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UPSC Final Interviews: Merit or Caste?

Despite reservations, caste and economic backwardness cannot supersede merit. This is why the Union Public Service Commission’s latest decision to share the Caste...

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Vivek Joshi will be the New Chief Secretary of Haryana

Vivek Joshi, a 1989 batch #IAS officer of #Haryana cadre in all probability will be announced as Chief Secretary of Haryana Government. Raisina...

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29 Joint Secretary level officers reshuffled in the govt of India

October 2024: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) effected a major reshuffle at Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent level posts i.e. at Level...

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Treading on dangerous ground

A news report of May 21 noted that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) wanted a major change in the policy regarding allocation of...

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By the Way

By the Way : From cadres to zones

THE Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is learnt to be going full steam ahead with its plan to transform the civil services....

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Tracking January 2008

CM BHATT The 1974-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed DG (Technical) in the state JAYANT PRASADThe 1976-batch IFS...

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ROMESH BHANDARI : RELUCTANT DIPLOMAT

THE best moment of my foreign service career is related to the hijack of August 24, 1984. Seven young terrorists hijacked an Indian...

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Paragons of virtue!

what’s with the hype? Is the civil service contribution to the nation any cause for celebration? At his second Civil Service Day ceremony...