NITI Aayog has recommended that the upper age limit for entry into the civil services should be lowered to 27-years of age for general category candidates....
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It is absurd to link recruitment age with the inability of the weaker sections of the society. Does it mean they do not have young talents?
I became a DM at the age of 26 of a very difficult district. Today most of the DMS are at least 35 years old. So when will they become senior officers—- when they are past 50 and very likely only a handful will have the age to become secretaries to the GOI.
OFFICERS WHO BELONG TO THE IAS AND IPS HAVE TO HAVE MORAL AND PHYSICAL COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S WORLD. A much married man or woman at the age of 45 as DM is neither good for the district nor for the person.
Many who enter the IAS IPS academies I am told are already married and with children. What kind of enthusiasm do you expect from them when the burden of family responsibilities are on their heads.
In my view, they should keep the maximum age limit at 25 and relaxation of 3 years only the SC AND ST CANDIDATES.
Has the Niti Ayog gone into the issue of why the civil services is so sought after in this country?
In many countries, a government job is rarely sought after. The economy is rich enough to attract the best minds to occupations that are wealth generating and skill oriented.
That the IAS and other civil services are being sought after by so many is itself a depressing factor.
Government cannot and never should be the prime employer. It should always be a facilitator.
Simply pegging the maximum age at 27 will not address the root cause of the phenomenon of so many people still hankering after the civil services. Niti aayog should think how this service, for that matter all government jobs become less preferable options.
A lot of arguments on both sides but no one is talking about the attitude that developed during probation remains till date of retirement.Spirit to serve country& its pupils is hardly visible in the cadre.Degradation in working culture from district level to secretariat isn’t hidden & even transparency can’t be expected.Lobbying for transfer posting is well known.Is it not recquired to be brought under discussion
We entered at the age of 22 and not done badly.When a person joins the servie at 30 and sometimes married with children what motivation he or she has to take risks in life and career.Secondly a person joining at a ripe age has fossilised ideas and not capable of changing his/her attitudes.An IAS officer faces many physical and mental challenges and thta requires shaping up at a young age.
Thirdly joining at the age of thirty and above means the person can rarely be a Secretary to GOI as the person would have reired.
If the country wants a vibrant courageous mentally and physically fit civil service to face any challenge and with integrity then we have to recruit them at a young age.I know many tribal nad SC boys and girls of young age will easily outshine anybody given proper education and training from the school level
It is absurd to link recruitment age with the inability of the weaker sections of the society. Does it mean they do not have young talents?
I became a DM at the age of 26 of a very difficult district. Today most of the DMS are at least 35 years old. So when will they become senior officers—- when they are past 50 and very likely only a handful will have the age to become secretaries to the GOI.
OFFICERS WHO BELONG TO THE IAS AND IPS HAVE TO HAVE MORAL AND PHYSICAL COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S WORLD. A much married man or woman at the age of 45 as DM is neither good for the district nor for the person.
Many who enter the IAS IPS academies I am told are already married and with children. What kind of enthusiasm do you expect from them when the burden of family responsibilities are on their heads.
In my view, they should keep the maximum age limit at 25 and relaxation of 3 years only the SC AND ST CANDIDATES.
Has the Niti Ayog gone into the issue of why the civil services is so sought after in this country?
In many countries, a government job is rarely sought after. The economy is rich enough to attract the best minds to occupations that are wealth generating and skill oriented.
That the IAS and other civil services are being sought after by so many is itself a depressing factor.
Government cannot and never should be the prime employer. It should always be a facilitator.
Simply pegging the maximum age at 27 will not address the root cause of the phenomenon of so many people still hankering after the civil services. Niti aayog should think how this service, for that matter all government jobs become less preferable options.
A lot of arguments on both sides but no one is talking about the attitude that developed during probation remains till date of retirement.Spirit to serve country& its pupils is hardly visible in the cadre.Degradation in working culture from district level to secretariat isn’t hidden & even transparency can’t be expected.Lobbying for transfer posting is well known.Is it not recquired to be brought under discussion
We entered at the age of 22 and not done badly.When a person joins the servie at 30 and sometimes married with children what motivation he or she has to take risks in life and career.Secondly a person joining at a ripe age has fossilised ideas and not capable of changing his/her attitudes.An IAS officer faces many physical and mental challenges and thta requires shaping up at a young age.
Thirdly joining at the age of thirty and above means the person can rarely be a Secretary to GOI as the person would have reired.
If the country wants a vibrant courageous mentally and physically fit civil service to face any challenge and with integrity then we have to recruit them at a young age.I know many tribal nad SC boys and girls of young age will easily outshine anybody given proper education and training from the school level