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Appointment of Gokulram unlikely

Appointment of N Gokulram to the post of Secretary Surface Transport is unlikely. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Kotalwar is now PS to Praneet Kaur

1996 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Hemant Kotalwar who was earlier PS to MoS E Ahmad has joined as PS to MoS Praneet Kaur in MEA.

IFS officer Chakraborty is PS to Shashi Tharoor

1996 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Sandeep Chakraborty has joined as PS to MoS External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.

Sanjay Khandare to be PS Praful Patel

Sanjay Khandare is tipped to be private secretary (PS) to Praful Patel Indian Minister for Civil Aviation. He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Shanmuga Sundaram tipped to be PS to Napoleon

As the grapevine has it Shanmuga Sundaram is tipped to be private secretary (PS) to Napoleon Indian Minister of State for Social Justice. He is an IAS officer of the 1997 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms.Sudha Devi tipped to be PS to Gandhiselvan

As the grapevine has it Ms.Sudha Devi is tipped to be private secretary (PS) to Gandhiselvan Indian Minister of State for Health. She is an IAS officer of the 2003 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Rajiv Mittal tipped to be Director, DoPT

As the grapevine has it Rajiv Mittal, IAS (Maharashtra cadre: 1990 batch) is going to be Director in the Department of Personnel & Training. He was formerly private secretary (PS) to Shiv Raj Patil while he was the Home Minister.

Rahul Sarin tipped to join by month end

As the grapevine has it Rahul Sarin, IAS (Jharkhand cadre, 1974 batch), Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training will be joining the Competition Appellate Tribunal by the end of this month.

Madhukar Gupta tipped to be Governor, Jharkhand

As the grapevine has it Madhukar Gupta Home Secretary in GOI is likely to be Governor, Jharkhand.

Bhupinder Singh appointed DGP of West Bengal

Bhupinder Singh has been appointed next Bengal police chief.1974 batch IPS officer Singh would succeed Sujit Sarkar on July 1. Sarkar is retiring on June 30.
( We said this on April 30 )

In AP PS Home is 12 years junior to DGP

A controversy has generated in Andhra Pradesh over the appointment of Principal Secretary Home who is 12 years junior to the DGP.

Koshy is OSD to MoS Railways

Divisional Railway Manager, Thiruvananthapuram.Titus P. Koshy has taken ovaer as OSD to Union Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed.

1995 batch IPS is DIG in AP.

Six 1995 batch IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh have been promoted to the rank of DIG. They are Mssrs:- R S Praveen Kumar, V V Srinivasa Rao, Atul Singh, Rajiv Kumar Meena, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, and Swathi Lakra.

Shalin Kabra to join APPA course next month

Shalin Kabra who was Joint Director NIDM is set to join nine months long APPA course in the New Delhi located Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA). It will commence on July 1,2009.

NK Gayan is now GM in RBI
NK Gayan has been promoted as GM in RBI

Six Indian P&T SAG officers transferred
As many as Six Indian P&T SAG officers have been transferred. They are GK Padhy to CCA Chatisgarh, K Panda to CCA WB, GK Chin to CCA, NE-1, Shillong, Manoj Anand to GM(F) PAO Calcuta, R Niranjana to CCA Kerala and Mrs CLNarasamma to CCA Maharashtra.

10 Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service officers promoted and transferred

As many as 10 Junior Administrative Grade officers of Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade and some of them transferred also. While SL Bhalotia on promotion has been transferred from CCA, Maharashtra to CCA, Hyderabad, Abhay Kumar Singh has been shifted from DoT HQs. to DDG (TPF), DoT HQs, Sanjeev K. Singh from DoT HQs. to DDG(Accounts), DoT HQs., and Dekhu Turwar (ST) from CCA, Bihar to CCA, J&K, Jammu while Ashok Kumar has been retained at CCA UP(W), Meerut and RK Jenaw (SC) retained at CCA Haryana. Others who have been promoted are on deputation. They include Urmimala Singh, GK Singh, Ashish Joshi and Prakash Kumar Thakur.

Seven posts of scientists vacant in WII
Wildlife Institute of India (WII), an autonomous institution of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, has invited applications from IFS Officers for appointment on deputation basis to Seven (07) posts of Scientist - E and Scientist-F . Out of these seven posts, one post is earmarked for Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre of WII with headquarters at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. There is no earmarking of posts at Scientist-E and Scientist-F level separately.

