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Committee that there has been a deliberate attempt to indiscriminately expand the IAS cadre strength at least in some states". It would have been interesting to know the pressures which operated and the reasons for their success. The Report notes that such increases, especially in the smaller states, are bound to result in stagnation and thereby frustration among officers after some years. But in an era of the politics of manipulation, isn't this feeling of stagnation, of insecurity, essential? A parliamentary committee can surely not be blind to this need. But then committees have to perform their role. Hence "the Committees take a very serious view of this matter and strongly recommend that a high-powered Committee may be appointed to review and rationalise ..." (p 15). Have we heard this before?