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MEA to induct 500 new officers to counter manpower shortage | Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai candidly admitted on Friday that the Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA) facing an "acute shortage" of personnel and plans to induct 500
officers in the next few years to meet its requirements. Speaking with media after releasing a
book titled 'India's Neighbourhood Challenges in the Next Two Decades', here today, Mathai
said that with India's international engagements rapidly expanding, the MEA was of the
considered view that more personnel were required to manage the ever-increasing workload
of the ministry. "We have been hearing repeatedly about how small the ministry is and how we
are unable to cope with challenges of our time due to shortage of resources. I would like to
say that we have not let the acute shortage of resources, which is a reality, stop entirely the
efforts to be proactive," Mathai said at an IDSA book release function. "We have created
bureaus to deal with emerging issues. We have stepped up recruitment of personnel
in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). We have increased intake of people from other
services and backgrounds to build in-house expertise in non-traditional areas,"
he added. Asked about the extent of shortages, Mathai said, "We have not carried
out any study to assess the shortage, but we will be inducting 500 personnel in
next few years to meet our requirements." Mathai also said the visa regimes and
consular issues continue to remain a "major challenge" for the ministry, but efforts
are on to address these issues.
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