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Raghu Menon, CMD, Air India unveils his agenda

For Raghu Menon-newly inducted Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL), i.e. Air India, top priority is to turn "challenges into opportunities." At the same time make Air India an airline comparable to the best in the world. "Every passenger, domestic or international, should feel like a Maharaja and have a wonderful travelling experience on Air India," said Raghu Menon in his exclusive E-interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com> Improving financial health of the company as well tops his agenda. For this, CMD Air India Raghu Menon has two-pronged strategy in mind. According to him it could be done both by enhancing revenue through imaginative marketing and sales strategies and through cost cutting measures.
Menon acknowledged the fact that he is now sitting on other side of the fence, in the senses earlier he was working as the Special Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation while as CMD Air India he felt "buck stops at my table." He is a 1974 batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre. According to Raghu Menon "unfortunately, what is hitting us most is the high cost of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), which accounts for nearly 35% of our operating costs. To compete effectively, we have to ensure high quality in all areas and raise our performance levels across the board. We cannot afford to be complacent." Replying to a question Raghu Menon said, "The personnel of Air India are highly professional, talented and committed. I can confidently say that the standards set by our employees are the benchmark for the aviation industry in India."
Here are excerpts of Menon's interview who had worked for a brief while as a journalist with The Hitavada newspaper, before joining the civil services:
1/What are your priorities after having assumed the charge of CMD, Air India?
My first priority is to make Air India an airline comparable to the best in the world. Every passenger, domestic or international, should feel like a Maharaja and have a wonderful travelling experience on flights of Air India. In a service industry like aviation, the customer comes first and the emphasis has to be on customer satisfaction. Every employee of Air India has to work towards achieving this through high levels of performance and productivity. This includes ensuring on time performance, high quality maintenance; ground handling and in-flight service and sensitivity to passenger grievances. All of us in the company have to think out of the box and come up with innovative ideas to attract customers and enhance performance.
Secondly, we have to strategize and come up with solutions to improve the financial health of the company. This has to be done both by enhancing revenue through imaginative marketing and sales strategies and through cost cutting measures. Unfortunately, what is hitting us the most is high cost of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), which accounts for nearly 35% of our operating costs. This is affecting our profitability significantly but it is a factor outside our control. However, there are also issues that are internal to us and I plan to formulate and implement measures to turn around the financials to the extent possible. This will need the cooperation of each and every employee.
Thirdly, resolving the integration issues following the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines will be high on my agenda. While some work has already been done in this direction, I would like to put the remaining critical areas on the fast track so that we put these issues behind us at the earliest, become a fully integrated company and concentrate on reaping the benefits available through the merger.
The other priorities include operationalising our entry into Star Alliance, operating on more regional routes with smaller aircraft, using our international entitlements fully, opening new routes both on domestic and international sectors and making our IT platform more effective and user friendly.
2/What steps you intend taking for the staff?
The personnel of Air India are highly professional, talented and committed. I can confidently say that the standards set by our employees are the benchmark for the aviation industry in India. The people working for Air India are our greatest strengths and assets. It is true that there has been some apprehension among employees after the merger, but it is our policy and intention that all employees are treated fairly so that the merger does not willfully place anyone at a disadvantage. HR problems are generally the most difficult to resolve in a merger scenario, but if the management is fair and objective it is possible to overcome this issue to the satisfaction of the majority of employees.
3/What steps will you take to overcome the cut throat competition that has cropped up in the aviation sector due to a boom of private players on the Indian horizon?
Competition is here to stay. Competition is always healthy for any industry and I have no problems with it. In this sector, competition has brought down fares, increased connectivity, ensured multiple choices for passengers and enhanced service levels. All this directly benefits the customer. To compete effectively, we have to ensure high quality in all areas and raise our performance levels across the board. We cannot afford to be complacent. Passengers have become very discerning and will not settle for anything but the best. They demand value for money and it is for us to deliver to their satisfaction. Our new aircrafts, which have already started arriving, should also give us an edge.
