Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

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‘Bar criminals from contesting elections’

gfiles: What are the issues in the forthcoming election? SYQ: Every election is essentially the same, with a little variation. Fortunately, muscle power...

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To fight female foeticide I have revived the system of midwives

Sonepat’s Deputy Commissioner, Ajit Balaji Joshi, is something of a social activist. An electrical engineer from Mumbai’s Sardar Patel Engineering College, he chose...

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Indian bureaucrats are extremely meticulous

Jean Paul Jainsky joined the Sagem Group in 1975, with Société Anonyme de Télécommunication (SAT) – a subsidiary of Sagem and a pioneering...

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‘Dr Bhabha’s vision would have solved India’s energy shortage’

Anil Kakodkar is an eminent Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and...

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‘Community alertness is very important in tackling terrorism’

A 1996-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, DCP Jaspal Singh heads the law and order machinery of Central District – one of...

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‘Goa is all for clean tourism’

In June 2007, following the Goa Assembly elections, Digambar Kamat got the ultimate nod from the Congress high command for the Chief Minister’s...

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We have the RPF, so why not an Aviation Security Force?

Aviation security is looked after by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) in conjunction with airport operators, airlines operators and security agencies....

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Facing the fury of the Kosi

Born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, Indra Sen Singh secured an MSc in physics from Banaras Hindu University and then joined the Bihar Civil...

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‘Incentives, subsidies have been announcedto encourage investors in tourism’

Belonging to the 1992 batch, M Rajaram is a postgraduate in law, English and education. He also holds a doctorate in human resource...

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‘Police personnel are perceived as personal armies of state governments’

Vijay Shanker is an IPS officer of the UP cadre (1969 batch). Before becoming Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he...