Not a reform: New proposal for civil servants is flawed

The department of personnel and training (DoPT) has written to line ministries asking them to examine the feasibility of the proposal

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has reportedly suggested a major change in the policy related to allocation of services and cadre for candidates selected every year in the All-India Civil Services Exam. The proposal is that their cadre and services should be allocated only after the three-month foundation course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie. Currently, civil servants are allocated cadre and services before starting of the course. The department of personnel and training (DoPT), which essentially supervises the bureaucracy, has written to line ministries asking them to examine the feasibility of the proposal, which