Overview
- Minimum eligibility is Class 10 with age 18–30 for General and EWS candidates, plus a five-year relaxation for OBC, SC and ST, and applicants must apply for their home district.
- Fees are set at ₹400 for General, EWS and OBC candidates and ₹300 for SC and ST candidates, with submissions made online.
- The selection begins with a 100‑mark, two‑hour objective written exam, followed by document verification, district physical tests and medical examination.
- Physical standards include a 4.8‑km run in 28 minutes for men and a 2.4‑km run in 16 minutes for women, with district‑wise merit lists based on written‑exam marks.
- Kanpur has the most vacancies at 1,947 and Bhadohi the fewest at 43, with reservations of 20% for women, 5% for ex‑servicemen and 2% for dependents of freedom fighters, while current government employees and those with pending criminal cases are ineligible.