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Get UpdatesUPSC IES/ISS 2024 - The UPSC IES/ISS application form window has closed on April 30, 2024 and the application form correction window is opened. The IES/ISS 2024 application form correction window will last until May 7, 2024. The Commission released the UPSC IES/ISS notification 2024 on April 10 at upsc.gov.in. Along with the notification, the commission also released the UPSC IES/ISS application form 2024.
UPSC IES/ISS 2024 exam is scheduled to be conducted on June 21, 2024. Candidates must be 21 to 30 years of age to be eligible to appear for UPSC IES/ISS exam. To apply for the Junior Time Scale in Indian Economic Service, candidates must be post-graduate in Applied Economics/ Econometrics /Economics/ Business Economics/ from a University or Foreign University approved by the Central Government.
Candidates applying for Indian Statistical Service must have a bachelor's degree or Master's degree with Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics/Statistics/ as one of the subjects from a University or equivalent. The written exam for Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service is conducted separately. Candidates who qualify the written exam will be called for Viva-voce. The allotment of various posts of IES/ISS will be done on the basis of candidates’ performance in written exam and Viva-voce/Interview.
About UPSC IES/ISS
UPSC conducts UPSC IES/ISS exam for the recruitment of Junior Time Scale in Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service. The selection process of UPSC IES/ISS is done in 2 stages- written exam followed by Viva-voce or Interview.
| Full Exam Name | UPSC Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Exam |
| Short Exam Name | UPSC IES ISS |
| Conducting Body | Union Public Service Commission |
| Frequency of Conduct | Once a year |
| Exam Level | National Level Exam |
| Languages | English |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Application Fee (General) | 200 Rs [Offline] +1 More |
| Mode of Exam | Offline |
| Number of Seats | 48 Seats |
Upcoming Dates and Events
01 May, 2024 - 07 May, 2024
Application Correction | Mode: Online Ongoing
21 Jun, 2024
Exam | Mode: Offline
Past Dates and Events
10 Apr, 2024 - 30 Apr, 2024
Application | Mode: Online
10 Apr, 2024
Advertisement | Mode: Online
Candidates must check the eligibility criteria to be eligible to appear for UPSC IES/ISS.
Post Name | Age Limit | Educational Qualification |
Junior Time Scale in Indian Economic Service | 21 to 30 years of age | Post Graduation degree in Applied Economics/ Economtrics /Economics/ Business Economics/ from a University or Foreign University approved by the Central Government |
Junior Time Scale in Indian Statistical Service | Bachelor's degree or Master's degree with Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics/Statistics/ as one of the subject from a University or Foreign University approved by the Central Government |
Nationality
Candidates applying for UPSC IES/ISS must be
an Indian citizen, or Tibetan refugee ( before January 1962), or a subject to Nepal or Bhutan, or
Migrants from Pakistan, Burma, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, with the intention of permanently settling in India with certificates of eligibility issued by Government of India.
Mode of Application : Online
Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Other
The UPSC IES/ISS 2024 application form has been released on April 10, 2024. Candidate can fill and submit the application form of UPSC IES/ISS 2024 till April 30, 2024. The application fee of UPSC IES/ISS is Rs. 200 for General and OBC candidates while Persons with Benchmark Disability/SC/Female/ST candidates are exempted from fee payment.
Candidates can choose the mode of payment either online or offline through SBI challan or net banking or by using Debit Card/Master/RuPay/Visa/ Credit card. Candidates also have to fill the details of any one photo identity proofs like Aadhar Card/Driving LicensePAN Card/Voter Card/Passport.
Steps to fill the UPSC IES/ISS Application form
To know the steps to fill the online application form of UPSC IES/ISS check the steps given below.
Open the UPSC official website - upsc.gov.in.
Click on the ‘Apply Online link’ available on the web page.
Online One-Time Registration (OTR)- If the applicants are not completed the One Time Registration, They have to complete it by providing some basic details such as personal and contact details.
Login by using valid login credentials Email ID and OTP/Password or Mobile number and OTP/Password or OTR ID and OTP/Password.
Candidates have to fill out the UPSC IES/ISS 2024 application form in two parts which include filling in other details, fee payment, uploading of scanned documents, signature, photo identity card document and selection of preferred exam centre.
Check all the details furnished in the UPSC IES/ISS application form 2024 thoroughly and edit the details if needed.
Once submitted, Applicants will not able to make changes in their UPSC IES/IS application form 2024.
After submission, a registration number will be generated. Candidates have to download it as a pdf file and take a printout for future reference.
