COVER STORY: Usha Sangwan who has shattered a major glass ceiling by becoming the first woman Managing Director of the LIC speaks to Bureaucracy Today about her journey of rising to a position that for decades has been a male bastion. She also talks about her life’s philosophy, her work and the recent trends in the insurance sector of India.

IN FOCUS: Covering an area of 43.7 km square, the New Delhi Municipal Council has been providing basic civic amenities and various social, cultural, educational and medical facilities in the abode of members of the general public, ministers and bureaucrats. In a conversation with Bureaucracy Today, NDMC Secretary Chanchal Yadav, IAS, says why this Council is not another spoke in the wheel of India’s municipal corporations.



As we enter the New Year, our Cover Story in this edition brings to the readers glimpses of some bureaucrats who hogged the lime¬light in the year gone by for reasons as varied as cleaning a toilet, good looks, athletic feat, fight against human trafficking, slam¬ming Pakistan, innovative governance initiative and cheating in a UPSC exam.

The year 2017 has also been an eventful period for the Indian po¬litical corridors. The Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh were a matter of hot debate and immense speculations. In Himachal Pradesh, the “Vijay Rath” of the Shah and Modi brand of politics prevailed riding over the anti-incumbency wave against the Congress Government. In Gujarat, though the ruling BJP se¬cured the fourth consecutive term successfully, its victory came after much hard work by the top-line leadership. The election out¬come from Gujarat also suggests a possible backlash in the rural areas against the ruling dispensation. 

Besides, this edition of Bureaucracy Today also brings you dif¬ferent perspectives across the widespread sectors, including that of finance and investments. How the real estates, especially the residential property market and the logistics sector, fared in infra¬structure space, what are the promises made by emergent trends in technology which include Artificial Intelligence, automation and cloud computing, how gender justice and women empowerment could be ensured in a diverse society like that of India and how the Modi Government faced a consistent challenge on the economic front due to sticky inflation and an unimpressive job growth rate are the significant issues which BT covers with valuable insights. 

The end of the year 2017 is the perfect time to express my gratitude to all the BT readers for showering their love and consistent sup¬port. I wish you a very happy New Year 2018. May this year bring you lots of love, happiness and prosperity. May our bonds continue to grow like this for all the coming times.

The announcement of the $30 billion recapitalization package by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to revive the capital-starved Public Sector Banks has regenerated fresh hope amid the gloom caused by the recent Indian economic conundrum. While investors across the world welcomed the series of the reforms introduced by the Modi Government which include demonetization, the introduction of Goods and Services Tax and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and the launching of the digitalization drive, more specific actions were expected in order to face the mammoth challenge caused by the rising Non Performing Assets of PSBs. This edition of Bureaucracy Today brings you a comprehensive analysis of the rising NPA’s, and recap bonds and their possible implications for the Indian economy, especially those on the fiscal and external fronts.

Elections are considered to be the “carnival of democracy”. They are the principal mechanism of sustaining and regenerating national institutions. An independent electoral regime which can inspire confidence in the electorate is the sine qua non of the successful conduct of polls. Even a minute change in the electoral process should be introduced after careful deliberation since it will have a direct implication on the basic principles of democracy and the consequent institutional set-up. This edition of Bureaucracy Today brings you a detailed analysis of the idea of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. It looks best in the interest of Indians at its face value. It will not only ensure better political governance but also save the huge cost of economic and human resources involved in the current system of a staggered electoral battle. However, one should not get prompted to make any hasty decision as challenges in the implementation of the idea loom large. While the synchronization of election timings of the Lok Sabha and all the State Assemblies remains a key challenge, the question of the principle of federalism being tampered with hits the foundation stone of our democratic set-up. Debate, deliberation and discussion are the essence of a working democracy. Therefore, the approach of the current dispensation to protect the spirit of cooperative federalism must be based on a wide discussion across the political spectrum. Not just all the political parties but every other stakeholder should be taken into confidence and a consensus should evolve. Though every progressive idea in the interest of Indian democracy and governance is welcome, there should not be blind drum beating over a suggestion which is still in the nascent stage. Ultimately, there should not be any space for a temptation which can raise a question mark on the founding principles of Indian democracy.

