{"id":246742,"date":"2023-06-06T20:02:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=246742"},"modified":"2023-06-06T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:32:36","slug":"centres-lateral-entry-plan-gains-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centres-lateral-entry-plan-gains-traction\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre\u2019s \u2018lateral entry\u2019 plan gains traction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cCentre\u2019s \u2018lateral entry\u2019 plan gains traction<\/strong>\u201d published in Business Standard <\/strong>on\u00a06th<\/sup> June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance \u2013 Role of Civil Services in a Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>Concerns associated with lateral entry<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Recently, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued a list of 20 lateral recruitments to middle and senior levels of central government service.<\/p>\n

What is lateral entry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click Here to Read<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

How has been the response of the people for the lateral entry?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When the government initiated lateral recruitment for middle and senior positions in 2019, it saw opposition from group of people.<\/p>\n

However, despite the opposition, the government has still continued to recruit personnel through lateral entry.<\/p>\n

Further, the lack of opposition to the recent advertisement indicates that lateral recruitments have become a regular and accepted practice within the government system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, specialist roles in areas like audit, Railways, and tax (direct and indirect) have not yet been opened to lateral recruitments, despite reports of the government facing a shortage of specialists.<\/p>\n

What are the concerns with lateral entry?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As per former chairman of the UPSC, Deepak Gupta, such recruitments could potentially devolve into an uncontrolled spoils system that favors politicians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Further as per a former CAG, while selective use of lateral entry may have limited benefits, its widespread implementation could ultimately undermine the entire system.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the new entrants through lateral recruitments are not designated as members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or an equivalent service.<\/p>\n

However, acknowledging the need of lateral entry, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT<\/strong>) has taken steps to establish designated officers and sections to manage the process more systematically instead of relying on ad hoc arrangements.<\/p>\n

Despite this, there are still challenges associated. For instance,<\/strong> despite being granted an extension beyond the initial three-year term, a lateral entrant chose to resign in just eight months into his new term without giving any reason.<\/p>\n

This highlights that challenges and factors influencing individuals’ decisions to leave still exist within the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>Issue of lateral entry into the Bureaucracy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What can be the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First,<\/strong> it is necessary to evaluate whether a specific gap within the government can be effectively filled by a lateral entrant, rather than solely focusing on vacancies.<\/p>\n

Second,<\/strong> it is also required to invest in HR capabilities by bringing in experienced professionals through lateral entry at senior positions.<\/p>\n

Third, <\/strong>the government has set up the Capacity Building Commission and Mission Karmayogi<\/strong> to train government employees about their roles. However, both the institutions have not stepped in to deal with lateral entrants.<\/p>\n

Fourth,<\/strong> the government has implemented a streamlined process for lateral entry appointments to bring in the most talented individuals with expertise to fulfill specific tasks.<\/p>\n

The aim is to ensure that the best-of-the-best talent is inducted through lateral entry and effectively utilized within the government.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source:<\/strong> Business Standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cCentre\u2019s \u2018lateral entry\u2019 plan gains traction\u201d published in Business Standard on\u00a06th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance \u2013 Role of Civil Services in a Democracy Relevance: Concerns associated with lateral entry News: Recently, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued a list of 20 lateral recruitments to… Continue reading Centre\u2019s \u2018lateral entry\u2019 plan gains traction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,212],"class_list":["post-246742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}