The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the ISS and IES examination timetable for 2018. The exams are for the recruitment of Junior Time Scale position in the Indian Economic Service (IES) and Indian Statistical Service (ISS). The IES and ISS exam will run from June 29th to July 1st.

The notification for the recruitment of 14 Junior Time Scale positions for Indian Economic Service and 32 for Indian Statistical Service was released on March 21st this year.

UPSC IES/ISS 2018 exam dates

Date Subject Time
29.06.2018 (Friday) General English
General Studies 		9 AM to 12 noon
2 PM to 5 PM
30.06.2018 (Saturday) General Economics-I
Statistics-I (Objective)

General Economics-II
Statistics-II (Objective)
 9 AM to 12 noon
9 AM to 11 AM

2 PM to 5 PM
2 PM to 4 PM
01.07.2018 (Sunday) General Economics-III
Statistics-III

Indian Economics
Statistics-IV 		9 AM to 12 noon
9 AM to 12 noon

2 PM to 5 PM
2 PM to 5 PM

The exam on June 29th is common for both the IES and ISS. All economics-related papers on other dates are for the recruitment to the IES while statistics-related papers are for ISS. The UPSC IES/ISS 2018 exam will be conducted in 19 cities across India.

Candidates with a Post-Graduate Degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business Economics/Econometrics were eligible to apply for the positions at the Indian Economic Service.

For the Indian Statistical Service, candidates must have obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subjects, or a Master’s degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics.

The last date to apply for the above positions was April 16th, 2018. The UPSC IES 2018 exam aims to fill approximately 14 vacancies in the Indian Economic Service, while the ISS exam 2018 aims to fill 32 positions in the Indian Statistical Service.