The Centre recalled West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay after he and CM Mamata Banerjee did not attend a review meeting on Cyclone Yaas with PM Modi Friday.
In various state govts, the office of district magistrate has been reduced to a glorified post office that receives instructions from various govt departments.
DoPT is said to have taken cognisance of complaint from senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who flagged cases of IPS, IFS & IRS officers being posted as principal secretaries to state govt.
The officers, posted as deputy commissioners, were on 40-day induction training, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, which was until 14 May.
Officers could be chosen for posts in areas they are interested in & have domain expertise in, instead of random postings in completely different sectors.
Former IAS officers feel that while constitutional power should be with CM or elected government, given Delhi’s unique position and past record, it hasn’t worked.
India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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