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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PMO, Cab Sec wringing hands over Ministers

The seniormost bureaucrat in the country has recently had yet another headache added to his Pandora’s box of problems plaguing the government’s workload....

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Artful babus show Mayawati the way

They say politics is the art of the possible. But it must be acknowledged that bureaucrats have perfected this art a notch better...

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Clash of the mandarins

Raisina Hill may not be as high as Everest but getting to the top of this bureaucratic mountain involves an effort that leaves...

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Major’s words on war

The media-friendly Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, recently invited the capital’s journos to dinner. And, to their pleasant surprise,...

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Up in arms against a uniform!

Notwithstanding a discernible disquiet, moves are afoot to create a new post of coordinator in the Union Home Ministry. It is envisaged that...

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Caught between Maya and deep blue CEC

The bureaucrats loyal to UP Chief Minister Mayawati are faced with a peculiar predicament owing to the imminent parliamentary elections. On the one...

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Land sharks in high places

Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gen. SF Rodrigues is at daggers drawn with Minister of State for Finance and Union Banking Minister Pawan...