NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday released the first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming J&K assembly elections, a day after the party’s top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting over the names. However, in a rare turn of events, the party was forced to withdraw the original list and…
NEW DELHI: Faced with opposition, government on Tuesday cancelled the move to recruit 45 mid-level bureaucrats through “lateral entry” and announced the extension of quotas to such inductions as well.Government asked Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to withdraw the advertisement for 45 lateral inductions for the posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries, in…
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) move to cancel advertisement for 45 lateral entry jobs in mid-level government posts on Tuesday is the first indication that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third straight term in office is more of NDA 3.0 – a coalition government in which allies play a crucial role rather than…
NEW DELHI: The concept of lateral entry into Indian government services has been a subject of significant interest and debate. On August 18, 2024, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued an advertisement to recruit 45 joint secretaries, directors, and deputy secretaries across 24 central ministries through lateral entry on a contract basis or deputation.However,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and urged it to withdraw advertisement for lateral entry recruitments.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, and several other opposition leaders had opposed the recruitment and accused the BJP of “snatching reserveration” and…
NEW DELHI: BJP ally and Union minister Chirag Paswan Monday termed the lateral entry move “completely wrong” and said he would raise the issue before the Centre. He said his party is “absolutely not in favour of” any appointment by government without following the policy on reservations.“My party’s stance on such appointments is absolutely clear….
NEW DELHI: Lateral entry into bureaucracy is a practice that involves recruiting individuals from outside the traditional government service cadres to fill mid and senior-level positions.Lateral entry into bureaucracy was formally introduced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure, with the first set of vacancies announced in 2018. Candidates are typically hired on contracts ranging from…
NEW DELHI: In the biggest such exercise since lateral entry began in 2019, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications for 45 mid-level posts of director, joint secretary and deputy secretary in various ministries and departments as govt seeks more specialists. So far, 63 appointments have been made through lateral entry at these levels…
