Written by K H Govinda Raj As competition increases, the demand to relax the age bar and allow candidates to compete more number of times in the Union Public Service Commission examination is expected. At present, the upper age-limit for general candidates to write the Civil Services examination is 32 years (six attempts); for reserved categories (SC/ST), it is 37 years (unlimited attempts) and for OBCs, it is 35 years (nine attempts). The situation will only get worse, not better, in the years to come. The number of candidates appearing for…
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IAS officer whose rejig sparked row now posted as Deoria DM | India News
IAS officer Divya Mittal, whose transfer order in September 2023 had led to an outrage in Mirzapur, has been posted as district magistrate in eastern UP’s Deoria district. She had worked for months to get piped water delivered to Lahuria Dah village in Mirzapur. On August 30, 2023, after piped water reached the village, Mittal held a small “jal pujan”, where she opened a tap with running water for the first time in 70 years. This apparently didn’t go well with the local BJP leader Vipul Singh, who wrote to…
4 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains
UPSC Issue at a Glance is a new initiative of UPSC Essentials to focus your prelims and mains exam preparation on an issue that has been in the news. Every Thursday, cover a new topic in Q&A format and don’t miss MCQs, Points to Ponder and key takeaways. Also, don’t forget to check the answers of MCQs towards the end of the article. Let’s get started! 🚨 The Indian Express UPSC Essentials brings to you the July edition of its monthly magazine. Click Here to read. Share your views and suggestions in the comment box or at manas.srivastava@indianexpress.com🚨 What is the issue?…
Seen as Nitish Kumar’s ‘possible successor’, who is Manish Verma: IAS to JD(U) supremo’s aide to party fold | Political Pulse News
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar’s advisor and former IAS officer Manish Verma, 50, formally joined the JD(U) on Tuesday. A 2000-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer and former Patna district magistrate, Verma had taken voluntary retirement (VRS) in 2018, reportedly on the advice of Nitish. He has since been working as a close aide of the CM. There has been a lot of buzz around Verma’s entry into the JD (U) amid the possibility of him being groomed as the party’s future leader. Verma, who had been…