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Who Is The Most Hated Politician In The Country ?
The results of the whispersinthecorridors.com survey to learn about the most hated politician of India has thrown open some startling facts. We received about 200 responses from our surfers, some of whom wrote back to us stating, "what a question? Can any Indian politician be loved by the people? Irrespective of the party they hail from all are of the same class, they are responsible for the mess the nation finds itself today. An e-mail sums up the mood, "In my view there is hardly any politician today who is not liked by the people as most of them are selfish, corrupt and unmindful of peoples welfare".
The results of our survey brings out the names of the following politicians-
(1) Raj Thackrey - undoubtly tops the list for his "politics of hatred" against north Indians in Mumbai.
(2) V.P Singh - Termed the "architect of caste politics in India"
(3) Amar Singh - For his brand of "spineless politics'
(4) Mayawati - Termed the most "corrupt politician"
(5) Lalu Prasad Yadav - Termed corrupt and "self serving"
(6) Vilasrao Deshmukh - For "tacitly encouraging Raj Thackrey"
The other politicians who have been pointed out include BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani (for the "communal politics"), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi (for the "Gujarat progrom"), Ram Vilas Paswan ("opportunist"), Mamata Banerjee ("blocking industrialisation) and Arjun Singh for poisoning young minds.
New post of Advisor Internal Security !
A new post of Advisor Internal Security is being created in the Government of India soon.
Vijay Kumar is new Director NPA
Tamilnadu cadre 1975 batch IPS officer Vijay Kumar is taking over on Monday as new Director of the National Police Academy.
C.Balakrishnan is new Secretary,Coal
C. Balakrishnan who so far was Special Secretary & F A in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways is the new Secretary Coal.He is a Himachal Pradesh IAS officer who belongs to the 1974 batch.He has succeeded H.C.Gupta who superannuated on November 30,2008.
(We said this on November 4,2008)
Post of Director NPA downgraded
For the first time the post of Director National Police Academy has been downgraded to the rank of ADG. 1971 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Dr G S Rajgopal retired as Director on November 30.
Punnoose is new DGP of Kerala
Jacob Punnoose is new Director General of Police in Kerala.He is 1975 batch IPS officer. He has succeeded Raman Srivastava.
( We said this on July 7 )
Raman Srivastava to take charge this week
Kerala DGP Raman Srivastava is taking over as Special Secretary Home in the Government of India this week. He is 1973 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on October 17 and again on October 23 )
Pattanayak is Member of SAT in Orissa
Former DGP of Orissa A Pattanayak has been appointed Member of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) in Orissa. He is 1973 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on November 21 )
Admiral Anil Chopra is new DG Coast Guard
Admiral Anil Chopra has succeeded Vice Admiral R F Contractor as new DG of the Coast Guard.
Devendra Chaudhary to succeed Sandhu
Devendra Chaudhary is all set to succeed 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer G S Sandhu on December 5 as Joint Secretary Chemicals and Fertilisers.Chaudhary is 1981 batch UP cadre IAS officer.
Ms Soumya Raghavan appointed IRAS Chief
Ms Soumya Raghavan, IRAS, GM/Central Railway, has been appointed as Financial Commissioner (Railways) & ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India vice Ms. Sudha M. Chobe superannuating on 30.11.2008. She is 1972 batch IRAS officer.
( We said this on November 12 )
Jain to join NDC
Dharam Chand Jain DIG in the CBI is joining the NDC Course next month. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Coal India's growth more than target
Coal India Ltd(CIL) of which Chairman is Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya has been able to register over seven per cent growth till November 2008 as against the fixed annual target of 6.7 per cent.
Ashish Batra poised to join I & B Ministry
Ashish Batra who is currently Deputy Director in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is poised to join the Information & Broadcasting Minister Anand Sharma as an OSD. Batra is an IPS officer of the 1997 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.
Whose warehouse is in Goregaon?
Banking industry is abuzz with reports that there is warehouse of one of the Public Sector banks in Goregaon (Mumbai).It is meant to store gift items. A senior officer not only checks inventory of items at regular intervals but also ensures that anti termite treatment is done regularly. Any guesses?.
