Opinion
OPINION | Lateral Entry of Joint Secretaries: Does Bureaucracy Need Specialists, Not Generalists?
Bureaucracies are recruited, nurtured and work under a complex system of rules and regulations balanced by an equally complex weaving of checks and balances.
OPINION | Opposition to Pranab Da's Attendance at RSS Meet an Assault on Democracy, Writes Manmohan Vaidya
There is a lazy assumption that if you do not hold a so-called Leftist perception then by default you are a “right winger” – their view of the ideological world exists in strict binaries and as a result, you become someone who should be criticised, public...
Opinion | How Modi Govt's Proposed Change in IAS Cadre Rules Can Help Avoid Tuticorin Redux
Another area which needs immediate attention, as a part of civil services, is police reforms. Recent cases of Unnao and Kathua highlights the need to insulate police from political interference.
OPINION | After Karnataka Saga, It’s Time to Consider Whether Governors are Needed at All
The office of the Governor has been a source of avoidable controversies and the functions involved are not too many to justify its continuance.
OPINION | Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence Was More About Daily Bread Than Politics
Unfortunately, the creator itself proved to be the spoiler. Left front continued to be in power for 34 years. For more than three decades, the amount of time they invested in creating cadres in the government and unorganised sector could be well utilised...
Congress Drills Deeper From Rock Bottom, Loses Pole Position in Anti-BJP Front by Kowtowing to JDS
The sweetness of the BJP's triumph in Karnataka has been diluted by a small shortfall in numbers, thereby affording the Congress-backed Janata Dal(S) an opportunity to stake its claim.
OPINION | Prakash Karat Camp Aims to Crown Manik Sarkar, But Sitaram Yechury is No Pushover
Instead of addressing the serious existential crisis the party is facing, CPM's 22nd Congress in Hyderabad is expected to see renewed factional and proxy wars between camps led by Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat.
OPINION | Delhi High Court Order on AAP MLAs is a Relief for BJP Too
It would suit the BJP if the decision by the poll panel is delayed till after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which now looks quite “achievable”.
Opinion by Shashi Tharoor | Congress Must Point Out That We Too Share Hinduism
We can turn the tables on the BJP by making them accountable for all the economic failures on their watch – both rural and urban, writes Shashi Tharoor.
Privatisation May Not be the Panacea for All Ills Plaguing Public Sector Banks
CII has said the first step should be for the government to reduce its stake to 52% and then devise a roadmap to bring down its stake in PSU banks to 33% in three to four years.
Punjab National Bank Fraud: Last Nail in The Coffin for Depositors
In July last year, Minister of State for Finance, Santosh Kumar Gangawar, shared deeply disturbing figures of amounts under fraud at various public sector banks. Is it any surprise that PNB topped the list – it had the largest amount under fraud – in 2016...
Battlelines Blurred As Manik Sarkar Defends Red Fort Against Saffron Assault
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar may be in danger of being swept away by the saffron wave represented by the BJP in alliance with the Indigenous Peoples’ Front of Tripura (IPFT) and a group of Congress turncoats who flirted with Mamata Banerjee’s Trina...
OPINION | Will Take At Least 20 Years to Implement 'One Nation, One Poll' Idea
Constitutional amendments cannot be made, as a state’s period cannot be cut short by four years unless the respective assembly comes forward to dissolve itself.
OPINION | Where are the Jobs, Mr. Jaitley?
The government has not lifted a finger when it comes to job creation. But in 2019, the people of India are going to lift their fingers and vote.
Mr Jaitley, Budget 2018 Has Made Me Realise Your Govt Doesn’t Care About 26 Million Disabled People
The total allocation for the department of empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has seen a meagre increase of 215 crores. It is disappointing considering the number of disabilities recognised under the new act has gone up from seven to 21.
OPINION | Jay Panda's Suspension Proves That VK Pandian is the Second-most Powerful Man in Odisha
The man who is unofficially running both the party and state administration, on his boss’ behalf, is IAS officer V Karthikeyan Pandian. Officially, private secretary to the CM, the Tamilian seems to wield a lot of influence in the eastern state.