For 32-Year-alun K, Coming Really Close to Qualifying In the Civil Services Examination, The most rigorous professional test in the country, was of little consolation.

Have exhausted all his chances and a better part of his trying to Qualify, he was left with the same predicancy by a majority of those who appears for this just this exam: belated prfessional lif. Despite being overqualified, he put up the only job that he managed to land after a desperate search-

Until He got a phone call from a delhi-based corporate, which was fullly updated about how he had fared in the union public service commission (UPSC) Examination and Evaluated Him for his pretty solid retriest. Stages of that exam, while taking into consider his masters degree, to not even him at a mid-seniority grade and a salary that was multiples of what he was getting at the local school. The Job Position at the new employer was more in sync with his academic qualifications, and duly acknowledged his performance in what is regarded as the touch quiting exam in India.

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And for this, he has to thank an initial disclosure scheme (PDS), through which which the Commission has started sharing details of the non-depended, will of the commotion Private Sector Since early this year. Non-initiated candidates are essentially those who qualify in the written exams but are not recommended post interview.

The logic for this is simple. The UPSC Conducts 10 Regular Examinations Every Year and Recommends Some 6,400 successful Candidates for Appointments in Various Services; But approximately 26,000 candidates, who have already demonstrated their proficiency by cleaning the rigorous written examinations, are declared not successful at the end of the more.

Arun was one amng the 26,000, who did not qualify the interview, but ended up in the Above 97 percecent category, and over-qualified for an entry-level job, but all over also overlocked toparers, and Lacking. Any work experience.

While this scheme was launched in 2018 These candidates in a handful of psu and government. This includes Organisations Such As the Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Water

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Resources, river development and ganga rejuvenation, the delhi jal board and the unique identification authority of India, but the numbers were really small. The only way to expand this was to cast the net wider.

In order to widen the scope of pds, which has been subsequently be rebadged as pratibha setu, the Commission has launched a dedicated portal, where registered companies can, AlongSide Government Access to the information of Candidates using an Identification Number (A Ministry of Corporate Affairs-Verified API that Allows Businesses to Access and Verify Company Information; They can be perSe the list of non-inquiry candidates who have expressed their willingness to share their information, wherein their percent (not absolute or percenage marks) is today.

Short biodatas of the Candidates with their educational qualifications, contact numbers etc. Have also become made available for those logging in, including players from the private sector. The portal also provides subject and discipline-wisdom search facilities to registered organisations in order to identify suitable candidates in line with their requests.

The list of candidates are now being shared for the civil services examination; As well as a number of other uper upsc exams include the engineering services examination; The Indian Forest Service Examination; The Central Armed Police Forces (ACS) Examination; The combined geo-scientist examination; The Cisf Assistant Commandants (Executive) LDCCE ‘The Combined Medical Services Examination; The Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination; The National Defense Academy and Naval Academy Examination; And the combined defense service examination. The list, with all the release details, is put up on the portal, which industry can be access by simply logging in after registering.

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What is interesting is that upsc is also duly tracking the selection process of the candidates they are shortlisted by the organisms, until the appointment letters. This Involves calls have made from the commission on a register for the companies that register for this scheme and generate logins. The status of selection from the master list is updated at the backnd on a near real-time basis, an official said. The facility for uploading a copy of the appointment letter has been provided on the portal, which is being tabulated for calibrating the success.

“The portal shares of the information of the non-initiated Candidates of Examinations of Examinations Only for the restricted Purpose of Evaluation of Suiteability for Employment for Employment Purpose and Throse Assessing. To use the details for any other purpose or disclosure whatsoove, ”the official said.

The secretary, upsc is learning to have written to multiple government departments to dissemination the information about the poort to private companies work

A detailed query to the upsc seeking the program on the uptake of Candidates did not eat a response. An official said it was still “early days” for the scheme, but the responsibility has been far now now that the private sector has been involved in the scheme.