Dilip Cherian

Mar 31, 2010

Dilip Cherian

Hard worries

There is an air of gloom in the ministry of external affairs.

Under a cloud
These are clearly not happy days for the public sector Nalco. Apart from coming under fire from the now-feared Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for what has been termed “governance deficit”, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has been looking at the company. Nalco has now lost its acting chairman and managing director B.L. Bagra who, like his predecessor, A.K. Srivastava, went out under a cloud of bribery allegations.

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A morality tale

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Ancien regime?

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MEA acts firm
Despite intense opposition from the mighty IAS lobby, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) is likely to have its way in creating a new post of secretary (public affairs). Apparently, the IAS lobby, including Cabinet secretary Ajit Seth, believes that the MEA, with five secretaries, does not need another secretary-level post. Yet, another post is in the making for which the MEA mandarins found strong backing from external affairs minister S.M. Krishna who has been pushing the idea of another secretary, despite resistance from Mr Seth and others.