Specification of payment and payment gateway
Mode of payment | Payment gateway |
Online | Visa/RuPay Credit/Master/Debit Card or net banking |
Offline | Bank challan |
Specifications of Documents
Document | Specification |
Signature | 20 kb to 300 kb |
Photograph | 20 kb to 300 kb |
Active Email ID
Scanned Signature
Scanned photograph
One photo identity proof like Aadhar Card/Voter Card/PAN Card/Passport/Driving License
UPSC IES/ISS Detailed Application Form
The Detailed Application Form (DAF) of UPSC IES/ISS will be filled by the candidates who qualify the prelims exam. Candidates first have to register themselves and fill details including their name, roll number, email ID, date of birth and submit the UPSC IES/ISS detailed application form.
The login credential details will be sent to the email id provided by the candidates. To proceed further to fill the detailed application form, candidates will have to log in with the roll number and password generated and fill details including Personal, parental, educational, Employment information, and upload the documents submit the application form.
Documents to be uploaded along with UPSC IES/ISS Detailed Application Form
Category Certificate (for SC, ST, OBC candidates if applicable)
Certificate in support of claim for age/fee concession, where applicable
PH certificate (if applicable)
| Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
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| OBC, General | Offline, Online | Male | ₹ 200 |
Essay writing |
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Understanding of English and workman like use of words |
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Passages for summary or precis |
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Knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects |
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Indian polity |
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| Including the political system and the constitution of India |
History of India and geography of a nature |
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Theory of consumer’s demand |
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| Cardinal utility analysis: Marginal utility and demand, consumer’s surplus, indifference curve, analysis and utility function, price income and substitution effects, Slutsky theorem and derivation of demand curve, revealed preference theory |
| Duality and indirect utility function and expenditure function, choice under risk and uncertainty |
| Simple games of complete information, concept of Nash equilibrium |
Theory of production |
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| Factors of production and production function |
| Forms of production functions: Cobb Douglas, CES and fixed coefficient type, translog production function |
| Laws of return, returns to scale and return to factors of production |
| Duality and cost function, measures of productive efficiency of firms, technical and allocative efficiency |
| Partial equilibrium versus general equilibrium approach |
| Equilibrium of the firm and industry |
Theory of value |
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| Pricing under different market structures, public sector pricing, marginal cost pricing, peak load pricing, cross-subsidy free pricing and average cost pricing. Marshallian and Walrasian stability analysis |
| Pricing with incomplete information and moral hazard problems |
Theory of distribution |
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| Neoclassical distribution theories; marginal productivity theory of determination of factor prices, factor shares and adding up problems |
| Euler’s theorem, pricing of factors under imperfect competition, monopoly and bilateral monopoly |
| Macro-distribution theories of Ricardo, Marx, Kaldor, Kalecki |
Welfare economics |
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| Interpersonal comparison and aggression problem, public goods and externalities, divergence between social and private welfare, compensation principle |
| Pareto optimality |
| Social choice and other recent schools, including Coase and Sen |
Mathematical methods in economics |
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| Differentiation and integration and their application in economics |
| Optimisation techniques, sets, matrices and their application in economics |
| Linear algebra and linear programming in economics and input-output model of leontief |
Statistical and econometric methods |
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| Measures of central tendency and dispersions, correlation and regression |
| Time series |
| Index numbers |
| Sampling of curves based on various linear and nonlinear function |
| Least square methods and other multivariate analysis (only concepts and interpretation of results) |
| Analysis of variance, factor analysis, principal component analysis, discriminant analysis |
| Income distribution: Pareto law of distribution, lognormal distribution, measurement of income inequality |
| Lorenz curve and gini coefficient |
| Univariate and multivariate regression analysis |
| Problems and remedies of heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation and multicollinearity |
Economic thought |
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| Mercantilism physiocrats, classical, Marxist, Neoclassical, Keynesian and Monetarist schools of thought |
Concept of national income and social accounting |
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| Measurement of national income, inter relationship between three measures of national income in the presence of government sector and international transactions |
| Environmental considerations, green national income |
Theory of employment, output, inflation, money and finance |
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| The classical theory of employment and output and neo classical approaches |
| Equilibrium, analysis under classical and neo classical analysis |
| Keynesian theory of employment and output |
| Post Keynesian developments. the inflationary gap; demand pull versus cost push inflation, the Phillips curve and its policy implication |
