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1977 and 1978 batch officials waiting to be Addl Secr
Several 1977 and 1978 batch IAS officials are waiting to be promoted as Additional Secretary in the Government of India. They include R N Senapati (Orissa), Sudhir Kumar (Karnataka ), Ms Sarojini Thakur (HP), Sudhir Kumar (Punjab), S K Srivastava ( AM), P Prabhakaran (Kerala), Anil Goswami and Pankaj Jain (J&K), Rajiv Maharshi and V S Singh (Raj), Harminder Raj Singh (UP) and K S Mehra (UT) RP Watal (AP).
Will Jitesh Khosla join Banking Division ?
Jitesh Khosla is likely to join Banking Division in the Ministry of Finance. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
P C Chaturvedi is new Labour Secretary in GOI
P C Chaturvedi, who so far was Director General of ESIC, has assumed charge as Labour Secretary to Government of India (GOI). He is 1975 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on July 24,2009)
13 IPS officers of 1994 batch empanelled
As the grapevine has it, names of 13 IPS officer of the 1994 batch in review have reportedly been cleared for empanelment in Government of India (GOI). They are: Vineet Kumar Goel- WB, Sanjib Panda- OR, Raja Srivastava UP, Deepak Kumar- AM, Ashutosh Kumar Dumdri -MH, Dr. (Mrs.) Purnima Singh- UP, Sujeet Pandey UP, Mrs. Tadasha Mishra- JH, P.C. Damore- RJ, Bhushan Garg- PB, Mrs. Abhilasha Bisht AP, Rajesh Kumar Arya- RJ & B.L. Sujatha Rao - AP.
Corruption takes centre stage in Karnataka
As the B.S. Yediyurappa led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is patting its back over its electoral success in the May 2009 Lok Sabha general elections, the fact remains that corruption and inefficiency is proving to be a bane for the Chief Minister and the party. During whispersinthecorridors.com visit and interactions with the officials, industrialists and intellectuals corruption was the most discussed issue. Discussions in the Karnataka assembly, whose budget session is in progress, also suggests red-tapism and corruption has taken centre stage.
If the recent report compiled by the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank is taken seriously, it seems the end of Bangalore bubble. The report titled 'Doing Business In India 2009'suggests "Bangalore may be India's Silicon Valley or a 'happening city' for the trendy. But it is just not the right destination for international capital." The report - prepared after taking into account various business parameters like economic condition, constructing warehouses, tax structure, obtaining permissions, registering properties and closing business in 17 cities across the country - puts Bangalore in the 13th position and Kolkata last.
Starting a business is possible in the shortest time in Mumbai and UP's Noida - in just 30 days - while in cost terms, it is least expensive in Patna. In Bangalore, it takes 40 days to start business by obtaining all kinds of permissions while in Mumbai it needs just 30 days. Hyderabad takes 33 days and Chennai takes 34 to start an industry.
Bangalore, four years ago, had occupied fourth slot in terms of attracting investments. Now it has slipped to the eighth position as per the CMIE quarterly report of this year. Gujarat tops the list.
Justice Bhalla moves to Rajasthan
Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Jagdish Bhalla has been moved to the Rajasthan High Court as CJ.
Ashok Chawla gets additional charge of Revenue
Secretary Finance and Secretary Department of Economic Affairs Ashok Chawla, will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, during the period from 17th August, 2009 to 28th August, 2009 when P.V. Bhide will remain on leave.
Ms Jalaja gets additional charge of Health
Secretary AYUSH, Ms S. Jalaja, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, during the period from 10th August, 2009 to 26th August, 2009.
Transfers of UT cadre IPS officers
Certain IPS officers of the UT cadre have been transferred. They are: Ms.Shalini Singh DCP (SE) Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh (her transfer was in abeyance earlier), Sandeep Goyal DIG Andaman & Nicobar to Additional CP Delhi, Ms.S.Sundari Nanda Additional CP Licensing to Andaman & Nicobar, Madhur Verma Chandigarh to Mizoram, Suman Goyal Delhi to Mizoram & David Larsingha Mizoram to Delhi.
