UPSC 2021: Areeba Nomaan with AIR 109 tops list of Muslim candidates selected for Public Services
With only 23 candidates qualifying, results for Muslims worst in 12 years
New Delhi: Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal, and Gamini Singla have secured the first, second, and third rank respectively in the civil services examination 2021, results of which were announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday.
Among the 685 candidates, 23 Muslim candidates managed to crack the exam and have been qualified for the Public Service.
The most significant rank among the 23 Muslim candidates was Areeba Nomaan who secured the All India Rank of 109 followed by Mohd Suboor Khan who secured 125th rank and Syed Mustafa Hashmi with an All India Rank of 162.
Afnan Abdu Samed (274), Arshad Muhammed (276), Mohd Saquib Alam (279), Asrar Ahmad Kichloo (287), Ashik Ali (304), Mohammed Abdul Rawoof Shaik (309), Nazish Umar Ansari (344), Faisal Khan (364), Shumaila Choudhary (368), Mavis Tak (386), MD Qamaruddin Khan (414), Mohd Shabir (419), Faisal Raza (441), Masoom Raja Khan (457), Ashif A (464), Muskan Dagar (474), Tahseenbanu Dawadi (482), Shaikh Mohd Zaib Zakir (496), Mohammed Siddiq Shariff (516), Mohammed Shaukath Azeem (545), Makakmayum Hosni Mubarak (575), and Anwar Hussain (600) are the other Muslim candidates who cleared the exams and stand qualified for the services.
The performance of Muslim candidates in the Civil Services 2021 exams is worst if compared with their results in the last 12 years. The last time Muslims had performed poorly was in 2010 when 21 Muslims out of the total 875 had cracked the Civil Services Exam. Dr. Shah Faesal, a Muslim candidate had however bagged the All India Rank 1 in that year.
In 2020, a total of 31 Muslim candidates cracked the Civil Services exam from the total of 761 candidates that were selected for the services. In 2019, the bar was even higher with 42 Muslim candidates qualifying for services.
The years 2016 and 2017 were the brightest period for Muslim candidates. In 2016, 52 Muslims figured in the list of successful candidates whereas in 2017 their tally was 50.
The years 2016 and 2017 were the brightest period for Muslim candidates. In 2016, 52 Muslims figured in the list of successful candidates whereas in 2017 their tally was 50.
In 2015, 34 Muslims were among the 1,078 candidates recommended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) whereas 38 Muslims were on the list of a total of 1,236 candidates in 2014.
In 2013, a total of 34 Muslims had cleared the exam, whereas, in 2012, 30 Muslims were among the successful candidates, and four of them were among the top 100.
Similarly in 2012, 30 Muslims were among the successful candidates, and in 2011, 31 Muslims were among the 920 selected for the civil services.
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Separate nodal officer in all districts to prevent female foeticides in Karnataka: Minister
Belagavi (PTI): Accepting that the female foeticide has not stopped in the state, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday said that the government is taking strict measures to prevent it.
The minister said the government is appointing separate nodal officers in all districts and tightening measures to prevent foeticide, which he called a "social evil".
He also assured that the government will consider strengthening legislation to control such activities.
The minister was responding to a question by BJP MLC C T Ravi in the Legislative Council.
"Female foeticides have certainly not stopped. If you look at the sex ratio, there is a lot of difference. I accept that this is happening," Rao said.
"Foeticides are not happening under pressure; voluntarily, it is happening, for not wanting a girl child. These things are happening based on the sex determination of the foetus at some hospitals. Sex determination is illegal, but with the advancement in technology, portable ultrasound machines have been developed, which can be easily carried anywhere, and scans and tests can be done. This needs to be controlled. We will bring it to the notice of the central government," he said.
In some districts and in a few hospitals, a higher number of male child births is happening. It is found with the help of intelligence input, the minister said.
"Information is being gathered on the taluk in which the male-female ratio is worsening, what is happening in which hospital, and appropriate action is being taken to crack down on such a network, after proper evaluation."
Decoy operations have been done at seven places in the last two years, to identify those involved in illegal activities linked to female foeticides, and actions have been taken against officials and hospitals involved, he said, adding that more needs to be done on priority.
Responding to a question by Ravi about whether any stringent legislation is being brought, Rao said, the government will consider strengthening the legislation and making it stricter to control this.
"Some amendments have been made to the existing laws in the last two years....advanced technology and the internet is being used to carry out such things, also oral medicines for abortions are available over the counter.
We need to look into bringing legislation to control them. The Food and Drug Administration has issued instructions to pharmacists that the sale of such drugs should be documented."
The minister also said that measures are also being taken for the effective implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT) Act, and awareness is being created against the identification of female foetuses and female foeticide.
