There is good news for the youth across India who are keen to join the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). They do not have to worry if they are not fluent in Hindi or English, because non-Hindi speaking candidates from Assam, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Karnataka, Orissa and Konkan can comfortably take the exam in their respective regional language now.
There is good news for Civil Services aspirants from Ladakh too. They can now take the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam at a new examination centre being set up in Kargil! The CAPF exam will also be conducted in Leh and Kargil this year.
For the first time, the examination for recruiting constables to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) in 15 regional languages—Assamese, Bengali, Gujarat, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani.
The exam conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in collaboration with the SSC is scheduled to take place from 20 Feb to 7 March, in 128 cities across India. It is expected that about 48 lakh youth will appear for the exam.
Meanwhile, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has approved the setting up of a new examination centre in Kargil district of the Union Territory of Ladakh, where the Civil Services (P), National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) exams can be conducted.
This will facilitate candidates from the region to appear for the Civil Services Preliminary examination 2024, closer to their place of residence. This is a relief to the more than 480 candidates expected to appear for the Civil Services (preliminary) exam in May this year, in Kargil.
UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) examination including Indian Forest Service (Preliminary), National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination and Combined Defence Services Examination will now take place at two centres in Ladakh, one at Leh and the other at Kargil.