| Classical theory of money, quantity theory of money |
| Friedman’s restatement of the quantity theory, the neutrality of money |
| The supply and demand for loanable funds and equilibrium in financial markets, Keynes’ theory on demand for money |
| IS-IM model and AD-AS model in Keynesian theory |
Financial and capital market |
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| Finance and economic development, financial markets, stock market, gift market, banking and insurance |
| Equity markets, role of primary and secondary markets and efficiency, derivatives markets; future and options |
Economic growth and development |
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| Concepts of economic growth and development and their measurement: Characteristics of less developed countries and obstacles to their development-growth, poverty and income distribution |
| Theories of growth: Classical approach-Adam Smith, Marx and Schumpeter-neo classical approach; Robinson, Solow, Kaldor and Harrod Domar |
| Theories of economic development, Rostow, Rosenstein-Rodan, Nurkse, Hirschman, Leibenstein and Arthur Lewis, Amin and Frank (dependency school) respective role of state and the market |
| Utilitarian and welfarist approach to social development and a.k. sen’s critique |
| Sen’s capability approach to economic development |
| The human development index |
| Physical quality of life index and human poverty index |
| Basics of endogenous growth theory |
International economics |
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| Gains from international trade, terms of trade, policy, international trade and economic development-theories of international trade; Ricardo, Haberler, Heckscher-Ohlin and Stolper-Samuelson-theory of tariffs-regional trade arrangements |
| Asian financial crisis of 1997, global financial crisis of 2008 and Eurozone crisis-causes and impact |
Balance of payments |
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| Disequilibrium in balance of payments, mechanism of adjustments, foreign trade multiplier, exchange rates, import and exchange controls and multiple exchange rates |
| IS-IM model and Mundell-Fleming model of balance of payments |
Global institutions |
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| UN agencies dealing with economic aspects, role of multilateral development bodies (MDBs), such as World Bank, IMF and WTO, multinational corporations |
| G-20 |
Public finance |
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| Theories of taxation: Optimal taxes and tax reforms, incidence of taxation |
| Theories of public expenditure: Objectives and effects of public expenditure, public expenditure policy and social cost benefit analysis, criteria of public investment decisions, social rate of discount, shadow prices of investment |
| Theories of public expenditure: Unskilled labour and foreign exchange |
| Budgetary deficits |
| Theory of public debt management |
Environmental economics |
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| Environmentally sustainable development, Rio process 1992 to 2012, green GDP, UN methodology of integrated environmental and economic accounting |
| Environmental values: Users and non-users values, option value |
| Valuation methods: Stated and revealed preference methods |
| Design of environmental policy instruments: Pollution taxes and pollution permits, collective action and informal regulation by local communities |
| Theories of exhaustible and renewable resources |
| International environmental agreements, Rio conventions |
| Climatic change problems |
| Kyoto protocol, UNFCCC, Bali action plan, agreements up to 2017, tradable permits and carbon taxes |
| Carbon markets and market mechanisms |
| Climate change finance and green climate fund |
Industrial economics |
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| Market structure, conduct and performance of firms, product differentiation and market concentration, monopolistic price theory and oligopolistic interdependence and pricing, entry preventing pricing |
| Micro level investment decisions and the behaviour of firms, research and development and innovation, market structure and profitability, public policy and development of firms |
State, market and planning |
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| Planning in a developing economy |
| Planning regulation and market |
| Indicative planning |
| Decentralised planning |
History of development and planning |
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| Alternative development strategies-goal of self-reliance based on import substitution and protection, the post-1991 globalisation strategies based on stabilization and structural adjustment packages: Fiscal reforms |
| The post-1991 globalisation strategies based on stabilization and structural adjustment packages: Financial sector reforms and trade reforms |
Federal finance |
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| Constitutional provisions relating to fiscal and financial powers of the states, finance commissions and their formulae for sharing taxes, financial aspect of Sarkaria commission report, financial aspects of 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments |
Budgeting and fiscal policy |
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| Tax, expenditure, budgetary deficits, pension and fiscal reforms, public debt management and reforms, fiscal Responsibility and budget management (FRBM) act, black money and parallel economy in India-definition, estimates, genesis |
| Black money and parallel economy in India-consequences and remedies |
Poverty, unemployment and human development |
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| Estimates of inequality and poverty measures for India, appraisal of government measures, India’s human development record in global perspective |
| India’s population policy and development |
Agriculture and rural development strategies |
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| Technologies and institutions, land relations and land reforms, rural credit, modern farm inputs and marketing-price policy and subsidies; commercialisation and diversification |
