UPSC IFS 2022 Notification: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has sought online applications for the Indian Forest Service Examination-2022. Through this exam, 151 posts of IFS officers will be recruited. To be a part of this service, one has to first clear the Civil Services Preliminary Examination. Then you will have to clear the main examination of Forest Service and also the interview. Interested candidates can apply online for the Preliminary Examination by 22 February 2022 by visiting upsconline.nic.in.
1. One has to clear UPSC Civil Services Prelims to appear in Forest Services Main exam. That is, the prelims exam of both the competitive exams will be common. The Civil Services Prelims exam will be held on 5th June 2022. UPSC Prelims exam will be conducted in 77 cities of the country. Last year, Leh was also included in this list.
2. Qualification
Bachelor’s degree from a recognized Institute/University with any one of the subjects Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology. or
– Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture / Forestry. or
– Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
The total number of chances to appear in the exam has been fixed at a maximum of 6. However, OBC candidates will be given 9 opportunities and there is no limit on the number of opportunities for SC/ST candidates.
3. Age Limit
– Minimum age – 21 years. The maximum age should be less than 32 years. Age will be calculated from 1st August 2022. That is, the applicant must have been born not earlier than 2nd August 1990 and not later than 1st August 2001.
The upper age limit is relaxable by three years for OBC category candidates, five years for SC/ST and ten years for physically handicapped category candidates.
4. Application Fee
– Rs 100. Fee has to be paid through Cash or NetBanking or MasterCard/Debit Card in any branch of State Bank. The payment option will be available during the online application process.
No fee is to be paid by SC/ST category, physically challenged and female candidates.
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5. Chance to withdraw application
The applicants of the Civil Services Examination also get an opportunity to withdraw the application. The facility to withdraw the application will be between 1 March 2022 to 7 March 2022. If a candidate feels after applying that he will not be able to prepare, then he can take advantage of this facility to save his attempts from being wasted. Application fee will not be refunded on withdrawal of application. UPSC had started the facility to withdraw the application after applying in 2019.