4 IFS officers in Karnataka to be promoted soon

As many as four Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to 1979 batch will be promoted in Karnataka soon for which DPC was held recently. They are: G.V.Sugur, G.S.Prabhu, Vinay Luthra & Kanwar Pal.

"Incredible India" campaign a beacon light

The Indian Tourism Ministry's aggressive campaign to market the nation as a hot destination for global tourists has emerged as the niche exercise. Recently the campaign had prominently figured in the US Congress during a debate on Tourism related law. It was stated if the US had 9/11, India had 26/11 yet the latter has been able to woo tourists from across the global at a time when the economy worldwide faced recession. Buoyed over this Indian Tourism Secretary Sujit Banerjee is quite upbeat. He told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that the "visit India" campaign covered 22 cities across the globe. This had yielded very positive results, he said. A good number of foreigner tourists came to India in May 2009, said Banerjee adding that he was expecting more foreigner tourists in June 2009.

CBEC to promote DCs as JCs soon

As the grapevine has it, the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) is going to promote Deputy Commissioner as Joint Commissioners, soon.

Duty first for Raman Shrivastava, SS (IS) Home,

For Raman Srivastava, SS (IS) Home duty is always first. Even during a function held in Delhi on Saturday evening he was seen busy giving instructions to solve the Lalgarh (West Bengal) tangle. He also attended this function but continuously gave direction and updated the information of Operation on his mobile until & by then the function was over.

No Secretary in Haryana

Believe it or not, it is true that there is not a single IAS who is Secretary in the Haryana Government. This has happened for the first time in the history of India. This is being attributed to faulty cadre management & ego hassles of those who are supposed to aid and advise the Haryana Chief Minister. There are IAS officers upto the 1984 batch who are Principal Secretaries (PSs). Though, IAS officers have got suppertime scale up to the 1990 batch, none of them is designated as Secretary. In the 1985 batch there is no IAS who is a Secretary. They shall be promoted as Principal Secretaries (PSs) without having served as Secretaries. There is only one IAS officer i. Alok Nigam of the 1986 batch who is designated as Secretary Rajbhavan Affairs. Even, Commissioner & Secretary PR KK Khandelwal (1986 batch) who is also in Chief Minister's secretariat is in "look after charge" as the Secretary.

No mid career training for MP IAS officers

There will be no mid career training (Phase-III) for IAS officers belonging to the 2000 batch in Madhya Pradesh. It is so because the State Government has refused to send its bureaucrats & communicated it accordingly to the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). However, bureaucrats of this batch are a worried lot because without having done it this time they will face a lot of difficulty in promotions. It is not compulsory for those belong to the batches of 1999 & 2001.

Will Yadav go ?

Grapevine has it that AICTC Chairman R A Yadav is being eased out by the new Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibbal.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia releases Amitabh Kant's book

Montek Singh Ahluwalia Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission released a book a titled " Branding India - An Incredible Story" that has been authored by Amitabh Kant .Ms. Selja Indian Minister of Tourism, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation presided over the function held at Taj Mahal Hotel,New Delhi the other day & received the first copy of the book of which publishers are HarperCollins Publishers. T.K.A. Nair, Principal Secretary to the Indian Prime Minister was the Guest of Honour. How do you bring a magnificently diverse country - with twenty-eight states, seven union territories, eighteen official languages and 1.12 billion people - under one brand?In what was a complex and massive exercise, this is exactly what the author, Amitabh Kant, former joint secretary in the ministry of tourism, and his colleagues cutting across various government departments achieved as they put India on the world tourism map with their 'Incredible India'
campaign. Amitabh Kant is a civil servant by profession. As joint secretary in the ministry of tourism from 2001 to 2007, Kant was one of the key drivers of the growth of Indian tourism. Earlier, as secretary of tourism in Kerala, he had put the state on the international tourism map by imaginatively building on the 'God's Own Country' brand. Currently, Kant is posted as principal secretary and special commissioner (industries) in Kerala. Launched in 2002 when travel to India was down in the dumps - in the wake of the destruction of the World Trade Centre, the war on Afghanistan and the attack on Indian Parliament - the 'Incredible India' campaign triggered a take-off of Indian tourism. Support sectors like aviation, hotels and infrastructure grew in tandem, and new areas such as health, rural and ecological tourism developed gradually, so that in 2008 India earned US $ 11.5 billion in foreign exchange as against US $ 3 billion in 2002.
How did a sleeping giant like India get its act together? How did government departments not normally known for their speed, dynamism or flexibility build and nurture a brand? How did infrastructure keep pace with the demand so that what was promised to tourists could be delivered? This fascinating success story, written by an insider, becomes even more relevant today as the Indian tourism industry again faces a slowdown because of the economic downturn and the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008. Scholarly as well as personal, the book is essential reading for the travel and tourism industry as well as the layperson, and an inspiring business case study that shows how even the sabureaucracy can be as dynamic as anyone in the private sector.

