Hello,

Firstly you have to understand that coaching helps a candidate only to a certain extent, it doesn't guarantee about his or her success in any competitive exams, candidate opt for coaching because they need help, the mentors/guide over there help the candidates for the same, there are many UPSC aspirants who have qualified the exam without coaching, and there are also options in terms of what kind of coaching you want to join, as in you need help for only GS or optional, or both, so you can weigh your strength and weakness accordingly prior to joining any institute, and there are various options regarding this such as Vision IAS, Dhyey IAS, Dhristhi IAS to name a few which are top institutions however their combined fee for prelims and mains is quite high, and then there are ShriRam IAS Acaedemy(Delhi), Yojana IAS, The Hindu Zone IAS Coaching for which the fee starts from 90,000. however as I said that today with Internet a lot of materials and information are accessible, so you can also learn on your own, there are quite good YouTube videos as well to help you regarding this, and as I said weigh your strength and weakness, do you need coaching for both prelims/mains, there are options regarding the choices, and secondly, the eligibility criteria of UPSC is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, you need to attain 21 years age as on 1st August of the appearing year.