The change is palpable at lower levels, too. According to data from October 2024, approximately 64 out of the 236 joint secretaries—27 percent—serving in the government, were women.
A senior leader sought feedback Saturday in Jaipur. This comes at a time when Rajasthan govt has been at the receiving end of criticism from its own party leaders and workers.
Crucial post of principal secy to CM remains vacant even now. Due to his limited administrative experience, CM is taking some time to pick & choose the right team, say officials.
Half-a-dozen ministers have trained their guns at bureaucracy in last two years of Yogi’s second term, latest being Minister of State for Women and Child Development Pratibha Shukla.
PM Modi evidently reposes more faith in serving and retired bureaucrats than in politicians. IAS officers must, however, be taking it with a pinch of salt.
Since 2018 when scheme was launched, 63 appointments have been made at level of joint secretary, director & deputy secretary on contract/deputation basis in various govt departments.
Farrhana Bhatt’s presence on Bigg Boss 19 can’t redefine Kashmir. But it can remind the Valley that Kashmiris deserve to be seen in their full human range—not squeezed into specific categories.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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