R.B.Lal to be Director, IIFM-Bhopal
R.B.Lal who on central deputation was IG Forests is going to join on the post of Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Manipur cadre.
(We said this on February 14 & May 21, 2009)
A.M.Singh to be DIG (SU) in MoEF
A.M.Singh is going to be DIG (SU) in Indian Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya cadre.
J.P.Meena joins as Joint Secretary National HRC
Jagdish Prasad Meena has assumed the charge as Joint Secretary in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Assam -Meghalaya cadre. Previously he was Agricultural Production Commissioner (APC) with Assam Governmernt.
(We said this on April 23 & June 18, 2009)

U K Bansal is Special Secretary Home
U K Bansal has assumed charge as new Special Secretary Home in the Government of India.1974 batch UP cadre IPS officer Bansal will succeed Raman Srivastava.
( We said this on July 7 )
IPS officer joins Secretariat in Uttarakhand
Nainital SSP Deepam Seth is the first IPS officer in Uttarakhand to have joined Secretariat as Additional Secretary to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister . He is 1995 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on July 30 )
Alok Kumar to join Princeton
Alok Kumar is reportedly been relieved to join Princeton for Mid Career Course in Public Policy. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Vice Admiral Sinha to succeed Vice Admiral Anup Singh
Vice Admiral Sekhar Sinha is going to succeed Vice Admiral Anup Singh as Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff.
Kheya Bhattacharya to move Geneva
Kheya Bhattacharya Joint Secretary (SAARC) in the Ministry of External Affairs is moving to Geneva as DPR. He will replace Rajiv Chander.
IAAS officer Ms. Mridula Sapru promoted
Ms. Mridula Sapru of the 1983 batch of Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IAAS) has been promoted as Principal Accountant General, Maharashtra, Mumbai.
Supriya Sahu is Director I& B
Supriya Thakur has joined as Director in the Information and Broadcasting .She is 1991 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Ranjan Khanna is Deputy Secretary Telecom
Ranjan Khanna has joined as Deputy Secretary Telecom. He is 1994 batch IRS (C &CE) officer.
IRS Officer Rinawma to be Secretary to Mizoram Government
Ralte Lal Rinawma on deputation will be a Secretary to Mizoram Government for a period of three years. At present he is Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Mysore. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1978 batch.
Posting of 1994 batch UT cadre IPS delayed
Posting of UT cadre IPS officers is getting delayed just because police verification of one of the IPS officers of UT cadre was delayed.
Ms Guha is new CVO of HCL
Ms Srabani Guha has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), Kolkata under the Ministry of Mines. She is 1986 batch IES officer.
IPS officer Pradeep Gupta appointed CVO of MOIL
Pradeep Gupta has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Manganese Ores India Limited (MOIL), Nagpur He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre
Tenure of Chandramouli extended
Deputation tenure of Dr. C. Chandramouli as OSD in the office of the RGI has been extended for a period of three months beyond 9.7.2009. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Patl gets additional charge
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved, ex-post-facto, for entrusting additional charge of the post of Development Commissioner, Dahej Special Economic Zone under Department of Commerce to S.N. Patil IOFC(88), Joint Development Commissioner, Kandla SEZ, in addition to his own charge, for a period of three months.
Roubideaux first woman to serve as director of the IHS
Yvette D. Roubideaux, M.D., M.P.H., a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota has been confirmed as the director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) on May 6 by a unanimous vote of the U.S. Senate. Dr. Roubideaux will be the first woman to serve as director of the IHS in its 54-year history.
Pant joins IMF in Nepal
US Pant, Chief Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; has joined the International Monetory Fund as IMF Treasury Advisor to Nepal. He will be located in Kathmandu. He is an officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (1982); and has also worked for the ADB, United Nations and UNDP in the past.
Ms Sharma is new CCA in Finance Ministry
Mrs Vandana Sharma is the new Chief Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Finance. She is 1984 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service Officer.
