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Secretaries rule the roost

The tradition so far has been that Cabinet Ministers have been instrumental in recommending and transferring officers within their ministry. But in the...

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Lohani is PM’s choice

Who would be the Chairman & Managing Director of Air India after Rohit Nandan? Everybody thought that someone from the IAS fraternity would...

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Not his highway

With the appointment of the competent Raghav Chandra, a 1982-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre, as Chairman of the National Highways Authority...

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For probationers, Delhi is first stop

The Narendra Modi government is implementing an innovative idea for the young civil services probationers of the 2013 batch. As many as 147...

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Akhilesh’s master stroke

The BJP stormed the last Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh with as many as 71 MPs out of 80 belonging to the...

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Doval’s influence, to what avail?

Terrorism is a big issue for any government in India now and the Modi government is no exception. A crisis management meeting was...

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Kejriwal’s coterie

Who runs the Delhi Government headed by Arvind Kejriwal? Of course, Kejriwal himself. But he is running it in a different style compared...

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PESB: Brokers’ den

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) needs to be overhauled by Narendra Modi at all costs. The term of the present chairman, Atul...

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Rickety CVC

There is a peculiar problem in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which reports to the government on the “clean” career progress of all...

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Brokering appointments

Every month, the government appoints GMs, Directors, Chairmen and Managing Directors of Public Sector Undertakings. The job is performed by the Public Sector...