As many as 933 candidates have qualified the civil service examination 2022, results of which were announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) last week.
Of the total recommended candidates, 345 belong to the general category, 99 are from EWS, 263 are OBC, 154 are SC and 72 are ST candidates, the commission informed.
Also, women candidates have emerged as toppers in the Examination 2022 with Ishita Kishore bagging AIR 1 while Garima Lohia and Uma Harathi N stood second and third, respectively.
This was the second year in a row when female candidates secured the top three positions in one of India’s most prestigious examinations.
It is hailed by people and it is hoped that more and more persons from the fairer gender will make it to the prestigious examination.
Among the total candidates recommended by the Commission, 16 candidates are from Jammu and Kashmir—three from Kashmir and 13 from Jammu made it to the prestigious services.
Waseem Ahmad Bhat, who hails from the Dooru area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir, ranked seventh in the examination. Bhat, an IRS officer, had ranked 225th in last year’s examination.
Prasanjeet Kour, a resident of Poonch district, ranked 11th in her first attempt.
Waseem in an interview emphasised his dedication to serving the public: “My aim is to serve the public because we are public servants. I have to work, especially for the tribal and backward sections of society. The people of Kashmir are very talented. If they get a chance, they will prove it.”
The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages, preliminary, main and interview to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS) among others. As per media reports, a number of those who qualified the examination belong to humble backgrounds, trumping their more privileged peers by sheer dint of hard work.
The civil service has to represent all sections of the population, of which half are women, their representation in the services too must increase at all levels of the bureaucracy, starting with the highest rung.
All the selectees have expressed desire to work for betterment of all sections of the society. One hopes that the aims held by these bright aspirants remain strong enough for them and they will discharge service in real sense.
