Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, March 6, congratulated 20 candidates from the state who cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025.
He expressed happiness that candidates from Telangana have secured commendable results in the UPSC finals.
The Chief Minister noted that in order to support aspirants from economically weaker families preparing for the civil services examinations, the Telangana government implemented the Rajiv Civils Abhaya Hastham scheme.
Financial assistance of 1 lakh each was extended to 202 candidates who appeared for the civil services mains examination. Among the beneficiaries of the Rajiv Civils Abhaya Hastham scheme, 51 candidates were selected for the interview stage.
Out of them, 20 candidates emerged successful with commendable ranks.
The Chief Minister congratulated all the candidates from the state who have succeeded in one of the world’s toughest exams and wished them great success in their future service to the nation.
A total of 958 candidates – 659 men and 299 women – have qualified for the examination and are recommended for appointment to different central civil services, the UPSE said, adding that the candidature of 348 recommended candidates has been kept provisional.
The CSE is conducted annually in three stages – preliminary, main and interview – by the commission to select officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
The civil services (preliminary) examination 2025 was conducted on May 25 last year. A total of 9,37,876 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,76,793 actually appeared for the test.
A total of 14,161 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (main) examination, which was held in August 2025. Of these, as many as 2,736 candidates had qualified for the personality test (interview) of the examination.
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