List of UPSC Civil Services,Classification and Eligibility Criteria

List of services Under UPSC Civil Service Examination

UPSC (UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION) Exam

It is the constitutional body which selects the candidates and recommends to concerned department of Central government for the recruitment of the candidates into services, every year UPSC releases UPSC year -Calendar  and publishes dates of notification and accordingly, Civil service is the common entrance exam for all 24 Services that are listed below.

All India Service are 3 (IAS/IPS/IFS)

S.NO	Service/Post
1	IAS- (Indian Administrative Services)
2	IPS- (Indian Police Services)
3	IFS- (Indian Foreign Services)
4	Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service
5	Indian Audits and Account Service
6	Indian Revenue Service
7	Indian Revenue Service (I.T)
8	Indian Ordinance Factories Service
9	Indian Defence Service
10	Indian Postal Service
11	Indian Civil Accounts Service
12	Indian Railway Traffic Service
13	Indian Railway Accounts Service
14	Indian Railway Personnel Service
15	Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force
16	Indian Defence Estates Service
17	Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)
18	Indian Trade Service
19	Indian Corporate Law Service
20	Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer Grade)
21	Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli Civil Service
22	Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli Police Service
23	Pondicherry Civil Service
24	Pondicherry Police Service

The above 24 UPSC (Civil Service’s) are classified as (Technical and Non Technical Posts) and Physical Criteria

Based on services and physical criteria, there are about 24 services that are to be filled by UPSC board, Services are classified into different technical and non technical posts

Here is a list of classification of service 

(Technical and Non Technical Posts)

Technical Posts	Non Technical Posts
Indian Railway Traffic Service	Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Indian Police Service	Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
Central police Services Group ‘A’ and ‘B’	Indian Customs and Central Excise service
Group ‘A’ posts in the railway Protection Force	Indian Civil Accounts Service
	Indian Railway Accounts Service
	Indian Railway Personnel Service
	Indian Defence Accounts Service
	Indian Revenue Service
	Indian Ordinance Factories Services, Group A
	Indian Postal Services
	Indian Defence Estates Service Group A
	Indian P and T Accounts and Finance Service, Group A
	Other Central civil Services group A and Group B Services of India

To appoint a candidate for the post, candidate need to have good mental and physical health and should meet all the physical standards prescribed by UPSC board. So that right candidate is selected for right posts as the nature of work itself demands the physical and mental health of the person

All the matters related to medical examination of the candidate is conducted by the medical board. Here is a list of few parameters which are prescribed by the board

Physical Criteria Standards

Service/post	Height	Chest girth fully expanded	Expansion
Indian Railways Traffic services	152 cm(men) 150 cm (women)	84 cm (men) 79 cm (women)	5 cm (men) 5 cm (women)
Indian Police Service	165 cm	84 cm	5 cm (men) 5 cm (women)
Group A post in Railway Protection Force and Other Central Police Services Group A and Group B	150 cm	79 cm	5 cm(men) 5 cm(women)

Subjected to reservation minimum height prescribed is relax able in the case of candidates belonging to ST and races such as Gorkha, Garhwalis, Assamese, Kumaon is and Nagaland Tribes etc, whose average height is distinctly lower.

The candidate eye-sight will be tested in accordance with the following rules
Special ophthalmic board for eye examination shall consists three ophthalmologists

The following parameters are recorded as given below

	Technical Services		Non Technical Services
	IPS and other Police Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ and IRTS/RPF		IAS, IFS and Other Central Civil Services
	Better Eye (Corrected vision)	Worse Eye	Better Eye (Corrected vision)	Worse Eye
Distant vision	6/6 or 6/9	6/12 or 6/9	6/6 or 6/9	6/18 to nil or 6/12
Near vision	J1**	J2**	J1**J2	J3 to nil**J2
Types of corrections permitted	Spectacles		Spectacles10L*Radial Keratotomy*/Lasik Laser Surgery is permitted
Limit of refractive permitted	+4.00(including cylinder)-non-pathological Myopia+4.00(including cylinder) Hypermetropia		None should be without
Color vision requirement	High Grade		Low grade acceptable
Binocular vision needed	Yes		No need of Binocular Vision

Some other parameters that are examined regarding vision are

1.     Field of Vision

2.     Night Blindness

3.     Color Vision

4.     Ocular condition other than visual acuity

5.     Others if necessary

Different test’s are done based on the specific job profile and functions that the candidate’s opted for more details refer UPSC latest Notification published under www.upsc.gov.in

The common entrance is for all these services, but for mains IFS- Indian Forests Service has different Mains pattern and is conducted before the Mains Examination of Civil services. If any new service has to be created "All Indian Civil Services" it has to introduce after the bill is passed in the parliament, the Bill has to be initiated only in Rajasabha and the necessary law has to be passed after discussions in both houses of parliament (Loksabha and Rajasabha).

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