Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam 2013 Notification has been published recently by UPSC through advertisement 05/2013-IFoS dated 5th March...
Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam 2013 Notification has been published recently by UPSC through advertisement 05/2013-IFoS dated 5th March, 2013 for a vacancy of 85 IFS officers. As per this UPSC notification, submission of form has already began and the last date to apply online for IFS exam 2013 is 4th April, 2013. The screening exam (i.e. CS Prelims) would be held on 26th May, 2013.
You can Click here to download the UPSC IFS Exam 2013 Notification.
This blog post has been made to apprise you about the notification and help you apply for the same by quoting relevant information of IFS exam eligibility and forms. Two of my following blog post may also be referred to know in details about IFS exam and for its preparation:
You can Click here to download the UPSC IFS Exam 2013 Notification.
This blog post has been made to apprise you about the notification and help you apply for the same by quoting relevant information of IFS exam eligibility and forms. Two of my following blog post may also be referred to know in details about IFS exam and for its preparation:
Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam: an Introduction: It tells you what is an IFS (Indian Forest Service) exam, along with rank & salaries of IFS Officers and also past statistics of IFS exam – how many people applies for it, how many appears and how many are selected finally.
IFS exam pattern, syllabus, papers & books: It gives you the study materials for IFS exam.
Major change in pattern of IFS exam 2013:
There has been a major change in the exam pattern of IFS exam from this year (i.e. from 2013 onward) - you have to apply and appear in Civil Services Prelims exam to qualify for the IFS exam 2013 (Mains). In other words, CS Prelims exam would be used to screen candidates for IFS Mains exam. Till previous year (i.e. IFS 2012), there was no Prelims exam and candidates used to appear in the IFS Mains exam directly.
Major change in pattern of IFS exam 2013:
There has been a major change in the exam pattern of IFS exam from this year (i.e. from 2013 onward) - you have to apply and appear in Civil Services Prelims exam to qualify for the IFS exam 2013 (Mains). In other words, CS Prelims exam would be used to screen candidates for IFS Mains exam. Till previous year (i.e. IFS 2012), there was no Prelims exam and candidates used to appear in the IFS Mains exam directly.
Important dates for IFS-2013 exam:
Date of IFS-2013 exam notification:05.03.2013.
Submission of form starts on: 05.03.2013.
Last date to apply for IFS-2013 exam: 04.04.2013.
Date of IFS-2013 Prelims exam: 26th May 2013.
Eligibility for IFS exam:
Age eligibility: Min: 21 years & Max: 30 years (as on 1st August, 2013)
(DOB not earlier than 2nd August, 1983 and not later than 1st August, 1992)
Age relaxations exists as per Govt. norms.
Academic eligibility:
You need to be a graduate (holding Bachelor’s degree) from a recognized university with at least one of the following subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Engineering .
If you have already appeared in the qualifying Bachelor’s degree exam and awaiting your results or if you are a final year student, you can appear in IFS exam, subject to passing the same and providing the proof on qualifying the IFS written exam.
You can make maximum of four attempts at the IFS examination.
IFS exam 2013 application form and how to apply:
You can apply for IFS Exam 2013 only online.
Application fee for IFS Exam 2013 (i.e. CS Prelims 2013) is Rs. 100/= only which can be paid either offline at any SBI branch or online through net-banking/credit card. Female/SC/ST/PH candidates are exempted from payment of fee.
How to apply for IFS exam 2013 has been given in detail in Appendix-II "Instructions To The Candidates For Filling Online Applications" in page-64 of the Notification. It is also given clearly in detail in this"Instruction" page.
Application fee for IFS Exam 2013 (i.e. CS Prelims 2013) is Rs. 100/= only which can be paid either offline at any SBI branch or online through net-banking/credit card. Female/SC/ST/PH candidates are exempted from payment of fee.
How to apply for IFS exam 2013 has been given in detail in Appendix-II "Instructions To The Candidates For Filling Online Applications" in page-64 of the Notification. It is also given clearly in detail in this"Instruction" page.
IFS exam 2013 Online Form:
As told above, You have to fill CS Prelims 2013 Online Form for IFS exam 2013.
As told above, You have to fill CS Prelims 2013 Online Form for IFS exam 2013.
Hope above information reproduced from IFS exam notification helps you in applying for IFS exam confidently. As I had told you in my previous blog post, 25% of those who apply for IFS exam do not even appears for the IFS written exam. So may be you would need some preparation materials for IFS exam which you can find it in my blog article titled: IFS exam pattern, syllabus, papers & books.
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