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    Ashok Khemka is a 1991-batch-IAS officer, who has been transferred over 45 times during his nearly three decade long career. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Moral victory for Khemka

    However, the babu has finally managed to score yet another moral victory, this time over the Manohar Lal Khattar...

    24 March 2019 12:15 AM IST

    Several IAS officers feel that the move is a clear attempt to attack the autonomy of UPSC which conducts the examination.Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Tapping new talent

    The slow progress, say our sources, is due to the need to carefully shepherd the policy through the thicket of babu...

    17 March 2019 5:59 AM IST

    The direction from the Ministry of Home Affairs comes as a follow up to a 2009 notification. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Who will bell the cat?

    The recalcitrant babus will of course fall in line in due course, but clearly it is one task that they undertake most...

    10 March 2019 12:08 AM IST

    West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a sit-in in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Endless wait

    It is rare to put such senior officers under an inordinately long wait.

    3 March 2019 12:43 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: SC on excessive babu bias'

    According to the directions, states are required to inform the UPSC of an arising vacancy three months prior to the...

    24 Feb 2019 12:16 AM IST

    Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar GangwarOpinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Mixed-up confusion!

    The report requires the NSC's approval after which the NSSO is supposed to make it public.

    17 Feb 2019 7:26 AM IST

    Niti Aayog had earlier proposed doing away with the distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure.Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: A new Niti Aayog?

    The think tank does not have powers to allocate funds and can only make recommendations to the government.

    10 Feb 2019 1:20 AM IST

    Jitendra SinghOpinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala's babu problem

    A case of breach of official decorum and misconduct of Mr Sanjiv Kumar, IRPS, has been brought to the notice of the...

    3 Feb 2019 12:49 AM IST

    Shah Faesal said he received both abuse and adulation over his decision to quit the government service but he had totally expected this. (Photo: Facebook | Shah Faesal)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Selecting the CIC

    Faesal had emerged as a youth icon in the state after he topped the UPSC exam in 2010.

    27 Jan 2019 2:47 AM IST

    Niti Aayog had earlier proposed doing away with the distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure.Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: No hurry to reform

    Health being a state subject, the government is awaiting the views of the states to the proposal.

    20 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi AdityanathOpinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Governance deficit

    A parliamentary standing committee expressed serious concerns over the persistent shortage of officers.

    13 Jan 2019 12:37 AM IST

    Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Dilli Ka Babu: Surveillance state?

    The Centre's new cadre allocation policy has created resentment among the recruits in the IAS, IPS and IFS services.

    6 Jan 2019 8:13 AM IST

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