Topic: Civil service
I&B panel wants information service revamp — with double cadre strength, new media wings
10-member Cadre Review and Restructuring Committee will soon submit a report detailing the recommendations to the government.
If India is in crisis, it is because good guys like ex-IAS Kannan Gopinathan rather quit
To arrest India’s decline, it is important that the government attract, retain and empower the good guys. Kannan’s leaving is a loss to the government.
There’s a drop in Muslims clearing UPSC exam this year, but it’s not all bad news
Muslim candidates who have cleared the civil service exam this year say coaching is now more accessible, and credit UPSC for being a ‘fair’ institution.
There is no way India can abolish the IAS
There is a feeling that all the problems of India would disappear simply if the IAS is abolished, writes former UPSC chairman Deepak Gupta.
Older IAS entrants tend to have lower performance levels, says a global study
Research by scholars from University of Chicago, UC Berkeley and London School of Economics backs Niti Aayog suggestions for civil services.
Midnight orders and hurried transfers: Where Modi govt is going wrong with IAS officers
Enormous delays in postings, shifting of top IAS officers and short tenures — a lot is amiss in Modi government.
India needs Reforms 2.0 to save both bureaucracy and good IAS officers like H.C. Gupta
Hope that the judiciary wakes up to the travesty of convicting good civil servants like H.C. Gupta.
Unhappy with ‘generalist’ tag, IAS body wants appointment based on qualification
Newly appointed IAS Association president says most officers are engineers, CAs and doctors and have technical knowledge.
Why I wrote a letter requesting punishment for IAS officers who file false complaints
We must find an administrative remedy, rather than a judicial one, to address the rising number of wrongful accusations in the bureaucracy.
By no stretch of imagination can the military be compared to IAS and IPS officers
Army, Navy & Air Force have to climb out of their respective silos, cease empire building, and create a joint plan to address military angst
China, Pakistan and Islamic terror — major takeaways from Donald Trump’s speech in India
In Episode 398 of his daily news capsule #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta decoded the US President’s Namaste Trump speech. Here’s a short round-up.
Who is to blame for CAA violence: Delhi Police or politics of Modi government?
9 people have been killed & 100 injured in northeast Delhi as violence gripped Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Babarpur & Gokulpuri Sunday after anti & pro-CAA groups clashed.
Defence
Trump says US-India to sign $3 billion in defence deals
The US State Department last week approved a potential sale of arms to India, including air-defence radars and missiles, rifles and other equipment.
How one big India-US deal gave us six big gains to cheer — including decimation of Left
To think the India-US nuclear deal was about a bilateral relationship or energy is to miss the point. It had much larger implications.