New Delhi, June 5: Union Public Service Commission on Friday announced the revised dates for Civil Services Examinations (CSE) 2020.
The exams were earlier postponed owing to outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent nationwide lockdown.
As per the revised date sheet, the preliminary examination or the screening test will now be conducted on October 4, Sunday while the mains examination will commence from January 8, 2021.
Also, the preliminary examination of Indian Forests Services will also be conducted on October 4, but its mains examination will be held from February 28, 2021.
The interviews or personality for the candidates who appeared in CSE 2019, which were suspended due to COVID-19 situation, will resume from July 20, 2020 onwards, the Commission said.
As per the annual calendar, CSE preliminary examination 2020, was slated for May 31 while the main examinations from mid September onwards.
The Commission deferred the recruitment test for the posts of EO/AO in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, which was earlier scheduled to be held on the October 4, 2020. The new date will be published on the website of the Commission at the time of issue of calendar of Examinations/ Recruitment Tests for 2021, it said.
The UPSC is designated body to conduct the CSE examinations for the selection of prestigious Indian Administration Services, Indian Foreign Services, Indian Police Services, Indian Forests Services and various Group ‘A’ Services.
The examination consists of three stages–preliminary test, mains examination and interview and all the three are completed within a span of one year.
