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After reviewing ongoing action against corrupt bureaucrats, the Prime Minister Office (PMO) has decided that Central government departments must examine and submit a list of deadwood and dishonest officers every few months to increase trust and transparency in the system. Earlier, the government had set in motion a procedure for a quarterly review of officers with dubious integrity. The PMO's decision comes amid a nationwide debate over the fixing accountability of government officers as complaints against higher-ups pile up. The departments have also been told to launch an investigation into how certain officers with records of serious misconduct are able to rise up the ranks. Currently 1,007 officers disciplinary records are being scrutinised. The administrative authorities involved in review of cases have been sensitised to the need to prioritise their activities and subsequent action of conducting investigations and finalising disciplinary proceedings. The government...

rediff.com July 09, 2018  As a percentage of the military budget, the navy's share has fallen from 19 per cent in 2010-2011 to just 15.5 per cent this year. With the Indian Navy's annual budget declining steadily, security planners are reluctant to green light crucial projects, discovers Ajai Shukla. With the navy's annual budget steadily declining, national security planners are reluctant to green light crucial power projection platforms, notably India's second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-2), which should have already been under construction to join the fleet by about 2030. India's ambitious maritime aspirations were outlined in Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's keynote address at the prestigious Shangri-La Dialogue on June 1. Declaring that India would help 'build economic capabilities and improve maritime security for our friends and partners', Modi claimed: 'We are advancing a comprehensive agenda of regional c...

The Wire Kabir Agarwal July 06, 2018 While the government has claimed that it has fulfilled its promise of MSP at cost plus 50%, the claim is misleading. The MSPs fall short of offering returns at 50% over comprehensive cost of production, as the BJP had promised prior to 2014. On July 4, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the 2018-19 kharif season. In a  tweet , Narendra Modi termed the increase ‘historic’ and claimed that his poll promise had been fulfilled. While the increase in MSPs were substantial for certain crops, has the BJP actually fulfilled the promise that it made to farmers during the 2014 election campaign? Prior to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Narendra Modi had campaigned extensively trying to woo farmers by promising that if voted to power, his government would implement the recommendations made by the Swaminathan commission on farmers. Tangibly, the promise was, in the words of Modi, “We will ...

The Week July 02, 2018, PTI, New Delhi In perhaps his strongest defence of handling of the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government steered the Indian economy out of "unbelievable" decay left by an "economist prime minister and a 'know-it-all' finance minister". India is now the fastest growing large economy of the world with strong fundamentals to propel further growth, Modi added. Rejecting criticism of jobless growth, he said if state after state is creating good number of jobs, how can the Centre be creating joblessness? He said problems in banks were identified in 2014 itself and they were freed from political interference in giving loans. The government brought the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to ensure defaulters lose their companies, the Prime Minister said. In an interview to Swarajya magazine, he said when the BJP government came to power, the state of the economy was much worse than expected. "Things were te...