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Indian bureaucracy requires an overhaul
Indian bureaucracy is not only the worst in the whole continent but also most corrupt if one was to go by the responses received by whispersinthecorridors.com
In a bid to elicit the views of people on what they think about Indian Bureaucracy, whispersinthecorridors had asked "Is Indian bureaucracy the worst in the whole continent?" and the response was tremendous but unfortunately it reflected the seamy side of the powers that be who run the country.
An overwhelming majority of the respondents, to the whispers debate, felt that the Indian bureaucracy is inefficient, indecisive and succumbs to pressure (of politicians) for want of creamy jobs.
"Things have reached to such a pass that honest man has no place in Government of India. Those who become Secretaries are always hand in glove with politicians. No action is ever taken against this top brass even if they have looted billions from the government exchequer", says Harish Kumar.
People of the country generally believe that it is the politicians who are corrupt but in India, Political system is still open for changes as politicians have to face common people. However, that is not the case with the bureaucrats.
And the million dollar question is that Why do the bureaucrats succumb to such pressure. Obviously, for getting prize postings. They are hand in glove with the politicians. And there is also little hope that the bureaucracy in India will ever change.
As one of the respondent Abhimanyu puts in, "Nothing can change their pace. They will continue to amass money, plunder and ruin the country unabated. Their performance will continue to be awfully dismal, accountability zero and responsibility negligible. Burden on exchequer is huge and slavery of political system has increased. And no changes can be expected from any government to overhaul this rot...which is stinking the country from North to South and East to West".
Even the veteran journalist of the country Arun Shourie has said few years ago that the current bureaucracy is nothing more than Indian Appeasement Service.
"The perception still remains the same. Indian bureaucracy fits well into the boots of an economist as quoted in the joke: An economist returns to visit his old school. He's interested in the current exam questions and asks his old professor to show some. To his surprise they are exactly the same ones to which he had answered 10 years ago! When he asks about this, the professor answers: the questions are always the same - only the answers change!", said Vinod Bhatia.
Another notion about the Indian bureaucracy which came out during the debate was that it still works on the British Raj principles. "There has been no fundamental change since British left India. The purpose of governance has changed but the core of administration has not. We have not been able to allow development of think tank and to promote governance strictly on merit", feels Manish Kumar.
R C Mishra is new Secretary Administrative Reforms and Pensions
RC Mishra has been appointed Secretary Administrative Reforms and Pension. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Who will be Director BARC?
Who will be Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)? This question is being hotly debated among the scientists. It has been the tradition for a very long time that an incumbent who is Director BARC, is later on anointed as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Zohra Chatterji to get in-situ promotion
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ms Zohra Chatterji is being promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the same ministry. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Is the govt really interested in marital harmony of AIS officers ?
Frustration among civil servants – which may have a telling effect on their performance - is growing, in many cases, because they are not allowed to live with their spouse if he/she too is a bureaucrat.
And this despite the fact that the Department of Personnel and Training, which controls the premier service of the country, the Indian Administrative Service, had, in a recent office memorandum entitled “Posting of husband and wife at the same station”, stated that married AIS officers belonging to different state cadres be shifted to either of the two cadres to enable them to lead a normal married life but to no avail.
Though the appointments to the All India Services (IAS, IPS and Indian Forest service) are made by the Central Government and governed by central rules, they remain under the administrative control of the respective state governments meaning thereby that even after a change of cadre (of one of the spouses) is effected by the Central Government, it can be done only with the concurrence of the State Government concerned.
And this is where the problem lies. It becomes more acute when the governments at the Centre and the state are governed by different political parties i.e. when the states concerned are ruled by parties that are not part of the ruling alliance at the centre. At least half a dozen such requests are at present pending before the DoPT and all of them are from officers in states which have non-Congress governments.
Interestingly, three of these applications are from the north-eastern state of Tripura, part of the joint Manipur-Tripura cadre. They include the case of Dr. Adarsh Singh (IAS MT-2007, home cadre is AGMUT) who wants to be shifted to Uttar Pradesh cadre ever since being married to Ms. Sheetal Verma IAS (U.P.) in Dec. 2008.
Similarly, Shashank Misra (IAS MT-2007, home cadre is U.P.)  wants Madhya Pradesh after being married to Ms. Ruchi Srivastav IPS (M.P.) in Jan. 2009 and Vidya Bhushan (IAS MT-2008, home cadre is Bihar) wants Uttar Pradesh cadre after being married to Ms. Alankrita Singh IPS (U.P.) in June 2009.
In all three cases, the husbands have been allotted the Tripura cadre while their wives are in their respective home cadres. The government of Tripura has refused to give its concurrence to the transfer of the husbands to the cadre of their respective wives, without reportedly citing any reason.
Adding salt to injury, Tripura government has instead asked the husbands to call their wives to Tripura despite the DoPT  making several announcements giving special concessions to lady officers serving in the north-east in view of the difficulties faced by them in the region.  It’s 2004 Office Memorandums even said that a lady AIS officer belonging to any of the north-east cadres would mandatorily be transferred to the cadre of her spouse if she desires.
The above steps , need not mention, are taken by the DOPT with the sole aim of providing mental peace to the officers of the country’s premier services so that they can act better for the welfare of the nation. But the state governments, specially Tripura government, given the present state of affairs seem to be bothered the least.
Take for instance the case of 2008 batch IAS probationer Sonal Goel who is said to have been removed, at the behest of the Chief Minister, from the post of BDO Khowai block barely 10 days after she took charge as part of her training module.. She has been doing her district training in West Tripura district. Her fault was that she had dared to transfer two Panchayat Secretaries for non-performance and had raised objections over the dubious manner in which NREGA was being implemented in the block.
However, although the overriding powers with regard to the AIS lie with the Central Government, DoPT has so far failed in its endeavour allowing the states to act truant.
The existence of such a sorry state of affairs in the country’s premier service raises question: Whether the Central Government is really interested in seeing to it that Husband-Wife (both belonging to AIS) live in harmony or has it been merely paying lip service so far.
Except for a select few none in 1976 batch knew about elevation

