Prelims: Current events of national importance (Agnipath Scheme, All India Services)

Mains GS Paper II & III: Role of civil services in a democracy

Last month, the centre launched the Agnipath scheme for the armed forces of the country with a view to making armed forces leaner and without compromising their combat abilities. The article discusses the need for a similar scheme with regard to the All-India Services (AIS).

Agnipath Scheme will henceforth guide all the recruitments of soldiers, sailors, and airmen between the ages of 17.5 and 21 to serve for four years.

Similar schemes in other countries:

Proposed structure of Agnipath in AIS

Benefits of such scheme for All India Services?

What more needs to be done for making civil services future ready:

Mahatma Gandhi likened public service to being a trustee of public resources. Civil servants are uniquely positioned to play a role in lifting more than 170 million out of poverty into prosperity. What is needed is professional bureaucracy i.e., bureaucratic in form and structure and non-bureaucratic in attitude and spirit.

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