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Nationality :
A candidate must be either:-
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a citizen of Nepal, or
(c) a citizen of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India with the intention of permanently
settling in India.
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri
Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic
of Tanzania, (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar) Zambia, Malawi, Zaire,
Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Age Limit
(a) A candidate seeking admission to the ARS Examination must have attained
the age of 21 years but not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st
August of the year in which examination is being held.
In service candidates of ICAR less than 45 years in age and In service
candidates of the State Agricultural Universities less than 35 years of
age (as on 1st August of the year in which examination is being held)
will also be eligible to appear subject to possession of prescribed qualifications.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable:
(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs
to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates
belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation
applicable to such candidates.
(iii) For Physically Challenged candidates, the upper age limit will
be relaxable upto a maximum of 10 years. Candidates belonging to SC, ST
and OBC who are also covered under the Physically Challenged category
will be eligible for grant of cumulative age relaxation under both the
categories.
(iv) For ARS Examination the upper age limit for the candidates holding
Ph.D. degree will be 35 years. Consequently the upper age limit for SC
/ ST / OBC./ Physically Challenged candidates holding Ph.D. degree will
be relaxable by a further period of 3 years. Thus, the maximum limit for
SC / ST candidates in such cases will be 40 years, for OBC candidates
38 years and for Physically Challenged candidate 45 years.
(v) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been
domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during a particular period.
(vi) To other bonafide displaced persons/repatriates of Indian origin
/ Defence Services Personnel/Border Security Force Personnel etc. as per
the existing instructions of the Government of India on the subject.
Number of Attempts:
The number of attempts for appearing in the Agricultural Research Service Examination will be limited to 4 for all candidates (whether M.Sc./Ph.D.) including the in-service candidates of I.C.A.R. However, this restriction will not apply to SC and ST candidates, who are otherwise eligible.
Note-I :- The number of attempts made by the candidates prior to Agricultural Research Service examination 1996 will not be taken into account for counting the number of attempts made.
Note-II :- An attempt at a Prelim Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination. Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
Restrictions on applying for the Examination:-
A candidate who has already qualified ARS examination in the earlier year will not be eligible to compete in the subsequent examinations conducted by ASRB for the same discipline in which he/she has earlier qualified. However, there is no bar to reappear for an ARS selected candidate in the subsequent ARS examination in a discipline different than the one in which he/she has already qualified ".
Only such candidates who have been declared as qualified by the ASRB
in the ARS Prelim Examination to sit for the ARS - Main Examination in
a particular year shall be permitted to appear in the ARS - Main Examination
of that year.
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