Sir, in the course of the report they have pointed out that in certain cases they find it difficult to make recruitment. They have mentioned three cases. One is with regard to the scheduled castes and tribes. You are aware, Sir, that is respect of the scheduled castes and tribes, whenever there is to be direct recruitment, a certain percentage has been fixed. It is quite different in the case of all India services. It is still higher in the case of other services that have no be dealt with. In all these cases, whenever there has been such a reservation, the U.P.S.C have been requested to follow what are known as relaxed standards provided they feel that after taking into account the relaxed standards, the particular candidates come up to the minimum prescribed qualifications. As the house is aware, the UPSC have been given this direction, and they have been using it quite fully, but all the same they have to point out, as they have done in this report, that there are occasions when the requirement or the quota that has to be filed, so far as the scheduled castes and tribes are concerned, does not come up, to the requirement that is given. Though no reference has been made here, they have also pointed out that the complaint, or rather the deficiency, was very great so far as the all-India service were concerned. It was true that in certain cases they came from families where the environment was not what it ought to have been and, therefore, on earlier occasions expression was given in this house, as in the other, that some arrangement should be made for the purpose of giving tution to some of those candidates who were likely to appear at these all-india competitive examinations. This question was taken up with the various universities.
