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First Stirrings‘Bureaucrats are basically control freaks’
I was the Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, and then Secretary, Planning. I was also Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in Delhi. Unlike...
Talk Time‘Community alertness is very important in tackling terrorism’
A 1996-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, DCP Jaspal Singh heads the law and order machinery of Central District – one of...
BlogGiving a long arm to probes
Whenever there is a piece of “breaking news” of a scandal relating to criminal acts by the powerful or influential, an all-too-familiar pantomime...
TrackingRENTALA CHANDRASEKHARThe 1975-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre has been appointed Secretary, Telecommunications. SHASHIKANT SHARMAThe 1976-batch IAS officer of the Bihar...
Bric a BracMCX-SX and Mammon setback for shah
Everyone knows how politically well-connected Jignesh Shah, Managing Director of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), is and he is also a celebrity in India’s...
By the WayWho’s laughing all the way to the bank?
For a banker, becoming Executive Director is a cherished dream and, consequently, the competition is cut-throat. The Finance Ministry recently appointed several EDs...
Special ReportDhumal’s Adani connection
HIMACHAL Pradesh is being rocked by scandalous allegations of illegal favours given by Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal to Gautam Adani. The Gujarati...
Guest DeskThe Augean Stables
Since becoming an adult, I have interacted extensively with civil servants. In the milieu that I grew up in, they were considered the...
TrackingHS BRAHMA The 1975-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre has been appointed Election Commissioner. T NAND KUMAR The 1972-batch IAS officer of the...
First Stirrings‘Bureaucrats have to adjust to the political mindset’
I hail from a family of bureaucrats. My father was an IAS officer in Maharashtra and my grandfather was a school inspector. I...
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