As the grapevine has it, except for a select few none of the empanelled IAS officers of the 1976 batch, who are yet to be promoted as Secretaries in Government of India (GOI), knew about elevation of their fellow colleagues.
Sameer Shrivastava is PS to A. Raja
Sameer Shrivastava is private secretary (PS) to Indian Communications Minister A. Raja. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1994 batch.
T.C.A. Ranganathan poised to be new CMD, Exim Bank
As the grapevine has it T.C.A.Ranganathan is poised to be next Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Exim Bank.  Presently, he is Chief General Manager (CGM) of Gujarat circle with posting in Ahmedabad.
R.K.Garg tipped to CGM, Gujarat circle in SBI
As the grapevine has it R.K.Garg who is currently Chief General Manager (CGM) in the corporate office of the State Bank of India (SBI) is poised to be new CGM of Gujarat circle with posting in Ahmedabad. However, that hinges on elevation of incumbent CGM T.C.A.Ranganathan as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Exim Bank.
Two vacancies of Additional Secretary in Defence
After the promotion of S K Sharma and Ajoy Acharya there are going to be two vacancies of Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Defence.
Gokulchandran promoted in IB
K B Gokulchandran has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Gyanesh Kumar gets additional charge of HAL
 Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Gyanesh Kumar, has been given additional charge of the HAL. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
( We said this on December 3 )
Will Agarwal succeed Kuldip Goyal ?
 Will RK Agarwal, Director (Consumer Mobility), in BSNL succeed CMD Kuldip Goyal who is retiring in 2010. Agarwal is said to be ahead in the race for the coveted post.
B.K. Batra to be DMD of IDBI Bank
As the grapevine has it B.K. Batra who is currently Executive Director (ED) & Group Head-. Corporate Banking of IDBI Bank is going to be elevated as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of the same Bank.
Asghar Ali Taj is ED, Andhra Bank
Asghar Ali Taj who so far was General Manager with the Union Bank of India on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) of the Andhra Bank.
( We said this on September 3 )
D.Sarkar is ED, Allahabad Bank
D.Sarkar who so far was General Manager with the Bank of Baroda on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) of the Allahabad Bank.
( We said this on September 4)
N. Srinath is ED, Bank of Baroda
N. Srinath who so far was General Manager with Canara Bank on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) of the Bank of Baroda.
( We said this on July 21 )
Ms.Nupur Mitra is ED, Indian Overseas Bank.
Ms. Nupur Mitra who so far was General Manager with Bank of India on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) Indian Overseas Bank.
( We said this on July 2 and again on July 21 )
Ajai Kumar is ED, UCO Bank
Ajai Kumar who so far was General Manager with Bank of Baroda on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) UCO Bank.
( We said this on July 21 )
P.K. Anand is ED, Punjab & Sindh Bank
P.K. Anand who so far was General Manager with Corporation Bank on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) Punjab & Sindh Bank.
( We said this on July 21 )
Narendra Singh is ED, Corporation Bank
Narendra Singh who so far General Manager with Allahabad Bank on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) Corporation Bank.
Ram Gopal is ED, Andhra Bank.
Ram Gopal who so far General Manager with Bank of India on elevation has joined as Executive Director (ED) Indian s Bank.
Nandan Singh Samant to return to Meghalaya in Jan 2010
Nandan Singh Samant who on central deputation is Joint Secretary, Department of Bio Technology, Government of India (GOI) will be returning to his parent cadre of Meghalaya in January 2010. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Post of Deputy Director(Admn.) in AllMS like Institution – Rishikesh is being filled up
Post of Deputy Director (Administration) in the Project Cell of the AllMS like Institution being set up at Rishikesh, under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, is proposed to be filled up. Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director in the Government of India or equivalent level are eligible for the post.
UP Government’s clearance awaited for Alok Singh
As the grapevine has it, Uttar Pradesh Government is yet to clear the name of Alok Singh who on central deputation has been appointed as private secretary (PS) to Salman Khurshid, Indian Minister for Corporate Affairs. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Umesh Mishra poised to join GOI
As the grapevine has it, Umesh Mishra is poised to join the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Ms. B. Radhika poised to join GOI
As the grapevine has it, Ms. B Radhika is poised to join the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation. She is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
RRPN Sahi to retire in January 2010
RRPN Sahi, Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) will be retiring on January 31, 2010.He is an IPS officer of 1973 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
GOI debars Virender Kumar Gupta
As the grapevine has it, Virender Kumar Gupta an IPOS officer of 1989 batch has been debarred by the Government of India (GOI) for five years on his failure to join as Director, CVC.
