Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh informs about setting up of seperate Civil Services Exam Centre for Ladakh

Minister for Personnel Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday informed about the setting up of a separate Civil Services Exam Centre for Ladakh to be located at Leh.

The announcement came after Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R K Mathur called on the Union Minister in New Delhi to discuss the placement of IAS officers and other service related matters in the context of Ladakh.

As per an official handout issued after the meeting, the Union Public Service Commission UPSC will from this year have an Examination Centre at Leh which will operate for the first time for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021, scheduled to be held on 10th of October this year. 

This will address



a long pending demand of the youth from the Ladakh region whose grievance was that they found it difficult to reach Examination Centres in other parts of the country because of the constraints of affordability of air fare and uncertain weather conditions.

Dr Jitendra Singh also informed that monetary incentives called Special Allowances for All India Services, AIS officers belonging to North East Cadres of AIS is paid to the officers who are working in the North-Eastern Region, presently at the rate of 20 per cent of the basic pay and the same has been extended to the AIS officers working in the Union Territory of Ladakh also through an order dated 12th April, 2021.