UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026: Eligibility, Age Limit, Vacancy & Selection Process
The fastest route to a gazetted officer's rank in the country. An Assistant Commandant enters at Level 10 — the same pay level as an IPS probationer — with direct command of a company, and the whole selection runs in a single year rather than the multi-year cycle UPSC CSE demands. The catch is the age window: 25, the tightest of any graduate exam here.
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026 at a glance
| Conducting body | Union Public Service Commission |
|---|---|
| Examination | UPSC Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination |
| Total vacancies | Not announced |
| Qualification | Bachelor's degree in any discipline |
| Age limit | 20–25 years as on 01 Aug 2026 (relaxation below) |
| Application dates | Not announced not yet verified as published ↗ |
| Application fee | ₹200 (nil for women, SC, ST and PwD candidates) |
| Exam date | CAPF (ACs) 2026 written result already declared; 2027 not yet notified not yet verified as published ↗ |
| Salary | ₹56,100 – ₹1,77,500 per month (Level 10) |
| Apply online | UPSC application portal ↗ |
| Official website | upsc.gov.in ↗ |
Are you eligible for UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026?
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant counts your age on 01 Aug 2026: 25 for General, 28 for OBC-NCL and 30 for SC/ST. Enter your date of birth and we will do that arithmetic.
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant age limit and relaxation 2026
The age limit for UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026 is 20 to 25 years as on 01 Aug 2026. That is the tightest band of any graduate exam we track, and it is worth converting into attempts: a candidate finishing a degree at 20 has roughly 5 cycles before it shuts. Count yours before building a year around this exam.
| Category | Relaxation | Effective maximum age |
|---|---|---|
| General / EWS | No relaxation | 25 years |
| OBC-NCL | +3 years | 28 years |
| SC / ST | +5 years | 30 years |
| PwD | Not eligible (see below) | |
This is a uniformed post with medical and physical standards, so the PwD relaxation that applies to clerical exams does not exist here. The OBC and SC/ST relaxation does. Full age relaxation rules →
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant posts and salary
| Post | Department | Pay level | Monthly pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Commandant | BSF | Level-10 | ₹56,100–1,77,500 |
| Assistant Commandant | CRPF | Level-10 | ₹56,100–1,77,500 |
| Assistant Commandant | CISF / ITBP / SSB | Level-10 | ₹56,100–1,77,500 |
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant selection process
| Stage | Details |
|---|---|
| Paper I — General Ability and Intelligence | Objective, 250 marks, 2 hours. Screening paper for Paper II. |
| Paper II — General Studies, Essay and Comprehension | Descriptive, 200 marks, 3 hours. Evaluated only for candidates who clear the Paper I cutoff. May be written in English or Hindi, except the English comprehension section. |
| Physical Efficiency Test and Medical | Race, long jump and shot put, all qualifying. The medical standards are strict and are a common point of elimination. |
| Interview / Personality Test | 150 marks. The final merit list combines the written papers and the interview; the physical test does not carry marks. |
Who should apply for UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant
For graduates who are physically strong, want command responsibility early, and can accept postings in border and insurgency-affected areas. The physical efficiency test is genuinely demanding and the medical standards, particularly on eyesight and knock knees, reject candidates who pass everything else.
- Level 10 entry with command responsibility, matching an IPS probationer's pay level.
- The 25-year ceiling is the tightest of any graduate exam in this catalogue.
- Medical standards — especially eyesight and knock knees — eliminate candidates who clear everything else.
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026 — आयु सीमा और योग्यता
केंद्रीय सशस्त्र पुलिस बल सहायक कमांडेंट परीक्षा (UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant) 2026 के लिए आयु सीमा 01 Aug 2026 को 20 से 25 वर्ष है। OBC-NCL उम्मीदवारों को 3 वर्ष और SC/ST को 5 वर्ष की छूट मिलती है। यह वर्दीधारी पद है, इसलिए दिव्यांग (PwD) उम्मीदवार आवेदन नहीं कर सकते।
शैक्षणिक योग्यता: किसी भी विषय में स्नातक। पदों की संख्या अभी घोषित नहीं · वेतन ₹56,100 से ₹1,77,500 प्रति माह · आवेदन की तिथियाँ अभी घोषित नहीं।
अपनी योग्यता मुफ़्त जाँचें →UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026 — frequently asked questions
What is the age limit for UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant?
Is CAPF AC easier than UPSC CSE?
Can women apply for CAPF Assistant Commandant?
Is the physical test scored?
What UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant is actually like
An Assistant Commandant enters at Level 10 with direct command of a company — roughly a hundred personnel — in the first posting. That is real authority immediately, and it is the strongest argument for this exam over any other uniformed entry at graduate level.
It is also a hard life. Postings are in border and insurgency-affected areas, family accommodation is not guaranteed, and the physical demands do not stop after selection. The PET is qualifying but genuinely demanding, and the medical rejects candidates for knock knees and vision issues after they have cleared both written papers. The single-year cycle is an advantage over CSE; the 25-year ceiling is the constraint, and it arrives faster than most graduates expect.
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant physical standards and physical test
All Assistant Commandant posts. The physical efficiency test is qualifying, not scored — but the medical standards reject candidates who clear both written papers.
| Male candidates | |
| Height | 165 cm (≈ 5 ft 5 in) |
| Chest | 81 cm, expanding at least 5 cm |
| Weight | 50 kg |
| 100 m race | 16 seconds |
| 800 m race | 3 minutes 45 seconds |
| Long jump | 3.5 m (three chances) |
| Shot put (7.26 kg) | 4.5 m |
| Female candidates | |
| Height | 157 cm (≈ 5 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 46 kg |
| 100 m race | 18 seconds |
| 800 m race | 4 minutes 45 seconds |
| Long jump | 3 m (three chances) |
Relaxations. Height relaxable to 162.5 cm for men and 150 cm for women from Gorkha, Garhwali, Assamese, Kumaoni, Nagaland Scheduled Tribe and specified hill communities.
Measure yourself against these before committing a year of preparation. Height and chest are pass-or-fail — no amount of training compensates for falling short, and candidates discover it at the measurement stage after clearing every written paper. Confirm the current standard in the notification on upsc.gov.in.
Verified 2026-08-17 4 of 7 critical fields checked against the official notification. View the notification ↗
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant — official documents
Published by Union Public Service Commission on upsc.gov.in. Every link below goes to the commission's own file, not to a copy. Dates are the ones the commission declared on each document.
| Date extended | Extension of updation-login window for CAPF (ACs), Examination, 2026 ↗ | 2026-09-22 |
UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant 2026 — important links
| Apply online | Applications for UPSC exams open on upsconline.gov.in ↗ |
| Official website | upsc.gov.in ↗ |
| Check your eligibility | Am I eligible for UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant? — free |
| Admit card, result, answer key | Admit cards · Results · Answer keys |
| Syllabus and exam pattern | Selection process for UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant |
| Where UPSC publishes them | Admit cards, results and syllabus appear on the official site linked above. |
| How we track this exam | |
| New UPSC notices on upsc.gov.in are picked up every 4 hours; dates read from them are marked until someone confirms them. | |
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