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Nearly 5.49 lakh appeared in UPSC civil services prelim exam
Nearly 5.49 lakh candidates, about 67% of applicants, appeared for the civil services preliminary examination on Sunday, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said. The commission for the first time used real-time…
The Story in Brief
Nearly 5.49 lakh candidates, about 67% of applicants, appeared for the civil services preliminary examination on Sunday, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said. The commission for the first time used real-time face authentication of candidates at all 2,072 exam venues, developed indigenously through the National e-Governance Division.
UPSC stated the system worked with 100% success across 83 centres, calling it a major step for exam integrity. In 2025, about 5.8 lakh of 9.5 lakh applicants (61%) had turned up. This year, 1.12 lakh PwBD and PwD candidates had applied.
The Indian Opinion
The UPSC's face authentication success is being hailed as a fraud-buster, but the hype masks deeper questions. The 67% attendance rate is a slight rise from last year, yet over 2.7 lakh applicants still skipped the exam, a costly waste of administrative effort. Meanwhile, real-time biometric tracking raises privacy concerns that the commission has not addressed. A test to watch: will this system be used for the main exam, and will the government publish an audit of any false rejections?
Source: millenniumpost.in
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