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    Dilip Cherian | Non-IAS cadre officers making inroads in PMO

    The acronym IFS seems to be working rather well for those lucky enough to hold it. Three Indian Foreign Service officers...

    1 Dec 2022 2:05 AM IST

    A woman poses with a cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as if receiving her appointment letter from him, during the launch of the Rozgar Mela, in Hyderabad. (S. Surender Reddy/DC)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | While UP police top-heavy, Centre struggles to fill...

    A persistent gripe of the Modi Sarkar is that the current shortage of IPS officers at the Centre is due to the states...

    24 Nov 2022 12:30 AM IST

    Bali: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the G-20 Summit in Bali, Session III: Digital Transformation, in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | India aiming to reset agenda of G-20 with fresh focus...

    Next month, India will assume the presidency of the G-20 from Indonesia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Bali,...

    17 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | N-E officers still unhappy after Centre looks into...

    Last month, this column reported that the withdrawal of multiple incentives and allowances given to IAS and IPS officers...

    10 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Another panel set up to sort Central secretariat...

    The protests earlier this year by Central government employees who comprise the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) over...

    3 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 90th General Assembly of INTERPOL, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | As Modi govt eyes final lap, latest secretary rejig is...

    The fact that this is its last effective Union Budget may have weighed on the government’s mind when it appointed...

    27 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Jitendra Singh was among the three central ministers who arrived in Srinagar (Photo | PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Deputation blues for Centre: IAS, IPS officers shy...

    The annual conference of principal secretaries of states and Union territories held recently had one theme that overrode...

    20 Oct 2022 1:22 AM IST

    The railways is interested in Mudasarlova as it is free from pollution, is located along BRTS road, and is close to the sea and the national highway. (Representational Image/ DC File)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Railway reforms slow down due to promotion delays

    For a ministry said to be in a hurry to overhaul its functioning, the inordinate delay in making key appointments in the...

    13 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Withdrawal of incentives irks IAS, IPS officers...

    The Centre has withdrawn incentives and allowances given to IAS and IPS officers posted in the Northeast. The department...

    7 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Why is govt not filling vacancy of 3rd EC member as...

    India still doesn’t have a chief of defence staff (CDS) after the tragic death of Gen. Bipin Rawat in December...

    28 Sept 2022 12:03 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Jump in UPSC vacancies due to new management cadre in...

    After a decade of witnessing declining civil service examination (CSE) vacancies, the Union Public Service Commission...

    22 Sept 2022 12:07 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Railway officers’ worry grows over new rules on GMs

    Nearly four months after new rules for promotion to senior levels in the Railways were announced, rail babus are still...

    15 Sept 2022 12:07 AM IST

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