The disbursement of Joint Secretary rank posts on November 20 triggered a lot of interpretations and theories. The first and foremost was that it was the  50:50 division for IAS and non-IAS officers. Out of 20 JS rank appointments, 10 JS rank posts went to IAS officer and 10 to non-IAS officers. Of the 10 IAS officers, the 1995 batch appears to have bagged a bigger share of the lot followed by 1991 and 1988 batches with two posts each and rest (01 each) going to 1990, 1991 & 1996 batches. Among the non-IAS, Indian Defence cadres appear to be the biggest gainer with four JS level posts (04 out of 10) followed by Indian Forest Service and Indian Railway Service cadres with two each. Many readers have observed that the fresh lot of JS appointments has further endorsed the general perception that IAS cadre continues to lose its dominance in Joint Secretary rank posts at the Centre. Recently, it came into focus when the PM interacted with Joint Secretaries and Directors in lots. It emerged then that 35-40 percent of officers on the PMO's list of invitees (JS Rank Officers) were non-IAS officers. The latest lot of JS appointments has confirmed the decelerating share of IAS officers in JS level posts.