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Has PM’s plea for change in “mind set” really worked?
Has Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh’s plea for a change in mind set of bureaucracy & government servants worked? Answer to this question is simply “no” because contrary to Dr. Man Mohan Singh’s expectations the official machinery is yet to gear up.
It may be stated here that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had made certain observations in this context on November 29, 2009. On that day Kamal Nath as Indian Minister for Commerce & Industry had presented his book “India’s Century : The Age of Entrepreneurship in the World’s biggest Democracy” to the Prime Minister. The only change is that Kamal Nath is now Indian Minister for Roads and Highways, while Dr. Man Mohan Singh is still the Indian Prime Minister. In his speech on November 29, 2007, Dr Man Mohan Singh had said " at the fag end of my life I feel that the best we can do is to help transform the mindset.  And this is where people like Kamal Nath, Sharad Pawar, Chidambaram, Montek have been great help to me.  Any nation will be proud of such dedicated public servants. So for me it is a great pleasure, a great honour to felicitate Kamal Nath for having produced a very readable and very instructive book."
Dr Man Mohan Singh had also said "I recall, once a friend of mine who was the director of Asia department of the International Monetary Fund, he went to Korea and in those days Korea was run by authoritarian system President Palk was the President.  They were discussing issue of devaluing of currency to get a standby.  And when he talked to the finance minister, the finance minister said that it was a very difficult question – you don’t expect me to give an answer right away.  To which my friend said how much time do you require Mr. Minister.  He said I require half an hour.  I have to book a call for President Palk.  Now consider this in our system time is not valued whether when dealing with government files, dealing with various applications for doing business, doing this thing that thing.  Our system does not value time and that is one weakness of the India system which worries me a great deal.  We have to work together to create therefore a new
 mindset.  "
Apart from this the Primer Minister had observed “there is an old English saying ‘those who can do, those who can’t teach’.  Kamal Nath has been an active participant in political processes. He has been a very successful businessman. Now this third role I did not imagine that he would perform and perform so admirably.  I congratulate him for the vision, for the dedication and commitment that he has shown to our country’s future.  He has been enormous support to me as Sharad Pawar has been. They are the modern faces of our government and I feel very proud of both of them.  "
B.K. Sinha tipped to be a Secretary in GOI
As the grapevine has it, B.K.Sinha - Director General (DG) National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, is tipped to be a Secretary in Government of India (GOI). Sinha is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Raju to get extension ?
Chief of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) R V Raju is likely to get extension beyond December 31.He is 1975 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
5 IAS officers vying for Commissioner Handloom’s post
As the grapevine has it there are five bureaucrats whose names are in circulation for the Delhi based post of Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Ministry of Textiles. The slot fell vacant in the wake of B.K.Sinha IAS, (Gujarat: 1975) having returned to his parent cadre on completion of his deputation tenure. Last week Sinha was appointed as Principal Secretary (PS)Port and Transport.
Swadheen Kshatriya ahead in the race for MCGM's Commissionership
Swadheen Kshatriya, Principal Secretary (PS) in the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Secretariat, is reportedly ahead in the race for the post of Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) that has fallen vacant in the wake of J. M. Phatak going to Government of India (GOI) as Additional Secretary Rural Development & Panchayati. Kshatriya is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1980 batch.
Justice Kehar to be CJ of Uttarakhand High Court ?
Justice J.S. Khehar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is being tipped to be Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.
Arvind Modi proceeds on a long leave
Arvind Modi whose tenure - as Joint Secretary in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - ended last week end has proceeded on two months leave.
Malhotra appointed Ambassador
Chal Malhotra presently Ambassador of India to Armenia, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Georgia with residence in Yerevan (Armenia).
Taradatt is new JS in Cabinet Secretariat
Taradatt has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Valaven is Joint Secretary Minority Affairs
R Karikal Valaven has been appointed Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs, for a period of 5 years. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He will succeed CSS officer Sukit Datta.
Ms. Saroj Punhani is posted as Principal Director(RS-II) in the CAG office, New Delhi
Ms. Saroj Punhani, Principal Director (Customs) in the CAG office, New Delhi, is posted as Principal Director(RS-II) in this office. She will relieve Ms. Vani Sriram.
Seven posts to fall vacant in MP High Court by Dec
An equal number of names have reportedly been recommended for the seven posts falling vacant in Madhya Pradesh High Court by December this year.
Indian Bank CMD retiring in March
Indian Bank CMD MS Sundara Rajan is retiring in March 2010.
T.M. Bhasin tipped to be CMD Indian Bank
As the grapevine has it, T M Bhasin - Executive Director (ED) with the United Bank - is likely to be elevated as the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Bank.
