Indianising The Bureaucracy

The subjects listed in the Civil Services Examination are colonial. Their syllabus was mostly suitable to the British regime to make an in-depth study and research to deal with various sections of Indians in different geographical zones.

- MK Goel

Civil Services examinations existed in the 18th century in India and Lord Cornwallis was the Father of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) which was replaced by the IAS after Independence. Between 1848 and 1947, ICS officers ruled more than 300 million Indians.

The subjects listed in the Civil Services Examination are colonial in nature and their syllabus mostly suited the British regime.

Let us take the example of anthropology. It deals with the race, racism and morphological changes and possible mutations with variations. It was kept intentionally by Britishers as to how its study could be used while encountering hundreds of races and aborigines of different areas conquered by the whites.

Similarly, the syllabus of psychology consists of many outdated theories and does not find the place for Patanjali, Yoga and neuro science which are the true contributor in running administration in India.