Explanation: Islington Commission, 1912

It is a Royal Commission formed to recommend reforms in the Public Service of British India with Lord Islington as its chairman. A ten-member commission, which included three Indians, was given the task of examining the Indian demand to increase the number of Indians in the Higher Civil Services and, most importantly, holding the simultaneous examination in India. The commission was guided by three principal considerations:

Firstly, to maintain high standards of civil administration in British India;

Secondly, to safeguard the paramount interest of British rule; and

Thirdly, to satisfy the reasonable aspirations of Indians and promote friendly relations between Indians and Europeans for better governance.

The commission completed its report in 1915, but owing to the outbreak of the First World War, the report was not published until 1917.

It recommended:

25 percent of the posts in the superior civil service should be filled from among Indians, partly by direct recruitment and partly by promotion

The examination for the recruitment of civil servants should be held in India.

Source: NCERT