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Topic: IAS officers

Haryana picks Anurag Rastogi as Chief Secretary, superseding 2 seniors. A look at seniority dispute

In Haryana IAS Officers Gradation list, Sudhir Rajpal and Sumita Misra stand at 1st and 2nd place, respectively, while Rastogi is third. All three are from the 1990 IAS batch.

Portrait of a Yogi causes stir in IAS circles & a Babbar redux keeps UP Congress guessing

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

IAS who’s been in crosshairs of both DMK & AIADMK, why Udhayachandran is Stalin’s most trusted officer

Chennai: At the time of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M.K. Stalin’s swearing-in as the Tamil Nadu chief minister on 7 May 2021, speculation was rife...

Haryana’s IAS officers are juggling multiple depts. What’s behind state’s acute shortage of officers

Several senior IAS officers of addl chief secretary & principal secretary rank are looking after 2-3 depts, divisional commissioners also have to oversee depts at state headquarters.

Telangana IAS body demands apology from KTR after he calls Sircilla collector ‘Congress worker’

Two weeks after attack on Vikarabad district collector, KTR, the Sircilla MLA, told party workers that he will make officers who are working like Congress workers repay.

Dear Narayana Murthy, LBSNAA & UPSC are doing a fine job. They don’t need corporates

Murthy has a point. Govt can cut costs by hiring gig workers with attendant benefits. The question is, can we outsource elections, census, and disaster management?

Kerala suspends 2 IAS officers, 1 for creating ‘communal’ WhatsApp group

The 2nd officer, a special secretary, made derogatory remarks against another top bureaucrat on social media.

I went bag, baggage, and baby to Manipur in 1971. IAS officers can hammer out a solution

Hand-picked officers, if deployed adroitly and given a free hand, might hammer out solutions that abjure politics.

10 yrs after AP-Telangana split, why Centre wants some IAS, IPS officers to repatriate to cadre state

Aggrieved IAS, IPS officers say they intend to challenge DoPT orders; experts say 'unfair to uproot them 10 yrs after' bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, creation of Telangana.

With lucrative sinecures for ex-IAS, IRS & others, RERAs serve as ‘rehab centres’ for retd civil servants

Of 32 states & UTs with Real Estate Regulatory Authorities, at least 25 are headed by retd civil servants. SC remarked last month that RERAs are 'rehabilitation centre' for ex-officers.

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No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.