TSR Subramanian, who passed away recently, was the well-known former secretary in which department of India?
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Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha
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National Security Advisor
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C
Cabinet Secretary of India
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D
Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha
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Solution
The correct option is D Cabinet Secretary of India TSR Subramanian (79), the former Cabinet secretary of India, has passed away in New Delhi. He served as the cabinet secretary from 1996 to 1998. Subramanian worked hard to protect the bureaucracy from political interference. He was part of a group of bureaucrats that filed a PIL seeking directions from the Supreme Court for insulating bureaucracy from political interference following which the Supreme Court rolled out key civil services reforms in 2013. He was a 1961 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He also wrote several books on India and governance such as India at Turning Point: The Road to Good Governance, GovernMint In India: An Inside View and Journeys Through Babudom and Netaland: Governance in India.