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Big Boss‘e-governance intends to provide services to citizens at their doorsteps’
Rentala Chandrasekhar, who pioneered the concept of e-governance in India through Hyderabad’s evolution into “Cyberabad” and played a pivotal role in formulating the...
Cover StoryThe day of the Fixer…It’s the shelf life, stupid!
The fixer has become a fixture in the shadowy world of Indian governance. Even though this unique position finds no mention in the...
First StirringsA life less ordinary : Lt Gen AS Kalkat
I was in the UK, on an International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) fellowship. One day, Gen Sundarji’s office informed me that the...
Big BossThe formula is passion and hard work
gfiles: How do you describe your Ministry and what is the present scenario in the textile sector? Rita Menon: In February 2009, when...
Big BossUntil panchayats are three-tier governance, we won’t achieve targets
The betterment of rural life is the favourite subject of ANP Sinha, the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, who still has two-and-a-half years...
ElectionThe ‘Rs 25 lakh poll budget’ joke
The Election Commission must frame more realistic rules for poll expenditure • In Punjab, a month before elections, liquor stocks shot up from...
Big Boss‘Strong economic recovery by the end of the year’
THE 29th Cabinet Secretary of independent India might appear mild but is quite hardboiled, having learnt the art of administration from his father,...
Special ReportWinning Kalmadis and influencing Sharmas
Or, how Rs 430 crore earmarked for Commonwealth Games coverage has spawned an unholy nexus Prasar Bharati’s affairs had been on the simmer...
Big BossNREGA has enhanced the bargaining strength of landless labour
As Director General of the National Institute of Rural Development, BK Sinha is involved in a labour of love, so much so that...
Big BossAir defence of our sovereign airspace is a 24×7 process for the IAF
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, commissioned on December 31, 1967, has flown over 7,000 hours in the Sentinel, T-6G, Mi-4, Mi-8 and...
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