PM Nair’s appointment as Jt. Director, CBI cancelled
As the grapevine has it, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reportedly cancelled the appointment of PM Nair as Joint Director in CBI. Presently he is posted as IG, CRPF. His deputation had completed on October 17, 2009.  However, he had got extension for the period of 2 years in the CRPF till 2011.
RS Sethi and Anand Prakash waiting for assignment
RS Sethi and Anand Prakash of UT Finance Commission are now waiting to get posting in the Delhi Government.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to tour India
As the grapevine has it, Bangladesh Government wants to have a more friendly and cordial relationship. In a bid to improve ties with India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Ms. Sheikh Hasina would be visiting India shortly. In this background, Bangladesh Government has been arresting top activists and terrorist who are against India.
Dr Prasad selected for short-term UN assignment
Dr Vinayak M Prasad IC & CES (1989) after completion of Central has been selected for a short term ( 6 months) UN assignment as Senior Adviser with WHO (Tobacco Free Initiative) HQ Geneva .
Justice Sharma appointed Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court
Justice Tankeshwar Prasad Sharma, Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, has been appointed Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charges of his office.
Kaushik Basu assumes charge
Dr. Kaushik Basu has joined as Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. He will hold this post in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India.He is the choice of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh as well as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.. Hitherto, he was Professor of Economics and the Professor of International Studies, Department of Economics and Director, Centre for Analytic Economics, Department of Economics, Cornell University; Ithaca, New York.
( We said this on September 9 )
IAS changes in Haryana
Haryana government has on Tuesday ordered postings/transfers of 14 IAS and 5 HCS officers with immediate effect. V S Kundu has been made Managing Director, Haryana Dairy Development Coop Fed Ltd , Subhash Chandra is the new Special Secretary, Home-II Department and Joint Commissioner, Gurudwara Elections. Anil Kumar, Special Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments has been posted as Director and Special Secretary, Secondary Education. Shrikant Walgad has now become Director, Rural Development, against a vacant post while H S Malik, Special Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department becomes Director, Medical Education & Research and Special Secretary, Health Department. Raj Kumar, Managing Director, Haryana Backward Classes & Economically Weaker Sections Kalyan Nigam and Managing Director, Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation has been given additional charge of Director, Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes, Haryana. M P Bansal, Managing Director, Haryana Women Development Corporation has been given the additional charge of Director and Special Secretary, Women & Child Development, Haryana and Special Secretary, Women & Child Development Department. Chander Parkash, Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar vice Nitin Kumar Yadav who has became Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission, Haryana against a vacant post. C R Rana is Deputy Commissioner, Mewat at Nuh and Chief Executive Officer, Mewat Development Agency, Nuh and M S Sehrawat is Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Faridabad will swap their places of posting.
ESIC is serving over five crore people in India
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is now serving over five crore beneficiaries all over the country. This was announced by the Indian Minister for Labour & Employment, Mallikarjun Kharge at its 148th meeting held in Delhi on December 8, 2009.The E.S.I. Corporation approved its Annual Accounts and Annual Report for the financial year 2008-09 in this meeting which was held under the chairmanship of  Kharge. Indian Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Vice Chairman of Corporationi Harish Rawat also attended the meeting.The Corporation has been able to spend Rs. 1123.22 crore on medical care and Rs. 380.70 crore on cash benefit. The revenue income for the Corporation has also increased by Rs. 463.13 crore from Rs. 3989.31 crore in 2007-08 to Rs. 4452.45 crore in the year 2008-09 which represents an increase of 11.61% over the previous year.Giving highlights of the year,  Kharge said that during the last one year, the Corporation
