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Topic: Chief secretary

Behind Centre’s hurried recall of blue-eyed boy Sudhansh Pant, a chief secy vs CMO turf war

Sudhansh Pant’s abrupt recall to Centre comes after months of strife with the Rajasthan CMO, prompting Delhi to intervene. Pant is now secretary in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

‘The most powerful civil servant in UP’—why SP Goyal emerged as Yogi’s No. 1 choice for chief secy

Lucknow: On 19 May 2017, after returning from central deputation in Delhi, when SP Goyal was appointed Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, he...

I’m dark & a woman, that’s why I am who I am—Sarada Muraleedharan’s powerful exit from Kerala bureaucracy

A social media post she wrote before retiring as chief secy drew considerable response from ministers, politicians & bureaucracy. Even in sympathetic responses, she saw colourism creep in.

Idli, dosa & governance: Telangana IAS officers are getting insights from chief secy Rao, over breakfast

Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao has made it a point to meet his junior officers informally once a week to build rapport, mentor them & draw on their potential and views.

Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi gets one-year extension, Saini govt’s decision raises eyebrows

Rastogi will remain in office till end of June next. This means some other senior IAS officers will not be able to get the coveted post in Haryana.

K Ramakrishna Rao, the IAS officer behind every Telangana budget, is its new chief secretary

Rao has headed the state's finance dept since its formation in 2014. CM Revanth Reddy chose him for the post over another IAS officer Shashank Goel, who is a batch senior to him.

Chennai’s ‘metro man’ to one of Modi’s most trusted, TV Somanathan is more economist than generalist

Somanathan is an IAS officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre. He holds a PhD in economics. Most of his colleagues admit that an academic expert of his kind is rare in the civil services.

Kerala Chief Secretary confronts colour & gender bias after her tenure is ‘labelled black’

Sarada Muraleedharan also says her 7-month tenure has been a 'relentless parade' of comparisons with her husband, former chief secretary.

Why new chief secretary’s appointment may delay resolution of Haryana IAS seniority dispute

Anurag Rastogi’s appointment is in supersession of 2 officers of his batch placed above him in the cadre seniority list. The officers' seniority was disputed last yr by Rastogi & 2 others.

Haryana picks Anurag Rastogi as Chief Secretary, superseding 2 seniors. A look at seniority dispute

In Haryana IAS Officers Gradation list, Sudhir Rajpal and Sumita Misra stand at 1st and 2nd place, respectively, while Rastogi is third. All three are from the 1990 IAS batch.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.