UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination - 2016 Full Detail

UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination - 2016 Full Detail

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

EXAMINATION NOTICE NO.09/2016‐IFoS 

DATED 27.04.2016

(LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS : 27.05.2016)

INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2016

IMPORTANT

• CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO APPEAR IN THE CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAMINATON  AND QUALIFY THE SAME FOR GOING TO THE SECOND STAGE OF INDIAN FOREST SERVICE  (MAIN) EXAMINATION (WRITTEN AND INTERVIEW). 
• CANDIDATES DESIROUS OF APPLYNG FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION AS WELL AS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION CAN APPLY THROUGH A COMMON ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SUBJECT TO MEETING THE REQUISITE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA  BY THEM. 

1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITIY FOR THE EXAMINATION: 

Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test. 

2. HOW TO APPLY : 

Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in Appendix‐II. Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned website. 

3. LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:

The Online Applications can be filled up to 27th May, 2016 till 11.59 PM, after which the link will be disabled. 

4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e‐Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e‐Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid active E‐Mail I.D. while filling up Online Application Form as the Commission may use electronic mode for con‐ tacting them at different stages of  examination process. 

5. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS : 

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers. 

6. For both writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet [Answer Sheet], candidates must use black ball pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen. Candidates are further advised to read carefully the "Special Instructions" contained in Appendix‐ III of the Notice. 

7. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES : 

In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC's Facilitation 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. 

8. Mobile Phones Banned:

(a) Mobile phones, pagers, bluetooth or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations. 

(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones/pagers/bluetooth or any valuable/costly items to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe‐keeping cannot be assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard. 

F.No.13/1/2016‐EI(B): The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Screening Test for selection to Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2016 through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016 which will be held on 07th August, 2016, in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in the Gazette of India dated the 27th April 2016. 

Centres of Examination : [Click to view]

(B) PLAN OF EXAMINATION 

The Indian Forest Service Examination will consist of two successive stages (vide Appendix I Section‐I below). 

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and
(ii) Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service. 

Applications are now invited for the Preliminary Examination only. Candidates who will be declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination will have to apply again, in the Online Detailed Application Form which would be made available on the Website of the Commission after declaration of Results of Preliminary Examination. The Main Examination is likely to be held in November, 2016. 

2. The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 110. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration. Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Handicapped Categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government. 

Note : As per the information received from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. 2 vacancies have been kept reserved by them for Low Vision category and 1 vacancy has been kept reserved Hearing Impaired category. However the vacancies indicated are liable to further alteration.

A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of community reservation only in case the particular caste to which the candidates belong is included in the list of reserved communities issued by the Central Government. If a candidate indicates in his/her Application Form for Indian Forest Service Examination that he/she belongs to General Category but subsequently writes to the Commission to change his/her category, to a reserved one, such request shall not be entertained by the Commission. Similar principle will be followed for physically disabled category also. While the above principle will be followed in general, there may be a few cases where there was a little gap (say 2‐3 months) between the issuance of a Government Notification enlisting a particular community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission of the application by the candidate. In such cases the request of change of community from general to reserved may be considered by the Commission on merit. In case of a candidate unfortunately becoming physically disabled during the course of the examination, the candidate should produce valid documents to enable the Commission to take a decision in the matter on merit. 

Candidates seeking reservation/relaxation benefits available for SC/ST/OBC/PH/ Exservicemen must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation/relaxation as per eligibility prescribed in the Rules/Notice. They should also be in possession of all the requisite certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim as stipulated in the Rules/Notice for such benefits, and these certificates should be dated earlier than the due date (closing date) of the application for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. 

3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS : [Click to view]

(i) NATIONALITY : [Click to view]

(ii) AGE LIMITS : [Click to view]

(iii) MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : [Click to view]

(iv) NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS : [Click to view]

(V) PHYSICAL STANDARDS : [Click to view]

4. APPLICATION FEE : [Click to view]

5. HOW TO APPLY : [Click to view]

6. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS :

The Online Applications can be filled upto 27th May, 2016 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled. 

7. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COMMISSION :

The Commission will not enter into any correspondence with the candidates about their candidature except in the following cases: 

(i) The eligible candidates shall be issued an e‐Admit Card about three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e‐Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. If a candidate does not receive his/her e‐Admit Card or any other communication regarding his/her candidature for the examination three weeks before the commencement of the examination, he/she should at once contact the Commission. Information in this regard can also be obtained from the Facilitation Counter located in the Commission's office either in person or over phone Nos. 011‐ 23381125/011‐23385271/011‐23098543. 

In case no communication is received in the Commission's office from the candidate regarding nonreceipt of his/her e­Admit Card at least three weeks before the examination, he/she himself/herself will be solely responsible for non­receipt of his/her

e­Admission Certificate.

No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to take the examination unless he/she holds an e‐certificate of admission for the examination. On receipt of e‐Admit Card, candidates should check it carefully and bring discrepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of UPSC immediately. The candidates should note that their admission to the examination will be purely provisional based on the information given by them in the Application Form. This will be subject to verification of all the eligibility conditions by the UPSC. 

