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New Delhi, Feb 5: The Union Public Service Commission has made face authentication mandatory for all aspirants at examination centres and introduced strict eligibility restrictions for candidates already appointed to certain services.
These changes were announced in an official notification for the Civil Services Examination 2026, released on Thursday.
The commission announced 933 vacancies for this year’s recruitment cycle, which include 33 posts reserved for persons with benchmark disability. The preliminary examination of the competitive examination will be held on May 24.
Notification added that in order to ensure a secure and smooth examination process, all candidates will be required to undergo face authentication at the examination venue mandatorily.
Candidates are advised to enter the examination venue well in time for face authentication/identity verification and frisking.
It added that ,any candidate currently serving in the IAS or the IFS will not be eligible to appear for the 2026 examination. If a candidate is appointed to the IAS or IFS after the preliminary exam, they will not be eligible to appear in the main” phase of the test notwithstanding having qualified in the prelims.
If appointed after the commencement of the main exam but before the results are declared, they will not be considered for any service/post under the CSE 2026 results.
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