| Rural development programmes including poverty alleviation programmes, development of economic and social infrastructure and new rural employment guarantee scheme |
India’s experience with urbanization and migration |
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| Different types of migratory flows and their impact on the economies of their origin and destination, the process of growth of urban settlements; urban development strategies |
Industry: strategy of industrial development |
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| Industrial policy reform; reservation policy relating to small scale industries |
| Competition policy, sources of industrial finances |
| Bank, share market, insurance companies, pension funds, non-banking sources and foreign direct investment, role of foreign capital for direct investment and portfolio investment, public sector reform, privatisation and disinvestment |
Labour |
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| Employment, unemployment and underemployment, industrial relations and labour welfare-strategies for employment generation-urban labour market and informal sector employment, report of National Commission on Labour |
| Social issues relating to labour e.g. child labour, bonded labour international labour standard and its impact |
Foreign trade |
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| Salient features of India’s foreign trade, composition, direction and organisation of trade, recent changes in trade, balance of payments, tariff policy, exchange rate, India and WTO requirements |
| Bilateral trade agreements and their implications |
Money and banking |
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| Financial sector reforms, organisation of India’s money market, changing roles of the Reserve Bank of India, commercial banks, development finance institutions, foreign banks and non-banking financial institutions, Indian capital market and SEBI |
| Development in global financial market and its relationship with indian financial sector |
| Commodity Market in India-spot and futures market, role of FMC |
Inflation |
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| Definition, trends, estimates, consequences and remedies (control): Wholesale price index |
| Consumer price index: Components and trends |
Probability |
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| Classical and axiomatic definitions of probability and consequences |
| Law of total probability, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem and applications |
| Discrete and continuous random variables |
| Distribution functions and their properties |
| Standard discrete and continuous probability distributions-Bernoulli, uniform, binomial, Poisson, geometric, rectangular, exponential, normal, Cauchy, hyper geometric, multinomial, Laplace, negative binomial, beta, gamma, lognormal |
| Random vectors, joint and marginal distributions, conditional distributions, distributions of functions of random variables |
| Modes of convergences of sequences of random variables-in distribution, in probability, with probability one and in mean square |
| Mathematical expectation and conditional expectation |
| Characteristic function, moment and probability generating functions, inversion, uniqueness and continuity theorems |
| Borel 0-1 law, Kolmogorov's 0-1 law |
| Tchebycheff's and kolmogorov's inequalities |
| Laws of large numbers and central limit theorems for independent variables |
Statistical methods |
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| Collection, compilation and presentation of data, charts, diagrams and histogram |
| Frequency distribution |
| Measures of location, dispersion, Skewness and Kurtosis |
| Bivariate and multivariate data |
| Association and contingency |
| Curve fitting and orthogonal polynomials |
| Bivariate normal distribution |
| Regression-linear, polynomial |
| Distribution of the correlation coefficient, partial and multiple correlation, intraclass correlation, correlation ratio |
| Standard errors and large sample test. |
| Sampling distributions of sample mean, sample variance, T, chi-square and F; tests of significance based on them, small sample tests |
| Non-parametric tests-goodness of fit, sign, median, run, Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Wald-Wolfowitz and Kolmogorov-Smirnov |
| Order statistics-minimum, maximum, range and median |
| Concept of asymptotic relative efficiency |
Numerical analysis |
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| Finite differences of different orders: ∆, E and D operators, factorial representation of a polynomial, separation of symbols, sub-division of intervals, differences of zero |
| Concept of interpolation and extrapolation: Newton Gregory forward and backward interpolation formula for equal intervals, divided differences and their properties, Newton's formula for divided difference, Lagrange’s formula for unequal intervals |
| Concept of interpolation and extrapolation: Central difference formula due to Gauss, Sterling, and Bessel, concept of error terms in interpolation formula |
| Inverse interpolation: Different methods of inverse interpolation |
| Numerical differentiation: Trapezoidal, Simpson’s one-third and three-eight rule and Waddles rule |
| Summation of series: Whose general term-(i) is the first difference of a function, (ii) is in geometric progression |
| Numerical solutions of differential equations: Euler's Method, Milne’s method, Picard’s method and Runge-Kutta method |
Computer application and data processing |
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| Basics of computer: Operations of a computer, different units of a computer system like central processing unit, memory unit, arithmetic and logical unit, input unit, output unit, etc |
| Basics of computer: Hardware including different types of input, output and peripheral devices, software, system and application software, number systems, operating systems, packages and utilities, low and high level languages, compiler, assembler |
| Basics of computer: Memory-RAM, ROM, unit of computer memory (bits, bytes, etc), network-LAN, WAN, internet, intranet, basics of computer security, virus, antivirus, firewall, spyware, malware, etc |
