Dilip Cherian

In the past, customs authorities in India have detected a few cases of smuggling to and from China.

It is said that employee unions were still a roadblock to the divestment of Air India, slowing down the winding up process.

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

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

Apparently, the government decided to change the composition of the panel by including the additional secretary from the ministry.

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

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

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

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

In Yogi’s raj, babus can no longer afford to ignore the rules of governance.

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

Sources say that it is unlikely that Modi’s pet initiative will fructify before the new government is formed.

If indeed the government does present a full Budget, it won’t be the first time that the Modi sarkar has veered away from precedence.

The Modi Sarkar, also buffeted by the adverse Assembly election results, wants to move on from the Urijit Patel era without delay.

Surprisingly, until now there are no guidelines to handle complaints against the CVC, according to the Personnel Ministry.

Several retired bureaucrats seem to think so and have written to the CAG Rajiv Mehrishi expressing concerns over the delay.

The process to fill up the vacancies kick-started in the middle of the year but the appointments are yet to be made.

Both main parties, the BJP and the Congress are seeing ex-babus lining up to join their ranks.

The next bureaucrat in line to be designated the finance secretary is expenditure secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, a 1982-batch Manipur cadre officer.

However, sources say that Mr Ravi is likely to be the senior-most among Mr Doval’s deputies, being a 1976-batch IPS officer.