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Cadres allotted to 40 IFS officers
The Government of India has allocated cadres to the 40 Indian Forest Service Officers of the 2007 batch. The details are as follows-
M. Subashri-TN, Basu Khushal – Himachal Pradesh, V. Ram Prasad Manohar – UP, Amit Kumar – Bihar, Rahul Jain – AGMUT, Prashant Dhanda – Assam Meghalaya, B.Vivekananda Reddy – Chhattisgarh, Tripti Sah – West Bengal, Prabuddha HR – Gujarat, Mohd Diwan Mydeen – Andhra Pradesh, B.Nivedita – Haryana, Vasantha Reddy K.V. – Karnataka, Sree Laxmi Annabathula – Maharashtra, PR Naidu – Jharkhand, Saket Badola – Uttrakhand, Honareddy N – Manipur-Tripura, Prasanna Kumar B.K. – Nagaland, Sanjeet Kumar – Orissa, Ajit Kulkarni – Punjab, A.K. Kashyap – UP, Syed Nadeem Hussain – J&K, Sushil Kumar – MP, Bhoopathi R. – Rajasthan, . S. Elamurugannan – Sikkim, Dilraj Prabhakar- Chattisgarh, Vasanthan B. – Assam Meghayala, Nesamani K. – Bihar, Malathi Priya M. – Gujarat, Kiran Babu Vasantha- Himachal Pradesh, M. Saudagar- Punjab, Kannan K. –Uttrakhand, Santosha G.R. –West Bengal, M. Muthukumar – J&K, Karthekeyan K. – Kerala, N.G. Prakash –Maharashtra, Wangdup Bhuitia- Manipur Tripura, C.H. Padma – Tamil Nadu, T. Ashok Kumar – Orissa, R. Imchen-Nagaland and Nyali Ete – AGMUT
Bala Sundar to be MD of HAL Bangalore Complex !
D Bala Sundar is being tipped to be new MD of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).The PESB has reportedly put his name number one in the panel.
Gujral to succeed Ajay Shankar ?
R S Gujral is likely to succeed Ajay Shankar on January 1 as Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India.1976 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Gujral is presently DGFT.
No decision on Director BARC?
So far no decision regarding new Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). It has been the tradition for a very long time an incumbent who is Director BARC, is later on anointed as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Presently Srikumar Banerjee who recently took over as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is holding the additional charge of Director BARC.
J N Singh to be Member (Administration) NHAI
J N Singh is all set to join as Member (Administration ) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Prabha Rao to be Governor of Rajasthan ?
Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rao is likely to move as Governor Rajasthan soon.
Two contenders for the post of Joint Secretary DoNER
There are two contenders for the post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). They are RM Dube & JP Sharma an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.
Jaruhar is now ADG CRPF
Rakesh Jaruhar has joined as ADG in the CRPF.1976 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre Jaruhar was earlier IG in the BPR&D.
Orders of Justice Syed Rafat Alam today
Senior Judge of the Allahabad High Court Justice Syed Rafat Alam is being moved to the Madhya Pradesh High Court as Chief Justice. Orders are expected on December 14.He is expected to be sworn in on December 19.
( We said this on August 29 )
Major reshuffle in R S S likely
A major reshuffle is expected to take place in the RSS.Mssrs Murlidhar Rao,Ram Lal and Datatrayji may get important assignments.
B.K.Singh is Director, Pharmaceuticals
B.K.Singh has taken over as the Director in the Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers. B.K. Singh is an Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer of the 1993 batch.
Many contenders for the post of ED North in FCI
There are many contenders for the post of Executive Director (ED) North in Food Corporation of India (FCI). As it is the deputation tenure of JP Sharma current ED, North in FCI is going to end in next couple of days. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Dr Amrohi is HC to Mozambique
Indian Ambassador in Algeria Dr Ashok Kumar Amrohi is being moved as High Commissioner to Mozambique.
Appointment of new Member (Traffic) Railway Board this week
Appointment of new Member (Traffic) in the Railway Board is expected to take place this week. Member (Traffic) Sri Prakash has taken VRS.
Deputation to three UT cadre IPS officers rejected
As the grapevine has it proposal for central deputation of three IPS officers of the UT cadre has been rejected by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)on the ground of dearth of officers in Delhi police. Those officers whose deputation has been turned down are: SBK Singh, Devesh Srivastava & Madhup Tiwari.
Mystery shrouds delay in promotion of UT cadre IPS officers
Mystery shrouds delay in promotion of those UT cadre IPS officers who belong to the 1995 batch. As the grapevine has it they feel harassed due to this because they have not been elevated as DIGs even after14 years of service.
YS Dadwal seeks more officers
As the grapevine has it, YS Dadwal, Commissioner of Delhi Police, has written a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) requesting for return of UT cadre IPS officers rank of SP, IG, DIG from Central Deputation to Delhi Police.
Meenakshi Sundaram in Board of Directors of ISEC
Former IAS officer SS Meenakshi Sundaram has been elected to the Board of Governors of Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Society, Bangalore
