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29 Joint Secretary level officers reshuffled in the govt of India

October 2024: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) effected a major reshuffle at Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent level posts i.e. at Level...

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Eyes Wide Shut

A Kafkaesque Trial In Our Times

In March 2013, a concerned group of ex-bureaucrats, including some former cabinet secretaries, met then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advocate for urgent...

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Tracking January 2008

CM BHATT The 1974-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed DG (Technical) in the state JAYANT PRASADThe 1976-batch IFS...

First Stirrings

ROMESH BHANDARI : RELUCTANT DIPLOMAT

THE best moment of my foreign service career is related to the hijack of August 24, 1984. Seven young terrorists hijacked an Indian...

Big Boss

‘VENDORS MUST ENTER INTO INTEGRITY PACT WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE’

His background as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Defence has come in handy for Central Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha, India’s topmost anti-corruption...

Big Boss

‘THE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE DOES NOT WORK IN INDIA’

Dr Pronab Sen,Chief Statistician and Secretary,Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Mandrin Matters

Is the IAS being privatized?

THE economic dailies have been reporting that several mid-career IAS officers have either joined or are in the process of joining companies such...

Big Boss

‘SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT IS OUR MANTRA’

Eminent jurist BN Srikrishna entered private practice in Bombay High Court in 1967, specialising in labour and industrial law. Appointed additional judge of...

GovernancePolice Reforms

An Open Letter to Police Officers of India

Dear Friends, I have been thinking of writing to all the police officers of the country for quite some time, particularly the Superintendents...

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Tracking, October 2007

PROMILA ISSARThe 1979-batch IAS officer of Haryana is the new Chief Secretary of the state. She is the second woman Chief Secretary of...