Can I join the Indian Police Service through Civil Service Examination conducted by UPSC? Tell me in which month the UPSC will release notification for Civil Service Examination? Please tell me what is the minimum educational qualification and physical standard required to join the Indian Police Service?

The Indian Police Service examination is a part of the Civil Services Examination which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission each year.


Responsibilities of the IPS Officer

To fulfill duties based on border responsibilities, in the areas of maintenance of public peace and order, crime prevention, investigation, and finding, collecting of intelligence reports, taking care of VIP security, counter-terrorism, border patroling, railway policing, working towards preventing smuggling, drug trafficking, economic offences, corruption, playing a key role in disaster management, enforcement of socio-economic legislation, bio-diversity and defending of environmental laws etc.

Exchanging information with the Indian Intelligence Agencies like R&AW, IB, CID, CBI Leading the Central Armed Police Force (CRPF) and being in touch with them on a regular basis Interact and coordinate with the Indian Revenue services (IRS),

Indian Armed forces, primarily with the Indian Army Serve the people of the country with full integrity, honesty and whole hearted dedication


Eligibility Criteria

Physical Criteria
The physical criteria for eligibility of the IPS officer is as follows:

Minimum Height - Men - 165cm
Women - 150cm

Relaxable minimum height is 160cm (men) and 145cm (women) for candidates belonging to ST and races such as Gorkhas, Garhwalias, Assamese, Kumaonis, Nagaland Tribals, etc.

Minimum Chest Girth - Men/Women: 84cm 79cm

Myopia (including cylinder) should not exceed minus 4.00D

Hypermyopia (including cylinder) should not exceed plus 4.00D

Nationality:
Nationality of a candidate must be either of the following:

Citizen of India
Subject of Nepal
Subject of Bhutan

A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962 for permanent settlement in India.
Migrant from any of the following countries for permanently settling in India:
Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam

Educational Qualification:
A candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree from any of the universities recognised by the UGC or possess an equivalent qualification.

Age Limit :
Candidate should fulfill the age limits mentioned below:

Minimum age 21 years
Maximum age 30 years as on 1st of August in the year of examination.

Relaxable age limit is as follows:

Upto max. 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
Upto max. 3 years for OBC candidates.
Upto max. 5 years for candidate from the State of Jammu & Kashmir
Upto max. 5 years for Defence Services personnel
Upto max. 5 years for Ex-servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service and have been released.
Upto max. 5 years for ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years of Military Service.
Upto max. 10 years for Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons


Number of attempts:


The number of attempts restriction to appaer for the exam is as follows:

For General category candidates: 4 attempts
For SC/ST candidates: No restriction
For OBC candidates: 7 attempts