Governor West Bengal to be decided by Ms.Mamata Banerjee
As the grapevine has it, the West Bengal Governor is going to be decided by Indian Railway Minister Ms.Mamata Banerjee.
Sameer Sadanand Ilme is 1st Secretary Indian Embassy, Kathmandu
Sameer Sadanand Ilme has been appointed as First Secretary, Embassy of India at Katmandu, Nepal for a period of three years. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to Manipur- Tripura (M-T) cadre.
Appointment matter of Vivek Sahai reaches to ACC
General Manager of the Northern Railway, Vivek Sahai, is being tipped to be new Member (Traffic) in the Railway Board. The post has fallen vacant following taking the VRS by Sri Prakash. The file pertaining to the appointment of Shai has reached the ACC.
IRSS officer Bimal Rautji to hold post of Jt Secr or equivalent
Indian Railway Store Services (IRSS) 1982 batch officer Bimal Rautji has been recommended for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under Central Staffing Schem
Ishwar Singh to be CF, Chandigarh in MoeF
Ishwar Singh who is currently posted as Conservator of Forest (CF) in Chandigarh, on central deputation has been posted as CF in Chandigarh located regional office of the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre.
Ashwani Lohani to be DRM Delhi
Ashwani Lohani, who is currently posted on deputation as Managing Director (MD) of the MP State Tourism Development Corporation (MPSTDC), Bhopal, will be new Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Delhi. He is an IRSME officer of the 1980 batch. This posting is being considered quite significant because Delhi is going to host Common Wealth Games (CWG) in 2010.
Ashok Gupta to be DRM Jhansi
Ashok Gupta has been transferred from Southern Railway to be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Jhansi.
PK Mishra to be DRM Kharagpur
PK Mishra will be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Kharagpur.
SN Singh to be DRM Palghat
SN Singh has been transferred from Northern Railway to be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Palghat.
Anil Handa to be DRM Bhusawal
Anil Handa will be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Bhusawal. Presently, he is DRM Kharagpur.
GK Pillai to be DRM Mumbai
GK Pillai will be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Mumbai.
(We said this last month)
YP Singh to be DRM Ambala
YP Singh will be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Ambala. Presently, he is DRM Palghat.
Anand Mathur to be DRM Guntur
Anand Mathur will be Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Guntur. Presently, he is posted in Kapurthala located Rail Coach Factory (RCF).
WHISPERS SURVEY
IS THE DEMAND OF SMALLER STATES JUSTIFIED ?
whispersinthecorridors.com invites views of officers belonging to various services on Division of States. “Is the demand for smaller states justified and is the creation of smaller states feasible and beneficial for the country?”. Mail your views to :-
PM Clears in-situ promotion file of 1976 batch IAS (UPDATED)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have cleared the in-situ promotion file of 1976 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.
Gurudev Singh  appointed Secretary NCMEI(UPDATED)
Gurudev Singh has been appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)(joint Secretary Level) under the Ministry of Higher Education.He is 1979 batch IRAS officer
Best chairman award to B.D. Sharma of Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
B.D. Sharma, Chairman, Shimla Chapter of the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) who is Director, Information & Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh has been given national award for best chairman for the year 2009 by the PRSI. B.D. Sharma was given this award in Chandigarh on December 13, 2009 by Chief Information Commissioner to Government of India Wajahat Habibullah on the concluding function of 31st National Conference of PRSI.This award has been given for best professional excellence in the field of Public Relations and doing commendable job for the profession. Shimla Chapter of PRSI, which was founded in 2006 under the Chairmanship of B.D. Sharma has also been conferred the best chapter award for the year 2007 and 2008 consecutively.
DATE WITH RTI CELEBRATES ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Fee demand for manpower deployment
The respondents replied that as no separate record was maintained regarding the information sought. Collecting, collating and finding it was a time consuming process and a considerable manpower was supposed to be utilized/diverted to discern that information. Therefore, the expenditure to be incurred on collecting this information would come to a total of Rs.90,695/-. Observing that a full understanding of the elements of Section 7(3) will emerge only after all stake-holders comprising important public authorities, commercial as well as Government representatives of Civil Society organizations and lawyers are consulted, the Commission issued
a Public Notice inviting the public and interested stakeholders to file written submissions to assist the Full Bench of the Commission in deciding the matter.

