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Over 60 1989 batch IAS officers empanelled
Over 60 IAS officers belonging to the 1989 batch are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in Government of India(GOI) in the CSB that took place last week.
Ashok Kumar to be Secretary Tourism ?
Ashok Kumar is likely to be appointed new Secretary Tourism in the Government of India. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Extension for Alok Sinha CMD,FCI likely
As the grapevine has it Alok Sinha, an IAS officer of 1973 batch from Uttar Pradesh who is the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Food Corporation of India (FCI),is going to get an extension. He is due to superannuate on October 31,2008.
A B Prasad is new Additional Secretary Personnel
Consequent to his empanelment as Additional Secretary A.B. Prasad has joined as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Administrative Reforms Commission). He is an IAS office of the 1976 batch of Bihar cadre.
PM and FM are united on age issue ?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram are said to be united on the issue of raise in the retirement age from 60 to 62 years. Will they succeed ?.
O.P.Agrawal has joins IL & FS
O.P.Agrawal has joined Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS).He is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who hails from the Assam cadre.He has succeeded D K Mittal who has gone back to his parent cadre of Uttar Pradesh.He is 1977 batch IAS officer .
Eleven posts of IPS vacant in CBI
Eleven of 22 posts in the rank of Superintendents of Police (SPs) rank meant for IPS officers are lying vacant in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Jalaja empanelled in GoI
Ms S Jalaja has recently been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1974 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Srivastava to be JS Corporate Affairs
Avinash K Srivastava is being appointed Joint Secretary Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Verma joins Ernst and Young
Former CCIT (CCA), Rajasthan, has also reportedly joined Ernst and Young, Delhi.1970 batch retired IRS officer Verma had a brilliant record.
HP CM for guarding interests of Himachalis
Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, has made it clear that the State would conduct entrance tests for admission to the private universities and colleges and the interests of the State and its people would be protected at all costs. He said that the college fee-structure would also be determined by the state government so that Himachali students could also afford to pay the required charges conveniently. He assured the people of the State that their interests would be protected above all.
Parliament session to be disrupted
As the grapevine has it that the ensuing session of the Indian Parliament will be disrupted by MPs belonging to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) & the Left Front (LF).
Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre unlikely
Cabinet reshuffle in Indian Government being headed by Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is now a distant possibility feel political pundits.
Panel for the post of Jt.Secy, HI rejected
Three member panel for the post of Joint Secretary Heavy Industries has been rejected because incumbents who figured in the panel reportedly lacked experience of the industry.
Khan appointed Additional Member (Budget) in Rail Bhawan
M S Khan IRAS HAG Advisor Budget has been appointed Additional Member Budget in the Rail Bhawan.
IAS reshuffle in Karnataka
There is IAS reshuffle in Karnataka. New changes are Mssrs:-P B Ramamurthy Chairman, Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board, R Suresh Principal Secretary, Food Processing and Harvesting Technology, N Manjunath Prasad Commissioner for Agriculture, P B Ramamurthy Commissioner for Textiles . G Latha Krishna Rau positing,M Maheshwar Rao Additional Commissioner, Bangalore Bruhat Mahanagara Palike, GCR Subramanian Commissioner for Textile Development & Director of Handloom & Textiles,M N Vijaykumar Member, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore,Paramesh Pandey Commissioner, Survey Settlement & Land Records, Bangalore ,Amita Prasad Director General, Administrative Training Institute, Mysore,B H Manjunath: Regional Commissioner, Belgaum Division, Belgaum,Rajeev Chawla: Administrator, CADA, Malaprabha & Ghataprabha Projects, Belgaum ,V Manjula Managing Director, Hutti Gold Mines, Bangalore,Jayaramaraje Urs: Secretary, Kannada & Culture, Information Department,G V Kongawad: Secretary, Housing Department,P Ganeshan Managing Director, Mysore Minerals ,C N Seetharam: Secretary, Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, Bangalore,K S Prabhakara: Commissioner for Religious and Charitable Endowment & E/o Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Bangalore ,K R Niranjan Inspector General of Registration and Commissioner for Stamps, Bangalore ,N Sriraman Managing Director, Karnataka Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, Bangalore ,
M K Baladeva Krishna Deputy Commissioner, Kodagu District,Subodh Yadav Deputy Commissioner, Gadag District,Anwar Pasha Deputy Commissioner, Chikkaballapur District,V Ponnuraj Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada
Dr Ekroop Caur Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Belgaum ,Dr Ravneet Singh: Project Co-ordinator, BMICP and M T Reju Officer on Special Duty, DPAR (Services).
