New proposal on service allocation designed to create a loyal bureaucracy?

If PMO has its way, a high UPSC rank may not be enough to join the IAS anymore

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has its way, doing well in the civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission will not be enough to get into an All India service of your choice.

An extra layer of assessment is being mooted to decide the service as well as cadre that probationers will eventually get selected for – based on their performance in the compulsory ‘foundation course’.

If the PMO’s latest proposal is accepted, it will theoretically be possible for a candidate whose rank in the UPSC civil services examination can get him only into, say, the Indian Defence