The Central Govt intends to reduce the upper age limit and number of
attempts of applicants with effect from 2015. Going by the new norm, the upper
age limit will be 29 years for SC/ST candidates, 28 years for OBC and 26 for
the unreserved category.
There will be an additional two years for physically challenged
candidates in each category.
At present, the upper age limit for SC/ST, OBC and unreserved candidates
is 35, 33 and 30 years respectively.
According to information published on the website of the Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, the number of attempts allowed
for candidates appearing for the Civil Services Examination would also be
reduced to six for SC/ST candidates, five for OBC and three for unreserved
candidates.
The measures, recommended by the Second Administrative Reforms
Commission (ARC) and almost entirely accepted by the government, were put up on
the website a few months ago.
The Centre has decided to retain August 1 in the examination year as the
cut-off date for eligibility and not to review the structure of the examination
(both preliminary and main) since this was only recently changed.
Source : The Hindu
