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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicBureaucracy

Topic: bureaucracy

‘Backed’ by Nara Lokesh, IAS K. Vijayanand supersedes 6 officers to become AP’s new chief secy

In previous TDP rule, Vijayanand was instrumental in development of electronics manufacturing clusters. He brought in electronics, data centre policies, luring in some big firms to AP.

Saini replaces Khattar-appointed advocate general & CID head in one swoop, signals coming into his own

Changes come close on the heels of the Haryana CMO reshuffle, wherein several Khattar-appointed officers were replaced by Saini last month.

Watch CutTheClutter: Popcorn & the bureaucratic entanglements of GST

In Episode 1578 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta discusses why simplifying GST is crucial to reforms in India's tax system.

12 IPS officers in AP stuck in limbo for months, some since Naidu took over from Jagan

Affinity with ex-CM Jagan Reddy or YSRCP leaders is seen as reason. Suspension of 4 & rest being kept waiting for postings has put extra work, law-and-order pressures on other officers.

As Naidu completes 6 months as CM, 5 benched IAS officers await postings. ‘Were seen as close to YSRCP’

Yerra Srilakshmi, state's 2nd-most senior IAS officer, is among those benched. They're being treated like 'pariahs' by colleagues which is 'more painful', one officer says.

Haryana’s IAS officers are juggling multiple depts. What’s behind state’s acute shortage of officers

Several senior IAS officers of addl chief secretary & principal secretary rank are looking after 2-3 depts, divisional commissioners also have to oversee depts at state headquarters.

Politicians use threat of transfers to control civil servants who regulate land—political researchers’ study

Such threat compels even honest officers to bend land regulations in favour of builders who provide 'quid pro quo finance to politicians', says study available on OSF Preprints.

Chirag Paswan becomes first NDA voice to criticise lack of reservation in lateral entry

Union minister announces that he will raise matter before government. Provisions of reservation must be followed in government appointments, he adds.

SubscriberWrites: Navigating Ladakh’s Political Landscape

The existing Autonomous Hill Council did not have legislative powers, hence reducing the people of Ladakh to powerless subjects with just 1 Member of parliament.

Stop criticising consulting firms. They fill gaps created by civil servants who stop upskilling

There’s a reason senior government officials rely more on consultants than their own subordinates. They walk the extra mile that mid or junior-level officials won’t.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.