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UPSC strives for gender balance
In order to promote gender balance in workforce, the Union Public Service Commission encouraged women to apply for Civil Services examinations. \"The Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply,\" the notification for Civil Services preliminary examination 2015 read.
In its notification, UPSC encouraged women to appear for Civil Services examinations
New Delhi: In order to promote gender balance in workforce, the Union Public Service Commission encouraged women to apply for Civil Services examinations. "The Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply," the notification for Civil Services preliminary examination 2015 read.
Women candidates had in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 consistently bagged top ranks in the prestigious Civil Services examinations. It was only in 2013 that a male candidate emerged as a top ranker after three years. There were 10 women and 15 men who occupied the top 25 spots in the 2013 Civil Services examinations. The results of the 2014 examinations are yet to be released.
The Civil Services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to select candidates for prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.This year, the preliminary examination will be held on August 23 in 71 centres at about 3,000 venues.
This time the candidates are required to apply only through online mode for the Civil Services and Indian Forest Service examinations and "no other mode for submission of applications is allowed", it said. The candidates also have the option to choose either the Civil Services or the Indian Forest Service or both, the Commission said.
Candidates should note that the government has changed the pattern of Indian Forest Service (IFoS) examination from 2013 by introducing a component of screening mechanism through Civil Services preliminary examination. "All the candidates applying for Indian Forest Service examination are therefore required to appear in the Civil Services preliminary examination and qualify the same for going to the second stage of Indian Forest Service (main) examination (written and interview).
"Candidates desirous of applying for Indian Forest Service examination as well as for the Civil Services examination can apply through a common online application from subject to meeting the requisite eligibility criteria by them," the notification for the IFOS said. The filing of online applications started on May 23 and will conclude on June 19, the Commission said.