| Basics of programming: Algorithm, flowchart, data, information, database, overview of different programming languages, frontend and backend of a project, variables, control structures, arrays and their usages, functions, modules, loops |
| Basics of programming: Conditional statements, exceptions, debugging and related concepts |
Linear models |
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| Theory of linear estimation, Gauss-Markov linear models, estimable functions, error and estimation space, normal equations and least square estimators, estimation of error variance, estimation with correlated observations |
| Properties of least square estimators, generalized inverse of a matrix and solution of normal equations, variances and covariances of least square estimators |
| One way and two-way classifications, fixed, random and mixed effects models |
| Analysis of variance (two-way classification only), multiple comparison tests due to Tukey, Scheffe and Student-Newman-Keul-Duncan |
Statistical inference and hypothesis testing |
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| Characteristics of good estimator: Estimation methods of maximum likelihood, minimum chi-square, moments and least squares. Optimal properties of maximum likelihood estimators. Minimum variance unbiased estimators. Minimum variance bound estimators |
| Characteristics of good estimator: Cramer-Rao inequality. Bhattacharya bounds. Sufficient estimator. Factorization theorem. Complete statistics. Rao-Blackwell theorem. Confidence interval estimation. Optimum confidence bounds |
| Characteristics of good estimator: Resampling, bootstrap and Jackknife |
| Hypothesis testing: Simple and composite hypotheses. Two kinds of error. Critical region. Different types of critical regions and similar regions. Power function. Most powerful and uniformly most powerful tests |
| Hypothesis testing: Neyman-Pearson fundamental lemma. Unbiased test. Randomized test. Likelihood ratio test. Wald's SPRT, OC and ASN functions. Elements of decision theory |
Official statistics |
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| National and international official statistical system official statistics: (a) Need, uses, users, reliability, relevance, limitations, transparency, its visibility, (b) compilation, collection, processing, analysis and dissemination |
| National and international official statistical system official statistics: (b) Agencies involved, methods |
| National statistical organization: Vision and mission, NSSO and CSO; roles and responsibilities; important activities, publications, etc |
| National statistical commission: Need, constitution, its role, functions, etc; legal acts/ provisions/ support for official statistics; important acts |
| Index numbers: Different types, need, data collection mechanism, periodicity, agencies involved, uses |
| Sector wise statistics: Agriculture, health, education, women and child, etc, important surveys and census, indicators, agencies and usages, etc |
| National accounts: Definition, basic concepts; issues; the strategy, collection of data and release |
| Population census: Need, data collected, periodicity, methods of data collection, dissemination, agencies involved |
| Misc: Socio economic indicators, gender awareness/ statistics, important surveys and censuses |
Sampling techniques |
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| Concept of population and sample, need for sampling, complete enumeration versus sampling, basic concepts in sampling, sampling and non-sampling error |
| Methodologies in sample surveys (questionnaires, sampling design and methods followed in field investigation) by NSSO |
| Subjective or purposive sampling, probability sampling or random sampling, simple random sampling with and without replacement, estimation of population mean, population proportions and their standard errors |
| Stratified random sampling, proportional and optimum allocation, comparison with simple random sampling for fixed sample size |
| Covariance and variance function |
| Ratio, product and regression methods of estimation, estimation of population mean, evaluation of bias and variance to the first order of approximation, comparison with simple random sampling |
| Systematic sampling (when population size (N) is an integer multiple of sampling size (n)) |
| Estimation of population mean and standard error of this estimate, comparison with simple random sampling |
| Sampling with probability proportional to size (with and without replacement method), Des Raj and Das estimators for n=2, Horvitz-Thompson estimator, equal size cluster sampling: Estimators of population mean and total and their standard errors |
| Equal size cluster sampling: Comparison of cluster sampling with SRS in terms of intra-class correlation coefficient |
| Concept of multistage sampling and its application, two-stage sampling with equal number of second stage units, estimation of population mean and total |
| Double sampling in ratio and regression methods of estimation |
| Concept of interpenetrating sub-sampling |
Econometrics |
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| Nature of econometrics, the general linear model (GLM) and its extensions, ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation and prediction, generalized least squares (GLS) estimation and prediction, heteroscedastic disturbances, pure and mixed estimation |
| Autocorrelation, its consequences and tests |
| Theil BLUS procedure, estimation and prediction, multicollinearity problem, its implications and tools for handling the problem, ridge regression |
| Linear regression and stochastic regression, instrumental variable estimation, errors in variables, autoregressive linear regression, lagged variables, distributed lag models, estimation of lags by OLS method, Koyck geometric lag model |
| Simultaneous linear equations model and its generalization, identification problem, restrictions on structural parameters, rank and order conditions |
| Estimation in simultaneous equations model, recursive systems, 2SLS estimators, limited information estimators, K-class estimators, 3 SLS estimator, full information maximum likelihood method, prediction and simultaneous confidence intervals |
