Indian Bureaucrats: From facelessness to fameWhile this has a distinctly Bollywood air about it, the fact that Indians seem to be actually interested in the lives of people other than ...
How to revolutionise fiscal transfers from the Centre to statesAs no time limit was prescribed for release of funds from state treasuries to implementing agencies (IAs), the fund transfer was based on l...
How to improve the quality of audit in Indian companies‘Audit’ is derived from the Latin word ‘audire’, or ‘to hear’. Recently, it is not the hearing ability but the smell test and the ability t...
Google debuts new features in Web Stories for WordPressWeb Stories are a free, open-web, visual storytelling format for the web, enabling people to easily create visual narratives with engaging ...
View: How to reform the Indian Administrative ServiceWhat is so attractive about being an IAS officer? It is certainly not the official compensation package. Is it the intrinsic motivation of ...
Centre appoints Nripendra Mishra as chairman of Nehru museum council, MJ Akbar outMishra who resigned from the PS to the PM post last year is a UP cadre IAS officer, closely associated with the think tank Vivekananda Inte...
KSUM signs MoUs with Oppo, Wadhwani Foundation to support SMEs, startupsWadhwani Foundation will run acceleration programmes for SMEs, startups, entrepreneurship education and women startups.
Finance secretary Ashok Lavasa’s hobby transports him from bureaucracy into a world of colourDuring his Delhi University days when he was studying English literature, Lavasa used to carry a camera brought by his father from Czechosl...
J&K Governor appoints advisors as political uncertainty prolongsWith political uncertainty expected to prolong, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra appointed two retired IAS officers as his Advisors to ...
Nine minimal word processor apps for distraction-free writingThese mobile and desktop apps tackle the problem head-on, stripping down the old word processor concept to its essential parts and enabling...
DK Ravi's death: Officers' morale to suffer if probe isn't transparentThere was naturally a sense of disbelief when it was reported that a strong-willed person like Ravi had committed suicide.
Cine actor, ex-Cong leader and retired civil servant in LDF listThe CPI(M) in Kerala is all set to rope in some prominent personalities to be put up as "independent" candidates for the Lok Sabha polls th...
- Government to fill vacant posts of information commissioners in CIC
M A Khan Yusufi who is retired joint secretary from Ministry of Law is also believed to have been cleared for the Information Commission, t...
- People defy NSCN (I-M) ban, join ACAUT rally
Large number of civil society activists and people gathered at City Tower defying a ban by NSCN (I-M) on ACAUT.
Why Mamata Banerjee is shifting chief minister's office to HRBC building?Now in so far as the plan goes, 11 departments including the chief minister’s office will be shifted to Howrah in the first phase.
UP cops arrest dalit writer for Facebook post criticizing UP govt on Durga Nagpal issueDalit thinker and writer Kanwal Bharti was on Tuesday arrested by the police in Rampur district for an alleged provocative post on Facebook.
Mira Pandey knows what is constitutional and what is not: Sunando SanyalMira Pandey is known among colleagues as a shy, efficient and a non-controversial bureaucrat who was posted in the hinterlands of West Beng...