More civil servants from Ahmedabad.
Byline: Kumar Manish AHMEDABAD: Manhar Yadav, 26, from Maliyahatina in Junagadh, figured in the top 100 rankers from across the country, in the final results of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, declared in May 2006. Yadav's is a story of how youngsters from...

UPSC reluctant to share info.
Byline: Rema Nagarajan NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) culture of secrecy is not necessarily shared by the various state public service commissions (PSCs). In fact, most state PSCs are more forthcoming with information than the UPSC and are working on increasing transparency...

CM unveils contributory pension plan for state govt staff.
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has supported the Manmohan Singh government's initiative to reform the pension sector by bringing in its own contributory pension scheme. At the chief ministers' meet held to discuss the sensitive issue of pension reforms in Delhi on Monday, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh unveiled the new contributory pension...

Lalu's gesture brings cheers to students.
LUCKNOW: Appearing in Union Public Service Commission and other official examinations would no longer be costly for the candidates. Thanks to railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav who announced a 50 per cent discount in the rail fare. The decision has come as a major relief for the...

HC cancels SSC's exam results.
PATNA: The Patna High Court on Tuesday cancelled the selection of junior engineers made by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) even as it directed the latter to issue showcause to the successful candidates within three weeks. A single bench of Justice V N Sinha passed the order...

Erring PSU staff can be penalized post-retirement.
Byline: Vishwa Mohan NEW DELHI: Central public sector undertaking (PSU) employees, who might have committed serious lapses while in service, will not be spared of any penalty if found guilty after retirement. Currently, such employees simply escape the vigilance's noose as well as any punitive action on...

Qualified in '99, appointed to UPSC in '06.
NEW DELHI: Three OBC candidates were ecstatic when they figured in the merit list of Civil Services Examination, 1999. Little did they know that they would have to go to the Supreme Court and finally get their appointment letters on its direction seven years later. ...

Lone city girl makes it to IAS.
HYDERABAD: She has no fingers on her left hand but that never proved to be an obstacle in the path of B K Vishnu Priya's dreams. A resident of Vidyanagar, Vishnu Priya's name figures in the list of candidates who have qualified in the civil services examination...

Civil servants may go on contract.
Byline: Subhomoy Bhattacharjee NEW DELHI: Secretaries in the government could be appointed on contract with their salaries and tenure linked to performance, a proposal being considered by the 6th Pay Commission says. Also, it is willing to consider raising the civil service pay scales to...

Output will matter.
Byline: Shantanu Nandan Sharma (##include msid=2459375,type=9 ##) With more and more civil servants leaving the coveted services, including the IAS, the government has enhanced the incentive package mainly to retain talent. But is it enough? Personnel secretary Satyananda Mishra talks about some of the new...