Anuj Agnihotri has topped the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025, announced on March 6. Rajeshwari Suve M and Akansh Dhull bagged the second and third ranks respectively.
A total of 958 candidates have qualified the examination and are recommended for appointment to different central civil services, the Commission said.
The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- by the UPSC to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.
The candidature of 348 recommended candidates has been kept provisional, the Commission said in a statement. The Centre had reported 1,087 vacancies to be filled through the civil services examination.
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Based on the result of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2025 held by the Union Public Service Commission in August, 2025 and the interviews for Personality Test held in December, 2025 – February, 2026, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to:
- Indian Administrative Service
- Indian Foreign Service
- Indian Police Service; and
- Central Services, Group ‘A' and Group ‘B'.
A total number of 958 candidates have been recommended for appointment as per following break-up:
- General: 317
- EWS - 104
- OBC - 306
- SC - 158
- ST - 73
- Total - 958
Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in the Rules for the Examination. The number of vacancies reported by the Government to be filled is as under:
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The UPSC has a "facilitation counter" near the examination hall in its campus. Candidates can obtain any information or clarification regarding their examinations/recruitments on the working days between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in person or over telephone numbers 23385271/23381125/23098543.
"Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of result," the statement said.
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