Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has informed in written There is no proposal to alter the existing mode of recruitment to civil services through Civil Services Examination (CSE) which is conducted according to the CSE Rules notified by the Government every year.
The number of vacancies and the number of candidates allocated to various services through Civil Services Examination during the last 3 years is given below :-
| S.No | CSE Year | Vacancies | Allocated to various services as per CSE Rules |
| 1 | 2015 | 1164 | 1041 |
| 2 | 2016 | 1209 | 1058 |
| 3 | 2017 | 1058 | Final result declared on 27.04.2018 |
There is no proposal for any special examination. For Civil Services Examination-2018, a total of 782 vacancies (tentative) has been advertised by UPSC on 07.02.2018 in its notice of Examination for 24 (twenty four) participating services.