The Common Central Secretariat, also known as Kartavya Bhavan, which houses several ministries, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2025.
The reason that India hasn’t grown at the speed of South Korea, China or Vietnam is because the machinery of the government still holds on to the ‘commanding heights’.
TV Somanathan has acquired the reputation of being a civil servant who could work with leaders of different political parties with equal ease and effectiveness.
In his book 'Encounters with Politicians', Swarup writes about Modi's 'free' communication with officers 'freezing' post demonetisation & Manmohan Singh's helplessness against his ministers.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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