Modi govt's U-turn on lateral entry in civil service: Why it failed & a case for such reform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-6na4B3VY ThePrint Aug 20, 2024
As the central government calls to roll back the advertisement by the UPSC for lateral entry recruitment for mid-level positions in the bureaucracy, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses the rationality and history behind the scheme, the impact of caste and coalition politics & why it is creating controversy now despite being in practice for decades in episode 1506 of Cut The ClutteLateral Entry Roll
Five Years On, Govt's Lateral Entry Plan Falls Short Of Expectations, Comes Up For Review https://thesecretariat.in/article/five-years-on-govt-s-lateral-entry-plan-falls-short-of-expectations-comes-up-for-review The government’s plan to rejuvenate the jaded bureaucracy loses its way in Yes Minister-esque intrigue. Is a reboot on the horizon? Pawan Kumar Nov, 29, 2023 ·
The case for lateral entry https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-case-for-lateral-entry-indian-administrative-service-ias-upsc-government-4788115/ August 9, 2017
by Gulzar Natarajan , Duvvuri Subbarao There should be a system of annual recruitment into the IAS of mid-career professionals from diverse sectors
'Modi govt now plans to hire 400 directors and deputy secretaries through lateral entry' 'https://theprint.in/india/governance/modi-govt-now-plans-to-hire-400-directors-and-deputy-secretaries-through-lateral-entry/44942
Subramanian Swamy was right. Modi’s lateral entry plan will make reservations irrelevant https://theprint.in/opinion/subramanian-swamy-was-right-modis-lateral-entry-plan-will-make-reservations-irrelevant/250311/
There are three ways Modi government is likely to undermine constitutionally guaranteed reservation policy for SC/STs in his second term. Dilip Mandal 15 June, 2019
Lateral entry experts have ‘become like any IAS officer’ a year into recruitment https://theprint.in/india/governance/lateral-entry-experts-have-become-like-any-ias-officer-a-year-into-recruitment/505476/
Sanya Dhingra Modi govt hasn’t made any civil services recruitment though lateral entry since last year. Stakeholders say ‘domain experts’ hired have been subsumed by the system.
RSS-backed IAS institute has been quietly grooming ‘nationalist’ civil servants since 1986 https://theprint.in/india/education/rss-backed-ias-institute-has-been-quietly-grooming-nationalist-civil-servants-since-1986/503660/ Sanya Dhingra 16 September, 2020 In 2020 civil services exam, Samkalp Foundation has claimed a success rate of 61%. The institute with close ties to RSS claimed similar success in the last few years too.
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