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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicLateral entry

Topic: Lateral entry

These are the new steps Modi govt is planning to make civil services dynamic & attractive

The Modi government is seeking to expand the civil services reforms it began in its first term — introduction of lateral entry for example.

Govt says reservation in lateral entry of professionals difficult and not viable

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the lateral entry procedure was designed to be objective and hence background would not matter, just one's capability and experience.

Modi govt ready for second round of lateral entry recruitment for 40 posts

Posts for lateral entry have already been identified at the level of director and deputy secretary, and advertisement for this will be released soon.

How to work like IAS officer — lessons taught to 8 lateral entrants recruited by Modi govt

In a 2-week training programme, the lateral entrants got a crash course on governance matters that will help them begin their journeys as joint secretaries.

Modi govt is shaking the foundation of India’s IAS-led civil service — one reform at a time

Modi govt has forcibly retired officers, pushed for lateral entry & sought to break IAS stranglehold, earning both praise & flak for tinkering of civil service.

Manmohan & Montek were lateral-entry appointments too with no adverse effect: Modi govt

There has been no adverse effect on the morale of civil servants because of lateral recruitments, said Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

Not only IAS, the Indian judiciary desperately needs lateral entry too

IAS and other civil services have greater experience in dealing with and enforcing law. They should be allowed to take the Bar exam.

IAS officers shouldn’t fear us, we’re here only to help, say lateral entrants

Candidates recruited by UPSC as part of the Modi govt’s lateral entry scheme say their appointments will supplement the system, not disrupt it.

Lateral entry will not help improve governance. Comprehensive human resource management will

Expertise can be outsourced but leadership can’t, and for that Modi government will have to turn to IAS, which should look past UPSC tests.

Subramanian Swamy was right. Modi’s lateral entry plan will make reservations irrelevant

There are three ways Modi government is likely to undermine constitutionally guaranteed reservation policy for SC/STs in his second term.

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Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.