Applied statistics |
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| Index numbers: Price relatives and quantity or volume relatives, link and chain relatives composition of index numbers; Laspeyres, Paasches’, Marshal Edgeworth and Fisher index numbers; chain base index number, tests for index number |
| Index numbers: Construction of index numbers of wholesale and consumer prices, income distribution-Pareto and Engel curves, concentration curve, methods of estimating national income, inter-sectoral flows, inter-industry table, role of CSO |
| Index numbers: Demand analysis |
| Time series analysis: Economic time series, different components, illustration, additive and multiplicative models, determination of trend, seasonal and cyclical fluctuations. Time-series as discrete parameter stochastic process |
| Time series analysis: Autocovariance and autocorrelation functions and their properties. Exploratory time series analysis, tests for trend and seasonality, exponential and moving average smoothing. Holt and winters smoothing |
| Time series analysis: Forecasting based on smoothing |
| Detailed study of the stationary processes: (i) Moving average (MA), (ii) auto regressive (AR), (iii) ARMA and, (iv) AR integrated MA (ARIMA) models. Box-Jenkins models, choice of AR and MA periods. Discussion (without proof) of estimation of mean |
| Detailed study of the stationary processes: Autocovariance and autocorrelation functions under large sample theory, estimation of ARIMA model parameters. Spectral analysis of weakly stationary process, periodogram and correlogram analyses |
| Detailed study of the stationary processes: Computations based on Fourier transform |
Operations research and reliability |
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| Definition and scope of operations research: Phases in operation research, models and their solutions, decision-making under uncertainty and risk, use of different criteria, sensitivity analysis |
| Transportation and assignment problems |
| Bellman’s principle of optimality, general formulation, computational methods and application of dynamic programming to LPP |
| Decision-making in the face of competition, two-person games, pure and mixed strategies, existence of solution and uniqueness of value in zero-sum games, finding solutions in 2x2, 2xm and mxn games |
| Analytical structure of inventory problems, EOQ formula of Harris, its sensitivity analysis and extensions allowing quantity discounts and shortages |
| Multi-item inventory subject to constraints |
| Models with random demand, the static risk model |
| P and Q-systems with constant and random lead times |
| Queuing models-specification and effectiveness measures |
| Steady-state solutions of m/m/1 and m/m/c models with associated distributions of queue-length and waiting time |
| M/G/1 queue and Pollaczek-Khintchine result |
| Sequencing and scheduling problems |
| 2-machine n-job and 3-machine n-job problems with identical machine sequence for all jobs branch and bound method for solving travelling salesman problem |
| Replacement problems-block and age replacement policies |
| PERT and CPM-basic concepts |
| Probability of project completion |
| Reliability concepts and measures, components and systems, coherent systems, reliability of coherent systems |
| Life-distributions, reliability function, hazard rate, common univariate life distributions-exponential, Weibull, gamma, etc |
| Bivariate exponential distributions |
| Estimation of parameters and tests in these models |
| Notions of aging-IFR, IFRA, NBU, DMRL and NBUE classes and their duals |
| Loss of memory property of the exponential distribution |
| Reliability estimation based on failure times in variously censored life-tests and in tests with replacement of failed items |
| Stress-strength reliability and its estimation |
Demography and vital statistics |
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| Sources of demographic data, census, registration, ad-hoc surveys, hospital records, demographic profiles of the Indian census |
| Complete life table and its main features, uses of life table |
| Makeham and Gompertz curves |
| National life tables |
| Un model life tables |
| Abridged life tables |
| Stable and stationary populations |
| Measurement of fertility: Crude birth rate, general fertility rate, age specific birth rate, total fertility rate, gross reproduction rate, net reproduction rate |
| Measurement of mortality: Crude death rate, standardized death rates, age-specific death rates, infant mortality rate, death rate by cause |
| Internal migration and its measurement, migration models, concept of international migration |
| Net migration |
| International and postcensal estimates |
| Projection method including logistic curve fitting |
| Decennial population census in india |
Survival analysis and clinical trial |
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| Concept of time, order and random censoring, likelihood in the distributions-exponential, gamma, Weibull, lognormal, Pareto, linear failure rate, inference for these distribution |
| Life tables, failure rate, mean residual life and their elementary classes and their properties |
| Estimation of survival function-actuarial estimator, Kaplan-Meier estimator, estimation under the assumption of IFR/DFR, tests of exponentiality against non-parametric classes, total time on test |
| Two sample problem-Gehan test, log rank test |
| Semi-parametric regression for failure rate-Cox’s proportional hazards model with one and several covariates, rank test for the regression coefficient |
| Competing risk model, parametric and non-parametric inference for this model |
| Introduction to clinical trials: The need and ethics of clinical trials, bias and random error in clinical studies, conduct of clinical trials, overview of phase I-IV trials, multicenter trials |
| Data management: Data definitions, case report forms, database design, data collection systems for good clinical practice |
| Design of clinical trials: Parallel vs. cross-over designs, cross-sectional vs. longitudinal designs, review of factorial designs, objectives and endpoints of clinical trials, design of phase-I trials |
