Combined Geo-Scientist Vacancy

UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist vacancies for Combined Geo-Scientist 2026: 85 — Category-I (Geological Survey of India) 56: Geologist 39, Chemist 15 and Geophysicist 2. Category-II (Central Ground Water Board) 29: Assistant Hydrogeologist 18, Scientist B (Hydrogeology) 5, Scientist B (Chemical) 2, Assistant Chemist 2, Scientist B (Geophysics) 1 and Assistant Geophysicist 1..

Posts covered

Geologist, Geophysicist and Chemist (Group A) in the Geological Survey of India under the Ministry of Mines, and Scientist B and Assistant grade posts in the Central Ground Water Board under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Pay

Pay Level 10 of the 7th CPC Pay Matrix for Group A posts; Pay Level 7 for the Group B Assistant grade posts in the Central Ground Water Board.

How UPSC announces vacancies

UPSC publishes an approximate vacancy figure in the Examination Notice and states in the same paragraph that the number is liable to alteration. The final figure is settled once the cadre controlling authorities confirm their requirements, which is usually after the Main Examination. The number in the notice is therefore an indication, not a commitment.

Reservation

Vacancies are reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections and Persons with Benchmark Disability as fixed by the Government. The notice sets out the category-wise break-up, including the sub-categories of disability against which each PwBD vacancy is identified.