DESPITE the mandate for change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not going to find it easy to contain price rise, inflation, fiscal deficit...
ByNeeraj MahajanJune 4, 2014EVEN at the cost of stating the obvious, it must be reiterated that, in a democratic set-up, the political executive must take decisions...
ByPrabhat KumarJune 4, 2014A new government with new polity, new priorities, new hope and new promises, with ‘Governance for Development’ as its guiding principle, has assumed...
ByMG DevasahayamJune 4, 2014AT the fag end of its tenure, the UPA government is setting examples of bad governance and politicising the appointments in various government...
ByNeeraj MahajanMay 4, 2014THE impending appointment of the next Army chief to fill the vacancy arising on July 31, 2014, has raised a raging controversy. As...
ByMG DevasahayamMay 4, 2014THE debate is on: should civil servants looking to join politics soon after retirement or quitting service be allowed to do so without...
ByNeeraj MahajanApril 5, 2014DECADES ago, when I entered the portals of the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, as an IAS Probationer, the first principle drummed into...
ByMG DevasahayamApril 5, 2014HURTLING towards the watershed Lok Sabha elections, the country is witnessing a growing trend of retired civil servants joining the ranks of political...
ByPrabhat KumarApril 4, 2014gfiles: What are the issues in the forthcoming election? SYQ: Every election is essentially the same, with a little variation. Fortunately, muscle power...
ByKumkum ChaddhaMarch 9, 2014