In which year P. C. Hota Committee on Civil Services Reforms was constituted?

Question

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This question was previously asked in

UPPSC Combined State Exam General Studies Official Paper-I (Held On: 24 Oct, 2021)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 2004.

Key Points

In 2004, P. C. Hota Committee on Civil Services Reforms was constituted.
Recommendation-
- The Committee recommended that the age for entrants to the higher civil services should be between 21-24 years with a five years’ age concession for members of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and three years for the Other Backward Classes.
- The domain assignment should be introduced for civil servants to encourage the acquisition of skills, professional excellence and career planning.
Purna Chandra Hota was a former Indian bureaucrat, former Chairman of, Union Public Service Commission (2002–2003).
In 2019, P. C. Hota wrote a book on law titled Nuggets of Wisdom- Some path-breaking judgements of the Supreme Court.