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UPSC aspirants allowed to write exam in
regional languages
Thursday March 21, 2013 11:22:19 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The government Thursday made English optional for those seeking to
get into the Indian Administrative Service, and said aspirants
will be able to write the exam in a regional language also.
"A candidate will be allowed to use any one of the regional
languages under schedule 8 of the constitution or English as the
medium of writing the exam," Minister of State for Personnel and
Training V. Narayanasamy said, reading out a statement in the Lok
Sabha.
This was the system before a March 5 notification of the Union
Public Service Commission made English compulsory for candidates
taking the civil services main examination, 2013.
Following an uproar in the Lok Sabha over the issue March 15, the
minister had assured the house that he would look into the matter.
"The government has reviewed the concerns raised," Narayanasamy
said.
Further, the English component of 100 marks from the essay paper
will also be dropped. Status quo ante of two qualifying papers of
300 marks each in any modern Indian language and in English shall
be restored, the minister said.
The essay paper will now be of 250 marks, to be written in a
medium of the candidate's choice, the statement said.
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