Lateral-entry Lite: Indian Policy Management Service may be the answer

We need to revive Nehru's idea of the Industrial Management Pool back in 1953 to manage PSUs which the IAS sabotaged

Like him or not, Narendra Modi has to be admired for one thing: he wants to change things, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. But change is something he keenly pursues.
 
So, having realised that the Government of India has been, and is, run by amateurs – as if cabin crew are flying the plane – he has taken a baby step towards fixing the problem. He wants to introduce ‘lateral entry’ of experts into the government.
 
Critics are up in arms. Admirers are singing bhajans. As always happens with Mr Modi, the reactions are