Centre-Bengal tug of war over a senior bureaucrat shows why consultation, and even consent, is crucialThroughout my career, my understanding has always been that the appointment and deputation of IAS officers requires agreement between the c...
02 Jun, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
Army says it is committed to providing quality medical care to veterans amid pandemicThe Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) aims to provide allopathic and AYUSH medicare to ex-servicemen pensioner and their depe...
01 Oct, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
House panel for Army-like performance appraisal system for babusIt said the newly innovated "360-degree appraisal system" for appointment of bureaucrats at the top level in the central government need to...
09 Aug, 2017, 05.44 PM IST
Civil Services officers meet Jitendra Singh over 7th Pay Commission committee issuesThe delegation of the Confederation of Civil Service Associations (CoCSA) said Singh, assured them that their concerns will be "appropriate...
27 Mar, 2016, 10.07 PM IST
PMO rejects aviation ministry candidate for heading BCASBCAS is set to stay headless for some more time, with the Prime Minister's Office rejecting the candidate referred by the civil aviation mi...
15 Dec, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
20 civil services petition pay panel against 'IAS supremacy'In a representation, it termed as "quite unfortunate" the attempts to "run down" members of other civil services by fostering a feeling of ...
09 Nov, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
20 central civil services up in arms against 'IAS supremacy'About 20 central civil services, including IPS and IRS, have decided to petition seventh Central Pay Commission to seek job parity and care...
03 Nov, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
Meritocracy at risk? Talk of parity raises IAS officers' hacklesNearly 200 IAS officers have so far submitted their representations to Cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha airing concerns over the repor...
31 Oct, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
Seventh Pay Commission may bring pay parity in civil servants, officers up in armsNearly 200 IAS officers have so far submitted their representations to Cabinet secretary, airing serious concerns over the reported move.
30 Oct, 2015, 10.04 AM IST
Aviation security wing to get chief after three yearsThe Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the aviation security wing of the government, is likely to get a new chief in AP Maheshwari.
11 Sep, 2015, 09.56 AM IST
New policy on anvil for private hospitals in Haryana: Haryana Health Minister Anil VijVij today said that a new policy is being formulated for listing private hospitals in order to provide healthcare facilities to government ...
20 Jul, 2015, 08.13 PM IST
Seventh Pay Commission may bump up salaries, but IAS has institutionalized the caste systemIn the current jobs caste system, those trained to fight insurgency in C'garh or Manipur would be cleaning saheb’s toilet or doing memsaheb...
19 Jul, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
It's IAS vs all central services in scramble for top postsThose who have exercised finance functions are not considered for the posts of financial advisors in various ministries, IRAS has claimed.
11 May, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
IPS, IRS want end to 'IAS raj' in secretary posts, seek pay hikeA change in the composition of the civil services board, committee of secretaries and the special committee of secretaries has been sought ...
03 May, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
No central deputation if bureaucrats fail to file property returnsBureaucrats can be denied central deputation if he is facing graft charges or has defaulted in submitting annual property returns, as per t...
24 Jul, 2014, 04.30 PM IST
- Appointment of new CVC to take at least a month
The apex court, while striking down PJ Thomas' appointment as CVC, recommended a set of guidelines to ensure that a similar goof-up does no...
04 Mar, 2011, 01.23 AM IST
- IAS officer quits over delay in promotion
Mr Sanjay Narayen, joint secretary in the civil aviation ministry, has quit government service. An 1976 batch IAS batch officer from the Ma...
12 Sep, 2006, 08.40 PM IST