By Chitvan Vinayak
New Delhi, February 20,2019: Central government's latest reservation quota for the upper castes will be seen in action this year, with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) floating the notification for civil services examination 2019.
The prestigious exam, this time has come up with 896 vacancies, over 100 more than last year.
“Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Persons with Benchmark Disability in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the government,” the notification stated.
It is through this exam that the bureaucratic machinery of the nation, including Indian Administrative Service(IAS), Indian Foreign Service(IFS) and Indian Police Service(IPS), is chosen.
The Economically Weaker Sections refer to the poor among the upper castes. They are defined as households with a combined annual income of less than Rs 8 lakh, those who hold agricultural land less than five acres, whose houses are under 1,000 square feet, and who own land not exceeding 100 yards in municipal areas, and 200 yards in non-municipal areas.
According to the notification, those seeking to invoke the quota will have to submit their income and asset certificate along with their online detailed applications by August 1,2019.
“Since reservation for EWS category candidates has been notified recently, therefore this extension for submission of certificate is a one-time relaxation applicable for the civil services examination 2019 only,” the UPSC notification stated.