UPSC CSE cutoff data

id

b9b6d28a-15c5-4571-98c7-5259b0e03e14

year

2025

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

All three General thresholds rose in 2025

commentary

Compared with 2024, General Prelims rose 4.68 marks, Mains rose 10 marks, and Final rose 16 marks. The stages moved in the same direction but by different magnitudes.

methodology

Adjacent-year comparison of official General cutoffs.

metrics

id

2b4cef2d-aeb3-4fa9-b9a8-465b7b164046

year

2025

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

958 initial recommendations against 1,087 vacancies

commentary

Initial recommendations covered 88.13% of reported vacancies. The consolidated reserve pool of 258 candidates is stored separately and is not treated as additional selections.

methodology

Official final-result vacancy and recommendation matrix.

metrics

id

4fe7b639-a399-417b-ae0c-d5157a6636c6

year

2024

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

115 reserve-list candidates released by 16 March 2026

commentary

The consolidated reserve pool contained 230 candidates. UPSC later released 114 candidates on 28 October 2025 and one additional General candidate on 16 March 2026. These are separate release events, not a single initial recommendation total.

methodology

Official reserve-list release chronology.

metrics

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24bc800d-0241-45c5-9390-3ba02b50d401

year

2024

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

1,009 initial recommendations against 1,129 vacancies

commentary

Initial recommendations covered 89.37% of the reported vacancy count. Reserve-list operation is tracked separately and must not be added to the initial total unless candidates are actually released.

methodology

Official final-result vacancy and recommendation matrix.

metrics

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21da904c-45b8-45b4-9759-3660bd1eff53

year

2024

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

Prelims rose while Mains and Final thresholds fell

commentary

Compared with 2023, General Prelims rose 12.57 marks, while General Mains fell 12 marks and General Final fell 6 marks. Stage cutoffs should therefore be analyzed independently.

methodology

Adjacent-year comparison of official General cutoffs.

metrics

id

17e222e2-4e05-48bc-9810-fa446984585d

year

2024

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2024 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

cab49363-85eb-4710-871a-785fd797cfda

year

2023

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2023 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

b4079d60-80b6-4b2a-8a62-47c6c13fe2ec

year

2022

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

FULL

headline

CSE 2022 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This is a complete Top-8 x GEN/EWS/OBC/SC/ST matrix derived from the published CSE-2022 first service-allocation iteration. For every service/category cell, the stored AIR is the maximum AIR among rows of that displayed candidate category after excluding candidates carrying a PwBD classification. It is a historical candidate-category outcome for that allocation iteration, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a future-service guarantee. A later-iteration IAS reference is retained separately in metrics and is not mixed into this first-iteration matrix.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

7ad1d031-ae03-418b-9d08-305e8ea17812

year

2021

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

FULL

headline

CSE 2021 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

Complete Top-8 category matrix. IAS/IFS/IPS/IRS/IA&AS values retain the later published multi-iteration snapshot; ICAS/IDAS category AIRs are verified from the CSE 2021 first allocation iteration. Values are historical observed candidate-category endpoints, not reservation-roster cutoffs.

methodology

For each service/category, use the maximum AIR among non-PwBD candidates shown in the cited allocation snapshot. Lower-service cells may come from an earlier published iteration and are explicitly tagged VERIFIED_FIRST_ITERATION.

metrics

id

b578e521-4261-4f2a-b238-b72b63d26ee4

year

2020

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2020: 761 initial recommendations against 836 vacancies

commentary

UPSC initially recommended 761 candidates against 836 reported vacancies and maintained a reserve list of 150. A later release recommended 75 candidates. The reserve pool is not itself an additional-selection count.

methodology

Derived from official final-result and reserve-list publications.

metrics

id

1d0b2fbd-7b0a-477d-8208-54347556356e

year

2020

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2020 IPS vacancies increased to 200

commentary

The official vacancy matrix reports 200 IPS vacancies in CSE 2020, compared with 150 in CSE 2019. This is a service-composition change and should not be interpreted as a direct cause of the overall cutoff movement.

methodology

Direct comparison of official final-result vacancy matrices.

metrics

id

a5e5316b-22a6-43f9-b618-c72ed458134c

year

2020

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2020 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

