People from inadequately represented sections joining civil services: Jitendra

Citing sudden upsurge of women power in civil services, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said more and more candidates from inadequately represented sections of the society were making it to top government jobs.

He was speaking after meeting with three toppers of civil services examination – Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu –who had called on the Minister at his North Block office here.

Congratulating the three youngsters for achieving the meritorious distinction, Singh said, it is a pleasant coincidence that ever since the Narendra Modi government took over two years ago, there has been a sudden upsurge of women power in civil services, according to a press release issued by the minister's office.

For example, he said, in the last year's exam, four out of six toppers were girls while in this year's exam, two out of four toppers are also girls. 

Besides Tina, Artika Shukla is the girl who has stood fourth, Singh said. Another notable trend in the last few years is that more and more candidates were making it to civil services from those sections of society which were hitherto not adequately represented. 

The profile of the three toppers of this year is also a testimony to this trend, the minister said.