India
India: More than 50 Muslims figure in UPSC Civil Services Merit List 2023
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Over 50 Muslims appeared in the UPSC Civil Services Merit List 2023, with five of them securing positions in the top 100, Muslim Mirror reported yesterday.
According to the source, a total of 1,016 candidates cleared the Union Public Service Commission examination and have been recommended for various central government services.
A decisive employment test in India, the Civil Services Exam is administrated annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — by the UPSC to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.