Civil Services Eligibility Criteria

Civil Services Eligibility Criteria 2020- Education, Age, No. of Attempts

Civil Services Examination is the toughest examination in India, with more than 900,000 applicants having one of the lowest in the world success rate of 0.1%­ to 0.3%. The process takes roughly one year from the notification of the pre-examination to declaration of the final results. Check the Civil Services Eligibility Criteria 2018 Below:

Civil Services Eligibility Criteria 2020

Nationality:

1. A candidate must be a citizen of India for the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service, and the Indian Police Service.

2. For the Indian Revenue Service, a candidate must be one of the following:

1.  A citizen of India
2. A person of Indian with the intention of permanently settling in India origin who has migrated from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Zaire, Ethiopia or Vietnam.

3. For other services, a candidate must be one of the following:

1. A citizen of India
2. A citizen of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan
3. A person of Indian with the intention of permanently settling in India origin who has migrated from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Zaire, Ethiopia or Vietnam.

Education Eligibility:

All candidates must have as a minimum one of the following educational qualifications:

• A degree from a Central, State or Deemed University
• A degree from an open university
• A degree received through correspondence or distance education
• As being equivalent to one of the above a qualification recognized by the Government of India.

Eligibility of Age:

• A candidate must have attained the age between 21 years and 32 years on August 1 of the year of examination.
• Prescribed age limits vary with respect to caste reservations.
• For scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST), the limit is 37 years and for other backward castes (OBC) the upper age limit is 35.
• The upper age limit is relaxed for certain candidates who are backward with respect to other factors and physically handicapped people.

Civil Services 2020 Numbers of attempts

The number of times a candidate may attempt the exam is limited as follows:

Category	Upper age limit	No. of attempts
General	32 Years	06 Attempts
OBC	35 Years	09 Attempts
SC/ST	37 Years	No bar
PH (Blind, Deaf, Orthopedic)	42 Years	GEN/OBC= 9 Attempts SC/ST= No bar
J & K Domicile	GEN=37 Yrs, OBC= 40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs, PH=50 Yrs	No bar
Disabled servicemen, disabled from duty.	GEN=37 Yrs, OBC=40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs.	No bar

• Applying to sit the exam but failing to attend is not counted as an attempt.
• In the preliminary examination appearing to attempt one of the papers is counted as an attempt, including disqualification/cancellation of candidature.

Civil Services Services and Posts

The eligible candidates will be applied for these posts and services:

• Indian Administrative Service
• Indian Police Service
• Indian Foreign Service
• Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’
• Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
• Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’
• Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
• Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
• Indian Corporate Law Service, Group “A”
• Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’
• Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Gr. III)
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’
• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
• Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’
• Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’