MPPSC Preliminary Exam postponed to 25 July due to COVID-19; check details at mppsc.nic.in

The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) has released a notification stating that the State Service Preliminary exam has been postponed. The decision has been taken amid the rising cases of coronavirus in the state. As per an official notification released on the official website, the test will now be held on 25 July. Previously, the exam was scheduled to be conducted on 20 June. Taking to its official handle, the commission shared the news and tweeted, “Keeping in view the coronavirus pandemic, health and safety of the candidates, the date of State Service Preliminary Examination-2020 has been changed from 20th June 2021 to 25th July 2021”.

कोरोना महामारी के संक्रमण, अभ्यर्थियों के स्वास्थ्य एवं सुरक्षा को ध्यान में रखते हुए, राज्य सेवा प्रारंभिक परीक्षा-2020 की तिथि 20 जून 2021 को परिवर्तित कर नवीन तिथि 25 जुलाई 2021 निर्धारित की गयी है।#JansamparkMP pic.twitter.com/1FqqEYGElZ

— Jansampark MP (@JansamparkMP) June 2, 2021

The MPPSC prelims are being conducted for the recruitment of 235 vacancies across various departments of the Madhya Pradesh government. The recruitments are taken under State Services SSE 2020, while 111 vacancies for the post of Assistant Conservator of Forest and Forest Ranger are under State Forest SFS 2020. Meanwhile, the admit cards for the State Service Preliminary exam will be available on the website at a later date. Candidates, who are preparing for the exam, are advised to keep a check on the official website of MPPSC ( mppsc.nic.in) for more details and updates. Currently, the commission has begun the interview process for the Medical Officer posts on 1 June. This recruitment drive will fill a total of 727 vacancies. The announcement for this recruitment was made on 14 March and the registration process ended on 26 March. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the commission had earlier postponed the Engineering Service and Dental Surgeon exams which were scheduled to be held in the month of June. Also, the revised dates for these exams will be notified later by the commission. Not just that, MPPSC had also postponed the State Forest Service main exam which was scheduled to take place on 18 April.