PARLIAMENT QUESTION: TRANSPARENCY IN UPSC EXAMS

• UPSC (Union Public Service Commission), a constitutional body under Article 315, has rolled out new transparency norms covering provisional answer keys, mark disclosure timing, and inter-subject moderation for optional papers.
• Reform follows a Supreme Court direction in W.P. (C) No. 118/2024, making it the first major court-mandated procedural reform of UPSC's Prelims process.
• Relevant for GS-II (statutory/constitutional bodies, transparency) and current affairs on examination governance.