100 ,1995 batch IPS officers empanelled
Altogether 100 IPS officers belonging to 1995 batch are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of DIG in the Government of India. They are Mssrs :- . Ajay Mukund Ranade, WB, . Javed Shamin, WB, Anil Kumar, WB, R. Shiva Kumar, WB, . Satya Shankar Panda WB, Ritu Arora, OR,Radha Krishan Sharma, OR ,Santosh Pala, OR, Ashok Kumar Singh, UP ,Vijay Bhatia, UP , 1995 ,Amrandra Kumar Sengar, UP,Rajkumar RN Kuril, UP, Aalok Singh, UP ,Ashok Mutha Jain, UP,Anupam Kulshrestha, UP, Ravi Kumar Lakku, UP, Deepam Seth, UP , P.B. Krishna Prasad, UK, Bala Naga Devi, TN ,Sandeep Mittal, TN, S. Devidson Devasirvatham, TN ,S.N. Seshasai, TN ,M. Ramasubramani, TN,S. Nallasivam, TN,V.A. Ravi Kumar, TN , Satish Ramji Khandhare, JK, Tsewang Namgiyal Kalal, JK ,Rajesh Kumar, JK , Shivdarshan Singh, JK , Pankaj Kumar Darad, JK ,Sanjay A. Lathkar, JH ,Sandeep Khirwar, HY ,Charu Bali, HY,CHakkirala Sambasiva Rao, HY ,Subash Yadav, HY,Satinder Pal Singh, HP,Venugopal N., HP ,Ganesh Dutta Bhargava, HP,Shiv Pal Singh, HP,Raju Bhargava, GJ ,R.B. Brahmbhatt, GJ ,B.S. Jebalia, GJ ,D.J. Patel, GJ, Pradeep Gupta, CHJagmohan, BH , Sushil Man Singh Khopde, BH ,V.T. Lakra, AP ,veerisetty Venkata Srinavasa Rao, AP,Mahesh Murlidhar Bhagwat, AP,Atul Singh, AP, Rajiv Kumar Meena, AP,R.S. Praveen Kumar, AP, A.Y.V. Krishna, AM, Munna Prasad Gupta, AM ,I.D. Shukla, AGMU ,Zorammawia, AGMU, Madhu Kumar Tiwari, AGMU, Ravinder Singh Yadav, AGMU ,Davesh Chander Srivastava, AGMU, David Lalrinsanga, AGMU,Thugvemo Lottha, NL, Puneet Rastogi, MT, Bishawanath Bev Berma, MT, Meenakshi Sharma, MP, K.P. Venkateshwar Rao, MP, Jaideep Prasad, MP, Yogesh Deshmukh, MP, Chanchla Shekhar, MP, A. Sai Manohar, MP, Amitesh Kumar, MH, Naval Bajaj, MH , R.G. Kadam, MH , S.K. Tarwade, MH, R.S. Salunkhe, MH , V.K. Chaubey, MH , A.D. Sindhe, MH , D.G. Rao, MH, Niket Kaushik, MH , Umesh Kumar, KTK, Arun Jeji Chakravarthy, KTK , Amrit Paul, KTK , Syed Ulfath Husain, KTK, R.S. Harihar, KTK, M.R. Ajit Kumar, KL, Vihayak Vineet, SK, Samita Khare, RJ, Prashakha Mathur, RJ, Biju George Joseph K., RJ , Tajinder Pal Singh, PB ,Surinder Singh, PB , Gautam Chima, PB , Amit Prasad, PB , Mohammad Faiyaz Farooqui, PB, Pramod Ban, PB , Kapil Dev, PB , Gollapalli Nageswara Rao, PB , S.K. Priyadarshi, OR , Padmakar S. Ranipse, OR, L. Singsit, NL and Jong Pongiungrang, NL : 1995.
5 IPS officers of 1991 batch empanelled
As the grapevine has it, names of five IPS officer of the 1991 batch in review have reportedly been cleared for empanelment to the rank of DIG in Government of India (GOI). They are: Madireddy Pratap- AP, Jagmohan- WB, K. Lakshman Mohan- AP, Naresh Prasad Singh JH & Raghuvansh Prasad Yadav- BH.
