The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has notified vacancies in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare.
A total of 46 vacancies have been notified by the UPSC in the three ministries, of which 34 are in the I&B Ministry.
The pay sale for these posts will be based on 7th CPC pay matrix.
The recruitment for the vacancies in I&B ministry will carried out in 10 languages: Hindi, English, Punjabi, Odia, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese and Manipuri.
Graduates with Diploma/Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism/ Mass Communication or those with Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication are eligible to apply for this post.
“Direct recruitment to posts in Senior Grade Indian Information Service Group ‘B’ (Gazetted) shall be made language-wise. There shall be no category-wise/community-wise reservation for any of the languages,” the UPSC has said.
The candidates must also have at least 2 years of experience in the field of journalism, publicity or public relations in Government Department/Public Sector Undertaking/ Autonomous Organization/ News agency/ Newspaper registered with the Registrar of Newspapers of India/any other Listed Private Organizations.
The upper age limit for this post is 30 years. The last date for submission of the application forms is August 12.
UPSC Recruitment 2021: Vacancy Details
| Name of the Vacancy | Number of Posts |
| Assistant Director in Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) | 3 |
| Assistant Director in Directorate of Plant Protection (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) | 1 |
| Research Officer (Ministry of Home Affairs) | 8 |
| Senior Grade of Indian Information Service (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) | 34 |
Candidates must note that the eligibility criteria for all the posts will be different, which can be checked from the official notification.
They are requested to apply only Online against this advertisement on the Online Recruitment Application (ORA) website only and not write to UPSC.