After hearing all, the Commission held that the Government has already prescribed fees as deemed reasonable mandated under Sections 7(1) and 7(5) of the Act and there is no provision for any further fee apart from these. The amount of fees charged as contained in 7(3) (b) is not in respect of any new or further fee but in respect of the fee provided for under Section 7(1) and Section 7(5) of the RTI Act. Charging cost of deployment of manpower on the basis of man-days is not admissible under the Act.
Comments-This order has settled a lot of ambiguity regarding the “further fee” to be charged.

[Shri Subodh Jain v. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West
District, New Delhi and ICSI in Complaint No.CIC/WB/C/2007/00943 along
with Appeal No. CIC/MA/A/2008/01085]
Mrs. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann
(A new decision every Monday)

CORPORATE
PB Konare to be Director (Production) Tyre Corporation.
PB Konare, General Manager, Crystal Industry Limited has been appointed as Director (Production) of the Tyre Corporation of India Limited for the period of five years.
OP Tailor to be Director (Finance) Burn Standard Company
OP Tailor, Managing Director, Assam Pharmaceutical Limited, has been appointed as Director (Finance) at Burn Standard Company Limited for a period of five years.
Dr. RN Patra, Director to be CMD Indian Rare Earths
Dr. R.N. Patra, Director (Technical) in Indian Rare Earths Limited has been promoted to the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) for a period of five years.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

A Congress Government at the Center imposing President’s Rule in a Congress ruled State!
Don’t think this has happened to date!

Its rumored that 225 MLAs will vote against the Telengana resolution!!!
So time is needed to arrive at some solution!!
 
AP for some time to come is going to be in strife!!!!!
Affect Andharites everyday life!!!
 
Centre did not want to be blamed for Rao hunger strike death!!!
And then there is the Naxal problem that afflicts AP’s length and breadth!!!
 
But I wonder why did Mohna not pick up the phone and talk to Rao!!!
He could have called Rao to Delhi for a pow-wow!!
 
Though its being said Rao would have not accepted Mohna’s request!!!
He had been advised that the path he had adopted was the best!!
 
Now Sarkaar needs to ensure that ‘bhook hadtaal copy cats’ are told!!!
That to similar threats Center’s response will be ‘cold’!!!
 
Though there is a case for more States being carved out from Uttar Pradesh!!
And now even Maya has sent this sandesh!!
 
If Public have to travel 700-1000 Kilometers to the States power seat!!!!
Then having a State Government ka principal ho jaatha hai defeat!!
 
There are also those who support a United States of India like USA !!!
‘We are still not mature for this format’ dissenters say!!!!
 
Kushwant Singh says ‘law is an ass’ I’ll modify this by saying ‘we make an ass of law’!
In the run up to Khoda’s arrest this is what many saw!!!
 
The rich and famous , which include our Netas, tend to get ill when they see ‘long arm of law’!!!!
And then there are so many Hospitals that extend to them a friendly paw!!!
 
See how Shiela Dixit shamelessly made an ass of the law when she gave Manu parole!!!
This making an ass of law has to stop if Law has to play in a democracy its role!!!
 
Kushwant Singh says he’s called the dirty old man because he bathes after 3 days!
‘We Indians have a wrong notion about cleanliness’ Kushwant says!!
 
