UPSC INVITE APPLICATION FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICE

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

A competitive examination for recruitment to the Indian Forest Service will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing from the 14th July, 2012 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Gazette of India dated the  14th April, 2012.

Minimum Educational Qualifications :

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subjects

namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science,  Botany, Chemistry, Geology,

Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possesses an equivalent qualification.

3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

(i) Nationality :

A candidate must be either :-

(a) A citizen of India, or

(b) a subject of Nepal, or

(c) a subject of Bhutan, or

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over

to India before 1st

 January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, SriLanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of  Tanzania,  Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with  the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a

person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility   has been issued   by t h e Government of India.A candidate, in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/ her by the Government of India.

(ii) Age Limits :

(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the

age of 30 years on 1st August, 2012, i.e. he/ she must have been born not earlier than

2nd August, 1982 and not later than 1^st August, 1991.

(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable as per rule

SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE

EXAMINATION NOTICE NO.08/2012-IFoS DATED 14.04.2012

(LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS : 14.05.2012)

INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2012

HOW TO APPLY :

C a n d i d a t e s   a r e   r e q u i r e d   t o   a p p l y   o n l i n e  o n l y   b y   u s i n g   t h e   w e b s i t e

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.

FEE :

a )  Candidates applying (excepting Female/SC/ST/PH candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI  by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore

or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit card.

3. LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:

The Online Applications can be filled upto 14^th  May, 2012 till 11.59 PM, after which

the link will be disabled.