11 IPS officers of 1992 batch empanelled
As the grapevine has it, names of 11 IPS officer of the 1992 batch in review have reportedly been cleared for empanelment to the rank of DIG in Government of India (GOI). They are: Bhagwanaram Meghwal- WB,B. Prasad Tripathi,R. Pratap Singh, Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sushil Kumar Singh, K. Srivastava (all from cadre), Dhananjay Kamalakar- MH, Shiv Ram Sharma- HP, N. Chandra Mouli- AP,T.K. Vinod Kumar- KL & A.S.N. Murthy- KTK.
18 IPS officers of 1993 batch empanelled
As the grapevine has it, names of 18 IPS officer of the 1993 batch in review have reportedly been cleared for empanelment to the rank of DIG in Government of India (GOI). They are: Sunil Kumar Gupta UP, Manvender Singh Bhatia- JH, Rajpal Singh- HY, P.V. Sunil Kumar- AP, P.K. Das- AM, V.N. Pachori- MP, Govind Gupta- RJ, Sunil Dutt- RJ, Hari Ram Meena- RJ, Kartar Singh PB, Anil Kumar Gupta- MP, Ashok Kumar Das-TN, R. Arumugam- TN, Ajoy Kumar- WB, Varun Kumar Mallick- WB, J.K. Bhatt- GJ, V.D. Vaghela & Sunil Kumar Jha- BH.
Achal Mehrotra appointed Ambassador to Armenia
Achal Malhotra, currently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Vienna, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Armenia.
Meena is new Joint Secretary Food Processing Industries
Amrit Lal Meena, IAS(Bh:89) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Bishnoi is new Director SFIO
Anuj Kumar Bishnoi has been appointed Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office(SFIO) (Joint Secretary Level) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on July 25 )
Garg appointed JS Agriculture
Subhash Chandra Garg has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on July 2)
IAS changes in Karnataka
Sandhya Venugopal Sharma will now be Textiles Commissioner. Shamala Iqbal has been made Director of Women and Child Welfare. G C R Subramanian will be member of Karnataka Appellate Tribunal. N Manjula has been posted as CEO, Mysore ZP. D S Vishwanath has been appointed Bagalkot Deputy Commissioner and H G Srivara, Haveri Deputy Commissioner.
NBCC posts handsome profit despite recession
In the the 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a CPSU under the Ministry of Urban Development, chaired by Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, on August 8, 2009 declared the results for the financial year 2008-09. The Company has declared a net profit after tax, of Rs.159.16 Crore against posting of a Total Income of Rs.2044.35 Crore. The Corporation also announced achieving of a gross margin of Rs.246.24 Crore while Net Worth going up to Rs.457.26 Crore. During the AGM the Board of NBCC also declared a Dividend of Rs. 32 Crore to be paid to the Government of India (GOI) for the year 2008-09. Speaking to the shareholders on the occasion, Roy Choudhury informed that though the Corporation had posted a handsome profit this year also, the result remained much below expectations because of the on going recession. He however, assured the shareholders that the coming years would certainly see a quantum improvement in the performance of NBCC because of its recently changed business strategy focusing heavily upon Residential & Commercial Real Estate, Power & Environmental Sectors. Elaborating upon the Real Estate venture, Roy Choudhury informed that the Corporation would very shortly launch a few schemes of 'Affordable Housing' in NCR and other major cities of the country and added that the upcoming initiatives of NBCC in Real Estate front would certainly provide a solid impetus to the profitability of the Corporation and put it on the track of sustained growth in future.
Additional CIT, Ajmer transferred
Upon her selection for appointment as Director, Monitoring Finance and Accounts in the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Chandigarh, on deputation basis, the services of Ms. Rachna Singh, Additional CIT, Ajmer, are placed at the disposal of Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Chandigarh, for a period of three years.

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Chandra Prakash to be Member (Technology ) Telecom Commission ?
Name of ITS officer Chandra Prakash is now doing the round for the post of Member (Technology) in the Telecom Commission. The post has been lying vacant since June after the superannuation of K Sridhar.
