New Delhi:
Financial Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal has mentioned that 5-8 years of preparation for civil providers examination by lakhs of scholars is a ‘waste of youthful vitality’.
Mr Sanyal mentioned one ought to solely try UPSC or different such examinations if one needs to turn out to be an administrator.
“As mentioned, it (is) perfectly fine to attempt the UPSC or other such exams, but only if the person wants to be an administrator.
“The issue is that lakhs of individuals are spending 5-8 years repeatedly doing this examination as a ‘lifestyle’. That is such a waste of youthful vitality,” he said in a series of posts on social media platform X.
Mr Sanyal further said it may come as a surprise, but his view is shared by most bureaucrats, who cleared the exam at some point.
“An try or two is ok for individuals who really need this path, however spending your complete 20s for it…is unhealthy,” he said.
The economist pointed out that an entire industry “certainly complete cities like Kota” is dedicated to taking an exam where less than 1 per cent of applicants will succeed.
“And that is (occurring) yearly. Think about this big effort being directed at different fields,” he mentioned.
UPSC conducts the civil providers examination yearly in three phases – preliminary, mains and persona check (interview) – to pick officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Overseas Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS), amongst others.
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