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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicBureaucrats

Topic: bureaucrats

Modi govt reshuffles senior-level bureaucrats across central govt departments

About 10 additional secretaries were appointed to various departments in the reshuffle that comes amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Central govt is bearing the brunt of severe shortage of IAS officers

The Centre, which relies on states for IAS officers, has only 34 per cent of the officers it should ideally have.  

CBI names two of its own in chargesheet on officers’ club scandal, Rakesh Asthana left out

The Palika Services Officers Institute (PSOI) scandal is one of six cases that CBI director Alok Verma accused special director Rakesh Asthana of being involved in.

Cosy with CBI officials, caterer of Delhi club helped IAS, IRS officers stash loot

According to the CBI, caterer Rakesh Tiwari helped public servants get tip-offs about corruption cases against them.

Govt opens door to private sector talent, wants specialists to join ministries as joint secys

DoPT ad for applications gets mixed reactions - some welcome the move but others are apprehensive, say may increase scope for political appointments

Red tape be damned, Modi is creating a new bureaucracy tailored to his vision

PM Narendra Modi has begun reaching out directly to officers, keeping tabs on their performance, and setting goals, for better implementation of his policies.

Defence ministry retires 13 babus for non-performance

Group-A officers from Ordnance Factory Service asked to leave; the move is part of larger plan to cut the flab.

Three officers and their lost cause

Why India needs to set norms for tell-alls by security-bureaucrats.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.