The
post of Chief Secretary is not only enshrined in the Constitution as the sole
authority of the administration, but the person holding the post is also the
custodian of civil services of a State. In Haryana, the Chief Secretary used to
have an aura of strength. I have seen many Chief Secretaries in the State in
the last 34 years and most of them worked with dignity and authority.
July 15, 2016
Vadra land deal Dhesi under a cloud
When
Manohar Lal Khattar took over as the Chief Minister of Haryana on October 26,
2014, he did not have a slightest idea how to run the administration. Khattar
joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1977. He worked as a full-time pracharak
for 14 years before moving to the BJP in 1994. During 2000-2014, Khattar was
Organisational General Secretary of the BJP in Haryana.
School for scams
In case you are
wondering why mega public sector undertakings continue to make losses and
bleed, here’s why: Mismanagement and total lack of accountability from top to
bottom in the leadership chain.
One of the classic examples of such
mismanagement and sorry state of affairs is Metals and Minerals Trading
Corporation of India Ltd (MMTC), one of India’ top exporters, highest foreign
exchange earner and largest public sector trading giant, which has been accorded
the status of a Five Star Export House by the Government of India.
The war within
The war for parity between IAS and non-IAS officers of the Union Government is far from being over. In the last couple of weeks, it came very close for the non-IAS services to win parity with IAS. I am sure the bitter war of words on the social media and elsewhere will continue unabated despite, or as a consequence of, the Government’s decision to defer it for further examination.
Female power at NHAI’s Mathura toll plaza
To provide better commuting experience to
road users using the stretch and for generating employment for female
population residing in close vicinity of the Mathura toll plaza, the NHAI
concessionaire has employed only local girls as collectors of toll fees. The
Delhi-Agra toll project is 180 km in length and connects Delhi, the National
capital with the historical town of Agra and has prominent religious places/
towns like Mathura, Virindavan and Govardhan located en route.
Indian democracy’s underbelly
prime Minister Narendra
Modi prostrates before Delhi’s Parliament House, venerating it as ‘Temple of
Democracy’. At Capitol Hill in Washington DC, he uses the same superlative for
the US Congress: “This temple of democracy has encouraged and empowered other
democracies the world over… It manifests the spirit of this great nation…
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