Officers write to state govt, citing service rules to say their seniority should be higher than that of 2 colleagues from same 1990 batch, who they say were transferred from other cadres.
Secretary-level officer says this has brought in a great deal of stability and continuity in governance, as well as better coordination with states and between ministries.
Conclaves, scheduled for 31 January & 6 February and being held under Mission Karamyogi Haryana, will focus on importance of workplace ethics, integrity & culture of doing the right thing.
DoPT has directed candidates to terminate their existing contracts with coaching centres upon receiving an offer of appointment. It’s a move toward integrity and professionalism.
Pathak's 'undemocratic' measures as the additional chief secretary of education are infamous in Bihar. He’s suspending teachers, slashing salaries, striking truant students off rolls.
Rinku Dugga, a 1994-batch AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre officer, was posted as Principal Secretary, Indigenous Affairs in Arunachal Pradesh.
CM Naveen Patnaik has receded into the background, while a band of swashbuckling IAS officers has taken centrestage not only in managing state affairs but also in political events.
Addressing the media after the Parivartan Yatra, Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said the people of the state are troubled by misgovernance of the Congress.
The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
Sanjeev Sanyal makes a deeper point, which is in line with how society transforms as it develops. We should be cautious not to misconstrued it as an attack on civil services.
Civil services by nature are public services and therefore an aspirant’s motivation to join, must stem from a genuine spirit of service (seva bhav). Therefore, we must question if this is indeed the spirit which eggs most aspirants in India or is it the lure of power and social status – anachronistic feudal tendencies which began with the British Raj’s administrative service and its style of governance in the sub-continent.
In advanced nations, with institutionalised rules, most civil servant jobs now are mundane and administrative. Though these too had started off centuries ago as sinecures from political patronage. The lure of these positions transformed as societies modernized and access to public services ceased to become a function of a citizen’s personal network.
So too will and is happening in India. It is inevitable and is a good thing. Sanjeev Sanyal is correct and forward looking when he suggests that the best brains in the country must pursue innovation and growth, instead of blindly pursuing feudalistic power dynamics.
Sanjeev Sanyal makes a deeper point, which is in line with how society transforms as it develops. We should be cautious not to misconstrued it as an attack on civil services.
Civil services by nature are public services and therefore an aspirant’s motivation to join, must stem from a genuine spirit of service (seva bhav). Therefore, we must question if this is indeed the spirit which eggs most aspirants in India or is it the lure of power and social status – anachronistic feudal tendencies which began with the British Raj’s administrative service and its style of governance in the sub-continent.
In advanced nations, with institutionalised rules, most civil servant jobs now are mundane and administrative. Though these too had started off centuries ago as sinecures from political patronage. The lure of these positions transformed as societies modernized and access to public services ceased to become a function of a citizen’s personal network.
So too will and is happening in India. It is inevitable and is a good thing. Sanjeev Sanyal is correct and forward looking when he suggests that the best brains in the country must pursue innovation and growth, instead of blindly pursuing feudalistic power dynamics.