Bureaucratic Reforms

Rao remains one of the most underestimated Prime Ministers in Indian history. Despite widespread scepticism, he boldly pursued economic liberalisation, dismantling bureaucratic impediments and initiating reforms to attract foreign investment.

Former Infosys CEO SD Shibu Lal was on Wednesday appointed chairperson of a three-member task force formed to help the government in bringing major bureaucratic reforms through its ambitious "Mission Karmayogi".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that ''Mission Karmayogi'', a major bureaucratic reform exercise approved by the Union Cabinet, will "radically" improve the government's human resource management practices, asserting that the programme aims to prepare civil servants for the future.

Industry bodies and exporters raised their concerns about the Goods and Services Tax, including filing tax returns and timely refund of duties, with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today. The meeting, meant to discuss fixing glitches in the implementation of the mega tax reform, was also attended by the chief of the Goods and Services Tax Netwo...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged bureaucrats to change their mindset and style of working and "make excellence a habit". He also stressed on political will to push reforms and said - "I do not lack it".

The new council of central and state finance ministers empowered to administer the tax has decided on a GST with four levels and numerous exemptions.

Though India improved on some things like faster access to electricity, resolving contractual obligations or starting a business, there were still many challenges. Registering a property, getting credit and negotiating the maze of taxes are still a big put off for potential and existing investors.

The Narendra Modi government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said today.

India's 7.5 per cent growth rate may be "overstated" and the Narendra Modi government has been "slow" to match its rhetoric in economic reforms, the US State Department said in a report yesterday.

It is not impossible for India to be among the top 100 countries in ease of doing business next year if it continues with its set of planned economic reforms, including the crucial GST and cut down on the bureaucratic cost, said World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu.

Pope Francis issued a blistering indictment of the Vatican bureaucracy Monday, accusing the cardinals, bishops and priests who serve him of using their Vatican careers to grab power and wealth, of living "hypocritical" double lives and forgetting that they're supposed to be joyful men of God.

Indonesia has ordered officials to eat local street food at meetings instead of fancy foreign fare and stop holding lavish parties, the latest moves by the new government to crack down on bureaucratic excess.

US-based economist Arvind Subramanian has been selected as India's chief economic adviser. The decision comes on a day when the Prime Minister announced an overhaul of labour laws and his government picked Rajiv Mehrish, a bureaucrat from Rajasthan which has pushed dramatic free market reforms, as the new Finance Secretary.

US-based economist Arvind Subramanian has been selected as India's chief economic adviser. The decision comes on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overhaul of labour laws and his government picked Rajiv Mehrish, a bureaucrat from Rajasthan which has pushed dramatic free market reforms, as the new Finance Secretary.

Rajiv Mehrishi, a top bureaucrat from Rajasthan, a state that has pushed dramatic free market reforms in recent months, replaces Mr Mayaram, who had twin roles as both finance and economic affairs secretary and was appointed by the previous Congress-led UPA government.

Rao remains one of the most underestimated Prime Ministers in Indian history. Despite widespread scepticism, he boldly pursued economic liberalisation, dismantling bureaucratic impediments and initiating reforms to attract foreign investment.

Former Infosys CEO SD Shibu Lal was on Wednesday appointed chairperson of a three-member task force formed to help the government in bringing major bureaucratic reforms through its ambitious "Mission Karmayogi".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that ''Mission Karmayogi'', a major bureaucratic reform exercise approved by the Union Cabinet, will "radically" improve the government's human resource management practices, asserting that the programme aims to prepare civil servants for the future.

Industry bodies and exporters raised their concerns about the Goods and Services Tax, including filing tax returns and timely refund of duties, with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today. The meeting, meant to discuss fixing glitches in the implementation of the mega tax reform, was also attended by the chief of the Goods and Services Tax Netwo...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged bureaucrats to change their mindset and style of working and "make excellence a habit". He also stressed on political will to push reforms and said - "I do not lack it".

The new council of central and state finance ministers empowered to administer the tax has decided on a GST with four levels and numerous exemptions.

Though India improved on some things like faster access to electricity, resolving contractual obligations or starting a business, there were still many challenges. Registering a property, getting credit and negotiating the maze of taxes are still a big put off for potential and existing investors.

The Narendra Modi government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said today.

India's 7.5 per cent growth rate may be "overstated" and the Narendra Modi government has been "slow" to match its rhetoric in economic reforms, the US State Department said in a report yesterday.

It is not impossible for India to be among the top 100 countries in ease of doing business next year if it continues with its set of planned economic reforms, including the crucial GST and cut down on the bureaucratic cost, said World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu.

Pope Francis issued a blistering indictment of the Vatican bureaucracy Monday, accusing the cardinals, bishops and priests who serve him of using their Vatican careers to grab power and wealth, of living "hypocritical" double lives and forgetting that they're supposed to be joyful men of God.

Indonesia has ordered officials to eat local street food at meetings instead of fancy foreign fare and stop holding lavish parties, the latest moves by the new government to crack down on bureaucratic excess.

US-based economist Arvind Subramanian has been selected as India's chief economic adviser. The decision comes on a day when the Prime Minister announced an overhaul of labour laws and his government picked Rajiv Mehrish, a bureaucrat from Rajasthan which has pushed dramatic free market reforms, as the new Finance Secretary.

US-based economist Arvind Subramanian has been selected as India's chief economic adviser. The decision comes on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overhaul of labour laws and his government picked Rajiv Mehrish, a bureaucrat from Rajasthan which has pushed dramatic free market reforms, as the new Finance Secretary.

Rajiv Mehrishi, a top bureaucrat from Rajasthan, a state that has pushed dramatic free market reforms in recent months, replaces Mr Mayaram, who had twin roles as both finance and economic affairs secretary and was appointed by the previous Congress-led UPA government.