Upcoming Government Exams 2026
Official & tentative exam dates — plan your preparation ahead of time
SSC CHSL 2026 (Apply Online)
Notification released 7 Sep 2026 • 2,536 vacancies (LDC/JSA, DEO) • 12th pass, age 18–27 • Apply till 7 Oct (11 PM), fee till 8 Oct • Correction window 14–16 Oct • Tier 1 date TBN ⚠️
SSC CPO 2026 (Apply — Last Date)
Notification released 10 Sep 2026 • 1,871 Sub-Inspector vacancies (Delhi Police & CAPFs, incl. new SI Fire in CISF) • Fee payment till 1 Oct • Correction window 8–10 Oct • Paper 1: 20–28 Nov 2026
UKPSC Upper PCS 2026 (Apply — Last Date)
Combined State Civil / Upper Subordinate Services • Advertisement released 9 Sep 2026 • 67 posts (Deputy Collector, DSP, Finance Officer & more) • Prelims 29 Nov 2026
BPSC Teacher TRE 4.0 (Apply Online)
Re-issued as Advt. No. 15/2026 (replaces Advt. 14/2026 of 18 Aug) • 32,388 posts • Registration was postponed twice (from 1 Sep, then 21 Sep) • Fee payment till 25 Oct • Exam date TBN ⚠️
SSC CGL (Tier 1 CBT)
Schedule notice dated 12 Sep 2026 • Tentative vacancies revised from 12,256 to 10,731 • City intimation slip out 22 Sep • Admit card about 2–3 days before your exam date • Tier 2: Dec 2026
UP Police Constable (PET)
32,679 vacancies • Schedule notice 24 Sep 2026 • 1–7 Oct in most districts, 1–8 Oct in Moradabad, Ghaziabad and Meerut • PET admit card released 24 Sep 2026
IBPS PO (Mains)
CRP PO/MT-XVI • Prelims result declared 23 Sep 2026 • Mains call letter out 24 Sep • 7,565 vacancies after UCO Bank added 200 posts • Personality Test and Interview follow (Nov–Dec 2026)
RRB Technician (CBT)
CEN 02/2026 • 6,557 vacancies (Grade I Signal 323 + Grade III 6,234) • City intimation slip from 27 Sep • Admit card from 2 Oct 2026 • Aadhaar biometric check at the centre
Indian Coast Guard CGEPT 01/2027 & 02/2027 (Apply Online)
Applications via ssc.gov.in this cycle • Registration opened 6 Oct (ICG site) • Navik GD 130 per batch, Navik DB 25 (02/2027), Yantrik 60 (01/2027) • Closes 21 Oct, 5:30 PM • Stage I CBT tentatively early/mid Nov 2026
NICL AO 2026 (Apply Online)
Notification released 7 Oct 2026 • 321 Administrative Officer (Scale I) posts — 200 Generalist + 121 Specialist • Fee ₹1,000 (₹250 SC/ST/PwBD) • Age 21–30 as on 1 Oct 2026 • Prelims 17 Nov, Mains 22 Dec 2026
IBPS Clerk (Prelims)
CRP CSA-XVI • 11,403 vacancies • Applications closed 28 Aug 2026 (extended) • Call letter expected early Oct • Mains 27 Dec 2026
UPSSSC PET 2026 (Exam)
Revised schedule (notice dated 25 Sep 2026) — originally 23–25 Oct • Two shifts: 10 AM–12 PM and 3–5 PM • 100 MCQs, 2 hrs, –0.25 per wrong answer • Admit card TBN ⚠️
RRB JE (CBT 1)
CEN 04/2026 • 4,029 vacancies after Corrigendum-1 (JE, DMS, CMA) • Tentative schedule announced 16 Sep 2026 • Applications closed 13 Sep; correction window ran 16–25 Sep • City slip about 10 days before the exam
IBPS SO (Mains)
CRP SPL-XVI • 1,035 vacancies • Prelims held 29 Aug 2026 — result awaited ⚠️ • Revised Mains pattern • Interview follows
TNPSC Group 2 & 2A (Prelims)
Notification 07/2026 + Addendum 7A/2026 • 846 posts (43 Group II + 803 Group IIA) • 9.30 AM – 12.30 PM, offline OMR • Applications closed 9 Sep 2026 • Hall ticket TBN ⚠️
