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9th Standard
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 e-Admit Card 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.
A candidate should have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 28th June, 2019 . i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 28th June, 1989 and not later than 28th June, 2001. .
The difficulty level of the papers in
General English and General Studies will be such as may be expected of a
graduate of an Indian University.
The
standard of papers in the other subjects will be that of the Master`s
degree examination of an Indian University in the relevant disciplines.
The candidates will be expected to illustrate theory by facts, and to
analyse problems with the help of theory. They will be expected to be
particularly conversant with Indian problems in the field of Economics
/Statistics.
General English: Candidates
will be required to write an essay in English. Other questions will be
designed to test their understanding of English and workmanlike use of
words. Passages will usually be set for summary or précis.
General Studies: General
Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of
every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may
be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of
any scientific subject. The paper will also include questions on Indian
Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India,
History of India and Geography of a nature which the candidate should be
able to answer without special study.
IES are Central Government Services, engaged in economic planning and analysis through state boards, planning commission and other government owned entities in the country. Out of the various careers offered by the Government Sector, it is an attractive opening to post-graduates in Economics. Candidates who got selected are finally placed in the Planning Commission, Labour Bureau, Central Electricity Authority, Economic Advisers to many ministries, Forward Market Commission, Tariff Commission, Planning Board, Tariff Commission National sample survey and other offices where specialists in Economics are required.