TY - BOOK AU - B. K. Chaturvedi TI - Challenges of governance: an insider's view SN - 9789353334505 U1 - 320.6 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Rupa KW - Civil service India Biography; India Officials and employees Biography; Public administration N1 - index N2 - Challenges of governance traces the long and remarkable journey of B.K. Chaturvedi, from the hinterlands of utter Pradesh where he grew up, to the heady days when he became cabinet Secretary and, thereafter, member of the erstwhile planning Commission. This memoir gives a ringside view of the political situation of the times—the contentious issues, watershed moments, inside stories—along with his own experiences and honest Confessions. It analyses the challenges of the decision-making process in a coalition government, the pulls and pressures faced by the Civil Service and how complex issues were finally resolved. ER -