1992 batch IAS promoted in Punjab
1992 batch IAS officers in Punjab have been given super-time scale in Punjab.
M. S.Padhi is Special Administrator ,Kandhamal affairs
The Orissa government has appointed Madhu Sudan Padhi,Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Higher Education Department as Special Administrator, Kandhamal affairs.He is 1991 batch IAS officer,who belongs to Orissa cadre.
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Two new Members appointed in Prasar Bharti (UPDATED)
Two new Members have been appointed in the Prasar Bharti Board.Now the Board is complete.
NHDC gets Rashtriya Rajbhasha samman (UPDATED)
NHDC, a pioneer organization in the field of hydropower development in Madhya Pradesh is also contributing towards its costitutional responsibilities by achieving various milestones in the field of Rajbhasha.NHDC has been awarded SAHSTRABDI RASHTRIYA RAJBHASHA SHIELD SAMMAAN by Rashtriya Hindi Acdemy at 21st Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan held in Shimla from October 2-4, 2008. The Rajbhasha Patrika 'Aarohan' of NHDC has also been awarded Best National Rajbhasha Patrika award namely Rajbhasha Patrika Rashtriya Shield Sammaan on this occasion.Both these awards were presented to NHDC by Her Excellency the Governor of Himachal Pradesh Mrs. Prabha Rau and Ex Member of Parliament & Senior Litterateur Dr. Ratnakar Pandey at a glittering ceremony held at Shimla on October 2,2008. The awards were received by D.S. Chauhan,GM (HR), NHDC and Akhilesh Jain, Sr. Manager (HR/Rajbhasha), NHDC jointly. K.M. Singh, Chief Executive Director, NHDC congratulated all NHDC Officials for this special achievement. This is also pertinent to mention here that NHDC has also been awarded in the field of Rajbhasha in the past by Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanavayan Samiti and Dushyant Kumar Sangrahalya also.
Additional charge to Gautam Choudhuri (UPDATED)
Gautam Choudhuri DGIT(HRD),Delhi has been given additional charge of DGIT( L & R)Delhi with immediate effect vice N.K.Shukla..

CORPORATE
Interviews for EDs in BHEL in October
Interviews of General Managers (GMs) to be elevated as Executive Directors (EDs) in pubilc sector major Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) will be held in October 2008.
POWERGRID declares highest ever dividend of Rs.505.08 Crore
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), the young Navratna PSU, has declared a dividend of Rs.505.08 Crore for the Financial Year 2007-08. This is the highest ever dividend paid by POWERGRID.A cheque of Rs.247.35 Crore towards final dividend for the year 2007-08 was handed over by S. K. ChaturvediChairman cum Managing Director (CMD), POWERGRID to the Indian Minister for Power Sushilkumar Shinde recently in Delhi.Those present were Anil Razdan, Secretary (Power), senior officials of Ministry of Power and POWERGRID Board Members. In addition to this, an interim dividend of Rs.176.68 Crore was earlier paid to the Ministry of Power for the year 2007-08.The total dividend of Rs.505.08 Crore declared by POWERGRID is 36.94% higher than the last year's dividend of Rs.368.82 Crore. The dividend amount of Rs.505.08 Crore is approximately 35% of the profit after tax of Rs1448.47 Crore. POWERGRID has been consistently paying dividend for more than a decade. POWERGRID has registered a net profit of Rs1448.47 Crore over a turnover of Rs.5081.53 crores in the FY 2007-08, registering a growth of 24% in turnover and 18% in net profit compared to FY 2006-07.At present POWERGRID is operating about 68,000 ckt. kms. of transmission lines along with 116 Sub-stations with transformation capacity of more than 74,000 MVA. With the use of state-of-the-art preventive maintenance techniques, average availability of transmission systems during the year 2007-08 was maintained at 99.65%. POWERGRID continues to wheel about 45% of total power generated in the country through its transmission network.
Ms. Vinita Dwivedi quits BBC
Ms.Vinita Dwivedi, Business Development Manager, BBC - India, has reportedly resigned.
