Reservations in Civil Service Exam Around 10% from SC, ST & OBC students also qualify within the General category. They are not

Reservations in Civil Service Exam

Around 10% from SC, ST & OBC

Students also qualify within the General category. They are not counted for the purpose of reservations.

Records from earlier exams show that an average of 9.15 percent OBC, SC, and ST candidates are secure enough to qualify in the General Category. This means 58.65 seats go to SC, ST, and OBC candidates. After adding the 10 percent EWS quota this number will go up to 68.65 percent leaving just 31.35 percent for general merit.

Data revealed by the IASshow that number of OBC/SC/ST qualifying in the General category is going down. While it was 10.21 and 11.52 percent in 2008 and 2009 it has gone down to 9.09 and 6.34 percent in 2016 and 2017.

Many OBC candidates get as many marks as their general Upsc coaching centres in Hyderabad category counterparts but very few ST qualify without reservation. For example, in 2017, 67 OBC candidates qualified without quota but just one ST candidate could do it. 9 SC candidates also qualified without reservation.

Year-wise Number of vacancies-civil services exam- OBC, SC & ST, General category

Reservations for Physically Handicapped

The IASgives relaxations and reservations to aspirants who are differently-abled in the form of age limit relaxations, reservation of certain posts, and special provisions for exam centers. However, differently-abled people cannot apply to all of the services in the Civil Services. To see which IASposts have what eligibility please see details in that particular service.

Out of a total of around 712 vacancies announced for 2021, 22 vacancies are reserved for the Persons with Benchmark Disability Category. Only candidates who have a disability of 40% or above are eligible. The date of issue of the disability certificate should be before the last date of applying for the IASprelims exam.