UPSC postpones June 27 civil services preliminary exam; to be held on Oct 10

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday postponed the civil services preliminary examination, scheduled to be held in June, to October 10 in view of the alarming Covid-19 situation.

Before this, the Commission had also postponed interviews of the Civil Services Examination, 2020 (scheduled from Scheduled from May 26, 2021 to June 18, 2021) because of the steep rise in cases. However, fresh dates of the interview will be intimated in due course.

Candidates who applied for the exam can go to upsc.gov.in for more updates.

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

"Due to the prevailing conditions caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the Union Public Service Commission has deferred the civil services (preliminary) examination, 2021, which was scheduled to be held on 27th June, 2021. Now, this examination will be held on 10th October, 2021," a statement issued by the commission said.

(with inputs from PTI)