UPSC ESE 2023 Eligibility Criteria: Nationality, Age Limit, Qualification

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UPSC ESE 2023 Eligibility Criteria

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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 the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or 
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated   from   Pakistan,   Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda,  the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting 
in 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. 

Age Limits:

• A candidate for this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st  January 2021 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd  January 1991 and not later than 1st January 2000. 
• The upper age limit of 30 years will be relaxable up to 35 years in the case of Government servants of the following categories if they are employed in a Department/ Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned in column 1 below and apply for admission to the examination for all or any of the Service(s)/Post(s) mentioned in column 2, for which they are otherwise eligible. 
  (i) A candidate who holds substantively a permanent post in the particular Department/Office concerned. This relaxation will not be admissible to a probationer appointed against a permanent post in the Department/Office during the period of his probation. However, this relaxation will be admissible to a probationer so appointed provided he/she already retains a lien on a  permanent post in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned in column 1 below. 
  (ii)   A candidate who has been continuously in a temporary service on a regular basis in the particular Department/Office for at least 3 years on the 1st January 2021.