NOT JUST A CIVIL SERVANTAnil SwarupUnicorn Books200 pages` 499AdvertisingIf not in ideology, at least in proximity, bureaucrats are the category of individuals closest to the power centres in the government. So when a recently-retired top bureaucrat decides to pen his memoir, expectations run high: Anil Swarup, who retired last year as Secretary, School Education, was also Coal Secretary under the NDA government. And after spending 38 years in the civil service, Swarup has written about his experience of serving under different political dispensations. He suggested removal of Anita Karwal to contain the fallout…”AdvertisingAt this stage, Swarup stepped in and offered to address the infuriated media as Secretary. The then Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh, again, not named) who in his role as Coal Minister had approved the proposals to allocate the coal blocks conveniently dissociated himself from the process.

Source: Indian Express April 19, 2019 18:41 UTC