“Economy suffers from failure”: The CEO of Technology says that UPSC is the place where India is buried its ambition

Only about 1,000 out of 13 candidates for them, they enter civil services in India every year. But according to the founder of Coinswitch Ashish Singhal, the real loss is not only 99.9 % who do not make it – how the system restores the country’s minds to repetition cycles, not creation.

After publishing Singhal’s LinkedIn, which arose from the results of the UPSC Civil Service Exam (CSE), through the usual discussion of entitlement and perseverance. “We do not lose talents in failure,” he wrote. “We lose it to give up learning and repetition.”

The numbers speak for themselves. In 2024, more than 13.4 candidates were registered at UPSC Cse. Nearly 5.8 Lakh has already appeared for Prelims. Only 14627 was wiped. It is offered less than 3000 for interviews. Only 1000 – acceptance rate is usually chosen less than 0.1 %.

Singal noted: “Thousands of sharp youth who are able to spend 4-5 years stuck in the episode.” “Perception of stability on creativity. Security is ambition.”

His criticism is not the difficulty of the exam – which continues among the most difficult world – but from the ecosystem around it. He said: “We have built an economy immersed by training centers, obsessed with accreditation papers, and the sensitivity of failure.”

In a country where civil service is still one of the few stable paths for social and economic mobility, UPSC is more than just an exam-it is a national repression. But Centel suggests that the repression may narrow the capabilities of India.

“What if only 10 % of these aspiring have been pushed towards startups, product building or technology?” He asked. “What if we have provided our minds more than one way to build something of value?”

Thanks to its wide approach, unpredictable questions, and getting rid of multiple stages, UPSC requires tremendous intellectual energy. But the Centagon point is clear: that same energy can help the next wave of innovation in India – if it is not stuck in the exam halls.

He concluded that “India does not lack talent.” “Her efforts are not in place.”