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INTERVIEW WITH ARUNA SHARMA ,DG DOORDARSHAN,

Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Ms. Aruna Sharma who has left her impact wherever she went is now a day looking after Doordarshan in her capacity as its Director General putting in all her efforts not only in improving its programming but also transmission and more importantly reception quality. Besides, she is focusing more on issues like primary compulsory education, guaranteed nutrition and issues related to labour laws. Since, DD has various channels, she is concentrating on working out a different strategy for programming for each channel. Her main aim is to brink back the glory of DD
She talked at length to the whispersinthecorridors.com. Following are the excerpts.

1. You did not agree to give interview immediately after taking charge in DD but now its 4 months since you have taken over as DG Doordarshan, what is your vision about the Doordarshan.
Yes, I did not agree to comment immediately after joining the Doordarshan, as I always prefer to speak when the detailed strategy and plan of action is worked out and is ready for execution.
Doordarshan, as all are aware is largest terrestrial and satellite network and thus my immediate intervention is in terms of programming, transmission and more important reception quality.
2. You have listed programming , now with competition with private channels what is the way to compete with them.
Programming in Doordarshan is also for information and education besides entertainment and news. Thus to address above areas and mandate of each channel a different strategy is to be adopted. To improve the content and presentation regarding information, special prime slots have been identified. The focus of the issues is not as per ministry in the government but on issues. To illustrate, the issue of 'Children' cuts across primary compulsory education, guaranteed nutrition and issues related to labour laws. Thus the discussion forum is comprehensive cutting across Ministries and Programmes but converge schemes for the common objectives. I definitely have advantage of subject matter and the problem areas due to my experience in administrative service. Special attention is given to ensuring framing issues, presentation and packaging.
IGNOU and UGC has been asked to give us fresh programmes instead of relying on repeat programs.
DD-National, do have entertainment segment. SFC experiment is successful; hence focus is to get still better programmes. Very soon we are coming with some new programmes. Attention will also be paid to publicize. DD National the fixed time chart is being reworked and for systematic introspection channel monitoring has been introduced. Monitoring enables to understand the competition at that particular time, besides content, presentation and also quality of reception.
3. Doordarshan is multi-channel and also have international Channel, what are the plans for them
For programming, for each channel a different strategy is worked out.
It may sound strange but it is important to have special attention on transmission due to vast spread and more important on reception. To give an example Tata Sky was putting DD National and News on not the right frequencies and resultant was faded and jaded image. That has been corrected
DD- India arrangements made to transmit in 146 countries since last 15 years. However, mechanism of assured reception was off and on, thus the last leg of downloading the signal and transmitting to household is the issue. Thus steps have been taken to ensure the last leg is assured. We have now worked out systematic plan for the same.
For, DD-India we are working on 8 hour loop to cater for different timelines. The content will have information about educational institutions in India, Medical Tourism, information for tourists not on just sites of interest but also our culture and heritage, Information on Business Opportunities. Besides, Culture, Dance, Entertainment and Bollywood will be the inputs.
DD-News have USP on content, detailed discussions with the team and mechanisms have been worked out to ensure better research, visuals and presentations.
4. How do access the manpower in Doordarshan?
The advantage of Doordarshan is trained manpower but disadvantage is it is ageing organization and thus needs to revamp its mechanisms..
Besides steps have been taken to computerize the Budget, this year for the first time all the kendras got to know the budget available to them head wise through out the year right in the beginning of year. This will enable systematic planning by all Kendras and also ensure fiscal discipline.
There are many litigation cases, analysis of issues is being done for each cadre to find out solutions so as to not just end unnecessary litigations but work out a logical answer to the long grievances.
Transparency is encouraged and we are now putting information about pending projects, proposals etc on LAN for easy monitoring.
5. Doordarshan is Host Broadcaster for Common Wealth Games, what is the level of preparedness.
The team is well geared to take the challenge; Attempts are to have HDTV channel transmission arrangement by then. I have major and a fall back plan for the same.
6. What is your dream for Doordarshan?
I look forward for Doordarshan to get back its glory.
Special Channels like DD-Kashir, DD-Urdu and for North East to establish themselves with good content and quality programs. Doordarshan team is talented and my focus is to systematically identify the gaps and issues and step by step resolve the same.

