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Friday, July 25, 2025
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Topic: IAS

More & more IAS & IPS officers are retiring early to join politics – just before elections

While many ex-bureaucrats & diplomats have succeeded in politics before, this phenomenon of joining parties just before elections has grown in recent times.

From UPSC to RAW chief, Indian postal service officers keep beating IAS, IPS to top posts

The IPoS was expected to die out along with traditional mail but it is reinventing itself, to remain a relevant part of Indian bureaucracy.

New UPSC chief Arvind Saxena among the few non-IAS officers heading recruiting body

Since 1949, 14 of the 25 chairpersons of the UPSC have been from the IAS, IPS and IFS.

Bomdila bust-up is more proof that civil-military relations are at an all-time low

Veterans and bureaucrats say Bomdila incident stems from many unresolved issues and friction between civilian administration and military.

IAS body wants defence ministry to take action against Army for Arunachal ‘assault’

IAS association claims Army personnel manhandled district magistrate and DSP. Army denies allegations, says cops beat up with its personnel.  

Bangladesh no longer a backward neighbour, it has overtaken India on GDP growth

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Modi govt’s plan to allow lateral entry into IAS is stuck

UPSC and Cabinet Secretariat are confused about how to take the matter forward. The 6,000 applications haven’t even been sorted yet.

Centre’s IAS officers shortage: Need for lateral entry of experts or should states fix gap?

The Modi government only has 34 per cent of the IAS officers it should ideally have. The Centre relies on states for its IAS...

Central govt is bearing the brunt of severe shortage of IAS officers

The Centre, which relies on states for IAS officers, has only 34 per cent of the officers it should ideally have.  

In Modi govt, just 4% of IAS officers are from Gujarat cadre, but they hold the key posts

Of the 18 Gujarat IAS officers in the Central government, 4 serve in the PMO, 4 in the finance ministry and 2 in the home ministry.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.