4/So far you were in the Government & now you are heading AI independently, so what difference do you notice?
Being in the Government and being in the Management are very different. In the Ministry I did not have to take day-to-day decisions about running Air India, except broad policy decisions at Board level. Now, the buck stops at my table. It's a heavy responsibility as many decisions have to be taken quickly and risk factors can be high, but it is also exciting and a great challenge. It is for me to convert these challenges into opportunities and make Air India the preferred choice of customers. I welcome everyone on board!
A new Committee to review Pay Commission report ?
If top sources are to be believed after this big reaction Sixth Pay Commission report may not be accepted in toto. Now there is move to set up a high level committee to review the anomalies in the Pay Commission report. If this happens then implementation of the report may be delayed till the end of this year.
K C Verma is new Secretary Security
K C Verma has been appointed new Secretary Security in the Government of India. He is 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre. He has replaced S R Mehra who retired on March 31.
Chattar Singh to be JS Company Affairs !
1980 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Chattar singh is likely to succeed Yudvir Singh Malik in Corporate Affairs Ministry as Joint Secretary.
1974 batch IPS empanelment this week ?
Meeting for empanelment of 1974 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG is expected to take place on April 8.
Cabinet reshuffle takes place
Cabinet reshuffle of the Manmohan Singh Government has taken place on Sunday evening.
( We said this on April 2 )
IPS officer gets MBA degree in Disaster Management
O P Singh presently posted as IG CRPF in Delhi,has been awarded MBA degree in Disaster Management, first of its kind in Asia-Pacific region. this two year week-end programme,pioneered by IP University,ended recently with Lt Governor of Delhi, Shri Tejender Khanna, giving away course certificate and awards to successful working professionals from civil service, police,fire,defence,NGOs and private sectors. Singh is 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Awasthi gets three months extension
ADG in the NCRB Sudhir Kumar Awasthi has been granted three months extension in tenure beginning April 1. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
1976 batch IPS frozen
1976 batch IPS has been frozen this year for central deputation.
Rapid strides in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
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Prashant Mehta wins case in CAT
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Kannan to be Judge of Madras High Court ?
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Ms. Asha Jaims posted in Lakhsdweep
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U.C.Nangia is Director Petroleum
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KK Sharma posted in Delhi Government
KK Sharma has been posted in the Delhi Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre. Hitherto he was Development Commissioner in Arunachal Pradesh.
IPS officer suspended in UP
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AS and FA post lying vacant in Agriculture Ministry
Important post of Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of India has been lying vacant after the return of PP Mathur to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre.
IFS officers of 1987 batch being promoted in AP
Promotions of Indian Forest Service (IFS)officers of the 1987 batch in Andhra Pradesh are going to take place soon.
Cadre review of MP,IFS officers on April 11
Review of Indian Forest Service(IFS)officers belonging to the MP cadre will take place on April 11.
1994 batch IPS Officers promoted to DIG Rank in Orissa
Two IPS officers belonging to 1994 batch Sanjib Panda and Y K Jethwa have been promoted to the rank of DIG Police in Orissa.
S.A.Baba set to go Jeddah
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P K Laheri goes in Gujarat
P K Laheri has been replaced by Narandas Patel as Chairman of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam. ACS A K Joti will now be MD of the Nigam.
( We said this on March 14)
Gera is new RC Gujarat in Delhi
Prem Kumar Gera will be new new Resident Commissioner of Gujarat in Delhi. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
Kailashnathan to look after Information
Principal secretary to Chief Minister Kailashnathan will look after Information department in place of Pankaj Kumar. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.
Sahu is back to Gujarat
Maheshwar Sahu is back to the parent Gujarat cadre .On return 1981batch IAS officer M Sahu has been appointed MD of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation .
