The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the official calendar for the civil services examination conducted for the recruitment of IAS/IFS/NDA/CDS/CMS and several other posts for the year 2017.
UPSC is a constitutional body that is responsible for conducting exams and interviews for the civil services posts under the Government of India. The UPSC conducts the civil services examinations every year to fill the vacant posts that include Civil Services Examination; Engineering Services Examination; Combined Defence Services Examination; National Defence Academy Examination; Geologists' Examination; Indian Statistical Service Examination/Indian Economic Service; Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandant); and Combined Medical Services Examination.
The UPSC Calendar for the year 2017 is as below. The calendar gives details about the notification date, last date for application, commencement of the examination.
The calendar for UPSC 2017 is given below:
| Name of the Examination | Notification Date | Last Date to Apply | Date of Examination | Duration of Examination |
| Engineering Services Preliminary Exam 2017 | September 28, 2016 | Ocotber 21, 2016 | January 8, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Reserved for UPSC RT/EXAM | January 22, 2017 | 1 Day | ||
| C.D.S. Exam (I), 2017 | November 9, 2016 | December 2, 2016 | February 5, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Reserved for UPSC RT/EXAM | March 19, 2017 | 1 Day | ||
| N.D.A. & N.A. Exam(I), 2017 | January 18, 2017 | February 10, 2017 | April 23, 2017 | 1 Day |
| I.E.S./I.S.S. Exam 2017 | February 8,2017 | March 3, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | 3 Days |
Combined Geo Scienties and Geologist Exam 2017 | February 8,2017 | March 3, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | 3 Days |
| Engineering Services Main Exam 2017 | May 14, 2017 | 1 Day | ||
| Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2017 | February 22, 2017 | March 17, 2017 | June 18, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Indian Forest Service Preliminary Exam 2017 | ||||
| Central Armed Forces (ACs) Exam 2017 | April 12, 0217 | May 5, 2017 | Junly 23, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Combined Medical Services Exam 2017 | April 26, 2017 | May 19, 2017 | August 13, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Reserved for UPSC RT/EXAM | August 27, 2017 | 1 Day | ||
| N.D.A. & N.A. EXAM.(II), 2017 | June 7, 2017 | June 30, 2017 | September 10, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Reserved for UPSC RT/EXAM | September 24, 2017 | 1 Day | ||
| Civil Services Main Exam 2017 | October 28, 2017 | 5 Days | ||
| C.D.S. EXAM.(II), 2017 | August 9, 2017 | September 8, 2017 | November 19, 2017 | 1 Day |
| Reserved for UPSC RT/EXAM | November 26, 2017 | 1 Day | ||
| Indian Forest Service Main Exam 2017 | | December 3, 2017 | 10 Days | |
| S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LTD. DEPTTL. Competitive Exam 2017 (written) | September 13, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | December 16, 2017 | 2 Days |
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