High-powered, but low profile—meet the men & women who run Narendra Modi’s Prime Minister’s Office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2sRedwG1r0 Oct 13, 2022
With less than two years left for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Modi govt is under pressure to deliver on the governance front and to ensure that the PM’s flagship schemes get implemented on the ground. Key drivers of this effort, other than the various central government ministries, are the men and women of Narendra Modi’s office. Meet the members of Modi’s A-team – some of the most powerful but the low profile civil servants who run the show in PMO
From social media pundit to ‘man behind plastic ban’, meet Modi’s A-team in PMO https://theprint.in/india/from-social-media-pundit-to-man-behind-plastic-ban-meet-modis-a-team-in-pmo/1163964/ Many of the high-profile civil servants from Modi’s first term have moved out, but the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is still a power centre. A look at the who’s who.
From officers to stars — how IAS instagrammers are turning into social media ‘celebrities’ https://theprint.in/india/from-officers-to-stars-how-ias-instagrammers-are-turning-into-social-media-celebrities/1154867/ Civil servants are usually behind-the-scenes operators, but a new crop of IAS officers is playing to the gallery on Instagram. Some seniors warn ‘fame-seeking’ is a bad idea.
REGINA MIHINDUKULASURIYA 6 October, 2022
Lessons from Sadhguru, Art of Living & TISS — Modi govt’s new skills programme for IAS officers https://theprint.in/india/governance/lessons-from-sadhguru-art-of-living-tiss-modi-govts-new-skills-programme-for-ias-officers/1129722/ MADHUPARNA DAS 16 September, 2022
Civil servants are being sent for immersive training programmes in corporate sector as part of govt's Mission Karmayogi, which focusses on capacity building. The Narendra Modi government has started sending civil servants from various ministries to the corporate sector for skill development through immersive training programmes as part of its Mission Karmayogi initiative, ThePrint has learnt. The focus is on ‘holistic interaction and exchanges’ between the bureaucracy and corporates, with the aim of making the government’s functioning “stronger and more evolved”, according to a top official involved in the mission.