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NEW DELHI: In the list of top 20 candidates selected for the 2006 batch of civil services, two wrote their exams in Hindi.
Among others who chose to use their mother tongue was Pallavi Akruti from Andhra Pradesh who ranked 101 and qualified for the IPS and took the exam in Telugu. These candidates are a part of a growing tribe of civil services aspirants who choose to write the exam and even be interviewed in their own language, rather than English.
<b>These candidates and the 2006 topper who comes from a rural background could be an indication of babudom being slowly taken over by more people from smaller towns and villages rather than the metros. </b>
Over the years, the percentage of candidates using an Indian language as the medium of interview has gone up from 16% in 1998 up to 24% in 2004, nearly a quarter of the total candidates interviewed.
Of these candidates, a <b>large majority (85%) chose Hindi as the medium of interview</b>, making it the language of choice for one out of every five candidates interviewed between 1998 and 2004. <b>Marathi, Telugu and Tamil are the other popular choices in that order</b>. However, their percentages are small compared to Hindi, just over 4%, 3.5% and 3% respectively.Â
<b>Malayalam, Sanskrit and Punjabi seem to be falling into disuse with just one person each choosing these languages in the seven years between 1998 and 2004. Gujarati and Kannada are still chosen by a small number and Urdu has a slim presence of just three persons opting for it in the 7 years.</b>
<b>The number of candidates opting for Hindi has been going up steadily over the years and their percentage rose from just 12% in 1998 to 26% in 2003 and has stayed above 20% since 2001.</b> However, the number of candidates who had opted for the literature of an Indian language as an optional subject in the civil services main examination getting selected has been going down over the years.
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NEW DELHI: In the list of top 20 candidates selected for the 2006 batch of civil services, two wrote their exams in Hindi.
Among others who chose to use their mother tongue was Pallavi Akruti from Andhra Pradesh who ranked 101 and qualified for the IPS and took the exam in Telugu. These candidates are a part of a growing tribe of civil services aspirants who choose to write the exam and even be interviewed in their own language, rather than English.
<b>These candidates and the 2006 topper who comes from a rural background could be an indication of babudom being slowly taken over by more people from smaller towns and villages rather than the metros. </b>
Over the years, the percentage of candidates using an Indian language as the medium of interview has gone up from 16% in 1998 up to 24% in 2004, nearly a quarter of the total candidates interviewed.
Of these candidates, a <b>large majority (85%) chose Hindi as the medium of interview</b>, making it the language of choice for one out of every five candidates interviewed between 1998 and 2004. <b>Marathi, Telugu and Tamil are the other popular choices in that order</b>. However, their percentages are small compared to Hindi, just over 4%, 3.5% and 3% respectively.Â
<b>Malayalam, Sanskrit and Punjabi seem to be falling into disuse with just one person each choosing these languages in the seven years between 1998 and 2004. Gujarati and Kannada are still chosen by a small number and Urdu has a slim presence of just three persons opting for it in the 7 years.</b>
<b>The number of candidates opting for Hindi has been going up steadily over the years and their percentage rose from just 12% in 1998 to 26% in 2003 and has stayed above 20% since 2001.</b> However, the number of candidates who had opted for the literature of an Indian language as an optional subject in the civil services main examination getting selected has been going down over the years.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...063218.cms
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