UPSC Civil Services Recruitment 2026 933 Posts

Notification No: 05/2026-CSE DATE: 04.02.2026 

Total No of Vacancies: 933 Civil Services Examination 2026 Posts

Starting Date:  04.02.2026 

Last Date:  24.02.2026

Apply Mode: Online  

Name of the Services:

• Indian Administrative Service 
• Indian Foreign Service 
• Indian Police Service 
• Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Information Service, Group ‘A’
• Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Post and Telecommunication Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Railway Management Service (Traffic), Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Railway Management Service (Personnel), Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Railway Management Service (Accounts), Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Railway Protection Force Service, Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) Group ‘A’ 
• Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Grade III) 
• Armed Forces Head Quarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) 
• DANICS, Group ‘B’ 
• DANIPS, Group ‘B’
• Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS), Group ‘B’ 
• Pondicherry Police Service(PONDIPS), Group‘B’ 

Educational Qualification for UPSC: 

• Graduate degree of any of the Universities

Age Limit for UPSC: (As on 24.02.2026)

• Applicants must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years i.e., the Applicants must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1994 and not later than 1st August, 2005.

Relaxation of Upper age limit: 

• For SC/ ST Applicants: +5 years
• For OBC Applicants: +3 years 
• For PwBD (Gen/ EWS) Applicants: +10 years 
• For PwBD (SC/ ST) Applicants: +15 years 
• For PwBD (OBC) Applicants: +13 years 
• For Ex-Servicemen Applicants: As per Govt. Policy

Method of Selection for UPSC:

•  Preliminary and Main Examination 
• Interview/Personality Test 

UPSC Civil Services Exam Center In Tamilnadu:

• Preliminary Exam: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Vellore
• Main Examination: Chennai