Uttarakhand High Court’s direction to Centre to provide empanelment-related records to IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi is exemplary. Officers should have right to know why they’re left out of Central empanelment. Current mechanism rewards loyalty over merit and promotes committed bureaucracy. It’s arbitrary and opaque. Transparency in empanelment is a must.
Swachh Bharat Mission outcomes should cheer all. It will be Modi govt’s most positive legacy
The findings that the Swachh Bharat Mission has led to tangible positive outcomes on infant mortality should cheer both sides of India’s political divide. That it was published in Nature, a journal of international repute, adds credibility. This mission-mode toilet-building exercise will be the Narendra Modi government’s most positive legacy.
Rebellion in Haryana BJP shows high command losing control. No lesson learnt from 2024 polls
Large-scale rebellion in Haryana BJP is another indicator of high command losing control. Power replacing ideology as core glue is eroding fundamentals of what was once a party with a difference. Preference to turncoats and nepotism in ticket distribution shows BJP has learnt no lesson from Lok Sabha poll setback.
There is also a problem of IAS and IPS officers becoming more reluctant to come on deputation to the Centre.