<p>The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has deferred interviews for civil services examination 2020 due to a surge in coronavirus cases, according to an official statement issued on Monday.</p>.<p>The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.</p>.<p>The dates for interviews and recruitment test, when candidates and advisers are required to travel from all parts of the country, will be reviewed from time to time, it said.</p>.<p>“Revised schedules of the same will be notified on the website of the UPSC,” the statement issued by the Commission said.</p>.<p>In its special meeting, the UPSC considered rapidly changing circumstances, health considerations, lockdown restrictions including social distancing norms and aggravating situation enforced due to the pandemic on Monday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/all-above-18-years-will-be-eligible-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-from-may-1-976214.html" target="_blank">Read | All above 18 years will be eligible to get Covid-19 vaccine from May 1</a></strong></p>.<p>“The Commission has decided that it will not be possible to conduct examinations and interviews for the present,” it said.</p>.<p>The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EO/AO) Recruitment Test 2020 scheduled to be held on May 9, therefore, stands deferred, the statement said.</p>.<p>“The personality tests (interviews) of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2020 (scheduled from 20th-23rd April, 2021); the civil services examination, 2020 (scheduled from 26th April-18th June, 2021) and the recruitment tests are also deferred till further notice,” it said.</p>.<p>Any other decision of the Commission in respect of the examinations, recruitments and interviews will be promptly made available on the Commission's website, the statement said.</p>.<p>"As and when dates are decided for the deferred tests/interviews, it will be ensured that candidates are given a notice of at least 15 days,” the UPSC said.</p>
<p>The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has deferred interviews for civil services examination 2020 due to a surge in coronavirus cases, according to an official statement issued on Monday.</p>.<p>The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.</p>.<p>The dates for interviews and recruitment test, when candidates and advisers are required to travel from all parts of the country, will be reviewed from time to time, it said.</p>.<p>“Revised schedules of the same will be notified on the website of the UPSC,” the statement issued by the Commission said.</p>.<p>In its special meeting, the UPSC considered rapidly changing circumstances, health considerations, lockdown restrictions including social distancing norms and aggravating situation enforced due to the pandemic on Monday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/all-above-18-years-will-be-eligible-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-from-may-1-976214.html" target="_blank">Read | All above 18 years will be eligible to get Covid-19 vaccine from May 1</a></strong></p>.<p>“The Commission has decided that it will not be possible to conduct examinations and interviews for the present,” it said.</p>.<p>The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EO/AO) Recruitment Test 2020 scheduled to be held on May 9, therefore, stands deferred, the statement said.</p>.<p>“The personality tests (interviews) of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2020 (scheduled from 20th-23rd April, 2021); the civil services examination, 2020 (scheduled from 26th April-18th June, 2021) and the recruitment tests are also deferred till further notice,” it said.</p>.<p>Any other decision of the Commission in respect of the examinations, recruitments and interviews will be promptly made available on the Commission's website, the statement said.</p>.<p>"As and when dates are decided for the deferred tests/interviews, it will be ensured that candidates are given a notice of at least 15 days,” the UPSC said.</p>