Groups Of Ministers
Back to business: From Amit Shah to Ashwini Vaishnaw, ministers take charge
A few ministers took charge after paying obeisance to Ganesha, while others plunged straight into business, familiar with the ministries they had headed
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Bihar govt asks ministers' secys not to interfere in working of depts
The Bihar government has advised private secretaries of state ministers, other than those picked up from the administrative services, not to meddle in the functioning of the departments concerned. In a missive on Friday, Bihar Chief Secretary Amir Subhani asked all the additional chief secretaries of the departments to ensure that such private secretaries refrain from correspondence or oral communication with department officials and confine themselves to "non-government" functions of the minister. "In the absence of any clear-cut guidelines pertaining to the work allocation/distribution among private secretaries (administrative services) and private secretaries (private) of ministers, it is becoming difficult to define their roles in the day to day functioning. "Therefore, after a detailed deliberation, it has been decided that private secretaries (administrative services) will do all inter-departmental communications on behalf of the concerned minister/ department on the direction
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India's $2-billion online gaming industry jolted by taxing times
The $2 billion online gaming industry in India, while grappling with these issues, the online gaming industry should be treated as entertainment and not gambling, as it comes under the games of skill
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GoMs come back, in informal avatar
The concept was by the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government (1998-2004) It was consolidated by the Manmohan Singh governments (2004-14)
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