 has also improvised different cash benefits being provided to the workers and their family members. Duration of unemployment allowance under Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana has been enhanced from six months to 12 months. Also, the amount of funeral expenses payable to the eldest surviving member of the family of the deceased insured person (IP) has been enhanced from Rs. 3,000/- to Rs. 5,000/-. Similarly, a new scheme for disabled person working in factories and establishments covered under the ESI Act drawing wages upto Rs. 25,000/- per month has been introduced w.e.f. 01.04.2008.The functioning of the ESI Scheme was lauded at the meeting and it was observed by the members that it has improved remarkably in the previous year which is evident form the fact that the coverage of IPs as well as Revenue Income has increased substantially. Accordingly, provisions for expenditure on medical as well as cash benefit have been proportionately increased. It  was also noted that increase in expenditure for better medical care has resulted in reduction in expenditure on cash benefits, which indicates a better health condition of the work force. Harish Rawat called upon the staff & officers of ESI Corporation to increase satisfaction level of the beneficiaries. He assured the members that the good work by the ESIC would continue and every effort would be made to give the best available services to the benificiaries. The Chairman also welcomed Dr. C.S. Kedar, who has recently taken over as the new Director General of ESIC.
Chidambram inaugurates ITBP annual exhibition
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the ITBP's Himveer Wives' Welfare Association (HWWA) annual exhibition and mela at Dilli Haat. The exhibition was held from Dec 3 to 6, 2009 and was aimed to generate sufficient funds for the activities of HWWA. On the occasion the Home Minister also released ' HWWA in Pictures', a first of its kind welfare coffee table book brought out by any Police organisation in the country. The exhibition received support from the public and staff and ITBP family.
Santosh Kumar Roongta is CMD,SFCI
Santosh Kumar Roongta Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) National Seeds Corporation (NSC)a Government of India Undertaking, has been given additional charge of CMD, State Farms Corporation of India Ltd.,(SFCI) under the administrative control of Ministry of Agriculture w.e.f.
December 1, 2009.
Ms Kiran Dhingra to hold additional charge
Ms Kiran Dhingra, IAS(UT-75), Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development during the absence on leave of Dr. M.Ramachandran, IAS(UK-72) from 21st December, 2009 to 8th january 2010.
IPS changes on the anvil in Uttar Pradesh
As the grapevine has it a big list of IPS officers' transfers in Uttar Pradesh is expected soon.
CAT’s ruling in  favour of J.K.Khanna DG Civil Defence, Bihar
In a land mark judgement of far reaching consequences the principal bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has given a ruling in favour of J.K..Khanna who is DG Civil Defence Bihar, earlier he was Delhi based OSD to the Bihar Government. Khanna is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch & belongs to the Bihar cadre. Bench comprising CAT Chairman Justice V. K. Bali  & Ramesh Chandra Panda delivered the ruling. In its order the CAT has directed the Bihar Government to give proforma to J.K.Khanna with retrospective effect from July 31, 2008 with all pay & emoluments that D.N.Gautam (Khanna’s junior) had been getting on promotion as the DGP. Khanna was on central deputation at that time & had returned to Bihar cadre after one month. However, Gautam was promoted against the post, which should have gone to J.K.Jhanna because Bihar has four sanctioned posts of DG rank for IPS officers. However, Khanna was promoted by creating fifth post, but prior clearance
 was not taken from the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The CAT while allowing original application (OA) 1807 /2009 had ruled (i)the state Government should have taken prior clearance from MHA before creating a new post for promotion (ii) senior officers cannot draw lesser pay than their juniors if juniors were promoted.
103 officials appointed as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax
As many as 103 officials have been appointed in the grade of Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax. They are Anupam Kumar Suman, Ravi Prakash, Pankaj Kumar, Neha Chaudhary, Rajesh Ojha, Shalini Verma, Somnath S Ukkali, Madhu Malti Ghosh, Belu Sinha, Kumar Panda, Mahaungappa, Mohammed Rizwan, Dheeraj Garg, Sanjay Joseph, Airiju Jaikaran, Girish Bali, Amrita Singh, Neil Jain, Mohan Reddy R, Bharat Bhushan Garg, Maurya Pratap, Shramdeep Sinha, Prajna Paramita, Riddhi Dasani, Ravinder Sindhu, Patil Vidyasagar R, Manisha Kinnu, Abhishek Pal Garg, Vivek Aggarwal, Katragadda Haritha, Salunke Sandip Kumar Ratan, Pathade Prakash, Laxmanrao, Shashi Saklani, Suman Malik, Balvinder Kaur, Saraswati Padmanabhan, Ved Prakash Mishra, Sambit Mishra, Amit Dhaka, Rohit Mehra, Pooja Rastogi, Vikash Kumar Agarwal, Shailesh Thakur, Saravana Kumaran S, B Satyanarayana Raju, Amit Kumar Sharma, Mohammed Gayasuddin Ansari, Rishpal Bedi, Anand Kumar Singh, SR Karuppuswamy, Manjit Singh, Shovan Krishna Sahu, Kailash Dan Ratnoo, Robin Rawal, Vijay Kumar Soni, Mahesh Kumar, Mankoskar Santhosh C, Balakrishnan N, Manish Kumar Singh, Rajesh K Dhanesta, Dhule Kishor Sakharam, KC Selvamani, Mukundraj Marutirao Chate, Vijay Kumar Singh, Gargi Sharma, Shrikant Namdeo, Bharti Mahajan, Durga Dutt, Bangar Sujit Sudhakar, G Hukugha Sema, Pophare Ashish Vinayak, Badicala Yadagiri, Rajesh Kumar, Parveen Kumar, S Senthil Kumaran, Shiva Sewak, Sundaresan S, Anil Dhaka, Arvind Kumar, Sunil Kumar Agarwal, Puja Rajvanshi, Mrinalini Kaur Sapra, Nongothung Jungio, Gadekar Prashant Pandurano, Biju MK, Jai Singh, Imlimeren Jamir, Kachoo Mehboob Ali Khan, Garima Choudhary, Ankush Kapoor, Lalvidiya Jeevan Lal, Vijay Choudhary, Rajesh Meena, Patel Keyur M, Prashant Khambra, Pradeep Shoury Arya, T James Singson, Katta Kiran, B Srinivas Kumar, Ila Govindbai Parmar, Vijayaprabha S And S Maruthu Pandian.