Will Sunita Dhindsa go to New York ?
Air India has posted Ms. Sunita Dhindsa as Assistant GM in New York. The million dollar question is that will she go ?
Will Deepak Pental be DG of ICAR ?
Name of Delhi University Vice Chancellor Prof. Deepak Pental has reportedly been recommended for the prestigious position of the Director General, ICAR.
Verma posted as OSD in MEA
Yogeshwar Verma has been posted as OSD (SAARC) in MEA after his return from posting to Mangolia. He is 1980 batch IFS officer .
Sen Sharma to move Bangkok
S. Sen Sharma, Second Secretary in Belgrade, is moving to Bangkok, Thailand.
GOI’s plan to train police of Nepal
Indian Government plans to provide police training to Nepal’s Civil and Armed Police due to non-availability of fundamental facilities in Nepal.
Two IPS in IB to get promotion after returning
Two 1988 batch IPS officials in IB will get promotion and posting after they return from abroad.
IA&AS officer Mohinder Singh II empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary
Mohinder Singh II, IA&AS officer of 1984 batch, has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under Centre Staffing Scheme.
CVC recommends heavy penalty against nine Insurance officials
CVC has recommended heavy penalty against nine officials of New India Assurance Company Ltd
Rajendra Mahajan elevated as Addl PCCF in Uttarakhand
Rajendra Mahajan an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1982 batch from Uttarakhand cadre has been promoted as Additional PCCF.
Keshav Kumar poised to join CBI
As the grapevine has is Keshav Kumar is tipped to join CBI as a Joint Director.  He is an IPS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Decision on JNPT Dy Chairman not yet
There has been no decision regarding the Deputy Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).
An officer from Minorities to go to UPSC
An officer from Minorities is likely to be posted on the one post that has fallen vacant in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in October.
A.K. Saha gets elevated to ITS
A.K. Saha an Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer of the 1977 batch has been from the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).
Obstinate behaviour of IOC officers being discussed
Everything was under wraps until the devastating fire at Jaipur depot of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) had not damaged environment in Jaipur & other parts of the country. However, now obstinate behaviour of IOC officers is being discussed at various levels.
Three new Chairmen of RRB
Sanjay Singh Gehlot, G M Tripathi and Ms Neenuittyerah will be new Chairperson of Railway Recruitment Board Bhopal, Bhubneshwar and Thiruananthpuram respectively.
Three IRPS officers relieved
Three IRPS officers who were Chairmen of the Railway Recruitment Board M A Menon, Sushant Jha and T Rabha have been relieved. While Menon will go to Hubli, Jha in ECR and Rabha in Central Railways.
Lt Gen Ghosh is new GOC-in-C Western Command
Lt Gen Shankar Ranjan Ghosh will take over as GOC-in-C HQ Western Command on December 1.
Bhattacharyya appointed Additional Solicitor General
Senior advocate Bishwajit Bhattacharyya has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India i for a period of three years.
Ms.Zeenia Handa to join in office of CCIT Delhi-I
Ms.Zeenia Handa DCIT (OSD)in CBDT has been relieved to join in the office of CCIT Delhi-I.
5 Envoys present credentials to the President of India
As many as envoys of five nations presented their credentials to  President of India Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on November 11, 2009.The envoys who presented their credentials were: -  Julio De La Guardia Arrocha -Ambassador of Panama, Genaro Vicente Pappalardo Ayala- Ambassador of Paraguay, Jovan Mirilovic -Ambassador of Serbia, Thomas Matussek- Ambassador of Germany and Gudmundur Eiriksson- Ambassador of Iceland.
O.P.Bhutani’s elevation Director R & D,BHEL stuck up!
As the grapevine has it elevation of O.P.Bhutani as Director Research & Development (R & D) in BHEL seems to be uncertain even after 11 months after the process began.Bhutani who is presently Executive Director (ED) International Operations may still be elevated as a Director. However, for him a new post of Director International Operations (IO) may be created. Argument being giving for this is that O.P.Bhutani has mostly been a man of IO.
Choudhary is new JS Commerce
Sumantra Choudhary has been appointed Joint Secretary Commerce in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Mukherjee gets six months extension
Joint Secretary Atomic Energy P Mukherjee has been granted six months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1980 batch IA&AS officer.
MC Joshi gets additional charge of CCIT-XII, Delhi..
MC Joshi, CCIT-IV, Delhi, has been given the additional charge of CCIT-XII, Delhi..
DK Singh posted as CIT (A) – 4, Chennai
Income Tax Commissioner DK Singh has been, on return from study leave, posted as CIT (A) – 4, Chennai.
BS Sandhu posted as CIT (A) Jalpaigiri
Income Tax Commissioner BS Sandhu has been, on return from deputation, posted as CIT (A) Jalpaigiri.
Bharat Tripathi transferred as CIT (OSD) Mumbai
Income Tax Commissioner Bharat Tripathi, CIT (RTI) Chennai has been transferred as CIT (OSD) Mumbai.
1990 batch IAS meet Establishment Officer
IAS officers belonging to 1990 batch met the Establishment Officer Thursday to inquire from him about the delay in their empanelment at Joint secretary level.
Mishra appointed CVO in Hindustan petroleum Corp Ltd
SM Mishra (IRS : 1981) has been appointed CVO in Hindustan petroleum Corp Ltd, Mumbai.
S Suresh made Jt Secr in Ministry of Home
S Suresh, West Bengal cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch, has been made Joint Secretary in Ministry of Home. He is Advisor in National Disaster management.
Santanu made Dy Secr in MoH
Santanu (MT : 1997) has been made Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs.

