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Ups and downs

Most departments are in status quo mode till the elections are over but not the Finance Ministry where a lot of changes are...

Unhealthy-moves
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Unhealthy moves

If you are an upright officer and don’t intend to toe the line of the Minister, you can be sure that your days...

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Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Bhupi Bhai) has a brigade of colourful officials. One of the top ranking officials (name withheld) who...

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Changing colours

Whenever there is a power shift in Delhi, the bureaucracy makes all effort to shift gears as per the new power equations. Therefore,...

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In the hot seat

There was a tough battle going on to become Petroleum Secretary. It would not be wrong to say that this seemed to be...

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Eyes on World Bank post

Everybody knows how coveted posts are filled in the government, but the Department of Personnel and Training has to still complete all the...

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The expert committee on Prasar Bharati, under the chairmanship of Sam Pitroda, has advised that Prasar Bharati should have administrative and financial autonomy....

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Craft and graft

R P Singh a 1976 batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre and Chairman, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), is known...

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Scams always leave a trail

Deepak Mohan Spolia, a 1976 batch IAS of AGMUT cadre and former Chief Secretary of Delhi, was hopeful that he would be retained...

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Hooda’s dilemma

The Haryana bureaucracy has been thrown into a tizzy since the day AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, now Delhi Chief Minister, offered Ashok Khemka...