21 Addl / Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise transferred

As many as 21 officials of the grade of Additional/ Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. They include
Adhish Dhar from UOP to Kolkata CX to NACEN, Kolkata, Ms. Anice Joseph Chandra from Delhi CX (LTU) to Meerut CX (NOIDA) , Anil Kumar Jain from DGICCE, Delhi to Delhi CX (Rohtak), Arun Kumar from UOP to Systems Delhi to DPPR, Delhi , Ashok Kumar Madan-II from CESTAT Delhi to Delhi CX (LTU), Binoy Kumar from UOP to Patna Customs (P) to Ahmedabad CX, C Dhansekaran from Chennai Customs to CESTAT, Chennai, C. Rangaraju from Chennai Customs to CESTAT, Chennai ,MK Rustogi from Logistics Delhi to CESTAT, Delhi , Manoj Kumar Kedia from UOP Shillong CX to NACEN, Vadodara , Dr. Manoj Kumar Rajak from CESTAT Ahmedabad to Ahmedabad CX , Nawin Kumar Upadhyay from UOP Kolkata Customs to Bhubaneshwar CX, PVN Suresh Babu from UOP CEI Pune to Pune CX (Goa), Prakash Kumar Behera from UOP Chennai Customs (P) to Chennai Customs, Dr. Prem Verma from UOP CESTAT Delhi to Data Management, Delhi ,R. Sriram (Returned from Study Leave) to NACEN Bangalore, Raj Kumar from Settlement Commission, Delhi to Bhopal CX , Ravindra R. Bangar from UOP Bhopal CX to DGICCE Hyderabad, Sandeep Raj Jain (Returned from Study Leave) to Valuation Mumbai, Satendra Vikram Singh from Pune CX to CEI, Pune, Yog Pal Singh (Returning from Deputation from Enforcement Directorate on 30.06.09) to Systems, Delhi.

Four posts of Joint Development Commissioners in newly created Special Economic Zones vacant
Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi, has sought the names of willing and suitable officers from All India/Central Civil(Group 'A') Services of Deputy Secretary/Director Level for consideration for the four posts of Joint Development Commissioners, for the newly created Special Economic Zones at Mandals (Andhra Pradesh), Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra.), Bharuch & Surat (Gujarat.) .

DIABETIC? Good news for readers

Civil servants have one permanent bed-fellow. Till they call it a day. That bed fellow is so very well known. You don't need to name STRESS. Stress and Civil Service have been going hand in hand since times immemorial stress gives a baby to quite many-diabetes. The baby like its mother is so very well -known. A well wisher has sent us a little prescription by which you can take care of the baby and also the mother. We are reproducing the same as under :-

A woman (65) was diabetic for the last 20+ years and was taking insulin twice a day, she used the enclosed homemade medicine for a fortnight and now she is absolutely free of diabetes and taking all her food as normal including sweets .
The doctors have advised her to stop insulin and any other blood sugar controlling drugs. I request you all please circulate the email below to as many people as you can and let them take the maximum benefit from it.
AS RECEIVED :
Sheikh Saleh Mohammed Tuwaijiri , the Supreme judge of Tabuk Court has made the extensive experiments with perseverance and patience and discovered a successful treatment for diabetes.

