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India’s smug civil service officers can learn lot from politicians during Covid: IRS officer

Bureaucrats often take pride in appearing cold, distant and unapproachable. Such traits don’t work in a pandemic.

IAS officer launches online portal for plasma donations to aid Covid crisis

Abhishek Singh, Deputy Commissioner in Delhi, launched the portal ‘United by Blood’ a week ago to handle 'information asymmetry' about blood plasma donations.

How this IAS officer ensured ailing Maharashtra district was ready to battle 2nd Covid wave

Nandurbar has stood out for its robust health infrastructure — oxygen plants, hospital beds, a central control room — all set up in anticipation of second Covid wave.

IAS officers are not lazy ‘babus’. Time to reject the colonial slang

In his Parliament speech, PM Modi came down heavily on the ‘babu culture’ in India. But who made civil servants ‘babus’ in the first place?

‘Babu samjho ishare’ — Modi’s critique of IAS evokes shock but many also call for introspection

Doffing his hat to private sector Wednesday for its contribution to India’s growth, Modi questioned the ‘power centre we have created by handing over everything to babus’.

Vaccines to Indo-Pacific, India and Canada are finally rising above vote bank pressures

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

15 IAS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh government reshuffle

Shiva Kant Dwivedi, on waiting list, has been made Special Secretary Minority Welfare, while Special Secretary, AYUSH Department, Rajkamal Yadav is now DM Baghpat.

No steel, cement may be ditched too — IAS retiree Nripendra Misra on making Ram temple ageless

Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to PM Modi & now chair of Ram temple trust, says in rare interview to Panchjanya that demolition of Babri masjid was a 'justified step'.

Modi’s close IAS aide set to join BJP in Uttar Pradesh today, days after voluntary retirement

Arvind Kumar Sharma, who was serving as the secretary in the Union MSME ministry, is now likely to get an MLC ticket for this month’s polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Rajasthan govt transfers 21 IAS officers in major administrative reshuffle

The Rajasthan government also transferred three district collectors, 56 IPS and 28 IFS officers in the state.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.