The term of Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha, a 1977-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been extended for one year more....
ByTeamMay 18, 2018Sanjay Baru alias Barugaru is a seasoned professional (he was a journalist once upon a time). Many say that professionals generally don’t have...
ByTeamMarch 9, 2018There is considerable unease for all those retired civil servants who are still serving in the central and state governments as Principal Secretary...
ByTeamJanuary 25, 2018THE cognoscenti who keep a sharp lookout on national events must have noticed with suppressed smiles the BJP’s deliberate effort at establishing poverty...
ByMK KawSeptember 15, 2017Why did the 125-year-old Congress party get decimated to 44 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 parliamentary elections? It did not happen in...
By and Shubhabrata BhattacharyaApril 11, 2017FROM the second issue of gfiles, I have been writing in almost all issues, mainly on governance and civil services. I have lost...
ByMG DevasahayamApril 11, 2017I have read Alam Srinivas’ critique of my book and must take the bull by the horn. As things stand, Jignesh Shah has...
ByJignesh ShahMarch 9, 2017When Dr Farooq Abdullah ruled Jammu and Kashmir, he was known to forcefully assert thathe and he alone was the Chief Minister. In...
ByAnil TyagiJuly 7, 2007There is an increasing perception that this is a government in absentia unable even to project its most tangible achievements which there are...
ByGirish NikamJune 7, 2007what’s with the hype? Is the civil service contribution to the nation any cause for celebration? At his second Civil Service Day ceremony...
ByTeam and MG DevasahayamMay 7, 2007