Civil service

The term civil service can refer to either a branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed (hired) on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations; or the body of employees in any government agency apart from the military, which is a separate extension of any national government.

A civil servant or public servant is a person in the public sector employed for a government department or agency. The extent of civil servants of a state as part of the "civil service" varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, for instance, only Crown (national government) employees are referred to as civil servants whereas county or city employees are not.

Many consider the study of service to be a part of the field of public administration. Workers in "non-departmental public bodies" (sometimes called "QUANGOs") may also be classed as civil servants for the purpose of statistics and possibly for their terms and conditions. Collectively a state's civil servants form its civil service or public service.

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Enough money to pay civil servants: FM

Kuensel 30 Mar 2023
The delay by a few days in paying civil servants their monthly salary was not because the government was broke, as many suspected, finance ministry officials said, calming concerns of mounting fiscal deficit or declining revenue ... She said that civil servants cannot get their salary in the middle of the month....
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Former civil servants condemn Rijiju’s remarks on judiciary in open letter

The Siasat Daily 30 Mar 2023
Former civil servants in an open letter on Thursday criticised Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for several of his comments which, they said, constituted a concerted attack by the government on the collegium system of appointments and on judicial independence ... The former civil servants ......
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Japanese employee fined over $11,000 for taking smoke breaks during work hours

Hindustan Times 30 Mar 2023
A Japanese civil servant recently landed in hot waters for smoking during work hours more than 4,500 times in 14 years. He received a penalty of about $11,000, The Straits Times reported ... The authorities in Osaka laid down the law on the 61-year-old civil servant along with two of his colleagues, who were in the finance department ... .......
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Ngige: FG Has Proposed Pay Rise for Public Servants Effective  January

This Day 30 Mar 2023
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja ... In the Presidential Committee on Salary Review, we have done something for the civil servants, that is hardcore civil servants and those who are on Consolidated Public Servants Scheme and some corporations, MDAs are on that salary scale ... “The money was appropriated under the Service Wide for payment to civil servants” ... ....
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Unions welcome federal budget promise to cap outsourcing, but fear service cuts (Business)

Castanet 30 Mar 2023
Unions representing thousands of federal public servants are welcoming the Liberal ... It's just enough restraint that they can say they're acting to restrain spending and get unions upset," said Wernick, who was Canada's top civil servant from 2016 until 2019....
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Analysis-Hiring spree by China’s debt-laden local governments fuel fiscal fears

FX Empire 30 Mar 2023
The provinces of Gansu and Yunnan as well as the region of Guangxi, are set to see the biggest percentage increase in hiring for civil servants in China this year, according to Offcn Education Technology Co, one of the country’s largest tutoring firms for the public service examination....
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Hiring spree by China's debt-laden local governments fuels fiscal fearsThe total debt of China's LGFVs ...

Deccan Herald 30 Mar 2023
The provinces of Gansu and Yunnan as well as the region of Guangxi, are set to see the biggest percentage increase in hiring for civil servants in China this year, according to Offcn Education Technology Co, one of the country's largest tutoring firms for the public service examination....
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Analysis: Hiring spree by China's debt-laden local governments fuels fiscal fears

Reuters 30 Mar 2023
The provinces of Gansu and Yunnan as well as the region of Guangxi, are set to see the biggest percentage increase in hiring for civil servants in China this year, according to Offcn Education Technology Co, one of the country's largest tutoring firms for the public service examination....
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Free trade port innovates to open up in new era

China Daily 30 Mar 2023
It established a standardized system for cases concerning civil servants on July 31, 2021 ... It is innovative in that it integrates different systems that encourage civil servants to shoulder responsibilities, which solve the fragmentation of carrying out such systems....
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Political appointees at Presidency increases to 361

Joy Online 30 Mar 2023
The number of political appointees at the office of the President has increased from 337 last year to 361 this year. This is in addition to 687 civil and public servants at the Office of the President....
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Teaser of Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Garmi' is out

Beijing News 30 Mar 2023
Mumbai (Maharashtra) , March 30 (ANI) ... Garmi is the story of Arvind Shukla, a young man who moves out of his hometown with aspirations to become a civil servant. He stumbles into the world of college politics, powerplay and crime ... .......
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Flawless: Accidental Death of an Anarchist, at the Lyric Hammersmith, reviewed

The Spectator 30 Mar 2023
Accidental Death of an Anarchist has been performed all over the world with varying degrees of success ... Official reports described the fatality as ‘accidental’ ... A senior civil servant arrives in an isolated town and exposes the corrupt and self-serving ways of the townsfolk. After he departs, the civil servant is exposed as an imposter ... Sheer magic ... ....

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