Justice Thakur to be SC Judge ?

Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Tirath Singh Thakur is likely to be appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Vinay Kumar may be shifted

Joint Secretary Defence (Navy), Vinay Kumar, is likely to be moved from his present desk.

Javed Ahmed to be JD (North) in CBI

Javed Ahmed, IPS (UP cadre: 1984 batch) is going to hold the post of Joint Director (North), CBI.

DPC held for postings in R & AW

A DPC was held for Joint Secretary to Additional Secretary level postings in R&AW.

Empanement process for IPS officers starts

Empanelment for filling up the posts of Special Secretary (IS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs consisting of IPS officers of 1973, 1974 and 1975 batches - action initiated.

Mukesh Kumar to go to the US

Mukesh Kumar been nominated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), Government of India (GOI), for the Programme "MA in Public Service" in Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA" commencing from August 2009. He is an IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre who belongs to the 1996 batch. At present Kumar is State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission to the Gujarat Government.

Akhilesh Prasad to be CCIT Lucknow !

Akhilesh Prasad is likely to move to Lucknow as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. He is 1974 batch IRS officer.

S Alok promoted as Secretary to CAG

S Alok, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted as Secretary to CAG (SAG-level), CAG's Office, New Delhi.

Training Course in National and Regional Development Policy
A Group x Training Course in National and Regional Development Policy to be held in Japan from july 26, 2009 to December 23, 2009 (Core Phase).

Will Goyal go to WTO ?

1993 batch UT cadre IAS officer Prashant Goyal is likely to join as Counsellor & First Secretary in the PMI, WTO, Geneva .

Rajiv Mittal is Dy Secretary Personnel

Rajiv Kumar Mittal has joined the Department of Personnel as Deputy Secretary Personnel. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Hunt for new ITDC chief still on

A hunt is still on for new Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD)of the ITDC. As it is, incumbent CMD Pervez Dewan is serving his extended tenure that was extended for one month more. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

P. Chidambaram's writ in MHA

A hard task master Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram asks the officers "Speak up in English, Speak up in English." Whenever the hard task master summons Joint Secretaries for a discussion in corridors of the North Block then feel as if they going to face a hail storm.

DoPT again invites applications for filling up 35 posts of UID Commissioners
DoPT has once again invited applications for filling up 35 posts of UID Commissioners (Joint Secretary Level) one in the capital of each of state and Union Territory in unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) under the Planning Commission on deputation basis.

Ram Sewak Sharma appointed Director General of UID Project

Ram Sewak Sharma has been appointed as CEO and DG of UID Project. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Anu Agrawal to be considered after completion of six years

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has directed that Ms. Anu Aggarwal, IAS(NL:01) will be considered for Inter-Cadre deputation to Punjab cadre only after completion of six years in her cadre and after completion of 'cooling off' requirements.

Ajay Kumar to join AP Government for three years

The GoI has allowed inter-cadre deputation to J Ajay Kumar from Assam-Meghalaya to Andhra Pradesh for three years. He is 1997 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Pathak is now IG COBRA in CRPF

On his return from Srinagar IG CRPF D K Pathak has been appointed IG COBRA in the Headquarters. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

IIS officer seeks VRS

1983 batch Indian Information Service officer Vijay Agrawal has taken VRS.He is presently posted in Bhopal.

IFS officer to join NTRO

AK Singh has been appointed as Controller (Admn.) in the National Technical Research Organisation. He is 1984 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Maj.Gen Bhardwaj is NSG (OPS)

Maj.Gen Bhardwaj is new IG (Operations) in National Security Guard (NSG).

(We said this on May 10 & June 7,2009 )

Heard latest on Dadwal

MHA power corridor whispers say that Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal told a senior officer that due to his backache he was unable to perform duty for long hours and he wished to have a lighter posting or proposes to go on long leave.

Dhatwalia is now ADG DAVP

Dhatwalia has been appointed ADG DAVP. He is 1983 batch Indian Information Service Officer.

