The lateral entry saga, back from the UPA days

The issue of lateral entry was back in the spotlight this month when the Narendra Modi government put out an advertisement for 45 posts in various departments

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government disregarded the recommendation of the Second Administrative Reforms Committee (ARC) chaired by M Veerappa Moily on formalising the process of lateral entry of government officers, went ahead with an alternative plan to do so, but abandoned it later after opposition from ministries, according to documents reviewed by HT and senior officials then in government.

u.p.s.c building in delhi // photographs by priyanka parashar on 26 August 2013

“Interestingly, the idea was discussed even as the government deferred a similar proposal of the Second ARC, which was chaired