Today, there are over 250 PSUs which employ about 1.39 million persons and generate 5 per cent of the total jobs in the organised sector of India. Though the State-owned behemoths have made a vital contribution in building a robust Indian economy, their role has now assumed a new dimension. Our Special Report in this edition reflects the changing role of the PSUs in the changing global market scenario. During the crucial period of 2008 when the nations across the globe were facing the economic meltdown crisis, it was the PSUs which played the key role in steering India’s economy in the right direction. However, there is no denying the fact that some PSUs have become white elephants and some are facing in-house challenges while there are others which have been facing stiff competition from private firms ever since the economy was liberalised in 1991. Nevertheless, we have ample reasons to believe and be confident about the ability of our public sector to operate in an open environment. Our PSUs have done extremely well and are now poised to grow even faster in the years to come. Over the years, the number of profit-making public sector enterprises has increased steadily. Those which were facing losses are also making a turnaround in a big way under the leadership of visionary professionals and are ready to face new challenges in an increasingly competitive world. Today, more and more PSUs are striving hard to become active global players. And one such PSU is ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited. Despite a slump in international crude oil prices, the OVL under the visionary administrative acumen of its CMD, NK Verma, recorded its highest ever production. In our Cover Story, the OVL CMD in an exclusive interview to Bureaucracy Today speaks about the company’s recent achievements, its future roadmap, the challenges ahead and the global energy scenario.

At a full house in the Sovereign-I Hall of the Le Meridien hotel in Lutyens’ Delhi on August 22, famous personalities and familiar faces from the corporate world and the corridors of power gathered for the BT-CSR Excellence Awards 2017 to celebrate the extraordinary CSR activities undertaken by India Inc which are transforming the lives of the weaker sections of society and making the country a better place to live in.  

As the NDA-II Government completed its three years in office recently, a Bureaucracy Today report shows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “shines on many fronts but dims on unemployment”.
 

All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats in the recent days.

Bureaucracy Today (BT) is proud to be a leader in governance readership and is a window for the corporate world as to what is happening in the government. The BT, an authoritative magazine has a circulation of 1.25 lakh and a readership of 6 lakh. BT readers are influential, affluent and politically powerful.
By virtue of its unrivalled capability in delivering influential readers comprehensively and reaching out to over 6.0 lakh affluent readers  from policy makers to entrepreneurs to top bureaucrats, PSU technocrats, to FIIs, diplomats, economists, CEOs, to small businessmen, stock investors and more, the Bureaucracy Today is one of Indias  most comprehensive and influential consumer platform. Notably, the Bureaucracy Today readers are responsible for more than 70% of the Indias GDP. Bureaucracy Today publishes highly valuable content in a unique format so that its reader may utilize and benefit from the distinctive and useful information related to India INC and the government.
Profiles and interviews of individual top corporate leaders, bureaucrats and PSU technocrats are presented in a manner that brings out and reveals the state of mind of the top industry leaders so that related stakeholder may benefit from such useful information published in Bureaucracy Today magazine.

COVER STORY: Among all the Modi men, there is one particular bureaucrat who, according to insiders, is the most influential and has the final say in all key postings in the Union Government. This fact has also been corroborated by the result of a poll survey recently conducted by the Bureaucracy Today website.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers, repatriations and extensions of services of bureaucrats in the recent days. 

POLICE WATCH: The Central Government is mulling a proposal under which IPS officers will have to specialise in a particular domain and undergo mandatory training before being promoted to a senior rank.

POPULAR PERCEPTION - BT POLL: HOW DO YOU RATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP OF CK MISHRA, SECRETARY, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE?...

All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers, repatriations and extensions of services of bureaucrats in the recent days. 

Union Health Secretary CK Mishra speaks about the increasing coordination between the Centre and the States in the recent times and also sheds light on other issues like making generic medicines available to people and the regulation of the private healthcare sector which are of top priority for his Ministry.

MINISTRY WATCH: Though the Government has plans to make India a fully digital country, it has not so far set up an independent authority to redress individual telecom complaints. The office of the TRAI is flooded with complaints of wrong billing, an indifferent or poor quality telecom service, and the non-provision of contracted services. The consumer is not motivated to take legal recourse due to time and cost constraints.

COVER STORY: Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh and Steel Secretary Aruna Sharma share how the Ministry is leading the sector to a fastpaced growth and striving to give it a massive makeover.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers, repatriations and extensions of services of bureaucrats in the recent days.

