gamut of Civil Service reforms and the terms of reference of the Committee were as follows :-
"(i) Making the Civil Service
• responsive and citizen-friendly;
• transparent;
• accountable; and
• ethical in its (a) actions and (b) interface with the people,
(ii) Making the civil service e-governance friendly.
(iii) Putting a premium on intellectual growth of civil servants and on upgrading their domain knowledge,
(iv) Protecting the civil service against wrongful pressure exerted by (a) administrative superiors; (b) political executive; (c) business interests; and (d) other vested interests.
(v) Changes, if any necessary, in the various All India Services Rules and Central Civil Rules to provide a statutory cover to the proposed civil service reforms.
(vi) Changes in rules governing the disciplinary proceedings against civil servants to decentralize the process as far as practicable, and to make the disposal of such proceedings time-bound.
(vii) Any other matter that the Committee may consider relevant to the subject of civil service reforms."
