Civil Services Exam results to be announced today

The results of the civil services examination, to select IAS and IPS officers, among others, will be announced on Saturday evening by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages – preliminary, mains and interviews – to select candidates for the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) , among others. About 9.45 lakh candidates had applied for it but approximately 4.51 lakh appeared for the examination.Of these, 16,933 were declared qualified for the main examination. The main examination was held in December last year and, out of the 16,933 candidates, 16,286 appeared for it.A total of 1,364 posts are to be filled through the civil services examination.It is the first time that the Commission is declaring the final results within four days of the closing date for the personality tests or interviews, a senior official said.