On 22 July, 2023, the Department of Personnel and Training of Government of India allocated services to the candidates who qualified in the Civil Services Examination-2022 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. Out of the total of 933 candidates who qualified, only 784 have been allocated the services as of now.

And out of the total of 933, 175 candidates were allotted IAS. But number of Muslim candidates who got IAS cadre remains low this year too, as in the list, there are only four Muslim IAS officers out of 175.

Last year, three Muslim candidates got into the service.

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This year, Waseem Ahmad Bhat became the only Muslim candidate under the general category to become an IAS officer.

Out of the three other Muslim candidates who became IAS officers this year, Aakip Khan and Moin Ahamd belong to the OBC category, and Mohd Irfan is from the ST category.

While in UPSC CSE – 2022, Muslim IAS percentage is around 2.28, in 2021, Muslim candidates constituted a mere 1.6 percent of the total IAS officers, representing a decline from 4.4 percent in 2020.

Even in previous years, the percentage of Muslims becoming IAS officers ranged between 1 and 5 percent, significantly lower than the Muslim population percentage in India, estimated at 17.22 percent according to the 2011 census.

Waseem Ahmad Bhat (All India Rank-7)
Aakip Khan (AIR-268)
Moin Ahamd (AIR-296)
Mohd Irfan (AIR-476)