Clarification on fresh attempts and age relaxation in Civil Services Examination - DOPT

Clarification on fresh attempts and age relaxation in Civil Services Examination - DOPT With reference to the decision of the Competent Authority conveyed earlier on the website of this department, the existing position in respect of number of attempts and maximum age limits for various categories of candidates and the changes as approved in number of attempts & age-limits consequent to providing two additional attempts would be as under :- Existing No. of attempts Categories Unreserved SC/ST OBC P. H. 04 Unlimited 07 07 for General/OBC Unlimited for SC/ST Existing maximum age- limits 30 years 35 years 33 years 40 years Consequential No. of attempts. 06 (4+2) Unlimited 09 (7+2) 09 for General/OBC Unlimited for SC/ST Consequential maximum age- limits 32 years (30+2) 37 years (35+2) 35 years (33+2) 12 additional years in each category (30+12 for General, 35+12 for SC/ST & 33+12 years for OBC) Source: www.persmin.gov.in [http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02ser/CSE-04032014.pdf] this is a test message