IES/ISS Exam

Eligibility Criteria

1. Nationality:

   A candidate must be either:

   (a) a Citizen of India, or
   (b) a subject of Nepal, or
   (c) a subject of Bhutan, or
   (d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
   (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

   Note:

   • Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India
   • A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.

2. Education qualification:

   1. For Indian Economic Service (IES):

   A candidate for the Indian Economic Service must have obtained a Post-Graduate Degree in Economics / Applied Economics / Business Economics / Econometrics from a University incorporated by of an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956  or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time.

   2. For Indian Statistical Service (ISS):

   A Candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must have obtained a Bachelor's Degree with Statistics / Mathematical Statistics / Applied Statistics as one of the subject or a Master's degree in Statistics / Mathematical Statistics / Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University Under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time.

3. Age limit:

   The candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years as on August 1, 2025, i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than August 2, 1995, and not later than August 1, 2004.
   
   The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable as mentioned for the below categories:

   (i) Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;

   (ii) Upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidate belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC) who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

   (iii) Upto a maximum of three years in the case Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof;

   (iv) Upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs / SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 01st August, 2025.

   (v) Upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECos / SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 01st August, 2025 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for Civil employment and that they will be released on the three months' notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.

   (vi) Upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities viz;

   (a) Blindness and low vision;

   (b) Deaf and Hard of Hearing;

   (c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy;

   (d) Austim, intellectual disability, specific learning ability and mental illness;

   (e) Multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf blindness.