27th May 2018 : Popular Front of India Chairman E Abubacker in a statement has condemned the central government’s proposal to change the present UPSC cadre allocation system and make it on the basis of performance in the Foundation Course.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sent a communication to concerned departments to examine the feasibility of cadre allocation based on the performance in the Foundation Course, instead of the existing process of allocating cadre immediately after clearing the UPSC civil service examination.
Candidates who successfully cleared the three stages of UPSC civil services exam – Preliminary,main and interview – have to go through a 15-week long Foundation Course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie. Currently, services like IAS, IPS, IFS and other central services are allotted by the UPSC, based on the marks secured in the written test and interview, before the Foundation Course.
The existing system has proved transparent and credible since its formation. Under the Modi government, when many of the institutions have lost its credibility, the UPSC is the one among the few,the integrity and impartiality of which has never been doubted. If the selections to the services are to be done after the foundation course, then the UPSC examination would be reduced to just a qualifying examination.
Article 320 of the constitution clearly entrusts the UPSC with the duty to conduct examinations to the services of the union. Allotment of cadre is a logical extension of the conduct of examinations.Any move to dilute the role of such prestigious institution should be resisted.
The proposed change will encourage corruption, malpractices, favoritism and give chances to politicians and bureaucrats to influence selection. It will, in turn, bring down the quality of the public administration over time. It is very essential for the public administration to remain non-political forIndia to be truly democratic. Also, it will pave way for discrimination on the basis of caste, community,religion and region, which is a threat to inclusiveness and will favour majoritarianism.
E Abubacker called upon all those believes in democracy to raise their voice against this undemocratic move by the government.
PRO
Popular Front of India
Manipur State
There is nothing wrong with the cadre and service allocations after Foundation Course.It shll help screen the most legible candidates for the much coveted posts.
Don’t try to express this proposed idea wrongly. People also have to know that in this proposal, government is proposed to include the performance in the foundation course in service selection /Cadre allocation. Nothing else is changed in the present upsc civil service examination pattern.
They just proposed, not adopt.
Some nonsense congress men always try to interpret every government’s policy wrongly.
It is not about supporting Congress or bjp.
PFI is a terrorists backed organization… Why should we listen to your bullshit**