No Entry for Females

The Union Public Service Commission likes to tell it like it is. Are we surprised?

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) likes to tell it like it is. Sample its notification on the Central Police Forces Assistant Commandants Examination. ‘Sex: Both Male and Female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in CRPF and CISF. But for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in BSF, ITBP and SSB, only Male candidates are eligible.’ 

‘Retrograde,’ objected MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal in a letter to the PM. The UPSC’s ‘Explanation’ reads: ‘A female, candidate, even if her name is there in the list of successful candidates as declared by UPSC, may not be appointed if she does not get allocated to CRPF or CISF on the basis of merit and choice…’ Are we surprised?

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Pallavi Polanki