Overview
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha that UPSC interviews are free of discrimination, addressing concerns about differential treatment of OBC, SC and ST candidates.
- Candidates are assigned to interview boards through last‑minute randomisation, with boards not informed of category status or written‑exam marks, and candidates not told board members’ identities.
- UPSC publishes written, interview and total scores of all recommended candidates on its website to promote transparency.
- The Supreme Court directed UPSC to include in exam notifications a provision allowing eligible candidates to change scribes up to at least seven days before the test.
- The Court gave UPSC two months to file a compliance plan for deploying screen‑reader software, ordered coordination with disability bodies, and asked the Centre’s DoPT and Social Justice Ministry to provide technical support while protecting exam integrity.