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    Could it be that there are many more attractive alternative career paths available now that are more rewarding financially and career-wise than what the civil service can offer to our brightest?Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream...

    For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing

    7 Jan 2021 4:15 AM IST

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    Govt's lateral entry move fails as babus protect turf

    Until 2014, the chairmanship of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was held by dairy professionals

    31 Dec 2020 4:42 AM IST

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    Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool...

    Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government

    23 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

    The Delhi Gymkhana Club. Photo: delhigymkhana.org.inOpinion
    Dilip Cherian | Gymkhana divided on suspension of ex-babu

    Its elections are a hotly contested affair, often leading to accusations of use of 'illegal' and 'unlawful' means...

    17 Dec 2020 8:56 AM IST

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    Dilip Cherian | Babus angered by Haryana IAS cadre post appointments

    Haryana IAS officer and well-known whistleblower Ashok Khemka has entered the fray with his take on the issue

    9 Dec 2020 8:01 PM IST

    Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel (Twitter)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Caste fraud stench in Chhattisgarh secretariat

    According to Baghel's instruction, all government servants whose caste certificates are false will be immediately...

    3 Dec 2020 9:04 AM IST

    Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Who's afraid of Nitin Gadkari?

    It is indeed rare for the political executive to haul up the bureaucracy in the manner that Gadkari did

    25 Nov 2020 2:02 AM IST

    Border Security Force Personnel (BSF) stand guard in a motor launch. (PTI)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in...

    A year after the change in the status of J&K and Ladakh, there is an acute shortage of IAS, IPS and other all-India...

    19 Nov 2020 5:42 PM IST

    Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gestures to the media after a meeting with the party MLAs at his residence in Jaipur. PTIOpinion
    Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu

    Until the last working day of outgoing chief secretary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot government hoped to push for a tenure...

    11 Nov 2020 11:19 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before announcing the Budget 2019.Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021

    Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of...

    4 Nov 2020 3:47 PM IST

    CM Manohar Lal Khattar being greeted by then Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi in 2019. (Twitter/@cmohry)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | Dhesi, Khattar's favourite, gets a second innings

    It is likely that Dhesi will become another power centre in the CMO, with all important files meant for Khattar being...

    29 Oct 2020 9:58 AM IST

    Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)Opinion
    Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during...

    Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?

    22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM IST

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