- Bureaucracy recast
The Statesman, December 21, 2021 - Military transformation can’t wait
Deccan Herald, December 19, 2021 - ISB to boost GoI’s ‘Mission Karmyogi’; Signs an MoU with capacity building commission, government of India
Indian Education Diary, December 18, 2021 - Election Commission’s meeting with PMO Officials is preposterous; ECI abdicating its constitutional duty
National Herald, December 18, 2021 - Why govt should expand its sarkari papers beyond printed words
The Economic Times, December 18, 2021 - India must innovate – But what is stopping us?
Moneycontrol, December 16, 2021 - Appointment on compassionate grounds not automatic, subject to strict scrutiny
The Financial Express, December 16, 2021 - Debroy bats for GST Council-like body for expenditure reforms
Business Standard, December 15, 2021 - Government identifying areas to get in sector experts
The Indian Express, December 12, 2021 - NIPER Bill passed, ‘national importance’ tag for 6 pharma institutes
The Indian Express, December 10, 2021 - Indian civil servants are expected to be karma yogis. But look at ground reality first
The Print, December 07, 2021 - The politics-policy disconnect in India
The Indian Express, December 04, 2021 - Tribunals must be integrated into the legal and administrative apparatus
The Hindu, December 01, 2021 - Our National Education Policy could yet rescue school students
Livemint, December 01, 2021 - 22-year-old appointed as member of the committee constituted to finalize the NISP for schools by Ministry of Education India
The Economic Times, December 02, 2021 - Why we need to save administration from administrators
The Economic Times, November 26, 2021 - Home, defence, R&AW secretaries and IB director can now get 4-year terms
India Today, November 15, 2021 - Politicisation of civil services
Deccan Herald, November 11, 2021 - How those critiquing bureaucrats get it wrong
The Times of India, November 07, 2021 - The age of the ‘Super-Bureaucrat’ in new India
NDTV, October 29, 2021 - Gati Shakti can spur behavioural changes for superior governance
Livemint, October 25, 2021 - Role of IAS-IPS officers
Dailyexcelsior, October 18, 2021 - Modi Govt is empaneling IAS officers as secretaries after fewer years of service than before. here’s why
News18, October 17, 2021 - India’s high-tech governance risks leaving behind its poorest citizens
The Economist, October 16, 2021 - Why India’s bureaucracy needs urgent reform
The Indian Express, October 16, 2021 - Why India’s civil services need corporate management structures and culture
Hindustan Times, October 14, 2021 - Does India need a Ministry of Civil Aviation anymore?
The Economic Times, October 14, 2021 - Expert group responsible for determining minimum wages reconstituted
The Economic Times, September 28, 2021 - India’s babus are both perpetrators and victims of a flawed system
The Business Standard, September 27, 2021 - Denting the ‘steel frame’ of India
Deccan Herald, September 26, 2021 - Retd IAS officers aren’t bound by any code of conduct. There should be no room for them in CMO
The Print, September 26, 2021 - Only public pressure can bring police reforms now. Supreme Court order is gathering dust
The Print, September 24, 2021 - The misuse of law — a challenge to Indian judiciary
The Pioneer, September 24, 2021 - A bureaucratic failure forcing the hands of the political leaders?
The Times of India, September 21, 2021 - Act and friction: On appointments to tribunals
The Hindu, September 18, 2021 - Denting the ‘steel frame’ of India
The Economic Times, September 11, 2021 - India needs fourth pillar of economic governance: Regulatory Reforms
The Economic Times, August 29, 2021 - Half-empty or half-full is dilemma in politics and babudom
The New Indian Express, August 29, 2021 - Tribunal Reforms Act and the questions it triggers
The Hindu Businessline, August 22, 2021 - Tribunal reforms: what’s abolished, what happens to pending cases
The Indian Express, August 16, 2021 - ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’: Administrative Reforms shaping a new India
NewOnAir, August 13, 2021 - Parliament passes tribunal reforms bill, but here’s why it could cause Supreme Court heartburn
The Print, August 12, 2021 - India’s new rules for drones a welcome move
The Economic Times, August 04, 2021 - One nation, one police is a reform that is long overdue
The Indian Express, July 30, 2021 - Is Indian bureaucracy really serving the nation?
The Hans India, July 29, 2021 - Administering India
The Pioneer, July 26, 2021 - Parliament panel bats for revival of IPR appellate body
Livemint, July 26, 2021 - The new Centre of Cooperation
India Today, July 24, 2021 - State of bureaucracy: Honesty still pays
The Pioneer, July 14, 2021 - PM Modi reconstitues Cabinet committees, brings in new faces
The Indian Express, July 13, 2021 - How technology can be leveraged for India’s judiciary
The Times of India, July 13, 2021 - Is it all over for the IAS?
CNBCTV18, July 10, 2021 - Did India err in reposing too much faith in IAS?
