‪#CSAT has been made qualifying #‎CivilServicesExamination‬

‪#‎CivilServicesExamination‬

The Government has approved the following in respect of Civil Services Examination:

• An Expert Committee would be constituted to comprehensively examine various issues raised from time to time namely, eligibility, syllabus, scheme and pattern of Civil Services Examination.

• Till such time the Government takes decision on the recommendation of the above Committee, the #GeneralStudies Paper-II(‪#‎CSAT‬) in the Civil Services(Preliminary) Examination will remain a qualifying paper with a minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.

• The English Language comprehension skill portion from General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services(Preliminary) Examination will continue to remain excluded.

• The above decisions are incorporated in the CSE Rules-2015.

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