Nominations invited for PM’s Awards to be presented next year; who qualifies?

AFTER the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration, 2011-12 were presented last month where almost every award-winner belonged to IAS, a number of Group A service officers protested by writing anonymous letters to BoI. One wrote, “Why can’t Civil Services Day be called IAS Day?” Actually, the award is open to “officers of civil services from state, Central government including local bodies, panchayats and zilla parishads”, according to the advertisement…

Govt asks bureaucrats to give new ideas on how to celebrate Civil Services Day

The award winners at CSD, 2013

THE government is looking for fresh ideas on how to celebrate the Civil Services Day next year. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), the nodal department that anchors the annual event, has formally asked for…