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27 July 2015 ~ Comments Off on Like it or not!

Like it or not!

Like it or not! Perhaps it’s only appropriate in this age of social media that tussles for bureaucratic positions should be carried over to Facebook and Twitter. Clearly the time when babus were wary about using social media is past. In Uttarakhand the chief secretary’s position is at the centre of an intense battle on […]

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27 July 2015 ~ Comments Off on AAP ne bulaya…

AAP ne bulaya…

AAP ne bulaya… While not always tilting at windmills, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal continues his confrontation with the Centre, which he has accused of creating hurdles for his government and ruling the capital through “proxy”. While the battle with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has sort of subsided for the moment to a low simmer, […]

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13 July 2015 ~ Comments Off on CBI vs CBI

CBI vs CBI

The favoured one Old ties help. Gautam Sanyal, the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, who has just been elevated to principal secretary to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, has the old connection to thank for his promotion. The move has not surprised the Indian Administrative Service fraternity since Mr Sanyal enjoys enormous clout in […]

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06 July 2015 ~ Comments Off on Double relief

Double relief

Double relief After a long battle to come to the Centre on deputation, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, the whistleblower Indian Forest Service officer, was sent to All-India Institute of Medical Sciences as anti-corruption officer. But the Modi government removed him and sought to end his anti-corruption inquiries. Since then the officer has been seeking a permanent cadre […]

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23 June 2015 ~ Comments Off on “Missing” in action

“Missing” in action

“Missing” in action The government seems to have some babus on its rolls even when they have gone “missing”, in some cases for several years. According to sources, at least a dozen Indian Administrative Service officers across the country have vanished without leaving a trace, and yet no action has been taken due to appalling […]

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23 June 2015 ~ Comments Off on Babu versus babu

Babu versus babu

Babu versus babu The ongoing spat between Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has left the bureaucracy divided and turning on each other. Now a senior babu has complained to Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) against Mr Kejriwal’s secretary Rajender Kumar, accusing him of corruption. Ashish Joshi, who had a public […]

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19 May 2015 ~ Comments Off on Loyalty pays

Loyalty pays

Loyalty pays Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be comfortably ensconced at Race Course Road, but he has not taken his eyes off his home state Gujarat, where his writ clearly still runs. Though he brought a clutch of bureaucrats along with him when he moved to the Centre, there are still some ‘loyalist’ babus who […]

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13 May 2015 ~ Comments Off on Loyalty pass

Loyalty pass

Loyalty pass It’s now well known that it helps to watch carefully that one stays firmly in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s good books. Some ministers and their aides learnt this the hard way, when a few weeks ago, some lowly ministerial staffers attended the birthday bash of BJP leader and Mr Modi’s bête noire Sanjay […]

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13 May 2015 ~ Comments Off on Cautionary tales

Cautionary tales

Cautionary tales Beware of (ex) babus who, no longer restrained by service rules, pick up the pen and unburden their minds. Last month saw the release of a memoir by Promilla Shankar, former 1976-batch UP cadre IAS officer, who made national headlines before her retirement in 2012 when the then Mayawati government suspended her for […]

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27 April 2015 ~ Comments Off on Road to ignominy

Road to ignominy

Road to ignominy It’s not just Mumbai celebs who are privileged to get a privilege motion moved against them. A lowly babu, Bihar cadre IAS officer Sudhir Kumar, who is a member of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), appears to have rubbed parliamentarians the wrong way and also faces a privilege motion in […]

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