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Look behind as well as beyond

THERE were many attachments during the 56th Foundation Course (FC). While we were in the midst of villageattachments spread over northern India, we...

Delhi in disarray

Right through May and early June, the confrontation between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung held centrestage. Editorials, prime-time...

The importance of being Arvind Kejriwal

THE recent developments in Delhi are a textbook case study of how a Union Territory should not be administered. The ‘shock and awe’...

Shivraj’s retinue

ADMITTEDLY, it isn’t too difficult to figure out the 10 favourite bureaucrats of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. All the key IAS officers in...

Vyapam woes for Shivraj

MADHYA Pradesh has been no stranger to political swindles that shook successive Chief Ministers since the state was formed in 1956. But the...

Bose: pioneer of planning in India

CONTRARY to popular belief, the now deceased Planning Commission was not a legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru. The blueprint for this institution was outlined...

Niti Aayog or Atithi Aayog?

WHEN I first heard the policy pronouncement of the new government that the Planning Commission was going to be abolished, I felt like...

NITI AAYOG Modi’s mission for transforming India

Define the nuts and bolts

IN his first flush of governance reforms, the Prime Minister announced the abolition of the Planning Commission and its replacement with the National...