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Indian bureaucracy

  • How India could end the malaise of ‘missing’ files that open the door to corruption

    How India could end the malaise of ‘missing’ files that open the door to corruption

    Shailesh Gandhi
    · Oct 10, 2022 · 06:30 am
  • Podcast: The bureaucrat and the politician, and the way forward for the civil services and democracy

    Podcast: The bureaucrat and the politician, and the way forward for the civil services and democracy

    Centre for Policy Research
    · Jul 20, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • Podcast: What ails the civil services today and how best to address challenges of changing times?

    Podcast: What ails the civil services today and how best to address challenges of changing times?

    Centre for Policy Research
    · Jul 15, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • Conduct social audit of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, group of ex-bureaucrats urges Election Commission

    Conduct social audit of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, group of ex-bureaucrats urges Election Commission

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 19, 2019 · 05:52 pm
  • Lateral entry: Recruiting top bureaucrats from outside IAS will improve India’s governance

    Lateral entry: Recruiting top bureaucrats from outside IAS will improve India’s governance

    Shailesh Gandhi
    · Apr 30, 2019 · 08:00 am
  • After lateral entry, 4 steps to make India’s bureaucracy more transparent, efficient and accessible

    After lateral entry, 4 steps to make India’s bureaucracy more transparent, efficient and accessible

    Siddharth Goel
    · Jun 28, 2018 · 08:00 am