The online application process for Civil Services Examination being conducted by Jharkhand Public Service Commission will commence on Monday. JPSC has invited applications for recruitment to the post of Deputy Collector, PSI, Jail Superintendent and Others through Combined Civil Services Exam 2021. Candidates can apply to the posts through the online mode at jpsc.gov.in.
Candidates will be able to register themselves for the aforesaid posts from 15 February 2021 onwards. The last date of the application is 16 March 2021. Around 252 vacancies will be filled through this recruitment process.
This exam is being held to fill vacancies in various departments and organisations generated during 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The students who have been waiting for State Civil Service Examination for long have welcomed the State government decision to conduct civil services examinations after four years.
Surendra Kumar Mishra, a post graduate student and civil services aspirant said, “We have been waiting for State Civil Service Examination for past four years, we are thankful to state government that finally government has decided to conduct civil service examination.
The government decision to conduct civil service examination will provide an opportunity for those students who are preparing for civil service examination for long.”
Echoing the views of Mishra, another aspirant Sushil Kumar Kushwaha said, “The government has not only issued applications, but has given relaxations in age as examination is being held after four years.” The upper age limit for candidates belonging to the general category is 35 years. The minimum age limit is 21 years.
The minimum educational qualification required for this exam is graduation. “There shall be no limitation on the number of attempts, if a candidate is eligible otherwise,” the Jharkhand public service commission has said. As per JPSC notification, maximum age is as per 1st August 2016a and minimum age is as per 1st March 2021.
Meanwhile, in other development Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has decided to reduce the charges of state civil service examination fees. Now, the candidates appearing for the public service examination will have to pay Rs 100 instead of Rs 600. Therefore, Rs 500 has been slashed straight.
For the reserved category, the fees have been reduced to Rs 50 for the reserved category. Earlier, those in the reserved category had to pay Rs 150.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a tweet on Saturday said his government has reduced the application fees of the state civil service examinations. “I am committed to every promise that we made to our people during the election,” Soren said on his official Twitter account.