Most Powerful Bureaucrats

5 Most Powerful Bureaucrats in India, 2011
Here is the final BoI (www.babusofindia.com) list of 5 Most Powerful Bureaucrats of India, 2011. Surprisingly, it’s not a PMO babu who is ranked top, but 1972 batch retired IAS Vinod Rai has been chosen as India’s most powerful bureaucrat, 2011. Rai, who took over as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in January 2008, has been a game-changer, forcing the government guessing what damning report comes next in this season of corruption scams. On certain occasions, Prime Minister himself took on Rai, but the CAG remained unperturbed and indirectly dragged in the PMO in Commonwealth Games fiasco.
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Who are 5 Most Powerful Indian Bureaucrats, 2011?


5 Most Powerful Bureaucrats in India, 2010
The final BoI (babusofindia.com) list of 5 Most Powerful Bureaucrats in India, 2010, is based on feedback from over 50 bureaucrats and politicians in corridors of power in Delhi and elsewhere. The list that BoI Team has prepared has three IAS, one IRS and one IFS officer. These bureaucrats, who wield tremendous power and have capacity to influence key government decisions, have derived their power not because of the posts they hold, but thanks to their proactive and at times controversial way of pushing matters ahead. In corridors of power, you can criticize each one of them for some decision or the other, but you can’t simply ignore any one of them. Welcome to the world of power babus.
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Who are 5 Most Powerful Indian Bureaucrats, 2010?


5 Most Powerful Bureaucrats in India, 2009
These 5 master bureaucrats have the power and ability to fix problems, manage crises, push agenda and get things done. Pulok Chatterji, who has personal equation with Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s family, topped the list of power bureaucrats. BoI Team was the first in August 2009 to anticipate that Chatterji who had a say in virtually every appointment of the government during Dr Manmohan Singh’s first innings, may soon come back to power pockets of Raisina Hill.
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Who are 5 Most Powerful Indian Bureaucrats, 2009?