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Union Public Service Commission, is a premier central recruiting agency in India. The Union Public Service Commission is responsible for appointments and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services. The All India services comprises (contains) Civil Services of India. UPSC exam is conduct like CDS, NDA, CAPF and etc.

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Union Public Service Commission, founded on 1 October 1926, was started as Public Service Commission. Later, it was named as Federal Public Service Comission the Government of India Act, 1935. After the independence, Federal Public Service Comission was again renamed as Union Public Service Commission.
  • Chairperson: Arvind Saxena (Acting)

  • Founder: Parliament of the United Kingdom

  • Founded: 1 October 1926

  • Commission executive: Arvind Saxena, (Chairman);

  • Jurisdiction: India

  • Parent department: Government of India

  • Union Public Service Commission is a central Agency, and it conducts exams to recruit suitable candidates.

  • UPSC functions with autonomy, freedom, Higher Judiciry of India, and Election Comission.
  • Indian Administrative Services

  • Indian Forest Services

  • Indian Police Services
  • Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service

  • Indian Audit and Accounts Service

  • Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise)

  • Indian Defence Accounts Service 8. Indian Revenue Service (I.T.)

  • Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)

  • Indian Postal Service

  • Indian Civil Accounts Service

  • Indian Railway Traffic Service

  • Indian Railway Accounts Service

  • Indian Railway Personnel Service

  • Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force

  • Indian Defence Estates Service

  • Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)

  • Indian Trade Service

  • Indian Corporate Law Service
  • Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer′s Grade)

  • Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’

  • Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’

  • Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’

  • Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’
  • Conduct examinations for appointment to the services of the Union.

  • Direct recruitment by selection through interviews.
  • Appointment of officers on promotion / deputation / absorption.
  • Framing and amendment of Recruitment Rules for various services and posts under the Government.
  • Disciplinary cases relating to different Civil Services.
  • Advising the Government on any matter referred to the Commission by the President of India.
  • Administration

  • All India Services

  • Appointments

  • Examination

  • General

  • Recruitment

  • Recruitment Rules

  • Services I

  • Services II
Position Name & Date of Birth Term Started Date of retirement
Chairman Sh. Arvind Saxena 08/08/1955 29/11/2018 07/08/2020
Member Prof. (Dr.) Pradeep Kumar Joshi 05/04/1957 12/05/2015 12/05/2021
Member Sh. Bhim Sain Bassi 20/02/1956 31/05/2016 19/02/2021
Member Air Marshal A. S. Bhonsle (Retd.) 15/02/1957 21/02/2017 14/02/2022
Member Ms. Sujata Mehta 30/03/1957 21/02/2017 19/02/2021
Member Dr. Manoj Soni 17/02/1965 28/06/2017 27/06/2023
Member Ms. Smita Nagaraj 22/09/1958 01/12/2017 21/09/2023
Member Ms. M. Sathiyavathy 13/05/1958 09/04/2018 12/05/2023
Member Sh. Bharat Bhushan Vyas 15/11/1957 13/12/2018 14/11/2022
Member MDr. T. C. A. Anant 03/01/1958 14/01/2019 (FN) 02/01/2023
Member Sh. Rajiv Nayan Choubey 28/01/1959 01/02/2019 27/01/2024

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