UPSC CMS 2017: Union Public Service Commission is in a plan of executing Combined Medical Services (CMS) Examination for the year 2017. UPSC is conducting this test because it is an Indian Government authorized central agency, for doing appointments to services of the ministries/ departments of the country. With a passion to serve for the public, most of the young candidates might have chosen medical (MBBS) as their academic background. Such ambitious persons are motivated to write this test. Application receiving process is now going on, so candidates who are interested to secure a government job through this exam can apply.
| Commission | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) | ||
| Designation | Assistant Medical Officer, etc. | ||
| Vacancy Nos | 710 | Last Date | 19-05-2017 |
| Academics | MBBS | ||
| Job Nature | Temporary/ Permanent | ||
| Location | India | ||
UPSC CMS 2017
UPSC is conducting this examination to fulfill the Group ‘A’ level Medical Officer and Junior Scale posts in Railways, Ordnance Factories Health Services and Municipal Corporation/ Council of the country. About 710 candidates are going to be recruited on response of this notice. Selected candidates will be appointed on temporary basis initially. Then such designees will be asked to complete the training, departmental exams and probation period successfully, to get confirmation in respective posts. Some of the duties of appointees are attending indoor wards, looking after public health & sanitation, attending emergency cases, etc.
UPSC CMS Vacancy Details
| SI. No. | Name of Post | No. of Openings | Age Limit | Salary |
| 1. | Assistant Divisional Medical Officer | 450 | 32 years | Rs.177500/- |
| 2. | Assistant Medical Officer | 26 | ||
| 3. | Junior Scale Posts | 216 | ||
| 4. | General Duty Medical Officer | 2 | ||
| 5. | General Duty Medical Gr.-II | 16 |
Necessary Qualification: Individuals who are appearing in final exams of MBBS or candidates who had passed both written and practical exams of MBBS course are eligible to apply for these jobs. Internship completion is one of the essential criterion to join in these posts.
- MBBS
- Internship completion
Age Limits: Aspirants desiring to write this CMS examination of UPSC should not have attained 32 years of age, while computing date of birth as on 1st August 2017. But, if candidates belong to following categories then they would be granted with age relaxations as per government orders.
- SC/ STs/ J&K Domicile category: 5 years
- OBC persons: 3 years
- PWD persons: 10 years
- Ex-serviceman/ ECOs/ SSCOs: 5 years
Selection Process: First this CMS examination will be conducted by UPSC in online mode as two papers. The Paper-I questions will be drafted from General Ability, General Medicine & Paediatrics and Paper-II questions will be from Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Preventive & Social Medicine.
Candidates who are meeting the minimum qualifying marks set by Commission will be again issued with call letters, for interview. Best performers will be opted for respective vacant positions listed above, after examining their physical fitness.
- Computer Based CMS Test
- Personal Interview
Salary and Allowances: Appointment will be done only if selected candidates had finished the internship. As per 7th pay Commission rules, Level-10 salary, non-practicing allowances and other benefits would be provided to appointees.
- Salary Range: Rs.56100 – 177500/-
Application Fee: Non-refundable application fee should be paid by appliers of this CMS exam. For making payment through cash, candidates can download the SBI pay-in-slip from Commission’s website.
Individuals desiring to make payment through online are advised to use Net Banking facility or Visa/ Debit/ Credit Card.
- Fee: Rs.200/-
- Exemption: Female/ SC/ ST/ PH candidates
- Mode of payment: Online/ Offline
How to Apply Online for UPSC CMS 2017
Through online application submitting portal of UPSC interested candidates can do registration for this CMS examination. The guidelines are given here.
- Open the page upsconline.nic.in.
- Click “Online Application for Various Examinations of UPSC”.
- Against the CMS examination, hit “Click here for Part-I Registration”.
- Read the instructions and hit “Yes” atlast.
- Fill the basic information asked in form, check the entries and press “Continue”.
- You will get a Registration Number and Password.
- Using that, login for “Part-II Registration”.
- In this stage, doing payment, uploading of photo & sign, selection of exam centres will be done.
- Exempted candidates no need to fill the payment details.
- Agree the declaration and then press “Submit”.
- Finally take printout of submitted application and e-Receipt.
- Candidates willing to make payment through offline can download the pay-in-slip.
Do the cash payment in any SBI bank on next working day i.e. only after 24 hours of generation of challan. After declaration of exam results, candidates will be asked to submit the detailed application form through online first. Then they will be asked to send the printout of DAF with self attested photocopies of requisite eligibility proving documents.
Individuals who need any guidance/ information from Commission can contact over phone numbers 011-23385271/ 011-23381125/ 011-23098543.
| Official Notification | upsc.gov.in |
| Apply Online | upsconline.nic.in |
Dates to Remember
| Date of Advertisement/ Online registration starts on | 26th Apr 2017 |
| Pay-in slip can be downloaded from UPSC site upto | 18th May 2017 |
| Last date of application submission | 19th May 2017 |
| Admit cards will be issued | 3 weeks before exam |
| Date of CMS Exam | 13th Aug 2017 |
| Exam Results will be declared on | Sep/ Oct 2017 |
Note: Regarding Combined Medical Services Examination of UPSC we have provided lot of information on above section. Candidates who need to know about category wise reservations and exam procedures of UPSC CMS 2017 are advised to read the official notice.