Kushwant Bhaaji your dirtiness is in your mind and ensuing attitude!!!
And you sure have a wonky way of showing to your hosts your gratitude!!
 
You do it by ogling at all the adult females in your host’s house!!!
You Paki hosts on this have expressed their grouse!!
 
But all said and done Kushwant is a ‘lovable rotten old fart’!!!
Who has made his brand of rottenness into an art!!!
 
Tiger Woods is taking a sabbatical from golf to make up with his wife!!!
‘His Putter’ has caused in his martial life strife!!!
 
And now black women are up in arms ‘ his wife is white and so are his girlfriends’!!
They add  ‘a wrong message about black girls this sends’!!!
 
‘Tiger has made it obvious that black girls are not for him’ black girls say!!!
And this black girls strongly flay!!!

And I feel his making up efforts are because he does not want access to his kids to be limited!
If his wife divorces him access to his kids will not be unlimited!!
 
Confucius says…… Tiger Tiger golf ball beater has a wife but he really did cheat her!!!
Now she’s getting back at him and at the edge their marriage does teeter!!!
 
Adds…… though now many golfers say they’ve realized ‘secret of Tiger’s game’!
And seems many will be doing the shame … sorry same!!!

Flash... On rumor of President's Rule in AP Congress says 'not a chance'!!!
And now AP Congress has changed its stance!!

AP Congressmen say it was UPA and not Congress's decision to grant statehood to Telengana!!
To deflect the blame from Congress they are using this bahaana!!

Hearing this bahaana many will be having a good laugh because its funny!!!!
In fact on the sly this would be the reaction of Sonia and her sonny!!

Bharat Kumar

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
The post of CSI is as vibrant as we are
Whether I have won the heart of every aspirant to the post of CSI or not, I have definitely failed to win the heart of my friend who is still under the shield of “an ISS Officer”, otherwise he would not have used words like ‘stale’, ‘timid’, ‘lucrative’, etc. denigrating the dignity of the post of CSI or the honorable Minister of Coal/Statistics.
No system is free from problems, but it is our collective responsibility to find a solution. Even in a well defined system, aberrations do take place, but it should not blur our views as not to allow us to see the difference between the right and the wrong. Let us have faith in the wisdom of the custodians of the system. They represent all of us and their denigration is our denigration. We have every right to carry self-criticism in order to improve and grow. It is our duty too. The post of CSI is as vibrant as we are.
A.K. Verma
Secretary,ISSA (EC)

"The post of CSI has become stale"
The latest posting on the website by an ISS officer seems to be from a very frustrated officer (if he is really an ISS officer). I would prefer to rather ignore this frustrated comment, but could not stop from expressing myself as such disgruntled service officers unfortunately spread wrong perception about the Service. I sympathise with this person, perhaps a disgruntled one who is unable to see his junior colleagues getting promotion in lesser number of years to SAG level (this is after around 25 years of service) than he himself would have got (around 30 years). I am a retired ISS officer who has seen stagnating service conditions and now feel happy seeing that the service conditions have improved recently and provide better promotional opportunities. If this officer is so confident that there are many ISS positions that can be straight away abolished, let him come forward and be the first one to resign for the cause. Rather than venting his frustration on this website he should contribute to the task of building a timely, reliable and a credible national statistical system which is what the country needs badly.
A retired ISS officer

"Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) is much abused by the ISS".
It appears that your website bothers about the ISS alone. The MOSPI is dominated by the officers of ISS without any contribution to the Statistical system. There are ,of course, some honorable exceptions. On the contrary, the SSS has always been neglected by the high and mighty including a few former IAS Secretaries who helped in creating a large contingent of posts in the name of cadre review. Today, the situation is so topsy turvy that the SAG level officers in ISS in various wings like FOD, NAD etc have no work at all. While the contribution is made by the officers of SSS, who conduct the actual surveys, the credit is taken by the ISS officers who have been closer to Secretaries and Ministers.
BS Gupta (A retired ISS officer)

I salute Dr. S Ayyappan
At first I salute and congratulate Dr. S Ayyappan the humble and smiling faced, the senior most DDG of the ICAR to be DG, ICAR and Secretary, Govt. of India from 01 January 2010 as came to know from the whishpering channels. I wish him all the succces in his life.
N K Das

A good step
Posting of Dr. S. Ayyappan as DG ICAR is one good step, that may undo some the damage his predecessor has done to the organization. His predecessor has led to lot of corruption, demoralising effect on the scientific faculty of ICAR scientist, which are the best in India. Infact, the appointments of some of the head of ICAR institutes done during his predecessor should also be reviewed, and some corrupt who have been posted should also be removed
S Nathan

The most deserving scientist
Congratulations.

