13,343 candidates qualify in Civil Services Prelims

• The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) published the results of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2026 held on May 24.

• This year, against 1,016 vacancies notified for the Civil Services Examination, 2026, a total of 13,343 candidates have been shortlisted for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2026.

• In 2025, a total of 14,161 candidates were shortlisted for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2025 against 1,087 notified vacancies.

• The Civil Services Examination is conducted annually by the Commission in three stages — Preliminary, Main and Personality Test — to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

• The Civil Services Examination Rules, 2026 mentions that all the candidates qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination will have to mandatorily login to the portal (https://upsconline.nic.in) and update or reconfirm their details, etc, and submit the application form to enable the Commission to generate e-Admit Card, failing which, such candidates will not be allowed to participate in the further stages of examination.

• Candidates who have uploaded the required documents/information earlier and have no information to update/fill in, are also required to login and finally submit after verifying the details so as to generate the e-admit card for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2026.