Destroy terrorists' training camps
A consensus is reportedly fast emerging among Indians that training camps of terrorists' should be destroyed so that factories of terrorism were nipped in the bud. Until or unless that is done, it will be difficult to contain & then wipe out the terrorism. Argument being advanced in favour of destroying those camps is that when photographs of such locations can be taken, then why can't such illicit places be destroyed?
Why no revision in licence fees for telecom companies?
Why there has been no revision in licence fees for telecom companies for a long time? This question doing rounds in corridors of power. Licence fees for private telecom companies was fixed at Rs.1651 crore in 2001.
9 shortlisted for DMDs interview in SBI
As many as nine Chief General Managers (CGMs) have been shortlisted for being promoted as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in the State Bank of India (SBI) & its affiliates. They are: MN Rao CGM Bhubaneshwar, Narayan Raja CGM Mumbai, Pratik Choudhary State Bank of Saurashtra,A,Krishna Kumar CGM Patna,Dinesh Kumar Jain CGM Bhopal, Diwakar Gupta CGM SBI Card, AP Verma CGM SBI Corporate office & SS Ranjan Chief of Corporate affairs. Interviews are to held within next two weeks time.
Amit Yadav is ED (Engineering), LIC
Amit Yadav is Executive Director(ED)-Engineering in Life Insurance Corporation(LIC).
Anjam Mukherjee ED (Engineering), LIC retires
Anjam Mukherjee Executive Director (ED)-Engineering in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has retired.
IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
There is an IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh. New postings are : SV Prasad will now be Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. Dr. Premchand has been appointed MD, AP Health, Medical &d Housing Infrastructure Corporation. D. Chakrapani has been made principal secretary to Pay Revision Commissioner.
Shailesh Krishna is back to CMs Secretariat in UP
Principal Secretary Forest, Shailesh Krishna is back to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's Secretariat. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.
New Kerala Protocol Officer
Kerala Government has appointed K. Ajith Kumar as the State Protocol Officer.
Jaswir Walia needs A+ group,blood
Jaswir Walia CCF Nagaland who is getting operated for his liver transplant on December 3, 2008,needs A+ group,blood.He can be contacted on following mobile numbers: 09436011769 & 09872252052.
Fire fighters braved hand grenades in Mumbai
A team pof fire fighters led by Anil Sawant Chief Firefighting Officer(CFO),Mumbai braved hand grenade attacks to douse fire in the Taj hotel & Trident Oberoi,during terrorists assault last week.According J.M.Phatak Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM)the team did an exemplary work. He has lauded the role of Prabhat Dale an expert in fire fighting who is also an expert of the UN.Phatak who is a Maharashtra cadre officer & belongs to the 1978 batch said team of doctors led by Dr.Sanjay Oak assisted round the clock in not only treating injured in Government run hospitals of Mumbai but also supply of blood & performing autopsies of deceased.The team had helped performing surgery of Tatkare(IPS) who was injured while taking on terrorists in Mumbai.Dr.Oak is Dean KEM Hospital,Mumbai.Commissioner MCGM stated that later on MCGM will felicitate those staff members of MCGM who did an exemplary work.
Terrorists gave eye account through <Twitter.com>
Do you know who gave account of the Mumbai massacre to the world.It were not electronic media,but it were terrorists themselves who gave minute to minute account of their action through a website titled <Twitter.com>.
IAS changes in Punjab today ?
IAS changes are likely in Punjab today. Navneet Singh Kang may be appointed Financial Commissioner Finance.
MP IAS association condoles martyrs of Mumbai carnage
The Madhya Pradesh IAS Officers Association of which president Dilip Mehra,has condoled the contribution by martyrs of Mumbai carnage.In this connection a letter of condolence has been sent by Dilip Mehra to Maharashtra Government's Director General of Police(DGP)A.N.Roy.Separate condolatory letters have been sent by the association to wives of those who lost their lives in the carnage.
