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UPSC CAPF Result 2019: Check Your Central Armed Police Forces Exam Scores at upsc.gov.in

Source – india.com

UPSC CAPF Result 2019: The Union Public Service Commission has announced the results of UPSC Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Exam 2019 on its official website. Candidates can check their scores on upsc.gov.in. The written examination was held across the nation on August 18, 2019.

Here’s How to Check Your UPSC CAPF Result 2019:

Step 1: Log onto upsc.gov.in.

Step 2: Click on the link that says, ‘UPSC CAPF Result 2019’.

Step 3: You will be directed to a new page.

Step 4: Click on the ‘documents’ link and a PDF formatted link will appear on the screen.

Step 5: Check your result, download and take a printout of the same for future reference.

Note that candidates who clear the written examination are eligible to attempt the Physical Standard Test (PST) for which they are required to fill an online form.

About UPSC:– The Union Public Service Commission is the premier central recruiting agency of India that conducts examinations to recruit suitable candidates to the All India services and group A & group B of Central services.

UPSC IES/ISS 2019 application form out on upsc.gov.in; apply before 31 Oct.

Source – business-standard.com

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a recruitment notification for the post of Indian Economic Service (IES) and Indian Statistical Service Exam (ISS) 2019 on October 17, 2019 on its official website upsc.gov.in.

The UPSC IES/ISS Detailed Application Form (DAF) will remain active till October 31, 2019.

IES/ISS recruitment 2019 (Advt No: 06/2019): Important dates

Online form activated on : March 20, 2019

Online form and fee payment last date: April 16, 2019

Admit card issued on: June 8, 2019

Examination: June 28, 2019

Result declared: October 17, 2019

DAF starts: October 17, 2019

DAF filling last date: October 31, 2019

Here are the details required for IES/ISS 2019

Interested candidates need to give a mandatory application fee of Rs 200, while candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD (persons with disability) and female candidates are exempt from paying.

Mode of payment: Candidates can make payment in both offline and online modes.

  • Debit card, credit card and other net banking services can be used to make online payment
  • Candidates have to use SBI challan for offline payment

Documents required to fill UPSC IES/ISS application form 2019

  • Scanned photography and signature in .jpg format.
  • Aadhaar card or other valid ID proof
  • Class 10 and 12 marksheet
  • Caste Certificate (If applicable)
  • Disability Certificate (If applicable)

Age limit: Minimum 21 years

Maximum 30 years

Note: Age relaxation will be there as per the notification

Vacancy details/ Eligibility for IES/ISS 2019

The Indian Economic Service has 32 open posts which require candidates to have a bachelors degree, post-graduation degree in Economics, Business economics, Econometric from any recognised university in India.

The Indian Statistical Service is open for 33 posts which require candidates to have bachelor degree with Statistics, Mathematics, Applied statistics or master degree in Statistics.

Here is how to fill the IES/ISS application form 2019

Go to the official website of UPSC ups.gov.in

On the homepage, click on the ‘What’s New’ tab that will lead you to ‘DAF: Indian Statistical Service/Indian Economic Service Examination 2019‘

From the ‘Instruction for filling DAF‘ option, candidates can start filling the application form

Note: Candidates are required to fill both Part I and Part II for IES/ISS registration 2019

Part I registration for filling the form

Part II registration for payment, centre selection, document upload, and more

For detailed information, login to the UPSC official website

IRS officer had fudged age, got new identity to appear for UPSC’s IAS exam: CBI

Source: hindustantimes.com

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against an Indian Revenue Service Officer who cleared the Union Public Service Commission more than a decade ago. The CBI says the Bihar man, was overage to apply for the UPSC’s 2007 civil services examination, commonly known as IAS exam, and got himself a new identity to beat the system.

He seemed to have succeeded for little over a decade. He cleared the exam, was allocated the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) and was at last count, posted at the GST office in Kolkata. Then, someone complained.

In a First Information Report registered by the CBI this week, the agency said the IRS officer was known by a different name for a larger part of his childhood and youth in Bihar’s West Champaran district.

But when he changed his name, the Bihar man did not bother to change his father’s name or his address. The CBI says that it had come across documents which indicate that he had done his schooling from the Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya at Bettiah.

The FIR has also alleged manipulation of documents, pointing that the officer got into the civil services in response to a public notice for examination in 2006. But the graduation degree that he was in his personal file indicates he got his BA (Hons) degree two years later.

“It is clear from the above that he had done some manipulation to appear at the exam,” the CBI FIR said.

