With a relaxed work environment and steady moving career, a government job has now emerged as the first choice of the students.

Though jobs in this sector are comparatively lesser in number as compared to private jobs, the competition is intense. 
Let us find out why Government jobs are demanding. 

The reasons why a government job is more lucrative are various. A few of them are as follows: 

Job security
In case of government job, cost-cutting and economic slowdown are absent. Jobs in the government have a relaxing work environment. From the date of joining to the last working day, the facilities provided by government are matchless. 

While the government employee gets a lifetime pension from the government till the rest of his life, the recession does not affect a government employee and he is not scared to lose his job. Downsizing, rightsizing, layoffs and the 'fats removal' have become a common phenomenon in the private sector.

Pay package 
Government benefits almost always exceed private sector benefits packages.
According to media reports, the government is expected to make a declaration about a hike of up to Rs 8,000 in the minimum pay and up to 3.68 times in fitment factor for the Central Government employees soon. 

Stress
The pressure of private job is not unknown to us. The government 9 to 5 job is a relaxed one compared to the lives and working hours of our privately employed companions. The workload to a government employee is minimal. A government employee gets the number of free leaves and holidays even on the festivals of lesser significance. Taking leave in a government job is way easier.

List of competitive exams for government jobs

UPSC Civil Services Examination
Union Public Service Commission or UPSC is India's central agency, which conducts various exams such as, Civil Services Exam, IFS, NDA, CDS, SCRA etc. Civil services examination is popularly known as the IAS exam and includes almost 24 services like IFS, IPS, IRS, IRPS and so on.

RBI Grade B Examination  
The Reserve Bank of India or RBI Grade B examination is conducted for various posts including - Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General), Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR, Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM.

SBI PO Examination 
Candidates participating in SBI PO recruitment exam will have to undergo all three phases of the selection process as given below.
Phase 1 - Preliminary Examination
Phase 2 - Main Examination
Phase 3 - Group Exercises and Interview

IBPS PO Examination 
Every year Institute of Banking Personnel Selection holds the IBPS PO Bank Exam to select Probationary Officers in Public Sector banks. 

IBPS Specialist Officer Examination 
IBPS conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) for the recruitment of Specialist Officers in various cadres like IT, Technical, Agriculture, Legal, Marketing.

SSC CGL Examination 
The Staff Selection Commission or SSC conducts the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam for the recruitment of Grade “B” and “C” category posts in various Government Ministries, Departments and Offices. 

Indian Railways' Examination  
The Railway Recruitment Board holds an annually based entrance exam in a written format for recruiting individual in the post of ASM.

LIC AAO Examination - 
Life Insurance Corporation or LIC conducts an online examination for the appointment of Assistant Administrative Officer or AAO.

Teachers’ Eligibility Test 
Teachers’ Eligibility Test, also known as TET, is conducted by both Central and State governments to shortlist candidates and employ them as teachers.
Opportunities and benefits: These positions have very good salary package with a lot of other allowances and benefits. 

National Defence Academy Exam 
National Defence Academy or NDA exam is also conducted by the UPSC. The exam is conducted for recruiting candidates to the army, air force, and navy wings. This entrance examination is conducted twice a year.

National Eligibility Test 
National Eligibility Test is conducted for shortlisting the candidates for school and college level assistant lectures and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).
The UGC NET exam consists of three papers. The examination is conducted in offline mode.  UGC gives 2 marks for each correct answer you attempt. There is no negative marking scheme in UGC NET for any wrong answer.

Eligibility 
i) Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognised by UGC.

ii) Candidates who are pursuing their Master's degree or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test.

iii) The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.