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Cover StoryElectoral Integrity: Key to corruption-free India
THE anti-corruption rhetoric has been the flavour of the last several seasons with a political party morphing out of it and briefly capturing...
GovernanceRace for 7 Race Course Road
SHAKESPEARE’S Macbeth has a poignant quote: “Nothing in his life/Became him like the leaving it”. This refers to the execution of Thane of...
GovernanceHaryana: From Green to Grey State?
SCHOLARs believe that the name ‘Haryana’ came from the words Hari (sanskrit Harit, ‘green’) and Aranya (forest). At its formation in 1966, Haryana...
Mandrin MattersIs the IAS being privatized?
THE economic dailies have been reporting that several mid-career IAS officers have either joined or are in the process of joining companies such...
Mandrin MattersWhat a fall, my countrymen!
On August 15, India will complete Shastipoorthi, ie 60 years of independence. With the 1948 batch being its first, the Indian Administrative Service...
Mandrin MattersDarkness at noon
In India, “good governance” is perceived as tinkering with civil services and constituting commissions for administrative reforms, pay and perks. There is hardly...
Mandrin MattersFie thee, Mammon!
Higher pay and perks are no remedy for the steady calcification of career path and erosion of learning opportunities that demand innovative civil...
GovernanceParagons of virtue!
what’s with the hype? Is the civil service contribution to the nation any cause for celebration? At his second Civil Service Day ceremony...
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