Indicating that he had help from someone within the examination system, the FIR said it also transpired that the IRS officer hadn’t submitted any date of birth certificate or the certificate of clearing the class 12 exam in 2003.

The CBI also underscored that the Bihar School Education Committee hadn’t cooperated in providing his details.

UPSC prelims qualifiers to get free coaching, hostel, food, library in Rajasthan

Source: hindustantimes.com

Students qualifying the preliminary round of the Union Public Service Commission exam can now get free hostel, food, study material, coaching and library facilities as per a recent circular issued by the Rajasthan institute of cooperative education and management (RICEM). RICEM is a training institution promoted by the government of Rajasthan with a view to develop human resources in cooperative, public and private sectors.

As per the circular, the ‘Medhavi Sehkaari Sehyog Yojana’ is meant to benefit meritorious students who qualify UPSC prelims, but do not have favourable financial and family conditions.

A seven day window will be provided to students who have qualified the prelims to apply online and offline for procuring free hostel, food, study material, coaching and library facility provided by RICEM. Priority will be given to students hailing from below poverty line (BPL) families, specially abled, orphans, reserved categories and candidates who have given interviews before the UPSC or Rajasthan Public service commission (RPSC).

The procedure for application will go on for seven days and the scrutiny will be carried out in another two days said the circular. The application can be done offline at the RICEM office and online by sending the application along with all the documents at jaipurricem@gmail.com . Applicants can also avail further information at www.ricem.org.

The last date for application is July 27. Apart from personal details, the applicant is required to state any special reason as to why he should he/she be eligible for the freebies. The required documents to be enclosed for application include, documents of academic exams, bonafied, residence identity (AADHAR) and ITR (income tax returns) of parents along with the application.

UPSC Civil Services: Modi Government May Bundle Indian Bureaucracy Into Just 3-4 Divisions, Says Report

Source: swarajyamag.com

In a bid to rationalise the civil services in the country, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is likely to reduce the more than 60 civil services in the country to about three or four, reports The Print.

According to the report, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has prepared a five year vision document in which it has been emphasised that the government will try to drastically reduce the number of services to ensure harmonious functioning of the state machinery.

“Rationalising the services essentially means reducing the number down from the existing 60-plus civil services to about three-four,” an official from DoPT was quoted in the report as saying.

“The idea was proposed last year by NITI Aayog and the government will now seek to implement it,” the official added.

The civil services in India comprises of more tha 60 specialised services classified into Group A and Group B. The Group A include the IAS, IPS, IFS and IRS among 25 other services.

As per the report, no decision regarding how to undertake the rationalsation has been done by the government. However, a possible solution could be to classify the civil services into three groups.

“One way of doing it is dividing the services into Indian Administrative Service, which would include all non-technical services; the Indian Police Service that would include all security-related services and the Indian Technical Services, which would include all technical services,” the official said.

“This is just one idea doing the rounds…the services could be rationalised in other ways too,” the official added.

Youth Shot Dead in Patna; Ward Councilor’s Husband Named Suspect

Source: patnadaily.com

The crime took place around 8:00 am when Vikas Kumar, originally a resident of Shahpur police station in Patna district, was returning home from somewhere. Suddenly about 2-3 men in a Safari vehicle arrived in the area and shot Vikas in his head from a close range.

As the victim fell on the ground, the criminals fled in their vehicle before anyone could get a good look at the car.

His body was later sent to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IIGMS) for an autopsy.

In their police report, family members accused the husband of Panapur Ward Councilor Renu Devi, her two sons, and eight others saying they had threatened Vikas in the past and there was no doubt Renu Devi’s family was involved in his murder.

Vikas lived with his parents and other family members in Dev Vihar Colony off Ashiana Nagar under Rajiv Nagar police station.

Angered by the incident, a mob stormed the home of Renu Devi and vandalized properties and vehicles parked outside on the road.

They also set a cow menagerie owned by the Ward Councilor’s family on fire. Police had to use light force to bring the crowd under control.

Police said they will be questioning a number of people in the case and will also try to collect video surveillance footage from the area.

UPSC Job Notification 2019: Vacancy Under 7th Pay Commission

Source: odishatv.in

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has come up with yet another job notification inviting applications for the post of Assistant Employment Officer in the Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment. Interested and eligible candidates are advised to apply for the position on or before August 1, 2019.

The Group-B post is permanent while Pay Scale will be in Level-6 in the Pay matrix as per the 7th CPC.

Age Limit: 30 years.

Education Qualification: (A) Master’s Degree in Commerce or Social Welfare or Social Work or Economics or Statistics or Psychology or Education of a recognized university or equivalent.

