Indian Economic Services/ Indian Statistical Services Examination (IES Exam / ISS Exam)

Age:

A candidate aspiring for the IES / ISS service must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years. The upper age limit is relaxable for the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes (by 5 years), other backwards classes (by 3 years), candidates domiciled in J&K between 1980 & 1989 (by 5 years), defence services personnel disabled in operations (by 3 years), ex-servicemen/ commissioned officers/ ECOs or SSCOs (by 5 years) and blind/ deaf-mute/ orthopaedically handicapped persons (by 10 years.)

Educational Qualification:

For Indian Economic Service: Post-graduate degree in Economics/ Applied Economics/ Business Economics/ Econometrics from a recognised university/ institute established by an act of the parliament/ foreign university recognised periodically by the central government.

For Indian Statistical Service: Bachelors degree with Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics as one of the subject
or
Master’s degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics from a recognised university/ institute established by an act of the parliament/ foreign university recognised periodically by the central government.

Note: Candidates appearing in qualifying degree exams are also eligible provisionally subject to producing proof of passing along with Detailed Application Form.

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 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka 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.

Physical Standards:

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination as per the regulations specified by the commission.