| Design of clinical trials: Design of single-stage and multi-stage phase-II trials |
| Design of clinical trials: Design and monitoring of phase-III trials with sequential stopping, reporting and analysis: Analysis of categorical outcomes from phase I-III trials, analysis of survival data from clinical trials |
Quality control |
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| Statistical process and product control: Quality of a product, need for quality control, basic concept of process control, process capability and product control, general theory of control charts, causes of variation in quality, control limits |
| Statistical process and product control: Sub grouping summary of out of control criteria, charts for attributes p chart, np chart, c-chart, V chart, charts for variables: R, ( X, R), (X, σ) charts |
| Basic concepts of process monitoring and control; process capability and process optimization |
| General theory and review of control charts for attribute and variable data; O.C. and A.R.L. of control charts; control by gauging; moving average and exponentially weighted moving average charts; Cusum charts using V-masks and decision intervals |
| Economic design of x-bar chart |
| Acceptance sampling plans for attributes inspection; single and double sampling plans and their properties; plans for inspection by variables for one-sided and two sided specification |
Multivariate analysis |
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| Multivariate normal distribution and its properties |
| Random sampling from multivariate normal distribution |
| Maximum likelihood estimators of parameters, distribution of sample mean vector |
| Wishart matrix-its distribution and properties, distribution of sample generalized variance, null and non-null distribution of multiple correlation coefficients |
| Hotelling’s T2 and its sampling distribution, application in test on mean vector for one and more multivariate normal population and also on equality of components of a mean vector in multivariate normal population |
| Classification problem: Standards of good classification, procedure of classification based on multivariate normal distributions |
| Principal components, dimension reduction, canonical variates and canonical correlation-definition, use, estimation and computation |
Design and analysis of experiments |
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| Analysis of variance for one way and two way classifications, need for design of experiments, basic principle of experimental design (randomization, replication and local control), complete analysis and layout of completely randomized design |
| Randomized block design and Latin square design, missing plot technique |
| Split plot design and strip plot design |
| Factorial experiments and confounding in 2n and 3n experiments |
| Analysis of covariance |
| Analysis of non-orthogonal data |
| Analysis of missing data |
Computing with C and R |
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| Basics of C: Components of C language, structure of a C program, data type, basic data types, enumerated data types, derived data types, variable declaration, local, global, parametric variables, assignment of variables, numeric, character |
| Basics of C: Real and string constants, arithmetic, relation and logical operators, assignment operators, increment and decrement operators, conditional operators, bitwise operators, type modifiers and expressions, writing and interpreting expressions |
| Basics of C: Using expressions in statements. Basic input/output |
| Control statements: Conditional statements, if-else, nesting of if-else, else if ladder, switch statements, loops in C, for, while, do-while loops, break, continue, exit ( ), goto and label declarations |
| Control statements: One dimensional, two dimensional, and multidimensional arrays |
| Storage classes: Automatic variables, external variables, static variables, scope and lifetime of declarations |
| Functions: Classification of functions, functions definition and declaration, assessing a function, return statement, parameter passing in functions. Pointers (concept only) |
| Structure: Definition and declaration; structure (initialization) comparison of structure variable; array of structures: Array within structures, structures within structures, passing structures to functions; unions accessing a union member |
| Structure: Union of structure, initialization of a union variable, uses of union. Introduction to linked list, linear linked list, insertion of a node in list, removal of a node from list |
| Files in C: Defining and opening a file, input-output operation on a file, creating a file, reading a file. Statistics methods and techniques in R |
Union Public Service Commission prescribed the exam pattern for UPSC IES and ISS. As per the exam pattern of IES (Indian Economic Service), all the questions are subjective in nature. All the question for all each subject in IES and ISS will be of Conventional type except Statistics Paper 1 and Statistics Paper 2. These 2 papers will be objective in nature.
UPSC IES Exam Pattern
All the questions asked in IES is in subjective in nature. Candidates will have to answer each paper in 3 hours.
Subject | Type of questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
General English | Subjective | 100 | 3 hours |
General Studies | Subjective | 100 | 3 hours |
General Economics 1 | Subjective | 200 | 3 hours |
General Economics 2 | Subjective | 200 | 3 hours |
General Economics 3 | Subjective | 200 | 3 hours |
Indian Economics | Subjective | 200 | 3 hours |
UPSC ISS Exam pattern
As per the exam pattern of UPSC ISS, the questions asked in Statistics 1 and 2 will be of objective type. Each paper of UPSC IES will have 80 questions with maximum of 200 marks. The questions asked in Statistics 3 and 4 will be of the descriptive type with short answer and the long answer. It is compulsory for the candidates' short answer and one long answer question from each section. In Statistics paper 4, candidates have to choose any two sub-sections from the subsections available. All the subsection will have 50% weightage.
