Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba’s letter mentions tasks such as identifying buildings to be used as quarantine centres, developing media strategy to address rumours.
Existing rule doesn't allow IAS, IPS & IFS officers to accept gifts worth more than a certain limit without informing govt. The provision is now being extended to foreign dignitaries’ gifts.
In its report, the panel also suggested grouping ministries into clusters and assigning civil servants with domain-specific knowledge to specific clusters.
According to DoPT, all civil service recruits will be given pre-training material online, and they will be tested on it right before their Foundation Course.
In its report tabled in Rajya Sabha, panel says CAT was set up with objective to provide speedy justice but over 48,000 cases are still pending disposal.
The culture ministry is working on finalising details of the museum, to be situated in Lothal, that will showcase India's maritime heritage through the ages.
The projects will be kept alive by allocating token amounts, but some ‘critical’ and ‘super critical’ ones will be prioritised, rail ministry officials say.
Delhi High Court ruled last month that Modi govt’s appraisal system for senior civil servants, which officials call ‘arbitrary’ and ‘opaque’, isn’t illegal.
Trinamool Congress has the highest percentage of MPs who haven’t attended meetings of their department-related standing committees, followed by BJP & Congress.
The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.
Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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