Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

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Forward looking secretaries

When the nation was gripped by election fever, government offices in the Capital looked deserted. Most of the officers were deputed on election...

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The price of integrity

What happens when a serving officer is trapped in intra-department rivalries? This scenario befell a senior officer, Anup Kumar Srivastava, of Customs and...

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Mystery man Baldev Beri

Is the Haryana Government facing a human resource crunch? If not, then why are many officers in the Chief Minister’s secretariat being given...

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Top spot

Who will be the new Cabinet Secretary of India on June 13? If sources are to be believed, the current incumbent, Ajit Kumar...

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Lakshman rekha

If Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister of India, the person whose life will be changed forever is his wife, Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi. Modi...

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Ins& outs

Many Secretaries of the Government of India will move from one ministry to the other in June. It has to happen; it is...

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Man for all regimes

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has appointed dedicated officials in his secretariat. His ‘Navratna’ team has vast experience and is ready to...

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His Master’s Voice

No Chief Minister does any “real” work by himself. In every Chief Minister’s office, there are pawns who implement the desires and wishes...

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Inner democracy!

We all know that the bureaucracy is like a tight-knit family with little space for outsiders. If left to their designs, no outsider...

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Figurative exercise

There is always a lot of discussion on the poor recovery from the Customs and Central Excise Department, but nobody has pondered till...