IAS Eligibility Criteria

Know all eligibility for become an IAS Officer

In this App you know all the eligibility criteria for become an IAS officer in India. IAS full form is "Indian Administrative Service".

Below mentioned all eligibility criteria for become an IAS Officer.

Being An IPS:

An IAS officer is given administrative command of an entire district as a District Collector. IAS officers also represent Government of India at international level in bilateral and multilateral negotiations.

Eligibility Criteria Nationality:

Candidate must be a citizen of India.

Candidate must be a citizen of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan Candidate must be a Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 to be settled permanently in India Candidate must be person of Indian Origin who has migrated from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaire, or Zambia with an intention of permanently settling in India.

Educational_Qualification:

Candidate applying for civil service exams is required to full fill the following criteria: Candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree from any of the recognised universities.

Candidates who have appeared for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results or those who are yet to appear for the qualifying examination are also eligible for the Preliminary Examination.

Such candidates have to produce proof of passing the said examination along with the application for the Main Examination.

Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognised by the Government or its equivalent are also eligible to apply Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. However, they must submit a certificate from the concerned University that they have passed the final professional medical examination.

Number of attempts:

Restriction on the maximum number of attempts is effective since 1984.

For General Candidates: 6 attempts.

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Candidates (SC/ST): No Limits.

Other Backward Classes (OBC): 9 attempts.

Age Limit:-

A candidate should be minimum 21 years and maximum 32 years old as on August 01.

The upper age limit prescribed above is relax for the following candidates:

5 years - Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)

3 years - Other Backward Classes (OBC)

5 years - if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st December, 1989.

3 years - Defence Services personnel.

5 years - ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service as on 1st August, 2017

5 years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs

10 years - Blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped persons