IBPS IPS Exam 2025

What is IBPS IPS Exam?

The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. The IPS was formed in the year 1948. The cadre controlling authority for the IPS is the Ministry of Home Affairs.

IPS Exam

The Indian Police Service examination is a part of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) each year.

IPS Officer

An IPS (Indian Police Service) officer carries out his/her responsibilities by

• An IPS (Indian Police Service) officer carries out his/her responsibilities by safeguarding public
• IPS Officer serves for the state & central as well. Their primary duty is to maintain peace among public
• The IPS gives more importance to law and order, which, at the district level, is a collective responsibility of IPS and IAS officers; detecting and preventing crime; and traffic control, preventing drug, accident prevention, and management etc.
• Their main role is to lead and commanding the Indian Intelligence Agencies like Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) etc., Indian Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Civil and Armed Police Forces in all the states and union territories

Branches in IPS

In order to fulfil these functions efficiently, responsibly and systematically, the IPS service is divided into various functional departments such as Crime Branch, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Home Guards, Traffic Bureau.

IPS Exam Highlights 

The Indian Police Service (IPS) selection will be made through the Civil Services Examination (CSE) conduct by the UPSC along with more than 20 services. The application process and selection process is common for all the services. Approximately, over eight lakh candidates apply for the IPS exam every year. 

The selection process for the IPS includes the preliminary, main examination and an interview/personality test.

Every year, the selection process will begin in the month of June with Preliminary and conclude in April. The final merit list for the CSE will be released in May.

IPS Exam 2025 Important Dates  

The UPSC released the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Indian Police Service (IPS) Preliminary Notification on 22 January, 2025. Candidates who are eligible for CSE IPSC Preliminary 2025 exam can submit the application form from 22 January, 2025 and the last date to submit the application form is 11 February, 2025. The CSE IPS Preliminary exam will be conducucted on 25 May, 2025 and IPS Main exam will be held from 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 Onwards (5 Days).

 UPSC IPS Exam 2025 Dates

The UPSC CSE IPS Notification released on 22 January, 2025, Candidates can submit the application from till 11 February, 2025. This prestigious examination recruits candidates for top services, including the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Examination Schedule :

Preliminary Examination : 25 May, 2025

• Two objective papers : General Studies (Paper I) and CSAT (Paper II).

Main Examination : 22 August, 2025

• Nine Papers : Seven merit-based and two qualifying papers.

The CSE IPS aspirants must aim for high ranks in the final merit list, considering that service allocation depends on performance across all stages of the exam.

• To fulfill duties based on border responsibilities, in the areas of maintenance of public peace and order, crime prevention, investigation, and finding, collecting of intelligence reports, taking care of VIP security, counter-terrorism, border patroling, railway policing, working towards preventing smuggling, drug trafficking, economic offences, corruption, playing a key role in disaster management, enforcement of socio-economic legislation, bio-diversity and defending of environmental laws etc.

• Exchanging information with the Indian Intelligence Agencies like R&AW, IB, CID, CBI

• Leading the Central Armed Police Force (CRPF) and being in touch with them on a regular basis

• Interact and coordinate with the Indian Revenue services (IRS), Indian Armed forces, primarily with the Indian Army

• Serve the people of the country with full integrity, honesty and whole hearted dedication