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First StirringsFrom farming to IAS field work
A Dalit farmer’s son traces his rise through the ranks I was born in Kandhla, Muzzaffarnagar, UP, in a small Dalit farmer’s family....
By the WayOf hirsute matters
Archana Agarwal, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the UP cadre, is better known as the PPP (public-private partnership) lady of the state and...
Bric a BracReins loose in Mahila Congress
hotelier chief breaks conventions Prabha Thakur, formerly a two-term Lok Sabha member and currently a Rajya Sabha member, who is also president of...
Big BossThe Eleventh Plan period foresees a 9 per cent GDP growth while the capital goods sector should grow at around 18 per cent
gfiles: What is the Ministry doing in the face of the meltdown and what are your views regarding revival? Satyanarayana Dash: The manufacturing...
TrackingPULOCK CHATTERJI The 1974-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed executive director of the World Bank for three years from...
Big Boss‘Chinese products are not able to beat Indian manufacturers’
A former Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Dinesh Rai of the IAS’ 1974-batch UP cadre has considerable experience in the industry...
MastermindJASWANT? PM? HUH?
March 2009. Post-elections, there is a hung Parliament and parties and politicians are on tenterhooks. Half-a-dozen Prime Ministers-in-waiting queue outside Rashtrapati Bhavan but...
First StirringsNOT JUSTAN OTHER JOB
When you are in a position of power, you should not betray the trust. That was my motto throughout my career. As a...
By the WayHighway tonotoriety
NOW here’s a dubious record. In less than a year, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) sent three competentChairmen packing. Pradeep Kumar,...
BlogBric a BracPrasad cut to size rebuffed by ideologue
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad was dealt a nasty shock recently when he attempted to curtail the TV appearance of a man who...
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