Narendra Modi is Right, IAS Cannot Deal with Everything. But That’s Only Half the Problem
The Prime Minister in his Parliament speech pointed out that the IAS can’t be doing everything in this country. This was a particularly poignant moment given that the last seven years of the NDA rule have marked the highpoint of the bureaucracy’s powers ever since the era of coalitions ended in the 2014 general elections. Clearly, the PM has had a change of heart about the centrality and indispensability of the bureaucracy. The big question remains what stands in the way of Narendra Modi translating his speech into action.