The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the Civil Services Exam (CSE) 2025 for various post recruitment. The official notification (05/2025-CSP) was published on the upsc.gov.in. Candidates can check all the details like eligibility criteria, exam dates, vacancies, and other information below.
All candidates are requested to carefully read the Rules of Civil Services Examination notified by the
Government (Department of Personnel and Training) and this Notice of Examination derived from these
Rules.
UPSC CSE Notification 2025
| Recruitment Board | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| Post Name | Various Posts |
| Vacancies | 979 |
| Last Date | 11/02/2025 |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Official Website | upsc.gov.in |
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UPSC CSE Recruitment 2025
Posts Name
- (i) Indian Administrative Service
- (ii) Indian Foreign Service
- (iii) Indian Police Service
- (iv) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
- (v) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
- (vi) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’
- (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
- (viii) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
- (ix) Indian Information Service, Group ‘A’
- (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
- (xi) Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service, Group ‘A’
- (xii) Indian Railway Management Service (Traffic), Group ‘A’
- (xiii) Indian Railway Management Service (Personnel), Group ‘A’
- (xiv) Indian Railway Management Service (Accounts), Group ‘A’
- (xv) Indian Railway Protection Force Service, Group ‘A’
- (xvi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) Group ‘A’
- (xvii) Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) Group ‘A’
- (xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Grade III)
- (xix) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
- (xx) Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service (DANICS), Group ‘B’ (xxi) Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service (DANIPS), Group ‘B’
- (xxii) Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS), Group ‘B’
- (xxiii) Pondicherry Police Service (PONDIPS), Group ‘B’
No. Of Vacancies
The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is expected to be approximately 979 which include 38 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category, i.e. 12 Vacancies for candidates of (a) blindness and low vision; 7 Vacancies for (b) deaf and hard of hearing; 10 Vacancies for (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; and 9 Vacancies for (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (c) including deaf-blindness.
The final number of vacancies may undergo change after getting firm number of vacancies from Cadre Controlling Authorities. Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections and Persons with Benchmark Disability in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.
UPSC Eligibility Criteria 2025
Age Limits
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2025 i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1993 and not later than 1st August, 2004.
Educational Qualification
A candidate must hold a Graduate degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions 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 possess an equivalent qualification.
Number of attempts
| SC /ST | Unlimited |
| OBC | 09 |
| Others | 09 for GEN/EWS/OBC/PwBD |
UPSC Prelims Application Fees 2025
| General/EWS/OBC | 100 Rs. |
| Others | 0 |
| Mode Of Payment | Online |
How To Apply For UPSC CSE 2025?
Candidates are required to apply online by using the website https://upsconline.gov.in. It is essential for the applicant to register himself/herself first at One Time Registration (OTR) (Registration) platform, available on the Commission’s website, and then proceed for filling up the online application for the examination.
OTR (Registration) has to be registered only once in life time. This can be done anytime throughout the year. If the candidate is already registered, he/she can proceed straightway for filling up the online application for the examination.
Modification in OTR Profile (Registration)
In case, the candidate wants to effect any change in his/her OTR Profile (Registration), it shall be allowed only once in the lifetime after the registration.
The change in OTR Profile (Registration) data shall be available till expiry of 7 days from the next day after the closure of application window of his/her first Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
final application for any Examination of the Commission. In the case, the candidate after registration of OTR applies for the first time in this examination last date of modification of OTR would be 18.02.2025.
Modification in application form (Other than OTR Profile Registration)
The Commission has also decided to extend the facility of making correction(s) in any field(s) of the Online Application Form for this examination from next day of the closure of the application window of this Examination.
This window will remain open for 7 days from the date of opening of the same, i.e., from 12.02.2025 to 18.02.2025. In case a candidate wants to carry out any change in his/her OTR profile during this period, then he/she should login to the OTR platform and do the needful accordingly.
In other words, no change in the OTR Profile (Registration) can be made by visiting the window for Modification in application form.
UPSC Prelims Notification 2025: Important Dates
| Starting Date | 22/01/2025 |
| Closing Date | 11/02/2025 |
| Exam Date | 25/05/2025 |
UPSC CSE Notification 2025: Important Links
| Official Notification | Click Here |
| Apply Online | Click Here |
Source: upsc.gov.in
