EWS quota in CSE-2019
TNN Bureau. Updated: 2/20/2019 12:40:50 PM
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NEW DELHI: The civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers among others will be held on June 2, and eligible aspirants will be able to get the benefits of reservation for economically weaker sections, the government said on Tuesday.
There are approximately 896 vacancies, which include 39 vacancies reserved for persons with benchmark disability i.e., blindness and low vision, and acid attack victims among others.
Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections and persons with benchmark disability in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the government, it said in a notification.
The Centre had decided to implement 10 per cent reservation for people belonging to economically weaker sections of the society for recruitment in central government posts with effect from February 1, 2019.
The civil services preliminary examination 2019 will be held on June 2, the notification said. The last date to apply for the examination is March 18, up to 6 pm.
The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages prelims, main and interview to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.