Purpose and Mission
The mission of Bureaucracy Today and www.bureaucracytoday.com is to provide critical perspectives on news and events across the wide spectrum of India's administrative machinery. Under the aegis of Suhaib A Ilyasi, the pioneer behind India's crime reality India's Most Wanted, our zealous group of reporters explore the nooks and crannies of the civil services domain to break news and add fresh appeal to stories. The result is an exclusive package of news, features, interviews, summaries and talkathons that stir popular opinions and enhance the knowledge pool for researchers in India and abroad. We also aim at zooming in on the nameless faces who contribute silently to India's governance. Going forward, we strive to see the magazine develop into an impeccable news channel that bridges the gap betweeen news and research.
The road that we tread upon is fraught with hurdles, given the red-tapism that pervades India's bureaucracy, but then, it is these challenges that helped us come up with award-winning programmes like India's Most Wanted on India TV, Andha Qanoon on Zee, Fugitive on DD1 and others. Our next odyssey towards victory has only begun.
Our eminent supporters
| hon'ble Fali Homi Major | |
| Air Chief Marshal, Chief Of The Air Staff | |
 'Bureaucracy Today' has decidedly established itself amongst the leading magazines for information on all aspects of governance in the country. I find that its approach is professional and its perspectives are analytical, refreshing and balanced. I am confident, that the new portal under the adept editorial team will definitely fulfill the aspirations of its readers.I congratulate all personnel involved in the conception of the portal, and convey my good wishes to 'The Bureaucracy Today' team, for success in all its future endeavours." Jai Hind! |
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Hon'ble Fali Homi Major |
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| Ashok Gahlot | |
| Chief Minister, Rajasthan | |
 "Bureaucracy plays a vital role in implementation of welfare policies and programs launched by the government. Bureaucracy’s prime duty is to extend transparent, sensitive and answerable governance to the nation and also in foreign affairs; then only social welfare aims as per government’s intention would be achieved.I hope that this news portal would be helpful to communicate the duties of bureaucracy for fair governance." I convey my best wishes on inauguration of this news portal and wish it all the success. |
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| Mr. S.F.Rodrigues | |
| Governor of Punjab & Administrator Union Territory Chandigarh | |
 "The bureaucracy has an important role to play in governance. Both in the field of policy planning and implementation and therefore, such an endeavor is welcome. I would also like to emphasize that, in the ultimate analysis, each bureaucrat, at different levels of organization and governance, has to take responsibility and be willing to dedicate himself to the development of the society and the country. "You, your conscience and your God", has to be the governing principle for their work."I wish this venture success. |
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S.F. Rodrigues |
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| Mr. A.N. Tiwari | |
| Central Information Commissioner | |
 "I was delighted to hear that an initiative has been taken by “The Bureaucracy Today” to launch a new portal focused on Civil Services, often described as bureaucracies. This initiative has not come a day too soon. The first decade of the twenty first century has been a period of sweeping and ever deepening changes in the worlds along held concepts of governance. As E.J. Hobswan has described it, people have truly entered the playground of history and are increasingly asserting their right to effective, sensitive and accountable governance. The RTI Act and many other legislative initiatives only encapsulate the popular upsurge for improved governance on which the lives of millions of people – specially the poor and the deprived – are so critically dependent. It is important, therefore, that all modern trends in matters of governance – especially relating to Civil Services – are fully focused on, collated and analyzed and made accessible not only in those who are parts of the Government, but also to those who have stakes in improvements in governance. You initiative is, therefore, both timely and relevant. I wish the initiative all success." |
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| mr. K. Padmanabhaiah | |
| Former Home Secretary, Govt. of India | |
 "Please accept my heartiest congratulations on the launch of your print and mega news portal – “BUREAUCRACYTODAY.COM”. Bureaucracy is like air –it is there everywhere and you can not do without it. If the bureaucracy like air is fresh the health of the people and the health of the nation will be good. If it is polluted the nation become sick.It is universally accepted that the Indian Constitution and our Five Year Plan are extremely well drafted. It is also well recognized that the Indian Bureaucracy is very intelligent. At the same time, there is also universal criticism that the execution of our plans and programmes is very unsatisfactory and our bureaucracy has to take the blame squarely. One of the reasons is that in our system the field officers do not enjoy the same importance and respect as the Secretariat officials. Some of our younger officers are working in the field against great odds. Lack of good governance is the root cause of many of the problems facing the country including alienation of sections of population in many parts of the country. One of the main components of good governance is responsive administration which interacts with various stake holders and responds to their felt needs. The problems of the North East and the Naxalite situation in parts of the country, to some extent, have to be linked with the lack of responsive administration. Lack of accountability on the part of bureaucracy is another major deficiency in our system. Corruption and collusion between some un-principled politicians and willing bureaucrats is no doubt, a major challenge facing the nation. At the same time I have no doubt in my mind that the bureaucracy especially the All India Services like Indian Administrative Services and the Indian Police Services along with the Defense Services and the Railway Services played and are playing a pivotal role in maintaining the integrity of the nation. All these aspects of bureaucracy need a proper study on a continuing basis and I am happy to note that your portal has decided to focus on research communication. I wish the launch a great success and hope that the portal would grow from strength to strength." |
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| Mr. Abid Husain | |
| Former Ambassador of India to U.S.A | |
 "I congratulate the Bureaucracy today and its editorial team on the launch of their print as well as web news portal titles "Bureaucracytoday.com". I believe that the bureaucrats today www.bureaucracytoday.com will link and become exchange for the communication among the various government departments and lead to a successful resource center on the governance in India.
Let me extend my congratulations on the publication of the first issue of the bureaucracy today/ www.bureaucracytoday.com.This magazine/web portal, dedicated to bureaucracy news and reporting, will contribute to publicizing India's Bureaucracy to the world and its readers will be able to grasp the trends of both domestic and foreign bureaucracies.
I wish every member of the team, all the success in this endeavor." |
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Abid Husain |
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| Mr. U C Agarawal | |
| Former Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) | |
 "I congratulate the promoters of the print as well as news portal titled, BUREAUCRACYTODAY.COM, I wish it a grand success. There is a need to have greater media exposure of administration to fulfill its role of renderingpublic service honestly, impartially and enthusiastically.In any good administration well-being of the people should get the highest priority of the public officials. People’s problem with administration and the problems of public officials need to be properly viewed and analyzed for taking corrective steps. Let the portal BUREAUCRACYTODAY.COM, formulate its own policies and ideas of good governance to succeed in its task of being a good watch-dog of administration." |
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U C Agarawal |
