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UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination,
EXAMINATION NOTICE NO
05/2013-IFoSDATED
5thMarch, 2013
(LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS : 4thApril, 2013)
INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, Recruitment2013
IMPORTANT
CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHANGED THE
PATTERN OF INDIAN FORESTS SERVICE EXAMINATION FROM THE CURRENT
YEAR BY INTRODUCING A COMPONENT OF SCREENING MECHANISM
THROUGH CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAMINATION. ALL THE
CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR INDIAN FORESTS SERVICE EXAMINATION ARE
THERFORE REQUIRED TO APPEAR IN THE CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY)
EXAMINATON AND QUALIFY THE SAME FOR GOING TO THE SECOND STAGE
OF INDIAN FORESTS SERVICES MAIN EXAMIANTION ( WRITTEN AND
INTERVIEW).
CANDIDATES DESIROUS OF APPLYNG FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE
EXAMINATION AS WELL AS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION CAN
APPLY THROUGH A COMMON ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SUBJECT TO
MEETING THE REQUISITE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA BY THEM.
CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITIY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
2. HOW TO APPLY :
Candidates are required to applyonlineonly by using the website
www.upsconline.nic.in
instructions are available on the above mentioned website.
3. LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:
The Online Applications can be filled upto
04thApril., 2013 till 11.59 PM,
after which the link will
be disabled.
4.
The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admission Certificate three weeks before the
commencement of the examination. The e-Admission Certificate will be made available in the
UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will
be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid active E-Mail I.D. while filling
up Online Application Form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them at
different stages of examination process.
5. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS :
Candidates should note that there will be penalty(Negative Marking)
for wrong answers marked bya candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.
6.
For both writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet [Answer Sheet], candidates must use
black ball pen
only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen.
Candidates are further advised to read carefully
the "Special Instructions
" contained in Appendix-III
of the Notice.
"Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply."
7. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES :
In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc.
candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near ‘C’ Gate of
its campus in pe
rson or over
Telephone No. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543
on working days between 10.00 hrs and
17.00 hrs.
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.
F.No.13/2/2013-EI(B):
The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Screening
Test for selection to Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2013 through Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2013 which will be held on
26
th
May, 2013
, in
accordance with the Rule
s published by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests in the
Gazette of India dated the
5
th
of March 2013
.
(A) The Preliminary Examination will be held at the following Centers:
AGARTALA CHANDIGARH IMPHAL LUCKNOW RANCHI
AHMEDABAD CHENNAI ITANAGAR MADURAI SAMBALPUR
AIZAWL CUTTACK JAIPUR MUMBAI SHILLONG
ALIGARH DEHRADUN JAMMU NAGPUR SHIMLA
ALLAHABAD DELHI JODHPUR PANAJI (GOA) SRINAGAR
AURANGABAD DHARWAD JORHAT PATNA
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
BANGALORE DISPUR KOCHI PUDUCHERRY TIRUPATI
BAREILLY GANGTOK KOHIMA PORT BLAIR UDAIPUR
BHOPAL HYDERABAD KOLKATA RAIPUR VISHAKHAPATNAM
The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to
be changed at the discretion of the Commission. Applicants should note that there will
be a ceiling on the number of candidates
allotted to each of the Centres, except
Chennai, Delhi, Dispur, Kolkatta and Nagp
ur. Allotment of Ce
ntres will be on the
"first-apply-first allot”
basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained,
the same will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to
ceiling, will be required to choose a Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are,
thus, advised that they may apply early so that they could get a Centre of their choice.
NB: Notwithstanding the aforesaid
provision,
Commission reserve the right to
change the Centres at their dis
cretion if the situation demands.
Blind candidates will, however, be required
to take the examination at anyone of the
seven centres viz. Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Dispur and Mumbai.
Candidates admitted to the examination will
be informed of the time table and place or
places of examination. The candidates should no
te that no request for change of centre
will be entertained.
(B) PLAN OF EXAMINATION
The Indian Forest Service Examination wi
ll consist of two successive stages (vide
Appendix I Section-I below).
(i)
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinatio
n (Objective type) for the selection of
candidates for the Indian Forest Se
rvice (Main) Examination; and
(ii)
Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination
(Written and Interview) for the selection
of candidates for the Indian Forest Service.
Applications are now invited for the Preliminary Examination only. Candidates who
will be declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Indian
Forest Service (Main) Examination will have to apply again, in the Online Detailed
Application Form which would be made available on the Website of the Commission
after declaration of Results of Preliminar
y Examination. The Main Examination is
likely to be held in September/October, 2013.
2.
The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to
be approximately
85
. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration. Reservation will
be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other
Backward Classes and Physically Handicapped
Categories in respect of vacancies as
may be fixed by the Government.
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