Asheesh Thukral to join Turner Entertainment
Asheesh Thukral has been appointed as Marketing head for Cartoon Network and Pogo channels by Turner Entertainment.
M P's first restaurant serving northwest frontier style cuisine
Welcome heritage Noor-Us-Sabah Palace Hotel in Bhopal is all set to launch much awaited "Zaika" Restaurant, which will be only of its kind in the region to serve northwest frontier style cuisine for the connoisseur.
REC pays 30% dividend for the year 2007-08
P Uma Shankar, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), Rural Electrification Corporation, (REC) presented a dividend cheque for Rs.210.76 crore to Sushil Kumar Shinde, Indian Minister of Power for the year 2007-08, in a brief ceremony held in the Ministry of Power, Government of India on October 3, 2008. On this occasion, Anil Razdan, Secretary (Power) and senior officials of REC and the Ministry of Power were also present. The Company has registered robust performance, creating an all-time record in all key operational parameters. The amount of loans sanctioned increased by 63% over the previous year to Rs.46,770 crore from Rs.28,630 crore, excluding Grants under RGGVY. The amount of disbursements increased by 19% to Rs.16,304 crore from Rs.13,733 crore, which included Grants under RGGVY. The recoveries increased by 37% to Rs.9,042 crore from Rs.6,585 crore. The Operating income increased by 27% to Rs.3,378 crore from Rs.2,652 crore. The Profit before Tax increased by 30% to Rs.1,312.42 crore from Rs.1,006.19 crore. Similarly, the Profit after Tax also increased by 30% to Rs.860.15 crore from Rs.660.26 crore.
Direct Taxes register growth
Net direct tax collections during first six months of the present fiscal (up to September 2008) stood at Rs.147,197 crore, up from Rs.111,055 crore, registering a growth of 32.54 percent. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 35.65 percent (Rs.95,283 crore as against Rs.70,240 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including FBT, STT and BCTT) grew at 26.94 percent (Rs.51,701 crore as against Rs.40,729 crore). Growth of Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) was 62.23 percent (Rs.3,580 crore against Rs.2,207 crore); Securities Transaction Tax (STT) was 2.72 percent (Rs.3,182 crore against Rs.3,098 crore); and Banking Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) was 17.65 percent (Rs.320 crore against Rs.272 crore).Growth in corporate tax deducted at source (TDS) remained above 52 percent; and PIT TDS grew at 28 percent despite substantial tax relief allowed to individual taxpayers in the Union Budget 2008. Corporate TDS collections stood at Rs.30,810 crore as on September 30,2008 against Rs.20,210 crore during the corresponding period last year. PIT TDS stood at Rs.33,276 crore as against Rs.26,002 crore in the same period. Self-assessment tax paid by both corporate and non-corporate taxpayers, voluntarily before filing their tax returns, registered substantial growth at 111 percent and 71 percent, respectively. Continued high growth in TDS and FBT collections indicates inherent strength of the Indian economy and continued improvement in tax administration. Higher growth in self-assessment tax indicates continued improvement in tax compliance levels.
Mehta elected Chairman GJEPC
Vasant Mehta has been elected new Chairman of the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) .
Ms.Vinita Dwivedi roped by DRM
Ms.Vinita Dwivedi who had resigned as Business Development Manager BBC India has been appointed as Project Director,Digital Radio Mondiale consortium (DRM) & would be joining on November 1,2008.
Wasim Bashir is EVP Rediffusion DYR
Wasim Bashir has moved from Coca Cola to the Rediffusion DYR as maiden Executive Vice President.
Rajiv Raja quits Bates 141
Rajiv Raja Executive Creative Director(ECD) Bates 141 has reportedly quit.
NTPC pays highest ever dividend of Rs.2885.92 crore (UPDATED)
NTPC Limited paid a total dividend of Rs 2885.92 crore for the financial year (FY) 2007-08 which amounts to 35% of its paid up capital. A cheque amounting Rs 590.37 crore was presented by R. S. Sharma , Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD), NTPC to Sushilkumar Shinde Indian Minister for Power, being share of Government of India towards final dividend for the FY 2007-08 in New Delhi. Anil Razdan, Secretary Power, Govt. of India and senior officials of Ministry of Power & NTPC were also present on the occasion.This is the 15th consecutive year that NTPC has paid dividend

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Most of the Maoist cadres are Christians and Centre knows this!!!
