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Note : A list of Services Identified suitable for Persons with Benchmark Disability
Name of the Service(s) Category(ies) for which Suitable Category of Functional Requirements
Identified Benchmark Disabilities [erstwhile Physical
[erstwhile Functinal Requirements (PR)]
Classification (FC)]
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Indian Administrative Service, (i) Locomotor disability OA, OL, BA, OAL, BLA, BLOA, S, SE, H, RW, C
BL, BAOL, SD, SI, CP, LC, Dw,
2. Indian Foreign Service, including Cerebral Palsy, AAV, MDy
3. Indian Audit and Accounts Leprosy Cured,
Service, Group 'A', Dwarfism, Acid Attack
4. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Victims and Muscular
5. Indian Corporate Law Service, Dystrophy
Group ‘A’,
(ii) Blindness and Low Vision LV, B MF, PP, S, ST, W, L,C, RW
6. Indian Defence Accounts
(including in braille/
Service, Group 'A',
software), H, KC, BN
7. Indian Defence Estates
(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing D, HH MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C,
Service, Group 'A',
RW, KC, BN
8. Indian Information Service, (iv) Multiple disability Any combination of FCs S, RW (including in braille/
Group 'A', from different categories software), C
from amongst only
9. Indian Postal Service, Group as allowed under (i) to
above three categories
'A', (iii), except the
10. Indian P and T Accounts and combination of blind &
Finance Service, Group 'A', deaf (B+D)
11. Indian Revenue Service
(Customs and Indirect Taxes),
Group 'A',
12. Indian Revenue Service (IT),
Group 'A',
13. Indian Trade Service, Group
'A' (Grade III),
14. Indian Railway Management
Service (Traffic), Group 'A',
15. Indian Railway Management
Service (Personnel), Group 'A',
16. Indian Railway Management
Service (Accounts), Group 'A',
17. Armed Forces Headquarters
(AFHQ) Civil Service, Group 'B'
(Section Officer’s Grade),
18. Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar
Islands , Lakshadweep , Daman
and Diu and Dadra and Nagar
Haveli Civil Service (DANICS), Gr.
'B',
19. Pondicherry Civil Service
(PONDICS), Group ‘B’
Note: If there is any change in the ‘Suitable Categories of Bechmark Disabilities’ and ‘Functional
Requirements’ in any of the Service(s) as prescribed above, the same shall be notified
subsequently.
Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
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List of Abbriviations used:
Categories of Disability LD Locomotor Disability
VI Visual Impairment
HI Hearing Impairment
MD Multiple Disabilities
Sub-Categories OA One Arm
OL One Leg
BA Both Arms
OAL One Arm One Leg
BLA Both Legs and Arms
BLOA Both Legs One Arm
BL Both Legs
BAOL Both Arms and One Leg
SD Spinal Deformity
SI Spinal Injury
CP Cerebral Palsy
LC Leprosy Cured
Dw Dwarfism
AAV Acid Attack Victims
MDy Muscular Dystrophy
LV Low Vision
B Blind
D Deaf
HH Hard of Hearing
MD Multiple Disabilities
Functional Requirements S Sitting
ST Standing
W Walking
SE Seeing
H Hearing
RW Reading and Writing
C Communication
MF Manipulation with Fingers
PP Pulling & Pushing
L Lifting
KC Kneeling and Crouching
BN Bending
JU Jumping
CL Climbing
Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
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2 (A)(i) Centres of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination: The Examination will be held at the
following Centres:
Sl.
CENTRE Sl. No. CENTRE Sl. No. CENTRE
No.
1 AGARTALA 29 GURGAON 57 PORTBLAIR
2 AGRA 30 GWALIOR 58 PRAYAGRAJ (ALLAHABAD)
3 AHMEDABAD 31 HYDERABAD 59 PUDUCHERRY
4 AIZAWL 32 IMPHAL 60 PUNE
5 AJMER 33 INDORE 61 RAIPUR
6 ALIGARH 34 ITANAGAR 62 RAJKOT
ALMORA
JABALPUR RANCHI
7 (UTTARAKHAND) 35 63
8 ANANTHAPURU 36 JAIPUR 64 SAMBALPUR
CHHATRAPATI
SAMBHAJINAGAR
JAMMU SHILLONG
[AURANGABAD
9 (MAHARASHTRA)] 37 65
10 BAREILLY 38 JODHPUR 66 SHIMLA
11 BENGALURU 39 JORHAT 67 SILIGURI
12 BHOPAL 40 KARGIL 68 SRINAGAR
BILASPUR SRINAGAR
KOCHI
13 (CHHATISGARH) 41 69 (UTTARAKHAND)
14 CHANDIGARH 42 KOHIMA 70 SURAT
15 CHENNAI 43 KOLKATTA 71 THANE
KOZHIKODE
COIMBATORE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
16 44 (CALICUT) 72
17 CUTTACK 45 LEH 73 TIRUCHIRAPALLI
18 DEHRADUN 46 LUCKNOW 74 TIRUPATI
19 DELHI 47 LUDHIANA 75 UDAIPUR
DHARAMSHALA
(HIMACHAL MADURAI VARANASI
20 PRADESH) 48 76
MANDI (HIMACHAL
DHARWAR VELLORE
21 49 PRADESH) 77
22 DISPUR 50 MUMBAI 78 VIJAYAWADA
23 FARIDABAD 51 MYSURU 79 VISHAKHAPATNAM
24 GANGTOK 52 NAGPUR 80 WARANGAL
GAUTAM BUDDH
NASIK
25 NAGAR 53
26 GAYA 54 NAVI MUMBAI
27 GHAZIABAD 55 PANAJI (GOA)
28 GORAKHPUR 56 PATNA
(ii) Centres of Civil Services (Main) Examination:-
Sl. Sl. Sl.
