Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

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Bumping out BSNL

Is the government in the mood to wind up public sector institutions? There is no formal directive regarding this but the way some...

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Caught in Kejriwal’s war

Devi Lal, former Chief Minister of Haryana, used to say that whenever one is at a low ebb in politics, he/she should start...

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Search for foreign secy begins

The search for the new Foreign Secretary has begun as the incumbent, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is superannuating this year. So, who will be the...

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Waiting for Pandora’s box to open

The implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission report is a Pandora’s box for the states. The babus in the state bureaucracies are...

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Making amends for amending an Act

Narendra Modi’s efforts to bring in Foreign Direct Investment are bearing fruit but the big-ticket companies are waiting and watching regarding Vodafone’s alleged...

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Snafu in PSUs

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are crucial for any government but it’s very difficult to understand their complete network and they are dealt with...

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Kejriwal driving his babus away

Rarely do street protest leaders turn into good administrators on taking hold of the reins of government. There are umpteen examples to cite...

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You’re incompetent, Chhota Rajan sneers at CBI

They say that crime is usually a step ahead of the law. Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje aka Chhota Rajan was certainly ahead of the...

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Envoy woes

More unsavoury details creeping out from South Block. Remember the case of Ravi Thapar, a 1983-batch IFS officer who was High Commissioner to...

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Whither Kejriwal the messiah?

Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, won the Assembly election with a thumping majority because all the downtrodden and SC/ST voters, including government...