Wednesday 11 December 2013

Recruitment of IPS Officers through separate exam is not desirable : Govt, Minister of State replies in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, December 10: The 161st Report on Demands for Grants (2012-13) made a recommendation for exploring the possibility of conducting a separate examination for IPS were the attitude and aptitude of the candidate must be thoroughly tested, besides their mental makeup and inclination for policing. The same was also reiterated in the 163rd Report of the Department-related
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs regarding Working of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. The Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee, in its subsequent (172nd) Report, has communicated that they don’t wish to pursue the said matter. The matter was also referred to this Ministry by Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel National Police Academy subsequent to the visit of the Parliamentary Standing Committee to the Academy. The matter was consulted with the States/UTs, Dop&T and UPSC. Comments from 18 States/UTs have been received, out of which, only 6 States have recommended for a separate exam. And the rest have suggested no change in the current common exam. UPSC have also stated that based on the various committees on reforms in Civil Services Examination, they do not feel it necessary to have a separate examination for selection of IPS Officers by delinking it from the Civil Services Examination. Keeping in view the feedback from States/UTs and the UPSC, a separate examination for IPS Officers is not desirable.
This was stated by R.P.N.Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Naveen Jindal in Lok Sabha today.

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