UPSC CMS Exam 2022: Latest News, Eligibility, Salary & Vacancies

 

The UPSC CMS Exam is conducted every year to recruit for the below-mentioned category.

 

Category I

1. Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services

 

Category II

1. Assistant Medical Officer in India Ordnance Factories Health Services
2. Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways
3. General Duty Medical Grade-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, and South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
4. General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council.

 

Exam Notification and News

This year Union Public Service Commission has released 838 vacancies and the notification has also been released. All the important dates and eligibility criteria have been mentioned in the notification. Candidates applying for UPSC CMS should match the eligibility criteria before applying. The notification of the UPSC CMS exam has been released on July 07, 2021. The last date for applying is July 27, 2021. The UPSC Combined Medical Service Notification is important for the candidates as with this notification candidates will be able to know all the details of the examination such as eligibility, vacancies, educational qualification, exam pattern, syllabus, important dates, etc. The aspirants who want to apply for this exam may download the official notification of the UPSC Combined Medical Service examination from the official website of UPSC. Below are the highlights of the notification of the UPSC Combined Medical Service Exam:

 

Exam	Combined Medical Services Examination
Conducting Body	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Level of Exam	National
Frequency	Once in a year
Age Limit	32 years
Educational Qualification	MBBS
Mode of Exam	Online
Number of Papers	Two
Exam Duration	1 day
Question format	Objective
Number of test centers	41
Application Fees	Rs. 200
Official Website	www.upsc.gov.in

 

Exam Date

UPSC has released the important dates for the UPSC Combined Medical Service Examination. The UPSC CMS exam date is an important part of the exam for the candidates as it will give the aspirant an idea to prepare. Moreover, they can make a strategy for preparing within the time limit. According to the calendar released by UPSC, the UPSC CMS exam will be held on August 29, 2021, and below are the important dates released by UPSC for UPSC CMS Examinations:

 

UPSC CMS Notification	July 07, 2021
Start of Application Form	July 07, 2021
Last date for Applying	July 07, 2021
Admit card	October 2021
Exam Date	November 21, 2021
Result	December 2021
Interview	December 2021
Final Result	January 2022

 

Application Fees

The application fees of UPSC Combined Medical Service Examination can be paid through any of the given means:

• If you want to pay the application fee offline then you have to generate challan first and then have to deposit the cash in any SBI Branch.
• For Online payment, you need to pay the fees through SBI Net Banking/ Visa/ Master/ Rupay Credit/ Debit Card/ Internet Banking of SBI.
• The Application fees vary in different categories which are as follows:

 

Category	Application Fees
General/OBC	INR 200/-
Female/SC/ST/PWD	Exempted

 

Note: The aspirants who are paying by cash have to print the system-generated ‘Pay-in slip’ during the Part 2 registration process and also have to deposit the fee at the SBI counter on the next working day.

 

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualifications:

The educational qualification for the UPSC Combined Medical Service Examination is MBBS. You have to clear the written and all the practical parts of the final exam. A candidate who is going to appear or appeared in the final examination of MBBS can also apply for this exam.

 

Nationality

For the UPSC Combined Medical Service exam, one should be a citizen of India or A subject from Nepal or a subject from Bhutan, or a Tibetan who came to India before 1^st January 1962 who intended to settle in India. Also, a person who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or from Vietnam for settling in India permanently.

 

Age Limit

The age limit of the candidate applying for the UPSC CMS Exam is 32 years that means the candidate should be born before August 2, 1989. The following upper age limit is relatable:

 

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Cast (SC)	5 years
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	3 years
Domicile of Jammu & Kashmir	5 years
Ex-servicemen (includes Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years of Military Service)	5 years
Defense Services Personnel (disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof)	3 years
Military Service Persons (in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years Military Service)	5 years
General Candidates with Physical Disability	10 years

 

Vacancies

UPSC has released total vacancies of various posts of Category I and II which includes Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Service, GDMO, and Assistant Divisional Officer. A total 828 number of vacancies are notified this year for UPSC Combined Medical Service Exam. The category wise vacancy is tabulated below:

 

Posts	Vacancies
Category- 1
Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Service	349
Category – 2
General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council	05
Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways	300
General Duty Medical Officer in East Delhi, North Delhi & South Delhi Municipal Corporation	184
Total	838

 

Salary

UPSC CMS provides a salary of INR 56100/- as a starting salary to the selected candidates. It can differ for different posts of the UPSC Combined Medical Examination. Below is the salary structure of the successful candidates for various posts:

 

Post Name	Salary
Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance factories Health Service under the Ministry of Defence	Pay Matrix Level 10 plus NPA
Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways	Rs. 15,600 – 39100/- Per Month
GDMO in the New Delhi Municipal Council	Rs. 56,100 to Rs. 1,77,500/- per month
Junior Scale Post in the Central Health Service	Rs. 56,100 to Rs. 1,77,500/- per month
GDMO (General Duty Medical Officer) Gr. II in East, North, and South Delhi Municipal Corporation	Rs. 15,600-39,100+ Grade Pay of Rs. 5,400/- Per month

 

Syllabus

As notified by UPSC, the process of recruitment of UPSC CMS has two parts. Part 1 has two written papers which are paper 1 and paper 2 and Part 2 contains a Personality test or interview. Below is the syllabus of paper 1 which consists of all the topics and subjects.

