Private sector experts will be appointed to key posts.
New Delhi: 25 experts who have made significant contributions in the private sector in administrative work will be included in key positions. Officials have given information about this. Officials say the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the appointment of three joint secretaries and 22 directors/deputy secretaries in various departments of the central government.
Appointment will be done through lateral entry
Let us tell you that generally the posts of Joint Secretary, Director and Deputy Secretary are kept by other Group A officers from All India Services like Indian Administrative Service (AIS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS). . Officials said that it will be started on the basis of lateral entry. In this, private sector experts will be appointed in government departments, the aim of which is to bring new talent and perspective into the government.
Lateral entry scheme was started in 2018
Let us tell you that under the Lateral Entry Scheme started in 2018, recruitment is done at the level of Joint Secretary, Director and Deputy Secretary. Officials at these levels play an important role in policy-making. Officers who come through the Lateral Entry Scheme become an integral part of the government system. The Ministry of Personnel had invited applications for 10 Joint Secretary-rank posts through the Lateral Entry Scheme for the first time in June 2018. Recruitment for these posts was done by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
38 people have participated so far
Officials said the Commission had again recommended 31 candidates for appointment as Joint Secretaries (3), Directors (19), and Deputy Secretaries (9) in various central government departments in October 2021. He said a total of 38 experts from the private sector – including 10 joint secretaries and 28 directors/deputy secretaries – have joined the government so far. At present there are 33 such experts, including 8 Joint Secretaries, 16 Directors and 9 Deputy Secretaries, working in key government departments. He said that two joint secretaries have completed their full three-year tenure.
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