Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007
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GovernanceMandrin MattersFreedom from political talons
The Civil Services Bill, 2009 will liberate babus from the tyranny of transfers, among other vital changes A few days after UPA II...
Cover StoryGovernanceA second chance, gifted by the aam aadmi
The Prime Minister has a mandate – now he should govern Egged on by screaming media anchors, exit pollwallahs and armchair analysts, the...
ElectionNote power, not vote power
What is taking place in the electoral arena is commerce rather than the democratic exercise of the right to vote Six decades ago,...
GovernanceThe Slumdog syndrome
Corruption and injustice have rotted our system to the core “Slumdog is just every scrap of dirt picked up from every corner and...
SecurityIs the Indian State ‘withering away’?
Reports that intelligence inputs were ignored has provoked citizens’ anger The ‘Mumbai Massacre’ evoked a paranoid response – media anchors hyperventilated and screamed...
GovernanceThe Malignancy Spreads
Below poverty line households are being extorted the most for basic services Gandhi Jayanthi was “celebrated” with all appropriate noises. India’s National Portal...
GovernanceDecentralization farce
The term “governance” refers to the decision-making and implementation processes in the administration of a country, state or organization. At the country/state level,...
CRITIQUEMisguided supply-siders
NOother issue in recent mem ory has engaged the time and attention of ministers, parlia mentarians,bureaucrats,diplomats,jour nalists, scientists and intellectuals more than the...
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...
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