According to the information released from Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government
of India (GOI) on 26th Feb 2013, the Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) has forwarded the recommendations
of the High Level Standing Committee
of UPSC to the Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI, which are as follows:
No request was received from the Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) regarding delinking of schedule languages from
its scheme of examination. However, Department of Personnel & Training
(DOPT) had forwarded to this Ministry for comments, the recommendations of the
High Level Standing Committee which had been appointed by the Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC) in July, 2009 to examine the modalities for
implementing the recommendations of the Parliamentary
Resolution of 1968. According to the Resolution, languages included in the
Eighth Schedule to the Constitution and English shall be permitted as
alternative media for the All India and
higher Central Services examination after ascertaining the views of Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) on the future scheme of the examinations, the
procedural aspects and the timing etc.
The
recommendations of the said Committee are enclosed in Annexure. The Ministry of
Home Affairs had agreed with the recommendations.
Recommendations of
the High Level Committee appointed by the Union Public Service Commission:
(i) The language adopted
by the UPSC for conducting its examination should be based on their growth in
the higher educational system and the inclusion of a language in the Eighth
Schedule should not be the only basis for its adoption by the UPSC in its All
India and Higher Central Services Examinations.
(ii) All candidates
should have the option to write Civil Services Examination either in Hindi or
English.
(iii) The candidates in
the Civil Services Examination should be allowed to write their papers (other
than the Indian Language and English Compulsory Papers) in any of the languages
included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution provided the candidate has
had her/his graduation in that particular language medium of examination.
(iv) In the interest of
maintaining the equality and standards of examination conducted by UPSC, a
minimum number of 25 (twenty five) candidates will be required for conducting
examination in any one language.
(v) Considering the
dynamics of growth of languages in the higher education system, UPSC may review
the above policy after a gap of three years.
This was stated by
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri RPN Singh in Lok Sabha today.
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