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Mahipal Singh Rathore

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 The Decision
• The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has for the first
time introduced the facility of withdrawing applications by
candidates who do not wish to appear for the Civil Services
exam.

• The preliminary examination for 2020 is scheduled to be

held on 31 May.
 When can one withdraw your application?

The Commission has provided the withdrawal facility from 12-03-

2020 to 18-03-2020 to those candidates who do not want to
appear at examination.

Once application is withdrawn by the candidate, it will not be revived

in future.

UPSC has no provision to refund any fee amount paid by candidates

so even in case of successful withdrawn of application the fees
will not be refunded.
 Number of Attempts
• At present, general category candidates are allowed six
attempts.
• OBC candidates is 9 times or 35 years of age.
• SC/ST candidates can attempt the exam till the age of 37
years.
The attempts, however, are counted only when a candidate
appears for the preliminary examination.
 Why this decision was taken?
To ease pressure on the UPSC’s resources.
To prevent Waste of energy and resources

Around 10 lakh apply for the exam but only 5 lakh actually appear
for it.
But the commission has to prepare for all the 10 lakh candidates
The commission has to book venues, print paper, hire invigilators
and ship the documents for all the 10 lakh applicants .
Year No. of candidates who No. of candidates who
applied for Prelims appeared for Prelims

2018 10,65,552 5,00,484

2017 9,69,065 4,62,848
2016 11,28,262 4,59,659
2015 9,45,908 4,65,882
2014 9,47,428 4,51,602
2013 7,76,604 3,23,949
2012 5,50,080 2,71,442
2011 4,99,120 2,43,236
2010 5,47,698 2,69,036
If a candidate has not withdrawn the application and
not appeared in the exam, will that be counted as
an attempt?

NO
 Will this measure work?

• Unless there is a penalty or a disincentive to apply for the

exam without the intention of actually taking it, such a
provision to withdraw applications is not likely to be an
active deterrent
• A lot of people decide to not take the exam just days or
weeks before the preliminary exam
 Disincentive?
• UPSC had earlier suggested to the government to treat an
application to the CSE exam as an attempt itself.
• The commission had felt that since candidates can only make
a limited number of attempts, they would make sure they do
not apply for the exam if they are not fully prepared.
• However, expecting that such a move would upset lakh of
candidates who aspire to become civil servants, the
government had turned down the proposal last year.
 THANK YOU
Dr. Mahipal Singh Rathore

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