Union Public Service Commission has postponed the UPSC Civil Service Prelims Exam 2024. Candidates who will appear for the Civil Services Prelims examination can check the official notice here. The UPSC CSE exam has been postponed due to the schedule of the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.

The UPSC civil services exam is considered one of the toughest exams in India. Lakhs of candidates apply for the exam every year to become IAS, IPS and IFS.

UPSC Prelims 2024 New Exam Date

Through the Civil Services 2024 examination, UPSC will fill around 1,056 vacancies in various services. The prelims exam will now be held on June 16, 2024. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on May 26. UPSC Notification 2024 was released on 14 February 2024. In a statement on its website, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said it decided to postpone the civil services prelims exam from May 26 to June 16.

“Due to the schedule of the impending General Election, the Commission has decided to postpone the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination – 2024 which also serves as screening test for Indian Forest Service Examination, 2024 from 26-05-2024 to 16-06-2024,” the commission said in a notification on its official website.

Last time, UPSC CSE was rescheduled in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. For more details candidates can check the official website of UPSC.