RTI - Latest Vacancy Details of CAPF 2014

I had filed an RTI with UPSC regarding the latest vacancy details of the CAPF 2014 exam. At the time of publishing of the advertisement for the CAPF 2014 , UPSC had stated 136 vacancies overall. There were no vacancies reported in ITBP and SSB. But while filling up the DAF before the physical exam I noticed that in the options regarding the service preference SSB was also listed. So I sensed that the vacancies must have increased. Hence I filed this RTI with UPSC.

The reply came within a month and I am a bit late in sharing this reply with you all due to various preoccupations. Anyways nothing good came out of the reply, contrary to the belief that vacancies will have been increased, reply stated that current number of vacancies stood at 121 only. This is 15 lower than the earlier stated 136 vacancies.

The details of vacancies as given in the RTI are :

Service	SC	ST	OBC	General	Total
CISF	5	3	10	22	40
BSF	4	2	7	15	28
SSB	3	1	6	15	25
CRPF	4	2	8	14	28
Total	16	8	31	66	121

UPSC called 720 candidates for the Physical Standard Test + Medical Tests.  That means in 1:6 with the number of vacancies.

Best of luck to all those who have qualified for the interview.

Tentative Exam Calendar IBPS / Pattern Changed for PO Exam !!!!

At last IBPS has decided to do something about the falling standard of PO exams conducted by it. In a surprising move IBPS has decided to conduct 2 Tier exam which I suppose will be just like SSC CGL exam. The candidates will be filtered in two stages for the interview , the stages are prelims and mains. The candidates who qualify prelims will be eligible to appear for the mains exam and those shortlisted afterwards will appear for interview. The marks of prelim exam will not be counted in overall merit. Candidates will have have to apply only once for the registration of both prelims and mains i.e. no separate registration will be done. This seems to be a good move as it will certainly raise the level of the Probationary Officer exam. Ww will have to wait for a few months to see how IBPS will be conducting the exams.

I am pasting the important excerpts from the website of IBPS here. Please make sure you visit the IBPS website regularly for latest news and information regarding any change in the dates and pattern as they are always subject to be changed by giving due notice.

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CWE RRB-IV – Recruitment of Officers Scales I, II & III and Office Assistants
There will be single examination for each of these cadres and the tentative dates are as follows:
RRBs CWE-IV 05.09.2015, 06.09.2015, 12.09.2015, 13.09.2015, 19.09.2015, 20.09.2015, 6.09.2015 & 27.09.2015

PSBs – CWE PO/MT-V and CWE CLERK-V
It has been decided by the competent authority to hold two-tier examinations for recruitment of PO/MT and Clerks from CWE-V onwards. All the candidates who successfully register themselves under CWE PO/MT-V and CWE CLERK-V will be called for Preliminary Examinations. Based on the performance in the preliminary examination, certain number of candidates will be shortlisted for each of these examinations. The short listed candidates will then be called for Main Examinations. There will be fewer number of questions in the Preliminary Examination with shorter duration. The details with regard to both the Preliminary and Main examinations will be made available on IBPS website through the detailed notifications in due course.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary examination will not be considered for preparing the final merit list and the marks obtained in the Main Examination will only be considered for short listing for
interview.

The tentative dates are as follows :

CWE PO/MT-V
Preliminary Examination 03.10.2015, 04.10.2015, 10.10.2015 &11.10.2015
Main Examination 31.10.2015

CWE CLERK-V
Preliminary Examination 05.12.2015, 06.12.2015, 12.12.2015, 13.12.2015, 19.12.2015 & 20.12.2015
Main Examination 03.01.2016

PSBs – CWE SPECIALIST-V
There will be single examination and the tentative dates are as follows:
CWE SPECIALIST-V 30.01.2016 & 31.01.2016

Process of Registration
The registration process will be through online mode only and there will be a single registration
for both Preliminary and Main examination, wherever applicable.