NITI Aayog vice-chariman Rajiv Kumar says PM Modi takes his suggestions seriously; favours simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls due to cost factor.
In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.
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.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
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.
Some of the reservations being expressed over the move could be set at rest if the lateral entrants are selected by the UPSC. The other question is why a qualified professional, doing well in the private sector, would wish to join the government, on a much lower salary, for a period of just three to five years. At the end of the period, he would again be in the job market. 2. A lot of new ideas are being experimented with, partly to generate a Wow factor. When they are not fully thought through, the results are disappointing. 3. The steel frame is not stainless, but it has held up reasonably well. What it really requires is thoughtful – if visionary sounds cliched – political leadership that sets out worthwhile national objectives and then pursues them relentlessly. That also requires fostering a culture of professional autonomy. Joint Secretary and above, mandarins should not only be permitted, they should be encouraged, to voice a different point of view. Demonetisation could not have taken place if that kind of work ethic had prevailed.
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Some of the reservations being expressed over the move could be set at rest if the lateral entrants are selected by the UPSC. The other question is why a qualified professional, doing well in the private sector, would wish to join the government, on a much lower salary, for a period of just three to five years. At the end of the period, he would again be in the job market. 2. A lot of new ideas are being experimented with, partly to generate a Wow factor. When they are not fully thought through, the results are disappointing. 3. The steel frame is not stainless, but it has held up reasonably well. What it really requires is thoughtful – if visionary sounds cliched – political leadership that sets out worthwhile national objectives and then pursues them relentlessly. That also requires fostering a culture of professional autonomy. Joint Secretary and above, mandarins should not only be permitted, they should be encouraged, to voice a different point of view. Demonetisation could not have taken place if that kind of work ethic had prevailed.