Respect sir, Presently I am sarved in army as ClK on 3 years I wanted discharge from army and preparation for IPS Exam so pl tell me about all information for ex service man possibility /criteria all things for a IPS exam
Dear Applicant,
I hope you are doing well
The Indian Police Service examination (IPS EXAM) is a part of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) each year.
Eligibility criteria
Physical Criteria
- Minimum Height - Men - 165cm, Women - 150cm
- Relaxable minimum height is 160cm (men) and 145cm (women) i.e. for candidates belonging to ST and races such as Gorkhas, Garhwalias, Assamese, Kumaonis, Nagaland Tribals, etc.
- Minimum Chest Girth - Men/Women: 84cm 79cm
- Myopia (including cylinder) should not exceed minus 4.00D
- Hypermyopia (including cylinder) should not exceed plus 4.00D
- Spectacles are permitted
- Distant vision for better eye(Corrected Vision) should be 6/6 or 6/9
- Distant vision for the worse eye(Uncorrected Vision) should be 6/12 or 6/9
- Near vision should be J1 and J2 respectively
- High grade color vision is required and Binocular vision is needed.
Nationality
Must be a citizen of Indian
- Subject of Nepal
- Subject of Bhutan
- A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962 for permanent settlement in India.
- Migrant from any of the following countries for permanently settling in India:
- Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam.
Age Relaxation :
- Upper age limit for General category: 32 years.
- Upper age limit for OBC: 35 years.
- Upper age limit for SC/ST: 37 Years.
- Upper age limit for Defense Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof: 35 years.
- Upper age limit for Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service: 37 years.
- Upper age limit for blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons (general category): 42 years.
- OBC/ SC/ ST candidates will get the benefit of cumulative age relaxation. This means age relaxations gets added in special cases, say, for example, if the person is OBC + Ex-servicemen, he will get an extension of 3 + 5 = 8 years, ie his upper age limit now stands at 40 years.
Hope this helps!!