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Analyse the arguments in favour and against the lateral entry into higher civil services in India.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 15 marks
  • Principal Organs of Government

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Lateral entry means recruiting professionals from outside the career services directly into senior posts — Joint Secretary, Director, Deputy Secretary — on three-to-five-year contracts, bypassing the seniority ladder. It was institutionalised in 2018, when ten Joint Secretary posts drew over 6,000 applicants. The debate sets Weberian career-service values against New Public Management's search for expertise…

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  • Arguments in favour
  • Arguments against
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