Subject | Type of questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
General English | Subjective | 100 | 3 hours |
General Studies | Subjective | 100 | 3 hours |
Statistics 1 | Objective | 200 | 2 hours |
Statistics 2 | Objective | 200 | 2 hours |
Statistics 3 | Descriptive | 200 | 3hours |
Statistics | Descriptive | 200 | 3 hours |
The exam authorities will release the UPSC IES ISS admit card 2024 online at upsc.gov.in. UPSC ISS/IES admit card can be downloaded by entering the registration ID or roll number and date of birth. Candidates who do not receive the admit card must inform the commission three weeks before the commencement of the examination.
The admit card contains details like exam centre, candidate’s name, signature, time, photograph, date and guidelines for the exam. Candidates who qualify written exam will be issued admit card for viva- voce.
The admit card card of UPSC IES/ISS is released separately for written exam and Viva voce online. The admit card of written exam is issued to only those candidates who fill the application form successfully.
Details printed on Admit card
UPSC IES/ISS admit card contains the following details:
Candidate’s roll number
Candidate’s name
Address of examination centre
Registration number
Candidate’s photograph
Reporting time
Category of the candidate
Candidate’s signature
Exam time
Date of examination
| State | City |
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| Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
| Lucknow | |
| Karnataka | Bangalore |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| Delhi | Delhi |
| Odisha | Cuttack |
| Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu |
| West Bengal | Kolkata |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| Bihar | Patna |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
UPSC will announce the result of UPSC IES/ISS 2024 in online mode. The roll number and names of qualified candidates for the written exam are mentioned in the pdf file. Only those candidates who qualify the written exam are eligible to appear for Viva-voce. The commission also releases the final result of the candidates who qualify the Viva-voce.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will release the cutoff separately for written exam and Viva-voce for IES and ISS. The commission will release the category-wise cutoff. The cutoff of UPSC IES/ISS will be released in 3 phases - minimum qualifying cutoff, cutoff for written exam and final cutoff.
UPSC IES Cutoff
As per previous year cutoff, candidates have to secure minimum qualifying marks fixed by the commission which was 15% for OBC and General category candidates. The cutoff for the written exam was calculated out of 800 marks for 4 Economics Papers. UPSC IES cutoff for all the 6 papers was calculated out of 1000. The final cutoff was based on marks obtained by the last recommended candidate and calculated out of 1200 marks.
UPSC ISS Cutoff
On the basis of previous year cutoff, the candidates have to secure minimum qualifying marks fixed by the commission. The minimum qualifying cutoff for General, OBC, ST and PH candidates were 10%. The marks of all four Statistics papers will be calculated out of 800 marks. For all 6 papers of ISS was calculated out of 1000 marks. The final cutoff of UPSC ISS was calculated out of 1200 marks.
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IES is considered as one of the toughest examinations in India. It is due to the difficulty related to the examination and also the selection procedure. Thereare less number of posts and more number of aspirants for IES every year. Although IES is difficult, it can be achieved by proper plan and execution of result oriented study.
In view of the vast syllabus and tough competition in IES, only a few candidates can get good ranks in their very first attempt. Majority of the candidates get good ranks in their 2nd or 3rd or higher attempts.
In terms of branch selection, there is no preferable branch if you want to take up IES exam. Choose a branch in accordance with you interest areas and talent and can prepare for the exam as per the UPSC schedule.
Whatever your core branch is, a versatile approach towards engineering can enhance your chances to qualify this exam.Like any other UPSC exam, this one also needs a dedicated and strategic preparation of 16–18 hours a day.
• Age Limit: The candidate must be 21 Years to 30 Years as on 01.04.2020 i.e. candidates must have been born between 02.04.1990 and 01.04.1999 (both dates inclusive)
• Educational Qualification: The candidate must be a graduate in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final year/Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they must produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 01.07.2020. Candidates with Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate must ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2020. Candidates with Chartered Accountant certification may also apply.
SBI PO Selection Procedure: Important Points
The candidates should keep in mind the following points related to the SBI PO selection process:
• Biometric Verification: To ensure an error-free and secure selection procedure for SBI PO 2020, the bank may digitally capture the thumb impression of the candidate. This is done to verify the genuineness of the candidates. Any inconsistency in the biometric verification will lead to rejection of the candidature and punitive legal actions. Candidates are thus advised not to apply any kind of external matter like ink, mehandi, chemical etc. on their hands.
• Number of Attempts: The maximum number of chances are fixed for each category. Candidates who have used up all the chances are not eligible to apply. Appearing in Preliminary Exam is not counted as an attempt but appearing in Mains Exam is counted.
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