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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicIndian Administrative Service

Topic: Indian Administrative Service

Ex-finance secretary Arvind Mayaram’s tips on reforming IAS — recruitment overhaul, 20-yr service

In a research paper, Mayaram writes there's a need to ‘right-size’ Indian Administrative Service & ‘declutter the top’ which has ‘too many senior officers with very little to do’.

Chief secys galore in Haryana as 7 1991-batch IAS officers promoted, taking total to 20

Ashok Khemka, Vineet Garg, Anil Malik, G. Anupama, Apoorva Kumar Singh made addl chief secys. 2 officers on deputation, Shrikant Walgad & Abhilaksh Likhi, given proforma promotions.

As UPSC prep goes digital once more, here’s a look at the best online IAS coaching institutes

Plutus IAS, Yojna IAS, TheHinduZone.com, and Kautilya IAS are among the best institutes offering IAS coaching and career guidance through online platforms.

States can’t veto Delhi request for IAS officers, Modi govt proposes & sparks a row

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has already written a letter of protest to PM Modi against proposed amendments to IAS (Cadre) Rules. Other Opposition-ruled states could follow.

How civil servants tackle retirement phobia—take up service extensions and live in luxury

With former IAS Durga Mishra and DGP Abhay in news for post-retirement services, what civil servants do after their term is back in debate.

Modi govt sets ball rolling for DS Mishra to be new UP chief secy, 3 days before his retirement

Ahead of UP polls, Union Housing Secy Durga Shankar Mishra has been repatriated to home cadre for ‘proposed appointment' as CS. This has created a buzz in bureaucratic circles.

Want to crack the IAS entrance exams? Make it happen with the best coaching centres in Delhi

Online coaching for the civil services entrance exam has become popular, especially since the Covid outbreak. Here's a list of the best centres in Delhi.

50% IAS, IFS recruits are children of govt servants. But this is a story of their merit

Of the civil servants who have taken the foundation course at LBSNAA since 2014, at least 50% come from families with a govt service background, data shows.

Red tape be damned, Modi is creating a new bureaucracy tailored to his vision

PM Narendra Modi has begun reaching out directly to officers, keeping tabs on their performance, and setting goals, for better implementation of his policies.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.