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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). The number of vacancies for the civil services exam will be 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. In this article on UPSC vacancies 2025, we will be putting some light on post-wise vacancies. Candidates can get the details vacancy details in the UPSC IAS notification 2025. We also share all the posts and services under the civil services and also service-wise vacancies of recent years.
From the following table, we have shared the UPSC CSE vacancies for the year 2025. Aspirants can check that the vacancy has increased this year.
Year | IAS Vacancies |
2025 | TBA (include 37 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; 5-Vacancies for (b) deaf and hard of hearing; 15-Vacancies for (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; and 10 Vacancies for (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (c) including deaf-blindness.
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The UPSC CSE is conducted for 24 different posts. Candidates who qualify as per the UPSC IAS 2025 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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From the following table, candidates can check the previous year's services-wise and category-wise UPSC vacancies break-up for UPSC.
Service | GEN | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
Indian Administrative Service | 73 | 18 | 49 | 27 | 13 | 180 |
Indian Foreign Service | 14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 |
Indian Police Service | 83 | 20 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 200 |
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Indian Railway Protection Force Service | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’ | 19 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 51 |
Indian Revenue Service Custom and Indirect Taxes Group ‘A’ | 16 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 41 |
Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) | 19 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 |
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B' | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 288 | 71 | 193 | 102 | 58 | 712 |
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We have shared the UPSC vacancies for the past years, starting from 2010 to 2021.
UPSC Vacancy | Year |
TBA | 2025 |
1056 | 2024 |
1105 | 2023 |
1101 | 2022 |
712 | 2021 |
796 | 2020 |
896 | 2019 |
782 | 2018 |
980 | 2017 |
1079 | 2016 |
1164 | 2015 |
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From the table below, we have mentioned the Service-wise UPSC vacancies for past years.
Service | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
Indian Administrative Service | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 |
Indian Foreign Service | 36 | 24 | 30 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 32 | 32 |
Indian Police Service | 200 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 |
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’ | 20 | 17 | 17 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 25 |
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ | 20 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 25 |
Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Tax) Service, Group ‘A’ | 41 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 104 | 230 | 200 | 230 |
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ | 24 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 19 |
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’ | 74 | 75 | 65 | 180 | 200 | 180 | 180 | 180 |
Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration) | - | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ | 38 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ | 12 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 15 |
Indian Railway Protection Force Service | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’ | - | 78 | 71 | 63 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 66 |
Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' | - | 33 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 30 |
Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’ | - | 42 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 28 |
Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ | - | 14 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 34 | 33 |
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ | 10 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 7 |
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’ | 20 | 23 | 8 | 65 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 8 |
Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’ | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" | 17 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 8 |
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) | 64 | 74 | 48 | 67 | 218 | 53 | 240 | 74 |
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B' | 21 | 36 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B' | 31 | 25 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 45 |
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’ | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 836 | 927 | 812 | 1058 | 1209 | 1164 | 1364 | 1228 |
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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.
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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 will be recruited as per the UPSC vacancy for lateral entries.
In UPSC 2025 the vacancy number will be released in the official notification.
Yes, the UPSC IAS 2025 exam is scheduled to be conducted on May 25, 2025.
The information regarding the removal of the optional subjects will be shared in the official website.
Candidates can prepare for UPSC 2025 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. There is negative marking in the preliminary exam.
Others:31 December,2024 - 30 January,2025
Others:31 December,2024 - 30 January,2025
Others:31 December,2024 - 30 January,2025
Admit Card Date:02 January,2025 - 28 January,2025
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For becoming an IAS officer you have to give UPSC exam , and focus on excelling in academics, particularly in subjects like History, Geography, Political Science and English. Maintain a strong foundation in these areas and stay updated on current events and national/international issues. After 10th standard, choose the Humanities or Social Sciences stream, then graduate from a recognized university. Prepare for the UPSC and for studies you have to focus on excelling in academics, particularly in subjects like History, Geography, Political Science and English. Maintain a strong foundation in these areas and stay updated on current events and national/international issues. After 10th standard, choose the relevant subject and complete your higher education and graduation then prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, which includes preliminary, main and personality tests. Join coaching classes, develop skills like communication, leadership and problem-solving and stay motivated. And also research more about that exam.
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Steps to become an IAS officer
Graduation
You should have a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a known university
Arts: History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Sociology
Science: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
Commerce: Economics, Accountancy, Business Studies
Preparation for UPSC Civil Services Examination:
Study the Syllabus: Learn the syllabus for Preliminary and Main exams.
Choose Elective Subjects: Take elective subjects that you enjoy and have expertise in
Study Material: Reference textbooks, handouts distributed during the coaching and internet resources.
Practice: Previous years' question paper, mock tests, etc
Coaching Institutes: Join a good coaching institute for formal guidance 3. UPSC Civil Services Examination:
Prelims Exam: An objective-type qualifying test that will make you eligible to appear in the Main examination.
Main Exam: Very subjective test which includes all subjects.
Interview: Personality test by a panel of experts.
Important Tips:
Start Early: Better preparation starts early.
Time Management: Manage your time very efficiently.
Consistency: Follow a regular study routine.
Stay Updated: Current affairs and news.
Seek Guidance: Who have an experience can be consulted upon for guidance.
Practice Regularly: Solve the previous year's paper and mock tests.
Stay Positive: Believe in yourself and work hard.
Hence, with these steps and dedication and perseverance, you're sure to achieve your end as an IAS officer.
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Yes, while IAS (Indian Administrative Services) preparation requires a graduation degree, here are steps you can take to start your IAS journey after completing your 11th standard (BiPC):
To get more help, you can visit : https://www.careers360.com/careers/ias-officer
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Becoming both an IAS officer and a doctor is achievable but requires dedication and clear planning, as each career has distinct educational and examination paths. Here’s a roadmap to help you achieve both:
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Complete Your MBBS to Become a Doctor
This dual career path is ambitious but can be very rewarding, allowing you to serve in both the medical and administrative fields.
I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.
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Hello aspirant, The answer to this question is no. Both of these areas require your complete commitment and dedication. You can not manage both of these together. Also it is not allowed to do any other profession while performing duties as a IAS officer. If you want to practice medical profession then you have to leave your job.
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