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Topic: Civil service

UPSC considers online interviews for candidates to avoid Covid risk

Sanya Dhingra - July 17, 2020

UPSC has asked NIC to explore the possibility of online interviews for candidates for different exams in case the Covid situation persists for long.

4,057 orders in 4 months: Covid crisis shows how much Indian officials love making rules

Sanya Dhingra - May 4, 2020

Central and state govts have since January issued 4,057 orders on Covid-19 crisis. Experts say the number & impenetrable language are evidence of red-tape.

The ‘dreaded’ IRS is back and so is India’s pushback against it during Covid crisis

Sanya Dhingra - May 2, 2020

IRS officers — the eyes and ears of the government’s economic decision-makers — found themselves under extra scrutiny this week.

I&B panel wants information service revamp — with double cadre strength, new media wings

Amrita Nayak Dutta - November 19, 2019

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

Nitin Pai - August 27, 2019

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

Sanya Dhingra - April 10, 2019

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

Deepak Gupta - January 17, 2019

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

Guo Xu - December 21, 2018

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

Anil Swarup - December 17, 2018

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

Nitin Pai - December 4, 2018

Hope that the judiciary wakes up to the travesty of convicting good civil servants like H.C. Gupta.

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