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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Kothari Committee was a 1976 expert body that redesigned India's Civil Services Examination, recommending a single combined examination with a common preliminary screening, optional subjects, and a personality tes…
- How does the Kothari Committee differ from the Kothari Education Commission?
- What was the Kothari Committee's most enduring recommendation?
- When were the Kothari Committee's recommendations implemented?
- Which later committees revised the Kothari framework?

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The Kothari Committee was a 1976 expert body that redesigned India's Civil Services Examination, recommending a single combined examination with a common preliminary screening, optional subjects, and a personality test for higher administrative recruitment.

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In 1979 the Union Public Service Commission conducted its Civil Services Examination for the first time under the Kothari Committee's three-stage scheme, with a screening preliminary preceding the main examination and personality test.

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