UP Commissions (UP Polity & Governance).
Syllabus: UPPCS Mains GS5 & GS6 (UP-specific) + Prelims UP GK
UPPSC declared 2297 candidates provisionally qualified for interview in the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (Mains) Exam-2025, Advt. A-1/E-1/2025. Interviews start on 28 September 2026 in two sessions a day at Saraswati Bhawan, Prayagraj. Candidates must fill online post-preference forms and bring them to the interview.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UPPSC as a constitutional body.
18 Sep 2026
On 2 July 2026 the National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognizance of a report that 12 bonded labourers were assaulted and forced to work for nearly one and a half years at a paper plate factory in Muzaffarnagar. It sought a report from UP's Chief Secretary and DGP within two weeks and ordered the labourers registered on e-Shram.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: human rights and labour in UP; release and rehabilitation of bonded labourers, e-Shram registration.
2 Jul 2026
On 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a UP State Local Rural Bodies Dedicated Backward Class Commission, following Supreme Court orders. It will make a contemporary, empirical study of backwardness so that OBC reservation in the three-tier panchayats can be fixed body-wise and in proportion. It has 5 members, headed by a retired High Court judge, for 6 months.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: Panchayati Raj in UP. Explain why a dedicated commission is needed before OBC quotas in local body elections.
18 May 2026
Manual entry into sewers persists despite the law, and such deaths keep reaching the NHRC.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: manual scavenging.
22 Aug 2025