Fast-forward to independent India, our civil service has evolved significantly. Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, had initially envisioned a different role for the bureaucracy," he said.

Lucknow: Vishal Dubey, 22, son of head constable Sanjay Dubey, is set to don khaki after securing 296th rank in the civil service examination, the results of which were declared on Tuesday. Vishal ...

In India, this commenced in 1858 when the British introduced the Indian Civil Service to select officers for administering the country. After independence, it is the Union Public Service ...

She was preparing for the country's civil service exams, one of the toughest tests in the world. Rivalled possibly only by gaokao, China's national college-entrance exam, India's Union Public ...

1855: The Civil Service Commission conducted a competitive exam for Civil Services for the first time in London with a maximum age limit of 23 and a minimum age limit of 18.

Last year a record 3.4m Chinese registered and passed the initial screening for the national civil-service exam—well over twice the number who did so in 2014. Just over 39,700 (1.5% of those who ...

Meet India's First Civil Servant: Notably, when Satyendranath Tagore was 21 years old, he visited London to take the ICS exam which was designed by Englishmen to favour British candidates.

Last year 1.1m people applied to join the top tier of India’s civil service, but around 1,000 (0.2% of those who actually sat the first exam) were offered a spot.

Police personnel in Meerut, India, watching video feeds as aspirants for police jobs took exams in August. These Exams Mean Everything in India. Thieves See a Gold Mine.