UPSC begins ‘one time registration' facility for government job aspirants

The UPSC has started a one time registration (OTR) facility for government job aspirants - easing the application process significantly .

Aspirants so far were required to fill in basic details every time they applied for a recruitment exam.

The aspirants, who wish to apply for any future examination of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), are required to register themselves in the OTR platform by filling up their basic personal information indicated therein.


"A large number of aspirants apply for a host of examinations conducted by the UPSC throughout the year to select officers for different central government departments/organisations. The OTR platform will help them in saving time and make the application process more easy," a senior official told PTI.

Once the registration of an aspirant is completed, the information will remain stored securely in the Commission's servers, the UPSC has said.

An aspirant's information will get automatically populated in the online application form of an examination for which she or he applies, it added.

"With a view to facilitate the process of submission of applications by the aspirants of its examinations, the Union Public Service Commission is glad to launch 'one time registration' (OTR) platform on the Commission's website at upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in on 24 X 7 basis," the Commission said in a statement.

Since about 70% information of an aspirant in the OTR will automatically be pre-populated in the online application form of an examination, the time for filling or submitting an online application form will be reduced considerably, the UPSC said.

The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

Candidates belonging to General/Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category are allowed six attempts, those belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) are given unlimited chances, nine each to the those belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC) and for the Persons with Benchmark Disability (Unlimited for SC/ST).