Strategy For UPSC Exam and Syllabus
by UrbanPro India Content WriterUnion Public Service
Commission invites application for IES (Indian Economy Service) and
ISS (Indian Statistical Service) exam. It is a combined competitive
examination for recruitment to Junior Time Scale to be conducted by
the UPSC in accordance with the rules published by Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation in the Gazette of India.
How to Apply?
Candidates can apply for Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination Online.
The online application process contains two parts:
Registration for Part-I and Part-II. Applicants must register within the given time frame, applying outside the mentioned time would be treated as invalid.
Eligibility Criteria for IES-ISS Exam
Nationality
A candidate must be either-
A Citizen of India
A subject of Nepal
A subject of Bhutan
A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1963 with the intention to permanently settling in India.
A person from Indian origin who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Vietnam and Zaire, with the intention of permanently staying in India.
Candidates under the above category will need to produce a certificate of eligibility issued to him/her by the Government of India.
Age
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on registration date.
Age relaxation are given to different categories as follows:
A maximum of 5 years in case of SC/ST candidates
A maximum of 3 years in case of OBC candidates
Up to 3 years in case of Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof
Educational Qualifications
a) For the Indian Economic Service a candidate must have a post graduate degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics/Econometrics from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section 3 of the University Grants commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time.
b) A candidate for the ISS (Indian Statistical Service) must have obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subject or a Master’s degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section 3 of the University Grants commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central government from time to time.
No. of Vacancies
Indian Economic Service 06
Indian Statistical Service 55
IES-ISS Examination Fees
Candidates are required to pay a fee of INR 200 (Two hundred rupees only. Female/SC/ST/PH candidates are exempted from paying examination fee. Candidates can deposit the fee in any SBI Branch by cash or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Travancore or by suing Visa/Master Credit/Debit card.
For those who are 'Paying by Cash' mode should print the system generated Pay-in-Slip during Part-II registration and deposit the fee at the counter of SBI branch on the next working day.
Examination Centers
Examination Centers |
|
Ahmedabad |
Jaipur |
Bangalore |
Jammu |
Bhopal |
Kolkata |
Chandigarh |
Lucknow |
Chennai |
Mumbai |
Cuttack |
Patna |
Delhi |
Shillong |
Dispur |
Shimla |
Hyderabad |
Thiruvananthapuram |
IES-ISS Exam Pattern
The IES-ISS exam consists of two parts – Part – I and Part – II.
Part I is a written exam carrying a total of 1000 marks in the following 6 subjects for IES and ISS exam:
Indian Economic Service
Subjects |
|
Marks |
Time Allowed |
General English |
|
100 |
3 hours |
General Studies |
|
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 |
Total Marks |
|
1000 |
|
Indian Statistical Service
Subjects |
Marks |
Time Allowed |
General English |
100 |
3 hours |
General Studies |
100 |
3 hours |
Statistics-I |
200 |
3 hours |
Statistics-II |
200 |
3 hours |
Statistics-III |
200 |
3 hours |
Statistics-IV |
200 |
3 hours |
Total Marks |
1000 |
|
Part II Viva voce of such candidates as may be called by the Commission, carrying a maximum of 200 marks. In the Viva voce candidates will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a record of the candidate’s career. The interview will tests a candidate’s general and specialized knowledge and abilities of a candidate. A candidate should have a good knowledge about the current happenings of the world. The board would pay special attention to assessing the intellectual curiosity, critical powers of assimilation, balance of judgment and alertness of mind, ability for social cohesion, integrity of character, capacity if leadership and initiation.
Important Points to Note:
The question papers in all the above mentioned subjects will be of Conventional (essay) type
Questions would be in English language, so candidates need to answer in English only
Candidates should write the exam in their own hand. Other than a visually impaired candidates, no other candidate can use a scribe. They will also be given 20 minutes extra for each hour.
IES-ISS Syllabus
The standard of papers in General English and General Studies are of a Graduate level studying in Indian University. However, the standards of papers in other subjects would be of Master’s degree level in Indian University in the respective disciplines. Candidates would be expected to illustrate theory by facts and to analyze problems with the help of theory. They must be conversant with Indian problems in the field of Economics/Statistics.
General English In this paper, a candidate will require to write an essay in English. There would be questions to check the level of understanding of English and workmanlike use of words. Passages will usually be set for precis or summary.
General Studies Here a candidate’s awareness of general knowledge and current happenings would be judged. Candidates should have fair idea about Indian Polity including political system and Constitution of India, Geography and History of India without any special study.
General Economics-I
Part A
Theory of Consumer’s Demand
Theory of Production
Theory of Value
Theory of Distribution
Welfare Economics
Part B
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
Federal Finance
Budgeting and Fiscal Policy
Poverty Unemployment and Human Development
Agriculture and Rural Development Strategies
India's experience with Urbanization and Migration
Urban development strategies
Labor
Foreign Trade
Money and Banking
Inflation
Statistics – I
Probability
Statistical Methods
Numerical Analysis
Statistics – II
Linear Models
Estimation
Hypothesis testing and Statistical Quality Control
Multivariate Analysis
Statistics – III
Sampling Techniques
Design and Analysis of Experiments
Economic Statistics
Econometrics
Statistics - IV
Stochastic Processes
Operations Branch
Demography and Vital Statistics
Computer Application and Data Processing
For further information guidance
In case students need clarifications, information or guidance, he/she can contact UPSC's 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.
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