Indian Bureaucracy

Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former Chancellor in the race to be elected British Prime Minister, on Tuesday pledged a major overhaul of the country's civil service to create a "sharper, leaner" bureaucracy if he takes charge at 10 Downing Street.

Indian Medical Association on Saturday issued a statement saying that it is "appalled to learn of intimidation tactics by Madhya Pradesh bureaucracy against junior doctors in the state, in view of their demands for bed reservation, workplace security

Former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayana Seshan, who had become an icon of Indian bureaucracy for ushering in tectonic reforms in the country's electoral process during his tenure in the nineties, died of a cardiac arrest on Sunday in Chennai. He was 86.

Should Indian Intelligence agencies be made accountable? Should the National Security Council (NSC), which advises the Prime Minister and the National Security Advisor (NSA), who heads it, be made statutory or bodies created by law? Should they be made accountable to parliament? Well, these are some of the talking points among the top bureaucracy t...

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday alleged that "substandard" bureaucrats from the Gujarat cadre, holding key central government posts, have destroyed the governance system and left the entire administration demoralised.

India's economy will only be able to maintain its impressive growth if its bureaucracy ceases to be "an expert in setting up roadblocks", US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday.

After years of battling bureaucracy, about 7,000 Indians who were born in Malaya before its independence from Britain have at last obtained Malaysian citizenship.

The Modi government has compulsorily retired 15 officers to send out a stern message to the bureaucracy - shape up or be ready to quit.

India's Oswald Gracias was among eight high-ranking cardinals from around the world who were today appointed by Pope Francis in an advisory council to look into ways of reforming the Vatican bureaucracy.

Officers of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in Andhra Pradesh have virtually raised a banner of revolt. After the arrest of two senior IAS officers and two more were named in chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the state's top bureaucracy is protesting that they are being made answerable whereas the ministers an...

Indian bureaucracy is the worst in Asia with a 9.21 rating out of 10, according to a report by a prestigious consulting firm based in Singapore. India fared worst than Vietnam (rated at 8.54), Indonesia (8.37), Philippines (7.57) and China (7.11), said the report released today by Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.

Dealing with court system in India was an unattractive option for companies, said the report.

India has the most inefficient bureaucracy in Asia and red-tape is much worse than in China, says a survey.In the ranking of 12 countries, India has been named as having the most inefficient bureaucracy followed by Indonesia and the Philippines, according to the survey of expatriate business executives conducted by the Hong Kong-based Political and...

Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa on Thursday said that there was too bureaucracy in the game.

Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa on Thursday said that there was too bureaucracy in the game.

Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former Chancellor in the race to be elected British Prime Minister, on Tuesday pledged a major overhaul of the country's civil service to create a "sharper, leaner" bureaucracy if he takes charge at 10 Downing Street.

Indian Medical Association on Saturday issued a statement saying that it is "appalled to learn of intimidation tactics by Madhya Pradesh bureaucracy against junior doctors in the state, in view of their demands for bed reservation, workplace security

Former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayana Seshan, who had become an icon of Indian bureaucracy for ushering in tectonic reforms in the country's electoral process during his tenure in the nineties, died of a cardiac arrest on Sunday in Chennai. He was 86.

Should Indian Intelligence agencies be made accountable? Should the National Security Council (NSC), which advises the Prime Minister and the National Security Advisor (NSA), who heads it, be made statutory or bodies created by law? Should they be made accountable to parliament? Well, these are some of the talking points among the top bureaucracy t...

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday alleged that "substandard" bureaucrats from the Gujarat cadre, holding key central government posts, have destroyed the governance system and left the entire administration demoralised.

India's economy will only be able to maintain its impressive growth if its bureaucracy ceases to be "an expert in setting up roadblocks", US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday.

After years of battling bureaucracy, about 7,000 Indians who were born in Malaya before its independence from Britain have at last obtained Malaysian citizenship.

The Modi government has compulsorily retired 15 officers to send out a stern message to the bureaucracy - shape up or be ready to quit.

India's Oswald Gracias was among eight high-ranking cardinals from around the world who were today appointed by Pope Francis in an advisory council to look into ways of reforming the Vatican bureaucracy.

Officers of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in Andhra Pradesh have virtually raised a banner of revolt. After the arrest of two senior IAS officers and two more were named in chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the state's top bureaucracy is protesting that they are being made answerable whereas the ministers an...

Indian bureaucracy is the worst in Asia with a 9.21 rating out of 10, according to a report by a prestigious consulting firm based in Singapore. India fared worst than Vietnam (rated at 8.54), Indonesia (8.37), Philippines (7.57) and China (7.11), said the report released today by Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.

Dealing with court system in India was an unattractive option for companies, said the report.

India has the most inefficient bureaucracy in Asia and red-tape is much worse than in China, says a survey.In the ranking of 12 countries, India has been named as having the most inefficient bureaucracy followed by Indonesia and the Philippines, according to the survey of expatriate business executives conducted by the Hong Kong-based Political and...

Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa on Thursday said that there was too bureaucracy in the game.

Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa on Thursday said that there was too bureaucracy in the game.