UPSC CAPF AC 2024 Reserve List 2026

UPSC CAPF AC 2024 Reserve List 2026 — a certificate verification schedule — is summarised below. The key figures are an application window closing 14 May 2024 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 26 April 2023 and close on 14 May 2024, giving candidates 385 days to complete the process. The 385-day window is comfortable, though last-day traffic still causes portal failures every cycle — applying in the first half avoids it. Fee payment closes on 14/05/2024 — note that this can fall on a different day from the form deadline, and an unpaid form is not a submitted form. A correction window is listed (15-21 May 2024), so errors in the submitted form can be fixed within that period rather than by re-applying. The exam is currently shown for 04/08/2024; 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 01/08/2024 — 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.

Document verification is where otherwise-successful candidates most often fall out, usually over a missing category certificate or a name mismatch across documents. Assemble originals plus self-attested photocopies well before the date, and get any discrepancy in spelling or date of birth corrected in advance — it cannot be resolved on the day.