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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicCivil servants

Topic: civil servants

Civil servants are running India’s regulatory bodies. It dilutes institutional independence

Regulators once stood apart from government. Now they’re a part of it.

Reality check for Delhi officials post-poll. Assembly Speaker asks why MLAs’ letters, calls are ignored

In a letter to Chief Secretary Dharmendra, Vijender Gupta has termed the issue a ‘serious matter’ and asked for a compliance report too.

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.

J&K civil servants must adjust to loss of power. And avoid Delhi-like CM-LG war

Civil servants in J&K will need to shift their role from being the primary decision-makers to implementing the policies and directives set forth by the new political leadership.

‘In Bengal, chief secretaries never truly retire’. BJP questions plum posts given to retd IAS officers

Bengal has appointed retd chief secretary BP Gopalika as chief adviser to CM. He's the latest in long line of retd civil servants given top charge in state. TMC calls it 'all-India trend'. 

Proactive PMO, hostile bureaucracy, how Modi govt’s lateral entry scheme has fared so far

While some lateral entrants feel a sense of achievement, number of officers recruited is considered too small to have an institutional impact. Now, its future hangs in balance.

Why BJP MLAs in UP are admonishing ‘erring’ govt officials, even threatening to ‘break their limbs’

BJP blames the apathy of govt officials towards party MLAs & workers for Lok Sabha setback. Party MLAs in UP seem to have taken it upon themselves to discipline ‘corrupt’ govt officials.

Capacity building program for Bangladesh civil servants concludes in New Delhi

The programme was attended by 45 officers from various countries including Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, Seychelles, Gambia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan.

Cabinet & home secretaries to CBDT & IB chiefs — Modi govt’s penchant for extensions to top officials

Since 2nd term, Modi govt has retained top civil servants beyond retirement for ‘continuity in policymaking’. But extensions are also being seen as service rule violations & demoralising.

India to provide capacity-building support to Bangladesh civil servants

The programme will be provided by NCGG in collaboration with the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) of India.

On Camera

New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.