CORPORATE
Sandeep Sahai appointed CEO
Sandeep Sahai has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Headstrong, one of the world’s leading IT consulting firms company effective January 1, 2010.
Vodafone appoint Jayesh Gadia CEO MP & CG
Vodafone Essar has appointed Jayesh Gadia as CEO Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh.
Presently Gadia is Head of Marketing of Vodafone in Mumbai (Maharashtra). Gadia has done his professional education from an SIMBIOSIS Pune.
Anil Bajpai CEO of Vodafone, MP & CG has resigned
It is learnt that Anil Bajpai who was CEO of Vodafone Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh has resigned from the company.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Jairam Ramesh’s 'pocket full of pens' show his mood!!!
Nowadays the pens show he’s one ‘hyper Dude’!!!
Why did he have to yap like Muppet Show’s frog named Kermit????
To do this did he have the required permit????
Ideally he should have said ‘India’s going to the Summit with a committed mind’!!!
The man’s put the Sarkaar in a total bind!!!
Now he says he’s only answerable to the House!!!!
From a roaring Lion now he’s looking like a mouse!!!
Fact of the matter is that climate change tackling is unpopular!
Unless the Constituency is ‘eco conscious’ which then makes tackling popular!!
India without a doubt will face the brunt of climate change!!
And Sarkaar not educating Indians about harsh realities sure looks strange!!!
Okay scientists do have the penchant to exaggerate!!!
But its the job of the Sarkaar to decipher and factually rate!! 
In AP Chandrashekar Rao’s fast has got Sarkaar in a fix!!
In cricketing parlance he’s hit a huge six!!!
Sonia and her think tank are scratching their heads how to snatch political mileage from Rao!
One harebrain idea is Rao ko Congress mein lao!!
Make him an offer he cannot refuse or try to snatch the thunder from Rao!!!!
Sonia and her think tank are now seized with ‘ which option and how’????
BJP leaders politicked while speaking during the discussion on the Liberhan Report!!!
Its inner divisive woes BJP’s not being able to sort!!
The Report should not be discussed but given a burial by both HouseS of Parliament!!
To the grave this Report needs to be sent!!!
Liberhan literally made this Commission into a mini career!!!!
And to powers of the day apne aap ko karta raha endear!!!
Rahul just your talking to Mohna on the price rise will not wash the price rise stain!
And mind you it happened in UPA's previous Avtar and now it’s happened again!
Mohna has said Sarkaar allowed price to rise so did you ask him about this????
By the way Rahul Baba in your life apart from dieting or for want of time have you given a meal a miss?
Do you know what it means to give one’s ravenous kids rice water and mirchi ka paani????
Beleive me in grief from  the eyes se there is a constant flow of paani!!
And please do keep in mind if you go hungry what will be the reaction of your Mummy!!!
Despite the fact that you can ‘afford to’ still your Mummy will not like you having an empty tummy!
Rahul you must realize that people who join politics solve their own employment woes!
For his or her own future seeds these every Neta sow's!!!
So if you expect Youth Congress inductees to come solve unemployment!!!!
Then back to the drawing board you need to be sent!!
Confucius says… when it comes to an issue that is making poor make their kids go with empty tummies!!!!!
Please do not forget you are being heard by scores of aching and hurting Daddies and Mummies!!
Adds…… speak from the heart!!!
And whether it’s a sham job or straight from the heart Public will tell apart!!!
Flash..... Beni Prasad Verma used the term neech!!!
Protocol and decency the man did breach!!
In the end Government has left it to our perception 'Public sabh kuch hai jaanthi'!!!
Public knows Liberhan Report is a biased Report abh Sarkaar yeh baath hai maanthi!!

