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No, Minister: Subhash Chandra Garg's 2nd memoir mirrors tone of his first
A K Bhattacharya New Delhi
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No, Minister
Published by Juggernaut
424 pages ₹799
There are no government-mandated uniforms for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, but they must follow an unwritten dress code. A price has to be paid by those who don't. It may be a casual admonition or a serious charge. Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg recounts in this book two such instances from his 36-year-long service as an IAS officer from the Rajasthan cadre.
As a young officer, he once called on his senior wearing sneakers. Many years later, Mr Garg was gently admonished publicly by the same senior, who expressed
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