UPSC CMS 2022 Vacancies: Apply Online for 687 Vacancies for Category 1 & 2

Combined Medical Services 2022 ( UPSC CMS )

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Rachit Kumar Saxena

Rachit Kumar SaxenaManager-Editorial

Updated on Apr 7, 2022 17:16 IST

UPSC CMS 2022 vacancies were notified in the official notification. The total number of vacancies in the UPSC CMS 2022 exam was 687. The number of vacancies notified this year is less than the previous years number of 838. The official advertisement also notified the category-wise vacancies. The number of vacancies influences the cutoff at every stage of exam. Being all other things the same, a higher number of vacancies means a lower cutoff for the CMS exam (CBT). The categorisation as given in the UPSC CMS 2022 notification is given below.

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UPSC CMS vacancies are notified under two categories as follows:

Category I

  1. Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services

Category II

  1. Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways
  2. Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services 
  3. General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council 
  4. General Duty Medical Grade-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

The UPSC CMS exam is a national exam conducted across the nation and hence the number of vacancies are always good. But 'Health' being the state subject, the UPSC CMS vacancies are not as large as expected from a national level exam. UPSC CMS 2021 vacancies were notified in the official UPSC CMS 2021 notification. Sometimes the number of UPSC CMS vacancies are reduced in the final result. The UPSC reserve the right to do so as per the requisitions received from the respective departments and services.

The UPSC CMS vacancies are notified for each position and for each category. The UPSC CMS exam is conducted to recruit qualified doctors for the vacant positions in the railway hospitals scattered all over India and some hospitals in Delhi.

UPSC CMS Vacancies 2022

The number of vacancies in the UPSC CMS 2022 exam is as follows:

Category Post Vacancies
Category-I Medical Officers Grade in General Duty Medical Officers Sub-cadre - of Central Health Service 314
Category-II Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways 300
General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council 3
General Duty Medical Officer Gr-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation 70
  Total 687

The number of vacancies is tentative and can be changed at any stage.

UPSC CMS 2022 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UPSC CMS 2022 exam

DatesPast Exam Dates

17 Jul '22

UPSC CMS 2022 Exam Day

Jun '22

UPSC CMS 2022 Admit Card Release Date

06 Apr '22 -

26 Apr '22

UPSC CMS 2022 Exam Application Dates

UPSC CMS Vacancies of Previous Years

The UPSC CMS notification mentions the vacancies for each post separately and besides that, the category-wise breakup of the vacancies is provided in the UPSC CMS result. Let us see the UPSC CMS vacancies over the years.

Post

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services

314*

349

182

250

138

216

250

391

150

Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways

300

300

300

300

300

450

600

600

650

Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services

 

-

66

46

16

26

46

39

-

General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council

3

5

4

7

-

2

16

-

22

General Duty Medical Grade-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation

70

184

7

362

-

16

97

372

53

Total

687

838

559

965

454

710

1009

1402

875

* the notified vacancies are for the Medical Officers Grade in General Duty Medical Officers Sub-cadre - of Central Health Service

UPSC CMS Vacancies 2021– Category-Wise

The UPSC will provide the category-wise UPSC CMS 2021 vacancy breakup in the result only. The candidates can estimate the number of vacancies as per the reservation policy applied by the UPSC in the previous years.

UPSC Vacancies 2019

The number of vacancies notified in the official notification was 965 but in the UPSC CMS result notice, it was mentioned that the UPSC CMS vacancies were reduced to 919. The UPSC CMS result 2019 only recommended 798 candidates.

Category

Vacancy

Recommended

Reserve List

GENERAL   

366

245

97

OBC

366

366

81

SC

55

55

8

ST

42

42

1

EWS

90

90

7

TOTAL

919

(including 48 PwBD candidates)

798

(including 24 PwBD candidates)

194

See here: UPSC CMS Syllabus

UPSC CMS 2022 Vacancies FAQs

Q: How many vacancies are there in the UPSC CMS 2022 exam?

A: There are 687 vacancies notified for the UPSC CMS 2022 exam.

Q: How many categories of posts are there in the UPSC CMS exam?

A: The total number of categories for which the vacancies are notified is only two.
  • Category-I
  • Category-II

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