'RIP, Indian Civil Service: Lateral Entry'
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Sukla Sen
Jun 29, 2019, 9:17:25 AM6/29/19
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[It opens up the avenue to recruit Sanghis, and other undesirable elements, who can't otherwise get into.
Most brazen subversion of institutions, the very linchpins of democracy.
To change the very nature of the "state".
<<The UPSC, established in 1926, has been holding these examinations without leaks or other malpractices. Which is why only the most deserving and meritorious get through the exam. Only the best among those writing the exam in any year can get through. It is impossible to get into the civil service through the back door.
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But that is all set to change. The government is planning a massive back-door entry at the top levels of the civil service. It began tentatively last year when about a dozen joint secretaries (JS) were inducted into the Government of India through the back door. It was lovingly labelled lateral entry.
Joint secretaries are the linchpins around which the government functions. Lateral entry of joint secretaries on a massive scale could lead to a system collapse; for, if you break the linchpin in a wheel, the vehicle collapses.
Alarmingly, however, the government is now proposing to expand the lateral entry to cover 50% of all the JS posts. What would make this most sinister is, if as is being reported, the lateral entry selection is not to be handled by the UPSC but by the Niti Aayog.>>]
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/opinion-rip-indian-civil-service-743061.html?fbclid=IwAR3xaeXgkzgYvRdCgHiDwfdj2Z2gGFUT0gL3EvOdiENQC7C-6BdqnlI9z1k
OPINION | RIP, Indian Civil Service
Lateral Entry
M P Joseph,
JUN 27 2019, 00:15AM IST UPDATED: JUN 27 2019, 13:37PM IST
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(The writer is a former Indian and UN civil servant belonging to the 1978 batch of the IAS)
-- Most brazen subversion of institutions, the very linchpins of democracy.
To change the very nature of the "state".
<<The UPSC, established in 1926, has been holding these examinations without leaks or other malpractices. Which is why only the most deserving and meritorious get through the exam. Only the best among those writing the exam in any year can get through. It is impossible to get into the civil service through the back door.
...
But that is all set to change. The government is planning a massive back-door entry at the top levels of the civil service. It began tentatively last year when about a dozen joint secretaries (JS) were inducted into the Government of India through the back door. It was lovingly labelled lateral entry.
Joint secretaries are the linchpins around which the government functions. Lateral entry of joint secretaries on a massive scale could lead to a system collapse; for, if you break the linchpin in a wheel, the vehicle collapses.
Alarmingly, however, the government is now proposing to expand the lateral entry to cover 50% of all the JS posts. What would make this most sinister is, if as is being reported, the lateral entry selection is not to be handled by the UPSC but by the Niti Aayog.>>]
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/opinion-rip-indian-civil-service-743061.html?fbclid=IwAR3xaeXgkzgYvRdCgHiDwfdj2Z2gGFUT0gL3EvOdiENQC7C-6BdqnlI9z1k
OPINION | RIP, Indian Civil Service
Lateral Entry
M P Joseph,
JUN 27 2019, 00:15AM IST UPDATED: JUN 27 2019, 13:37PM IST
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(The writer is a former Indian and UN civil servant belonging to the 1978 batch of the IAS)
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