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The need for lateral entry in civil services: ( (Proposal for middle-rung lateral entry in ministries)
Context
- The Prime Minister Office (PMO) has instructed the department of personnel and training to prepare a proposal for middle-rung lateral entry in ministries dealing with the economy and infrastructure.
The need for lateral entry.
- It is both a workaround for the civil services’ structural failings and an remedy to the complacency that can set in a career-based service.
- The second ARC report points out that it is both possible and desirable to incorporate elements of a position-based system where lateral entry and specialization are common.
- Domain experts have been brought in from outside the services to head various committees, advisory bodies and organizations.
- Both the Niti Aayog and the Planning Commission before it have allowed for lateral entry.
- States such as Jharkhand are now experimenting with it as well.
