What is UPSC?

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's premier central recruitment institution established under Article 315 of the Constitution of India. Under the Chairmanship of Sir Ross Barker, it was established on October 1, 1926 as Public Service Commission and was later reconstituted as the Federal Public Service Commission in 1935. After the independence in 1947, the agency got renamed as the Union Public Service Commission and was given a Constitutional status with the promulgation of the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950.

 

The UPSC consists of a chairman and ten members and is headquartered at Dholpur House in New