Shun Plastic, Save water.. All while creating Rural Jobs
District Hoshiarpur has undertaken a small and unique initiative to generate a livelihood based solution for the problem of excessive use of plastic The administration under Additional Deputy Commissioner Development has converged the scheme of State Rural Livelihood Mission, Mission Tandarust Punjab, Jal shakti Abhiyaan and Ghar Ghar Rozgar to achieve a movement towards […]
How an IAS officer in Kerala used Facebook to help flood victims
New Delhi: First, as the district collector of Kozhikode, IAS officer Prasanth Nair won the hearts of his home state, earning the moniker ‘Collector Bro’ for his citizen-friendly and participative approach in governance. Now, a few years later, at a time when Kerala is battling the worst natural calamity it has faced in living memory, […]
How Two IAS Officers put Odisha on the Global Stage with Sports
Odisha is increasingly being referred to as the ‘Sports Capital of India’ which is fair enough. The state is putting exemplary focus on sports and has organised events such as Asian Athletics, Hero Super Cup, ISL matches, Asian Rugby, Hockey League, FIH Series Finals, Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship and the biggest of them all – […]
IAS Vijaya Jadhav: An Officer And A Gentlewoman
Giridih: Four months is just not enough for any officer or politicians to bring about a major change in the outlook of a city. Especially, when the city has once been listed as one of the top 5 most backward districts of India. But thanks to the sustained raids being conducted almost every alternate day […]
The Indian policewoman who stopped WhatsApp mob killings
Something unusual happened when dusk fell in early summer in more than 400 villages in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Men and women raced home from their farms earlier than usual, bolted the front doors, turned out the lights and stayed in. Children, used to playing outdoors until late, were the first ones to […]
Education officer renovates schools in the hills with her own salary
During inspection of a primary school in Tarikhet block of Almora district, Geetika Joshi, a deputy education officer, saw children shivering in the cold, as rainwater leaked from the rooftop of a classroom. It prompted her not just to repair the roof, but also renovate the entire school building with her own salary. “School was […]
Bidar’s officers who became beacons for the entire State
Bidar district is fortunate to get good officers known for their out-of-the-box thinking. Munish Moudgil, Harsh Gupta, P.C. Jaffer, Anurag Tewari, Naveen Raj Singh and Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh, to name a few, were not only good administrators leading the bureaucratic apparatus but also people-friendly officers who ordinary folk continue to talk about even many years […]
IPS Officer’s Brilliant Initiatives Changed the Face of Women Safety in Maha District!
Drug abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence—these are three crimes that most people are too scared to report, and the ones that have the most far-reaching effects. Imagine being scared all the time or walking on the street, terrified for your life, with your mobile phone clutched tightly and keys between your fingers. Now, imagine living […]
Downtrodden For Years, Tea Garden Workers Find a Ray of Hope In This IAS Officer!
As per data published by Tea Board India, the number of tea plantations in North India (which includes West Bengal, Assam and all the North-Eastern states) jumped from 3,141 in 1994 to 36,836 in 1999. In the Dooars alone, this number jumped from 168 to 532 during this period, rendering the cost structures of these […]
Had it not been for its IAS officers, Kerala’s flood damage would have been worse
The one thing that stood out during the devastating Kerala floods was the effective response of the civil administration, especially when compared with poorer and flood-prone states like UP and Bihar. The grit and commitment of young IAS officers leading their teams into relief and restoration operations against the havoc of the floods were striking. […]