BT-Exclusive: Railways on a new track - Accelerating Investment - 409 railway stations under redevelopment.

COVER STORY: To realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of the Railways being a backbone and lifeline for India, the Railways has embarked on an ambitious mission to
redevelop over 400 railway stations which will have amenities on a par with those at modern airports.

IN FOCUS: Gap in Corporate Social Responsibility activities in India and the way forward.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats during the month of January 2017.

Bureaucracy Today (BT) is proud to be a leader in governance readership and is a window for the corporate world as to what is happening in the government. The BT, an authoritative magazine has a circulation of 1.25 lakh and a readership of 6 lakh. BT readers are influential, affluent and politically powerful.
By virtue of its unrivalled capability in delivering influential readers comprehensively and reaching out to over 6.0 lakh affluent readers  from policy makers to entrepreneurs to top bureaucrats, PSU technocrats, to FIIs, diplomats, economists, CEOs, to small businessmen, stock investors and more, the Bureaucracy Today is one of Indias  most comprehensive and influential consumer platform. Notably, the Bureaucracy Today readers are responsible for more than 70% of the Indias GDP. Bureaucracy Today publishes highly valuable content in a unique format so that its reader may utilize and benefit from the distinctive and useful information related to India INC and the government.
Profiles and interviews of individual top corporate leaders, bureaucrats and PSU technocrats are presented in a manner that brings out and reveals the state of mind of the top industry leaders so that related stakeholder may benefit from such useful information published in Bureaucracy Today magazine.
Each section is valuable and unique- The sections like Bureaucracy Scan provide crisp information about the latest and impending transfers and movement of important bureaucrats, technocrats in India and the world. Sections like Executive Digest, PSU market watch, Corporate Watch, State Watch, District Watch and The Bank, provides functional and exclusive content to its readers.

The Newsmaker Bureaucrats -  Whether it was for their love lives, winning sporting events, scaling peaks or for all the wrong reasons like abetting suicide or facing I-T raids, the year 2016 saw those in the corridors of power stealing the spotlight which had otherwise been hogged by politicians and their shenanigans.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats during the month of December 2016.

Viewpoint: Impending oil shock – expedite subsidy reforms.

COVER STORY: At a time when diplomats and analysts across the globe are speculating about what lies ahead for India-US ties under the newly elected American President, Donald Trump, the USAID Mission Director to India, Ambassador Jonathan Addleton, in an exclusive interaction with Bureaucracy Today expresses optimism on an accelerating relationship between the two nations in the years to come.

IN FOCUS: According to the Central Soil Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradun, India is losing 5,334 million tonnes of soil every year due to its erosion because of the indiscreet and excess use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years. On an average 16.4 tonnes of fertile soil is lost every year per
hectare.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats during the month of December 2016.

Demonetisation is it a crackdown or creation of new lords of black money hoarders? and more...

The Man behind The Crackdown on Black Money - How IRS officer DP Singh hunted the treasurers of illicit money!

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats during the month of October 2016.

SPOTLIGHT: Ever since the Seventh Central Pay Commission Report has been rolled out, the debate over IAS supremacy over the non-IAS service has further intensified. Displaying displeasure over the career benefits enjoyed by IAS officers, the IPS Officers’ Association has urged the Government to end disparity against all non-IAS officers serving the nation.

About Bureaucracy Today (BT) Magazine :
Bureaucracy Today (BT) is proud to be a leader in governance readership and is a ‘window for the corporate world’ as to what is happening in the government. The BT, an authoritative magazine has a circulation of 1.25 lakh and a readership of 6 lakh. BT readers are influential, affluent and politically powerful.

By virtue of its unrivalled capability in delivering influential readers comprehensively and reaching out to over 6.0 lakh affluent readers – from policy makers to entrepreneurs to top bureaucrats, PSU technocrats, to FIIs, diplomats, economists, CEOs, to small businessmen, stock investors and more, the Bureaucracy Today is one of India’s  most comprehensive and influential consumer platform. Notably, the Bureaucracy Today readers are responsible for more than 70% of the India’s GDP. Bureaucracy Today publishes highly valuable content in a unique format so that its reader may utilize and benefit from the distinctive and useful information related to India INC and the government.

