Lok Sabha Question No. 3831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Civil Servants recruited through Lateral Entry
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Ms. S Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3831

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024)

## CIVIL SERVANTS RECRUITED THROUGH LATERAL ENTRY

## 3831. MS. S JOTHIMANI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of civil servants recruited through Lateral Entry into various Government Departments since inception of this scheme;
- (b) the details of the Departments and positions where these Lateral Entrants have been appointed;
- (c) the criteria and qualifications followed for the recruitment of civil servants through the said scheme;
- (d)  whether the  Government has studied the impact of Lateral Entry on the functioning and efficiency of Government Departments; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a): So far 63 appointments have been made at the level of Joint Secretary/Director/Deputy Secretary on contract/deputation  basis  into  various  Government  Departments  through  lateral  recruitment  since  its inception in 2018. Presently 51 officers are in positions in Ministries/Departments.
- (b): The  details  of    Departments  of  63  Lateral  Entry  officers  and  their  positions  are  enclosed  at Annexure-I.
- (c): Lateral  recruitment  is  undertaken  for  domain  specific  and  technical  posts  at  the  level  of  Joint Secretary, Director  and  Deputy  Secretary keeping  in view  the functional needs  of the Ministries /Departments.      The  criteria  and  qualifications  followed  for  the  lateral  recruitment  in  three  cycles  are  as under :
-  1 st   Phase (2018) - A copy of the advertisement issued by DoPT which inter-alia contains details of the posts, eligibility criteria and other conditions is at Annexure-II .
-  2 nd  Phase (2021)-(https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Advt-No-51-2021-Engl\_1.pdf)(http://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Advt-No-52-2021-Engl\_1.pdf).
-  3 rd Phase (2023) -(https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Advt-Spl-52-LateralEntry-Rev-020623-Eng\_0.pdf) (https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Advt-Spl-53-2023-LateralEntry-02062023-Eng\_0.pdf ).

(d) & (e): Internal  assessments  are  made  from  time  to  time.  However,  no  such  study  has  been conducted.

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## List of 63 candidates appointed through Lateral Entry:

|   S.No. | Name                          | Post            | Ministry/Department                    |
|---------|-------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Arun Goel                     | Joint Secretary | Commerce                               |
|       2 | Amber Dubey                   | Joint Secretary | Civil Aviation                         |
|       3 | Rajeev Saksena                | Joint Secretary | Economic Affairs                       |
|       4 | Sujit Kumar Bajpayee          | Joint Secretary | Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
|       5 | Saurabh Mishra                | Joint Secretary | Financial Services                     |
|       6 | Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale       | Joint Secretary | New and Renewable Energy               |
|       7 | Suman Prasad Singh            | Joint Secretary | Road Transport and Highways            |
|       8 | Bhushan Kumar                 | Joint Secretary | Ports, Shipping and Waterways          |
|       9 | Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy | Joint Secretary | Revenue                                |
|      10 | Samuel Praveen Kumar          | Joint Secretary | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare        |
|      11 | Manish Chadha                 | Joint Secretary | Commerce                               |
|      12 | Sandesh Madhavrao Tilekar     | Director        | Skill Development& Entrepreneurship    |
|      13 | Govind K Bansal               | Director        | Health& Family Welfare                 |
|      14 | Shiv Mohan Dixit              | Director        | Jal Shakti                             |
|      15 | Gaurav Singh                  | Director        | Higher Education                       |
|      16 | Sagar Rameshrao Kadu          | Director        | Promotion of Industry and Internal     |

## ANNEXURE-I

|    |                          |                  | Trade                                   |
|----|--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 17 | Edla Naveen Nicolas      | Director         | School Education& Literacy              |
| 18 | Harsha Bhowmik           | Director         | Economic Affairs                        |
| 19 | Prabhu Narayan           | Director         | Economic Affairs                        |
| 20 | Mateshwari Prasad Mishra | Director         | Food& Public Distribution               |
| 21 | Haimanti Bhattacharya    | Director         | Legal Affairs                           |
| 22 | Mandakini Balodhi        | Director         | Financial Services                      |
| 23 | Kapil Ashok Bendre       | Director         | Agriculture and Family Welfare          |
| 24 | Avnit Singh Arora        | Director         | Legal Affairs                           |
| 25 | Shekhar Chaudhary        | Director         | Economic Affairs                        |
| 26 | Neeraj Gaba              | Director         | Commerce                                |
| 27 | Hardik Sheth             | Director         | Financial Services                      |
| 28 | Bidur Kant Jha           | Director         | Road Transport& Highways                |
| 29 | Mukta Agarwal            | Director         | School Education &Literacy              |
| 30 | Rajesh Asati             | Deputy Secretary | Ports, Shipping and Waterways           |
| 31 | Jamiruddin Ansari        | Deputy Secretary | Power                                   |
| 32 | Soumendu Ray             | Deputy Secretary | Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| 33 | Gaurav Kishor Joshi      | Deputy Secretary | Heavy Industry                          |
| 34 | Rajan Jain               | Deputy Secretary | Corporate Affairs                       |
| 35 | G Sarathy Raja           | Deputy Secretary | Steel                                   |
| 36 | Dheeraj Kumar            | Deputy Secretary | Mines                                   |
| 37 | Ruchika Drall            | Deputy Secretary | Environment, Forest and Climate         |

