India 2018

36 India 2018
training policies for the All India and Central Services and providing support
for the capacity building of state government officials
Recruitment Agencies
The two organizations through which the Department ensures recruitment of
personnel for the government are the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). The former is responsible for
conducting examinations for appointment to the higher civil services and civil
posts; including recruitment to the All India Services. There is a mandatory
provision for consulting the Commission on all matters relating to methods of
recruitment, principles to be followed in making promotions and transfers from
one service to another and on all disciplinary matters. The SSC is responsible
for making recruitment to subordinate staff such as Assistants, Stenographers
etc.
Some of the initiatives taken by the DoPT include: (a) Discontinuation of interview
for Gr. B and C posts
Interview has been dispensed with for recruitment by SSC to all Group ‘C’
and Group ‘B’ (non-gazetted) from January 2016. This is applicable for
recruitment on GoI min./attached/subordinate offices/autonomous bodies/
PSUs. 18 states and all the union territories, namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil
Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh,
Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry
have adopted the policy of discontinuation of interview in recruitments to
lower level posts
(b) Switching from OMR based exam to Computer
To improve transparency and reduce time taken to complete recruitment
process, the government has switched over from the traditional OMR (Optical
Mark Reader) mode to Computer Based Mode in respect of the various
recruitment exams (viz., CGLE, CHSLE, MTS level, etc.) conducted by SSC.
(c) Single Registration and Two Tier System of Examination
At present, candidates seeking government jobs have to appear for different
examinations where similar eligibility conditions have been prescribed.
Multiple recruitment examinations not only burden the candidates but also
results in aviodable expenditure in the conduct of these examinations by various
recruitment agencies. Government now proposes to introduce a common
eligibility test to shortlist the candidates for vacancies of Group ‘B’ Non-
Gazetted and below through a computer ^based/online mode test for Tier-1
examination to be conducted by SSC. There will be common registration of
candidates through National Career Service (NCS) portal. Final selection will
be made through specialised Tier-11 examination to be conducted by individual
recruitment agencies.