Indian Economic/Statistical Services Exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission to recruit Grade IV officers for the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) and Indian Economic Service (IES). Indian Economic/Statistical Services Exam is generally conducted in the month of November.

ISS and IES are central government services which are involved in economic planning and analysis through state boards, planning commission and other government owned bodies in the country.

Educational Qualification:
A candidate for Indian Economic Service must have obtained a degree with Economics or Statistics as a subject and a candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must have a degree with Statistics or Mathematics or Economics as a subject from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the Universities Grant Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.

Age:
A candidate should have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 28 years on the 1st January of the year of examination

The upper age limit may be relaxed in respect of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and such other categories of persons as may from time to time be notified in this behalf by the Government of India to the extent and subject to the conditions notified in respect of each category.

Scheme Of The Examination

The examination comprises:

1. Written Examination
2. Viva-Voca test of such candidates as may be called by the commission carrying a maximum of 250 marks.

Written Examination

The subjects of written examination, the marks allotted to each subject will be as under:

Sl. No.     Subject     Max. Marks
Indian Economic Service
1     General English     150
2     General Studies     150
3     General Economics- I     200
4     General Economics- II     200
5     Indian Economics     200
Indian Statistical Service
1     General English     150
2     General Studies     150
3     Statistics- I     200
4     Statistics- II     200
5     Statistics- III     200

1. Each Paper is of 3 hours duration
2. All question papers will be of conventional (essay) type

Standard of Papers

The standard of papers in General English and General Studies will be that of a graduate of an Indian University. The standard of papers of other subjects will be that of the Masters degree examination.
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