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  • UPSC releases final merit list of candidates qualified for the Combined Defence Services Examination

    By Online Desk

    NEW DELHI: UPSC has released the final merit list of 302 candidates who have qualified for the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2022, a press statement said.

    The exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the interviews are held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence. This is for the admission of 199 candidates to the Officers Training Academy, Chennai,  for 118th  Short Service Commission Course (NT) (for Men) and 103 candidates to the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, 32nd Short Service Commission Women (Non-Technical) Course,  commencing in October 2023.  

    The list of 118th Short Service Commission Course (NT) (for Men) also includes the names of the candidates who were recommended earlier on the basis of the result of the same examination for admission to Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course(s).

    The number of vacancies as intimated by the Government, for  118th   Short Service Commission Course (for Men) is 169 and for 32nd Short Service Commission Women (Non-Technical) Course is 16.

    The results of the Medical Examination of candidates have not been taken into account in preparing the merit list. The candidature of all the candidates is Provisional.  Verification of Date of Birth and Educational Qualification of these Candidates will be done by Army Head Quarters.

    Click here for the list.

    NEW DELHI: UPSC has released the final merit list of 302 candidates who have qualified for the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2022, a press statement said.

    The exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the interviews are held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence. This is for the admission of 199 candidates to the Officers Training Academy, Chennai,  for 118th  Short Service Commission Course (NT) (for Men) and 103 candidates to the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, 32nd Short Service Commission Women (Non-Technical) Course,  commencing in October 2023.  

    The list of 118th Short Service Commission Course (NT) (for Men) also includes the names of the candidates who were recommended earlier on the basis of the result of the same examination for admission to Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course(s).googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The number of vacancies as intimated by the Government, for  118th   Short Service Commission Course (for Men) is 169 and for 32nd Short Service Commission Women (Non-Technical) Course is 16.

    The results of the Medical Examination of candidates have not been taken into account in preparing the merit list. The candidature of all the candidates is Provisional.  Verification of Date of Birth and Educational Qualification of these Candidates will be done by Army Head Quarters.

    Click here for the list.

  • UPSC starts ‘one time registration’ facility for government job aspirants

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The UPSC has started a one-time registration (OTR) facility for government job aspirants who will now not be required to fill in their basic details every time they apply for different recruitment examinations.

    The aspirants, who wish to apply for any future examination of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), are required to register themselves in the OTR platform by filling up their basic personal information indicated therein.

    “A large number of aspirants apply for a host of examinations conducted by the UPSC throughout the year to select officers for different central government departments/organisations. The OTR platform will help them in saving time and make the application process easier,” a senior official said on Wednesday.

    Once the registration of an aspirant is completed, the information will remain stored securely in the Commission’s servers, the UPSC has said.

    An aspirant’s information will get automatically populated in the online application form of an examination for which she or he applies, it said.

    The OTR will be quite useful for the candidates as it will not only save them from filling in their basic personal details again for any subsequent examination being conducted by the UPSC, but also eliminate any possibility of submission of incorrect information by them as their basic personal details will be validated by the candidates themselves, the Commission said.

    “With a view to facilitate the process of submission of applications by the aspirants of its examinations, the Union Public Service Commission is glad to launch the ‘one-time registration’ (OTR) platform on the Commission’s website at upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in on 24 X 7 basis,” it said in a statement.

    Since about 70 per cent of information of an aspirant in the OTR will automatically be pre-populated in the online application form of an examination, the time for filling or submitting an online application form will be reduced considerably, the UPSC said.

    Aspirants have been advised to peruse the OTR instructions and fill in the information with extreme care to avoid any complications in future, it said.

    The Commission has also issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) “with respect to attempts in the civil services examination”.

    The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

    Candidates belonging to the General/Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category are allowed six attempts, those belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) are given unlimited chances, nine each to those belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC) and for the Persons with Benchmark Disability (Unlimited for SC/ST), according to answer to one of the FAQs.

    “An attempt at the preliminary examination is considered an attempt at the civil services examination: If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the preliminary examination,” it said.