Good job of outgoing Director of the NPA ,Hyderabad
To mark the completion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, a set of two special commemorative postage stamps were issued by the Department of Posts at a function held at the Academy. Dr. G.S.Rajagopal, Director, received the set of stamps.
Established as the Central Police Training College at Mount Abu in Rajasthan on September 15, 1948, the then Central Police Training College was given the exclusive responsibility to train officers joining the newly formed Indian Police Service. The Academy was renamed as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in 1974, and shifted to its present premises at Hyderabad in 1975.
In the course of 60 years, the Academy has trained more than 4200 directly recruited Indian Police Service officers in the basic course. Apart from this, on an average every year, more than 800 IPS offices undergo in-service courses at the institution.
Spread over an area of 270 acres, on either side of the Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway, the Academy has achieved the reputation of truly being a Centre of Excellence. A large number of measures have been taken in the recent past to improve the infrastructure facilities, and to revise and update the training modules. Some of these include the newly renovated Bitumen Top Parade Ground, a newly constructed Diamond Jubilee Complex containing excellent facilities for Outdoor Training, a sewage treatment plant which helps in recirculation of 20,000 litres of water a day, etc.
While focusing on the core functioning of training, the Academy has not lost sight of environment and ecology. Drip irrigation system, water harvesting measures, soil conservation efforts are a few of these. More than one hundred Solar Lights have been installed not only to save on power but also to protect the ecology. All these eco-friendly measures have resulted in a large number of birds and butterflies making the Academy their home. Peacocks, rabbits, partridges are some of the inhabitants of the picturesque precincts of the Academy.
The Academy has said a big no to plastics. Greenery and cleanliness of the campus is worthy of note. This has been possible owing to the noble concept of "Shramdan", wherein all members of faculty and staff as well as the probationers participate in efforts aimed at cleaning the Campus and planting saplings. The quarterly 'Sainik Sammelan' helps in focusing on the grievances of the staff, so that they could be attended to.
At the Director's monthly parade, the identified performers of the previous month are rewarded.
R K Singh gets extension in tenure
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation R K Singh has been granted extension in deputation tenure till January 31.He is 1985 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer.
( We said this on November 17 )
Ambuj Sharma appointed Joint Secretary Heavy Industries
Ambuj Sharma has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry. He is 1983 batch TamilNadu cadre IAS officer.
( We said this on October 29 )
Rao takes over as DG SSB
M.V. Krishna Rao has taken over as as Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 24 )
CITs shifted
As many as two Commissioners of Income Tax(CITs) have been shifted.They are:Sanjay Kumar CIT(A) XIII Kolkata to CIT(CO )Delhi & Hari Krishan CIT A -II Agra to CIT-V Delhi.
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S Chakraborty is no. one for ECL's Director (T)
S Chakraborty, who is Chief General Manager (CGM), Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), is number one in the panel for the post of Director-Technical in Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL).
DC Jha no.two for ECL's Director (T)
DC Jha, who is Chief General Manager (CGM) Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), is number two in the panel for the post of Director-Technical in Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL).
Vinu Kumar Ranganathan was 1st upload pictures
Vinu Kumar Ranganathan in charge of mobile innovation in a website titled <pagalguy.com> is much sought after man as he was the 1st to upload pictures of the Mumbai carnage.By 10 pm he had uploaded 40 pictures on a website titled <flickr.com>

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Why was crucial info of possibility of attack on both Hotels ignored???
Had Sarkaar heeded the info by this attack Indians would not have been gored!!
India was forewarned by US that Mumbai could be attacked via the sea!!!
Maha Sarkaar too was warned but seems Deshmukh preferred to be at sea!!
First and foremost get hold of Taj's employees list!!!
And employees from the majority minority community ki banao list!!!
Then check all these people out!!!
And the 'insider' will be known without a doubt!!
The info that the terrorists had was not on account of recce or info from the net!!!
From some insider all the information they did get!!
Navy and Coast Guard have flopped badly as terror landing was in a City!!!!
And with such a huge Naval presence in the area not detecting landing is a real pity!!
Fishermen colonies need to be regulated to stop smuggling!!!!
