 "UPSC row: English marks not to be included")
Keen to defuse the escalating Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) row, the government on Monday announced in Parliament that English marks in the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT)-II will not be included for gradation or merit. However, the impasse is likely to continue, with agitating aspirants sticking to their demand for complete scrapping of this format.
UPSC, meanwhile, said the civil services preliminary exams will be held as scheduled on August 24, incorporating the changes, even as the government refused to yield to the demand of the civil service aspirants for doing away with CSAT.
The aspirants, who also demanded postponement of the exams, shifted their protests to Jantar Mantar, close to the seat of government, from Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi where they have been agitating for 25 days. The government also announced that candidates who took the 2011 UPSC exam will get another chance to appear for the test next year.
UPSC, meanwhile, said the civil services preliminary exams will be held as scheduled on August 24, incorporating the changes, even as the government refused to yield to the demand of the civil service aspirants for doing away with CSAT.
The aspirants, who also demanded postponement of the exams, shifted their protests to Jantar Mantar, close to the seat of government, from Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi where they have been agitating for 25 days. The government also announced that candidates who took the 2011 UPSC exam will get another chance to appear for the test next year.
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