( We said this on February 13)
Adia is back to Gujarat
Hasmukh Adia who has returned from long study leave is now Principal secretary Education in Gujarat.He is 1981 batch IAS officer.
IAS reshuffle in Gujarat
There is major IAS reshuffle in Gujarat. 41 officers have been transferred.New postings are :-Mssrs D Rajgopalan ACS Finance, Sudha Anchalia chairman and MD of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company , P N Rowchaudhary PS Forests and Environment, Gauri Kumar PS Industries, P Panneervel PS Revenue , MM Shrivastav PS Energy , Atanu Chakravarti MD Gujarat Maritime Board, H K Dash Secretary Port, Vijaylakshmi Joshi GMDC Chief, Haribhai Patel MD Gujarat State Fertiliser Corporation. D K Rao Secretary Tourism. Gurucharan Singh Director General of the Gandhi Labour Institute. R M Patel Commissioner Labour and Employment, J S Rana Principal Secretary Social Justice, M M Shrivastav Principal Secretary Energy and Petrochemicals, P KPujari, Commercial Tax Commissioner, Sujit Gulati, Industries Commissioner.Arunkumar Sutaria, Secretary Animal Husbandry, Rajiv Gupta, Commissioner Women and Child Development, Sanjay Nandan, Commissioner Mid Day meal scheme, Anita Karwal, secretary Primary Education, A K Rakesh, Commissioner Nirmal Gujarat, Sunayna Tomar, Director, National Rural Health Mission, Jayanti Ravi, Commissioner, Higher Education, Vinay Vyasa, Commissioner Rural Development, Vilasani Ramchandran Principal Secretary Revenue(Appeal), V N Mayra OSD Shyamji Krishna Varma Memorial and Principal Secretary Planning, Pankaj Kumar, Modi's trusted man in the CMO has been appointed full time Joint MD alongwith PK Taneja to further strengthen SSNL. G C Murmu has been brought in the CMO in place of Pankaj Kumar.
1992 batch IAS promoted in Gujarat
Two 1992 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the super-time scale in Gujarat. R K Pathak, chairman Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has been promoted to time scale in the same post. A S Patel has also been promoted and appointed secretary Sports, Youth Services

Do not think of only All India Services
It is really surprising that all AIS officers think that Government means only IAS/IPS/IFS/IRS/IIS/ICCS/IES etc. They forget that they constitute only 1-2% of the Government setup and rest of the entire comprises of people from other services & ranks. In one of the comments on the recommendation of VI CPC by Kushal Singh he has said that some one from IC&CES shall be made State Excise Commissioner and someone from IRS should be made Revenue Secretary because they can deliver better than IAS Officers. Why anyone thinks that there is a huge lot of capable, competent & experienced officers from the State Services stuck at the rank of Additional Commissioners & Deputy Secretaries. Why is it that a State Officer with more than 30 years of experience and knowledge thought fit to take the position of Department Secretary than an officer with 14 years of experience from IAS. This is only because they are occupying positions close to the power. The other AIS officers i.e IPS/IFS though weaker than the IAS but are still powerful and put their entire energy to ensure that none of the Officers from state service reach their ranks. It is very sad to note that these AIS officers think themselves as supreme & superior and don't want to share their ranks with the other Subordinate services. They feel that if not IAS then these posts must go only to an AIS officer even if he is irrelevant for that post. This new trend has started in some states where due to scarcity of IAS officers, these posts are being given to people from IRS, ITS, IES etc. and not to deserving State Service Officers. It is very ironical that our politicians also don't understand that how an officer from Indian Telecommunication Service handle Women & Child development department? If this trend continues god can only save Indian bureaucracy where the top(AIS) is putting its entire energy cutting/weakening the legs/supports(Subordinate Services).