Bharat Kumar

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PS and Minister
It should not be co-terminus. A political boss, who becomes a Minister comes across many loyal officers during his political career. It is better if a new officer joins who may unleash a freshness into office as well as policies handled by a Minister. Otherwise, it some times becomes too stereotype, whimsical and even biased. Regards,
Hari Manocha

It is incorrect
Reference your whisper of the 8th of December, entitled "Army Starts Ruling MOD", I would submit that this whisper is entirely incorrect. First of all, sometime shortly after independence, control of the General Staff, as it was then known, was handed over to the Ministry of Defence. Thereafter, the army general staff, in its wisdom, decided to hand over control of secretariat functions in the ministry to the bureaucracy, under the impression that "Officers and Gentlemen don’t have time to do Babu work". This was the beginning of the downfall of the Indian Army. The proof of the army's impotency in the MoD, is in the pudding. The VIth CPC has left the army without a leg to stand on. Lt. Cols, the backbone of the army, officers with 14.5 years of service, are being compared to DS grade personnel, with just 9 years of service, and even of those, 2 years are training, so just 7 years active service! MoD bureaucrats are enjoying all army perks, including staff cars, and Army soldiers as drivers in Delhi, while Major General rank officers are being told to hire taxis! India's northern border is laid bare, because for 60 years the MoD could not sanction proper shelter to our troops in freezing -30 degree Celsius temperature, and you say Army rules MoD? Army officers posted in Indian Embassies abroad are wrongly equated, with Lt. Cols (GP 8000) being equated with Undersecretary rank personnel (GP 6600)! Lt Generals (seniormost army officers) having courts of inquiry initiated against them, simply for giving a routine NoC, for construction of a school on what was NOT EVEN ARMY LAND, and the army rules the MoD? Army has to beg for funds to buy snowmobiles for its troops in freezing Siachen, and MoD finance bureaucrats telling them that its not allowed, while sitting in Delhi, and Army rules the MoD? I think not. The army only suffers silently, and the best of our young men die, officers and jawans wives are widowed, and children are orphaned everyday, in Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Ladakh, and a hundred other places, simply because the Army certainly does not "rule" the MoD.
Aditya Puar

