Governance

A number of recent transfers of IAS officers from Delhi have created problems for key administrative positions in the national capital. In the past...

In a major relief to the Telangana government, the Centre has increased its IAS cadre strength from the existing 208 to 218. The Department...

The newly-formed TVK government in Tamil Nadu has reconstituted the state Law Commission and appointed Justice D Krishnakumar as its Chairperson. Justice Krishnakumar is...

After the Calcutta High Court, the Supreme Court too rejected the plea challenging the transfer of IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal by...

The country’s biggest bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan (IAS:1987:TN), shared his views on what is coming in the way of implementing the infrastructure projects...

In a move that aims to bring uniformity and transparency in the transfer of its employees, the Uttar Pradesh government has mooted the annual...

The Odisha government is suffering from a crisis of governance due to an acute shortage of officers across several administrative services, with hundreds of...

In a significant official move just after the declaration of assembly election results, West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala (IAS:1993:WB) virtually declared a lockdown...

The newly-formed Congress-led UDF government in Kerala under Chief Minister V D Satheesan has begun actions to free government organs from the control of...

India’s Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan (IAS:1987:TN) has come out with a directive asking all Union Secretaries and Chief Secretaries to document best practices of ‘innovative governance’ in order...