UPSC CPF Assistant Commandant CAPF Online Form 2026

UPSC CPF Assistant Commandant CAPF Online Form 2026 — a recruitment notification — is summarised below. The key figures are an application window closing 12 March 2026 and a fee of ₹200 for unreserved candidates. Everything below — dates, eligibility, fee and the official links — is set out in the order you will need it.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts central civil services and specialist recruitment. UPSC timelines and criteria are rarely relaxed, and only upsc.gov.in should be treated as authoritative for the application, admit card and result.

Applications open on 20 February 2026 and close on 12 March 2026, giving candidates 21 days to complete the process. At 21 days this is a normal-length window, but the fee and upload steps are the ones that fail late, so leave a few days of margin. Fee payment closes on 12/03/2026 — note that this can fall on a different day from the form deadline, and an unpaid form is not a submitted form. The exam is currently shown for  19/07/2026; treat this as provisional until the admit card confirms it.

The age limit runs from 20 to 25 years for unreserved candidates. That is a 5-year band, so candidates near either edge should confirm the exact cut-off date the notification measures age against — it is usually a fixed reference date, not the date you apply. On qualifications, the notification states: 20-25 Years as on 01/08/2026 — Bachelor Degree in Any Stream in Any Recognized University in India. Physical Eligibility. If your degree is an equivalent under a different name, look for the equivalence clause in the official PDF before paying the fee — a form rejected for a qualification mismatch is not usually refundable.

SC / ST and All Category Female are exempt from the application fee under this notification. All fee-paying categories are charged the same ₹200. Payment is accepted via debit card, credit card, net banking, and offline bank challan. Pay only through the official portal linked on this page; the fee is normally non-refundable once the form is submitted.

This recruitment carries physical standards (height 165 CM — 157 CM, chest 81-86 CM — NA, and running 16 Second — 18 Second). Physical tests are usually qualifying rather than scored, but they are eliminative — candidates who clear the written stage and then fail PET/PST are removed from the process entirely. Measure yourself against these figures before you invest preparation time, and check whether relaxed standards apply to your category or region in the official notification.

Read the eligibility conditions in full before paying any fee. The most common reason applications are rejected is a qualification or age criterion that was missed at the form stage, and that cannot usually be corrected after the window closes.