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Topic: civil servants

70 IRS officers get show-cause notice for not making Republic Day cards for soldiers

Sanya Dhingra - 7 February, 2020

The IRS officer trainees were asked to explain their “utter indifference and lack of respect” towards soldiers.

10 secretaries transferred and promoted in Modi govt’s 3rd reshuffle since May

Kritika Sharma - 13 December, 2019

The civil servants involved in the exercise include Higher Education Secretary R. Subhrahmanyam, Culture Secretary Arun Goel and I&B Secretary Amit Khare.

IAS, IFS officers will now be able to pursue PhD from their training academy in Mussoorie

Kritika Sharma - 20 November, 2019

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Uttarakhand signed an MoU with IIM-Indore and will also offer other research programmes for civil servants.

IPS officers challenge govt stand on right to form association, say it reflects IAS bias

Sanya Dhingra - 14 November, 2019

Home ministry, in reply to an RTI, told information panel the police force does not have right to form any association without permission of the central govt.

Every new IAS, IPS, IRS officer will now have to ‘adopt’ and mentor a teen for life

Sanya Dhingra - 8 November, 2019

Modi govt has already linked 425 teenagers from Gujarat’s Kevadiya with 2019 batch civil servants. Now it plans to expand the scheme country-wide.

Ex-IAS officer Subhash Garg on bold decisions that may not have kept his bosses in good humour

ThePrint Team - 2 November, 2019

Full text of a note by Subhash Garg who opted for voluntary retirement after being transferred from the finance to the power ministry.

To understand disability, Mussoorie academy’s civil servant trainees blindfolded themselves

Nipun Malhotra - 4 October, 2019

I conducted a disability issues session for the civil servants of the 94th Foundation Class of 2019 at the training in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.

Modi govt to retire Central Secretariat Service officers now, 284 of them under scanner

Sanya Dhingra - 4 September, 2019

Personnel department has listed 284 Central Secretariat Service officers for performance audit by review panel. Many are likely to be forcibly retired.

Corruption is like ‘termites’ — PM Modi justifies tough approach against civil servants

Sanya Dhingra - 15 August, 2019

Modi govt has forcibly retired many corrupt officials since coming to power in 2014. PM says eradicating the malaise needs sustained, collective effort.