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The Union Public Service Commission notified 1056 vacancies for the IAS 2024 exam. The Commission released the official IAS 2024 notification on February 14, 2024. The candidates should note that the IAS 2024 applications were also started with the release of official notification. The last date to apply online was March 6, 2024. The UPSC conducted the IAS 2024 exam on June 16, 2024, in 80 exam cities. The Ministry of Personnel will release the post-wise break-up of Civil Service vacancies later. Following the yearly trend, there will be 180 IAS vacancies and 200 IPS vacancies.The Ministry of Personnel will release the UPSC rank-wise post list 2023 later.
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Q: Â How many vacancies are notified in IAS 2024 exam?
The Union Public Service Commission notifed 1056 vacancies in the Civil Service Exam (CSE) 2024 notification on February 14, 2024. The Commission notifies the tentative number of Civil Service vacancies for the exam. The Commission can increase or decrease the number of vacancies in the final result.
In normal circumstances, the Civil Service vacancies increase because the Commission includes the requisition received from the Central Government Ministries till the prelims exam is conducted.
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Q: Â How many candidates are selected for IPS every year in the UPSC result?
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IAS Vacancies 2024
The UPSC did not mention the post-wise or service-wise vacancies in the official notification. The Commission only mention the number of total vacancies that too is a tentative number. The final number of vacancies in the IAS exam is finalised and released by the Ministry of Personnel on its official website.
The candidates can see here the vacancies of previous years as summarised below:
| IAS Exam Year | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,056 |
| 2023 | 1,105 |
| 2022 | 1,022 (Revised) |
| 2021 | 712 |
| 2020 | 836 |
| 2019 | 927 |
IAS 2024 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2024 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
22 Jan '25 - 11 Feb '25 | IAS 2025 Application Dates |
May '25 | IAS Prelims Admit Card 2025 Issue Date TENTATIVE |
25 May '25 | IAS Prelims 2025 Exam Date |
22 Aug '25 - 31 Aug '25 | IAS Main 2025 Exam Date |
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
20 Sep '24 - 29 Sep '24 | IAS Main 2024 Exam Date |
16 Jun '24 | IAS Prelims 2024 Exam Date |
07 Jun '24 - 15 Jun '24 | IAS Prelims Admit Card 2024 Issue Date |
IAS 2023 Vacancies
The number of UPSC CSE 2023 vacancies is 1,105. The IAS notification 2023 has been released as per the schedule given in the UPSC exam calendar. The Commission mentioned the total number of vacancies in the official notification but the UPSC can revise the number of IAS vacancies through a notice or addendum. There are 180 vacancies for the IAS officer and 200 vacancies for IPS officers.
IAS Vacancies 2022
The Ministry of Personnel is yet to release the service-wise vacancies for the Civil Service Exam 2022. The total number of vacancies is 1,011 after the addition of IRMS. Union Government of India informed the parliament that the number of IPS vacancies will be increased to 200 till further notice.Â
See here: IPS Salary and Allowances
IAS Vacancies 2021 - Services-wise and Category-wise Break-up
The ministry of personnel released the category-wise vacancies in different services as follows:
| Service |
GEN | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Administrative Service |
73 | 18 | 49 | 27 | 13 | 180 |
| Indian Foreign Service |
14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 |
| Indian Police Service |
83 | 20 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 200 |
| Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ |
4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’ |
19 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 51 |
| Indian Revenue Service Custom and Indirect Taxes Group ‘A’ |
16 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 41 |
| Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ |
6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Indian Railway Protection Force Service |
5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’ |
5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’ |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" |
4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) |
19 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B' |
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B' |
6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total |
288 | 71 | 193 | 102 | 58 | 712 |
IAS Vacancies of Previous Years
The Service-wise UPSC vacancies in the Civil Services are as follows:
| Service |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Administrative Service |
180 |
180 | 180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
| Indian Foreign Service |
36 |
24 | 30 |
42 |
45 |
45 |
32 |
32 |
| Indian Police Service |
200 |
150 | 150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
| Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ |
20 |
17 | 17 |
29 |
29 |
22 |
16 |
25 |
| Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
20 |
28 | 25 |
25 |
28 |
28 |
25 |
25 |
| Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Tax) Service, Group ‘A’ | 41 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 104 | 230 | 200 | 230 |
| Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
24 |
20 | 15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
13 |
19 |
| Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’ |
74 |
75 | 65 |
180 |
200 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
| Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration) |
- |
0 | 4 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
| Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ |
38 |
20 | 22 |
25 |
9 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
| Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ |
12 |
18 | 16 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
15 |
| Indian Railway Protection Force Service |
20 |
- | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’ |
- |
78 | 71 |
63 |
65 |
69 |
73 |
66 |
| Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' |
- |
33 | 34 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
32 |
30 |
| Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’ |
- |
42 | 28 |
27 |
23 |
27 |
32 |
28 |
| Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ |
- |
14 | 8 |
15 |
15 |
45 |
34 |
33 |
| Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ |
10 |
4 | 9 |
19 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
7 |
| Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’ |
20 |
23 | 8 |
65 |
24 |
21 |
25 |
8 |
| Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’ |
6 |
15 | 4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
| Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" |
17 |
10 | 15 |
10 |
30 |
20 |
6 |
8 |
| Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) |
64 |
74 | 48 |
67 |
218 |
53 |
240 |
74 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B' |
21 |
36 | 4 |
22 |
5 |
3 |
17 |
32 |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B' |
31 |
25 | 4 |
31 |
2 |
4 |
25 |
45 |
| Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' |
2 |
0 | 2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
| Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’ |
- |
0 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
836 |
927 | 812 |
1058 |
1209 |
1164 |
1364 |
1228 |
The number of UPSC vacancies are declining since 2018 except this year because 150 vacancies of IRMS were added in the original number of 861.
IAS 2024 Vacancies FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to IAS vacancies.
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Upvote Q: Â How many vacancies are notified in IAS 2024 exam?
The Union Public Service Commission notifed 1056 vacancies in the Civil Service Exam (CSE) 2024 notification on February 14, 2024. The Commission notifies the tentative number of Civil Service vacancies for the exam. The Commission can increase or decrease the number of vacancies in the final result.
In normal circumstances, the Civil Service vacancies increase because the Commission includes the requisition received from the Central Government Ministries till the prelims exam is conducted.
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