But we know why this fact Centre is giving the miss!!!
Unless fairness is not the yardstick don't expect strife to stop!!!!!
And fairness is a decision that has to be taken at the top!!!
See the spin that Amar Singh is giving the Jamia Nagar encounter!!!
Strongly such allegations Sarkaar needs to counter!!!
Such kind of politicking is expected from Amar Singh,
Such allegations he's prone to fling!!!
Thinking like him..... maybe this his way to make the Inspector's family refuse the money SP has offered!!!!
Just for making brownie points by SP the posthumous award was proffered!!!
But he has his hold and that's why in the cash form vote scam he's getting a clean chit!
He's been cleared by the Parliamentary Panel …. Democracy pe direct hit!!!
Or has he been cleared to save Ahmed Patel.... collateral beneficiary!!!!
And as you know for the Gandhi pariwaar Patel is a deary!!!
Anyone who viewed the expose on the Telly would agree,
That Amar's hand is so easy to see!!!
Raj Babbar's induction into Congress has filled Amar with ire!!!!
His gob very soon Amar will fire!!!!
He's presently keeping quite because he's hoping Rahul will break the impasse!!
Hoping that Congress will give in UP SP ko ghaas!!!
Diggy is contemplating inserting ads in newspapers!!!
That Amar saying that he and Diggy are related is one of Amar's devious caper's!!!
Begaani shaadi mein Laloo diwana,
Laloo keeps boasting 'Rahul ke shaadi mein as baraati mainne hai jaana'!!!!
Hope he realizes Gandhi's keep marriages very private and low key!!!!
Not like his own kids shaadi jamboree!!!
So for all you know you'll find Laloo doing a jig outside Sonia's home!!!!
Wearing a fake badge ' Rahul's Baratee' and sticker on his car he'll roam!!!
If the Congress SP pact is sealed then Amar too will expect an invitation!!!
And of course he'll show the invite to the Nation!!!
Full page ads will shout ' Thakur Amar Singh to grace Rahul's wedding'!!!!
He'll also ensure that on Page 3 in newspapers this is the heading!!!
In the end it'll be 'bathed and got ready for nothing as there was no invite'!!!
To enter the marriage one will need an invite in black and white!!!
In Punjab Uncle and nephew are doing noora wrestling!!!
Politically the nephew is still a nestling!!
Though some say nephew Manpreet Badal is now jostling for his political space!!!
And Uncle Prakash Singh Badal's got ' noora (sham) anger' on his face!!!
In Delhi Shiela is still trying to extricate her foot from her oral cavity!!!!
Her comments post the Journalist's murder reeked of depravity!!!
Now she's trying to fib and fob to save face!!!!
And to do this she's going red in the face!!!
Pawar has looked into his crystal ball and predicted inflation's fall!!!
Just see the man's gall!!
Pawar has a big hand in inflation rocketing!!!
And as per rumors in Pawar's camp there has been a 'lot of pocketing'!!!
If you thought US was bad Europe is worse when it come to economic woes!!!
And the economic black hole just grows!!!
Trillions will go down this hole and still economic downturn will continue!!!!
More and more will join the unemployed queue!!!!
Confucius says..... Bulls have been shooed away and on the street is Bull poo!!!
And by the time Bulls return trillions would have been flushed down the loo!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
IRS Association finding difficult to contain middle management
The IRS Association is finding it extremely difficult to contain the middle management who are extremely incensed with the Pay Commission . There is a segment advocating that some Cabinet Ministers should be exposed in the press and the Income tax department has enough ammunition with them!!! On the other hand some advocate that the IRS should strike at the time of the Lok Sabha when they would be expenditure observers.
S Maharaj
Army should ask for pay parity with paramilitary forces
The army should ask for pay parity with paramilitary forces and not the civilian. If they think Lt Col should be equated with Commandants of paramilitary forces, then they must ask for the same. By dragging Director/ civilians into controversy, they are creating more troubles then solutions. Instead they should reduce the number of years for being Col to 14 years and so on. Someone has rightly said here that army enjoys lots of incentives such as CSD, Clubs, sahayaks etc, which may be similar to Para Military forces, so the comparison should be drawn between Army and Para-Military forces and not with others.
