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Dilip Cherian | India s toppers no longer find civil services a dream career?
Published : Jan 7, 2021, 4:15 am IST
Updated : Jan 7, 2021, 4:15 am IST
For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing
Could it be that there are many more attractive alternative career paths available now that are more rewarding financially and career-wise than what the civil service can offer to our brightest?
Is the civil service no longer a dream career for aspiring youngsters in India? The recent survey of national school board toppers over 20 years suggests that it may be so.
Of the 86 men and women who topped in their school board exams between 1995 and 2015, more than half live abroad, and most are working or pursuing advanced degrees in science and technology. Of those working most are in the tech sector, followed by medicine and finance. More than half grew up outside India’s metros in Tier-II and Tier-III cities. No surprises there!
EC’s transfer policy
The Election Commission has already started gearing up for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections due in May 2021, starting with the babus who will be on election duty. In a recent letter to the state Chief Electoral Officer Sathyabrata Sahoo and Chief Secretary K Shanmugam, the Election Commission has stressed the need for effective transfer of officers who have completed three years and to ensure that no officer is posted in their native district.
Officers who are retiring within six months and those who are facing disciplinary actions recommended by the EC for earlier poll duty lapses should not be designated for poll duty. Further, officials who will complete three years in an election-related post before May 31 should be transferred.