What’s UPSC chairman DP Agarwal’s take on CSAT? And why Abdul Kalam congratulated the Commission?

UPSC Chairman

AMID the massive row on UPSC’s Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) forcing frequent disruption of Parliament, the nation has heard the story from everyone: protestors, government, political leaders, experts, former and current civil servants etc. But what is the UPSC’s view on the entire episode? Why did it in the first place introduce such an aptitude test that eventually created street protests, vote-bank politics and what not? BoI presents here UPSC chairman’s DP Agarwal’s take on the rationale behind CSAT: