Nationality Eligibility : Civil Services Exams Exams in India

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The Civil Services Examination consists of two successive stages: (i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and (ii) Civil Services Main Exam. (Written & Interview) for selection of candidates for the various services and posts noted below. After appearing at the Preliminary Exam., candidates who are declared successful to have qualified for admission to the Main Exam, (held during October/November) have to apply again, in the detailed application form which is supplied to them. Number of vacancies for 2006 exams, have been notified as 495 approx. (liable to alteration).

Mutyalaraju Reva, who is from Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, topped the 2006 Civil Services Examination in which eight women figure in the top 20. Announcing the final results today, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recommended 474 candidates, including 101 women. Reva is from the backward caste community. Reva is a product of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc). Anindita Mitra, an engineer, whose overall ranking was eighth, topped among women. More : dnaindia.com

Every candidate appearing at the Civil Services Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted four 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 seven. Note: 1. An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the examination. 2. If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary examination, he shall be

More than 20,000 civil servants went on strike across Lancashire today, badly disrupting some services. Job centres, tax offices and the national Disability Carers' Allowance Centre were all running on a "skeleton staff" as hundreds took to the picket lines as part of a dispute over job cuts, pay and the privatisation of public services. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) estimated up to 5,000 would not be turning in for work today in Preston alone. More : prestontoday.net/

The 2007 annual delegate conference of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) opens today (16 May) in Brighton. Over 1,200 delegates will be attending the conference of Britains largest civil service trade union, which runs until Friday 18 May against a backdrop of an ongoing dispute over civil and public service job cuts, privatisation and below inflation pay. The dispute with the government and civil service management has already seen two successful one day civil service wide strikes this year and the first day of the conference, today, will see delegates debating the next steps of the campaign. Options

A total of 474 candidates have qualified this year after cracking the prestigious civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), it was announced here on Monday. Mutyalaraju Revu from West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh topped the examination, while Anindita Mitra, ranked eighth, was first among the woman candidates. They were among some 200,000 applicants who appeared for the tests - a selection rate of a mere 0.237 percent. Of the 474 selected candidates 373 are males and 101 females. More : indiaedunews.net

(a) 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 Service Examination, 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 notwithstanding h^/her having qualified in the Preliminary Examination. Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to

Congressman Jim Moran, Virginia Democrat, announced today that the House Appropriations Committee has passed its FY08 Financial Services Appropriations bill which contains pay parity (3.5%) for federal employees, requires the GSA to identify all impediments to making federal buildings environmentally friendly and provides $26.4 million for OPM to digitize its retirement records. Federal employees work along side our military in operations around the world, said Moran. Our battle against terrorism would be crippled without their support. Last month, the Armed Services Committee raised military pay by half a percent. By including an identical raise for civil servants in todays bill,

Staff Selection Commission (SSC( Junior Engineers (Civil Electrical ) Exam 2007 Closing Date: 22-12-2006 Exam Date: 25-3-2007 Junior Engineers (Civil & Electrical ) Exam 2007 1. F.No. 3/ 07 /2006-P&P-I. Staff Selection Commission will hold on Sunday, the 25th March, 2007, an open competitive examination for recruitment to the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) & Junior Engineer (Electrical) in CPWD, a Group 'C' Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post, classified as General Central Services (Technical) in the pay-scale of Rs.5000-150-8000 all over the country. 2. Vacancies / Reservations: Note I: The post carries All-India Service Liability (AISL). Thus, the candidates selected for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India. Note II:

The General Secretary of PCS says the Government is out of touch and PCS will do stand up for the rights of their membership as axing their jobs would not only hurt the public sector worker but public service delivery as well. This week, representatives of more than 320,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union will meet in Brighton for our annual conference. Like all trade unions, democracy is at the heart of everything we do and conference is where our policies are made. Never has this collective will of our membership been more important; we have reached a crucial

The district administration has made all arrangements for the conduct of Civil Services Preliminary examination in the twin cities on Sunday. District Collector R.V.Chandra Vadan addressing media persons at the Collectorate here on Saturday said the preliminary examination would be held in 40 centres in the city. The zonal/ supervisory officers and candidates should reach the centres well ahead of the scheduled time. Examinations were also set up in Barkas, Kanchanbagh in the old city and adequate bandobust at every centre including those in the old city for the peaceful conduct of the exam. The Collector said that supervisorsshould be

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages: (i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and 1 (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts. 2. The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of Objective type (Multiple choice questions) and carry a-maximum of 450 marks in the subjects set out in sub-section (A) of Section II. This xamination is meant to serve as a screening test only;

AUI Contractors, a full-service general contractor serving the public and private sectors, has promoted Mitch Chappell to director of civil construction services and Tony Rader to director of sales and marketing and hired Mario Carbone as director of construction services In a new position of director of sales and marketing, Rader is responsible for developing a marketing and sales plan, building a sales team and overseeing all marketing and sales activities for AUI. Since joining AUI in 1997, Rader has worked in a variety of positions, including project manager, estimator and, most recently, director of commercial construction where he oversaw

Mutyalaraju Revu, an Other Backward Class (OBC) candidate from a small village, has topped the highly competitive civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at a time when the country debates the issue of reservation for OBCs in higher education. Revu, 27-year-old son of a farmer in small village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, has surpassed 473 successful candidates including 214 general category qualifiers to top the merit list. His uncle Venkanna was all praise for Revu, who is currently serving in the Andhra Pradesh Police. Revu, who has always been a brilliant student, has done his

Towards the end of the First World War, with the rapid development of air techniques, the need to protect the civil population from air attack was felt very seriously. And an Outfit known as A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) came into being. The people living in the cities in this part of the sub-continent during the Second World War, can remember that whenever a siren was sounded the people of the cities used to go into trenches for shelters. This Outfit gradually developed into Civil Defence with greater responsibilities during the Second World War and thereafter for taking all necessary measures