Sunil
Let's not celebrate each other's loss…

It is good that the pay commission has recognised the importance of the IAS in the bureaucratic set-up once again (at least in theory!!). After all it is designed to be the premier and the elite service in the country. But the 6th CPC is actually trying to make a fool of the IAS, by giving them a caress of 400 odd Rupees extra, compared to their counterparts in the other civil services in the senior scales. The overall pay commission report seems to be a sham. The civil service as a whole must stand up against it. The 6th CPC has broken the bones by knocking them together. It is surprising that the pay scale of army has been made to exceed that of the IAS & IPS officers. More surprising is the fact that the pay of the Service Chiefs have been equated with the Cabinet Secretary and has surpassed that of the Defence Secretary. The lieutenant colonels & colonels and in some cases the majors will have a higher pay than the DM/DCs & the SSPs in the Districts. They don't have the kind of strategic & critical role to play at-least in peacetime as the IAS. They are a force, a tool that is employed by the civil administration in certain situations. I also do not understand why the IAS, IPS and also IFoS are not being given an allowance akin to the military allowance, at least for people working in the states like J&K & the North East. The Chairman of the 6th CPC in a TV interview said that the poor chaps in the military are struck up there in the Himalayas. I don't think ALL the army officers are struck up in Himalayas, similarly many IPS & IAS officers are struck up in the "Himalayas" only able to meet their families after long intervals. Why no special allowance for them & why the military allowance for army officers across the board. It is extremely disturbing to see that the army has raised their flag against the 6th CPC and have come out in the open against it, while the civil servants are celebrating each others loss...the IRS...where have they gone??? The "Corporate", it seems have made the services fight against each other...I am sure the IRS would have come up had the IAS got some special hike.
Similarly whereas the DGPs of the para military have been equated with secretary level by giving them the 80000...the DGPs of state police have been left behind at around 67000....what a disgrace!!! Are they skewing up the command structure of the governance system.
It seems the 6th CPC is a harbinger of the withering away of the public sector, and it is an endorsement of the fact that the so called "India Inc." has overtaken the public i.e. the government. The social sector is no more important in the country has been stated loud & clear. It seems the civil services as well as the army will henceforth be used as cheap labour employed by the government or may be a govt. put in place by the corporate sector to see there is no class-struggle and social upheaval at ground level. They need to keep the sensex flying!!! At the end of the month they will get their peanuts...and the intermittent salutes by their PSOs, the powerful door-slams of their cars, and their over hyped bungalows will keep their ego satisfied till they last in service...
The reason the ARMY has got the best deal is only because that they have bargained better....the people have refused to be guards for their (India INC.s') frontiers at such a low remuneration...that's why the better deal. The Army is even a step better, it seems they have hired some professional PR agency to make the world believe, that they have got the worst deal…
Let us hope all the Civil Services join hands with the army and come out with their spines flung out and protest against such betrayal by the 6th CPC….
Saugat Biswas
Circulate this for successful implementation of Pay Commission report
In my opinion ,the pay (scales)of the IV pay commission should have been multiplied by 10 and one would have got a more scientific pay structure than the one proposed by the great Justice Srikrishna. eg: Secretary to the Govt. of India 8000 x 10 = 80,000/-
Cab. Secy:9000 x 10 =90,000/-
Gr.A (JTS):2200x 10 =22,000/-
STS 3000 x 10= 30,000/-
JAG 3700 x 10= 37,000/-
NFSG 4500 x 10= 45,000/-
Group B 2000 x 10= 20,000/-
Grp. B Non-Gaz 1640x10=16,400
Subordinate 1400 x 10= 14,000
UDC 1200 x 10= 12,000/-
Gr.D 750 x 10= 7500/-
Readers please think about it and if agreeable circulate widely for successful implementation in 2008.
