Barkha Dutt speaks to Top Bureaucrat Anil Swarup in the 32nd episode of our podcast 'Inside Out with Barkha Dutt'.

Swarup talks about his interaction and 'disagreements' with PM Modi during the meetings, his life as an IAS officer, the 'coal scam', former CAG Vinod Rai, working under the govt of Manmohan Singh, the difference between Mayawati and Kalyan Singh, and much more.

Anil Swarup is an Indian author and retired Indian Administrative Service officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and 1981 batch. Swarup in his 38 years of career has served in various capacities and later went on to become the Secretary to the Government of India.

He has served in various key positions for both the Union Government and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, like as Education Secretary of India, Coal Secretary of India, Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat of India, Additional Secretary of Labour & Empowerment, Export Commissioner in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry of India and as the District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri during the Babri MasjidRam Janmabhoomi agitation under then chief ministership of Kalyan Singh.

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Chapters

00:00 Promo
1:02 First meet with PM Modi
7:28 What went wrong after Demonetisation?
10:41 Manmohan Singh not a great leader
13:55 Ministers don’t talk in meetings
15:54 PM made factually incorrect remarks from Red Fort
18:00 Manmohan Singh didn’t take the responsibility in Coal ‘Scam’
20:14 Former CAG Vinod Rai let down entire bureaucracy
24:51 Mayawati Vs Kalyan Singh
30:22 Babri Masjid Demolition
33:10 How Jayanthi Natrajan was sacked
36:46 Toughest phase as a bureaucrat
37:19 Anil Swarup on Education Mafia
42:07 Swarup on Judiciary and Election Commission
48:06 Use of Photocopy Machine
48:33 ‘Bharat Ratna moment’ of Swarup
51:09 Credits

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