New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday announced its decision to postpone the June 27 civil services preliminary examination amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. UPSC Civil services preliminary exam was scheduled to be held on June 27. However, the exam has been deferred. The UPSC CSE Prelims exams will now be held on October 10.
“Due to the prevailing conditions caused by the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), the Union Public Service Commission has deferred the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021, which was scheduled to be held on 27th June 2021. Now, this Examination will be held on 10th October 2021,” reads the official notice on the UPSC website. In the year 2020 as well, UPSC had to defer the civil services preliminary exam due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
With the postponement of the UPSC CSE Prelims exam, the main exam will also be deferred. As per the annual UPSC calendar, the UPSC Civil Services Main exam is scheduled to begin on September 17. It will go on for five days. Now, as the UPSC CSE prelims exam has been pushed to October 10, the main exam will also be postponed. The new dates for UPSC main exam will be notified in the due course of time.
