Beginning 2012, the UPSC will hold a “limited competitive’’ examination annually for young officers belonging to Central paramilitary and state police forces exclusively into the IPS. The move to allow young officers of the armed forces to get into the IPS under the proposed scheme, however, has been turned down by the ministry of defence.
This newspaper had first reported that the proposed examination would be open to assistant commandants with at least five years experience in the five major Central police and paramilitary organisations — CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, CISF and deputy superintendents of police in the states who have not crossed 35 years of age. There would be further relaxation of norms for the reserved category.
The IPS lobby wasn’t happy with the proposal fearing a dilution of the “elite’’ force. The UPSC too feared a “parallel’’ induction may adversely affect the existing structure. However, determined in its task to plug the gap in the backdrop of mounting internal security challenges — terrorism, Left wing extremism and a rising crime graph — the home ministry had approached the PMO to set aside the UPSC’s decision early this year.
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Strict norms to control noise levels at IGI
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
July 24: The government is planning to introduce strict environmental regulations and safeguards pertaining to aircraft movement in the country and may devote an entire section to this in the draft — for the creation of the Civil Aviation Authority to replace the current DGCA — that is currently being prepared by the civil aviation ministry. Noise levels of aircraft is being treated as a major issue and hence there is likely to be an entire section on this in the draft, sources said.
Regulation of noise levels on account of aircraft movement to and from the IGI airport is a major cause of concern. The DGCA has now decided that the limit for noise levels emanated by aircraft while operating from the IGI airport will be 105 dB(A) from 6 am to 10 pm and 95 dB(A) from 10 pm to 6 am.