Last date for applying for the post of CMD, BHEL is Aug 10
Post of CMD BHEL has been advertised. Last date for applying is August 10.
Capt Ashok Raj is ED CTE in Air India
ED (Operations & Training) in Air India, Capt. Ashok Raj, will now look after the functions of the Central Training Establishment (CTE) as ED and will be stationed at Hyderabad.
Ravimohan to quit Crisil
R. Ravimohan is quitting as the non-executive Chairman of the board of directors of Crisil.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
See our preparation for Swine Flu........ just 18 test centers to cater to the entire Nation!!!
Seems our Health Minister 'is out of station'!!!
J&K politics keep him preoccupied and he's forgotten his present charge!!!
A little political tremor in J&K and to Srinagar he has to charge!!!!
The all India average price of potatoes has risen from Rs. 613/quintal in July 2005,
To Rs.1231/ quintal in July 2009….. traders are giving each other a high five!!!
Farmers are just getting a few Rupees more today that they got in 2005!!!
That's why I'm saying that Middlemen are giving each other a high five!!
Traders (middlemen) are creating an artificial shortage in many veggies and raking in paisa!!
And it's in Pawar's stint in which ho saktha hai aisa!!
Pawar least bit bothered to evolve policies to ensure removal of bottlenecks!!!
And ensure anti hoarding 'checks'!!
But alas Pawar stays on and keeps going lower and lower 'raking in hay'!!
And ultimately for his jiggery pokkery Congress will pay!!!
People blame Congress for the high kitchen inflation!!!
Whereas actually inflation is Pawar's creation!!
NCP is a Political Party with no tomorrow,
Just 'thoda sa time with its rant on Sonia's foreignness kiya tha borrow'!!
Pawar is the stumbling block otherwise others in the Party are ready to merge!!!
Maybe in coming days there could be a merger surge!!!
Congress now needs to step on the gas and start Project Woo!!!
Okay in the beginning Pawar and Praful will boo!!!
Then Praful will stop and Pawar will be the lone one booing!!!
And then he'll realize 'booing only I'm doing'!!!
Ultimately he'll come around and NCP will return from where it came!!!!
Point to be noted….. then Pawar will be politically lame!!!!
Then make him a Guv of say Tamil Nadu… start his dosa, idli and golfing days!!!!
Gorges on South Indian Fare and every day 18 holes golf he plays!!!
Mulayam and Laloo were in the past pro Indo Pak dosti overtures.....no longer so!!!
Sour at not being included in the Cabinet and so to what Congress says yes they say no!!
Hope they realize that they are doing Congress a favor…… it's their credibility!!!
Both have next to nothing credibility and people know their flip flop ability!!!
Their being anti is making more and more Indians pro the Joint Statement!!!
Mohna please make a note…. Thank you cards with roses to both have to be sent!!!
Badal Junior has won bye-election and says Party will decide what Post he'll get!!!
On 'party deciding' many will join me in taking with him a bet!!!
Arre Party dances to his tune and he will decide his post!!!!
And anyone in the Akali Dal objecting to this 'is toast'!!!!
15th August is nearing and let's see what Junior does decide…..CM!!!!
BJP has already demanded post of DCM!!!
Our cricketers are spoilt brats….. and we Indians are to blame!!!
We forget that cricket is only a game!!!
We've made them into Demigods and made their egos bloat to near bursting point!!!
Their refusal to sign WADA sure does disappoint!!!
It's a fight against the scourge of drugs in sports!!!
And all sportsmen have agreed to WADA as per reports!!!
Confucius says…. maybe our cricketers do not take themselves to be sportsmen!!!!
If you ask me they are just out and out businessmen!!!
Adds..... banks etc., do not carry out dope tests to see if businessmen are on dope!!
With their addictions businessmen themselves have to cope!!
Flash.....Pawar says private airlines will die if not helped..... in which on does he have a share!!!
Otherwise as Minister of Agriculture for private airlines why should he care????
This is Sharad Pawar for you...... Master in hay making and baling!!
He's worried about private airlines but cares two hoots for the poor who on account of inflation are wailing!!!