Dilip Kumar
Please do not insult
If you cannot appreciate, please do not insult Madan Gopal's comments on analysis of the Pay Commission by Verma, Secretary, ISS Association is bad in taste and is an insult to all serious work. As I found his analysis unbiased and useful, I appreciated it. The sixth CPC has come out with badly framed recommendations with self contradicting clauses. There are many hidden dangerous propositions in it as has already been pointed out in my earlier comments. In the process of appreciating Verma's analysis I too did put some in-depth analysis. Does it mean that I have no work? In fact I do work for more than 16 hrs a day out of which I spend 10 hours in the office I work.
Manmit Singh
Point of view of an IPS officer
For edge of IAS over other services, we don't claim to be meritorious but every case should be seen on merit.
Position of IAS/IPS posted in disturbed districts, of the following states at the level of district and sub-division. ( as on 03/04/08)
Sl.no. State No. of IPS officers at district level and below. No. of IAS officers at district level and below.
1 Chattisgarh 19 ( All districts of Bastar region is manned by IPS). 6 D.C. , 4 SDM (including probationers and none of the district of Bastar region has IAS presence).
2 Tripura 7 3 ( 1-SDM and 2 probationers).
3 Andhra pd. 39 23 ( 16 DC, 7 SDM).
4 Manipur 8 6 (including 2 probationers).
5 Orissa 16 5
6 Nagaland 5 5 ( 1 SDM, 2 probationers).
7 Jharkhand 56 10
8 Bihar 25 9
Total no. of IPS officers, who laid their lives at the altar of their duty till date -27.
This position is apart from the other declared HARD AREAS by Govt. of India on the basis of terrain, remoteness, accessibility, altitude and other difficult areas.
An IPS officer
Is it a fact ?
Group C Employees and group D employees of Govt of India
1. I am seeing in your column, their agitation for better pay and parity, but my question is whether these officials have brought same amount of commitment to the job, the answer is a resounding NO.
2.In my working with Government over last 20 years ,I have observed that 90% of these officials don't come to Office on time .Most of them come to office late by one to two hours everyday, on the pretext of house being at a far off place. The same problem applies to private sector workers ,but despite getting worse salary their private sector counterparts come to office on time.
3. Over last 20 years I have tried at least a dozen times to discipline them, by issuing memos, show cause notices, but sadly they will rise up against me as a group, and will make wild allegation, to demoralise the disciplinary authority.
4.The leaders of Gr C and Gr D associations will come and request that we should not insist on punctuality(and will raise other issues ) with a veiled threat ,that if I insist on punctuality then they will create disturbance on other issues.
5.The situation is no better in ministries, where again 90% of Gr C and Gr.D officials come at 10.30PM and later ,take extended lunch break, Leave office on time or before time.
6. I have observed that when a job (like say data entry) is outsourced, the productivity per employee outside the Government is double and pay is half.
7. The conclusion is very obvious.
Sanjay
Indira Gandhi deserves credit
Indira Gandhi deserves credit for protecting India's interests in adverse circumstances. She entered into an opportunistic military alliance with the Soviet Union in order to checkmate China and Pakistan in the looming war over Bangladesh. How many of our present day politicians have the guts or the imagination to pursue Indian interests in foreign policy? If Indira were alive, she would have seized the opportunities available today to further India's interests. She would have clearly seen China for what it is ---a megalomaniac power intent on hegemony that equals Americas thirst for power. Indira Gandhi would then have gone ahead to split the two rivals and pit them against each other. This way Pakistan would also get isolated and eventually break up. She would have entered into a bold and opportunistic military alliance with the USA to neutralise both China and Pakistan. Do not forget China is in occupation of Indian Ladakh, claims Arunachal Pradesh and arms and supports rebellion in our Northeast openly. China also aids rebellion in Nepal and will target Bhutan and Sikkim in due course. It also supports Maoism across India's great tribal swathe from Jharkhand to Tamil Nadu. India should have a proactive foreign policy not a passive foreign policy of merely reacting to situations created by scheming foreign powers. China is actively planning India's disintegration and downfall by targetting India's mongoloid tribals and then all tribal areas. India should pay back China in the same coin . India should foment unrest in Tibet and loosen Chinas tight military grip on that unfortunate land. India should coordinate and lead the propoganda barrage over the Chinese massacare of Tibetans in Lahsa. India should open an embassy in Taiwan and have