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Opinion

AFSPA: Over to the states?

For the central government to devolve the power of invoking AFSPA completely to states, the section 3 of the Act may need to be amended

4 min read24 Aug 2017
Opinion

The need for lateral entry in civil services

It is both a workaround for the civil services' structural failings and an antidote to the complacency of a career-based service

4 min read19 Jul 2017
Politics

RBI autonomy has to be maintained, says former governor Bimal Jalan

RBI's relationship with the government is a matter of coordination and it is too early to say how it will grow, says Bimal Jalan

2 min read10 Jan 2017
Sports

Lodha panel asks top court to supersede BCCI

SC will hear a plea seeking removal of BCCI office-bearers for not complying with the court's rulings on administrative reforms by the Lodha panel

2 min read29 Sep 2016
Politics

VS Achuthanandan to be appointed as chief of administrative reforms panel

The Kerala govt decides VS Achuthanandan will be chairman of an administrative reforms committee with the rank of a cabinet member

2 min read3 Aug 2016
Politics

Govt aims to replace clerks with executive assistants

If accepted, executive assistants will replace lower-division and upper-division clerks, and stenographers

1 min read14 Jan 2016
Opinion

Why competition will be good for the bureaucracy

The appointment process at the higher levels should be more open

3 min read4 Nov 2015
Opinion

Agency-based approach to reform the Indian Administrative Service

According to a recent survey of the bureaucracies of 12 Asian economies, India's 'suffocating bureaucracy' has been ranked as the least-efficient

6 min read31 Aug 2015
Opinion

What good are tax reforms if not implemented

While most of the TARC recommendations are welcome, the real challenge lies in their implementation

4 min read10 Dec 2014
Opinion

Protecting India’s civil servants

In the absence of a strong convention, judicial intervention to save civil servants is the only remaining option

3 min read4 Nov 2013
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