Aspirants respond after economist calls UPSC prep ‘waste of time’'

‘About serving country’ — IAS officers, aspirants respond after economist calls UPSC prep ‘waste of time’ Economist Sanjeev Sanyal’s remarks last week that India’s civil service examinations were “a waste of time” have not gone down well with serving and aspiring civil servants, with some even viewing the comments as “elite”. While speaking on entrepreneur Siddhartha Ahluwalia’s podcast Neon Show last week, Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), said the popularity of the Union Public Service Commission’s civil service examinations — often considered India’s most difficult — “reflects limited aspirations”.Although it’s (becoming a civil servant) better than being a goon, even that is a poverty of aspiration. I mean, at the end of it, why even… if you must dream, surely you should dream to be Elon Musk or Mukesh Ambani.  [Read more](/dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ0aGVwcmludC5pbiUyRmluZGlhJTJGYWJvdXQtc2VydmluZy1jb3VudHJ5LWlhcy1vZmZpY2Vycy1hc3BpcmFudHMtcmVzcG9uZC1hZnRlci1lY29ub21pc3QtY2FsbHMtdXBzYy1wcmVwLXdhc3RlLW9mLXRpbWUlMkYyMDE2MTA5JTJG)  If you do not wish to receive such emails go [here](/dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29t)