Breaking Barriers: the Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary- “Breaking Barriers: the Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary,” written by former IAS officer Kaki Madhava Rao, covers a knowledge gap about micropolicies and governance while also addressing specifics about the dynamics of the civil service on the ground. The book is published by Emesco Books Private Limited. K Madhava Rao is a 1962 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who retired as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh (AP). He was born in Pedamaddali village of Krishna district, AP in 1939. He also served in the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) as a Director and as a member of a sub-committee, the Board for Financial Supervision.
January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
The essence of the book:
The essence of the book is best encapsulated in the first chapter, “Village Days.” Chapters 2,3,4, and 5 are full of details on his exposure to the national stage, a different world from rural Andhra Pradesh. The account here is of how a provincial young man matures into an adult in the world at large.
The socio-political dimensions of administration, notably at the state and decentralised levels, are widely covered in Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9. The pulls and pressures, politics and economics, formal and informal aspects of the administration, are all captured here. Chapters 10 and 11 deal with the political economy of the country in which politics and economics overlap significantly. NT Rama Rao, N Chandrababu Naidu, Chenna Reddy, Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, N Janardhan Reddy, and other influential figures are among those who are mentioned in these exchanges.
