UPSC Civil Services IAS/IFS (Preliminary) Exam 2025: Union Public Service Commission UPSC has released notification for Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other posts of Group ‘A’ under UPSC Civil Services Prelims Examination 2025. The Online Application process starts on 22 January 2025, and the last date for Applications is 11 February 2025. UPSC is tentatively Scheduled the Civil Services Preliminary Exam on 25 May 2025.
UPSC Civil Services Prelims Examination 2025 IAS / IFS
| Name of The Organization: | Union Public Service Commission |
| Name of Posts | Indian Administrative Service IAS, Indian Foreign Service IFS, Indian Police Service IPS |
| No of Posts | 1129 Posts |
| Job Category | Govt Jobs |
| Job Location | All India |
| Application Mode | Online Process |
| Last Date | 11 February 2025 |
| Website | www.upsc.gov.in |
UPSC CSE 2025 Vacancy Details
UPSC has notified that 1129 vacancies will be filled through both IAS and IFS Out of which 979 Posts are under Civil Service (CS) while 150 Posts are for Forest Service.
Services Involved
Indian Administrative Service. | Indian Foreign Service | Indian Police Service | |||
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Gr A | Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A | Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A | |||
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group A | Indian Postal Service, Group A | Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A | |||
Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A | Pondicherry Civil Service, Group B | Pondicherry Police Service, Group B | |||
Indian Trade Service, Group A (Gr. III). | Indian Corporate Law Service, Group A | Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Gr A | |||
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A | Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group A | Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A | |||
Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A | Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A | Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Gr A | |||
Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A | Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) | Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group B | |||
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification
- For IAS posts: Any Bachelor Degree in Any Stream in Any Recognized University in India can submit the application form.
- For IFS Posts: Bachelor’s Degree with one of Subject as Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology, Agriculture or Equivalent
Age Limit as on 1st August, 2025
- Minimum Age: 21 years
- Maximum Age: 32 years
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August, 2025, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1993 and not later than 1st August, 2004.
Pay Scale
Refer Official Notification
Selection Process
The selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of the following rounds
- PST
- PFT
- Written Exam
Application Fee
- Gen/ OBC: Rs.200/-
- SC/ST: No fee
How to Apply for UPSC CIVIL SERVICES Notification 2025
Candidates are required to apply Online using the link https://upsconline.gov.in for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination which will act as a screening mechanism for selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination. Candidates who wish to apply for Civil Services Examination also [subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions], have to apply once by appropriately indicating in the Online Application Form that they intend to appear for both the Indian Forest Service Examination and the Civil Services Examination.
- Open the official site of UPSC @ www.upsc.gov.in
- See the Opportunities Option
- See the UPSC Civil Services Notification 2025.
- Download that notification
- Clearly refer all the details in it
- If you have that eligibility criterion you can apply for these vacancies in Online mode
- Fill the form with correct details
- Submit the form
- Payment is completed
- then completed application is posted to the given address
- Save the submitted details.
Important Links
| UPSC Civil Services 2025 Notification PDF (IAS) | Click Here |
| UPSC Forest Services 2025 Notification PDF (IFS) | Click Here |
| Apply Online for UPSC Civil Services 2025 | Click Here |
| Online OTR Registration | Click Here |
