Section Officers/Stenographers (Grade-B/Grade-I) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination is conducted by the UPSC. The examination is confined to serving Central Government Employees working as Assistant in the Assistant Grade of the Central Secretariat Service.  Railway Board Sectt. Service, Intelligence Bureau, Armed Forces headquarters Civil Services; or Stenographer Grade-C of the Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service/Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service/Armed Forces headquarters Stenographers' Service/Grade II of the I.B. Stenographers' Service or any post in the Indian Foreign Service, branch 'B' and attached and subordinate office with 5 years approved and continuous service on the 1st of July of the year of exam.