Karnataka’s backs decision to tweak IAS rules

Bengaluru: In turn U, Karnataka has supported a controversial proposal Re for E MPower itself to unilaterally draw Indian Administrative Services (IAS) from state cadres.
The state of the government M ent opposed the move only a week ago but changed the stand on Saturday.
The decision has disappointed several stakeholders including cusp, senior officers, the function of the opposition party ND was Ries when they saw political reasons behind the move.
“The principle of the federal structure calls for the same Powe RS for the center and countries, Mrs.
Ut the central proposal for a weak representative rules is a low AB to this structure,” said J Yotsna Jha, Director of the FTA center and policy study.
“Unfortunately, political considerations are driving states for giving birth to the midline.” The center believes that countries do not simply send I as officers for the embodiment and theirs affect the function of the central government.
Karnataka is among 11 countries that opposed the Cent Re proposal to change IAS CADRE RULE-6, 1954 which ventured the Workers Government to choose a number of IAS or IPS from the state for their respective Central Services without the approval of each government.
The Government Government on January 12 has sent a draft proposal to all countries that seek their opinions on or before January 25.
Karnataka has sent the answer to January 25 saying it cannot support the proposed change because it is contrary to the interests of the state.
“We categorically said the center should not change the rules of Kader IAS because the country will lose their legitimate rights to the strength of the staff adequate,” said a senior official.
“However, we have to change our opinion because of the direction of higher authority.
We have sent a revised statement to the center.” Great concern is that the state can face acute officer shortages; Already suffering from the scarcity of senior officials.
The state has the official strength of 314 IAS officers, but only 252 are now serving and many who handle many responsibilities.
The center has tweaked the recruitment policy in 1992 and reduced the intake of new IAS officers from 130 to 80 per year.
As a result, Karnataka faced a shortage of 20% senior officer over the past 10 years.
The state officer section has fallen to three when the actual requirement is 10.
Being aware of the problem, the center, in 2009, once again revised the recruitment policy to increase intake to 150 and more up to 180 increases to 180 in 2012.
While resolved the problem of shortage of junior officers IAS, it can take five more years to get adequate strength at a higher level, including for posts such as the main secretary and additional head secretary.
This rule said a country must ensure 40% of IAS’s officers’ reserves for the main representative.
However, new amendments plan to remove this hat and the center will decide the number of officers and their deputation time.
“This center must increase intake before changing the rules.
Also, it must check why officials are hesitant to carry out central services,” said the former Secretary of K Jairaj.