IAS officers and former directors of LBSNAA say tighter rules, frequent memos and a changed campus culture are reshaping training at India’s civil services academy in Mussoorie.
As the 2026 cadre policy determines allocations for 25 state cadres, parallel state bureaucracies operate under different rules with no all-India dimension.
Letter released Sunday warns that court’s decisions on 3 matters, include Aravalli, definition, undermine the right to healthy environment. Aravalli order was kept in abeyance Monday.
The view that bureaucracies are bloated with far too many employees preying on taxpayers money is a widely held myth. Research shows how significantly understaffed the Indian state is.
Board sent a proposal to DoPT, under which only officers with 2 yrs of service left would be considered for GM post, it is learnt. Move could have big implications for railway bureaucracy.
If we get this right, the citizen of 2047 will experience government as ambient and humane. Benefits arrive when needed without forms; grievances resolve in hours.
IAS officer Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma was moved from health to basic & Madhyamik education dept. Mukesh Kumar Meshram was shifted from tourism to animal husbandry, dairy & fisheries.
‘I think it’s a very important duty of any civil servant to see if something is conducive to the national interest, or is it only serving the political interest,' said Subhash Chandra Garg.
The reason that India hasn’t grown at the speed of South Korea, China or Vietnam is because the machinery of the government still holds on to the ‘commanding heights’.
New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Friday extended the tenure of Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan for another year. Mohan, a...
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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