New Delhi, March 15 The Bachelor of Vocation courses will be treated at par with diploma in engineering or a BSc degree for lateral admission to engineering courses, the AICTE has clarified. “It is, ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to cancel an advertisement issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the appointment ...

The story so far: The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) on Saturday issued an advertisement to recruit for multiple roles in certain Central Ministries through lateral entry, either on a contract ...

Government's recruitment of 45 mid-level specialists through lateral entry has sparked political debate. Historically, experts like Manmohan Singh and V Krishnamurthy joined through similar routes.

Due to mounting criticism, mainly on account of not following reservation policy, the government decided to take a step back on lateral entry. Union Public Service Commission issued a detailed ...

Centre's decision to fill 45 posts in the Union government through the lateral entry route has triggered a political slugest between the Congress and BJP. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised the ...

Even as the move by the Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) to recruit through lateral entry to 45 posts in certain Central Ministries ignited a chorus of protest across the country, all the ...

BJP ally and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary backed the Centre's lateral entry into the bureaucracy on Tuesday, saying it has been happening for decades but perhaps at a lower scale. The Centre had ...

Modi govt’s U-turn on lateral entry into bureaucracy: The government’s policy was slammed for not having reservations for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Classes ...