Seat Reservation in IAS Exam

Do you know about the Seat Reservation in IAS Exam? If yes then please tell it to me? I am belongs to the SC/ST category and I will write the IAS exam this year so if there Seat Reservation is available then it will be good for me to crack the exam?

Hello sir, I want to understand the seat reservation in Indian Administrative Service exam? Please show me criteria for Seat Reservation in IAS Exam?

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The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative arm of the All India Services. The service is considered to be the premier civil service of India.

In IAS exam Reservation policy has made the necessary arrangements to cater the need of the socially and educationally backward candidates. But it is a matter of debate that how far this policy is serving its real purpose.

The constitution of India, under article 16, gives authority to the state to provide special benefits to the weaker section in recruitment for public employment.

The Government of India provided reservation to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs, so that their representation could be improved.

Reservation for SC/ST/OBC is applied to each level of the selection process.

Year Number of candidates appeared for Number of candidates called for interviews Final Vacancies

Prelims Mains
2010 269036 11865 2589 1043
2011 243236 11237 2415 1001
2012 271442 12190 2674 1091
2013 3,23,949 14178 3003 1228
2014 4,51,602 16286 3308 1364
2015 4,65,882 15000 2797 1164
2016 4,59,659 15445 2961 1209

The age limit relaxation which can be claimed by reserved categories for IAS is:

Up to 5 years if a candidate belongs to SC/ST
Up to 3 years if a candidate belongs to OBC category
Up to five years if a candidate had been domiciled in Jammu and Kashmir from January 1st, 1980 to December 31st, 1989.
Up to 3 years in case of Defence Services Personnel
Up to 5 years in the case of Ex-Servicemen along with ECOs/SSCOs and Commissioned Officers, who have served at least 5 years of Military Services
Up to 10 years in the case of orthopedically handicapped candidates blind, deaf, and mute

Seats reservation in IAS exam:

Service General O.B.C. S.C. S.T. Total
Indian Administrative Service 91 49 27 13 180
Indian Foreign Service 25 13 7 0 45
Indian Police Service 77 37 23 13 150
Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service, Group 'A' 14 3 3 2 22
Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Group 'A' 14 8 4 2 28
Indian Customs & Central Excise Service, Group 'A' 117 62 34 17 230
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group 'A' 8 4 2 1 15
Indian Revenue Service, Group 'A' 92 48 27 13 180
Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A' 3 1 2 0 6
Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' 9 4 2 2 17
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group 'A' 4 2 1 1 8
Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group 'A' 36 18 10 5 69
Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A' 16 8 4 3 31
Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group 'A' 14 9 3 1 27
Posts of Assistant Security Officer in Railway Protection Force, Group 'A' 19 16 6 4 45
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group 'A' 2 1 0 1 4
Indian Information Service, (Junior Grade), Group 'A' 11 5 2 3 21
Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' 3 1 1 0 5
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group 'A' 10 6 3 1 20
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group 'B' 17 15 14 7 53
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, D D & NH Civil Service, Group 'B' 1 2 0 0 3
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, D D & NH Police Service, Group 'B' 1 2 1 0 4
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B' 1 0 0 0 1
Total 585 314 176 89 1164