- UPSC cancelled advertisements related to lateral entry into the bureaucracy.
- The advertisement related to lateral entry into the bureaucracy has been cancelled after receiving directions from the Department of Personnel and Training.
- UPSC issued an advertisement to appoint 45 Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries in Central Ministries.
- The government has cancelled these planned recruitments due to a lack of quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
What is Lateral Entry
- Lateral entry means the recruitment of an individual from outside the traditional government service cadres to fill mid- and senior-level positions.
- It was formally introduced in 2018.
- It aims to resolve complex governance and policy implementation challenges by tapping into external expertise.
- The lateral entry was recommended by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), established in 2005.