'Some of the astounding proposals, if translated into statutory provisions, would be suicidal.' 'This would not be a wonder cure for increasing insurance penetration and only result in mushrooming growth of players like paan kiosks with deleterious consequences.'
Dynamic change is needed to transform the system, he said.
'This is not China. There is freedom of movement in Kashmir, even in Sikkim. I can go anywhere. But in the SEZs created in my own hinterland I can only enter if I have a pass issued by a civil servant who is appointed as the caretaker of that SEZ,' says Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy.
Goswami, who was on the run for nearly a month after an arrest warrant was issued against him, has now been suspended from service.
At the meeting, many parties urged the Congress to publicly denounce the ordinance but the Congress refused to do so, claimed AAP, adding that the grand old party's "silence raises suspicions about its real intentions".
Former Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vijay Kapoor and two former chief secretaries -- Baleshwar Rai of Goa and Arun Kumar of Chhattisgarh -- on Saturday formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In a sensational case of murder and suicide, a senior Indian Administrative Service officer shot dead his wife, father and two sisters before turning the gun on himself at his residence late on Thursday night. He was reportedly depressed after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a case against him. A 1983-batch IAS officer, Jagadananda Panda also shot his 22-year-old son Swapneswar, who was critically injured and is battling for his life in a local hospital.
Former commerce secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai on Tuesday took over as the new Union Home Secretary after the superannuation of Madhukar Gupta.
Duvvuri Subbarao on Monday joined as secretary, department of economic affairs, Ministry of Finance. He belongs to the 1972 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (Andhra Pradesh cadre).
The opposition parties on Sunday slammed the move to hire public servants through lateral entry, claiming it will snatch reservations from SCs, STs and OBCs, but the Bharatiya Janata Party hit back stating the National Democratic Alliance government was bringing transparency to this mode of recruitment started by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance.
Indian Administrative Service official Neera Yadav, who was removed from the position of Uttar Pradesh chief secretary on serious charges of corruption by the country's apex court approximately two years ago, sought voluntary premature retirement on Saturday. While she reportedly did not assign any reason for seeking retirement, insiders say that Yadav took the step as she was apprehensive about bigger problems for her in the future. Yadav was due to retire in June 2008.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said his government would conduct a workshop next month to give a final shape to these proposals.
Sources said his residence and NGO offices located in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj, Adchini and Mehrauli areas are being searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
While the market for satellite broadband currently is small, the potential is large as an estimated 30 per cent of the country does not have reliable terrestrial broadband services.
Lalit Srivastav, chairman of the Noida, Greater Noida and Taj Express Way Authority, was given additional charge as CEO of Greater Noida and Taj Express Way Authority.
In a rare instance, the home ministry has asked a right of information applicant to prove he is an Indian before disclosing details about the one-member panel looking into the missing files related to the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has asked former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik to answer certain queries in connection with an alleged insurance scam in the Union Territory, officials said on Friday.
Delhi faces a severe financial crunch and the deficit is largely due to numerous welfare schemes without adequate revenue flowing in. The success of welfare schemes and electoral promises will need careful financial planning and out of the box thinking to whip up additional revenue, notes Ramesh Menon.
A top officer of the Indian Administrative Service in Uttar Pradesh is in trouble for holding a fashion show at his official bungalow in Lucknow.While Agriculture Production Commissioner Anis Ansari was given marching orders on Wednesday, his fashion designer wife Asma Hussein claimed that her husband had been targeted by an influential lobby.
The Governor said there was no excuse for being corrupt.
Ashok Saikia, a former officer of the Indian Administrative Service and joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, passed away in a private hospital in New Delhi on Sunday.
The Bihar government on Thursday decided to suspend Indian Administrative Service officer and former Patna District Magistrate Gautam Goswami who surrendered before a special court in Patna in connection with the multi-crore flood relief scam.
The FIR, lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, charged the 28 men for committing fraud, forgery, siphoning off government funds, the vigilance department sources said.
Nine candidates, including three women, from Jammu and Kashmir have qualified the prestigious UPSC Civil Service examination, the results of which were declared on Saturday.
Narendra Modi's real legacy will be if he can redesign the IAS and the concept of an all-India service, argues T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
R K Sharma was charged with approving construction work in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal in violation of ASI norms.
His extension order was issued on Monday.
Planning to give a national level competitive exam? IAS topper Mona Pruthi has some suggestions.
The state government will present its 'action taken report' in the Supreme Court on Monday
