Indian Foreign Service
Dilip Cherian | Non-IAS cadre officers making inroads in PMO
Some observers note that increasingly the Modi Sarkar is keen to promote non-IAS services to positions that formerly only the IAS held
Dilip Cherian | Kerala first state to appoint point man for diaspora, is Punjab next?
The bureaucracy in India moves at a slow pace is a truth that needs no explanation
Birender Singh Yadav appointed as Indian Ambassador to Iraq
MEA on also announced the appointment of Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi as India's next High Commissioner to Samoa.
Vikas Swarup appointed Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs
Swarup, a 1986-batch IFS officer, who is currently serving as the High Commissioner in Canada, will replace senior diplomat Sanjiv Arora.
In a first, UPSC aspirants can call back forms
In order to avail this facility, the candidate has to provide details of application, it said.
Dilli Ka Babu: Lateral entry — MEA tried it first
Almost all of India’s ambassadors in major world capitals are from the Indian Foreign Service.
Top diplomat Pankaj Saran is new deputy NSA
He has held various positions in India and abroad, including the country’s high commissioner to Bangladesh.
New dark cloud hangs over India’s babudom
The training academy is controlled directly by the PM’s own DoPT — which explains his gameplan.
Save the integrity of the civil service
It is to such abuses that the 65 brave retirees of the All India Services and Central Civil Services should now devote their attention.
Dilli Ka Babu: Modi’s Mantra — Perform or perish
A service review on a government employee is conducted twice — first after 15 years and again after 25 years of completion of qualifying service.