As per the government, Out of a total of 812 candidates, 485 candidates chose Hindi and the rest had opted for other regional languages as their mother tongue.
s per the government, 485 candidates who had chosen Hindi as mother tongue were selected through the civil services examination in 2018. A total of 812 candidates were recommended for central civil services on the basis of the 2018 test. Out of these, 485 chose Hindi and the rest had opted for other regional languages as their mother tongue.
About civil services examination:
The civil services examination is conducted annually by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.
The examination is conducted in three stages of preliminary, main and interview.
Year-wise data:
During the 2017 exam, 1,056 candidates were recommended for different services. Of them, 633 had chosen Hindi as their mother tongue, according to data given by Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Out of the 1,209 candidates selected in the civil services exam in 2016, 664 had Hindi as their mother tongue. In the 2015 examination, 643 had claimed Hindi as their mother tongue as against 743 such candidates who were selected in the 2014 test.
A total of 1,164 and 1,363 candidates were recommended in the civil services examination in 2015 and 2014, respectively.
"The government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply and participate in civil services. Female candidates are exempted from payment of fee for civil services examination," the minister said.
Further, relaxation of age up to 35 years (up to 40 years for members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes) is given to widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands who are not re-married for employment to Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' posts that already exist. Similar relaxation also exists for Group 'A' and Group 'B' posts except where recruitment is made through open competitive examination.
