EXAMINATION NOTICE NO.05/2021-IFoS DATED 04.03.2021
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS : 24.03.2021
INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2021
(Commission's website - www.upsc.gov.in)
IMPORTANT
• CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO APPEAR IN THE CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAMINATON AND QUALIFY THE
SAME FOR GOING TO THE SECOND STAGE OF INDIAN FOREST SERVICE (MAIN) EXAMINATION
(WRITTEN AND INTERVIEW).
• CANDIDATES DESIROUS OF APPLYNG FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION AS WELL AS FOR
CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION CAN APPLY THROUGH A COMMON ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
SUBJECT TO MEETING THE REQUISITE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA BY THEM.
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITIY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
All candidates (male/female/transgender) are requested to carefully read the Rules of Indian Forest Service Examination
notified by the Government (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) and this Notice of Examination derived
from these Rules.
Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to
the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to
satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not
imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Verification of eligibility
conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate has qualified for
Interview/Personality Test. The Commission takes up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to
original documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/ Personality Test.
2. HOW TO APPLY
Candidates are required to apply Online only by using the website http://www.upsconline. nic.in. Brief
instructions are for filling up the online Applications Form have been given in Appendix-II(A). Detailed
instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website.
2.1 The Commission has introduced the facility of withdrawal of Application for those candidates who do
not want to appear for the Examination. In this regard, Instructions are mentioned in Appendix-II(B) of
this Examination Notice.
2.2 Candidate should have details of one Photo ID Card viz. Aadhaar Card/Voter Card/PAN
Card/Passport/Driving Licence/Any other Photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government. The
details of this Photo ID Card will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online
application form. The candidates will have to upload a scanned copy of the Photo ID whose details have
been provided in the online application by him/her. This Photo ID Card will be used for all future
referencing and the candidate is advised to carry this Photo ID Card while appearing for
Examination/Personality Test.
3. LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:
The Online Applications can be filled up to 24th March, 2021 till 18.00 Hours.
4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the
examination. The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [http://www.upsconline. nic.in.]
for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to
provide valid active E-Mail I.D. while filling up Online Application Form as the Commission may use electronic
mode for contacting them at different stages of examination process.
5. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS :
Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a
candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.
6. For both writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet [Answer Sheet], candidates must use black ball pen
only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen. Candidates are further advised
to read carefully the "Special Instructions" contained in Appendix-III of the Notice.
7. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES :
In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can
contact UPSC's Facilitation Counter near 'C' Gate of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-
23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs.
8. Mobile Phones Banned:
(a) The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable
device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or blue tooth devices or any other
equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a
communication device during the examination is strictly prohibited. Any infringement of these instructions
shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations.
(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile
phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe-keeping cannot be assured.
Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
9. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items to the venue of the examination, as safekeeping of the same cannot be assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY ONLINE ONLY. NO OTHER MODE IS ALLOWED FOR
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.
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No.13/2/2020-E.I(B) : The Union Public Service Commission will hold a
Screening Test for selection to Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2021
through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 which will be held on
27th June, 2021, in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climate Change in the Gazette of India dated the
04th March, 2021.
(A) The Preliminary Examination will be held at the following Centers:
The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to
be changed at the discretion of the Commission. Applicants should note that there
will be a ceiling on the number of candidates allotted to each of the Centres, except
Chennai, Dispur, Kolkatta and Nagpur. Allotment of Centres will be on the "firstapply-first allot" basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained, the
same will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to ceiling,
will be required to choose a Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are, thus,
advised that they may apply early so that they could get a Centre of their choice.
NB: Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision, Commission reserves the right to
change the Centres at their discretion if the situation demands.
All the Examination Centres for CS(P) 2021 Examination will cater to examination for
Low Vision Candidates in their respective centres. Candidates admitted to the
examination will be informed of the time table and place or places of examination.
The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will be entertained.
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