Our bureaucracy, policy-making cannot operate on outdated systems: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing Civil Services Day in Delhi, urged civil servants to embrace systemic reforms and work for impactf...
21 Apr, 2025, 12.46 PM IST
India-US ties: Not about immigration, but strategic continuity amid Trump's Maga agendaIndia and the US should not let immigration dominate their relations despite Trump's political agenda. Both nations have significant strate...
13 Jan, 2025, 11.16 PM IST
Steel frame needs to rid its rustThe Cabinet secretary T V Somanathan admonishes certain officers for not following prescribed submission procedures, causing workflow disru...
01 Jan, 2025, 11.17 PM IST
Congress takes aim at Noida DM for 'calling Rahul Gandhi Pappu'The Congress party has condemned an inappropriate comment about Rahul Gandhi allegedly posted from the official X handle of Gautam Budh Nag...
14 Sep, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
'Do not get intimidated': Congress chief Kharge to bureaucrats ahead of Lok Sabha election resultsCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge congratulated the EC, Central Armed Forces, and police for conducting the Lok Sabha elections. He cri...
04 Jun, 2024, 02.18 AM IST
National Civil Services Day: Is the IAS, India's so-called steel frame, rusting?Like much else in the Indian nation-state, its civil service also came from the British Raj. It was started by the East India Company and w...
23 Apr, 2023, 01.38 AM IST
Must check whether a party uses public money for own benefit: PM ModiPM Modi stressed that civil servants should "evaluate whether political parties are changing policies to create new avenues of black money".
22 Apr, 2023, 12.44 AM IST
Prez praises civil servants for being backbone of India's fight against COVIDThe Government of India celebrates April 21 every year as 'Civil Services Day' as an occasion for civil servants to rededicate themselves t...
21 Apr, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
Babu-mukt Bharat? 9 names will test one of Narendra Modi's biggest reformsThe move will see a large of group of experts with domain knowledge join the policy-making process.
13 Apr, 2019, 01.35 PM IST
View: Why just 10 posts for lateral entry into the bureaucracy? Why not 500?Lateral entry in India isn't new. Economic posts have been occupied by outsiders, including Arvind Subramanian.
18 Jul, 2018, 06.16 AM IST
India@70: What today's institutions can learn from the best of 60sThe collapse of the third principle is almost certainly the main reason why the vintages of successful institutions are the 1950s and 1960s.
15 Aug, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
- Modi is silently, and perhaps irreversibly, transforming a critical area: India's bureaucracy
The Modi government has brought a new system that has slowly unhinged certain basic assumptions in a bureaucrat’s zone of maneuverability.
12 Jun, 2017, 08.05 AM IST
Cadreism in government offices is worse than casteism in societyThe World Bank's 2016 edition of ease of doing business rankings placed India at 130th position in a list of 189 countries it ranks below e...
30 Jun, 2016, 10.49 AM IST
Narendra Modi sarkar puts the brakes on babu breakIn several ministries, some of this fresh burst of energy is just nervous energy, as a big-ticket bureaucratic reshuffle could be on the ca...
24 May, 2014, 10.41 AM IST
IAS officer's suspension triggers debateThe controversial suspension of young Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal has triggered a major national debate.
04 Aug, 2013, 11.20 AM IST
Agenda for reforms: Will an ultra-cautious bureaucracy move the files despite policy push?For a new drive on the economy, the government needs one more turnaround to preserve this momentum: the bureaucracy.
06 Nov, 2012, 09.45 AM IST
For government to ensure efficient bureaucracy, it must define good performanceIn 2004, shortly after he was appointed Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh said one of his top priorities was to reform the bureaucracy.
09 Feb, 2012, 08.23 AM IST