The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), is India‘s premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group ‘A’ officers under Government of India . It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for all of the Group ‘A’ posts of all the union government establishments which also includes all of the central public sector units and all of the central autonomous bodies. While Department of Personnel and Training is the central personnel agency in India.

UPSC is India’s central agency which conducts exams like Civil Services Exam (CSE) to recruit candidates into top government services like IAS, IPS, IFS etc. UPSC recruits candidates to both civil services as well as defence services.

Apart from Civil Service Examinations & Defence Service Examinations, UPSC also conducts other Examinations like: Engineering Services Examination, Combined Medical Services Examination, Indian Forest Service Examination, Indian Economic Service – Indian Statistical Service Examination.