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With Tukaram Mundhe’s crackdown, a question: Why celebrate civil servants for doing their jobs?
August 29, 2026 1:05 pm
The extraordinary praise for a food regulator doing his statutory duty exposes how profoundly India has lowered its expectations of the state
From Pyari to Sujata: Bureaucrats who shaped — and shook — Odisha politics
August 07, 2026 1:40 am
Sujata Rout’s entry into the BJD has once again put the spotlight on Odisha’s long tradition of civil servants entering politics. Here's a look at how their power, influence and electoral fortunes have played out over the past two decades.
Exchequer foots it all: Bureaucrats choose lavish stay over affordable lodgings, cancellations costly affair too
August 05, 2023 10:35 am
Bureaucrats in Chandigarh choose costly stays, misuse funds for personal trips, burdening taxpayers, despite audit objections.
Former Delhi Chief Secretary writes: SC has done well to underline power of elected govt in Delhi. Now, Kejriwal govt must reframe its engagement with bureaucrats
May 12, 2023 11:23 am
AAP rose from the India Against Corruption movement and the CM and his band of ministers looked on officers as being part of the problem. That must change
Judges, bureaucrats should serve nation rather than thinking of post-retirement ambitions: Gehlot
July 16, 2022 7:39 pm
Gehlot was addressing the inaugural session of the 18th All India Legal Services Authority in Jaipur.
Bengal bureaucrats skip PM Modi’s meeting amid friction over new IAS cadre rules
January 23, 2022 4:51 am
🔴 The development comes at a time West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Modi two times this month to oppose proposed changes by the central government to the IAS cadre rules.
Five measures to reform the bureaucracy
March 08, 2021 6:04 pm
Catch them young, train them frequently, invest in specialisation, measure governance quality and desist from appointing retired officials.
Bureaucrats in Punjab, NE are most corrupt: Former director of Mussoorie Academy
December 28, 2019 2:13 pm
Dr Naresh Chandra Saxena said that the main reason for “underperformance” of bureaucrats is the security of tenure.
'Deep nexus' between officers, ration mafia: Arvind Kejriwal
March 01, 2018 9:00 pm
The accusations came after the AAP government postponed a cabinet meeting, where, Sisodia said, Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash "failed" to bring a note on its ambitious doorstep delivery of ration proposal.
No information on constitution of civil services board by MP: Centre
August 20, 2017 3:46 pm
As per rules, all states should have a civil services board to decide on transfers and postings of the bureaucrats. The board is mandated to decide on the transfer of a civil servant before completion of his or her fixed tenure.
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