Re: How to Become an IFS officer? Details about the eligibility criteria and salary of an IFS officer?
Indian Forest Service Exam (IFS) : Eligibility Conditions
Age Limits
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st July, 2004, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1974 and not later than 1st July, 1983.
Minimum Educational Qualifications
The candidate must hold a Bachelor?s degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor?s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.
Number of attempts
Every candidate appearing at the Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted four attempts at the examination.
The restriction is effective from the examination held in 1984.