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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.

Trifurcate the IAS to reform it

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

Rahul Khullar, a man who stood tall for 'the little guy', passes away

Irascible but always ready to listen, Khullar's guiding credo was that a civil servant must never lose sight of his client

'Gamechanger': 32 former bureaucrats hail contentious new farm Bills

As many as 32 ex-bureaucrats, including former finance, banking and defence secretaries, have backed the bills, terming their passage in the Parliament as a "watershed moment"

Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director, World Bank

Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Khullar has been appointed as Executive Director, World Bank, Washington, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Monday said

Man for many seasons: Former envoy K Shankar Bajpai passes away at 92

In a long and distinguished career, he served as India's ambassador to the US, China, and Pakistan

Bureaucratic reshuffle: P Amudha appointed joint secretary in PMO

Keshav Chandra has been appointed as the Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)

A crackdown on the steel frame?

A new condition has made an IAS officer's growth path a little more difficult

No foreign training of bureaucrats in FY21 due to Covid-19 pandemic: Govt

"However, under exceptional circumstances, if it is felt necessary to conduct any foreign training, prior approval of DoPT must be obtained," the order said

New Secy appointment shows PMO's increasing footprint in Finance Ministry

Tarun Bajaj, who takes over as Economic Affairs Secretary this week, is the latest in a string of bureaucrats who have worked closely with Narendra Modi in the past

Defending the indefensible?

It is becoming increasingly hard for India to ignore the global antipathy to its majoritarian politics

CBI awaiting for 4 months to prosecute corrupt MPs, bureaucrats: CVC data

As many as 58 cases involving over 130 allegedly corrupt legislators and serving and retired government officials are awaiting sanction for prosecution from their respective organisations

Protecting lawyer's privilege

There can be problematic ethics among practitioners of law but that is quite the case with any profession and its practitioners

Transfer of Finance Secretary Subhash Garg: Scapegoat or bothersome?

In the government system, bureaucrats don't do things on their own. They do what the political leadership wants them to do. Mr Garg was no exception

How Narendra Modi govt plans to bring a cultural shift in bureaucracy

PM Modi spent nearly two days interacting with a diverse group of nearly 400 civil servants

Post-retirement jobs: Do some govt officers get a better deal than others?

Data seems to suggest that those who retired prior to 2016 have not been able to land as many plum postings as officers who bid farewell from that year onwards

PM Modi asks bureaucrats to break silos to speed up work

He exhorted the officers to work with full dedication towards creation of New India by 2022

Name and shame non-performing bureaucrats, says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

Amitabh Kant also targeted regulators for 'making a mess'

India's insuperable bureaucracy

The administrative machine's expansionist notions greedily demand more

Six month limit to complete graft enquiries against bureaucrats

At present, there are no rules that define time limit for conducting corruption enquiries