Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

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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...

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Steely silence

These days, there is an eerie silence among the CMDs of top public sector undertakings. Sources disclose that the NDA government has put...

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June of 1975

What happened on June 25, 1975 when Emergency was imposed in India, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration? One of...

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PK Sinha is the top boss

Finally, the mist has risen. Pradeep Kumar Sinha, a 1977-batch IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is the new Cabinet Secretary for...

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DAW’s the way

Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, seems to be in a mood to fight not only with the central government but also its...