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Panel concerned at CBI vacancies
Why is it in news?
- A parliamentary standing committee(PSC) has raised concern over non-filling of vacancies in the Central Bureau of
- It says it will impact on its performance.
What are concern by PSC?
- Number of cases are increasing: Increasing number of cases are now being referred to the CBI pertaining to areas like internal security, cybercrimes, corruption, financial irregularities.
- The nation cannot afford to have its premier investigative agency understaffed and thus ill-prepared
- Vacancies: The committee said the level of vacant positions in executive rank, law officers and technical officers is about 16, 28 and 56% respectively.
- At the top level, out of four posts of Special Director or Additional Director, three are lying vacant.
Simplify rules
- Simplify rules: The committee recommended that the government simplify recruitment rules to overcome the procedural bottlenecks.
- Making deputation more rewarding: The government may also consider making terms of deputation to the CBI more rewarding in order to retain capable officers and to attract best officers from the State police forces, Central paramilitary forces, Intelligence Bureau, etc.
- The Department of Personnel and Training said efforts were on to fill the vacant CBI posts by fine-tuning the recruitment rules.
Source
The Hindu