Overview

• UPSC chairperson Ajay Kumar announced the proposal during a video conference with state public service commissions.
• Twenty-seven state PSCs participated in the meeting, which was also attended by UPSC members Dinesh Dasa and Anuradha Prasad.
• UPSC will lead the setup while inviting contributions from state commissions to pool SOPs, innovations and key lessons.
• The centre is intended to benefit UPSC and state PSCs and to assist other national recruitment bodies in strengthening exams and selection.
• State PSCs urged stronger outreach in aspirational districts with low participation, as UPSC highlighted recent anti-cheating steps such as AI cameras, biometric checks, QR-code admit cards, mobile jammers and police deployment, with no UPSC paper leak reported.