strong military ties with Taiwan and Japan who are both anti-China. You will see a different China when India is bold and stands upto this paper tiger. See what a lesson the courageous Vietnamese taught the arrogant Chinese over their border war. This was in sharp contrast to India's defeatist attitude to a temporary setback in the border war of 1962. We seem to equate a minor setback in a border war to the Third Battle of Panipat. Such a defeatist attitude just will not do. Look at the Germans !They have risen up time and again after every world war, bolder and stronger, even when the whole world was at war with them!! India should get over its phobia of America simply because, in foreign policy there are no permanent friends or enemies only permanent interests. India should enter into a military alliance with America to checkmate China and Pakistan. We can always discard America after our foreign policy and security objectives are met. So our comrades need not worry and fret that we have become American puppets. If we don't act fast, there will be no India left puppet or otherwise, only a state of civil war and warlords reigning over their fiefdoms of lawlessness with active aid from China and Pakistan and India will become a land of jehadis and maoists. This is the future staring us in the face. Is this what we want?
D Choudhury
IAS supremacy is in Pay Commission report
IAS has taken such supremacy in this country that every one is overshadowed by it. The politicians, the businessmen, the industrialists, the scientists, the doctors, the engineers every one. IAS are the rulers. When the whole establishment and system is managed by IAS, how can CPC be different and Others crave for treatmant at par with IAS?
Surendra
This is nothing but hypocrisy
The justification given by 6th CPC for giving an edge to IAS over other services is nothing but hypocrisy. If the specific postings of IAS officers before they reach JS grade are of difficult nature (whatever that means) such posts may carry special pay/allowances ala Military Service Pay!! Pay scales/bands may remain the same for all. This would be more digestable going by the justification given by the 6th CPC.
A Civil Servant
Corporate houses are responsible for all the ills
This has reference to KP Singh's feedback on IFS. This reminds me of the story where a thieve became the policeman. Actually these corporate houses have been responsible for all the ills. For them time is money and they can not wait for any procedure to be followed and are ready to spoil the system. I do not agree with the comments. It reminds me of an article that appeared in Business Spectator" India has many talented and hard-working civil servants who are impressive for their dedication and intellect. But equally, it has many of the type who attend office and go away without work, who treat their jobs as a place to collect a stipend and catch up on the latest gossip". This is true to all but less true for the AIS officers who really work hard though exceptions and black sheep are there, so is like and dislike. MoEF over the year has done well considering the pressure of a developing society and the rising need for infrastructure. However, there is scope for improvement
Bahuguna
Air India transfers
The transfer policy should have been announced earlier. New CMD may look into it. IA officers are better human being than AI
Khurana L P
There is raw deal to IPS
As the duties and responsibilities of &e IPS are becoming more & more onerous, hard and hazardous special measures are required to be taken urgently to raise a cadre of IPS officers of great caliber, mental qualities, courage and physical standard. Only officers of highest degree of competence and technical skills would be able to tackle problems arising from increasing militancy, terrorism, naxalism and various other issues of internal security threatening the unity and integrity of our country. The awakening in the rural areas is leading to bitter and brutal caste and class conflicts apart from farmers' unrest due to demand for more money for what they produce This means the terms and conditions of the IPS and also of lower echelons should be comparable with those of the best services, if not better. Infect, there appears no justification for the emoluments and prospects of the IPS being in any way inferior to any other service. That is why, Contrary to the recommendations of the 6th pay commission all the previous commissions have advocated for better service prospects for the IPS taking into consideration high degree of personal risk and professional hazards associated with it in the emerging law and order scenario. It is on such recommendations and evaluation of the complex nature of its work by the political bosses themselves that all the previous governments tried to bridge the gap between the IAS and the IPS pay scales. This enabled IPS Officers to reach upto the maximum pay of Rs.26,000/- being drawn by IAS officers at the level of state chief secretary/ secretary to Govt. of India.