Ashu
Remarks fact
I am in full agreement with the factual position brought out for comparing the civil services and the army. The army was however credited with being a disciplined force. It is not understandable the when the Army top brass have chosen to defy the Government in matters of pay fixation and are even now pestering and raising the demand for their non selection post of Lt col to be put in PB-4,which means the highest pay band without any screening ,why no disciplinary action is being taken for the open defiance. Such inaction on the part of the Government will in turn lead to indiscipline in other services as well
Ranjan Sahay
I agree with the views of Krishna Nambiar
The defence forces will have to be taken care of if are borders have to be safe. Why are youths today shying away from joining the army, navy and air force? It is not only money but respect and recognition which the nation owes to a soldier. The service of a civilian and a defence personnel should not be compared. They both serve the nation in their own unique way. Their grievances must be looked into and they should in no way be made to feel discriminated.
Virika
Enough is enough
We are becoming sick by daily dose of Defence Officers' ranting about status and rankings. Why not they put up correct facts in public domain and then argue. I am a little bit surprised. As far I know about parity of Armed Forces with their civilian counterparts (I may be wrong, kindly clarify the exact position) Major General is equivalent to Joint Secretary. Going by that hierarchy, Brigadier is equal to Director, Colonel to Deputy Secretary, Lt. Colonel to Under Secretary and Major to Section Officers. In the Armed Forces Head Quarters as well as Ministry of Defence Secretariat, Colonels are appointed to head Divisions (normally headed by Deputy Secretary). Sections/Units are headed by Majors. Though Salary-wise Majors get more salary as they are promoted from Lt. and then Captain and then Major. (I think total time is about 8-10 years). Now wherefrom Lt. Colonel has become Director rank and he may be placed in Pay Band-4? I do not understand, what Army is getting by spreading this false propaganda. If you want better pay-scales fight for it. But do not comment on others. Regarding parity with IAS, I wonder why they do not seek parity with other Central services and only with IAS. Do they know how IAS is selected and how NDA/CDS exam are conducted. We respect Armed Forces, but not to such extent that they consider themselves GOD. Now time has come to evaluate their true contribution in nation building compared to facilities they get. It is true that they fight for the nation but that is done by everybody who is asked for (compare this to the Policemen who sacrifices his life fighting terrorists). I consider the sacrifice and duty of a policeman more adorable because he is paid meagerly, he has no right to fire (he has to arrest the culprit, even if the culprit is firing at him)Compare this to the Armed forces, who are ordered to kill and have latest sophisticated weapons. Stil Armed Forces are pampered lot!! Why this double standards. Everybody is doing its duty and getting paid for it. Nobody is doing charity. So much about shortage of Officers in the Army. Have you gone through anytime the number of people applied for the NDA/CDS and how much got selected?. There is no dearth of applicants for army officers even for this poorly paid jobs. It is the selection procedure (SSB Interview) which is very much tilted in favour of elite minority (English speaking) that people are rejected in SSB Interviews and Army keeps on harping shortage of officers. Why not Army conduct coaching classes for SSB Interviews in villages/remote areas ( as is done in Sainik schools to train the elite of children of Army Officers). Please for god sake do not make Army an elite service, where jawans are from poor background and officers are from elite (english speaking). Enough is enough! You can not have your cake and eat it too. Army officers are so pampered but are treated as holy cow (just like judiciary). Regarding corruption in Army we have seen it in Tehelka case and can see any time in MES contracts as well as purchase of weapons. How can you expect of corruption from a jawan on border to indulge in corruption when he has no opportunity?. Please show your real face when you get such opportunity.
Please do not take it as a disrespect for Armed Forces. We all respect them for their contribution for the nation. But we want to adore them only and not worship them as God as some of the Army officers (mostly retired ones who have done nothing in their service time and now they are strategic experts for TV studios) thinks from us.
Are we leading to Military Rule?? These Media people just do not know that they are doing such harm to the democracy by supporting the greedy officers. Stop before it is too late and we see another Musharraf and Jiya-ul-Haq in India also.
S K Tripathi
Facts will speak for themselves
One has only to find out the way soldiers/veterans are treated and respected all over the world and then compare the heartless way people in uniform being done down by the IAS in India. Their subjective approach to all matters military will do down the finest fighting machine. Give the defenders of the Nation the best the country can afford including a say in all matters pertaining to them. Get the statistics of the bright young people wanting to defend the Nation. Facts will speak for themselves.
