Union Public Service Commission has announced that they will not issue paper admit cards for the IAS and other examinations.
With regard to this, the UPSC has mentioned: In order to reduce the usage of paper various steps are being taken. The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages preliminary, main and interview to select officers of the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
This year the UPSC will be conducting the test from December 3 to 9. No paper admits cards will be issued for this year’s civil services main examination. Instead the candidates are advised to download their e-admit cards and take a print-out thereof. The candidates will have to produce the print-out of their e-admit cards at the allotted venue for appearing in the examination. In case the photograph is not visible or available on the e-admit cards, candidates are advised to carry identical photograph for each session along with proof of identity such as Aadhaar card.