In recent weeks, the NDA government has selectively rolled back a few decisions, the most crucial one being the proposal to induct officers at the level of Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and ...

Real Madrid defender Joan Martinez has undergone surgery after rupturing the cruciate ligament in his left knee. The 17-year-old centre-back sustained the injury during a training session with ...

Last week, just days after issuing an advertisement for 45 lateral entry posts (10 Joint Secretary positions and 35 Director and Deputy Secretary positions), the Union Public Service Commission ...

Barcelona midfielder Marc Bernal is expected to miss the remainder of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Scans on Wednesday showed that the 17-year-old has a ...

The lateral entry scheme meant to revitalise a moribund babudom is dead. It will be long before a strong and visionary PM arrives on the scene with a resolve to infuse life into it. Privately, many ...

On August 18, the UPSC advertised 45 posts to be filled through the lateral entry mode on a contract basis. The idea was to recruit officials for multiple roles in certain central ministries ...

What is Lateral Entry in Civil Services? Lateral entry in civil services is a practice of recruiting individuals from outside the government to fill mid-level and senior positions. This approach ...

Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi backtrack on the issue of lateral entry into the civil services? After inviting applications for 45 positions, the government abruptly canceled the recruitment ...

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on Tuesday that the advertisement for lateral entry into the central government, issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), has been ...

Sumit Pande explains the controversy over the lateral entry of specialists into India’s governing machinery. The bureaucrats are selected through different competitive examinations, the topmost ...

The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) report of 2005 highlights concerns about lateral entry into senior government positions, noting potential risks to constitutional mandates on ...

After a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) advertisement for filling up 45 posts through “lateral entry” triggered a political controversy, the Central Government on Tuesday asked the UPSC to ...