Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service

Updated On : 03 Jun, 2022

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE OVERVIEW

Union Public Service Commission is a well-known and prestigious commission that annually conducts various examinations for the recruitment of numerous posts, such as EPFO, CAPF, IES, IFOS etc. The Commission has released the official notification for the post of Indian Engineering Services and Indian Statistical Service for the year 2021. 

Those who are willing to appear in the examination must read this notification to know the details of the examination.

Important Dates

Event

Date

Notification Released

7th, April 2021

Application Begins

7th, April 2021

Last Date To Apply 

27th, April 2021

Exam date24 to 26 June 2022

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE APPLICATION

Candidates can apply online for the post of Indian Engineering Services and Indian Statistical Service. If you are facing any trouble in filling out this application form then you can follow the below-mentioned steps: 

1. Firstly, candidates have to visit the official website of Click Here

2. Homepage will appear on the screen. Now, fill in your required details to register yourself.

3. After registration, your registration details will be sent to your registered email address or contact no.

4. Now, log in with your registered details to fill in the application form.

5. Now, upload your required documents in the needed format and size.

6. At last, pay your Application Fee through net banking.

Application fee

Application fee for this post is INR 200/-. 

(Note: SC/ST/ PwBD/Females don’t have to pay any fee).

Admit Card or Hall Ticket

Admit Card will be available on the official website of Click Here before 10-15 of the examination. Admit Card is the document in which your Examination Date, Examination Centre, Name, Examination Shift, and all the required details are mentioned, without this you are not permitted to enter the examination hall. 

In case you are having any trouble in downloading your admit card you can follow these steps:

1. Firstly, visit the official website of Click Here by clicking this link.

2. Click on download the admit card.

3. Now, enter your required details carefully.

4. After this your admit card will appear on the screen download it and take a printout of the same for further processing.

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

(a) Nationality

Candidates must be an Indian citizens or Subjects of Nepal/Bhutan. Refugees of Tibetan origin can also apply for the same. Those who have migrated here to be permanent citizens of India can also apply for the above-mentioned posts.

b) Age  Limit

Candidates must be between the age of 21 to 30 years. Relaxation in age is tabulated below along with the categories for a clear view of the candidates:

Category

Age of Relaxation

SC/ST

5 Years

OBC/Defence Services Personnel/ Disabled in Operations during hostilities

3 Years

ECOs/ SSCOs

5 Years

(c) Educational Qualification

Post Name

Educational Qualification

Indian Economic Service

Candidate must be a Post-Graduated in Economics/ Applied Economics/ 

Business Economics/ Econometrics from any recognized University. 

Indian Statistical Service

Candidates must obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics or Master's degree in Statistics/

 Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics from any recognized University.

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE EXAM PATTERN

Part-1 

(a) Indian Economic Service 

Subject

Marks

Duration

General English

100

3  hrs.

General Studies

100

3 hrs.

General Economics-1

200

3 hrs.

General Economics-2

200

3 hrs.

General Economics-3

200

3 hrs.

Indian Economics

200

3 hrs.

(b) Indian Statistical Service

General English

100

3  hrs.

General Studies

100

3 hrs.

Statistics-1 (Objective)

200

2 hrs.

Statistics-2 (Objective)

200

2 hrs.

Statistics-3 (Descriptive)

200

3 hrs.

Statistics-4 (Descriptive)

200

3 hrs.

Part-2

Viva-Voce Candidates will be eligible for this after scoring 200+ marks in Part-1.

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE SYLLABUS

(a) Indian Economic Service 

Subject

Syllabus

General English

Essay Writing, Use of Words, Passages.

General Studies

Scientific Aspects, Polity, Constitution of India, History of India and Geography.

General Economics-1

 Part-1: Theory of Consumer’s Demand, Theory of Production, Theory of Value, Theory of Distribution, Welfare of Economics.

Part-2: Quantitative Methods in Economic

General Economics-2

Economic Thought, Concept of National Income and Social Accounting, Theory of employment, Output, Inflation,

 Money and Finance, Financial and Capital Market, Economic Growth and Development, International Economics, Balance of Payments, Global Institutions.

General Economics-3

Public Finance, Environmental Economics, Industrial Economics, State, Market and Planning.

Indian Economics

History of Development and Planning, Federal Finance, Budgeting and Fiscal Policy, Poverty,

 Unemployment Strategies, India’s Experience with Urbanisation and Migration, Industry: Strategy of Industrial Development, 

Labour, Foreign Trade, Money and Banking, Inflammation.

(b) Indian Statistical Service

Subject

Syllabus

General English

Essay Writing, Use of Words, Passages.

General Studies

Scientific Aspects, Polity, Constitution of India, History of India and Geography.

Statistics-1 (Objective)

Probability, Statistical Methods, Numerical Analysis, Computer Application and Data Processing.

Statistics-2 (Objective)

Linear Models, Statistical Inferences and Hypothesis Testing, Official Statistics.

Statistics-3 (Descriptive)

Sampling Techniques, Econometrics, Applied Statistics.

Statistics-4 (Descriptive)

Operation Research and Reliability, Demography and Vital Statistical, Survival Analysis and Clinical Trial, Quality Control,

 Multivariate Analysis, Design and Analysis of Experiments, Computing with C and R. 

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE POST

Vacancies for these posts for the year 2021 is tabulated below:

Post Name

Vacancy

Indian Economic Service

15

Indian Statistical Service

11

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE EXAM CENTRE

Ahmedabad

Dispur

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Hyderabad

Patna

Bhopal

Jaipur

Prayagraj

Chandigarh

Jammu

Shillong

Chennai

Kolkata

Shimla

Cuttack

Lucknow

Thiruvananthapuram

Delhi



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