Development of Civil Service

Evolution of Civil Services

  • East India Company started the Covenanted Civil Services (CCS) after battle of Plassey (1757).
  • After the Revolt of 1857, when the rule of the company ended and power was transferred to the British Crown, i.e., after 1886 the service came to be called the Imperial Civil Service (ICS).
  • In 1854, the Macaulay Committee recommended that appointment to the service based on the company’s patronage be stopped and a merit-based system be established.
  • Post-1855, recruitment to the ICS was based on merit only through a competitive examination. It was restricted to Indians.
  • In 1886, the Aitchison Commission chaired ....
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