UPSC Vacancies 2026 – Post Wise Vacancy Details & Updates
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's premier recruitment agency. UPSC conducts lot of recruitment exams, one such exam is the UPSC CSE (Civil Services Examination). A total of 933 UPSC IAS vacancies have been released in the official notification. It is one of the most popular competitive exams in India. UPSC CSE exam attracts a lot of candidates, and the number of applications has increased gradually.
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- UPSC Vacancies (As of January 2025)
- UPSC Civil Services - All Services
- UPSC Vacancy List - Past years
- UPSC Vacancy Reservation
- UPSC Civil Services - Lateral Entry
In this article on UPSC vacancies 2026, we will be putting some light on post-wise vacancies. Candidates can get the vacancy details in the UPSC IAS notification 2026. We also share all the posts and services under the civil services and also service-wise vacancies of recent years.
UPSC Vacancies (As of January 2025)
The below table shows the number of UPSC CSE vacant vacancies and the number of Officers are the currently appointed of all the states. A total of 2834 UPSC CSE vacancies have been vacant.
Cadre | Authorised strength | Officers in position | ||||
IAS | IPS | IFS | IAS | IPS | IFS | |
AGMUT | 542 | 457 | 302 | 406 | 427 | 201 |
Andhra Pradesh | 239 | 174 | 82 | 195 | 140 | 67 |
Assam-Meghalaya | 263 | 195 | 142 | 214 | 157 | 90 |
Bihar | 359 | 242 | 74 | 303 | 241 | 50 |
Chhattisgarh | 202 | 142 | 153 | 164 | 135 | 116 |
Gujarat | 313 | 208 | 125 | 255 | 203 | 77 |
Haryana | 215 | 144 | 58 | 172 | 127 | 44 |
Himachal Pradesh | 153 | 96 | 114 | 117 | 84 | 90 |
Jharkhand | 224 | 158 | 142 | 177 | 143 | 84 |
Karnataka | 314 | 224 | 164 | 273 | 203 | 113 |
Kerala | 231 | 172 | 107 | 157 | 150 | 78 |
Madhya Pradesh | 459 | 319 | 296 | 391 | 271 | 209 |
Maharashtra | 435 | 329 | 206 | 359 | 306 | 139 |
Manipur | 115 | 91 | 58 | 80 | 85 | 25 |
Nagaland | 94 | 80 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 29 |
Odisha | 248 | 195 | 141 | 185 | 132 | 82 |
Punjab | 231 | 172 | 61 | 198 | 138 | 43 |
Rajasthan | 332 | 222 | 145 | 268 | 216 | 106 |
Sikkim | 48 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 26 |
Tamil Nadu | 394 | 276 | 152 | 343 | 242 | 102 |
Telangana | 208 | 139 | 81 | 174 | 134 | 60 |
Tripura | 102 | 69 | 60 | 74 | 63 | 50 |
Uttar Pradesh | 652 | 541 | 217 | 571 | 510 | 114 |
Uttarakhand | 126 | 75 | 112 | 109 | 73 | 70 |
West Bengal | 378 | 347 | 126 | 303 | 319 | 99 |
Total | 6,877 | 5,099 | 3,193 | 5,577 | 4,594 | 2,164 |
Source: UPSC Civil Services: 2,834 vacancies in IAS, IPS, IFS, says ministry
UPSC Vacancies 2026
From the following table, we have shared the UPSC CSE vacancies for the year 2026. Aspirants can check that the vacancy has increased this year.
UPSC IAS Vacancies 2026
Year | IAS Vacancies |
2026 | 933 (include 33 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category*) |
Note: Persons with Benchmark Disability Category (Reserved)* - 7 Vacancies for candidates of (a) blindness and low vision; 11-Vacancies for (b) deaf and hard of hearing; 8-Vacancies for (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; and 7 Vacancies for (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (c) including deaf-blindness.
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UPSC Civil Services - All Services
The UPSC CSE is conducted for 24 different posts. Candidates who qualify as per the UPSC IAS 2026 result will be given the posts according to their preference, merit, and abilities. The services and posts for which UPSC vacancies are released have been mentioned here
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Indian Foreign Service (IFoS)
Indian Police Service (IPS)
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’ (IRS)
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’
Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’
Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’
Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group “A”
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’ (DANICS)
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’
Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.
Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) Group 'A'
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UPSC Vacancy List - Past years
We have shared the UPSC vacancies for the past years, starting from 2016 to 2025.
UPSC Vacancies for the past year
UPSC Vacancy | Year |
| 933 | 2026 |
| 979 | 2025 |
| 1056 | 2024 |
| 1105 | 2023 |
| 1101 | 2022 |
712 | 2021 |
796 | 2020 |
896 | 2019 |
782 | 2018 |
980 | 2017 |
1079 | 2016 |
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UPSC Vacancy Reservation
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) also reserves some vacancies for candidates belonging to reserved categories. The vacancies released by are reserved vacancies each year for people who are disabled in the following categories:
(a) Blindness and low vision.
(b) Deaf and hard of hearing.
(c) Locomotor disability, including cerebral palsy, leprosy (cured), dwarfism, acid attack victims, and muscular dystrophy
(e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (c), including deaf-blindness.
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UPSC Civil Services - Lateral Entry
Lateral entry means the appointment of experts and specialists from the private sector to government organizations and ministries. Government plans to recruit outstanding individuals, with expertise in economic affairs, financial services, agriculture, revenue, cooperation, along with civil aviation, road transport, and highway, etc., for the benefit of the country and the system.
This means that candidates who are not part of the bureaucratic setup or any administrative post are selected through the lateral entry. The lateral entry notification from various ministries is released on the official website of UPSC. Interested candidates can apply from the website, and they will be called for an interview post which selected candidates will be recruited as per the UPSC vacancy for lateral entries.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
In UPSC 2026, a total of 933 vacancies have been released in the official notification.
Yes, the UPSC IAS 2026 exam is scheduled to be conducted on May 24, 2026.
The information regarding the removal of the optional subjects will be shared in the official website.
Candidates can prepare for UPSC 2026 by referring to the exam pattern, syllabus, downloading the question papers and solving them, reading subject specific books, giving mock tests etc.
There are three stages in the exam - preliminary, mains and personality test.
Yes, there is negative marking in the UPSC CSE exam.
Questions related to UPSC CSE
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