UPSC Indian Forest Service recruitment of vacant 90 posts

The Union Public Service Commission has notified its recruitment notification to fill up the various vacant posts of Indian Forest Service through the UPSC Civil Service Examination 2019.

Name of the post: Indian Forest Service

No of post: 90. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.

Qualifications: The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Age limit: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August, 2019, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1987 and not later than 1st August, 1998.

The upper age limit will be relaxable.

Application fee: Candidates applying (excepting Female/SC/ST/PwBD candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or by using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit card.

Plan of examination: The Indian Forest Service Examination will consist of two successive stages (vide Appendix I Section-I below):

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and

(ii) Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service.

How to apply: Candidates are required to apply Online using the link  www.upsconline.nic.in for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination which will act as a screening mechanism for selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination. Candidates who wish to apply for Civil Services Examination also, [subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions] have to apply once by appropriately indicating in the on-line application form that they intend to appear for both the Indian Forest Service Examination and the Civil Services Examination. Candidates, who will qualify for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, will have to fill in a Detailed Application Form subsequently as per further instructions to be provided to the candidates through the website (www.upsconline.nic.in) of the Commission.

Detailed instructions for filling up Online Applications are available on the above mentioned website.

Important dates:
The last date of Online Applications is up to 18th March, 2019 till 18.00 Hours.

Detailed Advertisement: Intending and eligible candidates can check the official detailed advertisement of the posts through the link: Click here

Candidates are further suggested to visit the website https://upsconline.nic.in for related information.