New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday stressed the need to build a climate favouring enterprise and investment while observing that the current economic downturn was only temporary.
"I believe that we are facing only a temporary downturn that we should correct as quickly as possible...more needs to be done, especially for building a climate that is perceived to be friendly to enterprise," Singh said inaugurating the 8th Civil Services Day function in Delhi.
Addressing the participiting bureaucrats, the prime minister said: "Many of you work in areas and organisations that have a direct bearing on the achievement of this task (attracting investment), and I would urge you to give the maximum possible attention to it."
The country's GDP growth rate slipped to a decadal low of almost 5 per cent in 2012-13....
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05:15 AM, Apr 22, 2013
The Cabinet has given the in-principle approval to the Bill providing for time-bound delivery of services. This effectively means that bureaucrats will now have to face the music for delay in dispensing services like pensions, passports, caste certificates, ration cards, tax refunds and police procedures. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The Cabinet has given in-principle approval to a bill providing for time-bound delivery of services. This effectively means that bureaucrats will now have to face the music for delay in dispensing services like pensions, passports, caste certificates, ration cards, tax refunds and police procedures. ...
11:04 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Giving a strict message to bureaucracy, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said that a long list of transfers was in the offing and once it was done it would not be cancelled. "A long list of transfers (of officers) are in the offing...once it is done transfer orders will not be changed," Yadav said while addressing party workers here. ...
07:25 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Stricter punishment for gang-rape, denial of bail for crime against women and lowering juvenile age limit to 16 are among the key recommendations made by top bureaucrats and police brass to the government. The conference of Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police held in New Delhi on Friday has suggested increase in punishment for gang rape, setting up of Fast Track Courts, National data base for sexual offenders and...
05:37 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Ahmedabad: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle ahead of the Assembly elections, Gujarat government on Sunday transferred 32 officers including district collectors and district development officers (DDOs) who had completed three-year term. Avantika S Aulakh, Collector of Anand, was transferred to Bharuch. She replaces Roopwant Singh, who has been appointed as Collector of Valsad district. Jamnagar Collector Sandeep Kumar has been transferred to Anand to replace Aulakh. Collector Kutch-Bhuj M Thennarasan...
09:04 AM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: As many as 129 officers above the rank of joint secretary have been booked by CBI, which has registered 97 corruption cases against such officers during the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Of the 97 cases registered, 71 are regular cases and 26 preliminary enquiries, Minister of State for Personnel Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, V Narayanasamy said in reply to a question. He...
05:22 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Lucknow: Blaming the media for misquoting him, Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's uncle Shivpal Yadav clarified that he did not give any bizarre advice for bureaucrats. Yadav earlier in the day was quoted saying, "I told PWD officials that if you work hard, you can steal a little but not behave like dacoits." Clarifying his statement, the minister said, "We were talking about the corruption in...
12:46 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Etah: Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's uncle Shivpal Yadav has given some bizarre advice for bureaucrats. He told district officials in Etah that it's okay to steal a little but not loot as long as they work hard. "I told PWD officials that if you work hard, you can steal a little but not behave like dacoits," Yadav said. Earlier in July, too, Shivpal Yadav had...
10:02 AM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: A move may be in the offing to bar civil servants, including top police officials, from jumping into the electoral fray immediately after they exit government service. The government may prescribe a "cooling off" period to such civil servants under a proposal of the Legislative department through an amendment in the service rules, than in the electoral law. Concerned over a number of "senior civil servants" jumping into...
10:55 AM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Fresh guidelines have been issued for bureaucrats visiting abroad asking them to furnish details about their sponsors and expenditure. In an order, the Centre has said officials who seek the mandatory government clearance for going abroad have to submit a "write up" if they are going to attend a conference or seminar in foreign countries. The expenditure details which are to be submitted include air fare and approximate...
08:14 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Politicians and bureaucrats are spending lakhs on their foreign travel. Are Indians ready for austerity? ...
11:40 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Asking civil servants to take bold decisions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the government would not indulge in "witch hunting" against them in the name of fighting corruption and was committed to protecting the honest. He also said they should not be affected by the "nature and colour of the political leadership". "..it should be our endeavour that there is no witch hunting in the name...
12:58 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Lucknow: In a major administrative reshuffle soon after taking oath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday transferred 17 IAS and five IPS officers placing 11 senior officials considered close to his predecessor Mayawati on the waiting list. Principal Secretary (UP reorgaisation cordination department) RM Srivastava has been made Principal Secretary (Home). Secretary (Administrative Reforms) Anita Singh and Director General (stamp and registration) Alok Kumar have been made secretaries...
09:20 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Chandigarh: Elections to the 117 assembly seats in Punjab are not about political parties and politicians alone. The state's officialdom has got involved this time - not just for conducting the polls but for contesting seats as well. Leading the pack is Darbara Singh Guru, who until last month was Punjab's most powerful bureaucrat, as principal secretary to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. He is now the official candidate of...
04:04 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Shah Commission which is probing the alleged Rs 3 lakh crore mining scam in Odisha's Keonjhar district reveals that the state bureaucrats are directly involved in it. The commission however observed that the involvement of state politicians need a further probe as there is no direct evidence against them. Chairman of the commission Justice MB Shah said, "At least we can say that without the connivance of...
07:18 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Manmohan Singh earlier said that information through RTI shouldn't adversely affect delivery process in governance. ...
11:39 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if bureaucrats should be protected from RTI.
11:36 AM, Oct 19, 2011
Corruption Lal shares his take on 'Babugiri' in the bureaucratic circles. ...
11:51 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Karan Thapar examines if WikiLeaks revelations have embarrassed the politicians and bureaucrats. ...
10:30 PM, Sep 09, 2011
