Overview
- India’s Ministry of Personnel published the IAS cadre allocations for the UPSC CSE 2024 batch, finalizing state and UT postings for new officers.
- AIR 1 Shakti Dubey received Uttar Pradesh as an insider posting, while AIR 2 Harshita Goyal from Haryana was allotted Gujarat as an outsider.
- Other top placements include Dongre Archit Parag to Karnataka, Shah Margi Chirag to Gujarat as an insider, and Aakash Garg to the AGMUT cadre.
- The allocation applies policy factors including merit, candidate preferences, category reservations, vacancy availability, and the insider–outsider ratio.
- UPSC recommended 1,009 candidates in this cycle, comprising 725 men and 284 women, with three of the top five ranks held by women.