Lok Sabha Question No. 1830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Candidates Selected in CSE on Merit
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1830

(ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025)

## CANDIDATES SELECTED IN CSE ON MERIT

## 1830. SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the distribution of candidates included in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) merit list during the last five years, gender-wise;
- (b) the details of the academic streams of candidates who secured a place in the CSE merit list during the said period; and
- (c)  the  composition  of  successful  candidates  featured  in  the  CSE  merit  list  during  the  last  five  years, degree-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

Reply to the Part (a) to (c) of the Questions is as per Annexure.

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Point  (a):  Gender-wise number  of candidates finally  recommended  in  Civil  Services  Examination during last five years:

|   S. No. |   Year |   Male |   Female |   Total |
|----------|--------|--------|----------|---------|
|        1 |   2019 |    702 |      220 |     922 |
|        2 |   2020 |    595 |      238 |     833 |
|        3 |   2021 |    547 |      201 |     748 |
|        4 |   2022 |    669 |      351 |    1020 |
|        5 |   2023 |    735 |      397 |    1132 |

Point  (b):  Stream-wise  number  of  candidates  finally  recommended  in  Civil  Services  Examination during last five years:

Point (C): Degree-wise number of candidates finally recommended in Civil Services Examination during last five years:

|   S. No. |   Year |   Humanities |   Science |   Medical Science |   Engineering |   Total |
|----------|--------|--------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------|---------|
|        1 |   2019 |          223 |        61 |                56 |           582 |     922 |
|        2 |   2020 |          193 |        66 |                33 |           541 |     833 |
|        3 |   2021 |          188 |        64 |                44 |           452 |     748 |
|        4 |   2022 |          296 |       114 |                68 |           542 |    1020 |
|        5 |   2023 |          368 |       137 |                73 |           554 |    1132 |

Note 1 . Details with regard to CSE-2024 is under compilation as Reserve List has been declared on 28.10.2025.

|   S.No. |   Year |   Bachelor Degrees |   Higher Degrees |   Total |
|---------|--------|--------------------|------------------|---------|
|       1 |   2019 |                672 |              250 |     922 |
|       2 |   2020 |                650 |              183 |     833 |
|       3 |   2021 |                585 |              163 |     748 |
|       4 |   2022 |                765 |              255 |    1020 |
|       5 |   2023 |                848 |              284 |    1132 |

Note 2 . Result of CSE 2025 is not yet declared.

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