UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the much-awaited UPSC ISS Notification 2020 on 11th August 2020. Indian Statistical Service (ISS) of UPSC is the All India Exam conducted by the UPSC each year. The ISS is the administrative inter-ministerial civil service of the executive branch of the Government of India under Category A of the Central Civil Services. The commission will be conducting the UPSC ISS 2020 Exam this year from 16 October 2020 and the test period will be 3 days. The commission will issue the admit card three weeks before the exam begins. The e-Admission Certificate will be placed on the UPSC website. Candidates can learn about qualifications, age limit, training, selection requirements, and other information via this article.
UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020 Highlights
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Check all the important updates which are to be kept in mind by the interested candidates who are interested to apply for The UPSC Indian Economic Service (IES) and Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Recruitment 2020.
| UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020 Basic Details | |
| Name of Exam | Indian Statistical Service (ISS) |
| Conducting Body | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| Recruitment of the Year | 2020-21 |
| Frequency | Once a year |
| UPSC IES Notification | Download IES Notification |
| Minimum Eligibility | Post Graduation/Graduation |
| Stage of UPSC IES/ISS Exam |
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| Exam Fees | Rs 200/- |
| Negative Marking | 0.33 marks for objective type exam |
| Mode of exam | Offline |
| Official Website | upsc.gov.in |
UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020 Important Dates
Candidates can check all the important dates regarding the UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020:
| UPSC ISS 2020 Exam | Important dates |
| UPSC IES Notification Release | 11th August 2020 |
| Start date of online application | 11th August 2020 |
| Last date to apply online | 01st September 2020 (Last Date) |
| Issuance of Admit Card | September 2020 (tentative) |
| Commencement of exam | 16 Oct 2020, Friday |
| Release of Answer Key | To be announced |
| Declaration of result | To be announced |
UPSC Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Exam Dates
The UPSC ISS exam is administered over a 3-day period. The ISS Dates for UPSC were updated. After reviewing the present situation of pandemic coronavirus, UPSC released the revised dates of all upcoming recruitment examinations and notifications on 5 June. Check important dates in the table below about UPSC ISS 2020.
| UPSC ISS 2020 Exam | Important dates |
| UPSC ISS Notification Release | 10 Jun 2020 |
| Start date of online application | 10 Jun 2020 |
| Last date to apply online | 30 Jun 2020 |
| Issuance of Admit Card | September 2020 (tentative) |
| Commencement of exam | 16 Oct 2020, Friday |
| Release of Answer Key | To be announced |
| Declaration of result | To be announced |
UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020 Vacancy
The IES and ISS is the administrative inter-ministerial civil service under Group A of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India. Candidates can check the vacancy of UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020. The Post wise vacancy distribution is given below:
- Indian Statistical Service – 47
Download Official Notification here- https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS_2020_10062020_Notification.pdf
UPSC ISS Eligibility Criteria
Candidates can check the eligibility criteria and age limits of UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020 in the given below:
1. Nationality
A candidate must be either:
- a Citizen of India, or
- a subject of Nepal, or
- a subject of Bhutan, or
- a Tibetan refugee who had arrived in India before 1 January 1962, planning to live permanently in India, or
- a person of Indian descent who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, or the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or Vietnam with a permanent intention to settle in India.
Note: The applicants must be in possession of a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt. of India for type (b), (c), (d), and (e).
2. Educational Qualification
For Indian Statistical Service (ISS):
The candidates must have obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subjects
OR
The candidates should hold a Master’s degree in Statistics / Mathematical Statistics / Applied Statistics from an accepted university or from a foreign university approved from time to time by the Central Government of India.
3. Age Limit
The candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August 2020 i.e he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August 1990 and not later than 1st August 1999.
Age Relaxation is given below as per the category of the candidate.
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| Domicile of Jammu & Kashmir | 5 years |
| Defense Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area | 3 years |
| Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECO/SSCO | 5 years |
| PwBD | 10 years |
UPSC ISS Recruitment 2020 Exam Pattern
Written Exam:
- UPSC ISS Exam will have 6 Papers in each of them.
- The questions papers in all the subjects will be of conventional (essay) type.
- Questions will be set in English and must be answered in English as well.
- Marks may be deducted if the handwriting is not easily understood. No marks will be given for superficial (slight) knowledge.
- The Objective Paper will have a negative marking of 0.33 for the incorrect answer.
| S.No. | Subject | Maximum Marks | Time Duration |
| 1 | General English | 100 | 3 hrs |
| 2 | General Studies | 100 | 3 hrs |
| 3 | Statistics-I (Objective) | 200 | 2 hrs |
| 4 | Statistics-II (Objective) | 200 | 2 hrs |
| 5 | Statistics-III (Descriptive) | 200 | 3 hrs |
| 6 | Statistics-IV (Descriptive) | 200 | 3 hrs |
Viva Voce:
The applicants who will clear the written test as per the cut-off set by the commission will be required to appear for the Interview or Viva Voce.
UPSC ISS Syllabus
| STATISTICS-I (Objective Type) |
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| STATISTICS- II (Objective Type) |
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| STATISTICS- III (Descriptive Type) |
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| STATISTICS-IV (Descriptive Type) |
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Exam Centre
Applicants check the list of exam centers given in the table below.
| Ahmedabad | Jammu |
| Bengaluru | Kolkata |
| Bhopal | Lucknow |
| Chandigarh | Mumbai |
| Chennai | Patna |
| Cuttack | Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
| Delhi | Shillong |
| Dispur | Shimla |
| Hyderabad | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Jaipur | – |