UPSC IES ISS 2023: Application Form (From 19 April), Registration, Eligibility, Exam Date

The Union public service commission (UPSC) is the respective authority responsible for conducting the Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination 2023 or UPSC IES/ ISS 2023. The aim of this exam is to choose the candidates for the post of Indian Economic Service officers and Indian statistical service officers. In order to get recruited, candidates are required to clear the interview/ personality test after clearing the written exam. Interested candidates who want apply have to submit the application form in online mode. All the necessary details related to UPSC IES ISS 2023 exam are provided in this post.

Latest: UPSC IES ISS 2023 application form will be released on 19th April 2023.

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UPSC IES ISS 2023 Dates

Main Events	Important dates
Availability of official notification	19th April 2023
Beginning of online application form submission	19th April 2023
Last to submit the application form in online mode	9th May 2023
Releasing of Admit Card	June 2023
Date of examination	23rd June 2023
Release date of answer key	August 2023
Announcement of result	August 2023

UPSC IES ISS 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Before starting the application process, the candidates must check the eligibility criteria given below.

Nationalities

The candidates with following nationalities are eligible.

A citizen of India
A subject of Nepal or Bhutan.
A Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with an intention to permanently settle here.
An Indian origin person migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Srilanka or East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Ethiopia and Zaire or from Vietnam.

Educational Qualification

For IES

The applicant must have a PG degree in Economics or Business Economics or Econometrics or Applied Economics from a university recognized by the state legislature in India or equivalent.

For ISS

The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree in applied statistics or mathematics or statistics as one of the subjects.
The candidates having a master’s degree in applied statistics or mathematics or statistics from a recognized university can also apply.

Age Limit

As on 1st August 2023, the age of a candidate should be between 21 years and 30 years.

UPSC IES ISS 2023 Application Form

The candidates who are looking to apply for UPSC IES ISS need to fill and submit the online application form before the last date. Given below are the steps to apply for the exam in a convenient manner.

To initiate the application process, aspirants need to register on the official website i.e, www.upsc.gov.in
After registration the candidates may sign-in and fill the details in the application form.
While filling details in the application form, the candidates are required to enter their academic, personal, and contact details.
The details to be entered in the application form should be authentic. Otherwise, the form might get rejected.
Apart from the details, the applicants also need to upload the scanned images of their photograph and signature.
After submitting the form, the candidates are required to pay the necessary application fees.

Note: Once you are done with submitting the form and fees, you should take a printout of the form submitted and application fee receipt.

Application Fee

The application fees for the candidates of different categories are as follows-

Male candidates of general, OBC, and EWS categories – RS. 200/-
Female candidates/ SC/ ST/ persons with benchmark disability- NIL (Exempted from application fees)

Mode of Payment: The fee can be paid either in online or offline mode. In order to apply online, candidates can use a visa/ master/ RuPay/ credit/ debit card or internet banking. Those who are looking to pay offline can remit the fee in any branch of the state bank of India.

UPSC IES ISS 2023 Admit Card

Candidates who will submit the application form and fees before the last date will be able to download their admit card.
To download the admit card, candidates are required to visit the official website.
It is necessary to provide registration details in order to download the admit card.
Information about the examination schedule and venue will be mentioned on the admit card.
No candidate will be allowed to take the exam without a valid admit card.
Aspirants please note that it is also compulsory to carry a photo identity proof at the time of the exam.

UPSC IES ISS 2023 Exam Pattern

The complete recruitment process of UPSC IES ISS 2023 consist of two parts

Written Test – 1000 Marks
Interview/ Viva Voce – 200 Marks

Pattern of the written exam

For Indian Economic Service

Examination Mode: Offline (Pen and Paper based examination)
Type of Questions: Subjective type (candidates are required to write the answers by their own hand)
Language: Candidates have to answer in English Language only.

Subjects	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
General Studies	100	3 Hours
General English	100	3 Hours
General Economics -I	200	3 Hours
General Economics – II	200	3 Hours
General Economics – III	200	3 Hours
Indian Economics	200	3 Hours

For Indian Statistical Service

Examination Mode: Offline (Pen and Paper based examination)
Type of Questions: 80 objective type MCQ + Subjective type (candidates are required to write the answers by their own hand)

Subjects	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
General Studies	100	3 Hours
General English	100	3 Hours
Statistics – I (Objective)	200	2 Hours
Statistics – II (Objective)	200	2 Hours
Statistics – III	200	3 Hours
Statistics – IV	200	3 Hours

UPSC IES ISS 2023 Syllabus

The subject-wise syllabus of the UPSC IES ISS 2023 examination is given below.

General English: In this section, candidates are required to write essays in English language, there will also questions to check the candidate’s comprehension power.
General Studies: General knowledge, current affairs, Current events and their effects on everyday life, Indian polity, History, Geography, Constitution of India.
General Economics – I: Part – A: Theory of Consumer’s Demand, Theory of production, Theory of value, Theory of Distribution, Welfare economics. Part – B: Quantitative methods in Economics – Mathematical methods in Economics, Statistical and Econometric Methods.
General Economics – II: Economic thought, Concept of National Income and Social Accounting, Theory of employment, Output, Inflation, Money and Finance, Financial and Capital Market, Economic Growth and Development, International Economics, Balance of Payments, Global Institutions.
General Economics – III: Public Finance, Environmental Economics, Industrial Economics, State, Market and Planning
Indian Economics: History of development and planning, Money and Banking, Inflation, Federal Finance, Budgeting and Fiscal Policy, Poverty, Unemployment and Human Development, Foreign trade, Industry: Strategy of industrial development, Labour, Agriculture and Rural Development Strategies, India’s experience with Urbanisation and Migration
Statistics-I (Objective Type): Probability, Numerical Analysis, Computer application and Data Processing, Statistical Methods.
Statistics- II (Objective Type): Official Statistics, Linear Models, Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing.
Statistics- III (Descriptive Type): Econometrics, Sampling Techniques, Applied Statistics
Statistics-IV (Descriptive Type): Survival Analysis and Clinical Trial, Operations Research and Reliability, Demography and Vital Statistics, Design and Analysis of Experiments, Computing with C and R, Quality Control, Multivariate Analysis.

UPSC IES ISS 2023 Result

Those candidates who will appear for the examination will be able to check their results in online mode.
A direct link to check the result will be made available on the official website of the home page.
The result will be available in the form of a PDF file. To check the result, candidates have to search their name in the PDF file.
Shortlisted candidates will then have to submit their Detailed Application Form (DAF).
Authorities will then verify the documents at the time of Interview.
To download the interview letter, candidates have to visit the official website of the UPSC

Frequently Asked Questions

Question – 1: In what cities the examination will take place?

Answer: It is expected that the examination will take place in the following cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Dispur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Prayagraj (Allahabad, Shillong, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram

Question – 2: For how many days does the examination will take place?

Answer: The examination will take place in 3 days.

Question – 3: In what mode the examination will take place – online/ offline mode?

Answer: The examination will be held offline (Pen and paper based mode)

Question – 4: When will the documents be verified?

Answer: The authorities will verify the documents at the time of the Interview. Shortlisted candidates have to carry their original documents at the time of the Interview.