On August 17, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) advertised lateral recruitment for 45 posts at the ranks of joint secretary, director, and deputy secretary in different ministries and ...

A series of motivated and spurious arguments have been advanced in various forums alleging that the Modi government in 2018 aimed to institutionalise lateral entries to undermine reservations in ...

What is Lateral Entry in Civil Services? Lateral entry in civil services is a practice of recruiting individuals from outside the government to fill mid-level and senior positions. This approach ...

Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi backtrack on the issue of lateral entry into the civil services? After inviting applications for 45 positions, the government abruptly canceled the recruitment ...

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on Tuesday that the advertisement for lateral entry into the central government, issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), has been ...

The Centre’s decision on lateral entry on Tuesday came hours after Union minister Jitendra Singh wrote a letter to the commission’s chairperson Preeti Sudan, urging her to cancel the recruitment.

Sumit Pande explains the controversy over the lateral entry of specialists into India’s governing machinery. The bureaucrats are selected through different competitive examinations, the topmost ...

The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) report of 2005 highlights concerns about lateral entry into senior government positions, noting potential risks to constitutional mandates on ...

After a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) advertisement for filling up 45 posts through “lateral entry” triggered a political controversy, the Central Government on Tuesday asked the UPSC to ...

The Centre withdrew the UPSC lateral entry advertisement following criticisms from various political factions. BJP-NDA praised PM Modi for championing social justice, while the INDIA bloc hailed ...

Chennai (Tamil Nadu), August 21, (ANI): After the Centre asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to cancel the latest advertisement for lateral entry into the bureaucracy, CR Kesavan ...