India: More than 50 Muslims figure in UPSC Civil Services Merit List 2023

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.