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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicLateral entry

Topic: Lateral entry

Govt’s lateral entry scheme to hire pvt sector specialists being overhauled, unlikely to return soon

Since 2018 when scheme was launched, 63 appointments have been made at level of joint secretary, director & deputy secretary on contract/deputation basis in various govt departments. 

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin bats for reservation in judiciary at social justice conference

At All India Federation for Social Justice conference, he also backed women's reservations & caste-census. Other speakers included Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren & ex-CM of UP Akhilesh Yadav.

Railways, revenue, accounts—an eclectic group of services gains focus under Modi govt as IAS sway dips

Ten years into the Modi government, non-IAS officers form the clear majority at the level of joint secretaries, but a lack of domain expertise remains a concern.

Proactive PMO, hostile bureaucracy, how Modi govt’s lateral entry scheme has fared so far

While some lateral entrants feel a sense of achievement, number of officers recruited is considered too small to have an institutional impact. Now, its future hangs in balance.

Why Modi may need to do ‘extra asanas’ & lateral entry about-turn is a boost for Rahul Gandhi

In reports and editorials through the week, global media also put spotlight on Indian-born video games and analysed US' scrutiny of India's solar exports.

Global media on Modi’s ‘wait-and-see’ Ukraine strategy & transformation into ‘expert on U-turns’

Impending strike at 12 government-run ports & heartwarming story of India’s armless archery prodigy Sheetal Devi also find place in foreign media reports.

Lateral entry is no silver bullet. Works more for NITI Aayog than ministries

The argument that the govt wanted to induct lateral entrants to inject ‘new ideas’ does not cut much ice. Perhaps it was trying to push multiple agendas, but this has backfired.

‘U-turn’, a horror film starring Modi 3.0 & how to blitzkrieg your way through a traffic jam

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Modi’s lateral entry U-turn shows he’s not a rigid politician. He listens to opposing views

The silver lining is that the uproar over lateral entry scheme will lead to a refined policy. With social justice added, it may now be more acceptable.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.