Retirement age should be equal to every one
Some Members of  Tribunals, Professors, Chairmen of Tribunals have 65 years, some have 62 years and government servants retire at 60 years. Why this discrimination? Every body is  equal, Therefore, there should be same retirement age for every irrespective of the position he or she held. Every body should be given opportunity to serve government up to 65 or 62 years.
jadi Tutu

Chief Statistician of India
While passing through the corridors of whisper I came across a  few names of the aspirants for the post of Chief Statistician of India. Must I salute the author of this whisper for his innate sense of humour. The names mentioned are enough to make even Jyoti Babu laugh who is known for his stone face even in his nineties. While one of the aspirants had never seen anything beyond GDP for last twenty years, another had spent most of his service life in the corridors of court whether during his suspension or otherwise. One had recently retired with grace and the last one holding the citadel of NSSO is known for his relaxed articulation. The circle would have been complete had another officer holding the fort of CSO been included in this galaxy !  Mamatadi too is also wondering perhaps why this Bengali promoter of ma, mati, manush concept is conspicuously absent in the list. One insider commented that the condition of ISS has become so bad since this millennium, no  one can make it worse. Hence, anyone can become CSI.    
An officer

MHA should take steps to promote career of IPS officials
Why doesn't the central government takes IPS officers of DIG and SP (selection grade) rank at Director/deputy Secretary level. Perhaps they will fill up this vacuum most suitably. It will also allow them to see government's functioning from ministry point of view. Hope this is taken in right earnest by powers that be as in any case they require motivation and change at this stage of life. Hope police division of MHA listens to this advise and takes steps for career development of IPS officers in right spirit.

Kishan
Pursue Dr. Pronob Sen to continue for development
In the present era Statistics measures development, growth etc and is vital for development. If Government wants development Dr. Pronob Sen Should be persuaded to continue in the post.
Subasis Misra

Agnihotri is unique
Those who personally know Agnihotri will not be surprised. I have had the good fortune of being associated with him in academics at IIPA, New Delhi and I have argued before him at CAT, New Delhi. I can personally vouch that Agnihotri is unique amongst IAS Officers, honest and upright. I am happy with the good response he is getting.
Tushar Ranjan Mohanty

Canara Bank Kannada Sangha wishes resounding success
Canara Bank Kannada Sangha wishes you a resounding success in your future assignment.
Canara Bank Kannada Sangha

Telangana peoples struggle ?
Why are u silent on Telangana peoples struggle ?
Sowmya

Towards the end of my service career, I was posted in the Finance Division of a Ministry. All went well with observance of financial principles till change of guard at HoD level. The HoD would ask subordinates to formulate proposals for expenditure within the Department to his liking and call me to write a note in support. Later, whole of the Department came to know that three tenders were being called from one party on different letter heads and the work for all items was being awarded to one and the same party. One proposal which normally involve Rs. 8 -9 lakhs was mooted for Rs.95 lakhs and we turned it down on technical/procedural grounds in the Finance Division. The said HoD stopped talking to me in particular. But his ways continued. He used to visit to other Departments to have the files cleared in which he was interested.
Hgupreti

Why not for all ?
Why retirement age for JS and above only?. Why not for all ?

Pt Ram Kanwar
Why not increase the retirement age for all civil servants ?
Why increase the age of retirement for bureaucrats and not for all civil servants.
R K Goel

Really inspiring
Drishti website is really very inspiring and it shows the efforts of its creators in such a backward area with limited resources.
Prachi Jain