UPSC SO / Steno LDCE Vacancy

UPSC SO / Steno LDCE vacancies for SO LDCE 2025 with Stenographers LDCE 2019, 2020 and 2021: Not fixed in advance — UPSC states in the notice that the number of vacancies to be filled in the various cadres is not determined at the notification stage.

Posts covered

Section Officer (Grade B) in the Central Secretariat Service and allied cadres, and Stenographer (Grade B / Grade I) in the Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service.

Pay

Pay Level 8 of the 7th CPC Pay Matrix (₹47,600 basic) for Section Officer.

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.