In an opinion piece published in The Times of India, D Subbarao, former IAS officer and former RBI governor, on Wednesday called for lowering the upper age limit for the civil services examination to 27 years and reducing the number of attempts to three. Last month, following the declaration of civil services exam results, Yashovardhan Jha Azad, a former IPS officer and former central information commissioner, had also voiced the need for such reforms. These suggestions are not new; various committees and civil services reform commissions have made similar recommendations over the decades.
