Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

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Petronet largesse

What happens when a Chairman and Managing Director of a Public Sector Undertaking distribute largesse to their near and dear ones? Managing Director...

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Yogi: No time for UP IAS week

The IAS Association of Uttar Pradesh was clueless when Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath refused to give time for the annual...

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Running with lateral entry!

If one observes the trends of recruitment by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), it appears the government intends to focus more on...

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Importance of sons-in-law

If you are a top ranking civil servant and happen to be the son-in-law of a Supreme Court judge, then imagine the guest...

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Local body politics

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has got its eighth civic chief, in a span of around eight years, this time in the...

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Yogi lords over bureaucracy

Uttar Pradesh has never seen such adhocism in the civil services. It was August 31, 2019 when the previous Chief Secretary Anup Chandra...

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Perturbed IAS lobby in UP

The Uttar Pradesh government recently introduced the police commissionerate system by posting two additional director general (ADG) of police rank officials as the...

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Seeking gurus

How to penetrate the ‘steel frame of India’? This question puzzles everybody – whether it’s businessmen, politicians, NGOs, diplomats or so called self-proclaimed...

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Fading sheen of Delhi Darbar

The graveyards are full of indispensable men, said Charles De Gaulle. This apparently appears to be true with the central government. Raisina Hills...

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A Secretary’s Dilemma

Everybody wants their sons/daughters to be gainfully employed and that too with a top ranking institution. This becomes easier if the son/daughter happens...