India's Modi may face some civil service departures from his office if re-elected: Sources

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NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - The Indian government may have to make a series of major changes at the top of the nation's civil service if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is re-elected to a second term in May, according to multiple sources in the administration.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW DELHI - The Indian government may have to make a series of major changes at the top of the nation's civil service if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is re-elected to a second term in May, according to multiple sources in the administration.

There are about 25 senior civil servants working in the Prime Minister's Office, which under Mr Modi has become the single most powerful department in government. Mr Modi's BJP-led alliance is tipped to win a slim majority in the April-May general election, pollsters say. While getting into the Indian Administrative Service , is incredibly hard - only 1 out of about 4,500 who took the civil service exam got selected in 2018 - traditionally once someone got in, they had a job for life with few risks of ever getting fired.

 

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