The proposed pay structure puts both the serving IPS officers as well as the IPS pensioners at a great disadvantage with vast differentials. Now, the difference between the pay of the serving chief secretary and DGP will be of the order of Rs. 9,000/-. And surprisingly enough, after their superannuation the difference hi their pension will be as high as Rs. 14,000/- (Para 5.1.47 under pensionary benefits of civilian employees). This is so, when during the last ten years (since 5th pay commission) the functions of the service have not only multiplied manifold but have also become extremely hard and hazardous with very high degree of personal risk. Even then the commission instead of adequately compensating IPS officers for all the hardships they are undergoing has erred in downsizing them at every level. It has caused tremendous frustration and resentment among the IPS officers. And, some of them who chose to join IPS in Preference to IAS are greatly repenting having done so.
If recommendations of the commission with clear bias against the IPS are accepted, it will not be able to deliver as much as is required to meet the expectations of the people. The rotational formula meant for retaining the all India character of the service will also get adversely; affected particularly at the level of the state DGP. This is because the pay of the DG of a central police organization has been fixed at Rs. 80,000/- while the .DGP will ordinarily be reaching upto Rs. 71,000/- in a running scale of pay of Rs. 39,200/- to 67,000/-. The initial pay of DIG police has been brought down from Rs. 16,400/- to 15,600/-, which is highly unjust and unfair.
The commission while making its recommendations seems to have overlooked the fact that only two All India Services- IAS and IPS were created at the commencement of the Constitution. As such, the IPS has its own place and importance in the democratic set up of our country. It is accountable for its performance to the people. The DGP is not only the head of the state police but also specialist adviser to the state Govt. on all Matters connected with the police. The entire population of a state looks at him for its safety and security. Therefore, placing him in a running scale of pay is not only humiliating for him but also for the force he commands.
It is felt that sustained efforts are being made to undermine the status and position of IPS officers especially the DGP. Unfortunately, the recommendations of the commission seem to have lent credence to this feeling. The commission has, perhaps, -fallen prey to the people in position, who are out to establish their superiority over all other services. It is also widely felt that the recommendation relating to performance based incentive increment of 3.5% over normal increment of 2.5% will only benefit sycophants and not the meritorious and committed workers for whom it is meant. Therefore, its clearance calls for extreme care and caution. Better, it is kept off the system.
The recommendations in respect of IPS, therefore, need to be examined rationally for suitable modification in view of the new challenges that it is facing and will have to face.
Narendra Prasad DGP (Retd.), and Ex member MPSAT
There should be separate entrance test
Pay parity amongst the people selected through same entrance test is but logical. If IAS is deemed to be a superior service, I suggest there should be a separate entrance test for 50% of the vacancies, and the remaining posts should be filled by lateral entry through other all India/ Central services. Pay Commisions are themselves not representative and the bias of their own background gets carried to their opinions and recommendations.
Praveen Singh
Drastic action by IPS.
Dear government servant.
1. Never forget that we all are servants.
2. There is difference between All India Service and Central Service. So please be clear on that in future.
3. Regarding marks, choice etc. as a reason for edge between IAS and IPS, please take ASP(administrative service pay) like MSP but do not play around with the seniority and pride of the uniform. Else this country is already in a mess and will get worse.
Your well wisher Government Servant in uniform.
