Month: December 2017

I was Deputy Commissioner Hissar when Haryana was formed in 1966, and thus was with Haryana from the very beginning.
State Scan

STATE SCAN : Normalising corruption

A raging political storm over appointment of Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta provides enough and apt indications as to how the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government...

Aap party Sign
Bric a Brac

Bric a Brac : Kejriwal strikes again

THE relationship between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and civil servants serving in the Delhi Government is said to be rocky, even acrimonious....

Ram-Gopal-Yadav
Bric a Brac

Bric a Brac : New trimurti in Delhi

FORMER Chief Minister of UP Mulayam Singh’s clan had a fierce fight just before the assembly elections. Following demonetisation, the three main actors...

Bric a Brac

Bric a Brac : Twitter battles

THE venomous relationship between Congress party’s Young Turks, Manish Tiwari and Deepender Hooda, is no secret. But perhaps even Rahul Gandhi could not...

Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Bric a Brac

Bric a Brac : Aap’s Rajya Sabha worries

DELHI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is caught between BJP-led Central Government and various court cases. The people had high hopes from Kejriwal but...

IAS-turned-Sabziwala
By the Way

By the way : IAS-turned Sabziwala

WHEN one hears the chant ‘sabziwala’, a picture of a cart fully loaded with vegetables appears in mind along with a man who...

Women-power
By the Way

By the way : Women power

It’s surprising that in the election year, Karnataka government has assigned the job to administer the state to two top-ranking women civil servants–Chief...

UPSC-sans-IAS
By the Way

By the way : UPSC sans IAS

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the nodal agency which recruits officers and conducts the civil services exams, doesn’t have a single IAS...

Lavasa-looks
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By the way : Lavasa looks ahead

EVERY month, approximately 15 to 20 civil servants superannuate but Ashok Lavasa knows how to make it memorable. Lavasa, a 1980-batch IAS officer...

Tracking

Tracking – December 2017

HASMUKH ADHIA : The 1981 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre has been appointed Finance Secretary in Government of India. RATNA PRABHA...