Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission, publicly known as MPPSC is a state government-led agency of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

state. It was constituted under the state and

Union Public Service Commission The Union Public Service Commission (ISO: ), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group 'A' officers under Government of India. It is responsible for appointments to and exami ...

Article-315, responsible for conducting civil services examinations and

competitive examination An examination (exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs). A test may be administered verba ...

. It makes direct recruitments to various

civil services The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

and departmental posts at state level.

History

The history of MPPSC begins with the former state commission Madhya Bharat Commission which was working from 1954-1956. Following the reorganization of

state, the new commission came into existence on 1 November 1956 under the Article 315 and Section 118 (3) of

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 The States Reorganisation act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...

Functions

The functions and duties of the commission are amended under the

Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India The Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-first Amendment) Act, 1976, changed the age of retirement of the Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commissions from 60 to 62 year ...

, Article 335 and 376 which grants the commission permission to perform specific functions in the state. *To make direct recruitments of civil services in the state. *To make promotions of the state-level officers in any department. *To make transfers in civil and departmental services from one department to another. * .

Commission profile

The Commission is headed by a Chairman, Secretary and other members for the specific roles.

References

External links

Official website
{{Government of India , state=collapsed Government of Madhya Pradesh State agencies of Madhya Pradesh State public service commissions of India Government agencies established in 1956 1956 establishments in Madhya Pradesh

History

Functions

Commission profile

See also

References

External links