Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

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Takru’s call

The open economy seems to have opened a Pandora’s box in the Indian economy. The nationalised banks have become a breeding den of...

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Hi-tech makeover

An impressive transformation has been wrought in the headquarters of Narendra Modi’s government in Gandhinagar. Modi believes in speed and for that quality...

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Petroleum to polls

Two former Petroleum Secretaries are set to jump into the electoral fray. RS Pandey, a 1972-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, and...

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All in the Som family Founded in 1950, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), weathered the alleged involvement of its former Director-General,...

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Maharashtra’s rich and powerful sugarcane lobby has had its way. The pro-farmer Chairman of the Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), T...

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Garland a cow,win an election Avinash Mishra , a 1979-batch Indian Forest Service officer of the AGMUT cadre and Resident Commissioner of Delhi’s...

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Lalli’s latest shenanigan

The Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati, BS Lalli, is on the rampage again. He has built a reputation for highhandedness and lack...

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Nitish’s policing problems

1972-batch IPS officer, Ashish Ranjan Sinha, has been having the time of his life ever since Bihar Governor Buta Singh appointed him Director...

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Merit gets the boot at NABARD

THE stage for the drama over the appointment of the next Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has...

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What price Shaheed Bhagat Singh?

It seems Prasar Bharati suddenly awoke from slumber and decided to join the nation in celebrating the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh...