Women power grows in civil service.

The percentage of female candidates in the merit list of civil services (Main) examination increased in five years from 2017 to 2021, over the percentage of male candidates during the same period. The percentage of female candidates increased 2.82% in those five years.

* No of candidates from engineering stream was far above that of humanities, followed by science and medical science stream.

* Total no of candidates with bachelor degrees was almost four times more than those with higher degrees.

2017

Total no of candidates                              802

No of female candidates                          254

2018 

Total no of candidates                               812

No of female candidates                           193

2019

Total no of candidates                               922

No of female candidates                           220

2020

Total no of candidates                               833

No of female candidates                           238

2021

Total no of candidates                               748

No of female candidates                            201

My take

That's a great surge!

Tailpiece.

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The maid had fetched up for work.

The evening chores. Drizzled for a short while around 2200 hrs.