Top-8 matrix with 39 of 40 category/service cells resolved. Four lower-service gaps are verified from the second allocation iteration; General ICAS remains unavailable because visible General ICAS candidates in that snapshot are PwBD-tagged and are excluded from vertical-category endpoints.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

02e80437-cab1-4d3e-8f4f-319ce5d5de76

year

2019

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2019: 829 initial recommendations against 927 vacancies

commentary

UPSC initially recommended 829 candidates against 927 vacancies, maintained a reserve list of 182, and later released 89 additional recommendations. The reserve-list pool is not itself a selection count.

methodology

Derived from official final result, clarification and reserve-list release.

metrics

id

e797fac6-1aad-4d09-b0d2-e38069742974

year

2019

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

FULL

headline

CSE 2019 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

Complete Top-8 category matrix. Existing top-service cells retain the later published allocation snapshot; EWS and ICAS/IDAS gaps are verified from the CSE 2019 first allocation iteration. PwBD-tagged candidates are excluded. These AIRs are observed candidate-category endpoints, not reservation-roster cutoffs.

methodology

For each service/category, use the maximum AIR among non-PwBD candidates in the cited allocation snapshot. Mixed iterations are explicitly tagged at cell/source level; NO_ALLOCATION_FIRST_ITERATION means no candidate of that displayed vertical category received that service in that iteration.

metrics

id

f3ef8a7a-76bf-4c43-b1ba-10f5b19ccbaf

year

2018

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2018: PwBD-5 appears in the published CSE cutoff and vacancy series

commentary

The 2018 official release uses PwBD-1, PwBD-2, PwBD-3 and PwBD-5 categories. The database therefore starts a new PwBD taxonomy series in 2018 instead of relabelling older PH-1/2/3 rows retrospectively.

methodology

Schema/history interpretation based on official UPSC 2018 cutoff and final-result publications.

metrics

id

6c276950-8942-46a1-9742-439adb681448

year

2018

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2018: 759 initial recommendations against 812 vacancies

commentary

UPSC initially recommended 759 candidates against 812 reported vacancies and maintained a reserve list of 106. A later reserve-list release recommended 53 additional candidates. The reserve pool itself must not be counted as selections.

methodology

Derived from the official final result and later reserve-list release.

metrics

id

d9f558ce-5a8b-4382-9076-bc3810a78885

year

2018

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2018 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

f17b3f63-f235-470a-ac4c-43bfffc96cec

year

2017

stage

FINAL

classification

OFFICIAL

coverage

FULL

headline

Revised five-zone cadre-allocation policy became effective from CSE 2017

commentary

The revised policy grouped cadres into five Zones and required candidates seeking All India Services to indicate zone and cadre preferences in descending order. This is a cadre-allocation rule, separate from service allocation and cutoff analytics.

methodology

Official Government policy summary; no inference.

metrics

id

2c5dd6b0-15f0-49ba-b2c4-5d088b3d300f

year

2017

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2017: 990 initial recommendations against 1,058 vacancies

commentary

Initial recommendations covered about 93.57% of vacancies. A 132-candidate reserve pool was maintained and 66 additional candidates were later recommended.

methodology

Direct arithmetic from official final-result and reserve-list releases.

metrics

id

1b8d6506-0885-4eb7-b0b8-a38832a2f389

year

2017

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2017 shows why Prelims and Mains cutoffs must be analysed separately

commentary

Compared with 2016, the General Prelims cutoff fell 10.66 marks, while the General Mains cutoff rose 22 marks and the final cutoff rose 18 marks. A lower Prelims threshold therefore did not imply a lower threshold at later stages.

methodology

Year-over-year arithmetic using the verified stage cutoffs.

metrics

id

290c1110-ca91-4dcb-8fda-921a9dc2b17a

year

2017

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2017 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. The Top-6 cells use a later compiled allocation snapshot, while verified ICAS/IDAS cells use the first published 2017 allocation iteration dated 31.07.2018; those lower-service cells are explicitly marked as earlier-iteration values.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

90cf5219-0f7c-49c8-8921-c7a6c2a7d198

year

2016

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

By July 2018, 1,058 CSE-2016 candidates had been allocated to services

commentary

This is a dated Government allocation-status snapshot, not a candidate-level closing-rank dataset.

methodology

Stored from the official Government status response; candidate-level service allocation is not inferred.

