New Delhi: The Center has decided to recruit experts from the private sector as Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries on a contract basis in its various departments. An official gave this information on Tuesday.
He said that the Department of Personnel and Training has given permission to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for ‘Lateral Entry (Middle-Level Entry)’ in 12 Government Departments/Ministries. It is requested to recruit through Mid-level entry refers to the recruitment of private sector specialists in government departments. Normally the posts of Joint Secretaries, Directors, and Deputy Secretaries are held by All India Officers, and Group ‘A’ is handled by the officers of
The official said that this proposed recruitment is being done in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Ministry of Food and Public Distribution. Department and for the Ministry of Heavy Industry.
He said that the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Industry in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Petrochemicals in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, School Education in Ministry of Education And selected posts in the literacy department will also be filled through this recruitment. He said, “The detailed advertisement and related guidelines for the candidates will be put on the UPSC website on May 20.
He said that interested candidates can apply from May 20 to June 19. “Candidates will be shortlisted for interview on the basis of information provided by them in the online application,” the official said. Details of the number of vacancies to be filled through lateral recruitment will be given in the advertisement, he added. For the first time in June 2018, the Ministry of Personnel invited applications for 10 posts of Joint Secretary through lateral entry. The recruitment for these posts was done by the Union Public Service Commission.
In October 2021, the commission recommended 31 candidates for various departments of the central government, including three for the posts of joint secretaries, 19 directors, and nine deputy secretaries. The official said that now this government will start the process of recruitment through lateral entry for the third time from May 20.
