Vacancies unfilled, UPSC to alert institutions about government jobs
UPSC does the recruitment to fill Group A and Group B gazetted posts in Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and conducts regular examinations. Depending on the nature of duties, these recruitments require essential qualifications of educational and experience criteria.
Ajay Kumar, Chairman, UPSC said, 'Apart from our regular examinations, UPSC receives recruitment requests from various Ministries and Departments for various government positions. To streamline and expedite the process, we are ensuring that the requests are received well in advance within a three-month window, from January to March, so that the process is planned in a better manner by clubbing similar recruitment cases and holding their common tests to complete the recruitment drive in a time-bound manner.'
The Commission receives over 200 recruitment proposals annually which are subsequently advertised online. In 2025, over 240 recruitment cases have been received, ranging across medical, scientific, engineering, technical, legal, teaching, and specialised posts (management, finance, accounts, forensic audit etc. related), mostly at Group A and Group B Gazetted levels, the UPSC said. Presently, it advertises recruitment process through Employment News, its official website and official LinkedIn account.
'In the past, some disparities were observed in the number of applications we receive for different posts. During the scrutiny of cases, sometimes, the case becomes infructuous as no suitable applicant meeting the Recruitment Rules criteria is found,' Mr. Kumar said.
'Many cases receive disproportionately less number of applications. Sometimes the posts remained vacant or became infructuous during the interview stage as suitable candidates are not found by the interview board. In order to address these issues, and reach out to the needy, eligible and qualified candidates, we are rolling out new outreach measures, for our recruitment advertisements whereby... it is planned to send email alerts/updates to relevant institutions and organisations. These alerts would also be made available to other/private institutions, whoever requests for the same'
Email alerts would be sent to universities, institutions, associations, professional and recognised bodies, and other institutions can also request the information by writing to ra-upsc@gov.in.
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