Corporate espionage: NSA's Ajit Doval sounded alarm in Dec, met ministers with sensitive chargesSources said, this was just the beginning of the probe and it was likely to go up to senior level to include some bureaucrats of the rank o...
21 Feb, 2015, 12.41 PM IST
I&B ministry to hold media 'pathshala' for babus to bridge information gap between media & governmentWith PM Narendra Modi being an avid social media user, the workshop is also likely to dwell on its use to communicate directly with the pub...
31 Jan, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Busy day for government officials on Good Governance DayIt was a busy day at work for many bureaucrats in the Capital on Christmas Day as several ministries held events to mark Good Governance Da...
26 Dec, 2014, 06.35 AM IST
Majority of independent directors at PSUs are ex-bureaucratsA majority of seats are now occupied by ex-babus and retired PSU execs with hardly a leading light from the pvt sector joining these boards.
30 Aug, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Supreme Court judgment on coal scam offers Manmohan Singh some consolationThe import is that the Coal Mines Natoinalisation Act of 1973 has to be scrapped, so as to introduce competitive coal mining.
27 Aug, 2014, 05.54 PM IST
Government officials wary of asset declaration circularThousands of government officials have to declare assets owned by each member of their family in line with a government circular.
22 Aug, 2014, 05.52 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi serious about engineering changes in India's babudomIt will be tough for the new govt to break the policy logjam seen in UPA-II unless top bureaucrats make a conscious choice to take risks.
08 Jun, 2014, 08.30 AM IST
Top bureaucrats to meet PM Narendra Modi today, they will get 10 minutes to give 10-slide presentationsPrime Minister Narendra Modi will meet secretaries of all departments on Tuesday and get a briefing on the various sectors.
03 Jun, 2014, 10.41 AM IST
CBI yet to zero in on evidence against coal ministry babusCBI is yet to zero in on any evidence against public servants who were part of a screening committee which cleared the Nav Bharat Power Pvt...
10 Mar, 2014, 08.48 PM IST
Reviving economy: PM’s rescue mission salvages 125 projects worth Rs 4 lakh croreEnthused by govt’s intent, promoters of nearly 280 other projects worth Rs 15.50 lakh cr have queued up for CCI's intervention.
03 Jan, 2014, 10.38 AM IST
CBI FIR undermines efforts to revive economy; babus too scared to take decisionsThe CBI FIR on coalgate threatens to derail efforts to push through approvals holding up more than 250 projects worth Rs 12.5 lakh cr, or 2...
21 Oct, 2013, 07.01 AM IST
Sack those who hold up projectsMany large highway and road projects are held up because of petty disputes that hold up completion of short stretches.
05 Sep, 2013, 08.32 AM IST
PM must get other ministries to help finance ministry for growth revivaltackling the country’s economic problems at a time of global crisis cannot be the job of just a single ministry or department.
30 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Coal India deserves to be broken up, not to be divestedBuyback of shares would attract a capital gains tax, so it is best to relieve the company of its surplus funds as special dividends.
08 May, 2013, 08.03 AM IST
Vivek Rae wants early nod for pending oil and gas exploration issuesVivek Rae has asked bureaucrats in the oil ministry to clear numerous pending issues about oil and gas exploration by May end or face actio...
29 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Economic Survey 2013 is lucid, bereft of brainwaves
The pre-Budget Economic Survey tells a story of self-inflicted economic pain, while being optimistic on growth reviving in the next fiscal.
28 Feb, 2013, 04.25 AM IST
- Transfer public enterprise ownership
There would be two kinds of gains, both substantial. One, the opportunity to make money that public enterprises gift netas and babus on a p...
18 Jan, 2011, 06.41 AM IST