Seems here too for votes Sarkaar has been bungling!!
Maha Sarkaar saying that there was no local involvement is aimed at the vote bank!
Fact is now there are terrorists in Mumbai waiting in the flank!!!
Without a doubt terrorists are hiding in places like Mohammad Ali and Mira Road!!!!
With armaments ka load!!!
Shivraj could not reach Mumbai as he could not decide what to wear!!!
As we all know for his looks he really does care!!!
If he's that entrapped in his 'looks' hope he realizes how he looks today!!!!
'The worst Home Minister India has ever had' most Indians karr rahe hai say!!
Manmohan Singh is working on a tackle terror plan but now it's too little and too late!!!!
UPA Sarkaar as a nincompoop Sarkaar history will rate!!!
Now Mohna is talking of taking on terror and he is indeed very late!!!!!
It's UPA's inaction after so many attacks that has exposed India to this fate!!!
With every attack the terrorists got bold bolder boldest and our PM chose to sleep!!!!
For votes a safe distance from responding Mohna chose to keep!!!!
Sonia's daughter Priyanka says that her Grand Mom would have done a better job!!!
But we know why this statement into Public domain kee Priyanka ne lob!!!
Mom Sonia is perceived to be the real Boss of UPA and UPA has flopped!!!!
So it is hoped via this statement the criticism can be stopped!!!!!
Or is Priynaka hinting that a Security Emergency is now on Mom's mind!!!
To postpone elections some excuse Sonia desperately karr rahi hai find!!!
Is Maha CM Deshmukh planning to make a movie on this attack???
For his taking Ram Gopal Verma with him to Taj on 30 Nov he's getting flack!!!
Maha CM has proven that he's totoally inefficient!!!
And in the upper storey very defficient!!
The UPA Government shortchanged the Faujis via the Pay Commission!!!
Now with what face will it backtrack on this omission!!!
UPA has not respected India's Faujis and their valor kiya UPA ne overlook!!!
Like beggars they've made brave Faujis look!!!
The NSG are faujis and they've done India proud so now Sarkaar will try to save face!
Fact is via their NSG's bravery the faujis have shown the Sarkaar its place!!!
My fellow Indians with such a nincompoop Sakraar please be alert!!!!
So that such incidents we ourselves can avert!!!
And in the General Polls show this nincompoop Sakraar the door!!!!
Show them our jorr (strength)!!!!
Confucius says…… This incident is a clear signal that UPA Sarkaar slept!!!
And for this sleeping India wept!!!!
Flash.....Shivraj has resigned!!!
And the Home Portfolio to PC has been assigned!!!
Mohna is the PM cum FM ...... Punter has been ejected!!!
Past blunder of appointing PC as FM has been corrected!!!
Good riddance ...... Shivraj's sacking and PC's shifting from FM!!!!
And a blessing that FM is now under PM!!!
NSA Naraynan has offered to quit but PM has said 'no'!!!!!
I feel PM should have ordered Naraynan to go!!!!
Deshmukh should be sacked without a doubt!!!
Give him thaddi paar orders so that from Maharashtra he's keeps out!!!
Bharat Kumar

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Change of Home Minister is not the solution
The change of Home Minister shall not solve any of our problems. It shall merely satisfy us for the time being. Its the entire system which needs overhauling. We need to control our population, make strict laws providing for even stricter penalty for the custodians of laws who themselves violates and misuse; give military training to every student befor he/she attains the age of 15 to make them disciplined citizens, zero tolerance to indiscipline and no nonsense in the name of religion and caste. We need to stop blaming politician as we need to introspect to see as to whether we do our job sincerely - right from Sweeper to the Prime Minister. The population of more than 100 crores should not feel helpless against corrupt politicians and few bureaucrats. We have become so corrupt that we do not even realize that our action shall directly or indirectly harm somebody. Otherwise, such incidents can happen any time, any where and no body can stop them. Wake up friends, introspect and do your duty. Rest the world will see.
U K Bhatia
Why AIS officers not joining at Director level in GoI ?
