The panel headed by K Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation, said governance and leadership of educational institutions (HEIs) are “deeply influenced and controlled by external bodies and individuals.” read more

For better roll-out of policies, administrative capacity at the state level needs to be fortified read more

Andhra Pradesh’s new chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy began overhauling the chief minister’s office and putting the brakes on controversial decisions of his predecessor N Chandrababu Naidu. read more

STANDING TALL If principles and values are in place, you make ethically sound decisions and it is easy to administer, says Meenakshi Anand Chaudhary, Haryana’s first woman chief secy read more

The current order supersedes an October 1986 policy on sanctions for prosecution that effectively decentralised the process and made the concerned ministries and departments the final arbiters. read more

To compensate for slow promotions under NFFU, whenever an IAS officer gets empanelled for a particular appointment at the Centre, all other Organized Group A service officers are also upgraded to the same level two years from the date of empanelment... read more

A babu-mukt Bharat requires deep structural changes not mere lateral entrants. read more

But if any political dispensation is really serious about improving the IAS, policymaking and governance, it has to go beyond the recruitment of lateral entrants read more

The lateral entry mode, which relates to the appointment of specialists from private sector in government organisations, is considered as an ambitious step of the Modi government to bring in fresh talent in bureaucracy. read more

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Geeta Mital and Tashi Rabastan issued the notice and directed the government to come with alternate ways and other suggestions Tuesday. read more

Shah Faesal, who had topped UPSC civil services exams in 2010, will launch his political party in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. read more

Retired IAS officer Net Ram, principal secretary to Mayawati during one of her stints as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, was in talks with her BSP to contest as a party candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, income tax officials who raided his premises... read more

Speaking at a ‘Meet the Press’ programme organised by Pune Union of Working Journalists on Thursday, Faesal said that there was definitely an escalation of violence in Kashmir and if somebody was responsible for it, it was the Centre read more

The CBI was probing the mining scam on the directions of the Allahabad High Court read more

Bad governance and the inefficiency accompanying it bleeds the country in various ways, day in and day out. read more