A Young IAS officer making a mark in Tourism

Frederick Roy Kharkongor a young IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre belonging to 2000 batch is making waves in the field of tourism. Recently, speaking as an invited panelist during the plenary session of the national seminar on rural tourism organised under the aegis of the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPSTDC) in collaboration with Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (GOI) and CII at Bhopal, he impressed guests. Mainly present on the occasion were Sujit Banerjee Secretary Tourism to GOI & Ms.Leena Nandan Joint Secretary Tourism to GOI. Frederick Roy Kharkongor as Deputy Commissioner of Jaintia Hills District in Meghalaya from 2005-2008 had conceptualized and facilitated the implementation of the Lalong Rural Tourism Project- Meghalya's first Rural Tourism Project. The Project turned out to be a pioneering start to community based tourism initiatives in the district, he said. He till recently was DC, West Garo Hills & now has
been made Registrar Cooperatives. His presentation had impressed national consultant of UNDP and various national representatives of the Tourism industry, with his wide-ranging involvement and interventions in Rural Tourism. He also piloted the DRDA special tourism projects in the district, where seven Tourist projects were successfully executed in five different blocks of the district, through convergence. Of these four have been handed over to the community, in an effort to provide alternative livelihood to the rural poor and to encourage protection besides preservation of their cultural and natural heritage, added Kharkongor. Several village based tourism societies have also taken root. He also created & marketed the "Discover Jaintia brand of Tourist Festivals" in 2006 2007.The Festival is now being organized by the Jaintia Tourism & Environment Society, and is part of the States Tourism calendar. Even in West Garo Hills District,
Sasatgre/Chandigre Rural Tourism Project was handed over to them .He is actively collaborated and converged with departments like Soil and Forest to facilitate creation of tourist projects in the district and at Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, a recently recognized UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2008 he had organized for the first time the AHAIA Tourism Festival on a grand scale. He was also actively engaged in promoting eco tourism through fish conservation at various sites. Apart from this he is a Charles Wallace Scholar, a fellowship under the British Council and has done a professional fellowship at London School of Economics (LSE) and at the University of Durham in 2004.This was the third time that the Ministry of Tourism GOI had invited him to deliver talks and make presentations on rural tourism, a sector that is fast emerging as a niche developmental tool, in "Incredible India" campaign's foray into rural India.

Ira Joshi moves to PIB

ADG DAVP Ira Joshi has been moved to the PIB.Ira Joshi is 1984 batch Indian Information Service officer.

IPS changes in Sikkim

Tshering Bhutia has been posted as DIG/Fire & Emergency Services. Rajiv Ranjan, IPS, ADC to the Governor has been posted Superintendent of Police/West (Gyalshing).

1984 batch IAS officer is PS in Sikkim

1984 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Dr Alok Kumar Shrivastava has been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary . He is presently Commissioner (Pine) in Delhi.

Post of Administrative Member in CAT falling vacant
DoPT has invited applications for the post of Administrative Member in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) at Patna. The vacancy is occurring on September 11, 2009. Those interested may apply for the same by August 10, 2009.

New Judges of Patna High Court

Justice Mihir Kumar Jha and Justice Kishore Kumar Mandal, Additional Judges of the Patna High Court have been appointed Judges of the Patna High Court.

IPS changes in Karnataka

B K Singh has been appointed DCP Administration , Bangalore. N Shivaprasad will now be Superintendent of Police, Kodagu.

IAS postings in Orissa

Vishal Gagan will now be Collector of Keonjhar.Manish Kumar Verma has been made Collector of Balasore. Fakir Charan Sathpathy is moving to the State Election Commission as Secretary.