The problem as to why officers (other than All India Services) are not joining at Director Level on central staffing is because of lack of housing. For officers of All India Services (IAS,IPS & IFS) there is a tenure pool in which officers get their entitled housing immediately. Whereas for other services though there is one non-AIS tenure pool, but hardly any houses have been allocated by the Directorate of Estates in that pool.
Ansuman
Spirit of accepting CPC defeated
The very spirit of accepting the recomendations of 6CPC is being defeated by not issuing the concerned OM by the DoPT for non functional grade pay based on batch basis for organised cadres. It would be in right spirit if the same is done with effect from 1.1.2006 since the grade pay only has to be given and is on the basis of non functional basis.
Krishna Mohan Mathur
Injustice by 6th CPC
Grave Injustice & Inequality among Staff and Officers by 6th CPC. This injustice has been done not only to Assistants/ PAs/PS but also to Inspectors of Central Excise, Income Tax etc and all others covered under the pre-revised scale of 6500-200-10500 and 5500-175-9000. They all have been down graded to 5000-150-8000 Pre revised scale in the name of merger. Apart from this an officer in the 6500-200-10500 earlier got ACP to 7500-250-13500 in 12 years but in the modified ACP it will take 20 years to reach the same scale. What a generous recommendation by the 6cpc to the stagnating officers (Gr B).
Balaji
Central Anti Terror Agency (CATA) - Not to be manned by deputationists
The PM has once again reiterated the need for setting up a Central Agency to deal with terrorism. As already discussed earlier, the CATA will be a welcome step but should be accompanied by tough Anti Terror / Anti Communal Laws. The CATA would primarily be an investigative agency with quasi intelligence functions. It will not be a terror combat unit for which each state police force should have NSG trained commandos. However the new agency should be set up as suggested below :
- should initially consist of willing officers and men chosen from a wide spectrum with competency in their respective fields
- the officers to be absorbed permanently in the new organization - no lien to be allowed
- although the majority of the officers will be ace criminal investigators but a fair complement of supportive staff expert in computers, technical surveillance, forensics, intelligence gathering will have to be given.
- every team to be headed by an SP level officer and every team to have investigators of the rank of DSP with auxilliary suppotive staff
- since motivation for hard work in India is driven by either financial incentives or prestige and power enjoyed by the post, the CATA officers should be paid 75% salary as special pay every month as incentive
-the cadre and career prospects of this agency should be planned properly and no deputationists to be allowed at any cost especially in the policy making posts of the organization. No fresh blood to be inducted laterally except by direct recruitment from open market. It should not be made a parking place for some IPS officers to remain in Delhi or to pass time. Willing IPS officers who want to join the elite agency should be made an offer with absorption.
- Every team to also have a complement of trained commandos for use in raids and search / seizure ops.
- IB, RAW, State Intelligence Chiefs to freely exchange information with CATA and an intelligence sharing mechanism to be worked out. Preferably, terror related intelligence gathering units of the aforesaid agencies to directly report to CATA and no inter service egos to come in the way
- CATA to be headqurtered in Delhi with branches all over the country. Forensic, computer labs, shooting range, logistics etc. of international standards to be provided separately
- manpower to be increased commensurate with work and CATA should be placed under NSA reporting directly to PM
N Tshering
Why committee for retired Secretaries?
Mats has pointed out the requirements of the order to be issued for implementing the parity of organised cadres with 2 year deferment from IAS. Why is a committee for retired Secretaries appointed for the same? Is it to delay or pay wages to retired officers. DoPT has even refused to provide list of organised cadres to RTI applicant. From the spirit of the acceptance, it is understood that only vigilance clearance need to be taken for giving NFS to incumbents. There is no need for DPC since it is seniority linked NFS, as is NFSG for Directors to go from PB3 to PB4.
Sidhartha Sharma
Pay Parity & SAG level Eligibility Parity in Organised Group A Services - Any hitch?
