Union Public Service Commission

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constitutional body government agency public service commission

The Union Public Service Commission is India’s central agency responsible for conducting examinations and selecting candidates for top civil services and other key government posts.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Civil Services Examination	1
UPSC	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional body ⓘ government agency ⓘ public service commission ⓘ
appointedBy	President of India ⓘ
composition	one chairman and other members ⓘ
conductsExam	Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination ⓘ Civil Services Examination ⓘ Combined Defence Services Examination ⓘ Combined Geo-Scientist Examination ⓘ Combined Medical Services Examination ⓘ Engineering Services Examination ⓘ Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination ⓘ surface form: Indian Economic Service Examination Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination ⓘ Indian Forest Service Examination ⓘ Indian Naval Armament Service examination ⓘ Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination ⓘ surface form: Indian Statistical Service Examination National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination ⓘ Special Class Railway Apprentices examination (historical) ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 315 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of India ⓘ
formationYear	1926 ⓘ
formedFrom	Federal Public Service Commission ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission ⓘ
headquartersAddress	Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
jurisdiction	Government of India ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalStatus	autonomous body ⓘ
maximumMembers	10 members plus chairman (subject to law and presidential decision) ⓘ
motto	Satyameva Jayate ⓘ surface form: “Satyam eva jayate” (Truth alone triumphs)
precededBy	Federal Public Service Commission ⓘ
primaryFunction	selection of candidates for top civil services and key government posts in India ⓘ
reconstitutedAs	Union Public Service Commission of India in 1950 ⓘ
reportsTo	President of India ⓘ
responsibleFor	advising the Government of India on disciplinary matters ⓘ advising the Government of India on recruitment matters ⓘ conducting competitive examinations for civil services ⓘ conducting interviews for civil services ⓘ framing and amendment of recruitment rules for civil services ⓘ handling promotions and transfers for certain civil services ⓘ recruitment to All India Services ⓘ recruitment to Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) ⓘ recruitment to Central Civil Services (Group A) ⓘ recruitment to Central Civil Services (Group B) ⓘ
sector	public administration ⓘ
selectionCriteriaForMembers	persons with at least ten years of government service experience in central or state services ⓘ
shortName	Union Public Service Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UPSC
website	https://www.upsc.gov.in ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

IAS → conductedBy → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Services Examination

Government of India → includesBody → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

Department of Personnel and Training → oversees → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

Indian Administrative Service → recruitmentAgency → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

Indian Police Service → recruitmentConductedBy → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

Indian Administrative Service → recruitmentMethod → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil Services Examination

All India Services Act, 1951 → relatedConstitutionalBody → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

Indian Foreign Service → selectionAuthority → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

National Defence Academy (near Pune) → selectionConductedBy → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ

Union Public Service Commission → shortName → Union Public Service Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UPSC

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions → worksWith → Union Public Service Commission ⓘ