UPSC Recruitment for Assistant Soil Chemist, Prosecutor, Specialist Grade III Assistant Professor & 10 Other Posts – Apply Online

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released Advertisement No. 08/2026, inviting online applications for recruitment by selection to 13 posts spread across the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Law and Justice. The posts include Assistant Soil Chemist, Prosecutor (SFIO), six specialities of Specialist Grade III Assistant Professor, Deputy Assistant Director (Entomology), Entomologist (CCCO), Junior Scientific Officer (Toxicology) and Superintendent (Legal). Online applications open on 11 July 2026 and the closing date is 31 July 2026 at 1800 hrs. Selection to all posts is made through UPSC's interview-based recruitment-by-selection process, with a Recruitment Test in some cases. Candidates must apply through upsconline.nic.in/ora.

A total of 13 posts are available for this recruitment.

Candidates must have Closing date of the online application (31 July 2026) as minimum educational qualification.

How to Apply

1. Visit the UPSC Online Application Portal at upsconline.nic.in/ora.
2. Complete Account Creation on the portal, if not already registered.
3. Complete the Universal Registration module to generate a Universal Registration Number (URN), which is common across all UPSC recruitments and remains constant for the candidate.
4. Fill the Common Application Form (CAF), including uploading a photograph and capturing a live photograph as instructed on the portal.
5. Upload signature: sign three times on plain white paper in black ink and upload the image as per the portal's instructions.
6. Fill the fourth, post/vacancy-specific module for the desired post, available only during the notified application window.
7. Upload all supporting documents against each claim (date of birth, category, educational qualification, experience, disability, etc.) as separate PDF files.
8. Pay the prescribed application fee online, if applicable to your category.
9. Review all entries carefully - applications cannot be withdrawn, and no correction or alteration is permitted after submission.
10. Submit the application and download/print the finally submitted Online Recruitment Application for your own records.
11. All correspondence from UPSC will be made through the registered e-mail ID only, including interview schedules and requirements for submission of certificate copies - candidates must enter a correct, active e-mail address.
12. Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) can apply for any post listed as "suitable" for their category, even if that specific post is not reserved for PwBD; such candidates are considered by the general standard of merit unless the post carries a PwBD reservation.
13. Only persons with 40% or more of the relevant disability are eligible for the benefit of reservation and other relaxations under PwBD provisions.
14. Where sufficient PwBD candidates are not available for posts exclusively reserved and identified suitable for them, the required years of experience (not the nature of experience) may be relaxed by up to 50%.
15. Scribe facility is available to PwBD candidates in the categories of blindness, both-arms-affected locomotor disability, and cerebral palsy on request; for other categories, a certificate of physical limitation to write from a Government Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent is required.