About three months back, GoI has accepted many 6th CPC's recommendations and released corresponding Resolution and Notification. Two very important 'parities' one relating to 'pay' and another relating to 'eligibility criterion for promotion to SAG' were accepted by Cabinet which will rationalize many issues. The pay parity which says 'Whenever any IAS officer of a particular batch is posted in the Centre to a particular grade carrying a specific grade pay in pay bands PB-3 or PB-4, grant of higher pay scale on non-functional basis to the officers belonging to batches of organized Group A services that are senior by two years or more should be given by the government.' This parity has not been implemented in want of a corresponding order to this effect. For IPS & IFS this parity is being implemented, because their pay rules has been amended by DoPT, though with some unpleasant modifications. Since the eligibility and scope has already been provided by Cabinet and similar thing introduced for All India services the delay in implementation for organized group A services is raising curiosity in anticipation of some unwanted modifications or hitch. Though it is understandable in case of eligibility parity for promotion to SAG level across all organized group A services, which may require some kind of detailed study.
Rajesh Kumar
Policy as a governance tool
I wish to underline the role of Policy as a tool in governance. First and foremost, there has to be a Policy. Then, Policy has to be clear. The objectives of the Policy have to be clear and so have the means to achieve them. Policy has to be detailed but not impractical and certainly not so perfectionist as to be stultifying. Finally, policy has to be implemented. In the latest context, is the Government listening?
A K Singh
Faulty ACP Scheme of 5th Pay Commission:
5th Pay Commission had recommended that any government servant who stagnates in one grade for more than 12 years would ACP and if he still stagnates he gets another ACP scale after 24 years but it was with a rider that if you already have two promotions you do not get anything. Government of India accepted this recommendation in toto but with a rider. This scheme was faulty and had functional problems. While working as Branch Officer in one of the Ministries I found this on practical terms. I found 'A' had joined as LDC and promoted to UDC/Asstt in 13 years but it took him 23 years to become Section Officer. While A was working as Section Officer, there were two Assistants working under him who had joined as Assistants & had completed 12 years of service & were given ACP i.e. SO's scale although they were much junior to him as Assistants and also less experienced too. It was impossible for 'A' to manage the said section. It was really a very poor management and dissatisfaction from prefessional angle for poor 'A who was exceptionally genius, sincere & honest Government servant. I would suggest that while issuing formal orders of ACP recommended by the 6th Pay Commission DOPT should make it clear that anyone stagnating in one grade would get ACP i.e. next scale and there should be no rider of earlier promotions as was done by the 5th Pay Commission. This issue needs to be discussed in detail on this Forum. A retired Government servant.
Lalit Suri
IT power-to tackle terrorism
It is very true that Indian political leaders are real terrorist. For the sake of their vote bank, innocent people are being killed each passing day. India has no proper accountability and legal system as well as local police are most corrupted, they rated the cases according to crime. To tackle the terrorism we need IT power i.e. a large data bank system should save data of each and every citizen must have single Identity, the identity shall be used by the person wherever he/she needs like passport, mobile, land records, banks, credit cards, hotels, travels etc. etc. even purchase of goods in reputed firms/stores. Through that we able to ascertain the persons movements and incomes/expenditures by searching using their single Identity.
This kind of data bank also helps Police Department, Income tax, customs to catch the criminals, corrupted person, smugglers etc. easily.
