BENGALURU: Karnataka has taken a U-turn and backed St. Ri’s controversial proposal to empower itself to unilaterally attract the Indian Administrative Service.I a s) State cadre officers to serve on Central deputation. The state government had opposed the move a week ago but changed its stand on Saturday.
The decision has left several stakeholders, including policy experts, senior officials, and the opposition parties working on the political reasons behind the move.
“The principle of a federal structure demands equal power for the Center and the states, but the Centre’s proposal for weak deputation rules falls short of this framework,” said J Yotsana Jha, director of the Center for Budget and Policy Studies. , “Most unfortunately, political considerations are pushing the states to follow the center line. ,
The Center argues that the states are not sending enough IAS officers on deputation and they are affecting the functioning of the central government.
Karnataka was one of the 11 states which had opposed the Centre’s proposal to amend the IAS Cadre Rules-6, 1954, which would allow the central government to submit any IAS or otherwise from a state for central service without the consent of the state government concerned. Gives the right to elect IPS officers. ,
On January 12, the central government had sent a draft proposal to all the states seeking their views on or before January 25. Karnataka had sent its reply on January 25, saying it could not support the proposed amendment as it was against the interest of the state.
“We had clearly said that the Center should not change the IAS cadre rules as the states will lose their legitimate right over adequate staff strength,” a senior official said. “However, we had to change our opinion due to the instructions of the higher authorities. We have sent a revised statement to the Centre. ,
The major concern is that the state may face a severe shortage of officials; It is already grappling with shortage of senior officers. The state has an authorized strength of 314 IAS officers, but only 252 are serving and many are handling multiple responsibilities.
The Center had changed the recruitment policy in 1992 and reduced the recruitment of new IAS officers from 130 to 80 per annum. As a result, Karnataka has faced a 20% shortage of senior officers for the last 10 years. With the actual requirement being 10, the share of state officials has come down to three.
Realizing this problem, the Center again revised the recruitment policy to 150 in 2009 and increased the number to 180 in 2012. While this solved the problem of shortage of junior IAS officers, it could have taken five more. At least one year to get enough strength at higher level for posts like Principal Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary.
The current rule states that a state must ensure to reserve 40% of its IAS officers for central deputation. But, the new amendment plans to remove this limit and the Center will decide the number of officers and the timing of their deputation.
“The Center should increase the intake before changing the rule. Also, it should be probed why officers are hesitant to go to the central service,” said former chief secretary K Jayaraj.
The decision has left several stakeholders, including policy experts, senior officials, and the opposition parties working on the political reasons behind the move.
“The principle of a federal structure demands equal power for the Center and the states, but the Centre’s proposal for weak deputation rules falls short of this framework,” said J Yotsana Jha, director of the Center for Budget and Policy Studies. , “Most unfortunately, political considerations are pushing the states to follow the center line. ,
The Center argues that the states are not sending enough IAS officers on deputation and they are affecting the functioning of the central government.
Karnataka was one of the 11 states which had opposed the Centre’s proposal to amend the IAS Cadre Rules-6, 1954, which would allow the central government to submit any IAS or otherwise from a state for central service without the consent of the state government concerned. Gives the right to elect IPS officers. ,
On January 12, the central government had sent a draft proposal to all the states seeking their views on or before January 25. Karnataka had sent its reply on January 25, saying it could not support the proposed amendment as it was against the interest of the state.
“We had clearly said that the Center should not change the IAS cadre rules as the states will lose their legitimate right over adequate staff strength,” a senior official said. “However, we had to change our opinion due to the instructions of the higher authorities. We have sent a revised statement to the Centre. ,
The major concern is that the state may face a severe shortage of officials; It is already grappling with shortage of senior officers. The state has an authorized strength of 314 IAS officers, but only 252 are serving and many are handling multiple responsibilities.
The Center had changed the recruitment policy in 1992 and reduced the recruitment of new IAS officers from 130 to 80 per annum. As a result, Karnataka has faced a 20% shortage of senior officers for the last 10 years. With the actual requirement being 10, the share of state officials has come down to three.
Realizing this problem, the Center again revised the recruitment policy to 150 in 2009 and increased the number to 180 in 2012. While this solved the problem of shortage of junior IAS officers, it could have taken five more. At least one year to get enough strength at higher level for posts like Principal Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary.
The current rule states that a state must ensure to reserve 40% of its IAS officers for central deputation. But, the new amendment plans to remove this limit and the Center will decide the number of officers and the timing of their deputation.
“The Center should increase the intake before changing the rule. Also, it should be probed why officers are hesitant to go to the central service,” said former chief secretary K Jayaraj.
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