Now a days a lot of people, old men & women in particular suffer a lot due to Diabetes..
Ingredients:
1 - Wheat flour 100 gm
2 - Gum(of tree) (gondh) 100 gm
3 - Barley 100 gm
4 - Black Seeds (kalunji) 100 gm
Method of Preparation Put all the above ingredients in 5 cups of water. Boil it for 10 minutes and put off the fire. Allow it to cool down by itself. When it has become cold, filter out the seeds and preserve the water in a glass jug or bottle.
How to use it?
Take one small cup of this water every day early morning when your stomach is empty.
Continue this for 7 days. Next week repeat the same but on alternate days. With these 2 weeks of treatment you will wonder to see that you have become normal and can eat normal food without problem.

Rakesh Mohan is PS Education in Delhi
Rakesh Mohan will be new Principal Secretary Education in Delhi Government. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Dharmendra is Secretary Forests and Environment in Delhi
Dharmendra has been posted as Secretary Forests and Environment in the Delhi Government. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. He will also hold charge of Divisional Commissioner Delhi.
Four IRS officers cleared for CBDT Member
Finally Mssrs Prakash Chandra Tripathi,A K Basu,M C Joshi and Manjari Kackar have been cleared for the post of the Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
Sanghi gets additional charge
MD DSIIDC Chetan B Sanghi has been given additional charge of Secretary Industries in Delhi Government. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Narendra Kumar gets additional charge of Administrative Reforms
Secretary TTE in the Delhi Government Dr G Narendra Kumar has been given additional charge of Secretary Administrative Reforms. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Dadoo is new Administrator Lakshdeep
J K Dadoo will be relieved on June 30 to join as Administrator of Lakshdeep. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on June 1 )
Selvaraj gets additional charge
Secretary Development in Delhi Government B V Selvaraj has been given additional charge of Secretary Irrigation,Secretary SC,ST,OBC and MD DSFDC. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Parida gets additional charge in Delhi
Secretary Services M K Parida has been given additional charge of Secretary GAD and Member-Secretary Commission for Safai Karmacharis. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Archana Arora relieved
Archana Arora has been relieved by the Delhi Government to join Andman & Nicobar Administration. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Ms.Ratna Dasgupta gets deputation in ISRO
Ms.ratna Dasgupta Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) Mumbai who is an IRS-IT 1989 batch officer on central deputation has been posted as Controller of the ISRO's Satelite Centre (ISAC),Bangalore. her deputation will be for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge by her.
R. Manjunatha Swamy ACIT transferred to Bihar
R. Manjunatha Swamy Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) IRS-IT 1991 batch who so far was in Karnataka region has been transferred to Bihar region.

CORPORATE
Jha to be Director (Technical) Bharat Coking Coal Ltd !

In all probability D C Jha will be Director (Technical) of the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. .The PESB has put Jha number one in the panel.

Atul Saraya to be Director, Power in BHEL from next month

Atul Saraya will be elevated as Director Power in BHEL from July 1,2009 itself even if incumbent CMD BHEL Ravi Kumar gets extension subject to the condition that Kumar is continued only as Chairman after his retirement.

Naresh Vashistha is Director, B.R.Lohia group

Naresh Vashistha has joined the B.R.Lohia group as Group Director. Hitherto, he was with the Jaipuria Group as Group Executive Director(ED).B.R.Lohia group havs offices in six countries.

India Today top management sees cut in salaries

The India Today group being headed by Arun Poorie had only affected 15 per cent cut in salaries of its top management who are either Directors & CEOs. This happened due to the global recession in the Economy.

Post of Director (Marketing) in STC vacant
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director (Marketing) State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC). Applications of the aspirants for the same are required to be forwarded to PESB by July 24, 2009 alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form).
Post of Director (Finance) in CCL vacant
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director (Finance) Central Coalfields Limited (CCL). Applications of the aspirants for the same are required to be forwarded to PESB by July 27, 2009 alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form).

