On Thursday the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), announced that the civil services preliminary examination which was supposed to be held on June 27, has now been postponed due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in India. The examination will now be held on October 10.
- The statement issued by the commission read "Due to the prevailing conditions caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Union Public Service Commission has deferred the civil services (preliminary) examination, 2021, which was supposed to be held on 27th June,2021. Now this examination will be held on 10th October,2021."
The Statement which was released |
Every year, the commission conducts civil services examinations in three phases i.e preliminary,main and interview to select officers of the Indian Adminstrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS).
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