58th (2007-08) Annual Report - UPSC

Chapter 1
Executive Summary
During the year 2007-08
58th (2007-08) Annual Report of Union Public Service Commission
Chapter 1 Executive Summary
Under Recruitment through Examination method, the Commission conducted 13 examinations, 9 for recruitment to
Civil Services/Posts and 4 for Defence Services; a total of 10,99,634 applications were received and processed; 4,184
candidates interviewed for Civil Services/Posts (interviews for Defence Services were conducted by SSB of Minintry
of Defence) and 2,889 candidates recommended for appointment to various posts, 1,466 for Civil Services/Posts
(Appendix-IV) and 1,423 for Defence Services/Posts (Appendix-V).
Chapter 3
During the period under Report, the Commission decided to revise the scheme of Combined Medical Services
Examination in accordance with the recommendations of High Level Committee (Mahdi–Verma Committee)
constituted by the Commission. The revised scheme was given effect from Combined Medical Services
Examination, 2008.
Chapter 3
The Commission also decided to increase the number of attempts of General Category PH candidates from
4 to 7 in respect of Civil Services (Main) Examination. The syllabi prescribed for General Studies Papers and
all the Optional Papers except the Literature Papers of Languages under the scheme of Civil Services (Main)
Examination, were revised in consultation with academic experts. The revised syllabi have been incorporated in
the rules of Civil Services (Main) Examination and given effect from 2008 Examination.
Chapter 3
The Commission received 389 requisitions involving 1,551 posts for Direct Recruitment by Interview from
various Ministries/Departments. Of these, 230 requisitions involving 968 posts were treated as closed for want
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requisitions involving 506 posts were advertised during the year 2007-08. However, the recruitment action in
respect of 36 requisitions involving 302 posts, after their advertisement, were treated as cancelled on the request
of the Ministries/ Departments.
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1,773 posts were processed by the Commission. Of these, 161 cases involving 509 posts in respect of which
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registering Applicants to Post Ratio of 44 and Recommendation to Post Ratio of 0.82.
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A total of 14,774 applications were received against the direct recruitment cases; 3,038 candidates were called for
interview, 1,956 candidates were interviewed and 418 candidates were recommended.
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In three Direct Recruitment by Interview cases, in which the number of applicants were very high compared to
the number of vacancies, Recruitment Tests were conducted for shortlisting of suitable number of candidates for
interview.
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