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Advani Ji you are right this was not a loss….. it was a bashing!!!
And hope you recall the V signs BJP Leaders were flashing!!!
Advani is going to undertake another Yatra….. his way to get out of the fix he is in!!!!
Oldest trick in the book…. when in a fix create a din!!!
Yatra se kuch nahi Advani ya BJP ne hai paana!!!
It'll be akin to …..khaaya piya kuch nahi glass thoda aat aana!!!
Yatra will be a waste of money….Rath, fuel, other expenses and security at every bend!!!!
Advani Ji just resign and BJP will be on the mend!!!!
And after the Nation has rejected BJP under his Leadership he'll go to the people with what face??
Advani is refusing accept loss with grace!!!
And the chintan baitak that BJP undertook ended up with BJP not achieving anything!!!!
In different tunes all the BJP Leaders did sing!!!
In fact the chintan baithak would have just added to BJP's worry!!!!!
The hatchet BJP Leaders refused to bury!!!
With inclusive Hinduvta BJP will lose its traditional vote bank!!
And the majority minority will take this to be a BJP prank!!
Both Congress and BJP are undertaking a talent hunt…… Nach Baliye political kind!!!
Seems like Congress BJP also 'pawns' karr rahi hai find!!!
Montek says that deficit will not rise to double digits!!
And as he says this he does not look into the camera and uncomfortably he fidgets!!!!
Seems he feels he can talk growth up , prices and deficit down!!!!
Warning: with such issues he should realize he should not clown!!!
People are surprised by the timing of the announcement on 'BHEL stake sale'!!!!
Many FIIs and Mutual Funds received ' BHEL stake sale to be done' email!!!
This announcement sure did boost the Stock Market for the day!!!!
And after the announcement for the day on the higher side market did stay!!!
' Sarkaar will monitor infrastructure projects very closely' is the message being sent out!!!
And Sarkaar's pledge those in the know will doubt!!!!
And they say an Infrastructure Ministry is on the cards…….who will head this Ministry?????
Why this Ministry not contemplated with Cabinet formation is no mystery????
Will Infrastructure Mantri be like a Super Boss????
Because many Mantris paths he or she will have to cross!!!
Monsoon should be a cause of worry…… already its 45% deficient!!!!
And we know what will happen in rains are not sufficient!!!!
Confucius says….. plan for the worst scenario and hope for the best!!!!
After all don't they say do your best and in God's Hands leave the rest!!

Bharat Kumar

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(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)
What changes the metro has brought to Delhi?

The success of the metro in Delhi has brought a Columbia university professor of anthropology to Delhi according to news reports. The change brought about by the metro, however, deserves more elaboration. The metro has changed things for the better in the chaotic management of the public transport system in Delhi. some of the more remarkable changes have been brought about by : 1. assured service; 2.regularity of service; 3.discipline;4.airconditioning in the transport in the scorching heat and biting cold of Delhi;5.space for smooth boarding, standing and sitting without hitting or getting hit by burly overweight travellers as in the DTC buses;6.frequency;7,security;8.cleanliness;8.convenience;9.accessibility;9.nearness to residential areas;10. feeder services;11.and most of all no need for interaction with the rude and foul mouthed bus staff. Who said Indians are not modern or urbane or cultured or civilised? If the government does its duty, the citizens will prove their high stature and sense of civil responsibility. It is only when the government makes the elderly, women and the sick run for the killer red lines or blue lines or DTC buses that the human element in Delhi evaporates instantly. If government shows that it can think big, it will see that the citizens can think still bigger. Are we aiming to make it big or...!

M L Gupta

It's due to political patronage to corrupt

Yes, I agree. It is because of lack of accountability and political patronage to the corrupt and the inefficient. Cushy and lucrative postings are given only to such officers and honest and devoted officers like SDM, Dewas, Mrs. Jain are humiliated and shunted out.

S C Agrawal

Broken promise, broken career, broken family.

The CBDT does it yet again. There were promises doing rounds that winds of change blowing in CBDT. If the AGT of additional CITs and yet to be issued CITs taken to be an indicator , its clear that CSS officials dominate the Placement Committee of CBDT. The breaking of families of IRS officers continue without any restraint. The service IRS has lost its sheen and charm. Not long ago the officers took pride in catching the white collared tax evader and recovered due taxes. These days the officer has to use his grey cells to manage his career and personal life under the draconian transfer policy. No deputations are encouraged makes the going tough. Still the IRS stands as only one service wherein the intellectual satisfaction is high. Perhaps this explains why talented officers are still sticking to the service in spite of broken promises, broken family and broken career. I expect nobody to listen to the woes of IRS.

