Civil services examination / UPSC Exams
CMSE Combined Medical Services
UPSC
conducts the Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE) every year to recruit
medical graduates into a variety of Central Government Organizations and
Services.
The
Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE) is conducted in accordance with
the rules published by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in the
Gazette of India.
Qualification :
MBBSAge Limit : 21-32 Years
UPSC conducts a Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE) for recruitment of
the following posts to be filled:
- Assistant Divisional Medical
Officer in the Railways
- Assistant Divisional Medical
Officer in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services
- Junior Scale Posts in
Central Health Services
- General Duty Medical Officer
in New Delhi Municipal Council
- General Duty Medical Gr.-II
in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and
South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Combined Medical Services Examination
(CMSE) Exam Highlights
Every year, the UPSC
conducts the Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE) to shortlist the
candidates for medical officer posts. On an average, more three lakh candidates
register for the examination. The selection of the candidates will be made through
online written examination, which consists of two papers. Each paper will be of
two hours duration carrying a maximum of 250 marks.
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Exam
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Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE)
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Conducted by
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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
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Exam level
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National
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Frequency
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Once in a year
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Educational qualifications
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MBBS
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Upper age limit
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32 years
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Exam mode
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Computer-based (Online)
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Number of papers
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2
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Question format
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Objective
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Duration of exam
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1 day
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Admit card availability
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3 weeks before exam
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No of test centres
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41
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Withdrawal of application
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Yes
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Application fee
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Rs 200
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Official website
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www.upsc.gov.in
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UPSC CMSE Vacancies
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Service/Post
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Vacancies
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Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the
Railways
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300
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Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance
Factories Health Services
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66
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Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services
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182
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General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi
Municipal Council
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04
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General Duty Medical Officer Gr.-II in East,
North and South Delhi Municipal Corporation
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07
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Total
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559
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Eligibility Criteria
1. Nationality:
- A candidate must be
either; (a) a citizen of India, or (b) a
subject of Nepal, or (c) a subject of Bhutan, or (d) a
Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the January 1, 1962, with
the intention of permanently settling in India; or (e) a
person of Indian origin 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 with the
intention of permanently settling in India.
- Provided that a candidate
belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in
whose favor a certificate of eligibility has
been issued by the Govt. of India
2. Educational Qualification:
- For admission
to the exam, a candidate should have passed the written and practical
parts of the final MBBS Examination
- A
candidate who has appeared or has yet to appear at the final MBBS exam
may also apply. Such candidates will be admitted to the exam, if otherwise
eligible but the admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject
to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the
written and practical part of the final MBBS Exam along with the detailed
application which will be required to be submitted to the Commission by
the candidates who qualify on the result of the Computer-based exam
- A
candidate who has yet to complete the compulsory rotating internship is
educationally eligible for admission to the examination but on selection,
he/she will be appointed only after he/she has completed the compulsory
rotating internship
3. Age Limit :
- A
candidate for this examination must not have attained the age of 32 years
as on August 1, 2020, i.e. the candidate must have been born not earlier
than August 2, 1988.
- The
upper age limit is Relaxable;
- Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate
belongs to an SC/ST;
- Upto a maximum of three years in the case of
candidates belonging to OBC who are eligible to avail of reservation
applicable to such candidates.
- Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had
ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the
period from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1990;
- Upto a maximum of three years in the case of
Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with
any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence
thereof;
- Upto a maximum of five years in the case of
Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have
rendered at least five years Military Service as on August 1, 2020, and
have been released (i) on completion of
assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed
within one year from 1st August, 2019) otherwise than by way of dismissal
or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (II) on acount of physical disability attributable to
Military Service or (iii) on invalidment.
- Upto a maximum of five years in the case of
ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years
Military Service as on August 1, 2020, and whose assignment has been
extended beyond 5 years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues
a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will
be released on 3 months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of
offer of appointment;
- Upto a maximum of ten years in the case of (a)
blindness and low vision, (b) deaf and hard of hearing, (c) austim, intellectual disability, specific learning
disability and mental illness (e) multiple disabilities from amongst
person under clauses (a) to (d) of section 34 of the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act, 2016 including deaf-blindness
- The ad
hoc Doctors appointed after October 1, 1984, in the Ministry of Railways
will be granted relaxation in age to the extent of the period of service
rendered by them as ad-hoc Doctors in Railways