Altrin Apolo
Mumbai Terror: Bay Of Pigs--Revisited
The alleged ISI's sponsored invasion in Mumbai has fizzled out, albeit, with a price of human lives and properties. The perpetrators had expected much larger damage of gigantic proportions. Going by their body language on TV, both the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan appear to be hopelessly helpless in controlling the ISI. The Army still seems to have an upper hand in the elected democracy of Pakistan. The situation in our own country is worse. The dejure Prime Minister, who is innocently honest, is furious at being made the scapegoat again. The de facto power behind the throne, like in the past, stops appearing on TV screen altogether and share the blame for failure! This centre of power skillfully pulls strings of all sub-centres of power including ministers and top bureaucrats and other yesmen! The de jure Prime minister is bypassed, as per whispers in the corridors of power. This backseat driving by the invisible power has cost the country dearly. There is at present, no accountability in the system. Let us talk of ground realities. The Mumbai massacre is a clear case of mammoth intelligence failure on the part of all the intelligence agencies. What is the accountability of the National Security Advisor? What is the role and responsibility of the Union Home minister who has resigned. Worse, What is the explanation of the Cabinet Secretary on his momentous failure in coordinating the intelligence inputs received from all agencies?Is the Cabinet Secretary meant to ensure the placements of his favourites in key positions only? What is the responsibly of the "Think Tank" like the National Security Council Secretariat. Why this multiplicity of authorities? I had, in the aftermath of Delhi blast, suggested in this very website about the creation of a full-fledged Min. of Internal Security which is presently being looked after by merely a wing of MHA. Let this ministry be manned by representatives of all intelligence agencies like the IB, RAW, Military Intelligence, State Government Intelligence agencies etc. One cannot say, for sure, whether this proposition will be a panacea against all terrorist attacks, but, at least, the job of maintaining internal security in the country, will surely get a focussed attention. All officers in the proposed ministry must be totally held responsible and held accountable for any act of non-performance. This ministry must be manned by professionals only( and not bureaucrats with no operational experience)It must be remembered that the days of external aggression have since been over. These are days of proxy wars by terrorists, which are far more dangerous. Let us take a cue from the series of blasts at Banguluru, Jaipur, Delhi and now Mumbai and learn our lessons. And, last but not the least, people like Raj Thakre and his Shiv Sena cannot escape their quota of blame. They kept the Mumbai Police so busy for the past three months that the latter failed to notice the movements of these ambassadors of terror from across the border to Mumbai with tons of deadly arsenals.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
Ministers maintain low profile while terrorist drama unfolded
Some very prominent politicians from Maharashtra who are Ministers in the UPA government have chosen to maintain a low profile while the terrorist drama unfolded in Mumbai. However they were very vociferous in extending support to Raj Thakeray and went out of their way to condemn "outsiders" in Maharashtra.
N Reddy
Small gestures matter
Despite the crisis, I am proud of what I witnessed in Thailand during the emergency there. I feel proud to be a part of the celebration organized by the government outside the u-ttappao airport held to boost up the moral of the tourist stuck for 5 days desperate to catch flights to get back home. It included a live band, free water service, sandwiches and first-aid. I feel India can also organize similar events in Delhi during fog which paralyzes our country every year....As I am part of aviation, I feel these small gestures help getting connected to the soul and give lifetime memories
Shruti Lohiya
Let's wait and watch
Wait for a few days. Media fact finders may come up with write-up and stories to the effect that those killed as terrorists were really innocent persons who were killed to malign a particular community and with a view to destabilising the country.
Kaypee
A mirror to Indian Democracy
The tragic happenings of Bombay are a mirror to our democracy ! Indeed they are a shake up of the inert Indian masses, who think that it is their birth right only to criticize the government of the day even when they do not do their minimal duty of at least electing the government of their choice by casting their votes. If all the Indian voters were to honestly do this duty, we would never see a Bombay happen again nor will any foreign country dare cast an evil eye towards us. Failure to do so is bound to load us with the unwanted baggage of proxy PMs/CMs. We can not demand of proxies to ensure foolproof security of all the citizens in all the provinces, Mumbai(I continue to love my Bombay)included.
I would not have added to the overflow of public sentiments on the subject, had it not been the demand on certain TV channels for "limited emergency, even for a year" or "postpone elections for a year and constitute an all party government" etc. These are very dangerous suggestions my countrymen and women. Please wake up, watch out and protect/preserve and strengthen Indian democracy. Please do not allow these dangerous suggestions to take roots, for there shall be no India after another emergency. Mumbai developments should not be allowed to be used for any such nefarious activities.
Secondly, there is no need to convert India into a police state. Where there is a will in our political establishment, there is always a way with the Indian Civil/police/military administration as has been proved repeatedly, the last one being the operation in Mumbai. Our services, if allowed to function as per the laid down law(as distinct from the oral orders in the name of "mantriji chaahete hain" ),can eliminate all dangers, not to talk of foolish acts of abuse of pre adolescence youth by myopic neighbourhoods. The need is to only put to lawful & humane use the existing legal provisions and some lessons in political leadership to activists at public cost(rather than funding their election expenses).
