Traditionally, the IAS has been accessible only through the ... and the integrity of India’s premier civil service. In this video, we delve into the controversy, the arguments from both sides ...

Usually, bureaucratic posts are held by officers from the all-India services, such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), or Indian Forest Service (IFS).

In a lateral entry to the civil services, persons are recruited from outside the usual bureaucratic setup for certain posts in government departments. In India, this may include mid or senior ...

The government's effort to look beyond the IAS to recruit specialists ... a systemic process for appointments via lateral entry has successfully been introduced again. India has no shortage ...

Opposition political clamour over lateral entry into the bureaucracy ... has come 70 years later in India, largely due to the reluctance of the IAS to give space to others including private ...

In simple terms, lateral entry in bureaucracy means recruitment of individuals from outside the traditional government service cadres, mainly the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). These ...

On the other hand, those seeking lateral entry, definitely do. — Somesh Upadhyay, IAS (@Somesh_IAS ... spoke on the 'poverty of aspiration' that India had suffered for decades.

The UPSC has called for applications for 45 mid-level posts in various ministries, marking the largest lateral entry exercise since 2019. The positions include director, joint secretary ...

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission (now replaced by NITI Aayog), has backed the lateral entry into the ... role in shaping India's economic reforms, said ...

Union Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Tuesday wrote to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairman to cancel lateral entry. The UPSC on ...