Civil Servants

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the country must bring youth into public services who are not attracted by public office. He said it is essential that the recruitment examination does not just test what a candidate knows but also sees why that youth wants to come into civil services. "We must bring such youth into public services who are attracted not by public office, but by public service. Therefore, it is essential that the recruitment examination does not just test what the candidate knows, but also sees why that youth wants to come into civil services," the prime minister said, addressing the centenary celebrations of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) here. PM Modi said we have to test complex problem-solving and the farsightedness of candidates in our exams. He said today the question is not about service delivery, it is whether public services are able to catch up with current instant delivery speed. The prime minister said the country has seen a time

Financial-sector entities should look beyond retired civil servants as their non-executive chairpersons

The UPSC has released the exam calendar for 2027, bringing clarity for lakhs of aspirants preparing for Civil Services. The UPSC CSE Prelims exams 2027 will be on May 23

The Centre on Monday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle, appointing 48 civil servants as joint secretaries or to equivalent posts. Hardik Satishchandra Shah, a 2010-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Gujarat cadre, has been appointed as private secretary (joint secretary level) to the prime minister, an order issued by the personnel ministry said. Shah, who is already working as the prime minister's private secretary, will now hold the post at the joint secretary level "from the date of assumption of charge, on a co-terminus basis", it said. Senior IAS officer Kapil Meena has been appointed as managing director of the National Horticulture Board under the Department of Agriculture, while Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Priyanka Das has been named joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Jawahar Packirisamy will serve as chairman (JS level) of the Marine Products Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) under the Department of Commerce, the order ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed the need for continuously updating civil services with the changing times to achieve the goal of 'Viksit Bharat'. In a video message at the launch of 'Sadhana Saptah', he said that the governance of the country should improve the ease of living and the quality of life for citizens on a daily basis. Modi stated that the principle of governance in the country is based on the mantra "Nagrik Devo Bhavah" (citizens are like gods). This mantra, with a collective spirit, aims to make public services more capable and sensitive to the needs of citizens, he said. "When we talk about reforms and changes in administrative services, then one meaning of that is a change in the behaviour of public servants. We all know that in the old system, the emphasis was more on being an officer, but today it is on the sense of duty," the prime minister said. Modi noted that present efforts should be seen in the larger canvas of 'Viksit Bharat' of 2047. "Wha

The UPSC has released the official notice for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2026, declaring 933 posts across multiple depts. The application process has started from today, Feb 4

The NDA and NA exams (I), 2026, are scheduled for April 12, 2026, and will be held in two sessions. The first session will be held from 10 am to 12:30 pm, and the second from 2 pm to 4:30 pm

Former Defence Secretary calls for accountability for false complaints, warns of systemic risk-aversion in bureaucracy

With the financial sector maturing, the door to regulatory agencies needs to be opened to a more diverse talent pool

The tenor of the second part of former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg's memoir is not dissimilar to that which pervaded his first one --and the title is a dead giveaway

If you look at the statistics of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna, more people than the population of entire Europe and America get nutrition support every month, EAM added

UPSC NDA 2 2025 registration form filling process will end today. The application form was out on May 28 to fill 406 posts. NDA 2 2025 exam will be held on September 14, 2025

The UPSC has declared the CSE Prelims results 2025 with 14,161 qualified for the Mains exams. Registration for the written and interview 'Mains' exam will open on Jun 16 and ended on June 25, 2025

The UPSC has announced the Civil Services Prelims 2025 results at upsc.gov.in. More than 10 lakh candidates had appeared in the May 25 exam, competing for 979 posts. The exam was conducted on May 25

For government posts, there is no cooling-off period. Yet, the Union government under different political regimes has either waived or altered the rules to suit the occasion

To mark the Civil Services Day, the Government is organising a day-long Civil Services Day conference at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

The UPSC has announced the notification for 357 vacancies for Assistant Commandants in the CAPF on the commission's website, upsconline.nic.in. The application deadline is March 25 up till 6 pm

The application process for UP PCS Recruitment 2025 will start today, Feb 20. The online application link will be active on the official website by this evening

Economists can still look forward to filling the deputy governor's position

The rupee hit a low of 84.80 in early trading, surpassing its previous all-time low of 84.7575 hit last week