M L Gupta
IRS transfers
If you notice, one by one, as many as 12 CITs have been posted to Delhi after the annual transfers were over. Is this God's grace or man's design. Everyone was told that all must sit quiet as there will be no transfers till next summer. If you open your archives, whispers had repeatedly said around August/Sept 2008 that in IRS, transfer season lasts from April to Feb. How true.
Anon
Guess the revised payscale under the ACP Scheme
Kindly guess the revised payscale of a Central Government employee whose current basic pay is Rs. 5200/- (in the pre-revised payscale of Rs. 4000-100-6000) under the so-called ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME? Sir/Madam, if your answer is Rs. 5500-175-9000 or Rs. 6500-200-10500, I am sorry, you are absolutely wrong. The revised payscale is Rs. 4500-125-7000/-. Yes, what you see is correct. It is the practice in the Staff Selection Commission while granting the so-called 'Assured Career Progression Scheme' to their 'Data Entry Operators Grade A' who didn't get any promotion even after 12 years of regular service.
I humbly request the authorities to arrange them a justified higher pay-scale ie. more than Rs. 5200/- ( Rs. 5500-175-9000 or Rs. 6500-200-10500) so that the name of the scheme 'Assured Career ...' will be an apt. Otherwise, better change the name of the scheme being extended to the DEOs of the SSC.
Mrs. Jhansi Lakshmi
Child Care leave with polls in mind
While we are on the Child Care Leave which was recommended by the VIth CPC and accepted by the Government as a election year benefit to the female employees would it not be out of place to extend the same facility to widower in the government service to look after the child if at all child care was the real reason for extending the benefit. If the concept of Child Care is so glaring as to allow two years fully paid leave then why not make it a national policy so that even private sector emplowers may be constraint to extend it to their female employees. And i hope the next pay commission will come up with an even more innovate idea of granting paid leave for looking after the aged parents who are also in need of care and attention. Why not have a legislationon this. All these kind of leaves canbe permitted but without pay thenles see howmany of the socalled CCL are availed.
hopeman66
Where was Raj Thakrey?
It was amazing we didn't hear any word from Raj Thakrey. I guess, the hole he was hiding in was not able to receive or send any communication.
Anita Saxena
Mera Bharat Mahan!
Shame on the Indian politicians and bureaucrats. No IAS officer has died defending the country. Yet the 6th Pay Commission treats the armed forces and police as second class citizens. Chidambaram has finished the Customs and DRI. Mera Bharat Mahan!
Vijay Kumar
Tatas should better manage their properties
Taj management's failure, even if it is inadvertent, in overlooking huge stock- pile of arms and omissions make them prime culprit for the tragedy and they owe legal action. On what basis they are giving clean chit to their entire staff? Tatas should better manage their properties better instead of commenting on the system!
Anil Kumar
Playing havoc with the service conditions
The CSS manning AD VI in CBDT is playing havoc with the service conditions and deputations of the IRS. Not satisfied with that, the 1999 batch of the IRS which should have been promoted to JAG (pre sixth pay commission terminology) by now and for which the Finance Minister had given approval seeing the shortage of officers, has not been promoted yet. What is the reason?
UP
Indian political leaders are real terrorist
It is very true that Indian political leaders are real terrorist. For their vote banking, innocent people are killing day by day.
India has no proper accountability and legal system as well as local police are most corrupted, they rated the cases according to crime.
To tackle the terrorism we need IT power i.e. a large data bank system should save data of each and every citizen must have single Identity, the identity shall be used by the person wherever he/she needs like passport, mobile, land records, banks, credit cards, hotels, travels etc. etc. even purchase of goods in reputed firms/stores. Through that we able to ascertain the persons movements and incomes/expenditures by searching using their single Identity.
This kind of data bank also helps Police Department, Income tax, customs to catch the criminals, corrupted person, smugglers etc. easily.
Apolo