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Despite DANICS officers being eligible for promotion to IAS, the average time for promotion has extended to 27-28 years. This contrasts sharply with states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, and Punjab, where state civil service cadres achieve IAS promotions within eight to 10 years. (Representational Image: DC)

Dilip Cherian | Delhi, Andamans officers must wait much longer for their IAS dreams

Procedural delays and contentious cases hamper the promotion of DANICS cadre officers to IAS

01 Feb 2024 12:00 AM

AA EDIT | UPSC results perfect time to consider reforms in IAS

Most Indians have always held the All India Services in great esteem, with a rather strong popular narrative that this is the best of India

01 Jun 2022 12:35 AM

SC allows women to appear in NDA examination, asks UPSC to issue notification

SC told the Additional Solicitor General that this policy decision is based on gender discrimination

19 Aug 2021 12:00 AM

Could it be that there are many more attractive alternative career paths available now that are more rewarding financially and career-wise than what the civil service can offer to our brightest?

Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream career?

For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing

07 Jan 2021 4:15 AM

16 from JK qualify UPSC exam. (Photo- Twitter/Rising Kashmir)

Despite turmoil, 16 J&K candidates crack UPSC exam

Among them is Abhishek Augustsya of Jammu. He is ranked at 38, and is at the top of the list of the successful candidates from J&K

05 Aug 2020 11:33 AM

He said that there has been a rise in attacks on inter-caste married couples in the country and the government needs to ensure strict action against the assailants. (Photo: Twitter)

Alphons wants age limit for civil service exams be reduced

He also sought an increase in the number of pathology seats in Maharashtra medical colleges so that qualified pathologists enter the system.

15 Jul 2019 9:15 PM

The government plans to advertise for the direct recruitment of more than four dozen positions in the Niti Aayog at different levels, including directors, joint secretaries and even at the level of additional secretaries, etc.

Dilli Ka Babu: Lateral entry now a reality

The only change is that this task will not be performed by the UPSC and instead will be processed through the Niti Aayog.

07 Jul 2019 12:28 AM

The aspirants while speaking to ANI told that Paper 1 was neither easy nor tough and they hope the same for the second paper as well. (Photo: ANI)

UPSC conducts IAS prelims to fill up 896 vacancies

The prelim comprises of two papers - Paper 1 which commenced at 9:30 am and Paper 2 which commenced at 2:30 pm.

02 Jun 2019 3:21 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated Sreedhanya Suresh from Wayanad, the first tribal woman from Kerala to be selected for civil services. (Photo: Facebook/ Pinarayi Vijayan)

Rahul congratulates 22-year-old first Wayanad tribal woman for clearing UPSC exam

Gandhi is contesting from Wayanad constituency in Kerala along with his traditional stronghold of Amethi in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

06 Apr 2019 10:20 AM

Dilli Ka Babu: Lohani’s return to Air India

It is said that employee unions were still a roadblock to the divestment of Air India, slowing down the winding up process.

31 Mar 2019 2:26 AM

Dilli Ka Babu: Moral victory for Khemka

However, the babu has finally managed to score yet another moral victory, this time over the Manohar Lal Khattar government.

24 Mar 2019 12:15 AM

In December last year, the personnel ministry decided to entrust the task of selecting the candidates for these posts to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Dilli Ka Babu: Tapping new talent

The slow progress, say our sources, is due to the need to carefully shepherd the policy through the thicket of babu opposition.

17 Mar 2019 5:59 AM

The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has sought a clarification from the Tamil Nadu chief secretary as to how T.K. Rajendran, a 1984-batch IPS officer, remains the director-general of police since he should have retired from service two years ago.

Dilli Ka Babu: Who will bell the cat?

The recalcitrant babus will of course fall in line in due course, but clearly it is one task that they undertake most reluctantly.

10 Mar 2019 12:08 AM

After completing his engineering degree from KIIT, Mr Shekhar completed MTech from Indian Iinstitute of Technology, Khargapur.

Odisha man tops Indian Engineering Services exam

Shehar passed BTech in electronic and telecommunication engineering from KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, in 2013.

09 Dec 2018 3:09 AM

UPS chairman Arvind Saxena said UPSC's experience with civil services exam is that roughly 50 pc of 10 lakh plus candidates who fill in application forms for preliminary exams actually write papers. (Photo: File | PTI)

In a first, UPSC allows candidates to withdraw from exams

The arrangement will be implemented beginning with Engineering Services Examination, 2019, a statement said.

01 Oct 2018 8:26 PM

Several IAS officers feel that the move is a clear attempt to attack the autonomy of UPSC which conducts the examination.

Dilli Ka Babu: Non-cooperation blues

The Centre is considering a major change in the allocation of services to successful candidates of the civil services examination.

22 Jul 2018 4:38 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AFP)

‘Lateral’ entry won’t fix basic govt glitches

Constrictive rules could have been slashed mercilessly in four years, but this was not seen as a priority task.

19 Jun 2018 12:25 AM

Mamata Banerjee objects to recruiting from private sector

She also called for a debate before the step is implemented.

13 Jun 2018 1:26 AM

In the suicide note, Varun also apologised to his family and begged them to forget him. (Representational Image)

28-yr-old UPSC aspirant denied entry for being late, commits suicide

The police have found a suicide note in which Varun wrote, 'The rules are fine but there should be some leniency.'

04 Jun 2018 3:42 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

New dark cloud hangs over India’s babudom

The training academy is controlled directly by the PM’s own DoPT — which explains his gameplan.

26 May 2018 4:43 AM

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