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Lee Commission (1924)

The Lee Commission recommended that—

the secretary of state should continue to recruit the ICS, the Irrigation branch of the Service of Engineers, the Indian Forest Service, etc.;

the recruitments for the transferred fields like education and civil medical service be made by provincial governments;

direct recruitment to ICS on basis of 50:50 parity between the Europeans and the Indians be reached in 15 years;

a Public Service Commission be immediately established (as laid down in the Government of India Act, 1919).

 

Government of India Act, 1935