UPSC IFS 2021 Cut Off

Indian Forest Service Examination, 2021 Recommendation Details and Cut-off Marks S.N. Category Vacancy Recommendation Vacancy after Recommendation Minimum Minimum Marks secured by of PwBD recommendation of Candidates Qualifying Qualifying the last Candidates of PwBD (Non-PwBD) Standards* Standards** recommended candidates [IFoS(Pre)] [Main Exam] Candidate (Out of 200) (Out of 1400) (Out of 1700) 1. General 45 04 41 39@ 99.66 662 904 (Incl. 03 EWS & 10 OBC) 2. EWS 11 Nil 11 11 94.95 608 847 3. OBC 30 Nil 30 30 98.32 613 851 4. SC 16 Nil 16 16 86.87 564 775 5. ST 08 Nil 08 08 86.20 574 802 Total 110 04 106 104@ Candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) a. PwBD-1 02 01 01 Nil 66.67 255 375 b. PwBD-2 02 03# Nil Nil 63.98 489 738 c. PwBD-3 02 Nil 01# Nil 44.44 No candidate available Total 06 04 02 * Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only as GS Paper-II is a qualifying paper with a minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%. ** Subject to minimum 5% marks in each paper. @ 02 vacancies under General category have been left vacant on account of non-availability of one candidate each in PwBD-1 and PwBD-3 categories. # 01 backlog vacancy reserved for PwBD-3 has been interchanged with PwBD-2 as per advice of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

-2- TIE-PRINCIPLES Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal aggregate marks in Indian Forest Service Examination, 2021, the tie(s) have been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission, viz. (i) Candidate with more marks in compulsory papers and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher; (ii) In case the marks at (i) above are also equal, the candidate who is senior in age is to be ranked higher.