UPSC Assistant Commandant Exam 2017 Notification and Dates

UPSC Central Armed Police Forces CAPF AC Exam 2017

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a notification on its website regarding Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Exam 2017.

The notification has been released on UPSC’s website www.upsc.gov.in. Interested candidates should read the eligibility criteria carefully and can apply online. The Online Applications can be submitted online 05th May 2017 till 18.00 Hours. The exam will be conducted at various centers across the nation

UPSC Assistant Commandant Exam 2017

The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Written Examination on 23rd July 2017 for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force(CISF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The Examination will be held in accordance with the Rules for the Examination published by Ministry of Home Affairs in the Gazette of India dated 12th April 2017

Details of Vacancies
The tentative number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is as follows:
(i) BSF 28
(ii) CRPF 65
(iii) CISF 23
(iv) SSB 63

Total: 270 Vacancies

Reservation will be given effect to as per policy of the Govt. 10% of the vacancies are earmarked for ex-servicemen

Assistant Commandant Exam 2017 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality: No person who is not a citizen of India shall, except with the consent of the Central Govt. signified in writing be appointed or employed under these Rules
Provided that nothing contained in these rules shall debar the appointment, enrolment or employment of a subject of Nepal or Bhutan under these Rule

Sex: Both Male and Female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants

Age Limits
A candidate must have attained the age of 20 years and must not have attained the age of 25 years on 01st August 2017, i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 02nd August 1992 and not later than 01st August 1997
The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable
(i) upto a maximum of 5 years if a candidate belongs to a SC or a ST
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates
(iii) upto a maximum of five years for Civilian Central Govt. Servants in accordance with the existing instructions of the Central Govt.. Ex-Servicemen will also be eligible
(iv) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01st January 1980 to the 31st day of December 1989

Note I: Candidates belonging to the SC/ST & OBC classes who are also covered under any other clause of Para 3(III); above, viz. those coming under the category of Civilian Central Govt. Servants/Ex-Servicemen and persons domiciled in the State of J&K will be eligible

Note II: The term Ex-Servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-Servicemen in the Ex-Servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules. Save as provided above the age limits prescribed can in no case be relaxed
No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted

Educational Qualifications
A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree of a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification

Candidates who have appeared at an exam the passing of which, would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s exam but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying exam in the year 2016 will also be eligible for admission to the exam

In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has not any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate, provided that he/she has passed an exam conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies his/her admission to the exam
Restriction on reappearance of candidates finally selected/recommended earlier:

A candidate who has been finally selected on the basis of an earlier exam to the post of Assistant Commandants in any of the forces participating in the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Exam will not be eligible to appear at a subsequent exam for recruitment of assistant commandants in the participating CAPFS

Physical Standards
Candidates must meet the prescribed Physical and Medical Standards for admission to Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants), Exam 2017 specified in Appendix-V of the notice

Fee Details

Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs.200/- either by depositing the money in any branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card
"Pay by Cash" Mode option will be deactived at 23.59 hours of 04th May 2017 i.e. one day, before the closing date; however applicants who have generated their Pay-in-Slip before it is deactivated may pay at the counter of SBI Branch during banking hours on the closing date
Candidates should note that payment of exam fee can be made only through the modes prescribed above

Exam Centres

Agartala, Gangtok, Panaji (Goa), Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Patna, Aizawl Imphal, Port Blair, Allahabad, Itanagar, Raipur, Bangalore, Jaipur, Ranchi, Bareilly Jammu, Sambalpur, Bhopal, Jorhat, Shillong, Chandigarh, Kochi, Shimla, Chennai Kohima, Srinagar, Cuttack, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Dehradun, Lucknow,  Tirupati, Delhi, Madurai, Udaipur, Dharwad, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Dispur, Nagpur
The centres as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission

Assistant Commandant Exam 2017 Selection Process

The Selection Procedure/Scheme of the Exam will be as follows:

Written Exam: The written examination to be conducted by Union Public Service Commission will be held on 23rd July 2017 and will comprise two papers. Paper-I will be held from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 Noon and Paper-II will be held from 02.00 p.m. to 05.00 p.m.

Paper-1: General Ability and Intelligence: 250 marks
The questions in this paper will be of Objective (Multiple Answer) type in which the questions will be set in English as well as Hindi

Paper-II: General Studies, Essay and Comprehension: 200 marks
In this paper candidates will be allowed the option of writing the Essay Component in English or Hind, but the medium of Precise Writing, Comprehension Components and other communications/language skills will be English only

Note-I: Candidates should ensure that in Paper II they write the answers only in the medium allowed by the Commission for the different Components as mentioned above; no credit will be given for answers written in a medium other than the one allowed in the Paper

Note-II: There will be minimum qualifying marks separately in each Paper as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion. Paper-I will be evaluated first and evaluation of Paper-II will be done only of those candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I

Interview/Personality Test:
Candidates who are declared qualified in the Medical Standards Test, will be called for interview/personal test to be conducted by UPSC

Candidates who are declared medically unfit but allowed to appear before the "Review Medical Board" on their appeal by the Appellate Authority will be called for Interview/Personality Tests provisionally

The Interview/Personality Test will carry 150 Marks

Candidates who are short-listed for Interview/Personality Test, including those shortlisted for Interview/Personality Test provisionally will be issued a Detailed Application Form (DAF) in which among other things, they will be required to indicate their preference of Forces

Final Selection/Merit
The merit list will be drawn on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the Written Exam and Interview/Personality Test

Assistant Commandant Exam 2017 Application Procedure

Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in Appendix-II. Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned website

However, if due to any unavoidable situation, he/she submits another/multiple applications, then he/she must ensure that applications, with the higher RID is complete in all respects like applicants’ details, exam centre photograph, signature, fee etc.

The applicants who are submitting multiple applications should note that only the Commission shall entertain the application with higher RID (Registration ID) and fee paid against or RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID

All candidates, whether already in Government Services, Govt. owned industrial undertaking or other similar organisations or in private employment should submit the applications direct to the Commission

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. & 17.00 Hrs

Assistant Commandant Exam 2017 Important Dates

Date of CAPF Notification Released and Application Commence 12th April 2017

The Online Applications can be filled upto 05th May 2017 till 18.00 Hours

Pay by Cash Mode option will be deactived at 23.59 hours of 04th May 2017 i.e. one day, before the closing date

CAPF Last Date of Submission Applications 05th May 2017

UPSC CAPF (AC) Exam Date: 23rd July 2017

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