Government has indicated that there will be no further change in the civil services examination pattern. Highly placed sources today said that whatever government had to do in the current exam pattern row, it has been done.
The sources said that the UPSC is a constitutional body and the Centre will not intervene in its affairs on the issue.
On Monday, the government had announced that marks for English comprehension questions in CSAT paper of the Civil Services preliminary examination will not be counted for the purpose of gradation or merit.
It also announced that students who appeared in the examination in 2011 when CSAT was introduced will be given one more attempt.
Meanwhile, agitating civil services aspirants are continuing their protests demanding complete scrapping of the CSAT examination pattern. The aspirants have been holding protests at several locations in Delhi for the past few weeks.
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.
BSP supremo MayawatI has said that the government should scrap CSAT. Talking to reporters outside Parliament she said that her party wants a permanent solution to the issue.
On the other hand JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav said that the government's decision has made the issue more complicated rather than getting resolved.
Congress Leader Rajiv Shukla said that the CSAT issue is turning very serious. Respecting all Indian languages the government should go for a programme which could bring out competent bureaucrats .