Bharat Kumar
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Declare results immediately
The delay in declaring results after conclusion of voting by as long as 4 to 6 weeks, robs the electronic voting machine of all its advantages. It should therefore be discontinued with immediate effect. If paper ballots can be tampered with, so can the EVMs. What is possible manually is easier electronically. So there is no need to depend on gadgets rather than human competencies.
As a person associated with the election process right upto Election Observer level, I have found the ballot paper quite satisfactory. In a country of India's size, it is in public interest to keep proper records. So use of paper ballots scores more points over EVMs.
Either the EC decide to hold elections all over India on one single day and declare the results in the evening after conclusion of voting or they revert back to ballot paper to continue with the months long election process.
M.L.Gupta
Vision for India
While pondering our burning issues of India, I was able to pin-point what should be our strategy with regard to our country in future. The main issues, I could find to have an urgent attention are:
1. Energy
2. Population Better & Sustainable Environment
3. Poverty
I have tried to workout a feasible formula to sort out above mentioned problems.
Energy
The energy crunch in India with regard to industrial, commercial or agricultural activities is huge. My point is that power supply and its creation or implications both should be taken into consideration when we are addressing the issues of energy. In no situation, we should take a chance with environment otherwise posterity will never forgive us and I treat it a sinful activity. The need of power is okay till it is compatible with nature. For example if 24/7x365 days power supply is ensured in all areas of India, the irrigation by tubewells will be so much increased that finally it will deplete the underground water. Therefore, it would be better to have lesser irrigation or productivity than depleting the drinking water. We can afford to have lesser grains by replacing some animal products or non-vegetarian items than finishing off under ground water for feeding the contemporary generation or increasing the stock of existing food storage.
In this way exploiting underground water should be restricted and replaced by other things like water harvesting, containing water of rivers etc. This may impact adversely our paddy or sugarcane productivity but let it be so and done by monsoon which is the only sustainable way.
The shortage of foodgrains due to lesser irrigation by tubewells should be compensated by dairy products and meat etc.
However, domestic, commercial or industrial need of energy, need to be addressed on priority basis. In this context, solarization of India is the most prudent way to be taken. Let it should be called a solar energy revolution in India. Once the energy either through solar or nuclear etc. is increased, this will give great stimulus to the demand of consumer durables etc. which will have a very positive impact on the economy. This will definitely have qualitative and quantitative impact on our economy. If internet etc. is accessible through solar powered computers, it will bring information revolution in the remotest corner of India, what to say of increasing demand of computer itself.
The R&D in India with regard to bringing down the cost of solar energy equipments should be the highest priority and low cost solar equipments subsidised by government will be great contribution for the environment.
In this, may the solar revolution will be key to solve the domestic requirement of energy in India. Once solar energy is adequately available for domestic use erstwhile energy meant for domestic use, should be diverted to Industrial and commercial activities and this way, the shortage can be made good.
Population
It is true that educated and middle class of India has started voluntarily the family planning and in this way, a positive sign with regard to population position of India. But a sizeable section of Indian population who mostly belong to B.P.L. (Below poverty line) being uneducated etc. are the people who need to be considered to bring the population under control. Until and unless they are covered in any feasible and prudent scheme, there will be no significant improvement on the issue of population. These people due to the absence of awareness and education need to be brought into fold of population control schemes.
The above problems can be resolved by this scheme. The second delivery of such people should be in the government hospital free of cost followed by condition of contraceptive operation of either female or male until and unless there is any reasonable gender problem with regard to issues. In that situation one more free of cost delivery followed by similar operation should be provided.
Many poor families cannot afford contraceptive operations and they produce more children accidentally in the absence of any effective contraceptive measures. This free of cost hospital delivery followed by compulsory contraceptive operation is going to play miracles for population control policy. On the other hand, it will enhance the health and other nutrition problems of poor ladies frequently and accidentally becoming pregnant. Where there is no government hospital, some arrangement should be done with private hospitals so that poorest of poor may be brought into fold of population control regime.
