Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2015 held by the Union Public Service Commission in December, 2015 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March-May, 2016, a total number of 1078 candidates have been recommended for appointment --- 499 from the general category, 314 from the other backward classes, 176 from the scheduled castes and 89 from the scheduled tribes. Tina Dabi, a 22-year-old woman from Delhi topped the 2015 civil services examination on her first attempt and Athar Aamir ul Shafi Khan, a railway officer from Jammu & Kashmir secured the second position.
