The number of Muslim candidates who qualified for the All India Civil Services exam has further declined to a little over three percent.
Not even a single candidate figures in the top hundred, the dispatch reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated those who have qualified and reached out with empathy to those who could not make it to the elite civil services list.
“Congratulations to all those who have cleared the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021. My best wishes to these youngsters who are embarking on their administrative careers at an important time of India’s development journey, when we are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, said the Prime Minister on microblogging site twitter.
The UPSC on Monday morning declared 685 candidates successful in the Civil Services Exam 2021. Of the 685, 244 are in a general category, 73 from the Economically Weaker Sections, 203 from Economically Weaker Sections, 105 from the Scheduled Castes, and 60 from the Scheduled Tribes.
A total of six candidates qualified for the AICSE exams, not even a single candidiate from the Kashmir valley qualified.
There are only 22 Muslims figuring in the list of 685 who have qualified for the administrative services. This is the worst performance of Muslim candidates in over a decade. Last year 31 Muslims, making 4.07% of all had made it to the Civil Services list.