Poverty
Though all the above mentioned issues are directly or indirectly connected with the poverty but in my mind poverty is The Issue for the Government of India. Any workable mechanism adopted in the past has either lost into oblivion of bureaucracy or in so many issues.
I have tried to find solution of these problems. Ultimately, it is true that the money intended by government from the top, does not come to the bottom with the same intention and spirit and schemes start and end prematurely resulting ultimately into failure of targets. The corruption is one such great cause to halt these schemes.
When we are discussing poverty, in my mind the people at the bottom of Pyramid are the most relevant. Suppose in India, people at the bottom of Pyramid are 30 crores who are facing abject poverty. Their have the problem of food, drinking water, disease etc. How can we uplift them that they are able to be beneficiary of all that what we intend for them. These people do not eat food, do not have any land holdings, do not have any capital or business which can fetch them regular money. Their sole capital is their labour as daily wager. As daily wage, they are vulnerable to insecure income etc. They can earn their wager when they are physically healthy and have nutritious food and medical support during sickness. They are unlucky with regard to both. Moreover, daily wage physically labour has always age factor in his life with regard to employment. He can be only good daily wager till a certain age. After certain age due to oldness etc., he cannot be capable for daily wage works which expect strong muscular power and fitness.
To solve all these problems, I have devised a formula-each such family should be financed to have hen, goats and 20x10 pond with high yield fish seeds. The quantum of hen to be same as number of adults in the family. Goats may be 2-3 and pond for fishing to be one. Eggs are best nutrient and isolated deshi hatching is always safer and feasible than large scale poultry. Eggs can be good source of nutrient. Similarly, goat milk, they can consume or sell and then government supported mechanism to buy these goat milk for further dairy products, giving cash support to such families. The fish they harvest in the pond and small scale may also be sold through government mechanism. And such pollution free fresh water born fishes will sell like hotcakes and rich people will be readily paying good prices who otherwise cannot get such good environment-harvested fishes.
I think clustered domestication of animals are always risky because contiguous diseases wipe them out and it is very difficult to control them at that time. We often hear so may flues spreading in poultry farms. But small domestic hatching of 2-3 hens as is prevalent in remote parts of India is feasible as well as advisable also. This module of poverty eradication neither needs advance training nor being very capital intensive. This can be easily micro-financed and insurance done with repayment period stretching to 5 or 10 years. This will not only improve the nutritional value of their food but also fetch them cash support also. We can also think of cows and buffallows depending on the relevant factors of capability of beneficiary. But people with abject poverty may be good even with the support of goats, hen and that too being financed to be repaid and not as an aid.
Too much dependence on grains and agricultural products is neither good for economy nor advisable for climate and environment in the larger perspective. The alternates of grain food like eggs, fish, and dairy products etc. need to be very much increased in India as substitute of grains. In fact, India has huge unexplored limit in this regard and in this sky is the limit. So far our country has not focused so much on dairy revolution except Amul etc. I always feel that clustered animal stocking and then utilising their products for dairy industry may be our option and this stocking can be done by only rich people, but pooling of milk from one or two cows, goats etc. from large section of people is the most bright practical and fertile idea for India. It will not only be good far the net increase in G.D.P. but really aid wealth at the bottom of Pyramid which in turn will boost the entire economy and strengthen better social order.
This module of milk collection from several households is the most feasible idea to eradicate poverty instead of corporate breeding and stocking of animals. Yes of course, once milk collected, the advance technology and corporate manufacturing of such dairy products like 'Amul' is doing is a necessity.
In this way, we can achieve 15% growth rate if we really adopt this formula with regard to our country by increasing the purchasing power as well wealth at the bottom of Pyramid.
Protection of nature and betterment of lives of poorest of poor, these too goals can synchronised and channelised to make us peaceful and prosperous.
M N TIWARI
What does Rakhi sawant and the PM have in common ?
Neither Rakhi Sawant nor Manmohan Singh claim they have anything to hide after their respective swayamvaras. What do they have in common? I am confused.
D Choudhury
Appointing Anish Gandhi is a good step
I am glad that young educated people like Anish Gandhi are being appointed at key posts.
Akshy Malhotra