The Pioneer, July 08, 2021 - TRC gave direction to India’s tax reforms
The Financial Express, July 06, 2021 - Feeding the beast – training the bureaucracy
Observer Research Foundation, June 29, 2021 - Between the state and centre where do civil servants stand?
India Today, June 28, 2021 - The ghosts haunting India’s bureaucracy
The Economic Times, June 26, 2021 - Defence innovation needs top-down reforms
The Tribune India, June 26, 2021 - Easy to get, difficult to take
The Hindu Businessline, June 23, 2021 - Can a consultant revamp the bureaucracy?
The Hindu Businessline, June 11, 2021 - Reforming Bureaucracy
The Statesman, June 09, 2021 - Centre to hire HR consultancy firm to manage competencies in country’s bureaucracy
Moneycontrol, May 31, 2021 - India needs modern institutions that are autonomous, accountable and creditworthy
The Times of India, May 27, 2021 - The IAS officers and India’s bureaucratic raj —an unholy alliance
International Business Times, May 26, 2021 - The outdated nature of bureaucracy
The Hindu, May 26, 2021 - Under Modi govt, civil servants have lost initiative and drive. India is paying the price
The Print, May 25, 2021 - Police Reforms via Prakash Singh judgment: A boon or a bane?
The Leaflet, May 25, 2021 - Impartiality in picking ECI members, a perennial demand
The New Indian Express, May 18, 2021 - India’s smug civil service officers can learn lot from politicians during Covid
The Print, May 14, 2021 - The ruthless politics of the Centre’s vaccine strategy
The Indian Express, April 28, 2021 - To implement developmental agenda, civil servants must have stake, independence
The Indian Express, April 26, 2021 - Defining India’s power elite is a tough task
The Week, April 25, 2021 - Why are civil servants called the steel frame of india?
Jagran Josh, April 23, 2021 - Private sector specialists will helm Modi’s reforms push
Deccan Chronicle, April 22, 2021 - How to make the Indian civil services market-friendly
Businessworld, April 21, 2021 - Civil services reforms in India
The Hindu, April 07, 2021 - Police reform recommendations exist. So why have they not been implemented?
The Indian Express, April 07, 2021 - AI could soon pick pool of IAS, IPS officers for central posts, govt ready to create database
The Print, March 31, 2021 - India, Afghanistan to share expertise in public service recruitment
Livemint, March 23, 2021 - Indian medical service cadre soon?
The New Indian Express, March 21, 2021 - Of Babus and bureaucracy
Dailyexcelsior, March 20, 2021 - Lateral Entry: A challenging administrative reform
The Indian Express, March 19, 2021 - How bureaucracy has left the Indian civil services adrift
The Wire, March 18, 2021 - IAS and bureaucracy: All the Prime Minister’s men
The New Indian Express, March 17, 2021 - Bureaucratic reforms are difficult but not impossible
Livemint, March 17, 2021 - The IAS have brought this upon themselves
The Outlook India, March 16, 2021 - Indian Administrative Service does not need an epitaph, it needs reforms
News18, March 15, 2021 - If political decentralisation is good for Jammu and Kashmir, why not for the rest of India
The Print, March 14, 2021 - Parl panel seeks Indian Medical Service on Civil Services lines
The Pioneer, March 13, 2021 - Rush your review of ‘dying’ civil services so we can trim them, Modi govt tells ministries
The Print, March 12, 2021 - Commissions and omissions
The New Indian Express, March 07, 2021 - ‘Lateral entry’ into bureaucracy: reason, process and the controversy
The Indian Express, March 04, 2021 - Scratching the surface hasn’ helped. It is time to strike at the core issues
Hindustan Times, March 03, 2021 - Reform IAS, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
The Wire, March 01, 2021 - Why IAS needs to change to IES in name and spirit to propel India forward
The Times of India, February 27, 2021 - India can’t wait for the ‘PSU culture’ to die a slow death. It’s time for unsparing reforms
News18, February 26, 2021 - Just berating babus is a waste of time
The Financial Express, February 22, 2021 - Bureaucrats no more in-charge of privatisation? Govt mulls external panel to fast-track disinvestment
The Financial Express, February 16, 2021 - Is there a reason for the IAS to worry?
Moneycontrol, February 15, 2021 - Lateral entry is fine. But what about enhancing the IAS’s professional competence?
The Wire, February 14, 2021 - We need not just lateral but fair and egalitarian entry into civil services
The Times of India, February 11, 2021 - Why legal reform remains an afterthought
Livemint, January 21, 2021 - It’s 2021 and the Indian bureaucracy remains the greatest impediment to progress
The Print, January 19, 2021 - SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for appointment in SC/ST panels
National Herald, January 08, 2021 - India’s toppers no longer find civil services a dream career?
