Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007
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By the Way
By the WaySansad Marg’s house-proud officer
Senior government officials who get postings in New Delhi have no worries on at least one count. They get reasonably furnished houses in...
By the WaySAIL ad hurts egos
Where three would be considered a crowd, no less than 23 candidates appeared for the chairmanship of Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The...
By the WayBankers, stockbrokers in CBI cross-hairs
If bankers and professionals dealing with securities and stock markets think nobody is watching, they are hugely mistaken. The big brothers in the...
By the WayCBI’s angel in khaki
It’s rare to find a policewallah who is sensitive and in touch with the common man’s perception. One such officer is Ashwini Kumar,...
By the WayGood riddance…in Haryana
Office farewells for retiring colleagues are usually occasions when pleasant anecdotes and the equivalent of sweet nothings are bandied about. But, when ML...
By the WaySycophancy gets a dousing this Diwali
Diwali is a time for propitiating not only the gods, but their equivalents – bosses –in government departments and ministries. So the bosses...
By the WayDouble whammy for hard-working babus
UP secretariat employees are facing unusual problems these days. To save energy, the air-conditioners in most departments are turned off after 6.30 pm....
By the WayPMO, 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....
By the WayArtful 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...
By the WayClash 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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