Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

Governance

Governance

The gas wars

The dispute would not have arisen if the government had specified norms for corporate governance, gas pricing and rationing of gas for all...

GovernanceMandrin Matters

Freedom from political talons 

The Civil Services Bill, 2009 will liberate babus from the tyranny of transfers, among other vital changes A few days after UPA II...

Cover StoryGovernance

Why Lalgarh rose in anger

The failure of the state to cradle all its citizens paves the way for rebellion, unarmed and armed Lalgarh was a reality show...

Governance

The nadir that is India

The system is burdened both by the flaws imposed from above and by the exaggerated demands of those it is intended to serve...

Cover StoryGovernance

A second chance, gifted by the aam aadmi

The Prime Minister has a mandate – now he should govern Egged on by screaming media anchors, exit pollwallahs and armchair analysts, the...

Cover StoryGovernance

To chart a different course

What are the items of business the incoming government should take up asap? In Alice in Wonderland, Alice asks the Cheshire cat, “Which...

Governance

What a fall, my countrymen!

The prestige and authority of institutions is being eroded by the actions of those in power One more institution created by the Constitution...

Governance

A Governor’s anguish at corruption by civil servants

I have many things to say to you. Some of them may not be very nice to hear, some of them are in...

Governance

Healing the leviathan

Along with administrative reforms, the quality of elected and permanent officials must be improved Administrative reforms, meaning reorganization and streamlining of public service...

Governance

The Slumdog syndrome

Corruption and injustice have rotted our system to the core “Slumdog is just every scrap of dirt picked up from every corner and...