Shweta Deshpande

He will be best
He will be the best DG ICAR/Secretary, DARE, in giving the best administrative and research facility and personnel welfare to the Council and GOI.
N K Das

Expose corruption in the Defence
The owner of this website is requested to expose corruption in the Defence Account Department and make it known to media so that some corrective measure could be taken and soldiers could get some respite.
Bala

Will Bindra be more ethical ?
I hope Jaspal Bindra will be able to be more ethical than his predecessors, and cheat people less. I shall be writing to him about the unethical and fraudulent practices of Standard Chartered Bank. I have proof.
Vijay Kumar

Army increasing clout in Ministry of Defence
It is true the army is slowly increasing its clout in the Ministry of Defence. Under the British the army called the shots. When Lord Curzon , the Viceroy had a personality clash with the Commander in Chief, Lord Kitchener, it was the civilian Viceroy who was given his marching orders by the British government. After Independence the post of Commander in Chief was transferred to the President of India ,( as we are after all a third world country )and really in order to prevent an army coup in India. The BSF was created and the CRPF was strenghened. This diffused power effectively. Over the years the status of the army vis a vis the civilians was deliberately diluted and this caused much heart burning among the army brass who are used to thinking that they alone are cats whiskers in this country. The army, whether in Delhi or out in the field is forever trying to dominate the legitimate civilian authorities. This often results in an unholy mess. The 60 year old insurgency in Nagaland, for example ,is largely due to army high handedness when dealing with tribals. Injury to army morale, whatever that means, is cited as the reason to suppress any criticism of the Army’s arrogance and ignorance of even the law of the land. There has been a slow and deliberate erosion of protocol governing seniority of army officers and civil officers. Earlier the Defence Secretary used to call meetings which were attended by the Service Chiefs. Now the DS has been so down graded that he is placed below the Service Chiefs. Meetings of SCs can only be called by the Minister. This is dysfunctional. Ministers are often seduced into tinkering with protocol governing these relations by heel clicking army officers who are servile in the extreme to the Minister.
D Choudhury

Army starts ruling MoD
I fully subscribe to this view as I am seeing army blatantly disregarding the directions of ministry of defence and bureaucrats are helplessly watching. Are we going Pakistan way? this requires serious discussion and not to be dismissed as meaningless or misleading.
S K Gupta

Nothing wrong
What is wrong in a Geography student studying plants and Forests on this earth?
One can do a lot of environment works also.
Prof P C Mathur

Best example of failure of Nehru's policy
Telengana is the best example of the failure of Nehru's policy of forming the linguistic states much against wiser counsels. Whether it is Tibet or Kashmir, his impulsive, illogical and 'greater than thou' attitude is responsible for most of the problems facing the country today.
N Krishnan

Balancing the apsirations
Demand for and acceptance of bifurcation of Telangana from within the same lingual identity state has put the assumptions of linguistic nationalism on its head. Within 60 years of independence, need for the economic and regional development and addressing the basic concerns of the social and economic upliftment of local segements has failed the political assumptions on which reorganisation of Indian States was carried out. Birth of Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Uttarakhand, Bodo Councils and now Telangana / trifurcation of UP is necessitated essentially due to the nature of Indian elites that was thrown into ruling mode after independence. This English educated, western oriented and somewhat high caste monolithic elite in India proved to be so self-centric and centrifugal that whatever they did resulted in lopsided socio economic development. What ever disparity existed between the regions under the administration of British and the princely administered areas, tribals and backward areas was accentuated many fold by policies of this elite. This elite while enhancing their stature many fold used the underdeveloped only for political ends. The potential for the "thousand mutinies" was well known but that did not impell our elites to mend their arrogant self serving ways.

