Can you provide me the details of the Eligibility requirement and other important information about for Officer post vacancy in IFS or Indian Forest Services?

Indian Forest Service is one of the Civil Services of India and belongs to the apex All India Services group, with other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Indian Forest Services Officer Eligibility

One must hold a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, geology, statistics, veterinary science and animal husbandry; or who hold a bachelor degree in engineering, forestry, or agriculture; or a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.

And who are between the ages of 21 and 30 as on July 1 of the year of the examination.

Upper age limits are less restrictive for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and Other Backward Classes (SC/ST/OBC).

The upper age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

The upper age limit is also relaxed in favour of certain categories of civil servants working under the Government of India and Defence Services Personnel.

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian Forest Service Examination

Paper Pattern

Preliminary examinations consisting of two papers-

General Studies (150 marks)
Some optional subject (300 marks)

The optional subject for the second paper may be chosen from the following given subjects -

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and veterinary science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology.

Final Exam has following Papers

1.1 Essay type Indian Language Qualifying Paper (300 marks)

2.1 English Qualifying Paper (300 marks)

3.1 General Essay type paper (200 marks)

4.2 General Studies papers (300 marks each)

5.4 Optional subjects papers (300 marks each)