CORPORATE
Chandrasekaran is ED of Alloy Steel Plant
S. Chandrasekaran has taken over as Executive Director of Alloy Steels Plant, Durgapur, a unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd. He has succeeded Amarjit Vijh
Bhilai Steel Plant joins hands with POSDATA, Korea (UPDATED)
With the signing of contract with M/s Posdata, Korea on November 10,2009; Bhilai Steel Plant, the first PSU Integrated Steel Plant to have successfully implemented Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) – SAP, has now taken up the implementation of MES, an Industrial IT tool for improvisation in production scheduling and optimization of manufacturing operations. The flagship unit of navratna PSU and steel major SAIL being headed by S.K.Roongta, thus joins the elite club of integrated steel majors such as POSCO-Korea, ISPAT who have already deployed MES to achieve ‘manufacturing excellence to enhance customer delight.’ The contract for Implementation of Manufacturing Execution System – (MES) between BSP, SAIL and M/s Posdata, Korea was signed in Bhilai on November 10, 2009 in the presence of R. Ramaraju, Managing Director, BSP-SAIL. The contract was signed by S.C. Anand, G.M (Projects) on behalf of BSP-SAIL and Dong Kil Youm Senior Vice-President on behalf of M/s Posdata. Present were Tanmay Roy, GM (C& IT) and Mrs. Ranjana Muley DGM I/c MES from BSP and Sung Hyun Baek Project Manger and Tae Heoun Kim Sales Manager from M/s Posdata.
Prashant Mehta is SVP, Moneycontrol.com
Prashant Mehta has joined as Moneycontrol.com as Senior Vice President (SVP) Business Development.
Kishore Rachapudi joins Take Solutions
Kishore Rachapudi has joined Take Solutions, a growing player in the supply chain management and the life sciences space. He was earlier working with Satyam for about 12 years.
Sangeet Shukla is CEO Global Trade Finance Ltd
Sangeet Shukla who was recently elevated from Chief General Manager (CGM) to Deputy Managing Director (DMD) in State Bank of India (SBI) has been posted as CEO Global Trade Finance Ltd.
Ayaz Memon quits DNA
Ayaz Memon who was a senior member in Editorial team of English daily titled "Daily News & Analysis" (DNA) has quit.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Mulayam’s Bahu Dimple lost!!!
Despite the fact that to win Mulayam did not spare any cost!!
 
