IAS officers resist change, are indifferent to the poor, and have not delivered on development goals read more

Senthil, a 2009 batch IAS officer who belongs to Tamil Nadu, said in the interview that he had always been a keen observer of politics. read more

An 11-judge bench of the high court, headed by Chief Justice AP Shahi, also suspended Justice Rakesh Kumar’s order on the case on Thursday, saying the single judge bench had no jurisdiction to pass such an order on a case that had been closed. read more

Words of Wisdom: Chandigarh should’ve been the leader in town planning but other cities have overtaken us because we remained static. Our bylaws are outdated and need to be reviewed, says Ajit Singh Chatha, a former chief secretary of Punjab. read more

RTI activist Srikant Pakal alleged in his complaint before Odisha Lokayukta Ajit Singh on Monday that the officer was reimbursed Rs 9.46 lakh for medical bills in three phases towards the hospitalisation of his wife and father in violation of the existing... read more

The government has argued that its intention was to hire talent from different spheres, including the private sector, to augment its own capacity. read more

After obtaining sanction of the central government, the state government or investigating agency files the charge-sheets to prosecute the accused IAS \/ IPS officer before the court of law, the minister said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. read more

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