Profiles and interviews of individual top corporate leaders, bureaucrats and PSU technocrats are presented in a manner that brings out and reveals the state of mind of the top industry leaders so that related stakeholder may benefit from such useful information published in Bureaucracy Today magazine.
Each section is valuable and unique- The sections like Bureaucracy Scan provide crisp information about the latest and impending transfers and movement of important bureaucrats, technocrats in India and the world. Sections like Executive Digest, PSU market watch, Corporate Watch, State Watch, District Watch and The Bank, provides functional and exclusive content to its readers.

About Bureaucracy Today (BT) Magazine : Bureaucracy Today (BT) is proud to be a leader in governance readership and is a ‘window for the corporate world’ as to what is happening in the government. The BT, an authoritative magazine has a circulation of 1.25 lakh and a readership of 6 lakh. BT readers are influential, affluent and politically powerful.

Putting India on World telecom stage - BT-Exclusive Interview.

COVER STORY: In an exclusive interview to Bureaucracy Today, Telecom Secretary JS Deepak speaks at length on varied issues concerning the TRAI and the proposed spectrum auction. He also reflects on what is ailing the telecom PSUs – the BSNL and the MTNL.

IN FOCUS: Contrary to common perception, naming projects is a well-researched and executed exercise. Most leading developers invest a great deal of psychology and marketing thought in this process. The aim usually is to best convey the value proposition and market positioning of the project in one or a few words.

SPECIAL REPORT: In a report released recently a US think-tank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has pointed out that the Indian bureaucracy is facing a number of serious challenges — from diminishing human capital to political interference — and that, if left unaddressed, will lead to further institutional decline.

Wake up call to PMO - What is going wrong with PSUs?.

Special report - Coal scam trial - Of legal quagmire and an honest bureaucrat.

UP polls 2017 - After the Congress roadshow...

YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS MEET - When young SAARC MPs met in Pak to discuss peace.

Modi’s ‘Make in India’ & What is going wrong  with PSUs?

COVER STORY: Despite the Indian Government’s move to ease the bidding norms, analysts  and industry do not seem to be much optimistic about the next month’s spectrum auction.

STATE WATCH: In Uttarakhand, bureaucrats call the shots even after their retirement. It seems they simply don’t retire but make transition from one job to another.

MARKET WATCH: The curious case of Indian startup ecosystem.

SPOTLIGHT: Experts feel that crime victims in India are generally ignored in the justice system which leads to their secondary victimization in the whole process. Although there are many NGOs and groups which help victims to cope with the aftermath of criminal incidents, there is no law in India which caters to their rights.

COVER STORY: At a full house in the Ball Room of the Shangri-La’s Eros hotel in Lutyens’ Delhi on July 14, famous personalities and familiar faces from the corporate world and the corridors of power gathered for the first edition of the BT-CSR Excellence Awards 2016 to celebrate the extraordinary CSR activities undertaken by India Inc which are transforming the lives of the weaker sections of society and making the country a better place to live in.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats during the month of July 2016.

COVER STORY: In an interview to Bureaucracy Today, TRAI Chairman Ram Sewak Sharma says the telecom regulator needs powers to ensure consumer protection.

BUREAUCRACY SCAN: All you wanted to know about the appointments, transfers and extensions of services of bureaucrats during the month of July 2016.

SPECIAL REPORT: Globalisation has certainly enhanced international trade, increased capital flows, given access to latest technologies and innovations, promoted greater movement of labour and expertise, spurred economic development and improved the standards of living but it has its own cost and sometime very severe.

By virtue of its unrivalled capability in delivering influential readers comprehensively and reaching out to over 6.0 lakh affluent readers  from policy makers to entrepreneurs to top bureaucrats, PSU technocrats, to FIIs, diplomats, economists, CEOs, to small businessmen, stock investors and more, the Bureaucracy Today is one of Indias  most comprehensive and influential consumer platform. Notably, the Bureaucracy Today readers are responsible for more than 70% of the Indias GDP. Bureaucracy Today publishes highly valuable content in a unique format so that its reader may utilize and benefit from the distinctive and useful information related to India INC and the government.
Profiles and interviews of individual top corporate leaders, bureaucrats and PSU technocrats are presented in a manner that brings out and reveals the state of mind of the top industry leaders so that related stakeholder may benefit from such useful information published in Bureaucracy Today magazine.
Each section is valuable and unique- The sections like Bureaucracy Scan provide crisp information about the latest and impending transfers and movement of important bureaucrats, technocrats in India and the world. Sections like Executive Digest, PSU market watch, Corporate Watch, State Watch, District Watch and The Bank, provides functional and exclusive content to its readers.

