More women are becoming IAS officers, but only a few get the prize post: District Collector – The Print

(This column first appeared in The Print on December 6, 2021)

• While the number of women entering the Indian Administrative Service or IAS through the UPSC’s Civil Services Examination has been averaging at around 30 per cent since 2014, turns out the percentage of women given the all-important posts of district magistrates or DMs is no more than 19 per cent across India…