PM orders task force on central services’ structure

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi hasdirected constitution of a task force to study cadrestructures of various central services like IFS and IRS inorder to check stagnation level and other issues. The task force, to be headed by T Jacob, AdditionalSecretary in Department of Personnel of Training (DoPT), hasbeen asked to submit its report within three months time. In accordance with the direction of the AppointmentsCommittee of Cabinet (ACC), a task force has been constitutedon August 16, 2016 to comprehensively study the cadrestructures of all organised services in government of Indiaand address issues in time bound manner, an order issuedtoday by the DoPT said. The ACC is headed by the Prime Minister. The task force will suggest the way forward to mitigatethe stagnation level and "to suggest the ideal recruitment oforganised Group A services", as per its terms of references. All cadre controlling authorities like Ministry ofExternal Affairs for Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and FinanceMinistry for Indian Revenue Service (IRS) among others havebeen asked to provide their inputs so that it can be examinedby the task force before finalising its recommendations. PTIAKVRG