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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a press conference at the BJP office in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | New worry for UP govt: Exit of senior officers

11 Aug 2022 12:09 AM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Why babu rejig in UP govt is an ongoing process

05 Aug 2022 12:30 AM

Dilip Cherian | Tripura gets a new DGP, but succession plan needs a relook

28 Jul 2022 1:51 AM

Dilip Cherian | Curious moves led to choice of Himachal’s new chief secy

21 Jul 2022 11:28 PM

The finance department’s order directs all heads of departments to submit reports of account cadre officers, deputy controller of accounts, senior accountants, account officers and assistant accountant officers who are covered under the DoPT’s premature retirement rules. (Bloomberg)

Dilip Cherian | No room now for laggards in Delhi govt

13 Jul 2022 11:50 PM

Dilip Cherian | UP plans to hire retired officers to probe serving IAS bureaucrats

A panel headed by the state CS Durga Shankar, including other senior IAS officers, will recommend names of candidates suitable for the job

06 Jul 2022 11:58 PM

Ruchira Kamboj (Image credit: Wikipedia)

Dilip Cherian | Protocol chief background to help India’s new UN envoy

Like good wine, protocol often sets the mood and creates the right atmospherics for the serious diplomatic business that is being conducted

29 Jun 2022 7:24 AM

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | More IAS babus for Uttarakhand, but not enough

Last week, CM Dhami got a partial wish-fulfilment when the Centre agreed to increase the state’s IAS cadre strength from 120 to 126 officers

23 Jun 2022 12:44 AM

Dilip Cherian | Centre eases off on changes in IAS cadre service rules

In 2021, only 10 per cent of mid-level IAS officers were posted with the Union government, a sharp dip from 19 per cent in 2014

14 Jun 2022 11:00 PM

Centre faces calls to shift Mizoram chief secy, bring in a Mizo speaker

For some time now, major civil society groups in the state have been campaigning with the Centre to replace the state’s chief secretary

09 Jun 2022 12:53 AM

Since the performance of individual ministers is often evaluated on the outcome of schemes, the financial outlay and the role of financial advisers are sensitive and crucial. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Dilip Cherian | Fiscal advisers may get to have a larger say in ministry spends

Financial advisers are a crucial interface between ministries and the expenditure department

02 Jun 2022 12:09 AM

Dilip Cherian | Pro-IAS tilt in promotions leaves all other services irked

The move has created a gap of six years between parallel ranks in the IAS and IPS, and IPS officers are upset at this 'unprecedented' order

26 May 2022 3:09 AM

Dilip Cherian | Cool-off debate rages on amid MNC absorbing senior officials

The recent appointment of Archana Goyal Gulati, former member of Niti Aayog and CCI, at Google, has revived the old debate

19 May 2022 12:04 AM

Apparently, there have been several instances in which the ministry was provided wrong information, either deliberately or negligently, by states. (Representational image/ DC File)

Dilip Cherian | Centre warns officers filing false info on behalf of state

Apparently, the problem has grown alarmingly so that finance secretary T.V. Somanathan had to step in

12 May 2022 1:49 AM

Politics apart, this new “trend” shows that state governments are now willing to overlook partisan politics and seek expertise from wherever it is available. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Dilip Cherian | Spirit of sharing tech, tips among states overrides partisan politics

The dashboard monitoring system was started in 2019 when Vijay Rupani was the chief minister

05 May 2022 1:09 AM

Apparently, hundreds of posts are currently vacant in various ministries and departments at various levels, impeding the efficient functioning of the government. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Babus’ stir bears fruit, govt rushes to fill critical posts in all ministries

A few weeks ago, the representatives of CSS officers had met with the minister of state for personnel and PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh

28 Apr 2022 12:01 AM

The MHA babus argue that under existing rules, most IPS officers come on Central deputation only at the IG level, which has led to the current shortage of SP- and DIG-level officers at the Centre. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Dilip Cherian | MHA sets up another face-off with states on IPS deputation

With more than a reported 50% vacancies at both these levels at the Centre, it seems like a desperate move by the ministry

21 Apr 2022 12:09 AM

Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Golay. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | 'Non-performers' in Sikkim govt are going to be sent to Coventry

Last year, an extensive drive was conducted against officials reporting late for work in govt offices and the latecomers were reprimanded

14 Apr 2022 12:47 AM

Dilip Cherian | Amid shortage of officers, govt sets up panel to find out why

The shortage, perhaps, explains why there are not enough IAS officers on Central deputation or even in the states

08 Apr 2022 12:09 AM

Dilip Cherian | A former adviser to PM secures plum PSEB post

Not only does Mr Sinha fill a key gap in the board, but many have taken it as an optimistic sign

31 Mar 2022 12:31 AM

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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

In Pictures | TRS protest in Delhi

Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

In Pictures | Celebrations at Ghazipur border after farm laws repeal announcement

Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

In Pictures | Itchy throats, watery eyes: Delhi's AQI severe after Diwali

Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

Digital surveillance: Drones used ahead of Independence Day celebrations in J&K

A healthcare worker Nazir Ahmed carries vaccines and looks out from a hillock for Kashmiri shepherds to vaccinate them in Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar. The challenge for health workers travelling to to long distances for vaccinating mostly shepherds and nomadic herders in the remote meadows of the Himalayan region has not been the treacherous terrain but to persuade women to get COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo)

In Pictures | Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads

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