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Dated:16.12.2011
To AllIRSOfficers, MadamfSir,

Sub:Requestforsuggestionsregardingnecessarychangesandreviewthe existingstructureofCivilServices(Main)Examinationreg. Reference:UPSCnoticeF.No.115112011E.|(B),dated12.12.2011 0Oo UPSC have appointed a Committee of experts to review the existing structure of Civil Services (Main) Examination and suggest necessary changes. Shri Prakash Chandra,Former Chairman, CBDThasbeen appointed as oneofthememberofthesaid Committee. A copy of the UPSC notice dated 12.12.2011 referred abovecontainingthe detailsofconstitutionoftheCommitteeanditsTermsofReferenceisenclosedherewith 2. ShriPrakash Chandra, formerChairmanCBDT,aMemberoftheCommitteerequested all the Officers of IRS cadre to send their commentsfsuggestiom in this regard to chandraprakashirs@qmail.com. ThankingYou, Yoursfaithfully,

(K.RaviRamachandran)Add].DirectorofIncomeTax,DatabaseCellCBDT

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NewDelhi:the12thDecember,2011
NOTICE The Union PublicService Commissionhavedecided to appointa CommitteeofExpertstoreview the existing structure of Civil Services(Main)Examination andsuggest necessarychanges. TheCommitteewill consistofthefollowingmembers: 1.Prof.ArunS.Nigavekar,ExChairman,UGCChairman2.ShriYogendarNarain,Retd.IAS,Former DefenceSecretary, Government of India Member 3. Shri Prakash Chandra, Former Chairman, CBDT Member 4. Prof. PankajChandra,Director,IIM,BangaloreMember5.Prof.PriyankarUpadhyay,UNESCOChairMember Professor,BanarasHinduUniversity6.ShriR.N.Datta,FormezrChairman,PWCSouthAsiaand IndiaMember 7.AdditionalSecretary,DoP&T,GovtofIndia8.AdditionalSecretary,UPSC Member(ExOfficio)MemberSecretaryr ThetermsofreferenceoftheCommitteewillbeasfollows: To identify the desired profile including the skill sets for the Civil Servants to enable them to deliver good governanceinthefastchangingdomesticandglobalsocioeconomicandtechnologicalscenario. TostudythevariousselectionmethodscurrentlyinvoguegloballyforselectionofCivilServants. To propose appropriate mechanisms and methodologies for selecting candidates with desired profile and skillsetsindicatedin(i)abovesuitedtoIndiancontextforthenextdecade. To recommend a system for evaluation of the effectiveness of selection methodology adopted by the Commission and the periodicity in which corrective action, if any, may be made in the selection methodologyforensuringthatitkeepspacewiththechangingrequirementsoftheServices.

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vi) To recommend the role of the Commission in the assessment of performance of the candidates recommended by it during and at the end of the mandatory training period and in particular, where such assessments have the effect of altering the initial merit order recommended by the Commission as also where it is proposed to extend or terminate the probation of a direct recruit on the basis of unsuifability for CivilService. Any other issue which the Committee may feel relevant to the process of selection ofCivil Servants forthe countryorwhichmayreferredtotheCommitteebytheCommission. For its functioning the Committee will devise its own procedures and it may set up such study group and takeassistanceofsuchExpertsasitmayconsidernecessaryinconsuitationwiththeCommission. TheCommitteewillsubmititsreportwithinsixmonthsfromitsformation. Sd/

(A.Bhattacharyya)Secretary