Shari

Are Cadre Officers as efficient as Soldiers?
This is with reference to the comments made by "A really concerned Citizen" regarding the efficiency of IPS Officers. While I appreciate the concern of the so called Citizen!!! (the undercover Cadre Officer) I would like to ask the same question as he did asked about the efficiency of IPS Officers. Are these Cadre Officers are as efficient as our Soldiers? They want to enjoy throne by sitting in office and by directing the poor soldiers. They keep their families alongside their line of duties as Government expense while the Jawans are languishing their young life at a distance from their wives. Therefore, my sincere advice would be to perform well or perish instead of passing the buck over others. One should do his duties and every other person will automatically do his own duties. In India, people tend to negate others while they seldom do justice to their jobs. A really concerned Citizen will have no idea till such time all these officers and men perform their real duties i.e., services to the Mother India.

A really concerned citizen

What is the utilization of IPS officials ?
I read the issue related with IPS officers' efficiency and commitment. I feel a bit confused. If they are not fit for Police job then what is their utilisation? Secondly, how would we do policing, and what are alternatives available with us? The Learned and Concerned Citizen must ponder over this too and suggest some practical ideas too. We have our Own elected government and we should try to force them for a change. But have people come out of anything in this regard? Once people wish to have a change, then that of course will take place. No public outcry for a change means things are ok, if not very desirable. Till the time Police is serving to the politicians' dictat then it should taken as people's dictat, who elect these Law and Policy makers. Then why to curse the POLICEMEN, which also includes over-esteemed but wrongly-employed and under-utilised IPS officers??? I would love to have some genuine comments, ideas from the readers, not the hate mails .

N L Singh

Induction of IPS officers in central forces not correct
I fully subscribe to comment against the induction of IPS officers in central forces. I am a BSF officer and feel the pinch. Above this comment there was similar issue related with IAS wherin It was mentioned that every one was given equal opportunity by the Govt to compete. This is true same way that any SC/ST or we Dalit category people used to be given by the society. Do our so called upper cast people give us same chance? Perhaps, no. Defining equal opprtunity is Benefactor-friendly and in itself very opportunist-minded. IPS officers are not meant for BSF and other forces and that's why these forces are not growing like their international counterparts as well as their own cadre officers do not get worldwide exposure. Recently an IPS officer from BSF went on Foreign course out of BSF officers quota. Similar things had been happening since long. That officer would come back to BSF after the course and would get additional 2-3 years more on central deputation. It means states can function without IPS officers too. When we call a SC/ST person not capable as quoted time and again. Same way these IPS officers talk about BSF and other CPMF officers. Can this be termed as equal opportunity? I think when you allow someone to live with you on equal terms , not by his or her birth terms than only it could be said equal opportunity. We in India have to understand who is meant for what. Exceptional caliber doesn't mean you give an outstanding cyclist to do the job of a runner and expect him to deliver exceptionally. Hope I am clear in conveying the essence of my comments. Let the best person do the best job he is made for instead of bringing anyone from outside. There is not of outsourcing anyone for India's border security. Otherwise keep crying on the name of internal security and keep cursing the hapless border forces.

Dashrath

"I told you so,Dr Suresh Mehrotra! But,you did not believe me" !!!

Your news about the cruel hand of 10 Janpath behind scuttling the appointment of Sanjay Baru as PM's Media Advisor confirms my persistent stance expressed on this website. My input about the de jure Prime Minister being remote-controlled by the de facto extra-constitutional power behind the throne at 10 Janpath, is also proved correct. It is an open secret! Not a whisper in the corridors of power. How could poor PM, who though personally honest, could control his corrupt ministers, who staged a come-back in UPA-II. It is for this reason that I have always been opposing the "Amar Bel" of dynastic succession in Governance in the country, despite your "Amar Prem" for Rahul Gandhi. Let us think with our mind and not the heart!

A K SAXENA ( A retired civil servant)

Time Scale (Time Bound) promotion' is the only answer

The CSCS officers blame CSS officers, CSCS claims CSS officers have better promotion prospects, organised Group 'A' Services officers have heart burning against IAS officers about higher pay and promotion prospects. The only solution to all these ills is ' Time Scale (Time Bound)Promotion' to officers of all Group 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' officers. This will remove the need for adhoc promotions, regularisation of adhoc promotions, requirement of various higher authorities approvals, MACPs, Cadre Review necessity etc. etc.

B K Jain