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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicCivil Services

Topic: Civil Services

Good news for IAS aspirants — UPSC looks to fill 180 vacancies, incorporates EWS quota

Overall, the UPSC has announced it’s looking to fill 896 civil service vacancies, the first time since 2014 that the number has gone up.

From 2020, the same UPSC exam could get you into IAS as well as BSF

UPSC is working on a proposal to cut down the number of preliminary exams it conducts, with the civil services test for IAS likely to be expanded.

Shah Faesal quits IAS: Right for officers to join politics early or wait till retirement?

After nine years in civil services, Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal quit to join politics. In a social media post, Faesal said he took...

An ex-IAS officer on how politicians (mis)use civil servants—and the way out

The damage political crossfire does to governance is phenomenal, especially if honest IAS officers are implicated.

This IAS officer scored 171 out of 170 at Harvard. Now, he plans to solve India’s problems

Ankur Garg, a civil service entrance topper, is studying International Development at Harvard, and achieved 171/170 in macroeconomics.

In IAS exam age limit debate, focus should be on delaying retirement for Dalits, OBCs

The service tenure of all officers should be the same.

NITI Aayog says cap IAS entry age at 27: Keeping services youthful or limiting talent pool?

NITI Aayog has recommended that the upper age limit for entry into the civil services should be lowered to 27-years of age for general category candidates....

Niti Aayog pushes Modi govt’s ‘domain experts’ idea for civil services

Niti Aayog recommends civil services recruits be placed in a 'central talent pool' before being allocated positions on the basis of their talent.

Central govt is bearing the brunt of severe shortage of IAS officers

The Centre, which relies on states for IAS officers, has only 34 per cent of the officers it should ideally have.  

India faces severe shortage of IAS officers despite Modi govt’s recruitment spree

The Modi government has drastically increased intake through UPSC exams but 22% IAS posts still lying vacant.

On Camera

Air India crash report shows an institutional reform of AAIB and aviation ministry is in order

The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.