    It is the primary responsibility of the candidate to keep a record/track of a number of attempts availed by him/her, the UPSC said, responding to a FAQ as to how would an aspirant knows the number of attempts already availed by him/her in the civil services examination? The number of attempts availed by a candidate in the civil services examination is checked/verified from the available data/records with the Commission at the appropriate stage of this examination, it said.

    In all cases of misleading information on a number of attempts availed by the candidates, the Commission cancels the candidature of the said erring candidates for that particular civil services examination and also debars them for 10 years in respect of all future examinations/selections of the Commission, the UPSC said.

    NEW DELHI: The UPSC has started a one-time registration (OTR) facility for government job aspirants who will now not be required to fill in their basic details every time they apply for different recruitment examinations.

    The aspirants, who wish to apply for any future examination of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), are required to register themselves in the OTR platform by filling up their basic personal information indicated therein.

    “A large number of aspirants apply for a host of examinations conducted by the UPSC throughout the year to select officers for different central government departments/organisations. The OTR platform will help them in saving time and make the application process easier,” a senior official said on Wednesday.

    Once the registration of an aspirant is completed, the information will remain stored securely in the Commission’s servers, the UPSC has said.

    An aspirant’s information will get automatically populated in the online application form of an examination for which she or he applies, it said.

    The OTR will be quite useful for the candidates as it will not only save them from filling in their basic personal details again for any subsequent examination being conducted by the UPSC, but also eliminate any possibility of submission of incorrect information by them as their basic personal details will be validated by the candidates themselves, the Commission said.

    “With a view to facilitate the process of submission of applications by the aspirants of its examinations, the Union Public Service Commission is glad to launch the ‘one-time registration’ (OTR) platform on the Commission’s website at upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in on 24 X 7 basis,” it said in a statement.

    Since about 70 per cent of information of an aspirant in the OTR will automatically be pre-populated in the online application form of an examination, the time for filling or submitting an online application form will be reduced considerably, the UPSC said.

    Aspirants have been advised to peruse the OTR instructions and fill in the information with extreme care to avoid any complications in future, it said.

    The Commission has also issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) “with respect to attempts in the civil services examination”.

    The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

    Candidates belonging to the General/Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category are allowed six attempts, those belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) are given unlimited chances, nine each to those belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC) and for the Persons with Benchmark Disability (Unlimited for SC/ST), according to answer to one of the FAQs.

    “An attempt at the preliminary examination is considered an attempt at the civil services examination: If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the preliminary examination,” it said.

    It is the primary responsibility of the candidate to keep a record/track of a number of attempts availed by him/her, the UPSC said, responding to a FAQ as to how would an aspirant knows the number of attempts already availed by him/her in the civil services examination? The number of attempts availed by a candidate in the civil services examination is checked/verified from the available data/records with the Commission at the appropriate stage of this examination, it said.

    In all cases of misleading information on a number of attempts availed by the candidates, the Commission cancels the candidature of the said erring candidates for that particular civil services examination and also debars them for 10 years in respect of all future examinations/selections of the Commission, the UPSC said.

  • Family of Jharkhand girl who claimed cracking UPSC apologises for ‘inadvertent error’

    By PTI

    RAMGARH: The family of Divya Pandey, 24, who claimed she had cracked the civil services examination in her maiden attempt, on Friday apologised to the district administration and Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL), both of which felicitated her, as well as media for furnishing erroneous information of her success and said it was an “inadvertent error”.

    Conveying apologies on behalf of Divya Pandey (24), her family members as well as her neighbours said that it is actually one Divya P of South India and not Divya Pandey who cracked the UPSC examination securing 323rd rank.

    Priyadarshni Pandey, elder sister of Divya Pandey said her sister was informed by her friend in Uttar Pradesh that she had cracked UPSC securing AIR 323rd rank and “we tried to check result on UPSC website but internet was not working. It was an inadvertent error.”

    The family’s claims of Divya Pandey’s cracking of UPSC with the help of smartphone and internet without any professional coaching in her first attempt had led to the Central Coalfields Ltd Chairman cum Managing Director, PM Prasad and other senior officials felicitating Divya Pandey as her father was a retired crane operator from CCL.

