Over 6,000 candidates apply for 10 posts in central govt
The central government has received a total of 6,077 applications for 10 joint secretary posts after it announced 'lateral entry' in bureaucracy and opened these posts for private sector specialists. Usually, the posts of joint secretaries are manned by the IAS, IPS, IFS and IRS officers. A maximum of 1,100 applications were received for a single post in a department.