An IPS officer
Is this site meant for them
Sir, what is top most on everybody mind is the pay commission report. What the Government is going to do about it, what modifications will be brought about, since when it will be implemented and especially, what is the rate of DA in the new scheme. It will be useful if u focus on these matters than postings of IAS/IFS etc. Who cares about it anyway? The IAS/IFA? OK. But, what's their percentage in the workforce of the Union Government? And is this site meant for them? Focus on something constructive please.
padmaja
Role of professionals has been ignored
The recommendations of the PC have a strong bias in favour of the IAS. The commission has completely ignored the role of the professionals in the Indian society. The recommendations will further accelerate the process of meritorious professionals opting out of government jobs and would amount to breeding mediocrity in several key sectors like Agriculture, S& T, IT, Tele-communications, Railways, internal security, defense, forestry and environmental protection.. I think IAS want it that way? This would further strengthen their hold on the system of weak subordinates and a still weaker political leadership. They seem to be growing like a weed in the process of eliminating other competitors in this ecosystem realm of civil administration. The PC has been of the IAS, for the IAS and by the IAS. The PC has been made to believe that the IAS needs an edge over other services. How that has been achieved can be best understood by one of the recommendations.
Even the most incompetent and corrupt would now be able to reach the basic pay of the Secretary to the Government of India!!!!!! HOW??
Just preceding the PC report the DOPT in Government of India issued an order that the IAS will get the S-29 pay scale in 14 years of service. Then comes the PC report. This scale has now been meticulously merged with other higher ones S-30 and S-31 and now been termed as PB 4. That would mean every one would be starting with the pay of Rs. 39200 in PB4 after 14 years and would comfortably reach the highest of the band i.e. Rs.67000 after another 20 years of average remaining service even without any promotion, by merely adding an annual increment of 2.5 percent. To this add 13000 grade pay and you reach the summit, Rs. 80000. Vow!!! According to PC other services should not be so lucky; they would continue to get the S-29 pre revised scale as per their toil and oil in their respective service hierarchy.
Really how well crafted has been the edge over others. In no country of the world are the professionals so negatively discriminated. If PC wanted a better civil administration it should have opened up opportunities for others to grow and stir up competition. IAS by virtue of their service opportunities already have an edge. It is the others that require a better talent attracting pay packet in order to boost the sagging morale of thousands of scientists, agriculture engineers, foresters, economists, security personnel. It is highly desirable that rethinking be made of the processes in the administration in such a way that it instills confidence among the youth of all services and gives them a choice to select and grow in any service that matches his education and interest. It is the need of the hour to have a unified civil service with equal opportunity to all, and if that be not possible then at least maintain the parity of the last pay commission.
Is anybody listening??????????????????????????????????????
R S Yadav
IPS officers deserve kudos
The IPS officers of this country deserve kudos for not succumbing to the machinations of the 6th Pay Commission. Hats off to them. Let the other services sailing in the same boat (and getting the same deal in the 6th Pay Commission Report)stand shoulder to shoulder with their brother officers of the IPS. Services like IAAS, IRS(Customs and Income Tax), Railways, IPS(Postal), will do themselves good if they do not buckle under pressure from their counterparts in the IAS.
Vijay Kumar
Wrong notions about armed forces officers
I intend to offer some comments about the wrong notion which everybody has and thinks that the officers in the three Armed Forces are holy cow and they should be given every facility available under the Sun. I think that they are a pampered lot and have been given pay and perks more than which should have been given to them. Very good pay, free ration, best health care facilities, about 100 free articles of daily use, unlimited workers to carry out any personal work and very good promotional avenues make the career of three Service officers best paid employees in the Govt. A fair number of officers manage their postings to good family stations almost their entire service career. Senior officers above the level of Brig./equivalent seldom go to field so these officers should not be given free ration, Sahayaks, free issue items or any other perk over and above the civilian counterpart of equivalent status. The lower ranking Jawans and JCOs are the real fighters and heroes and they need to be paid double the salary recommended by 6th Pay Commission. The civilian officers working side by side the Service officers in the three HQs do not have one tenth of the facilities and promotional prospects as compared to the Service officers. Probably there is no one to look after their interests. Their plight needs to be understood.
Yours
Ram

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