RRB ALP (CBT 1)
CEN 01/2026 • 11,127 Assistant Loco Pilot vacancies • About 8.4 lakh candidates • City intimation slip ~25 Oct • Admit card ~31 Oct (about 4 days before your date)
SBI Clerk (Mains)
Advt. CRPD/CR/2026-27/17 • 9,124 vacancies • Prelims held 26–27 Sep 2026 • Exact Mains date TBN ⚠️ • Only Mains marks count toward the final merit • Special Drive (Advt. 16) Mains also tentatively Oct–Nov
UP Police SI (Confidential) & ASI (Clerk / Accounts)
537 posts (SI Confidential 112 + ASI Clerk 311 + ASI Accounts 114) • Offline OMR written exam, 200 questions / 400 marks • Board has proposed Oct–Nov 2026; exact date TBN ⚠️
NICL AO (Prelims)
321 AO posts • English 30 · Reasoning 35 · Quant 35 — 100 Qs, 60 min, −0.25 per wrong answer • Admit card Nov 2026 (date TBN ⚠️) • Mains 22 Dec 2026
SSC CPO 2026 (Paper 1)
1,871 SI vacancies (317 Delhi Police SI) • New pattern: 100 questions / 100 marks in 60 min • Exam schedule notice issued 1 Oct 2026 • City slip & admit card a few days before the exam
IBPS RRB PO / Officer Scale I (Prelims)
CRP RRBs-XV • 4,256 Officer Scale I vacancies (13,757 across all RRB posts) • Applications closed 27 Sep 2026 (extended from 21 Sep) • Mains 20 Dec 2026
UPSC IFS (Mains)
Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination • Time-table released Sep 2026 • Two sessions daily (9 AM and 2:30 PM) • Check the UPSC time-table for your optional papers
UKPSC Upper PCS (Prelims)
67 posts • Date as per the revised UKPSC exam calendar (earlier proposed for the first half of Oct) • Applications close 29 Sep 2026
UPPSC PCS 2026 (Prelims)
~500 vacancies (SDM, DSP, BDO & allied) • Applications closed 3 Aug 2026 • Admit card expected Nov 2026
RPSC RAS/RTS 2026 (Prelims)
Revised from 29 Nov (RPSC press note, 2 Jul 2026) • 607 posts • Mains 1–2 May 2027
IBPS RRB Clerk / Office Assistant (Prelims)
CRP RRBs-XV • 8,222 Office Assistant vacancies • Applications closed 27 Sep 2026 • Mains 30 Jan 2027
IBPS RRB PO (Mains) & Officer Scale II/III
CRP RRBs-XV • Officer Scale II (1,047) and Scale III (220) have no Prelims — they sit a single exam on the same day • Interviews Jan–Feb 2027
NICL AO (Mains)
250-mark objective paper (180 min) + 30-mark descriptive English test • Final merit: Mains 80 : Interview 20 • Interview dates TBN ⚠️
IBPS Clerk (Mains)
CRP CSA-XVI • Followed by the Local Language Proficiency Test • No interview for this post
SSC CGL (Tier 2 CBT)
10,731 tentative vacancies • Window per the SSC Exam Calendar 2026–27 • Exact dates to be announced after the Tier 1 result
JPSC Civil Services (Mains) — POSTPONED
The 14th Combined Civil Services Mains (Advt. 01/2026), originally set for 25–27 Jul 2026, was postponed on 22 Jul 2026. JPSC also suspended its entire Examination Calendar 2026 amid a CID investigation. No revised date announced as of 27 Sep 2026 — watch jpsc.gov.in
SSC CHSL 2026 (Tier 1)
2,536 vacancies • Applications open till 7 Oct 2026 • Tier 1 date will be announced by SSC after the application window closes
BPSC Teacher TRE 4.0 (Exam)
Advt. No. 15/2026 • 32,388 posts • Applications 25 Sep – 26 Oct 2026 • The earlier 22–27 Sep exam window no longer applies — BPSC will announce a fresh exam date