Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prakash Javadekar has
said the government will convene an all-party meeting to seek the
views of leaders on bringing reforms in the pattern of civil
services examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

He was responding to queries by members on the controversy whether to scrap the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). or not. Mr Javadekar
said the government has already announced some measures in this regard and is also considering other options as suggested by the members.

The Minister wished the students success in the preliminary
examination of the main civil services to be held on the 24th of this
month.Participating in the brief discussion, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi of
the BJP said the issue is very sensitive and the government should
convene an all party meeting to resolve the issue.

D. Raja of the CPI said that the UPSC should make available question papers in all Indian languages. Bhupinder Singh of the BJD said that regional languages should get prominence. He demanded the scrapping of the CSAT.

Sharad Yadav of the JD(U), Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, and Dr. V Maitreyan of the AIADMK were among others, who participated in the discussion.