Each year over 10,000 job openings in various branches of government are filled through various competitive exams. And these openings can lead you to the highest positions in different government services. Not just that, these are among the most secure career opportunities available to graduates and post-graduates.

Whatever your educational background, this book will help you identify the government jobs you can compete for. It profiles all examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for entry into the various central services, National Defence Academy (NDA) and other exams for entry into the armed forces, exams leading to careers in banking, insurance, etc., as well as exams conducted by the different state public service commissions. The details of each exam include:

• Eligibility conditions and qualifications

• Nature and subjects of examination

• Approximate number of openings in each service

• Reservations for SC/STs and the physically handicapped

• Venues and dates of each exam

• Addresses of the various examining commissions and boards, etc.

Plus: a brief description of service, the pay scales, the career ladder, promotions and future prospects.

Eligibility Index and Career Index: to help you zero-in on the service and job openings which best fit your qualifications, ability and aptitudes.

Find out how you can get into: *Indian Foreign Service * Indian Administrative Service * Indian Police Service * Indian Railways * Indian Forest Service * the Indian Armed Forces * Banking * State-level Public Services.

CARING comprises a team of information professionals working with a computerised database on today’s educational and career opportunities. The database is continuously enlarged and updated by analysing trends, reports and projections, obtaining critical inputs from experts in industry and academia, and fact-finding and investigation by Caring’s own analysts and research staff. The information is made available through books, modules, seminars, counselling and mass media. These books form a part of the whole endeavour.