What's New?
A total of 1105 IAS Vacancy has been released by the Union Public Service Commission. The IAS Vacancies were released along with the notification. The total number of UPSC Vacancy also includes 37 vacancies for Persons with Benchmark Disability.
IAS Vacancy 2023 is released by the Union Public Service Commission on its official website along with the official notification. Currently, UPSC is conducting the IAS Exam 2023 for a total of 1105 vacancies. The vacancies were notified by UPSC through its official IAS notification 2023.
The Union Public Service Commission has also mentioned the vacancy for candidates with disability. As per the UPSC notification 2023, 37 vacancies are reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities. These 37 vacancies include 7 vacancies for candidates with blindness and low vision, 5 vacancies for candidates with deafness, 15 vacancies for candidates with locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy, and 10 vacancies for candidates with multiple disabilities including blindness and deafness.
IAS vacancies are important as they are one of the major factors affecting the cutoff. Generally, it is observed that higher vacancies lead to lower cutoffs and vice-versa. Candidates must know the previous year's vacancies to get an idea of the competitive level of the examination. In the year 2022, the total number of IAS vacancies stood at 1011.
UPSC IAS Previous year vacancies
UPSC IAS past year vacancies from 2014 to 2021 are tabulated below:
|
Year
|
UPSC Vacancy
|
|
2022
|
1011
|
|
2021
|
712
|
|
2020
|
796
|
|
2019
|
896
|
|
2018
|
782
|
|
2017
|
980
|
|
2016
|
1079
|
|
2015
|
1164
|
|
2014
|
1364
|
UPSC IAS Vacancy 2023: Post-wise
UPSC releases the post-wise vacancy break after the conclusion of the exam. Aspirants can check the table below to know more about the approximate post-wise vacancy for the last five years.
|
Posts
|
Vacancy
|
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
Indian Administrative Service
|
180
|
180
|
180
|
180
|
|
Indian Foreign Service
|
37
|
36
|
24
|
30
|
|
Indian Police Service
|
200
|
210
|
150
|
160
|
|
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’
|
59
|
74
|
75
|
65
|
|
Indian Revenue Service Custom and Indirect Taxes Group ‘A’
|
41
|
41
|
40
|
43
|
|
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
|
15
|
36
|
18
|
16
|
|
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’
|
20
|
20
|
21
|
7
|
|
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'
|
11
|
21
|
26
|
4
|
|
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'
|
17
|
19
|
9
|
10
|
|
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
|
10
|
14
|
17
|
13
|
|
Indian Railway Protection Force Service
|
9
|
12
|
4
|
1
|
UPSC IAS Vacancy 2022: Category-wise
The total IAS vacancies released by UPSC was 712 for the year 2021. The category-wise vacancy for the UPSC CSE exam as released by Ministry of Personnel is as follows:
|
Service
|
GEN
|
EWS
|
OBC
|
SC
|
ST
|
Total
|
|
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
|
73
|
18
|
49
|
27
|
13
|
180
|
|
Indian Police Service (IPS)
|
83
|
20
|
50
|
27
|
20
|
200
|
|
Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
37
|
|
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’
|
19
|
6
|
14
|
8
|
4
|
51
|
|
Indian Revenue Service Custom and Indirect Taxes Group ‘A’
|
16
|
5
|
11
|
6
|
3
|
41
|
|
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
|
6
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
19
|
|
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
14
|
|
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
|
10
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
24
|
|
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
|
7
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
20
|
|
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
|
Indian Railway Protection Force Service
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
Indian Trade Service, Group 'A’
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
|
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A"
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
|
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
|
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
|
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
|
19
|
4
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
46
|
|
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
16
|
|
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
|
Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
Total
|
288
|
71
|
193
|
102
|
58
|
712
|
Conclusion
UPSC IAS vacancies are released by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). Vacancies are one of the factors that can influence the IAS cutoff. From the above table, one can see that the maximum number of vacancies are allotted to Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS).
