UPSC to ink pact with Bhutanese counterpart

Union Cabinet today approved the signing of a MoU between the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and its Bhutanese counterpart that will facilitate cooperation include sharing of experience and expertise in civil service matters such as recruitment and selection.
The Memorandum of Understanding will strengthen the existing relationship between UPSC and Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), an official statement said.
In the past, UPSC had signed MoUs with public service commission of Canada.
The draft MoU between UPSC and RCSC, Bhutan will be signed to develop institutionalised linkage between the public service commission of both the countries which share the common ideals.

The areas of cooperation include sharing of experience and expertise in civil service matters such as recruitment and selection, exchange of resource persons and development of professional skills of the officers and staff of the parties through attachment and training programmes, it said.
Besides, it will also help in sharing of expertise on use of information technology in examination processes, computer- based recruitment tests and examinations, sharing of experience in single-window system for expeditious scrutiny and speedy disposal of cases and building merit-based staffing system.
The agreement will help in digitisation of records, storage and display of historical records and sharing of experience on the modalities adopted on audit of processes and procedures followed by various government agencies in recruitment for posts under the delegated powers, the statement said.