Do you think that lateral entry can significantly enhance the effectiveness of the Indian bureaucracy?

UPSC is responsible for the lateral entry appointments to the government, which refers to the direct entry of non-government officers to levels of secretariat etc. Lateral entry (corporate bureaucracy bypass model): Benefits of lateral entry: 1) Revitalization of energy in bureaucracy ⇒ Eg. Manmohan Singh or Montek Singh Ahluwaly (lateral entrant) brought the 1991 reforms 2) Innovations in bureaucracy ⇒ corporate curacy for governance. 3) Improving data-driven governor and policy impulse ⇒ bigotram or RBI governor. 4) Incentivizes the existing civil servants to improve performance and consideration of promotions. 5) effective communication between industry and government ane ⇒ e-gov. solutions. Limitations: 1) Lack of institutional memory of among lateral entrants. 2) Civil servants are well aware of organizational culture and community interaction, which lateral entrants may lack. 3) Issues of transparency in appointment ⇒ political corporate nexus. 4) Accountability issue 5) conflict btw traditional bureaucrat and lateral entrants. Thus, lateral entry can be effective, but needs stakeholder colab, transparent meritocracy such.