IAS changes in Karnataka

Pradeep Sing Koirala has been appointed Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Bangalore.B. Basavaraju will be new Managing Director, Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Limited, Bangalore. B. Harish Gowda has been made Commissioner, Public Instruction, Bangalore and I.S.N. Prasad Chief Project Officer, Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP), Bangalore.
SC upholds Ashok Darbari ex PSC chief,Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court has vindicated & upheld the stand of Ashok Darbari for the post of Chairman Chhattigarh state’s Public Service Commission (PSC).In a landmark judgement the Supreme Court of India (SCI) has upheld that State Governments should not interfere in working of state PSCs . Ashok Darbari is a retired IPS officer of the 1968 who belongs to Chhattisgarh cadre
Mrs.Kamini Chauhan Ratan relieved for MP
Decks have been cleared for Mrs.Kamini Chauhan Ratan -the maiden lady Collector of the Meerut district to join Madhya Pradesh cadre on inter state deputation as she was relieved on July 9,2009. The Meerut district has a history of 150 years.Mrs.Kamini Chauhan Ratan is an IAS officer of the 1997 who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on May 23, 2009)
Amit Kumar Ghosh to be new Collector Meerut
Amit Kumar Ghosh (UP cadre, 1994 batch) who so far was District Magistrate(DM) Moradabad has been sent to Meerut in the same capacity .
Ravindra to be DM Moradabad
Ravindra who so far was in waiting has been posted as new District Magistrate(DM) Moradabad.
Deputation tenure of Kumar Sanjay Krishna extended
Deputation tenure of Kumar Sanjay Krishna Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs has been extended for a period of three months beyond August 15.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Ms Arti Kant returns to IDES
Ms Arti Kant, Chief Vigilance Officer, Mumbai Port Trust is back to her Parent Department IDES, Ministry of Defence to avail benefit of her promotion in the cadre.She is 1973 batch IDES officer.
Satya Prakash launches expansion of Bridgestone
Principal Secretary (PS) Commerce, Industry & Employment Department with Madhya Pradesh Government Satyaprakash inaugrated Rs.265 crore expansion programme of the Bridgestone Pvt. Ltd.in Pithampur (Dhar district) the other day. T. Urano Vice President and Senior Officer International Tyre Business Operations Bridgestone Corporation Japan was mainly present on the occasion. He was accompanied by F. Yanaga Vice President & Officer Tyre Production Technology Development Department & K.Umemoto President Bridgestone Asia Pacific Singapore. Prominently who attended the function were Praveen Garg Managing Director (MD)TRIFAC, Neeraj Mandloi Managing Director (MD)AKVN(Indore).Bridgestone India Private Limited, a part of Bridgestone Corporation, Japan is one of the leading manufacturers of tyres in India with a vast network of more than 1,000 dealers spread across India. Bridgestone at Kheda are responsible for production of high quality Steel Belted Radial
Tyres and Tubes and are committed to demonstrate excellence in our environmental performance on a continual basis. The current production capacity of the plant is 37 Lacs tyres per annum. This capacity has been achieved with a total investment of Rs.54,670 Lacs and is generating about 1200 jobs directly. The on- going expansion at the factory, which commenced in the year 2007, will add an additional 16 Lacs tyres per annum to the existing capacity thus making the total production capacity of the plant, post expansion 53 Lacs tyres per annum. The operations of the expansion will generate tax revenue of Rs.300 lacs/annum to the state government during exemption period and Rs. 492 lacs/annum after exemption (entry tax, central sales tax and value added tax) in addition to the current tax revenues of Rs.1,140 Lacs, assuming no change in the tax structure.
10 IT officials transferred
KK Tripathi has been made DGIT (Inv.), Chennai, NP Singh CCIT - II, Bangalore, V.K. Bhatia - CCIT - III, Chennai, Kalyan Chaudhuri - CCIT V, Kolkata, A Majumdar - CCIT - II, Kolkata, AK Manchanda - CCIT-V, Delhi, Vinod Khurana - DGIT (Investigation), Kolkata, Christopher Abraham - CCIT, Cochin, GG Shukla - DGIT (TRG.), NADT, Nagpur and AP Pawar - CCIT - XIII, Mumbai.
Addl CIT - Mumbai goes to DSIDC
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as Financial Advisor in the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSIDC), New Delhi, on deputation basis, the services of Sanjay Kumar, Additional CIT, Range 9 (2), Mumbai, are placed at the disposal of DSIDC for one year.

CORPORATE
PFC Director (Finance ) panel to be scrapped
Panel formed for the selection of Director (Finance) in Power Finance Corporation is likely to be scrapped for obvious reasons.

