Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Aug 16: From this year onwards, the new IAS probationers will start their career with a three – month stint at the Centre before going to their respective State of posting as per the cadre allocation.
This was disclosed here by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh at a felicitation function attended by Ira Singhal, Nidhi Gupta and Vandana Rao, the trio of three Delhi girls who topped this year’s All India IAS / Civil Services Examination. Former MLA from Rajendra Nagar and senior leader, R.P. Singh was also present on the occasion.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, this latest decision by DoPT (Department of Personnel & Training) will provide an opportunity to the new incoming IAS officers to be groomed at the Centre before they move over to their respective State of posting. This will not only help in enriching their perspective, but would also acquaint them with the functioning of the Union government and enable them to get themselves introduced to various functionaries and officials in the Central government hierarchy which may also, later on, make it easier for them to discharge their responsibilities more effectively when they take up bureaucratic, administrative or field assignments in the State, he added.
Referring to another recent DoPT decision to revisit and revise the pattern and syllabus of the Civil Services Examination, Dr. Jitendra Singh informed that a committee of experts is being constituted for the purpose under the auspices of UPSC. The objective is to provide a level playing field to civil services aspirants from diverse backgrounds so that the selected candidates are most appropriately suited to the requirements of governance in contemporary India, he said.
Dr. Jitendra Singh reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis to provide maximum and easy governance in an atmosphere which enables the bureaucrats to perform their best. The bureaucrats of 21st century will be the torch bearers of India’s ascent as a global power and also the executors of PM’s Independence Day call for “start up India, stand up India”, he said.
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