IES - Indian Economic Services

The UPSC conducts a combined competitive examination for recruitment to Grade IV officers of the services of Indian Economic and Indian Statistic.

IES 2018

Important Dates

• Date of Notification: February, 2018
• Last Date to Apply: March, 2018
• Date of Exam: May, 2018 (3 Days)

Eligibility Criteria:

Education: You should have post graduate degree from a recognized university in Economics or Applied Economics or Business Economics or Econometrics.

Age: You must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August of the year of exam.

Exam Pattern:

Part I is written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks. The exam is of conventional type. Part II is viva-voce of such candidates as may be called by the Commission, carrying a maximum of 200 marks.

                Subject                                        Marks                                   Time

• General English                                      100                                    3 hours

• General Studies                                      100                                     3 hours

• General Economics - I                            200                                     3 hours

• General Economics - II                           200                                     3 hours

• General Economics - III                          200                                     3 hours

• Indian Economics                                   200                                     3 hours

IES Syllabus :

• General English
• General Studies
• General Economics (Paper-I):
• Theory of Consumer’s Demand
• Theory of Production;
• Theory of Value;
• Theory of Distribution Welfare;
• Economics Concept of national income and social accounting;
• Theory of Employment, Output and Inflation;
• Mathematical Methods in Economics.
• General Economics (Paper-II):
• Concept of economic growth and development and their measurement;
• International Economics;
• Balance of Payments;
• Money and Banking;
• Statistical and Econometric methods
• General Economics (Paper-III)
• Environmental Economics;
• Urbanization and Migration;
• Financial and Capital Markets;
• Fiscal policy and its Objectives;
• State, Market and Planning
• Indian Economics (Paper-IV):

History of development and planning; Decentralized Planning; Union-State financial relations; Poverty, Unemployment and Human Development during plan period; Agriculture and Rural Development; India’s experience with Urbanization and Migration; Industry; Labour.

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