Deccan Chronicle, January 07, 2021 - New science policy proposes lateral entry of scientists in related ministries
The New Indian Express, January 06, 2021 - Several IAS officers flouting DoPT, GAD instructions on filing of IPRs
Dailyexcelsior, January 03, 2021 - Bureaucratic resilience key to good governance
The Tribune, December 31, 2020 - Why has the bureaucracy sold its soul?
Times NowNews, December 21, 2020 - A dynamic monitoring system is needed to implement public policy
The Indian Express, December 21, 2020 - Defence procurement
The Statesman, December 19, 2020 - Politicians yes, but bureaucrats too
The Statesman, December 18, 2020 - For MEA to have a successful restructuring, get the institutional design right
The Print, December 17, 2020 - Institutions and their Institutions and their responsibilities
The Statesman, November 26, 2020 - India’s Police: An Instrument of Injustice
Fair Observer, November 19, 2020 - Why India’s governance policies often ends up being suboptimal
The Wire, November 18, 2020 - Forum of CMs: An idea ‘whose time has come’
Deccan Chronicle, November 13, 2020 - Bureaucratic lethargy? Why Gadkari is both right and wrong
The Financial Express, November 11, 2020 - Minimum Government essential for remaking India
The Sunday Guardian, November 07, 2020 - The end of Inspector Raj in India’s IT sector
The Hindustan Times, November 06, 2020 - Expand and strengthen the Indian State
The Hindustan Times, October 22, 2020 - Why the gubernatorial appointment process in India needs an urgent review
Daily, October 20, 2020 - Mission ‘Karmayogi’ – Move to reincarnate Indian Bureaucracy
The Times of India, October 13, 2020 - The changing civil service
Businessworld, October 13, 2020 - CAG on defence offsets: A case of the bureaucracy failing to bite the bullet?
The Financial Express, September 30, 2020 - Who will reform our huge army of babus?
Deccan Chronicle, September 29, 2020 - Analysing the centre’s reforms in agriculture sector
The New Indian Express, September 26, 2020 - Lateral entry experts have ‘become like any IAS officer’ a year into recruitment
The Print, September 21, 2020 - Niti Aayog, ISPP join hands for capacity building
The Economic Times, September 19, 2020 - Transforming public administration
The Hindustan Times, September 14, 2020 - Like it or not, but babudom is poised for a makeover
Livemint, September, 07, 2020 - Picking, kicking and wrecking: subjugation of the bureaucracy in the modi regime
The Wire, September 07, 2020 - The new avatar of India’s civil services
The Hindustan Times, September 04, 2020 - A future ready civil service
India Today, September 03, 2020 - Big bureaucratic reform initiative to build capacity gets Cabinet approval
The New Indian Express, September 03, 2020 - Centre approves new skill-building plan for bureaucrats, calls it ‘biggest human resources reform’
Scroll.in, September 02, 2020 - India’s bureaucracy faces a perception problem: Here’s how to fix it
CNBCTV18, August 28, 2020 - A time for supreme reform
The Indian Express, August 30, 2020 - How to reform the IAS: At present, the system instituted by our colonial rulers has shackled us
The Times of India, August 26, 2020 - Cabinet approves new National Recruitment Agency; to allow common test for all govt jobs
Business Today, August 19, 2020 - The long road ahead
Millennium Post, August 18, 2020 - Finance Ministry drafts re-appointment of retired central govt employees rules
The Economic Times, August 14, 2020 - Centre issues protection of pay order for central govt employees
India.com, August 13, 2020 - Railways set November deadline for cadre merger plan
The Hindustan Times, August 06, 2020 - Bureaucrats must not be removed without inquiry
The Times of India, August 05, 2020 - Reforms in public administration need of the hour
The Hans India, July 23, 2020 - What is “UPSC Civil Services Rationalization Plan” Proposed by the Union Government?
JagranJosh, July 22, 2020 - Modi govt now plans to hire 400 directors and deputy secretaries through lateral entry
The Print, June 29, 2020 - More reform for IAS officers as Modi govt adds new criteria to pick joint secretaries
The Print, June 23, 2020 - Modi govt plans to use IAS, IPS, IRS officers with MBBS degree in fight against Covid
The Print, June 16, 2020 - CBIC launches e-Office application in CGST, customs offices across India
ZeeNews, June 15, 2020 - Central Government Employee? No more exclusion of lockdown period on timelines under CCS, Pension rules
The Financial Express, June 10, 2020 - Railways likely to merge junior and mid-level jobs
Hindustan Times, June 10, 2020 - National Recruitment Agency to common course for Civil Services: Top initiatives by DoPT in one year
The Financial Express, June 06, 2020 - Active governance supported by a docile bureaucracy
The Times of India, May 26, 2020 - Ministries pitch proposals for work-from-home framework
The Hindustan Time, May 23, 2020 - Time to reform the bureaucracy
Businessworld, May 18, 2020 - Hearts of steel
The Telegraph, May 18, 2020 - Powers that the corona has conferred
The New Indian Express, May 14, 2020