Experience: (i) Two Years Experience of socio-economic investigation or research preferably in relation to demography employment and unemployment or manpower problems. (ii) Knowledge of employment service work.

NOTE: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission in case of candidates otherwise well qualified. NOTE: The qualification regarding experience is relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission in the case of candidates belonging to the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes if at any stage of selection, the Union Public Service Commission is of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these communities possessing the requisite experience are not likely to be available to fill up the vacancies reserved for them.

DESIRABLE: Experience of employment exchange operations.

DUTIES: (i) Work pertaining to development of vocational guidance, occupational research job studies and employment Exchange procedures. (ii) Providing occupational information, vocational guidance and confidence building training to scheduled caste/scheduled tribe candidates and counseling to their parents.

HQ:Directorate General of Employment (DGE) in New Delhi. Liable to work anywhere in India.

Closing date for submission of online recruitment application (ORA) through ORA website is August 1, 2019 till 11.59PM. The last date for printing of completely submitted online application is upto August 2, 2019 till 11.59PM.

How To Apply: Candidates are requested to apply only Online against this advertisement on the Online Recruitment Application (ORA) website http://www.upsconline.nic.in and NOT write to the Commission for Application forms. They are also requested to go through carefully the details of posts and instructions published below as well as on the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in

Note: The post is suitable for Physically Challenged Persons viz. Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy/Leprosy Cured/Dwarfism/Acid Attack Victims and Muscular Dystrophy with disability i.e. Both legs affected but not arms (BL) or One leg affected (R or L) (OL)or One arm affected (R or L)(OA).

UPSC Civil Services Toppers: Gopala Krishna Ronanki overcame poverty, social apathy and cracked IAS 3rd Rank

Source: timesnownews.com

UPSC Civil Services is without doubt one of the toughest examinations to crack in this country. While lakhs aspire, it is only a few hundred who can make it through. And some stories leave an impression. Story of Shri Gopala Krishna Ronanki, a school teacher by profession, of overcoming poverty, difficulties in learning, social exclusion and then cracking UPSC Civil Services exam is one such story. No only did he fight the odds, he stood for his dreams and cracked the IAS or Civil Services Exam in 2016 and secured AIR Rank 3rd.

Hailing from a small village of Andhra Pradesh,  Gopala Krishna Ronanki had to face a lot of hardship to taste success. Gopal’s parents Apparav and Rukminamma were farmers in Parasamba village of Palasa Mandal, 70 km away from Srikakulam city. At a very early age, his parents were socially boycotted for 25 years due to their involvement in a Dalit family marriage. This caused a lot of hurdles in their lives, financially and mentally.

At one point of time, some wealthy people of the village wanted to grab the land that was owned by Gopala’s parents. They had to fight a long battle to save their piece of land. In midst of all these hardships, Ronanki completed his studies in Telegu medium from distance learning. After his Class 10, he completed his 12th studies from Palasa Junior College. Soon after plus two, Gopal took a teacher training course and started to work as a teacher in a government school.

While working as a teacher, Gopala completed his graduation and went on to prepare for UPSC Civil Services. He was discouraged by many of his friends who said that cracking UPSC Civil Services by studying in Telegu Medium is impossible.

Keeping all these negativity at bay Gopala attempted for UPSC Civil Services exam for the first time in 2015.  He was unable to crack the preliminary exam of it back then. It was in his second attempt when he cleared the UPSC Civil Services exam and secured AIR 3rd rank.

According to Gopala, all the problems that he had faced made him stronger and his determination harder. He aspires to help the Dalit section of the society in the near future.

UPSC: Pattern change over the years

Source: telanganatoday.com

Sriram, an aspirant for the Civil Services who successfully qualified for selection to the Indian Police Service (IPS) by securing the 150th rank in the merit list, was shocked when he did not find his number in the list of qualified aspirants at the prelims in the following year. After having prepared for the examination for three years he had cleared all the hurdles and secured a position in the IPS. He had appeared at the examination again to improve his rank and join the Indian Administrative Services (IAS). However, he could not clear even the first hurdle.

There are many other aspirants who share the same feelings. The Civil Services examination is conducted in three stages i.e. Preliminary, Main and Interview. The Preliminary examination, which is the first stage, is an objective type paper with multiple choice questions.

Aspirants often underestimate the importance of the Preliminary, and qualifying in it is taken for granted. However, the sheer magnitude of the competition where only 11,000 candidates qualify out of the five lakh who appear indicates the nature of the Preliminary. Also with negative marking in place the difference between success and failure could be a mere 0.33 per cent.

