Topics Covered:
- Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.
National Recruitment Agency (NRA)
What to study?
For Prelims: NRA- composition, objectives and functions.
For Mains: Need for and significance.
Context: Finance Ministry has approved the proposal for creation of a National Recruitment Agency (NRA).
Objective: To streamline recruitment of some posts in the government along with various equivalent recruitment in public sector banks.
Key facts:
- A new National Recruitment Agency (NRA) will be set up to conduct the Common Eligibility Test (CET) for all various competitive examinations, in which an estimated 2.5 crore candidates appear annually.
- NRA will conduct preliminary examinations for all these recruitment, which are at present conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).
- It will then subsequently forward the list of qualifying candidates to the respective recruiting agencies to conduct the mains examinations.
- The basic idea behind this proposal is to shortlist qualifying candidates through a Common Eligibility Test before sending them for the mains examination.
Need for a new agency:
- To streamline recruitment process on subordinate-rank posts in the government.
- To reduce the burden of SSC and the IBPS, among others, from holding preliminary recruitment exams, which is an extensive exercise.
Sources: the Hindu.