EXCLUSIVE BT-INVESTIGATION

Coal Min– CVC Nexus bleeds BCCL & ECL

COVER STORY: Bureaucracy Today unravels how dirty games are being played by vested interests in the Coal Ministry with hands in glove with the CVC to get its blue-eyed  boys appointed to key positions in PSUs. The magazine exposed how on the one hand the Ministry and the Government watchdog by tweaking rules sabotaged the  appointment of the ECL CMD, and on the other, the same lobby pitched for a convict to head the BCCL. 

MINISTRY WATCH: The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises is playing a pivotal role owing to its intense integration with other industry segments. But with relatively high investment costs, long gestation periods, rigid entry and exit policies and the lack of an appropriate transportation system in the heavy industry sector, the Ministry has its fair share of challenges as well.

BUREAUCRAT OF THE MONTH: In 2015, moved by the sight of children walking barefoot to school in the Jalore district of Rajasthan, the then Collector, Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni,assumed his responsibility to provide them with shoes. This one small act of Dr Soni led to an initiation of the Charan Paduka Scheme in his borough under which 30,000 underprivileged school-going children were donated shoes.

Dealing with the agricultural crisis needs much more than knee-jerk reaction. It needs comprehensive long term efforts to replenish groundwater levels and major plans to reduce Indian agriculture’s dependence on the monsoon by strengthening irrigation facilities,  At a time when the Government is focusing on indigenous defence production to make India self-reliant in the area of security, the State-owned premier warship building yard, Mazagon Dock Limited, is playing a pivotal role in transforming the warfare strength of the Navy..

With a view to exploring partnership between ottawa and Indian cities, the Mayor of the Canadian capital Jim Watson recently led a business delegation to Delhi, In a conversation with Bureaucracy today Watson talks about how authorities of Indian cities and Ottawa can work together...

State PSUs proving white elephants - Irregularities and non-performance of the State PSUs have caused a loss of thousands of crores of rupees to the exchequer, says a recent CAG report.

Indicating a bleak scenario of State public sector undertakings, the CAG in its latest report has rapped the Governments of Bihar, UP, AP, Telangana, Punjab and Haryana for their “pathetic” condition.

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December 16 2016

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About Bureaucracy Today (BT) Magazine :
Bureaucracy Today (BT) is proud to be a leader in governance readership and is a ‘window for the corporate world’ as to what is happening in the government. The BT, an authoritative magazine has a circulation of 1.25 lakh and a readership of 6 lakh. BT readers are influential, affluent and politically powerful.

By virtue of its unrivalled capability in delivering influential readers comprehensively and reaching out to over 6.0 lakh affluent readers – from policy makers to entrepreneurs to top bureaucrats, PSU technocrats, to FIIs, diplomats, economists, CEOs, to small businessmen, stock investors and more, the Bureaucracy Today is one of India’s  most comprehensive and influential consumer platform. Notably, the Bureaucracy Today readers are responsible for more than 70% of the India’s GDP. Bureaucracy Today publishes highly valuable content in a unique format so that its reader may utilize and benefit from the distinctive and useful information related to India INC and the government.

Profiles and interviews of individual top corporate leaders, bureaucrats and PSU technocrats are presented in a manner that brings out and reveals the state of mind of the top industry leaders so that related stakeholder may benefit from such useful information published in Bureaucracy Today magazine.
Each section is valuable and unique- The sections like Bureaucracy Scan provide crisp information about the latest and impending transfers and movement of important bureaucrats, technocrats in India and the world. Sections like Executive Digest, PSU market watch, Corporate Watch, State Watch, District Watch and The Bank, provides functional and exclusive content to its readers.

BT is a must read for senior corporate executives (CMDs, CEOs, COOs, Directors, Presidents and senior VPs), lobbyists, diplomats, students and more who are interested in the government affairs. Bureaucracy Today (BT) is a must read for senior corporate executives as it is a ‘window’ for the corporate world as to what is happening in the government.

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