Lateral entry into Civil Services: A decision to be welcomed or an attempt to privatise the bureaucracy?
Ever since the Central government has given a green flag to the lateral entry of the individuals with expertise in a specific domain into the bureaucracy at the central level, a debate has risen over the efficacy of this move with many hailing it as decisive step brought about in a bid to reform civil services and others criticizing it for bypassing the conventional procedure of the entry of civil servants and many other reasons discussed later in this article. This is not the first time that the centre has…
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