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In response to a Supreme Court ruling last week, the central government is restoring broadband connections to government installations and providers of essential services, hospitals, banks and the tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the step falls far short of the complete withdrawal of curbs on public communications which the court had sought. ISPs are required to block social media sites and technology by which such a restriction can be bypassed, before providing access to institutions and essential service providers.
The Debroy Committee found that the reservations of the Gupta-Narain Committee were unwarranted. It recommended two distinct services, technical versus non-technical, if there were two separate modes of entry, resulting in a non-homogeneous group of officers. But in a presentation to the committee, the FROA (Federation of Railway Officers’ Associations) argued for a single service and entry examination, and suggested a method that could be used. “The Railway Board will place an indent on UPSC specifying the number of recruits needed for each discipline such as civil/mechanical/electrical engineers or simple graduates in any subject. After selection of pre-decided numbers from each specialisation/general subjects, they will be merged into a single IRLS (Indian Railway Service) by UPSC itself through a pre-decided formula of inter-se seniority.” This is akin to what happens with the Indian Foreign Service, and there can be a new examination conducted by the UPSC.An Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) has now been announced (IRLS of the quote becomes IRMS), breaking down departmentalism and silos. For new entrants, IRMS constitutes no great problem.