metrics

id

21e0b48c-280a-4a94-9384-7e6738ee8f5c

year

2016

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2016: 1,099 initial recommendations against 1,209 vacancies

commentary

Initial recommendations covered about 90.90% of the reported vacancy matrix. The Commission maintained a 220-candidate reserve list and later released 109 additional recommendations.

methodology

Direct arithmetic from official vacancy, recommendation and reserve-list publications.

metrics

id

c54675e2-ea30-415c-8220-a3437e33d29c

year

2016

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

FULL

headline

CSE 2016 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

6b6d7eb2-7536-4d81-a23d-d4d02180217a

year

2015

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2015 first service-allocation iteration covered 902 candidates

commentary

DoPT allocated 902 candidates in the first iteration: 178 IAS, 138 IPS, 43 IFS and 543 across other Group A/B services. A later 2018 Government report stated that 1,041 CSE-2015 candidates had been allocated to services.

methodology

Official dated allocation snapshots; not treated as candidate-level closing-rank data.

metrics

id

5f1d0c54-9498-4a9d-bc2e-e4154dd7b662

year

2015

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2015: 1,078 initial recommendations against 1,164 vacancies

commentary

The initial recommendation count was lower than the reported vacancy matrix and UPSC maintained a 172-candidate consolidated reserve list. The reserve pool is not itself an additional selection count.

methodology

Arithmetic from official final-result records.

metrics

id

ca7f097d-18fa-4029-98cc-b55b188098a8

year

2015

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2015 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

7f1c379b-8b2f-4682-8265-b9353194ceb4

year

2014

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

2014: 1,236 initial recommendations against 1,364 vacancies

commentary

Initial recommendations were lower than the reported vacancy total because UPSC maintained a consolidated reserve list. A later January 2016 release added 126 recommendations; the reserve-list pool itself must not be treated as selected candidates.

methodology

Arithmetic from official final-result and reserve-release records.

metrics

id

c8b6ef23-351d-4d9e-8f5e-9a79924cd51f

year

2014

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2014 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

metrics

id

c30da22b-31eb-4586-9cad-682224a61bc8

year

2013

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

First DoPT allocation snapshot covered 981 candidates

commentary

At the August 2014 service-allocation snapshot, 981 of the 1,122 recommended candidates had been allocated a service and 141 had not yet been allocated. DoPT cited limited preferences, pending OBC-status verification, provisional candidature and medical-status issues among the reasons. This is a snapshot, not necessarily the eventual final allocation state.

methodology

Summary of official DoPT/PIB service-allocation notice; no candidate-level closing ranks inferred.

metrics

id

8d1f48eb-14f6-4cbd-b8df-9af799c06cb6

year

2013

stage

FINAL

classification

CIP_ANALYSIS

coverage

FULL

headline

1,122 initially recommended against 1,228 reported vacancies

commentary

UPSC initially recommended 1,122 candidates against 1,228 reported vacancies and maintained a consolidated reserve list of 210 candidates. The reserve-list figure is a pool and must not be added to initial recommendations as if all 210 were selected. Service allocation is a subsequent DoPT process and can remain provisional or be upgraded.

methodology

Derived arithmetic from the official final-result vacancy/recommendation matrix.

metrics

id

e09c549b-6ca4-4ee7-b120-e0a023d37494

year

2013

published At Cursor

2026-08-16T08:47:23.625125Z

stage

FINAL

classification

DERIVED

coverage

PARTIAL

headline

CSE 2013 Top-8 service closing AIR by candidate category

commentary

This matrix records the last AIR among candidates of each displayed vertical category who received each service in the cited allocation list or iteration. It is a descriptive historical candidate-category statistic, not an official reservation-roster closing rank and not a guarantee for future allocation. PwBD candidates are excluded from vertical-category closing AIRs. Service allocation also depends on candidate preferences, vacancies, medical/eligibility status and the allocation iteration.

methodology

For each available published service-allocation list, exclude rows carrying a PwBD/disability classification, group the remaining rows by service and displayed candidate category, and take the maximum AIR. Where only a category-wise published compilation is available, ingest the explicitly listed last AIR. Preserve the allocation-iteration scope. Do not extrapolate missing cells; pre-2019 EWS is NOT_APPLICABLE, verified absence is NO_ALLOCATION, and unsupported cells are NOT_AVAILABLE.

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