    The claims had got widespread media coverage.

    Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh, Madhavi Mishra who too had felicitated Divya Pandey at her office in the district collectorate termed it a “human error”.

    The Ramgarh officials aid they had not taken any action against the girl or her family in this connection.

    The family members claimed that there was no intention of spreading fake news or false claims and added that after finding out the truth Divya, a resident of Rajrappa colony under Chitarpur block of Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district has left for Delhi.

    “We apologise for this blunder,” they said.

    Chandreshwar Singh, area secretary of Coalfields Majdoor Union affiliated to Hind Majdoor Sabha and Divya’s neighbour said that due to internet failure the family could not verify the information given by a UP-based friend of the girl and her success story went viral.

    Divya, who had graduated from Ranchi University in 2017 had claimed: “I put in around 18 hours of study on a daily basis and read a lot of National Council of Education Research (NCERT) books.”

    Her father Jagdish Prasad Pandey, who retired in 2016 as a crane operator of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) had claimed that the success and hard work of his daughter had paid off.

  • COVID-19: Issue regarding extra attempt to appear in exams very complicated, UPSC tells SC

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The UPSC Monday told the Supreme Court that issue raised in a petition filed by three aspirants, who had cleared the UPSC 2021 prelims exam but could not appear in all papers of the main exam after testing positive for COVID-19 and are now seeking an extra attempt to appear in the exams, is “very complicated”.

    The petitioners have sought a direction to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to extend them an additional attempt to appear in the exam or in the alternate make some arrangement to appear in rest of the papers which they could not give, before the publication of result.

    The counsel appearing for the UPSC told the apex court that he needs to take instructions and place on record all the aspects before any decision is taken on the issue.

    “I think this is an issue which is very, very complicated. I think I need instructions and place on record all the aspects before your lordships, before any decision is taken,” the UPSC’s counsel told a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar.

    The bench posted the matter for hearing on March 21 and said that affidavits be filed by the parties before the next date.

    While two of the three petitioners had to leave the main exam, held from January 7 to 16, in-between after appearing in some initial papers, the third aspirant could not appear in any of the papers due to COVID.

    During the hearing on Monday, senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who was appearing for the petitioners, told the bench that they had served the copy of the petition to the counsel for the respondents — the Centre and UPSC.

    While seeking two weeks to take instructions in the matter, the counsel appearing for the commission told the bench that interviews are slated to start only in April.

    On February 28, the bench had asked the petitioners to serve the copy of the petition to the standing counsel for the concerned respondents.

    The petitioners, in their plea filed through advocate Shashank Singh, have said that they were tested positive for COVID-19 in the RTPCR test reports dated January 13, 14 and January 6.

    The plea has said the petitioners could not give the UPSC mains examination after testing positive for COVID-19 and owing to the restrictions imposed under the strict quarantine guidelines of the government.

    “Also, there was absence of any kind of policy of UPSC which could provide arrangements for such petitioners who were COVID positive during the span of mains examination or before it,” it said.

    “The petitioners are approaching this court under Article 32 and seeking a direction to the Respondent/ UPSC to extend them an additional (extra) attempt to appear in the examination or in alternate, make some arrangement to appear in the rest of papers which the petitioners could not give before the publication of result of civil service mains examination 2021,” the plea said.

    It claimed that absence of policy and no arrangement to accommodate COVID-19 positive petitioners to appear in the civil service mains examination 2021 have violated their rights, including that of under Article 14 (equality before law) of the Constitution of India.

  • Jammu youth keeps his passion for art aside to crack civil services exam

    By PTI

    JAMMU: Suchiter Sharma (22) kept his passion for singing and painting aside to crack the civil services examination in his first attempt but plans another attempt next year to improve his 146th rank.

    He said the COVID-19 induced lockdown helped him a lot to concentrate on his studies and fulfil the dream of his parents, who are both teachers and an inspiration for him.