SAIL to honour 7 Indian companies

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will honour seven Indian manufacturing companies with the inaugural SAIL HR Award for Excellence in People Management Processes at a ceremony to be held in Delhi on July 9, 2009. The awards, instituted in association with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad as the 'Knowledge and Process Partner', aim to recognise path-breaking contributions in the field of human resource management processes. The SAIL HR Excellence Awards have been instituted to commemorate completion of 50 years of production by SAIL.An eminent jury, headed by Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, has assessed the applications that were received by SAIL for each of the awards. Other distinguished members of the jury are Sam Pitroda Chairman National Knowledge Commission, S.K. Roongta Chairman SAIL, Deepak Parekh, Chairman HDFC, Ms. Usha Thorat Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Mr. William Rothwell, Prof. of HRD, Pennsylvania State University, Dr. T.V. Rao, Adjunct Prof., IIM, Ahmedabad, Prof. Neharika Vohra, Prof., IIM, Ahmedabad and T.K. Arun, Editor (Delhi), The Economic Times. Seven awards will be presented to organisations in three categories - large, medium and small - based on manpower strengths of above 5,000, between 1,000 and 5,000 and between 250 and 1,000, respectively. Each award comprises a trophy, prize money of Rs 1 lakh and a citation. Four companies had been shortlisted in each category from which the final winners were selected by the jury. Virbhadra Singh Indian Minister for Steel, Chief Guest on the occasion, will present the awards. A. Sai Prathap, Indian Minister of State for Steel, will be the Guest of Honour. P.K. Rastogi, Secretary (Ministry of Steel), will also grace the occasion.

CVC recommends dismissal of PNB Manager .

CVC has recommended dismissal in the case of one Manager, Punjab National
Bank.

Gupta to be CEO Birlasoft
Arup Gupta has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Birlasoft. He would replace J. Ramachandran.
James Leng quits
Tata Steel deputy chairman James Leng has quit from the company board yesterday.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Advani says, ' BJP's afflicted by yapping'!!!!
He says this yapping needs capping!!!
BJP Leaders need to realize if BJP does not speak in one awaaz!!!!
It'll be like a Bagpipes Band in which every Bagpipe has its own saaz!!!
Or the Party is being pulled by Leaders in apna apna direction!!
And that is why Advani has issued ' don't fire your gobs' direction!!!
But Mr. Advani please do realize why do they do this?????
That is because you have given accountability the miss!!!
The feeling is in BJP there is no law!!!!
And that is why out of turn all caw!!!
In BJP discipline is a thing of the past!!!
Discipline ko BJP's tryst with power ne kiya blast!!!
As I see it BJP's not being able to find its feet so it cannot stand!!!
By resigning Advani can give BJP a hand!!!
Some say this Budget has the Urbanites applauding!!!!
Once the dole proposed in the Budget reaches rural India praises villagers will sing!!!
And just recently rural India gave Congress 'thumbs up'!!!
Because NREGA and Farmers loan waivers ….neither was a gupp!!!
But pilferage was there and a lot of money was made!!!!
And this time around this should be stayed!!!
In rural India Artiyas small Farmers ka blood karte hai suck!!!
Charge 36% interest for every lent buck (Rupee)!!!
Small Farmers usually are pledged lock stock and barrel to these middlemen!!!
And in many cases Farmers borrow one and Artiyas in their books write ten!!!
Freeing Farmers from their clutches should be done!!
These Arityas are money lenders, fertilizer stockists, money lenders all rolled into one!!
Though a pesticide may be bad for a crop they'll force the Farmer to buy it!!!!
The Farmer will poison his crop and his crops pyre by the Farmer himself will be lit!!!

Crop ruined Farmer will be at the mercy of the Artiya to survive!!!!
And with the Farmer at his mercy very 'cruel' deals Artiyas are known to drive!!!
What development do we talk of when such people rule rural India with an iron hand???
Everyday thousands of Farmers ka Artiyas all over India bajaathe hai band!!!
Most Artiyas are either small time politicians or are politically connected!!!
And hence by the Cops are well protected!!!

Artiyas ka karro do end or khaatma!!!!
They are middlemen without a aatma!!!

If you ask me Omar Abdullah has pushed J&K back to the brink!!!
His governance sure does stink!!!
Strife in the valley is on the rise….. Center should take note!!!!
Check out if Omar has one leg in the Indian boat and the other in the hardliner's boat!!!
And if this goes on give J&K azaadi from Omar Abdullah!!!
Before it becomes an uncontrollable hulla!!!
Business Media Channels entice investors to put more and more money in Dalal Street!!!
Bullish drums they beat!!
Like take TV18 …. it'll choose bullish brokers and analysts to talk on its shows!!!!
Especially when the market hits lows!!!
And if CBI conducts an inquiry it'll be found that all these people dabble in stocks!!!
Each one of them 'the undertaking that they do not dabble in stocks' mocks!!
Confucius says….. the hen that lays the golden egg is being killed after its baiting!!!
Its not FIIs, MFs or Corporates but small investors that give these channels the TRP rating!!!

