In the past five years, the Indian government has appointed 1,195 candidates from reserved and backward categories to the IAS, IPS, and IFS services. The appointments were distributed as follows: 233 in 2018, 231 in 2019, 223 in 2020, 250 in 2021, and 258 in 2022. The reservation policy provides 15% for Scheduled Castes, 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes, and 27% for Other Backward Classes. Data indicates steady appointments across these categories each year.