In Firozabad SP Leadership campaigned tirelessly and money flowed like paani!!!
But still SP lost and now sharam se Mulayam ho raha hai pani pani!!!
 
Maya on the other hand has reason to be happy!!!
And BJP seems to be have changed from chadhi into a  nappy!!!
 
I say nappy because BJP has gone into reverse gear!!!
From chadhi now nappy karr rahi hai BJP wear!!
 
Jungle jungle pathaa chalaa hai nappy pehen ke kamal chuph raha hai!!
Previously it used to be chadhi pehen ke kamal khilaa hai!!
 
Is Laloo saying no to Congress for Bihar polls or has he got inside info????
That with RJD Congress does not want to go!!!
 
Congress needs to work on Paswan!!!
And if he’s accommodated in Dilli I’m sure Paswan jaye ga maan!!
Promise him a Rajya Sabha nomination and Mantripadh!!!!
And he too knows Laloo is a ditcher who can go to any hadh (extent)!!!
 
Laloo should realize that RJD doing well in the bye elections was a flash in the pan!!
And he forgets a disjointed campaign Nitish ran!!
 
NCP’s Tariq Anwar is desperate to join Congress!!!!!
From NCP Tariq seems to have decided that eject button he’s going to press!!
 
MNS’s suspended MLAs will apologize!!!
But will this suffice???
 
By Congress - NCP seems apology will be accepted!!
And suspension will be reduced to a month or two is what is being projected!!
 
After all MNS and Congress - NCP are on the same page!!!!
The page on which the heading is ‘Tiger ko karro encage’!!!
 
The Tiger or Shiv Sena is now ‘on the run’ or decline!!!
And now the Tiger does not roar but lets out ‘mew kind of whine’!!!
 
I recall someone who was present in the Operation Theatre telling me,
Balasahib had to undergo surgery and trembling like a leaf 'Mr. Tiger ' he did see!!!
 
Both Balasahib and Raj are Hitler admirers or buffs!!!!
However Udhav is not and he does not breathe fire but instead only huffs and puffs!
 
It’s a fact that Pawar wanted food inflation the be high!!!
His story that food inflation is uncontrollable is a lie!!
 
Thanks to him now the minimum price of onion has gone up to 15/ Kg!!!
And on this Congress is abs cagey!!
 
Montek says kitchen inflation will come down by December!!!
What does he think his past predictions we do not remember???
 
All over the Country a uniform Rent Control Act needs to be enforced!!!!
Literally owners of properties worth crores to live in penury are being forced!!
 
Do take care of tenants too but how can rent in hundreds be justified for a property worth crores????
These tenants are just rent chors!!!!
 
Today there is a class of businessmen who are stinking rich at their landlords expense!!!
This few hundreds rent for a property worth crores simply does not make sense!!
 
Confucius says…. Landlords cycle whereas shopkeepers drive BMWs, Audis and Mercedes cars!
It’s akin to Barmen driving these cars and cycles being riden by owners of the Bars!!
 