Flash.... Mr. Deora International Oil prices have dropped.... nearing 60!!!!
Now Deora will say 'we will re-look at prices when international prices drop to 50!!!

My feeling is Sarkaar jumped the gun and hiked prices of fuel!!
And already high kitchen inflation ko kiya fuel!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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)
Is the merger fixed?
Vilasrao Deshmukh is standing for Vice President in Mumbai Cricket Association which is the personal turf of Pawar. All candidates opposing Vilasrao have withdrwan their nomination forms. Is something cooking between the two and is Vilasrao's High Command aware? Or, is the merger between the two parties already fixed?

M. Ashar
Mumbai

DOPT has created anomalies

Recently DOPT had issued an order regarding ACP. The greatest fool on earth should have drafted this order because it conveys nothing but only has created anomaly amongst employees in the same grade, ex. some getting Grade Pay Rs.4600 after 20 years/30 years most of them just six months back have got Grade Pay Rs.4800 as 2nd ACP and immediately 3rd ACT in GP of Rs.5400. This is an deliberate attempt by the DOPT to deprive the benefit to maximum employees and restrict it to only fewer employees. But DOPT should also ensure that only this "fewer employees" are more responsible for the work and not all. DOPT is not capable of doing this and that too when they do not know for what purpose the post of PPS and Sr. PPS had been created and what are their duties.

Raghu

Need to reform police force
Two incidents in the two different corners of the country i.e. one of fake encounter at Dehradun and other of the hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad again underline the desperate need to reform our police force. How many innocents have to die before the government actually wakes up to reforming our police administration which is gradually turning from bad to worse. Unfortunate part is that top leadership of police is either actively conniving or (right ones)is a helpless spectator. If we want to proclaim ourselves as a modern progressive nation than we need to first reform our colonial police and administrative structures in the absence of which all progressive policy announcements would have no meaning for want of actual implementation on the ground.

MB

Meritorious ones should guide yougsters
Some of the most outstanding IRS Officers, including Chairpersons/Members of CBDT, get Settlement Commission Membership or Ombudsman as post retirement opportunity/challenges to re-excel and show their high caliber. As such, after having worked as Senior Tax Administrator ,the meritorious ones may be requested to join training institutes to guide/bless the youngsters and subordinates passionately to ensure quality Tax Administration--- a must for our nation at this juncture....

A Kumar

Vittal can bring back the glory of PESB.

N Vittal is the ideal person to be the Chairman of PESB. The erstwhile minister Santhosh Mohan Dev had made PESB irrelevant in their role of selecting right persons to head the public sector undertakings during his tenure. I am sure that Vittal can bring back the glory of PESB provided he gets another chance to head the it .

K J Raman

CSSS efforts appreciable
I fully appreciate the CSSS efforts, but it seems most of the Stenographers are not aware of it. It is my humble suggestion that efforts should be made to involve each and every individual in your fight either by circulating pamphlets or by asking your representatives to circulate a word to all the members so that one is aware of what is happening. Even the benefit of cadre restructuring went to the CSS and the CSSS was left out of it. Select list of Stenographer Gr D was prepared till 1994 and that was all that we got. Now, even the ad-hoc promotions have been stopped. And please we should stop fighting amongst ourselves at to what post we belong to. We are basically all stenographers and should get together for a common cause. That is the only way we can fight for our cause. If any post is left stagnated, it affects the overall promotions of the other posts. I urge our fellow colleagues, who are posted with the higher officers to kindly do whatever they can and take up the matter with the senior officers.

Vandana

I totally disagree with the survey outcome
I strongly believe that taking into consideration the competition and the rigorous selection process, our bureaucrats are the best and brightest and India could not have achieved this kind of progress but for them especially in the presence of stinking political atmosphere since independence.

Prof Gan Bhukta