Ved Ahuja
Why armed forces are allowed organised trade unionism?
What I am not able to understand is as to how the largest organised uniformed workforce i.e. the armed forces are being allowed to indulge in "organised trade unionism" spearheaded by the Chief of Staff and the media is supporting it? How can any perceived "anomalies" be allowed to justify this conduct?
RK
Armed forces creating false impression of disparity
Right from submission of 6th CPC Report, the armed forces have been creating a false impression of disparity in their pay and status vis-a-vis the civilian counterparts. The Govt., to address any such alleged disparities, constituted Anomalies Committee of Secretaries based on whose Report the Revised Pay Rules-2008 were Notified. Immediately after publication of this Report; the armed forces had expressed satisfaction and publicly confirmed that "all their core concerns have now been resolved". Strangely, after awhile, after noticing that the Govt. can succumb to coercion, their ambitions rose higher and are now using all resources at their command, including misuse of gullible media, to demand unreasonable status in the hierarchy of the Govt. set-up. The entire content in media has been full of one-sided rhetoric devoid of any basis and blatant attempt to misrepresent the facts. To put the matter in correct perspective, the facts of the entire case are submitted as under:
(a) One of the contentions of the armed forces is regarding lowering of status of Lieutenant Colonels (and equivalent ranks) vis-a-vis that of civilian Directors. This contention is misrepresentation of facts. In this connection it is brought to your kind notice that the pay scales of civilian Directors (non-IAS), Colonels and Lt Cols prior to 6th CPC were as under:
Civilian Director : Rs.14300-18300
Colonel : Rs.15100-17350
LtCol3500-17100
As per laid down policy of Government of India, the terminal value of the pay scale is to be compared for determining the seniority. It would thus be revealed that the civilian Directors (having the end scale of Rs.18300) are senior to even Colonels (who have the end scale of Rs. 17300). Accordingly, the Govt. vide Gazette Notification No.D.L.-33004/99 of 2007 had Notified the equivalence between army and civilian officers in case of Boarder Roads Organisation was issued wherein Maj Gen has been equated with Chief Engineer , Colonel with Director and Lt Col with Joint Director. The demand of Defence Services is thus totally unjustified as existing hierarchy of governance is sought to be disturbed by them. On paper they have no associations, union etc but blatant blackmail by service chiefs is going on. Is it not indiscipline? Every service has grievances with the pay-commission. But other than so called disciplined, patriotic forces who else has blackmailed the govt. like this? Following points are also highlighted:
(a) They are the best paid service today. A Lt Col was getting approx Rs 4000 more than his civilian counterpart Joint Director before 6th CPC. This is now Rs. 20000 more for a Lt Col but they are still not satisfied.
(b) They get 3 months leave as against 38 days to their civilian counterpart.
(c) Free railway warrants for self and family once a year.
(d) Six Concession voucher for rail travel in a year.
(e)Free ration.
(f) Rs. 5000 as technical pay for doing tech course at government cost with full pay, while their civilian counterpart don't get any such privilege.
(g) A sahayak at home for which salary is given by the government. No dearth of manpower which is misused at will for household chores, kitchen gardening etc.
(h) Free houses, free electricity, free furniture, free water.
(i) Majority of Lt Cols, for whom up-gradation is now being demanded, are not considered fit for posting to regiments (fighting unit) as most of them are superseded or SL and lack motivation and are thus dumped to organisations like BRO,DRDO,MES etc. Their performance here also is poor due to lack of inherent quality and experience.
(j) Free school buses for children.
(k)Schools constructed through government funds but fee going to a private AWES fund (Army Welfare Education Society) and officer's wives given employment as teachers, principles etc.
(l) Exclusive engineering colleges, medical colleges, management schools, law colleges, public schools etc. for ward of army personnel being run by AWES with active support of Army. Regular army officers are being irregularly posted to such private institutions.
(m) Numerous allowances for everything they do ranging from CI OPS to Siachin to field area, uniform and so on. There are a total of 40 different types of allowances. Lo and behold, there are allowances for even spectacles, extra-duty, good service, shorthand, sea-going etc etc.
