Know more about new UPSC member Dr TCA Anant

Dr TCA Anant, former chief statistician of India and ex-secretary in the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, took the oath as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in New Delhi on Monday. A PhD from Cornell University and masters in economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Anant served as professor at Delhi School of Economics for more than a decade before…

Can a few bureaucrats make India story as attractive as it used to be?

Ex-IAS VS Gopalakrishnan's creation, Mohenjodaro

THE moment India’s fourth quarter GDP dropped to the level of shocking 5.3 percent, the policy-makers finally woke up. It was the worst nightmare as many UPA bigwigs refused to buy the theory of policy paralysis dismissing it as a media creation. But numbers can’t lie. The panic button was already pressed.

If the serial events of the last few days have anything to go by, a few bureaucrats at the level of secretaries have virtually been entrusted the daunting task of ending “policy paralysis” and stop a further slide to the growth numbers. Who are those bureaucrats, and whether…