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Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service Exam

UPSC IPTAFS Exam Important Dates

Union Public Service Commission has released the Civil Service Exam 2025 Calendar online at the official website - upsc.gov.in.

UPSC IPTAFS 2025:

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts & Finance Service (IP&TA&FS) Notification on 22 January, 2025. The CSE IPTAFS 2025 Exam application form can be submitting from 22 January, 2025 and it will available till 11 February, 2025. Candidates can apply through online mode only via the official website - upsc.gov.in.

Examination Schedule :

Preliminary Examination : Scheduled for May 25, 2025.

Main Examination : Commences on August 22, 2025.

The Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts & Finance Service, now known as the Indian Communication Finance Services (ICFS), is among the Group 'A' services filled through the UPSC CSE candidates aspiring to join the ICFS must appear for the CSE and secure a rank within the required cutoff to be allocated to this service.

The mode of payment is online. Candidates willing to pay online must pay through net banking of SBI branches throughout the country, or by visa card/ credit card or debit card.

The UPSC has released the dates of IPTAFS exam 2025. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently. According to the UPSC calendar, the UPSC IPTAFS Preliminary Exam 2025 will take place on 25 May, 2025. The IPTAFS Main exam will be held on 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 Onwards (5 Days).

Time Table For Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025:

Date/Day Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM) Afternoon Session (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM)
22-08-2025 (Friday) Paper-I

(Essay)
No Paper
23-08-2025 (Saturday)

Paper-II

(General Studies-I)

Paper-III

(General Studies-II)

24-08-2025 (Sunday)

Paper-IV

(General Studies-III)

Paper-V

(General Studies-IV)

30-08-2025 (Saturday) Paper-A (Indian Languages)

[Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/
Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/
Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/
Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/
Santhali (Devanagari/Olchiki Script)/
Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic Script)/
Tamil/Telugu/Urdu]

Paper-B

English

31-08-2025 (Sunday)  Paper-VI (Optional Paper-I)

[Agriculture/Animal Husbandry &
Veterinary Science/Anthropology/
Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/
Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/
Electrical Engineering/Geography/
Geology/History/Law/Management/
Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/
Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/
Political Science & International
Relations/Psychology/Public
Administration/Sociology/Statistics/
Zoology/Literature of any one of the
following languages:
Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/
Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/
Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/
Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/
Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/
English]
Paper-VII (Optional Paper-II)

[Agriculture/Animal Husbandry &
Veterinary Science/Anthropology/
Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/
Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/
Electrical Engineering/Geography/
Geology/History/Law/Management/
Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/
Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/
Political Science & International
Relations/Psychology/Public
Administration/Sociology/Statistics/
Zoology/Literature of any one of the
following languages:
Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/
Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/
Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/
Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/
Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/
English]

Note:

The dates of notification, commencement, and duration of examinations may be changed if there is a need to be changed.

Title Date
IPTAFS Civil Services (Preliminary) Date of Notification 2025 22-01-2025
Start of Online Registration 22-01-2025
End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) 11-02-2025
IPTAFS Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) May 2025
Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025 25-05-2025
Date of IPTAFS Civil Services Main Examination 2025 22-08-2025 To 31-08-2025
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