The irony with PC Alexander was that when Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980, she handpicked him as Principal Secretary and he became her political adviser, conscience keeper and administrative trouble-shooter.
PN Haksar emerged as Indira Gandhi's ideological beacon and moral compass, playing a pivotal role in ‘Garibi Hatao’ and transformed her image from a 'goongi gudiya' to an 'Iron Lady'.
It’s ironic that the PMO, often accused of giving India a de facto presidential form of governance, was created by one of the most consultative prime ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri.
IAS officer who served as coal secretary says Sharma’s ‘persuasive skills were such that even principal secretary to PM started pushing me (Swarup) to decide in favour of the industrialist’.
Panel's primary task is to offer recommendations for restructuring & redefining DRDO's role, as well as ways to recruit & retain high-quality manpower, and rationalise number of laboratories.
Gehlot claimed slot for him to speak was scrapped from programme, PMO denies, says CM was invited & speech was scheduled. Modi inaugurated slew of projects in poll-bound state's Sikar.
Central to Patel's mimicry of being a high-powered government official is sharing development projects in Kashmir, while also co-opting signs of nationalism like Indian flag.
Shesh Paul Vaid takes to Twitter to say that official correspondence is required to provide security to visiting officials which didn’t happen in Patel’s case.
Trust is neither intended to be or owned, controlled or substantially financed by any government & its instruments, PMO asserts. Rules out RTI Act's mandate over the fund.
Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
An anecdote about Shri S K Mishra. When there was a change of CM, the new person told him, Suna hai aap previous CM ke bahut kareeb thay. He replied with a smile, Aap bataiye, aap ke liye kya kar sakte hain.
An anecdote about Shri S K Mishra. When there was a change of CM, the new person told him, Suna hai aap previous CM ke bahut kareeb thay. He replied with a smile, Aap bataiye, aap ke liye kya kar sakte hain.