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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).