Indian politicians expect civil servants to suck up to them. Ireland envoy Akhilesh Mishra's hit-job on Congress and his admiration of PM Modi will undoubtedly be noted by his political masters.
Two solutions come to mind: Govt must fix the tenure and duration for officers and make empanelment for top positions non-discretionary, matrix-based, and transparent.
There’s a reason senior government officials rely more on consultants than their own subordinates. They walk the extra mile that mid or junior-level officials won’t.
When IAS officer and Jaisalmer collector Tina Dabi changes her Instagram profile picture, or goes for a walk with her husband, or even wears a bindi, she becomes the news.
Bengal CM Mamata raised the issue with Modi govt during her visit to Delhi last week. In April, Bengal chief secretary wrote to Union govt seeking more IAS and IPS officers.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ramana said that bureaucracy has developed 'inertia' over a period of time and this attitude has been developed by the Executive.
Of the total, 24 officers have been selected for secretary and secretary-level posts, while three have been cleared for posts equivalent to the level of secretaries.
Desiraju had been instrumental in getting gutkha banned in the country. The Mental Healthcare Act 2017, passed long after he had left the ministry of health, was his baby.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Boring that the writer is himself sucking upto the congress for years and pointing fingers at others…55 years what was so shining in India under congress that no one in India can’t even criticize it…sad these people call themselves intellectuals..sucking up to the Gandhi was theirs hobby…And a IFS officer also has freedom of speech as the writer has the same sucking upto..hypocrite
Whether the Ambassador’s letter was vetted and approved before it was written.
Boring that the writer is himself sucking upto the congress for years and pointing fingers at others…55 years what was so shining in India under congress that no one in India can’t even criticize it…sad these people call themselves intellectuals..sucking up to the Gandhi was theirs hobby…And a IFS officer also has freedom of speech as the writer has the same sucking upto..hypocrite
Anything will be better than Indira’s brain-dead socialism.
Out of business political pimp on hit job (Remember Radia tapes?)