New Delhi: The Centre has refused to share a report of Baswan committee, that has suggested changes in civil services exam pattern. Replying to an RTI query, the department of personnel and training (DoPT) said that the report of Baswan committee has been submitted to the government on 11 August 2016. The committee is understood to have recommended reduction in upper age limit of 32 years to appear in the civil services exam, official sources said. Lakhs of aspirants appear in the civil services examination conducted annually by UPSC in three stages—preliminary, main and interview—to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others. The Baswan committee has examined the plan of examination, number of papers, their structure and duration, marking scheme, weightage of marks and system of evaluation among others, the sources said.

Source: Mint October 24, 2016 13:18 UTC