Bhubaneswar: Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has released OCS 2021 notification at its official website on Friday.
With the release of official notification, the commission has invited applications for the Odisha Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2021.
The online application link will be available from January 10, 2022 – February 09, 2022. The last date to fill registered OPSC Application Form is February 18, 2022. Meanwhile, the commission has yet not released the OCS Prelims exam date.
Odisha Civil Services exam is conducted to recruit candidates in Group A & Group B post/services. Candidates can check their results by visiting the official website.
This year, a total of 405 vacancies will be filled through OPSC civil services exam. The exam is conducted in three stages – Prelims, Mains, and Personality Tests.
After completing all these, candidates had to pay the application fee of Rs.500 in offline mode. It is to be noted that the candidates who belong to the SC, ST category of Odisha were exempted to pay the application fee.
Candidates whose minimum age is 21 years as of January 1, 2019, and the maximum age is 32 can apply for the OPSC 2020. Also, candidates belonging to reserved categories will be given upper age relaxation as per the government norms. Check below the table to know the upper age relaxation:
| Categories | Upper Age Relaxation |
| ST/SC/SEBC/Women | 5 years |
| PwDs with 40% disability | 10 years |
