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TopicIndian Civil Services

Topic: Indian Civil Services

Merger of J&K IAS, IPS cadre into AGMUT ‘on hold’ as officers say it’s recipe for confusion

Sanya Dhingra -
J&K cadre for All India Services ceased to exist last year after Modi govt recategorised state as two union territories. It was supposed to be merged into AGMUT cadre.

Dadabhai Naoroji believed the Indian civil service was the reason for India’s poverty

Dinyar Patel -
In Naoroji, Dinyar Patel writes about the Parsi politician’s theory of how a lack of Indians in the administrative corps caused Indian impoverishment.

UPSC preliminary exam to be postponed, but online test this year ‘next to impossible’

Sanya Dhingra -
An in-principle decision to postpone the exam has already been taken, but an official announcement will be made only after 3 May.

How Modi govt is quietly ‘revolutionising’ the training of IAS, IPS, IRS officers

Sanya Dhingra -
Although less headline-grabbing than initiatives such as lateral entry, these reforms are expected to overhaul India’s civil services.

These civil services want Modi govt to merge them to challenge ‘IAS hegemony’

Sanya Dhingra -
The suggestion comes less than a month after the Union Cabinet merged 8 railways services in a bid to streamline the transporter’s operations.

Modi govt has a new headache — social media campaigns by unhappy IAS, Railways officers

Sanya Dhingra -
Officers say social media is a convenient platform to register their protest and grievances with ‘unresponsive’ Modi govt.

New hostels, auditorium at Mussoorie academy as govt eyes overhaul of ‘IAS preserve’

Sanya Dhingra -
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is known as an IAS preserve. The govt wants this image to change.

Are RSS-linked groups right in criticising UPSC selection process for favouring Indian elite?

ThePrint Team -
RSS-linked body Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas has appealed to the Narendra Modi government to alter the UPSC selection process and make it accessible to all.

To help Hindi UPSC aspirants, RSS wants to scrap aptitude test & change interview system

Kritika Sharma -
RSS has suggested that interviews in the civil service examination be replaced by a psychological test, along the lines of one held by the Army.

‘Deshbandhu’ Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter who became a lawyer after failing ICS exam

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
ThePrint remembers the freedom fighter who presided over a Congress session and founded the Swaraj Party.
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Why is going to law school so popular again?

Bloomberg Opinion -
In a recent survey of law school admissions officers, 94% said the current political climate in the US played at least a moderate role in the increase.

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5 reasons Indira Gandhi is the most popular of India’s former prime ministers

Economy

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

Udit Bubna -
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Defence

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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