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Topic: UPSC

Hiring non-IAS officers as joint secretaries may be too radical a step for India

Shashi Tharoor - 10 July, 2018

India’s bureaucracy is the last refuge of the talented generalist, a tradition inherited from Oxbridge but long since abandoned by the British.

Anil Swarup, IAS, who juggled coal, labour & education, says specialisation not necessary

Kritika Sharma - 30 June, 2018

The education secretary's comment assumes significance at a time when the govt is pushing for lateral entry into civil services.

India thinks it can produce IFS officers by testing them on wildlife more than geopolitics

Mohamed Zeeshan - 25 June, 2018

The foreign services is the biggest casualty of the generalist nature of the UPSC exam.

Lateral entry into civil services: IAS aspirants happy, IITians happier

Nikhil Rampal - 13 June, 2018

UPSC aspirants at Delhi’s coaching hub and engineers at IIT cheered the move but also cautioned that transparency and neutrality may be compromised.

IAS is here to stay because it suits the political executive

K.B.S Sidhu - 12 June, 2018

It is not lateral recruitment but ‘back-door entry’ of retired ‘babus’ that can cause damage to the IAS.

Govt opens door to private sector talent, wants specialists to join ministries as joint secys

Amrita Nayak Dutta - 10 June, 2018

DoPT ad for applications gets mixed reactions - some welcome the move but others are apprehensive, say may increase scope for political appointments

Civil service recruitment needs real reforms, not ad hoc approach

Nirupama Rao - 21 May, 2018

By turning the foundation course into an obstacle course, we will really convert the ‘Happy Valley’ into a ‘Paradise Lost’.

With civil-services revamp, enduring friendships at ‘Happy Valley’ will turn into competition

Shah Faesal - 21 May, 2018

If the proposal comes through, scores awarded by the training academy will now be on par with those given by the UPSC, a constitutional body.

UPSC notifies lowest number of vacancies in 10 years. Is this the Modi effect at play?

Kumar Anshuman - 15 February, 2018

Modi had promised a leaner bureaucracy under his mantra of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’. Since 2014, vacancies have declined from 1,291 to 782.

The officer raj

Shekhar Gupta - 15 October, 2011

The weakening of the political authority of UPA 2 has given the civil services a golden era of unfettered, unquestioned power.

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Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

Kushan Mitra - 20 May, 2022

India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?

American SiG Sauer rifle fine for Army—for now. Indian firms should be Modi govt’s priority

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Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

ThePrint Team - 20 May, 2022

A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.

Topic: UPSC

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

American SiG Sauer rifle fine for Army—for now. Indian firms should be Modi govt’s priority

Pakistan’s being governed by London Sharif and Islamabad Sharif. But they’re not on same page

Economy

Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

Defence

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

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