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Young IAS officers hail 5 years of Modi govt’s assistant secretary programme

Sanya Dhingra -
IAS officers would go to state cadres after training, but Modi govt now deploys them at the Centre for 3 months, which helps with exposure & networking.

IAS to blame for govt wanting domain experts, say officers of other civil services

Sanya Dhingra -
Civil servants say IAS stranglehold has prevented officers from services such as Railways, Forests etc. from heading ministries in their areas.

Mumbai IAS officer demands & deletes call to remove Mahatma Gandhi’s statues the world over

PTI -
After a row erupted, the BMC Deputy Municipal Commissioner Nidhi Choudhari clarified that the tweet was 'sarcastic' and that it was 'misinterpreted'.

Polls put governance on sleep mode because system doesn’t ‘demand’ that IAS officers work

Gaurav Goel -
Both IAS officers and govts can use election period to review past work and plan for the future. Instead they mostly ‘wait and watch’.

Modi govt has reduced recruitment of IRS officers by over 70% since 2014

Sanya Dhingra -
In 2013, 409 IRS officers were recruited through the UPSC exam. By 2018, the number of posts released by the Modi govt stood at 106.

UPSC recruitment has fallen 40% since 2014 while govt struggles to fill IAS-IPS vacancies

Sanya Dhingra -
The number of recruits has fallen from 1,236 in 2014 to 759 in 2018. Officials say UPSC has no authority over how many candidates to recruit.

53 transfers in 26 years put Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka on track for dubious record

Chitleen K Sethi -
Ashok Khemka has now been transferred as the Principal Secretary of Haryana's Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums.

Why IAS officers are no fans of minister Piyush Goyal

Ruhi Tewari -
Piyush Goyal has emerged as one of the stars of the Narendra Modi govt, but the IAS officers who served under him say he is rude and shouts often.

73 former IAS, IPS & IFS officers give EC a solution to EVM row, and it’s not paper ballot

Nandita Singh -
The letter, which comes months before the Lok Sabha elections, includes as signatories former NSA Shivshankar Menon & former foreign secretary Nirupama Menon Rao.

How UPSC proposal to induct IAS candidates for other central jobs could benefit thousands

Sanya Dhingra -
The UPSC has proposed to the central government that the candidates who fail the civil service exam interview be recruited to other govt jobs.
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