This notification, issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, announces amendments to the Rules for the Civil Services Examination, 2018. Specifically, it modifies Note I and Note III of Rule 6, which pertain to age relaxation criteria for candidates.
Note I is amended to clarify that candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes who also qualify for age relaxation under other clauses of Rule 6(b) (e.g., ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir, and persons with disabilities) are eligible for cumulative age relaxation under both categories.
Note III is amended to state that age concessions under Rule 6(b)(iv) and (v) will not be granted to Ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers, including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs) and Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs), who are released at their own request.
The notification is dated February 13, 2018, and was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1. The issuing authority is V. K. Singh, Joint Secretary. The original notification regarding the Civil Services Examination, 2018 was published on 07.02.2018 and 09.02.2018. The file number for this notification is F. No. 13018/10/2017-AIS-I.
Key Entities Referenced
Civil Services Examination, 2018: An examination for recruitment to the Civil Services of India, the rules for which are being amended.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions: The government ministry responsible for personnel, public grievances, and pensions.
Department of Personnel and Training: A department under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Scheduled Castes: A group of historically disadvantaged communities recognized by the Indian Constitution.
Scheduled Tribes: A group of indigenous communities recognized by the Indian Constitution.
Other Backward Classes: A group of socially and educationally disadvantaged classes in India.
Exservicemen: Individuals who have served in the armed forces and are now retired or discharged.
State of Jammu and Kashmir: A former state of India, now a union territory, mentioned in the context of domicile.
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873 GI/2018 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1]
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th February, 2018
F. No. 13018/10/2017-AIS(I).—In the Rules for the Civil Services Examination, 2018 published in
Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary dated 07.02.2018 and 09.02.2018, the Central
Government hearby makes the following amendments in Note-I and Note-III of the Rule 6 of the Civil
Services Examination Rules, 2018:—
Note I : Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other
Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of Rule 6(b) above, viz.
those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K,
(a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including
cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism,
intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; (e) multiple disabilities from
amongst person under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf- blindness etc. will be eligible for grant of
cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.
Note III : The age concession under Rule 6(b)(iv) and (v) will not be admissible to Ex-servicemen
and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on own request.
V. K. SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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