Noida: The Noida-Greater Noida Metro will start its operations bit early to facilitate the aspirants for the preliminary test of the civil services examination being conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for 2023.
Being it Sunday, the Noida-Greater Noida metro used to run its services from 8 am. But as the PT for the UPSC civil services exam is scheduled on May 28, it will start running of metro service from 6 am.
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“The Noida Metro Rail Corporation will start passenger carriage services from 6 am at an interval of 15 minutes instead of 8 am on May 28 to facilitate civil services exam aspirants, Noida Metro Rail Corporation managing director Ritu Maheshwari said in a statement on Saturday.
“Metro train services will thus start at 6 am from both terminal stations (depot in Greater Noida and Sector 51 in Noida), Sector 142 and Sector 144 on Aqua Line, and will continue normally thereafter,” the senior IAS officer said.
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In its notification on May 8 announcing the date for the prestigious examination, the UPSC said the entry into the examination venue shall be closed 10 minutes before the scheduled commencement of the examination i.e. 09.20 am for the forenoon session and 2.20 pm for the afternoon session. No candidate shall be allowed the entry into the examination venue after the said time, it added.
The UPSC released the notification for the civil services examination on February 1 on its official website. Candidates were asked to submit their application form online at upsconline.nic.in by February 21.
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In the year 2023, the commission is filling 1105 vacancies, including 37 for individuals in the benchmark disability category, 15 for individuals with locomotor disabilities, such as those with cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, victims of acid attacks, and muscular dystrophy, and 10 for individuals with multiple disabilities.
Notably, two aspirants Ishita Kishore (Greater Noida) and Smriti Mishra (Noida) from Gautam Buddh Nagar cracked the UPSC 2022 examination securing ranks within top 10. The results were announced last week. Ishita secured all-India rank 1, while Smriti stood 4th in the country, according to the UPSC result.