CENTRE CENTRE CENTRE
No. No. No.
1 AHMEDABAD 9 DELHI 17 PATNA
2 AIZAWL 10 DISPUR (GUWAHATI) 18 PRAYAGRAJ ( ALLAHABAD)
3 BANGALURU 11 HYDERABAD 19 RAIPUR
4 BHOPAL 12 JAIPUR 20 RANCHI
5 CHANDIGARH 13 JAMMU 21 SHILLONG
6 CHENNAI 14 KOLKATA 22 SHIMLA
7 CUTTACK 15 LUCKNOW 23 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
8 DEHRADUN 16 MUMBAI 24 VIJAYAWADA
Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
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The Centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the
discretion of the Commission. Applicants should note that there will be a ceiling on the number of candidates
allotted to each of the Centres, except Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata and Nagpur. Allotment of Centres will be
on the "first-apply-first allot" basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained, the same will
be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to ceiling, will be required to choose a
Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are, thus, advised that they may apply early so that they could
get a Centre of their choice.
NB : Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision, the Commission reserves the right to change the Centres
at its discretion if the situation demands. All the Examination Centres for Civil Services (Preliminary),
Examination, 2025 will cater to examination for Persons with Benchmark Disability in their respective
Centres. Candidates admitted to the examination will be informed of the time table and place or places of
examination. The candidates should note that no request for change of Centre will be entertained.
(B) Plan of Examination:
The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages (vide Appendix I Section-I)
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the
Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the
various Services and posts noted above.
B.1. A candidate who is willing to apply for Civil Services Examination shall be required to apply on-line
and submit the requisite information and supporting documents towards various claims, such as date of
birth, category [viz. SC/ST/OBC/ EWS/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen], educational qualification and Service
preferences etc. as may be sought by the Commission alongwith the Online Application Form. The failure
to provide the required information/documents alongwith the Registration and Online Application Form will
entail cancellation of candidature for the examination.
B.2 The Commission shall provide a window of 10 (Ten) days after the declaration of result of Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination for taking cadre preference from the qualified candidates. All the
qualified candidates will mandatorily fill the cadre preference along with the fee of Rs. 200 for admission
into the Civil Services (Main) Examination.
B.3. The Commission shall also provide a window of 15 (Fifteen) days from the date of declaration of
result of written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination to the candidates qualified for Personality
Test/Interview. The candidates as per Note 1 below Rule 6 of CSE, 2025 shall be required to update their
details/educational qualification status (whether appearing/appeared) and to produce/upload the proof of
passing of the requisite qualifying examination at the specified module/portal, failing which such candidates
will not be allowed to appear in the Personality Test/Interview and his/her candidature will be liable to be
cancelled.
Note: In this period, all the candidates qualified for Personality Test shall also be provided an option to
update Correspondence/Permanent Postal Address, Higher Educational Qualification, Achievement in
different fields (if any), Employment Details/Service Experience, details of the Service allocated on the basis
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of earlier/previous Civil Services Examinations (if any) and Service and Cadre Preferences for the current
examination. The details updated in this window will be treated as final and no request for any change in
these fields received through any other mode will be entertained.
B.4. A candidate shall be required to mandatorily indicate order of preferences only for those Services which
are participating in the Civil Services Examination-2025 and for which the candidate is interested to be
allocated to in case of eventual selection. In case of recommendation of candidature by UPSC for Service
Allocation, the candidate shall be considered by the Government for allocation to one of those Services for
which the preference has been indicated by the candidate in the Online Application Form subject to
fulfillment of other conditions. In case preference for none of the Services is indicated, the candidate
will not be considered for Service Allocation.
A candidate who wishes to be considered for Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service shall be
required to indicate, as and when asked for by the Commission, and in the manner prescribed by it, their
cadre preference in case of appointment to the IAS or IPS.
Note-I: The candidates are advised to indicate preferences for various services or posts very carefully.
Attention is also invited to Rule 21 (1) of Civil Services Examination, 2025 in this connection.
Note-II: The candidates are advised to periodically visit DoPT’s website https://dopt.gov.in or
https://cseplus.nic.in for information or details about Service Allocation, Cadre allotment, etc.
Note-III: As per the extant Cadre Allocation Policy applicable for the Civil Services Examination-2025, the
candidates who wish to indicate IAS/IPS as their Service preference are advised to indicate, as and when
asked for by the Commission, and in the manner prescribed by it, their cadre preference in case of
appointment to the IAS or IPS.
B.5. No change in preference for Services and Cadre (applicable for IAS/IPS) once submitted by a
candidate would be permitted except as provided in Para B.3. above.
3. Eligibility Conditions:
(I) Nationality
(1) For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service, a
candidate must be a citizen of India.
(2) For other services, a candidate must be either:—
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently
settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries
of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam
with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour
a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination
Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
