UPSC Vacancies 2026 – Post Wise Vacancy Details & Updates

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.

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

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.

Quick links:

• UPSC IAS notification 2026
• UPSC IAS application form 2026
• UPSC IAS application form 2026

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'

Quick links:

• UPSC IAS exam dates 2026
• UPSC IAS exam pattern 2026
• UPSC IAS admit card 2026

UPSC Vacancy List - Past years

We have shared the UPSC vacancies for the past years, starting from 2016 to 2025.

UPSC Vacancies for past year

Quick links:

• UPSC IAS exam centres 2026
• UPSC IAS cut off 2026
• UPSC IAS selection process 2026
• UPSC IAS answer key 2026
• UPSC IAS answer key 2026 of Career Launcher
• UPSC IAS answer key 2026 by Chanakya IAS Academy

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 disable 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.

Quick links:

• UPSC IAS answer key 2026 by Vajiram and Ravi
• UPSC IAS exam analysis 2026
• Best books for UPSC IAS 2026

UPSC Civil Services - Lateral Entry

Lateral entry means appointment of experts and specialists, from 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 set up or any administrative post are selected through the lateral entry.

The lateral entry notification from various ministries are released on the official website of UPSC. Interested candidates can apply from the website and they will be called for interview post which selected candidates are recruited as per the UPSC vacancy for lateral entries.