Bureaucracy

Policy decisions see a disconnect as regulators remain headless

"It is not good governance practice and sends the wrong signals to the corporate world. The selection process should start three months before the incumbent retires. Bureaucracy needs to push harder"

'Babudom' symbolic of colonial mindset, high time it is shunned: Delhi HC

The orders passed by a constitutional court of this country being violated at the sweet will of the officials openly butcher the spirit of Rule of Law," the court said

India at 75: The Executive tops the list of worst-performing institutions

There is an "us vs them" approach to governance that has permeated all the services that constitute the Executive

Parameswaran Iyer, new Niti Aayog CEO, is an accidental bureaucrat

The man who helmed the Swachh Bharat mission once worked as a journalist and cut vegetables in a hotel

Centre effects major bureaucratic reshuffle, new NHAI chief appointed

Senior bureaucrat Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed as the chairperson of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday. Upadhyaya, a 1990-batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development. Sanjay Bandopadhyay, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, has been named chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, a Personnel Ministry order said. Dharmendra S Gangwar, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, will be Secretary, Department of Border Management, and Sundeep Kumar Nayak has been appointed as Director General, National Productivity Council, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade. Upma Srivastava, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, has been named Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Juthika Patankar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of ...

Enough is enough: Supreme Court slams bureaucracy over pollution

Directs Centre, NCR states to implement decisions taken at emergency meet

Bureaucracy doesn't distinguish between sovereign and absolute power

Even after scrapping the 'retrospective tax' the bigger problem of the bureaucratic interpretation of sovereign power remains unresolved. The time has come for Parliament to sort out the confusion

A dive into the govt's plan to overhaul entry into the civil services

Future civil servants will not enter a service just on the basis of their final ranks in the examination, but on the basis of tests of aptitude

Working in wonderland

A govt employee is invulnerable. The chances of being dismissed for non-performance are the same as the chance of being caught for travelling without a ticket on the Bombay suburban trains

Bengal chief secy retired, to act as chief advisor to CM: Mamata Banerjee

The Centre has asked him to join North Block on Tuesday but it cannot force an officer to join it without the permission of the state administration, Banerjee told a press conference

Beyond the sarkari diktat

Book review of Method in the Madness: Insights from My Career as an Insider Outsider Insider

From Andhra Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh, state bureaucracy becomes top heavy

The bloated numbers at the top have reduced the efficiency of state administrations, both for maintaining law and order and to have development works reach the people

Fewer bureaucrats opting for Centre at senior management grades, shows data

It has been matched with an explosion in the number of officers of the same cadres posted to the states.

Best of BS Opinion: Epochal transition, a non-violent 'toolkit' & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Trifurcate the IAS to reform it

The bureaucracy generally, and the IAS particularly, need deep reform, writes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan

The 'babu' question

Appointment of bureaucrats as PSU heads is illogical

Cabinet approves 'Mission Karmayogi' for major reforms in bureaucracy

The core guiding principles of the competency-driven programme will be to support a transition from "rules based to roles based" HR management to prepare the Indian civil servant for the future

Maximum government, minimum governance

Book review of The Gated Republic: India's Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions

Modi reforms come cropper despite big ideas as bureaucrats lack motivation

Despite big ideas, Modi comes off poorly as a reformer. Because his bureaucrats lack the motivation to push reforms and are beginning to enjoy unbridled power

A peek into the inner functioning of the Indian govt during Covid-19 crisis

PM Modi has tried to make inter-departmental functioning the new norm in GOI on several occasions; Covid-19 might just seal it