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Governance & Admin

Governance and public administration in India encompasses civil service reform, digital government delivery, and decentralisation through Panchayati Raj institutions. Key ministries include the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Ministry of Electronics & IT, and the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances. Current policy direction focuses on Minimum Government Maximum Governance, Mission Karmayogi for civil service capacity building, and expanding the Digital India stack for citizen service delivery.

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Bharat Pulse · Enterprise intelligence · 17 September 2026

Executive Agenda

Policy developments translated into commercial implications, decisions and practical next steps.

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Bharat Pulse · TLGS Research · 2026-09-15

Research for this sector

Official-source facts and TLGS perspectives, separated by status. An announced project is not an open bid; consultancy fees are distinct from the value of the underlying project.

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Prepared research edition. Advertised notices require current issuer, corrigendum and award-status checks. This is not an exhaustive live procurement feed or a statement that TLGS is retained on these projects.

Selected mandate · National policy

GST, digital mobility & the platform economy

A major TLGS policy mandate addressing the GST treatment of electronic commerce operators in passenger mobility: statutory research, a conduct-based clarification proposal, fiscal safeguards and coordinated Union–State policy engagement.

Ongoing policy engagement — clarification sought

Selected mandate · SBL / EMWA

Resolving an industrial supply-chain bottleneck.

A completed TLGS mandate for Special Blasts Limited and SBL Energy Limited, representing affected EMWA members on an ammonium nitrate port-handling issue with consequences for mining, power, steel, cement and infrastructure supply chains.

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Sector experience · TLGS Our Work

From sector knowledge to practical action.

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Air Marshal Naresh Verma, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)

Former Director General (Administration), Indian Air Force; former Member, Armed Forces Tribunal

Director & Executive President

Policy, Regulatory, Legal, Strategic Affairs & Institutional Relations

Decorated Indian Air Force leader with experience across defence administration, military justice, aviation and institutional governance.

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Shri Parag Gupta, IAS (Retd.)

Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha; former Adviser, NITI Aayog

Distinguished Policy Principal

Public Policy, Infrastructure, Institutional Governance & Regulatory Strategy

Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha, and former Adviser, NITI Aayog, with a public-policy and infrastructure background.

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Shri Navneet Goel, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.)

Former Principal Chief Commissioner, Customs & CGSTIRS (C&IT), 1989 batch · Former Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority

Principal GST Technical Advisor

GST, Indirect Tax & Fiscal Policy

Former Principal Chief Commissioner, Customs & CGST; IRS (C&IT), 1989 batch. His experience spans tax administration, GST intelligence, anti-profiteering and capacity building.

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Shri Manohar Kumar Garg

Former Deputy Advocate General, State of Punjab

Director & Group Principal

Dispute Resolution

Former Deputy Advocate General, State of Punjab, with wide-ranging litigation and mediation experience across constitutional, civil, criminal, revenue, election and tax matters.

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Capt. G. S. Rathee

Adviser & Member of the Board, BCKICBhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation · S&T Clusters initiative, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

Policy Principal

Governance, Public Policy & Strategic Initiatives

Governance, aviation and institutional-strategy professional with experience in autonomous councils, public policy and innovation ecosystems.

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Ms. Parveen Kumari Garg

Director & Group Principal

Policy Research

New Delhi-based TLGS director focused on policy research, sector analysis and the preparation of evidence-led inputs for regulatory and institutional mandates.

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Shri G. Girish

Seasoned Advocate

Regional Principal

South India Legal & Regulatory Affairs, Client Relations & Business Development

Seasoned Advocate and Regional Principal, associated with TLGS since 2021, connecting South India’s legal-regulatory work, client relationships and business development with the New Delhi headquarters.

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Shri Rajesh P. Chaudhari

Former Assistant Commissioner, Food and Drugs Administration, Maharashtra State

Regional Principal Advisor

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, Licensing & Compliance (Maharashtra)

Former Assistant Commissioner, FDA Maharashtra, with more than three decades of experience in pharmaceutical regulation, licensing, inspections, quality systems and regulatory administration.

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Shri Chandra Kishore Sharma

Principal

Strategic Relations, Institutional Outreach & Business Development

Senior journalist and editor with a pan-India strategic-relations remit, working from Lucknow and with TLGS’s New Delhi headquarters on institutional outreach and business development.

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CA Rajat Banga

Principal

Finance, Accounts & Engagement Coordination

Chartered Accountant supporting finance, accounts, compliance documentation and engagement coordination at TLGS.

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CA Vinod Godara

Practice Principal

Tax, Finance, Regulatory & Strategic Advisory

New Delhi-based Chartered Accountant and Practice Principal, connecting tax and financial review with regulatory analysis, policy coordination and practical support for client mandates.

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CS Sonal Jain

Board Affairs & Strategic Communication Lead

MD Office

Company Secretary with experience in corporate law, board affairs, FEMA, secretarial compliance and strategic communication.

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Bharat Pulse · TLGS policy perspective

Section 9(5): digital facilitation or economic intermediation?

Why the proposed assessment focuses on actual platform functions, not a business label—and why passenger mobility must be analysed on its own facts.

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Published 13 September 2026 · Explains an ongoing TLGS proposal. Not a notification, tax exemption or report of government acceptance.

Bharat Pulse · Industrial policy

When a port circular becomes an industry-wide policy issue.

Lessons from TLGS’s SBL / EMWA engagement: connect the statutory question, specialist evidence, supply-chain consequences and the administrative decision sought.

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Published 13 September 2026 · Historical case-based analysis, not a new government announcement or cargo-handling guidance.

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