 

Pediatrics:

Common childhood Emergencies	National programs related to child Health
Basic Newborn Care	Accidents and poisonings in children
Normal Developmental Milestone	Recognizing children with special needs and management
Birth Defects and counseling	Immunity in children

 

General Medicine:

Cardiology	Tropical medicine
Respiratory Diseases	Snake Byte
Gastro-Intestinal	Common Poisoning
Gastro Urinary	Emergency Medicine
Neurology	General
Hematology	Psychiatry-Depression, psychosis, anxiety, bipolar diseases and   Schizophrenia
Endocrinology	Musculoskeletal system
Metabolic disorders	Disease of skin
Infections/Communicable Diseases) Virus) Rickets) Bacterial d) Spirochaetal) Protozoan) Metazoan) Fungus	Nutrition/ Growth
Emphasis on medical procedures	Critical Care Medicine
Patho physiological basis of diseases	Vitamin deficiency

Below is the complete syllabus of Paper 2 and it contains all subjects and topics:

 

A) Surgery:

Urological surgery	Neurosurgery
Anaesthesiology	Orthopedic Surgery
General Surgery, Wounds, Infections, Tumours, blood vessels, Breast, Head and Neck, Liver, bile, pancreas, Spleen, Abdominal wall and injuries, Sinuses/Cysts. Alimentary Tract Oesophagus Stomach Intestines Anus Developmental	Otorhinolaryngology ENT
Diagnosis and management of common surgical ailments	Wound Healing
Preoperative care of Surgical Patients	Shock patio-physiology and management
Thoracic Surgery	Ophthalmology
Medicolegal and ethical issues of surgery	Traumatology, Fluid and electrolyte management in surgery & Shock pathophysiology and management.

 

B) Gynaecology and Obstetrics:

Obstetrics:

 

Ante-natal conditions	Post -Natal condition
Intra-natal conditions	Management of complicated and normal labors

 

Gynecology:

 

Applied Anatomy	Uterus
Physiology of menstruation and fertilization	Neo plasma in Genital Tract
Normal and safe delivery practices	Displacement of uterus
Abortions	High-Risk Pregnancy and management
Musicology examination in body and gynae including rape	Infection in the Genital Tract

 

Family Planning:

 

Conventional contraceptives	Medical Termination of pregnancy
UD and oral pills	The operative procedure, sterilization, and organization of programs

 

C) Preventive Social and Community Medicine:

 

Social and Community Medicine	Knowledge of maternal and child wellness
Concept of health, disease and preventive Medicine	Management of common health programs
General Epidemiology	National Programmes
Demography and Health Statistics	Maternal and Child Health
Communicable Diseases	Medical Sociology And Health Education
Environmental Health	International Health
Genetics and Health	Occupational diseases
Nutrition and Health	Non-communicable Diseases
Management of common health problems	Ability to monitor national health programs
Knowledge of maternal and child wellness	Ability to recognize, investigate, report, plan and manage community health problems including malnutrition and emergencies.

 

Exam Pattern

The exam pattern of UPSC Combined Medical Service 2021 is given below:

 

Name of Paper	Subjects	Number of questions
Paper I	General Medicine	96
	Pediatrics	24
		120
Paper-II	Gynaecology & Obstetrics	40
	Surgery	40
	Preventive & Social Medicine	40

 

Admit Card

The admit card of the UPSC Combined Medical Service examination admit card will be released on the official website of UPSC and the examination will be held on November 21, 2021. The admit card can be downloaded by the official website of UPSC. The candidate has to enter their registration number or Roll number and Date of Birth or Password. It is a must to bring the admit card to the examination center. The Admit Card has usually released within 16 days of the exam therefore the expected date of release is 1 November 2021.

 

Exam Result

UPSC releases the result of the UPSC CMS examination on the official website. The result is released in a merit list format. It consists of the roll number of the shortlisted candidates. All the qualified candidates have to appear for the interviews. The date of the examination of the UPSC CMS exam is 21 November 2021. The examination is conducted in two stages, the candidates will get separate results for each stage. The result is released in PDF form. Below are some highlights of the UPSC CMS Exam and its result:

 

UPSC CMS Exam Result 2021
Name of the Organization	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Name of the Post	Combined Medical Services Exam (CMS)
Date of the examination	21 November 2021
Status of Result	To be released
Process of selection	Online exam
Location	All over India
Official website	upsc.gov.in

 

For checking the result candidates must have his hall ticket number. Below are the important dates for the result of the UPSC CMS Examination:

 

Events	Important Dates
Online Exam of UPSC CMS	21 November 2021
Result of Written exam	To be released
Date of the Interview	To be released
Final Result	To be released

 

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FAQs

Q. How many times I can give the UPSC CMS Examination?

A. There are 6 attempts for General Category and 7 attempts for SC/ST and OBC

Q. What is the registration date of UPSC CMS 2021?

A. The registration date of the UPSC CMS Exam is from May 5, 2021, to May 25, 2021.

Q. What are the fees for the application form of UPSC CMS?

A. For the General category application fees is INR 200. The reserved category and females are exempted to pay the fees.

Q. What is the date of the Examination of UPSC CMS?

A. The exam of UPSC CMS will be conducted on November 27, 2021.

Q. What is the age limit for the UPSC CMS exam?

A. The upper age limit for the UPSC CMs examination is 32 years.