New Delhi. There is a controversy between the ruling party and the opposition over lateral entry for recruitment to IAS posts without giving the UPSC exam. UPSC is going to make appointments on 45 posts through lateral entry, against which Congress and other opposition parties are raising their voice. At the same time, differences have started emerging within the Congress itself regarding lateral entry. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has taken the side of lateral entry.
My position on lateral entry is that it is an indispensable method for the government to acquire expertise which it otherwise lacks, in specific areas of specialization for which there are no qualified persons already in government service. In the short term, it remains… https://t.co/cw3wAT7gZO
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 19, 2024
Shashi Tharoor wrote on a social media post, lateral entry helps in improving those areas where we do not have related experts. However, Tharoor has described it as necessary for a short time. He says that for the long term, it is necessary to train the government officials holding the post under the existing rules. Let us tell you that UPSC has given an advertisement for recruitment through lateral entry for 45 posts of Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Director a few days ago, and there is a controversy about this.
what is lateral entry
Through lateral entry, recruitment is done for the posts of Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Director in various departments and ministries without giving IAS exam. In lateral entry, through interview only, the government appoints experts from various fields working in the private sector to those posts where IAS are appointed. According to a report of Times of India, Industrial Management Pool was started in 1959 in the government of Jawaharlal Nehru. Then Mantosh Sodhi was made the Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industry. At the same time, V. Krishnamurthy was also made the Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industry through lateral entry during the Nehru government. Similarly, during the tenure of Indira Gandhi government, many people were appointed through lateral entry.
