UPSC CSE: 40 candidates who passed UPSC CSE 2024 are under investigation, the certificates submitted are being investigated..

The government investigated complaints made on social media against 20 bureaucrats for submitting fake income and disability certificates to avail reservation benefits in the UPSC Civil Services Examination. Of these, only one case is being investigated further. At the same time, 40 UPSC candidates who passed the 2024 Civil Services Examination are also under investigation for submitting fake documents.

According to a report in 'The Hindu', investigations were conducted last year against officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) Indian Revenue Service (IRS), and other central government services with several years of service after receiving complaints on social media. The official said that the income, caste, and physical disability documents submitted by at least 40 of the 1,009 candidates who passed the CSE 2024 are also being investigated.

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The results of the examination were declared in April this year. Union Minister of State for Personnel and Grievances Jitendra Singh said in a press conference on Wednesday that whenever a complaint was received, an inquiry was conducted, but this matter was so big that it could not be left to the ministry alone. He said that it requires the cooperation of the larger society as it has a socio-cultural origin. On candidates submitting fake certificates to avail reservation in Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) categories.

Pooja Khedkar was dismissed in a fake certificate case.

IAS probationer Pooja Khedkar was dismissed in 2024 for submitting fake PwBD and Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates to pass the 2022 civil services examination. A criminal case was registered against her. The minister said that after the Pooja Khedkar controversy came to light, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) is also monitoring the activities of recruits after leaving the training center. When he starts serving in the districts, the information is being collected informally.

After the controversy surfaced, people on social media pointed out cases of about 15 officers working in various services who had availed reservations through fake documents. Additional Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Training A.P. Das Joshi said that after the Khedkar case, the medical examination mechanism for Divyang candidates has been streamlined. We received complaints on social media, which were thoroughly investigated, and nothing special was found in most of the cases. There is only one case, which we are investigating further.

Who checks the certificates?

Another government official said that the verification of income certificates is done through state governments and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and if a candidate's claim is found to be false, he is not allotted any service. From 2019, candidates who do not come under the purview of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and OBCs and whose annual family income is less than Rs 8 lakh. He is entitled to a 10% reservation under the EWS quota. Around 4% of the posts in the civil services exam are reserved for PwBD candidates.

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