Q. Consider the following British committees/commissions associated with the Public Services:
Arrange the following Committees/Commissions in the correct chronological order of their formation:
Q. Consider the following British committees/commissions associated with the Public Services:
Arrange the following Committees/Commissions in the correct chronological order of their formation:
The correct option is B 4-1-2-3
Explanation:
Macaulay Committee of 1854 recommended that appointment to the civil service based on the company’s patronage be stopped and a merit-based system be established.
Aitchison Committee on Public Services was set up by Dufferin in 1886. It recommended— dropping the terms ‘covenanted’ and ‘uncovenanted’; classification of the civil service into Imperial Indian Civil Service (examination in England), Provincial Civil Service (examination in India) and Subordinate Civil Service (examination in India); and raising the age limit to 23
Lee Commission was set up in 1924. The Commission recommended that:
- the Secretary of State should continue to recruit the ICS, the Irrigation branch of the Service of Engineers, the Indian Forest Service, etc.
- The recruitments for the transferred fields like education and civil medical service be made by provincial governments.
- Direct recruitment to ICS on basis of 50:50 parity between the Europeans and the Indians be reached in 15 years.
- A Public Service Commission be immediately established (as laid down in the Government of India Act, 1919).
The Islington Commission on civil service was set up in 1912 accepted simultaneous exams in England and India for the recruitment of civil servants.
Explanation:
Macaulay Committee of 1854 recommended that appointment to the civil service based on the company’s patronage be stopped and a merit-based system be established.
Aitchison Committee on Public Services was set up by Dufferin in 1886. It recommended— dropping the terms ‘covenanted’ and ‘uncovenanted’; classification of the civil service into Imperial Indian Civil Service (examination in England), Provincial Civil Service (examination in India) and Subordinate Civil Service (examination in India); and raising the age limit to 23
Lee Commission was set up in 1924. The Commission recommended that:
- the Secretary of State should continue to recruit the ICS, the Irrigation branch of the Service of Engineers, the Indian Forest Service, etc.
- The recruitments for the transferred fields like education and civil medical service be made by provincial governments.
- Direct recruitment to ICS on basis of 50:50 parity between the Europeans and the Indians be reached in 15 years.
- A Public Service Commission be immediately established (as laid down in the Government of India Act, 1919).
The Islington Commission on civil service was set up in 1912 accepted simultaneous exams in England and India for the recruitment of civil servants.
