Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007
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By the WayNitish fishes for Bihar officers
With a reputation for valuing governance, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in need of upright officers to develop the state and rid...
Stock DoctorLong-term investors can take stock
The defaults in sub-prime mortgages and related securities in the US had a considerable impact on the global liquidity scenario. This could have...
Bric a BracTina Dixit sitting pretty; high command quandary
Let us hark back to the time when that formidable gang of three – HKL Bhagat, Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar – was...
By the WayHow sleuths guarded Pratibha’s flanks
In the Presidential election last month, the towering personality of BJP candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was a cause of sleepless nights for the...
Bric a BracDivided we stand: UP loyalty split
The change of power in UP has split the state bureaucracy vertically. The officers who ruled the state from a certain floor of...
Digging It OutBank on a roll
The Kolkata-based UCO Bank has come under the scanner of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI, the apex bank of the...
TrackingTracking August 2007
Vijay SinghThe 1970-batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh is the new Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. Christy Leon FernandezThe 1973-batch IAS officer...
First StirringsPrabhat Kumar : Bitter sweet journey
I took the civil service examination by chance. But I stood first in the country in the examination. During the interview, the UPSC...
Bric a BracProcrastinating Patil’s a pain!
Minister-bureaucrat collision course Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil’s ouster in the run-up to the Presidential election is seemingly a body blow for bureaucrats...
Out Of The BoxTransformation in hell
My first impression of Tihar jail, when I took over in 1993, was that I was myself imprisoned. As far as the jail...
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