It has become an annual ritual. Come April 21, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the bloated Indian bureaucracy to celebrate the Civil Services Day. Young IAS, IPS officers and their rather cynical seniors will be lectured on the need for a corruption free, meritorious and politically neutral bureaucracy. Read more

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Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akhilesh Yadav, Civil Services Day, hindustan times, inside story, Mamta Bannerjee, Mayawati, news, PK Mehta, PMO, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Shashank Shekhar Singh, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, Sumedh Singh Saini, TMC
For the record, the cancellation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s high profile official visit to Nepal and Myanmar next week was due to domestic compulsions or what has been described as economic and budgetary issues back in Beijing. Read more

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Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm
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