The Preliminary was introduced to `keep non-serious aspirants out and reduce the number of aspirants to a manageable number’ on the recommendations of the Kothari Committee in 1979. When it was introduced, it comprised an optional paper for 300 marks and a General Studies paper for 150 marks. The Satish Chandra Committee of 1989, appointed to review the examination, upheld the pattern but recommended negative marking to reduce the ‘chance element’ negative marking was introduced in 2007. The Alagh Committee of 2000, suggested a revised format for the Preliminary with an optional paper for 300 marks and a CSAT paper for 200 marks. The Second Administrative Reforms committee recommended common papers at the Preliminary. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) appointed the Khanna Committee in 2009, which recommended a revised format of the Preliminary with two papers i.e. CSAT and General Studies Paper. This was implemented from 2011. This pattern of equal weightage to aptitude and general studies gave an unfair advantage to urban students and there were wide spread protests all over India mainly from the Hindi speaking areas.

The government responded to the protests by making the Aptitude paper which had questions on quantitative aptitude and English comprehension as a qualifying paper. Aspirants who had suffered due to the CSAT model were compensated by increasing the age limit and the number of attempts by two years. Also, all aspirants of the year 2011 were given another attempt.

With all these changes, the Preliminary today has two papers i.e. the General Studies paper with 100 questions from various areas and the aptitude paper with 80 questions. While an aspirant has to score minimum qualifying mark of 67/200 in the aptitude paper, his/her success is determined by the marks scored in the General Studies paper.

It is this change that has resulted in a lack of `cause’ and `effect’ relationship. The UPSC has the unenviable task of reducing the number of aspirants out of the marks scored in the General Studies paper which has only 100 questions. Towards this aim it has been making the questions as unpredictable as possible. Such an uncertain exam is grossly unfair and dampens the spirit of the aspirant.

The Preliminary has become a jealous gatekeeper and many prospective aspirants are likely to move away from the examination. Such an exam in the long run is going to affect the quality of administration. Students have been protesting in Delhi for the last five years and demanding compensation in the form of at least an extra attempt. One of the demands has been to change the format of preliminary to reduce the uncertainty.

From 1979 to 2010, there were no protests as the exam had a cause and effect relationship. If you work hard and you were sure you would pass the examination – The uncertainty began with the changes and has reached a peak after 2015.

The UPSC has realised that it is time to make changes. It is reported that the vision document released by UPSC has recommended to the government that the CSAT paper should be deleted from the scheme of examination.

While it is not known whether an alternative paper has been recommended, it would be ideal if another paper on General Studies is introduced with diverse areas and predictability with reference to the number of questions from each area.

This paper could also have 100 questions and could replace CSAT. This will lead to the much needed uncertainty reduction and encourage qualified and meritorious youth to choose a career in the Civil Services, instead of opting for the private sector.

UPSC recommends to Govt: Do away with CSAT in Civil Service Exam, Penalty for absentees

Source: Jagranjosh.com

Union Public Serive Commission (UPSC) wants to change the current pattern of Civil Service Exam with dropping Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). UPSC has proposed to remove CSAT from the preliminary examination. UPSC conducts civil services examination every year has sent a proposal to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

As per the report published in The Print, in its proposal to DoPT, UPSC wants to charge a penalty on applicants for not appearing for the examination. UPSC civil service exam consist of 3 parts – Preliminary, Main and final is Interview. To qualify for the Main Written exam, students have to first qualify Preliminary CSAT Written Exam.

Penalty for absentees

In its proposal to DoPT, USPC wants to put some penalty for large number of absentees. UPSC wants this penalty to trim the gap between the candidates who apply for the test and those who actually appear for it. Every year about a million students apply for UPSC annual test but just half of them appear for it. Civil Service Examination (CSE) is conducted to select officers of the public services like IAS, IPS, IFS and other services.

CSAT Exam

Main paper or CSAT or Paper II, which was introduced in 2011, has witnessed widespread protests by aspirants, who claim that it gives an advantage to those with English, Maths and Science backgrounds. In year 2015 Indian government declared the test as just qualifying exam. Now candidates appearing for CSAT needs to score just 33% to quality this exam.

CSAT exam consists of seven papers like any Indian language, English, General Studies, Personality Test etc. CSAT exam also analyze the candidate’s decision-making, comprehension and communication skills. In a latest move proposed by the UPSC Council, CSAT exams won’t be mandatory from the curriculum year 2019-2020.