/her admission to the examination.

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.

Physical Standards:

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2011 as per Regulations given in Appendix III of the rules for the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2011 published in Gazette of India dated 30th July, 2011.

FEE :

(a) Candidates applying Online (excepting Female/SC/ST/P.H. candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a reduced fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) either by remittng 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.

(b) Candidates residing in remote areas specified in para 6 of this notice who may apply Offline through Common Application Form (Form-E) are required to pay a fee of Rs.200/-(Rupees Two 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 Aapplication 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.

HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above-mentioned website. However candidates residing in certain remote areas specified in the notification, may also apply through offline mode, by using the New Common Application Form (Form-E) being used for examinations conducted by the Commission. This Form can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix III of the Notice) throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 30/- (Rupees Thirty only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one examination.

In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms from the designated HPOs/ POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned post Master or UPSC’s “FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL” over Telephone No. 011-23389366/Fax No. 011-23387310.

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:

(a) Online (From all candidates)

The Online Applications can be filled upto 29th August, 2011 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.

(b) Offline (From candidates residing in specified remote areas only)

All Offline applications from candidates residing in Remote Areas only specified in mentioned in the notification must reach the “Controller of Examinations, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069” by Post/Speed Post only by 5th September, 2011. Applications will not be received by Hand or by Courier.

FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES :

In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271 /011-23381125 /011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, and that extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

These certificate are required to be submitted only after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted. The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above. 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, 2011” on the envelope before despatching it to “Contoller of Examination, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069”. Candidates should note that all Offline Application from remote areas will be received by Post/Speed Post only and no application will be received by Hand or by Courier.

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :

(a) Online:

The Online Applications can be filled upto 29th August, 2011 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled. However, the candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep have the option to apply offline.

For these candidates, if applying offline, the last date for receipt of applications is 5th September, 2011.

All candidates applying offline should note that the Offline Applications will be accepted only by Post/Speed Post from the Post Offices located in the Specified Remote Areas. Candidates who are claiming the benefit of extended time should clearly indicate in column 13 of the Application Form, the area code of the particular area or region (e.g. Assam, Meghalaya, J&K etc.) where they are residing. In case they fail to do so, the benefit of extended time will not be allowed to them.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OFFLINE APPLICATIONS :

Immediately on receipt of an offline application from a candidate belonging to specified remote areas, the Acknowledgement Card submitted by him/her along with the Application Form will be despatched to him/her by the Commission’s office duly stamped in token of receipt of his/her Application. If such a candidate does not receive the Acknowledgement Card within 30 days, he/she should at once contact the Commission by quoting his/her Application Form No. and name & year of examination. The mere fact that a candidate’s application has been acknowledged by the Commission does not mean that his/her candidature for the examination has been accepted by the Commission. Candidates will be informed at the earliest possible about their admission to the examination or rejection of their application.

Important : All communications to the Commission should invariably contain

the following particulars.

1. Name and year of the examination.

2. Application Form Number/Regn. I.D. Number.

3. Roll Number (if received).

4. Name of candidate (in full and in block letters).

5. Complete postal address as given in the application.

Communications not containing the above particulars may not be attended to. If a letter/communication is received from a candidate after an examination has been held and it does not give his/her full name and Roll number, it will be ignored and no action will be taken thereon.

Further details are available at www.upsc.gov.in