Today's demands for smaller states and wide spread Naxalism is nothing but a result of the abject failure of this elite to address socio economic issues and allow emergence of sub sets of elites. Matters of land, revenue and economic development (controlled by IAS) the socio economic aspects of the vast forests (IFS) and Law and order, conditions of safety and security (IPS) which forms bedrock of the existence of common masses in all areas, particularly underdeveloped areas, are in shambles and non existence. In fact it is denied to them.

No wonder, centripetal forces have gained ground inspite of these so called centrifugal agencies. Or is it because of them that we have "thousand mutinies"? One must take note of this.

Need of the hour is - balancing the aspirations. Give some space to the emerging elites lest they throw you out.
Ram Chandra

Not interested in doing anything except …
One person in the forum had asked about the ITS cadre what is happening?
I would like to say in the Ministry of Telecom ITS Officers who reach the level of Secretary on the posts as members of the Telecom Board are not interested in doing anything except to cause promotions of ITS officers against the posts that are not available in DOT and no other work they are interested in as they are at the verge of retirement . And what else they can do before few days of their retirement is that their ITS subordinates will ask them to sign the files that they had kept pending for their last days signatures so that all irregular things they want to do ,they get it cleared during this time only because they know they are gonjg to retire and no body is going to ask them thereafter. Mostly the transfer cases which are not as per rules will be cleared at the last minute of his retirement.
Rajni

So some favour !
Your website should do two favours to improve the fate of common man in this great country
1. Initiate a debate on the ways & means of fighting corruption in Public life be it IAS, IPS,AIS or any other ass. Review of the existing anti-corruption apparatus in the country CVC, CBI, ACB etc. etc and what have been their contribution to reduction/enhancement of of incidence of corruption and what systemic changes are required to tackle this cancer of Indian bureaucracy. The existence of these institutions have only eroded the faith of honest officers and encouraged the wrongdoers .
2. How the polity which is elected "by the people, of the people,and for the people" have degraded to self serving system of conveniences where nonoe of the law of the land applies to the Netas. They misuse not only allocated MPLAD/MLA funds but extract everything possible from the bureaucratic set-up & PSUs ever ready to placate their masters for return favours. How the Government functions in the developed part of the world and how we can come out of the developing nation status even after more than six decades of independence. How to break the strong nexus between the colonial ever subservient services(IAS/IPS)and the politics and ensure that there is no fight among the various political parties for the allocation of remunerative ministries or cabinet berths. The politicians rather than joining the politics for public service like Mahatma Gandhi are now extinct. How much they can earn from their corrupt means in politics is the yardstick for entering into politics. Rather there was also a debate of hefty entry fee/admission/capitation fee from the new entrants in politics. In this scenario how an honest person can be expected to enter public life.

It will be an appropriate forum to highlight these two issues to Madam Sonia, Rahul Baba who only appear to have a say in this great country of more than 1.2 Billion
Hoshiar Singh
Sir,

It is an important post that needs justice
The post of Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Authority is an important position, especially, during these days when economy is opening up. The incumbent of Dr. D Swarup, may be an IAS or other Services, but he must be a person having accurate and elaborate knowledge of accounts and other related aspects with broad mind intact and also supportive to government's economic policies. However, being an individual, preference should be given to an experience working Officer of IA&AS having Insurance background and mind to upgrade this Organisation for the better prospects on economy point of view besides creating quality employment of younger generation without prejudice to cadre and creed but watching country's interest first. The present scenario in this Organisation is having slavery status which is dangerous in future. Chairman must use his powers to spread out operational activities. Authority must have outsourced branches as feeder establishments to enhance economic situation and establish joint ventures in Insurance Sector
Hsbhalla

Mamata has become a scapegoat
Ms Mamata was a good lady and a courageous women in Bengal politics. But, sorry to say, she has become a scapegoat of self respected politicians of her own party waiting of the flag. I am pity to her and her condition in Bengal. Sonia, a soft spoken lady, bahu of India, is always adjusting and taking times in hand to install her own kid in high ups. Any way I wish her a long life full of respect and courage in her future endeavours.
K M Chakraborty