Agency-based approach to reform the Indian Administrative Service
Livemint, August 31, 2015
Far from the lofty beginning of being espoused as the steel frame of the country, representing the essential spirit of the Indian nation—unity in diversity—the years since Independence have been marked by a steady deterioration of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). According to a recent survey of the bureaucracies of 12 Asian economies, India’s “suffocating bureaucracy” has been ranked as the least-efficient, and working with the country’s.
Monitoring body to be set up under NITI Aayog
The Economic Times, August 24, 2015
A Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office will soon be set up under the government’s premier think tank NITI Aayog to keep a check on the Centre’s flagship programmes.
The new body will perform much the same role as the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO), set up by the previous government under the erstwhile Planning Commission, which was scrapped by the Narendra Modi government last year. A senior government official told ET that the DMEO will be set up as an attached office of the Aayog
HRD plans to come up with new education policy by December
DNA, August 22, 2015
The Human Resource Development Minist er Smriti Irani after meeting the Central Advisory Committee on Wednesday announced that the ministry will be out with its first draft report on the New Education Policy (NEP) by December this year.
For the minister to bring out its first draft, it will require suggestions from stake holders. However two months, since the consultation process has began.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
- Government asks RBI to reverse I-T deductions of Telangana
The Economic Times, August 31, 2015 - CM’s sub-group on skills to submit final report in 15 days
Businessline, August 25, 2015 - NITI Aayog to roll out road map of governance for States
The Economic Times, August 20, 2015 - Harnessing the strengths of each State
The Hindu, August 18, 2015 - NITI Aayog offers 30% hike over Planning Commission pay to attract young talent
The Indian express, August 16, 2015 - Slimming Down
The Indian Express, August 07, 2015 - Tread carefully
The Indian Express, August 03, 2015
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- Government carries out top-level changes in bureaucracy
The Times of India, August 29, 2015 - Debroy for no more than 30 depts in large states
Business Standard, August 20, 2015 - Capital start for the IAS
The Indian Express, August 20, 2015 - Central government’s clerks to be redesignated as ‘secretariat assistants’
The Times of India, August 18, 2015 - Govt to train junior IAS, IFS officers to prepare irrigation plans
Business Standard, August 16, 2015
RURAL ECONOMY
- Google launches ‘Internet Saathi’ for women in rural India
Business Standard, August 25, 2015 - Rural India, a reality check
The Financial Express, August 14, 2015 - Bringing the youth back into agriculture
Business Standard, August 10, 2015
EDUCATION REFORMS
- India’s education system needs to get online
Hindustan Times, August 31, 2015 - Centre chooses Pune University to host global meet on higher education
The Indian Express, August 24, 2015 - Need states’ views on no-fail policy
Asian Age, August 20, 2015 - Five Suggestions for the New Education Policy
Swarajya, August 19, 2015 - Higher education needs practical strategies
Businessline, August 12, 2015 - A blueprint for higher education
The Hindu, August 11, 2015
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
- Closing the manufacturing skills gap
The Financial Express, August 24, 2015 - Modi government set to revamp rural skill development programmes
The Economic Times, August 24, 2015 - Integrating skill development & education
The Tribune, August 21, 2015 - Skill development essential for education
The Times of India, August 20, 2015 - There is a clear and present agenda for skills
Forbes India, August 18, 2015 - Skilling India opens up myriad possibilities
The Financial Express, August 03, 2015
