SC asks Centre to explain fixing number of women candidates at 19 in NDA for 2022 exam
The Hindu
The government will have to explain why the figure of 19 women has been fixed for year 2022 as per the notification issued by UPSC.
The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre to explain why, despite its orders, the intake of women candidates in (NDA) for year 2022 has been restricted to 19, the figure same as last year.
It asked the Centre to place the figures on record about the total number of candidates including women who have appeared in the NDA examination 2021, for entrance tests for Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) and for Rashtriya Military School (RMS).
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M. M. Sundresh told Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, that the government will have to explain why the figure of 19 women has been fixed for year 2022 as per the notification issued by UPSC.

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