Evolution of Civil services in India:
1. Cornwallis ( 1786-93) first to organise
2. Wellesley ( 1798-1805)
- A. Fort William college for new recruits
- B. 1806- Disapproved ( by Court of Directors)
- C. East India College at Haileybury in England
3. 1853- Open competition
4. Indian Civil Service Act, 1861:
- A. Age: 23 (1859), 22 ( 1860), 21 ( 1866), 19 ( 1878)
- B. 1863- Satyendra Nath Tagore became first Indian to qualify
5. Statutory civil service (1878-79: Lytton)
A. 1/6th covenanted post to Indians through nominations ( system failed and abolished)
6. Aitchison Committee on Public Services ( 1886) - Dufferin
- A. Drop covenanted and uncovenanted
- B. Imperial Indian Civil service ( Exam- England), Provincial Civil Service ( exam- India),
- Subordinate Civil Service ( Exam- India)
- C. Raising Age limit to 23
7. Montford Reforms 1919:
A. 1/3rd recruitment in India itself- to be raised annually by 1.5%
8. Lee Commission 1924:
- A. Direct recruit. To ICS on basis of 50:50 parity to be reached in 15 yrs
- B. Public Service Commission to be established ( as laid in GoI Act,1919)
9. GoI Act, 1935:
A. Establishment of Federal Public Service Commission and Provincial Public Service Commission
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Source - SPECTRUM
