Civil Services Examination 2023 Application Notice and Candidate Instructions

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Official notice for the Civil Services Examination 2023 outlining eligibility-related instructions for applicants, including requirements for a photo ID card, non-withdrawal after submission, deadlines for online application submission, e-Admit Card availability and download process, negative marking penalty for wrong answers, guidance facilitation contact details, and strict prohibition on mobile phones and other electronic/communication devices during the examination.

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| | | --- | | EXAMINATION NOTICE No. 05/2023-CSP DATE: 01.02.2023
(LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 21.02.2023 of CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2023)
(The Commission’[s Website : ](s Website : www.upsc.gov.in)[www.upsc.gov.in](s Website : www.upsc.gov.in)) | |
IMPORTANT
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
All candidates (male/female/transgender) are requested to carefully read the Rules of Civil Services Examination notified by the Government (Department of Personnel and Training) and this Notice of Examination derived from these Rules. The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to examination. Their admission to all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions . Mere issue of e-Admit Card to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. The Commission takes up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.
2. HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates are required to apply online by using the website upsconline.nic.in. It is essential for the applicant to register himself/herself first at One Time Registration (OTR) platform, available on the Commission’s website, and then proceed for filling up the online application for the examination. OTR has to be registered only once in life time. This can be done anytime throughout the year. If the candidate is already registered, he/she can proceed straightway for filling up the online application for the examination.
2.1 Modification in OTR Profile:
In case, the candidate wants to effect any change in his/her OTR profile, it shall be allowed only once in the lifetime after the registration at OTR platform. The change in OTR profile data shall be available till expiry of 7 days from the next day after the closure of application window of his/her first final application for any Examination of the Commission. In the case, the candidate after registration of OTR applies for the first time in this examination last date of modification of OTR would be 28.02.2023.
2.2 Modification in application form (Other than OTR Profile):
The Commission has also decided to extend the facility of making correction(s) in any field(s) of the application form for this examination from next day of the closure of the application window of this Examination. This window will remain open for 7 days from the date of opening of the same, i.e. , from 22.02.2023 to 28.02.2023. In case a candidate wants to carry out any change in his/her OTR profile during this period, then he/she should login to the OTR platform and do the needful accordingly. In other words, no change in the OTR profile can be made by visiting the window for Modification in application form. | Government strives to have a wor

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