Month: May 2017

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From the Editor

From the Editor

A chchay Din Aanay Wale hain (Happy days will come),’ was the slogan coined by Narendra Modi during the parliamentary elections of 2014....

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Cover Story : Competitive Federalism

THE ELEVENTH Civil Services Day celebrated on April 21, 2017 changed the dynamics of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration....

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Facing challenges

“The world is going through turbulent times. Amidst this economic volatility, India remains a ray of hope. Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) of our...

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Governance

INDIA’S COASTLINE IN PERIL : Whither environmental governance?

INDIA is a land of diverse ecology and its ecosystems include oceans, deserts, forests, mountains, grasslands and wetlands. It has a land frontier...

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First Stirrings

First Stirrings : Quick response

ATUL Chaturvedi, 66, was born in a family of civil servants. His father, PN Chaturvedi, was a PCS who was coopted into IAS....

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Emaar MGF : Loot in the open

It’s a story that has all the classic and inherent ingredients of a mega scandal—a realtor operating in India, where most real estate...

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Diaspora

A man of vision

NO way! I shall not retire till I die… I have a lot to do…” These are the words of one of the...

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Bric a Brac : Modi reads in the morning

NARENDRA Modi is the first Prime Minister of India who likes gadgets and digital media. Whenever he is free, he likes to be...

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Bric a Brac : The Jaitley durbar

It would be an understatement if we term Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as indispensable to the Modi government. Or a master in statecraft?...

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Bric a Brac : Building an IT capital

IF the Asaf Jah dynasty (Nizam) built Hyderabad, it was the British who founded Secunderabad. Credit must be given to Chandrababu Naidu, who...