(n)Our CMPF are much worse and their life is much more difficult but no MSP for them and they did not raise even a voice of murmur what to talk of blackmail. Do not think that the defence forces are the paragon of honesty. There is rampant corruption here also as they come from same society. They in fact go berserk on the first opportunity . All this continues when they come to civilian organisations. But they have managed to befool the gullible civil society of being direct descendants of Raja Harishchandra. They take full advantage of the stealth kabach available to them in the form of OG uniform.
(o) They are miser when it comes to giving something as they have been thoroughly been spoiled by free-ration culture and always expect every thing for free. Steeling of electricity in cantts in rampant. Officers unauthorizedly use numerous ACs in their houses but hardly pay any bills.
(q) They get compensated for everything and still get Rs. 20000 more while working in civilian organisations and equal pay for equal work principal is violated. Government should give whatever is necessary to compensate them in difficult areas but while working in mixed organisations they should be paid at par with civilians.
ROSE
Vested interests at it again
The bogey of so called shortage of officers in the armed forces is being spread by the vested interests in the Services to befool the gullible public outside who is not aware of the goings-on behind the iron curtain. This has become a tool to be used to coerce the Govt. to extract maximum benefits.A study needs to be carried out as to how the career in Armed Forces has almost become a 'pushtaini dhanda' for the wards of the Armed Forces and why the candidates without any family background of Services are not able to get recruited in officers' cadre of the Armed Forces. Govt. may accordingly review the recruitment process through SSBs (which are prone to inside influence) to tide over the problem of alleged shortage of officers in the Services. It is also intriguing as to why the Services are not ready to withdraw Army Officers from mixed Organisations like MES; BRO; Coast Guard; DRDO etc. and utilize them for the purpose they are recruited for. Their uncalled for induction in these organizations is leading to such bickering which is eating into the vitals of these organizations thereby seriously affecting efficiency. This will simultaneously solve the problem of alleged shortage of officers in Armed Forces.
Desh Bhakt
Govt gesture !
It is nice of Government to approve AVSC-II to grant more higher posts. Let us see where the officers are posted. The Brig now has to serve as Lt Col appointment of 1924/1947. There is already so much talk of equivalency with civilian officers without realising that it has come by the deep degradation of posts in Army while in civil it is not so much. The Army brothers have to realise that as a country moves from a colony to democracy and as economy moves ahead it is but natural that civil organisations will expand more. They have failed in devising proper cadre for themselves. Once they is asked even though a post held by a captain in 1947 is now held by a Lt Col. Yet equivalency is asked as if the post held is equivalent. This is nothing but blackmailing. Government must withdraw all benefits and grant 50% more pay as allowance on year on year basis with civil services. This will be much cheaper. Secondly while in civil appointments the Army officers must draw civil pay. Thanks
Harsh
Understand the whole rigma roll
I am writing to you regarding website www.whispersinthecorridors.com of Friday 3.Oct.2008 referring to A.L Makhijani director (Retd) & Advocate about his observation on the rank structures and facilities given to the Armed forces.
I would like to give just one line answer to all his crabbings. The like of A.L Makhijani shall understand the whole of rigma roll if the Government issues just one order, like it is existing in United States and other World Power countries, that all the government officers in the beginning of their career shall be required to do 3-5 years of compulsory commission services in the Armed Forces before they are reverted back to their coveted IAS and Police Services etc.
The compulsory military service with all the risks involved shall remove all their doubts and misgivings as only the practical experience gives you the real feel of the whole matter.
