• As many as 14,624 candidates have cleared the 2023 Civil Services Preliminary Examination, the result of which was declared on June 12 by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

• The Civil Services Examination is conducted annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers for services such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).

• The 2023 Civil Services Preliminary Examination was held on May 28. 

• The list carrying serial numbers, roll numbers and names of successful candidates has been put on the UPSC’s website.

• The candidature of these candidates is provisional. In accordance with the rules of the examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the Detailed Application Form-I (DAF-I) for the civil services (main) examination, 2023.

• The dates and important instructions for filling up the DAF-I and its submission will be announced in due course on the website of the UPSC.

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