|    |                         |                  | Change                                                |
|----|-------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 38 | Reetu Chandra           | Deputy Secretary | School Education& Literacy                            |
| 39 | Priya Jacob             | Director         | Food and Public Distribution                          |
| 40 | Simrat Kaur             | Director         | Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade |
| 41 | Sunil Kumar Sharma      | Director         | Power                                                 |
| 42 | Sharad Kumar Dwivedi    | Director         | Agriculture &Farmers Welfare                          |
| 43 | Manish Mishra           | Director         | Power                                                 |
| 44 | Vishnu Mishra           | Director         | Statistics &Programme Implementation                  |
| 45 | Saumya Rajan            | Deputy Secretary | Higher Education                                      |
| 46 | Rohina Gupta            | Director         | Housing and Urban Affairs                             |
| 47 | Madhu Sudana Sankar     | Joint Secretary  | Civil Aviation                                        |
| 48 | Harikumar Janakiraman   | Director         | School Education& Literacy                            |
| 49 | Indranil Das            | Director         | Health and Family Welfare                             |
| 50 | Rajeshwari S Mallegowda | Director         | Rural Development                                     |
| 51 | Aashima Bhatnagar       | Deputy Secretary | Health& Family Welfare                                |
| 52 | SantoshWB               | Director         | Chemicals and Petrochemicals                          |
| 53 | Minal Soni              | Deputy Secretary | Statistics &Programme Implementation                  |
| 54 | Sanjeev Kumar           | Deputy Secretary | Statistics &Programme Implementation                  |
| 55 | Jigneshkumar            | Director         | Financial Services                                    |

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|    | Pareshbhai Solanki    |                  |                                      |
|----|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 56 | Ajay Kumar Arora      | Joint Secretary  | Legal Affairs                        |
| 57 | Himanshu Joshi        | Deputy Secretary | Statistics &Programme Implementation |
| 58 | Neeraj Prakash        | Director         | Statistics &Programme Implementation |
| 59 | Manish Kumar          | Deputy Secretary | Heavy Industries                     |
| 60 | Hitendra Sahu         | Director         | Pharmaceuticals                      |
| 61 | Ravi Ranjan Singh     | Director         | Agriculture &Farmers Welfare         |
| 62 | Manoj Muttathil       | Joint Secretary  | Financial Services                   |
| 63 | Shubhankit Srivastava | Deputy Secretary | Heavy Industries                     |

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## Government of  India Department of Personnel and Training

## LATERAL RECRUITMENT TO SENIOR POSITOINS IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

The Government of India invites talented and motivated Indian nationals willing to contribute towards nation building to join the Government at the level of Joint Secretary.

Joint  Secretaries  are  at  a  crucial  level  of  senior  management  in  the  Government  of  India.    They  lead  policy making as  well  as  implementation  of  various  programmes  and  schemes  of  the  Department  assigned  to  them. Joint Secretaries report to the Secretary/Additional Secretary in the Ministry/Department.

- I.    Government  is  looking  for  ten  (10)  outstanding  individuals  with  expertise  in  the  areas  of  (i)  Revenue  (ii) Financial Services (iii) Economic Affairs (iv) Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare (v) Road Transport & Highways (vi) Shipping (vii) Environment, Forests and Climate Change (viii) New & Renewable Energy (iv) Civil Aviation and (x) Commerce.

## II. Criteria:

- (i) Age: Minimum of 40 years as on July 1, 2018.
- (ii)  Qualifications:  Graduate from a recognized University/Institute.   Higher qualifications  would  be an added advantage.
- (iii) Eligibility :  The following are eligible to apply:
- a.  Officers  of  any  State/UT  Government  who  are  already  working  at  equivalent  level  or  are  eligible  for appointment to equivalent level in their cadre, with relevant experience.
- b.  Individuals  working  at  comparable  levels  in  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs),  Autonomous  Bodies, Statutory Organisations, Universities, Recognized Research Institutes with a minimum of 15 years experience.
- c. Individuals working  at comparable  levels in Private Sector Companies,  Consultancy  Organisations, International/Multinational Organisations with a minimum of 15 years experience.
- III. Duration of Contract:  The period of contract shall be for 3 years from the date of commencement extendable upto 5 years depending upon performance.
- IV.  Compensation:  Selected applicants shall be placed at the beginning of the pay scale as applicable to Joint  Secretary  i.e.  Rs.144200-218200  per  month  (Level  14  of  Pay  Matrix).    In  addition,  they  shall  be eligible for all allowances and facilities etc as applicable to the equivalent level in the Government of India.

However, the Government reserves its right to place deserving appointees at an appropriate level within the scale of pay.

V. General Conditions of Service:  All appointees shall be deemed to be Public Servants for the purpose of the CCS (Conduct) Rules and such other Statutes as notified by the Government from time to time.  The employment contract can be terminated by either side with a minimum notice period of 3 months.

VI.  The shortlisted candidates will be called for a personal interaction with the Selection Committee.

VII.  Submission of applications:  The last date for receipt of applications is 30 th  July, 2018 till 05:00 PM IST. All applications may be submitted online at http://Lateral.nic.in from 15 th  June, 2018 to 30 th July, 2018 till 05:00 PM IST.  No extension of time will be given under any circumstances.

VIII.  No physical applications shall be entertained.

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