Col.H.M.Singh
(Project Manager)
Recent crisis in USA financial market is fallout of overdrive
Yesterday I was discussing with one learned professor of economics about the possible fallouts of American financial crisis on India. The recent crisis in the financial market of USA is the fallout of some overdrive, boosted in the housing sector, which prompted people of USA to purchase houses, borrowing from banks despite their weaker positions to repay those loans. Due to this housing sector including construction companies got big boost and the real estate sector boomed too much. Obviously, in the short term all this was good and the philosophy of owning a house on the basis of liberal finance provided by banks was good. Due to this demand of houses grew manifold, which put huge pressure on prices and real estate prices sky rocketed. Definitely in such situation when the prices due to demand pressure start rising, the speculators or investors etc try to enter the market to make and book profit which further makes the prices soaring and unrealistic. It was under this scenario that banks on mortgage basis further financed houses at inflated cost. Since, houses were available on easy finances, those people who had bought houses but did not have the enough repaying capacity or other such returns from that property (bought) started defaulting in the payment of their loans. Naturally, in this situation the speculators and investors try to exit from the market at the earliest, as they smell first the downfall of prices due to selling of houses to repay the mortgages. Now those banks, which financed housing, sector at very high prices did not find the buyers to buy those flats/houses at the earlier loan time price rate. Consequently, the mortgage assets of banks began to mismatch to their responsibilities making them to become bankrupt. The securitization of mortgage papers of real estate etc further multiplied speculators or players and Lehman brothers etc are such victims. The entire matter can be explained in a simplistic way. Suppose, a bank has given me loan of 20 lacs to buy a house in Delhi, later on I default the loan payment, bank takes over that house and tries to sell that house for 20 lacs to recover the money. But the price of that house has come down to the level of 5 lacs. Now bank will loose 15 lacs and this exactly happened with American banks and companies involved in the finance of housing sector. Due to shortsighted philosophy of over financing in the housing sector and not contemplating its fall out in the long run in USA the American economy has come to this stage.
What can be the possible fallouts on India? I am happy that RBI and Finance Ministry of India acting in great prudence and wisdom, had already hardened the procedure to allow builders etc to procure loans from banks for their projects. Had the builders etc been getting easier loans from the banks, speculators in the real estate market would have brought similar position in India also though not of that magnitude in India. Increasing interest rates and hardening the procedure to allow investors and builders to procure easy loans to build their projects and thereby increasing the disproportionate supply in the housing sector resulting there on a crash due to non payment of loans or non purchase of houses paving the way of defaulting in the repayments of loans to banks by individual customers as well as builders etc, would have been great setback to financial sector of India like USA. But we are lucky. However the export of software, new jobs to management students etc abroad are going to be affected adversely. Fortunately there in enough inherent voltage in the Indian economy and it is locally sustainable economy, which will further enrich due to poverty of USA. For example, the medical services in INDIA are going to be more preferred by Americans now due to cheap and best quality. So is the education sector. The Indian economy being good in fundamentals, forget the sensex, is bound to have forward motion but definitely not with the same pace. Still there is nothing fundamentally against Indian economy. Our economy may suffer only when there is natural disaster or fluctuations in the oil economy. Fortunately, the biggest oil refinery in the world which will refine sour crude oil in to normal oil that is available in abundance at cheaper prices with no takers due to heavy investments to refine such oil, has to start in India shortly by Reliance group which will further give boost to the energy stability in India. Recent oil/gas discoveries by Reliance in high seas further prove to be a very good sign. The success of nuclear deal is yet to boost the economy. To mange the economy, the government should keep a close watch on the speculators (big) in every field whether it is concerning commodities or sensex or housing sector. If the end user has repaying capacity and due to this demand pressure, prices are increasing, it is not so bad but speculator or investor driven market shortage and the price rise or financing such things is great hazard which American government is facing The American economy became speculators economy creating artificial demand etc and when it became uncontrollable due to recent crash, it fell badly. Some one rightly said that Raw Capitalism is dead. This is the lesson Indian government has to learn from American financial crisis.
M N Tiwari
Don't increase retirement age
The retirement age should not be increased as in our country there is no dearth of talents.
Jayanta Sharma
Youth need opportunities
Manmohan Singh should know that this country has more votes in the Youth and not oldies like him. Youth need opportunities. Any increase in age limit would be opposed by Youth and kill the chances of Congress Party. If Rahul Gandhi really means to bring in Youth to the forefront, then no increase in age limit of Government servants.
Rajiv Khandelwal
Why for ICMR scientists alone?
Age of superannuation 62 years for the scientist of ICMR only. Why not for Administration and Technical staff of ICMR? It means, there is contribution of admin and technical staff in Research of ICMR .
S B Singh
ISS officers proved oversmart
ISS officers are competent , no doubt. Any surprise! any reluctance! Should not be, as they succeeded in putting their original 1985 and 1986 batch officers within the 1984 batch. No eyebrows are raised. They did not display any diffidence nor any under confidence in taking this matter to the cabinet and getting it passed. DoP&T and Department of Expenditure failed to notice it.
Rama Prasad