    ‘Kuchh paane ke liye kuchh khona padta hai’ (we have to lose something in order to gain something), remarked Sharma as he revealed how he kept aside his love for singing and painting to prepare for the gruelling examination.

    At least nine candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have qualified in this year’s Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam and Sharma, a resident of Salehar village in Bishnah, came at the top of the list of successful candidates, mostly from Kashmir valley.

    Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and various others, including former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, congratulated them for the accomplishment.

    “Heartiest congratulations to all those from J&K who qualified the UPSC exam, 2020. They are the true inspiration for our youth. I wish all of them a bright future,” the Lt Governor said in a tweet circulated through the handle of his office.

    Mufti, in a separate tweet, said, “Congratulations to all the hard working IAS aspirants from J&K who cracked this year’s UPSC exam. Wishing them all the best & success in their new endeavour.”

    “The process of UPSC election is exhaustive but not difficult where your morale sometimes gets high and down as well. After god, I am thankful to my parents and my younger sister who stood by my side and never made me think that I won’t achieve this feat,” said Sharma, who did his schooling from Army School, Ratnuchak with 94.8 per cent in Class 12 and his graduation from GGM Science College, Jammu with main subjects — Botany, Zoology and Geology — securing 86 per cent in 2020.

    The exam topper said he fell in love with singing when he was in Class 10 and started thinking of becoming a rapper.

    “I have written several songs and was also doing painting as well but gave up both to focus on the UPSC exam which was on my mind,” he said.

    Thanking his teachers for the guidance, Sharma said he was initially preparing for MBBS but later decided to work on cracking the UPSC exam.

    “I have some more attempts to improve my ranking and I will utilise this opportunity to get to the IAS post,” he added.

    Sharma, who appeared in the preliminary exam of IAS just five days after his BSc final exams, said he was already prepared for it as “Covid-19 induced lockdown had made things easy as he remained at home and focussed on the examination.”

    He said motivation remains the key to keep your morale high for the examination, which is very important for success.

    Lauding his friends Irfan and Zaid for their support, he said a positive environment is imperative for such an achievement.

    “Irfan is like my elder brother and Zaid is my batch-mate. Both of them expressed faith in me and motivated me all along,” he said.

    His father Madan Lal said he had never thought of such an achievement by his son at this young age.

    “I consider this a lucky moment of my life…Determination, hardwork and a clear goal is the key for success,” Lal said.

  • SC refuses to entertain Mamata government’s plea to appoint DGP without consulting UPSC

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain West Bengal government’s plea seeking to appoint Director General of Police (DGP) without consulting the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), saying it would be “abuse of law”.

    A bench comprising Justices Nageswara Rao, B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna, however, allowed the state’s impleadment application in the main matter on police reforms and said it will start hearing matter which “hasn’t seen the light of day for many years”.

    The apex court told the state government that the points it was raising were exactly the same which it had raised earlier that UPSC should not have a role in appointment of the DGP.

    “We have seen your application. The points you are raising are exactly the same which you have raised earlier that UPSC should not have a role. When the main matter is taken you can argue this matter. We cannot permit this. This is abuse of process. We will dismiss your application. We cannot have petitions like this. Why are we wasting so much time on these applications,” the bench observed.

    The top court said if states also start filing matters like this it will be difficult for it to find time to hear other matters.

    “You yourself come and tell us all bail applications are not being heard, criminal appeals are not being heard,” the top court told senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, appearing for West Bengal.

    Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Prakash Singh (main petitioner), requested the bench for an early hearing of the main petition on police reforms saying “unfortunately in most states implementation of directions of the top court remains unimplemented.”

    The court has now posted the matter for hearing in October and said, “We will start hearing the matter. It hasn’t seen the light of day for many years.”

    The apex court was hearing an application filed by West Bengal stating that UPSC does not have expertise to consider and appoint DGP of a state as also that it is not in line with the federal System of governance.

    The state government, in its plea, requested the top court to modify its 2018 order in the Prakash Singh case on police reforms which made it mandatory for the state governments to appoint the DGP from a panel of three most senior police officers.