IAS 2019 Eligibility Criteria – UPSC Civil Services Preliminary

IAS Eligibility Criteria 2019 Civil Services Preliminary – Nationality, Age Limits, Education Qualification, Number of attempts, Restrictions on applying for the examination (Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service),  Physical Standards

The UPSC IAS 2019 Eligibility Criteria for appearing in Civil Services 2019 Preliminary Exam has 4 main criteria based on which a candidate eligibility is determined, which are Nationality, Age Limits, Education Qualification, Number of attempts, Restrictions on applying for the examination (Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service),  Physical Standards.

Details of eligibility criterias for Civil Services Preliminary (IAS 2019) Nationality, Age Limits, Education Qualification, Number of attempts, Restrictions on applying for the examination (Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service),  Physical Standards are as follows.

Nationality – IAS Exam 2019

• For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service,
  a candidate must be a citizen of India.
• For other services, a candidate must be either:—
  1. a citizen of India, or
  2. a subject of Nepal, or
  3. subject of Bhutan, or
  4. Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
  5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

• Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose
  favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
• A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.

Age Limits – Civil Services Preliminary 2019

1. 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, 2019 i.e., he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1987 and not later than 1st August, 1998. Necessary action to make corresponding changes in respective Rules/Regulations pertaining to various services is being taken separately.
2. The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable:
   1. up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
      Tribe;
   2. up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward
      Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
   3. up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel, disabled in
      operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a
      consequence thereof;
   4. up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned
      Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August,
      2019 and have been released;
      1. on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2019 otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or
      2. on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or
      3. on invalidment.
   5. up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2019 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
   6. up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of (a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness.
   7. up to a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st day of January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

Minimum Educational Qualification – IAS 2019 Preliminary Exam

The candidate must hold a degree of any of 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 – IAS Preliminary 2019

• Every candidate appearing at the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts at the examination:
• Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates who are otherwise eligible :
• Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be nine. The relaxation will be available to the candidates who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates :
• Provided further that candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability will get as many attempts as are available to other candidates who do not belong to Persons with Benchmark Disability of his or her community, subject to the condition that a candidate of Persons with Benchmark Disability belonging to the General Category shall be eligible for nine attempts.
• Necessary action to make corresponding changes in respective Rules/regulations pertaining to various services is being taken separately. The relaxation will be available to the candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

Restrictions on applying for the examination

1. A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at this examination. In case such a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS after the Preliminary Examination of Civil Services Examination, 2019 is over and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019 notwithstanding his/her having qualified in the Preliminary Examination, 2019. Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS after the commencement of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019 but before the result thereof and continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be considered for appointment to any service/post on the basis of the result of this examination viz. Civil Services Examination, 2019.
2. A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Police Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to opt for the Indian Police Service in Civil Services Examination, 2019

Physical standards – Civil Services Preliminary 2019

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination, 2019 as per guidelines given in Appendix-III of Rules for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 19th February, 2019.

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