‘I think it’s a very important duty of any civil servant to see if something is conducive to the national interest, or is it only serving the political interest,' said Subhash Chandra Garg.
In ‘No, Minister’, Subhash Chandra Garg pulls the curtain back on how the finance secretary’s office functions and his interactions with politicians across the spectrum.
He also noted the 15th Finance Commission cut Karnataka’s share in central taxes ‘too drastically’, much more than other similar-performing southern states.
Subhash Chandra Garg, who had taken voluntary retirement last year, said Nirmala Sitharaman's first budget lacked major reforms, and was all praise for Arun Jaitley.
Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said a faulty lockdown strategy and an ineffective stimulus have adversely impacted economic recovery. Read his blog here.
Subhash Chandra Garg says real fiscal deficit could reach 5% of GDP after including off-budget liabilities, so there’s no space for an expansionary budget.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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