Normally UPSC having eligibility age limit is 21 to 30 years. Govt kept like this to support these cast and make their growth as well. Normally UPSC having eligibility age limit is 21 to 30 years. Govt kept like this to support these cast and make their growth as well. Hello There is a definite age for applying in various exams. Similarly for UPSC exams also there are certain age limits. Now age relaxation means,you are provided extra years to apply for the exam. Suppose,for UPSC civil service exams,the age limit is 21 to 30 years,now if you are said that you can give exam from 21 to 33 years instead of 30 year,then you have been gifted with age relaxation. That is you can apply for extra 3 years. Now such type of relaxation is provided to backward classes,so that they can get greater opportunities to come forward and be in competition as they have their own issues. Like for civil service exams,the age limit for general category is 21 to 30 years,but for Schedule caste one of backward class ,it is 21 to 35 years. For more details visit the website of UPSC Also a old notification of UPSC civil services have been uploaded for your reference. This age limit is compulsory for every categories of the candidates. But the age relaxation means to give some extra years to a certain category for encouraging them to be a part of the competition as they are backward in their own ways. The age limit for UPSC's CSAT is within 21 to 30 years. The age relaxation for the OBC is o3 years, i. To know more details please visit please visit Thanks.... Age relaxation is called to relief in age. So friend after getting age relaxation reserve categories candidates get some more attempts to crack the exam. Like for general category, the age limit for giving the upsc exam is 21-30 years. UPSC is a government body which conducts many exams and so provides age relaxation for various exams. Age relaxation is related to age limit. For every exam a particular age group is provided to appear for the exam. Only those who lies between that particular age group can give the exam. There is minimum and maximum age limit for every exam. You will see that minimum age is same for all categories whereas there is an age relaxation given in maximum age limit for reserved categories. For more information you can visit official website of UPSC. Friend, please note that For every UPSC Examination, there is a fixed age limit. In that age limit, there is a lower age limit and a upper age limit. In Civil Service Examination, the fixed age limit is 21-30 years. Here, 21 is lower age limit and 30 is the upper age limit. It means that candidate below the age 21 years and above the age of 30 years are not eligible for Civil Service Examination. But there is a provision of providing age relaxation in upper age for certain categories like OBC, SC, ST, PWD, EX-SM etc. This is not new we always find this column Age relaxations in all UPSC exam. In case of CDS combined defence service entrance this is not viewable there is no age relaxations for Reserved category. We can see in UPSC Civil Services this rule is followed intoto. Age relaxation is given in UPSC Civil Services for example most of the Govt. Govt rule is prepared on the basis of Indian Constitution. So that Purely Central Govt. PSU undertakings follow these rules strictly. Thank You, Hello my dear Friend... Follow the below steps carefully AGE RELAXATION is nothing but... Some kind of posts do not have the Age relaxation Be aware of it... Meaning of Age relaxation - Now friend, see here the maximum age limit for general category is 30 years. Same as for OBC candidate age relaxation is 33 years. Hope you get the concept. Well age relaxation means extending the age limit over a given period of time,this only for some specific caste candidates only. There is no age relaxation provided for general caste students. »» For OBC Over Backward Class provided 3 years and »» For physically disabled candidates have 10 years age relaxation. These above age relaxation is only for IAS,IPS and IES etc.