The mere fact that a certificate of admission to the Examination has been issued to a candidate, will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission or that entries made by the candidate in his/her application for the Preliminary examination have been accepted by the Commission as true and correct. Candidates may note that the Commission takes up the verification of eligibility conditions of a candidate, with reference to original documents, only after the candidate has qualified for Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination. Unless candidature is formally confirmed by the Commission, it continues to be provisional.

The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the Examination shall be final. Candidates should note that the name in the e‐Admit Card in some cases may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.

(ii) In the event of a candidate downloading more than one e‐Admit Card from the website of the Commission, he/she should use only one of these e‐Admit Cards for appearing in the examination and report  about the other(s) to the Commission Office.

(iii) Candidates are informed that as the Preliminary Examination is only a screening test, no marks sheets will be supplied to successful or unsuccessful candidates and no correspondence will be entertained by the Commission, in this regard.

(iv) Candidates must ensure that their E‐mail IDs given in their online Applications are valid and active as the Commission may use electronic mode of communication while contacting them at different stages of the examination process.

IMPORTANT : ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMMISSION SHOULD INVARIABLY CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS.

1. NAME AND YEAR OF THE EXAMINATION
2. REGISTRATION I.D. (RID)
3. ROLL NUMBER (IF RECEIVED)
4. NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS)
5. COMPLETE POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN THE APPLICATION.
6. VALID AND ACTIVE E­MAIL I.D.

N.B.I : COMMUNICATION NOT CONTAINING THE ABOVE PARTICULARS MAY NOT BE ATTENDED TO.

N.B.II : IF A LETTER/COMMUNICATION IS RECEIVED FROM A CANDIDATE AFTER AN EXAMINATION HAS BEEN HELD AND IT DOES NOT GIVE HIS/HER FULL NAME AND ROLL NUMBER, IT WILL BE IGNORED AND NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN THEREON.

N.B.III : CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP A PRINTOUT OR SOFT COPY OF THEIR ONLINE APPLICATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCES.

8. The eligibility for availing reservation against the vacancies reserved for the physically disabled persons shall be the same as prescribed in "The Persons with Disability (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995."

Provided further that the physically disabled candidates shall also be required to meet special eligibility criteria in terms of physical requirements/functional classification (abilities/disabilities) consistent with requirements of the identified Service/Post as may be prescribed by its Cadre Controlling Authority. A list of Services identified suitable for Physically Disabled Category along with the physical requirements and functional classifications.

The physical requirement and functional classification can for example be one or more of the following : 

Code Physical Requirements

• MF 1. Work performed by Manipulation by Fingers 
• PP 2. Work Performed by Pulling & Pushing 
• L 3. Work Performed by Lifting 
• KC 4. Work Performed by Kneeling and Crouching 
• BN 5. Work Performed by Bending 
• S 6. Work Performed by Sitting (on bench or chair) 
• ST 7. Work Performed by Standing 
• W 8. Work Performed by Walking 
• SE 9. Work Performed by Seeing 
• H 10. Work Performed by Hearing/Speaking 
• RW 11. Work Performed by Reading and Writing 
• C 12. Communication 

Code FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION

• BL 1. Both legs affected but not arms 
• BA 2. Both arms affected
  a. impaired Reach
  b. weakness of Grip.
  c. ataxic 
• BLA 3. Both legs and both arms affected. 
• OL 4. One leg affected (R or L)
  a. impaired reach
  b. weakness of grip
  c. ataxic 
• OA 5. One arm affected (R or L)
  a. impaired reach
  b. weakness of grip
  c. ataxic 
• OAL 6. One arm and one leg affected 
• MW 7. Muscular weakness. 
• B 8. Blind 
• LV 9. Low vision 
• H 10. Hearing 

Note : The above list is subject to revision from time to time.

9. NO REQUEST FOR WITH DRAWAL OF CANDIDATURE RECEIVED FROM A CANDIDATE AFTER HE/SHE HAS SUBMITTED HIS/HER APPLICATION WILL BE ENTERTAINED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

10. Details about the scheme of examination, standard and syllabi of the subjects etc. may be seen in 

Appendix‐I of this Notice.

Important Dates :

27th April, 2016	Registration Starts
27th May, 2016 Till 11.59PM	Registration Close
26th May, 2016	Application Fee Payment Last Date by Cash
27th May, 2016	Application Fee Payment Last Date Online
7th Aug, 2016	Preliminary Written Exam

APPENDIX-I

Scheme of Examination : [Click to view]

Agricultural Engineering Syllabus for IFS Main Examination- 2016 : [Click to View]

Mechanical Engineering Syllabus for IFS Main Examination- 2016 : [Click to View]

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Syllabus for IFS Main Examination- 2016 : [Click to View]

Chemical Engineering Syllabus for IFS Main Examination- 2016 : [Click to View]

Civil Engineering Syllabus for IFS Main Examination- 2016 : [Click to View]

Appendix-II Instructions to the candidates for filling online application : [Click to view]

Appendix III Special Instructions for Objective Type Tests : [Click to view]

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