{"id":47799,"date":"2025-05-16T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47799"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:08:37","slug":"union-public-service-commission-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/union-public-service-commission-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, Dr. Ajay Kumar, former Defence Secretary, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).<\/p>\n<h2>About Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>UPSC is a constitutional body<\/strong>\u00a0established under\u00a0<strong>Articles 315 to 323 of the Indian Constitution<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was initially formed on\u00a0<strong>October 1, 1926<\/strong>, and acquired\u00a0<strong>constitutional status<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>January 26, 1950<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 315<\/strong>\u00a0provides for the establishment of\u00a0<strong>a Public Service Commission for the Union and for each State<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Composition and Appointment<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>UPSC comprises a Chairman and other members<\/strong>, whose number is determined by the\u00a0<strong>President of India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Members are\u00a0<strong>appointed by the President<\/strong>, and at least\u00a0<strong>half of them must have held office under the Government<\/strong>\u00a0for at least\u00a0<strong>10 years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Chairman and members hold office for a term of 6 years or until they attain the age of 65 years<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>whichever is earlier<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resignation and Removal Provisions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A UPSC member or Chairman may\u00a0<strong>resign<\/strong>\u00a0by writing to the\u00a0<strong>President of India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They may be\u00a0<strong>removed<\/strong>\u00a0by the President on\u00a0<strong>specific grounds mentioned in the Constitution<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In case of\u00a0<strong>\u2018misbehavior\u2019<\/strong>, the President must refer the matter to the\u00a0<strong>Supreme Court for inquiry<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>If the\u00a0<strong>Supreme Court upholds the charges<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>President can remove the individual<\/strong>\u00a0based on its advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Post-Tenure Employment Restrictions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>UPSC Chairman is not eligible for any further employment<\/strong>\u00a0in the Government of India or any State.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members (excluding Chairman)<\/strong>\u00a0may be appointed as:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chairman of the UPSC<\/strong>, or<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chairman of a State Public Service Commission<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>But they are\u00a0<strong>not eligible for any other office of profit<\/strong>\u00a0under the Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Chairman or any member\u00a0<strong>cannot be reappointed<\/strong>\u00a0for a second term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Duties and Powers of UPSC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The UPSC is India\u2019s\u00a0<strong>central recruitment agency<\/strong>, responsible for conducting:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Civil Services Examination (CSE)<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engineering Services Examination (ESE)<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combined Medical Services (CMS)<\/strong>, and others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>advises the President and Governors<\/strong>\u00a0on matters related to:\u00a0<strong>Appointments<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>transfers<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>disciplinary actions<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Framing recruitment rules and procedures<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>: Under which article of the Indian Constitution is UPSC constituted?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0UPSC is constituted under Article 315 of the Indian Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:\u00a0<\/strong>What is the main function of UPSC?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0UPSC conducts examinations for recruitment to All India Services, Central Services, and Group A &amp; B posts under the Government of India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:\u00a0<\/strong>Who appoints the Chairman and members of the UPSC?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0They are appointed by the President of India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/former-defence-secretary-ajay-kumar-takes-oath-as-upsc-chairman-101747302902974.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UPSC, established under Articles 315\u2013323, began on Oct 1, 1926, and gained constitutional status on Jan 26, 1950, as India&#8217;s central recruiting agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,482,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-47799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}