IT is widely believed, and not without substance, that the recent large scale replacement of currency has caused avoidable distress to the small...
ByPrabhat KumarFebruary 14, 2017WHEN we are confronted with the evidence in any matter, for example a personal or a political issue, the cognitive process in our...
ByPrabhat KumarJanuary 14, 2017I N the foreword to the White Paper on the ‘State of Law and Order in Delhi’ that was released to the media...
ByPrabhat KumarDecember 16, 2016WORKING on the concept of institutional ethics as a possible solution to the menace of corruption in government, the IC Centre for Governance...
ByPrabhat KumarNovember 14, 2016IN the last seven decades, innumerable studies on civil services have been conducted from time to time. They have been read, commented on...
ByPrabhat KumarOctober 17, 2016IT is a tale of two cases in quick succession, where two senior civil servants were put on trial for alleged acts of...
ByPrabhat KumarSeptember 15, 2016OF late, a number of civil servants in central ministries are feeling dispirited because of the allegedly overbearing attitude of the Prime Minister’s...
ByPrabhat KumarAugust 8, 2016THE war for parity between IAS and non-IAS officers of the Union Government is far from being over. In the last couple of...
ByPrabhat KumarJuly 5, 2016ONCE a young IAS officer newly empanelled and promoted as Joint Secretary, obviously dissatisfied with his posting in a not very coveted ministry...
ByPrabhat KumarJune 5, 2016IT is always a pleasure to listen to Narendra Modi, except when he is addressing an election meeting. And the occasion of Civil...
ByPrabhat KumarMay 6, 2016