Dilip Cherian

Mar 31, 2010
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Dilip Cherian

Boom time for IPS

March 07 : The Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have long vied for parity with their Indian Administrative Service (IAS) counterparts and the inter-service rivalry is one of the long-running battles in Indian babudom. However, the police babus may

Govt’s move under scanner

Feb 28 : Most of the goings-on in the corridors of babudom are cloaked in a shield of secrecy. That’s just one reason why even a routine official announcement is regarded with suspicion by the public. But sometimes, the government acts almost obviously in a way that invites suspicion.

Breaking tradition?

Feb 21 : The focus in recent gubernatorial appointments has inevitably been on M.K. Narayanan’s move to Kolkata. But smart observers point out that this is not the only "controversial" appointment of governors. The announcement of former defence

Pushing green

Feb 14 : While the government is doing its best to promote use of green energy, it is finding it difficult to push environment-friendly technologies and use of alternative sources of energy in its backyard. Although the ministry of new and renewable energy has

UPSC flexes its muscles

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), responsible for recruiting manpower for government departments and taking decisions on postings, deputations, promotions as well as transfers on deputation, has decided to take up its job more seriously. As a result, it has now asked more than 70 Central government departments to rectify the shortcomings they are facing on granting promotions, nudging them to move on the fast track.

Planning a makeover

Jun 28 : One of the tasks awaiting the new government is restructuring of the Planning Commission at levels below the members. With Montek Singh Ahluwalia back in the saddle and some serious new talent in place, a similar exercise is expected at other levels. It’s inexplicable, of course, why other top-level talent, like the gifted Nandan Nilekani of Infosys, could not be "persuaded" to join. Perhaps it’s best to get global quality people from the outside into more hands-on jobs. After all, advisory roles like those at Yojana Bhavan, only appeal to the purely intellectually driven.

Putting an austere ring around paucity of ideas

Oct 03 : Hypocrisy has a definite place in public life, as seen in the rediscovery of the virtues of austerity by the government. The political class is making a huge noise about this and odious comparisons are being made with babus. Of course, our political leaders have immediately taken a cue from the highest quarters in the land and embraced the new mantra, though as we saw in some highly-publicised instances, extremely reluctantly.

Natural reforms

Sep 13 : A year after an expert panel’s submitted recommendations for reforms in the coal sector, the government has finally decided to set up a regulator along the lines of ones in the insurance and telecom sectors. Instituting an independent regulator was a key recommendation, among others, of the K.S. Parikh panel set up by the Prime Minister’s Office. At the time, sources say, the report had met with some resistance from coal ministry babus and, of course, the Left parties. But with the Left out of the picture, the government now is clearly more confident of liberalising the coal sector. The ministry has apparently approved the decision and a bill is being introduced in Parliament very soon.

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