Adds… this affluence of the Middleman is indeed not a good sign in any economy!!!
Please do keep in mind I'm not a Commie though 'tenants' will say this is talking like a Commie!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
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IS INDIAN BUREAUCRACY WORST IN THE WHOLE CONTINENT ?
I do tend to agree with what has been said about bureaucracy in India. But remember the days today are not the same as were when Lal Bahadhur Shastry being Minister would hire a taxi to travel from Delhi Railway Station to Akashvani Bhavan office on Parliament Street and show his Identity Card to enter the main gate.
Sinha Janardan
Those who have travelled to the countries like Indonesia, Timor leste, Compodia who are ranked better in terms of efficiency of the Bureaucrats know that there is an element of truth in this whisper. Despite 62 years after independence and having an educated/enlightened bureaucracy, the feudal value system is still prevalent among the majority of decision makers (read IAS officers). These feudal values come in the way of a rational policy making process which keeps the national interest in view. The entrenched caste system, highly regional and fragmented thinking and total lack of accountability of the those at various rungs of the governance system account for the results of the survey under reference.
M Kumar
Yes. Indian Bureaucracy is the worst .
There is no limit to red tapism it almost takes one full year to review any policy from one ministry to another . Look at the Railways. They operate without full GM in almost half the zones ?
Kailash
Phew!
It was a non-issue
Thank god the debate on change in the babus´ retirement age is over. Everyone knows that it was a non-issue as such a proposal was never on the horizon. Dr. Mehrotra invented the issue to please some of his friends - thousand watt bulbs about to fuse in a few months time.
M. P. Bauer
Granting paroles
Why only kith and kins of Political big wigs gets parole? Is it not for common people who are languishing in various jails but has no one to push their files. There should not be parole for any criminal.
Vinod Passy
Joshi is not fit
Murli Manohar Joshi is not fit for this position, I think party has internal rift and Joshi can't manage it so I think the chairman of the party should be young and dynamic.
Ashok
What do you expect ?
Please tell what do you expect from a person who is very old and capable. Only quite recently he has been given the post of PSO, dont you think the same benefit will be available to you or if ur a UDC, you will get higher posts. So, why cribbing.
Sushil Kumar
Raju’s comments are not good
The comments of Raju under heading PSOs: Great: are very bad in taste. It seems that Raju is jealous of getting overdue promotion by Secretarial officers. The work of any officer can be be done by UDC or even LDC given a chance then why PSOs. What other officers in the Secretariat do?. All officers get work done from junior officers. What is wrong if PSO will get the work done from junior staff. I would like to know what special job Raju himself performing which can not be performed by others. Given a chance a person who is educated can do any work. Given a chance these PSOs can easily perform the duties of a Director. That is why the 6CPC has correctly recommended for the merger of CSS and CSSS. Raju is sad because he may not have reached to the level of Director but the CSSS has no role in depriving him his promotion. Why is he unhappy if CSSS officers have got a few posts of Director level. What type of mentality Raju have ? He is unhappy because others are happy, otherwise there is no reason for him to be unhappy. Regarding coming at 9 and leaving at 5.30 I would say that many CSSS officers stay for long hours in the office but there are very few officers from other service except IAS who stay late in office for work. Raju should work hard for his own promotion and my best wishes for him. I would be happy when he gets his promotion to the level of PSO.
Ramesh R
PSO Cadre
The comments offered by Raju for PSO rank are really very nice and interesting. Those who were appointed to take dictation and type out the letters in the pre-computer era, are now reduced to listen to incoming calls and make calls, including their own in the name of the senior officers. They get all the benefits, get staff to work under them, get promotion, seniority etc. Why not completely abolish this cadre in the computer era when everyone is using computers for official or personal work. Any officer can receive his own calls or we can outsource this job to some call centre. That would be having a huge saving.
Vinod Passy
DTC fare hike and price rise
To some extent the hike is reasonable. But the hike which the government has recommended does not hold any logic because it is in the interest of commission mongers.. But we should first blame ourselves for having voted this government for the third time. This government has money for hosting Common Wealth Games but cannot bear the expenses of DTC services. Instead indirectly the fare has been hiked to the advantage of private operators who are mostly politicians and VIPs. We the public will be crying like only and the politicians will be giving some or other justification for this because they will know the brunt only if they pay from their pockets.
Kuldip
DTC Fare Hike
"DTC fare hike is a big burden on the Aam Admi. This is not in the interest of the either the DTC or the general public. It has made the life of the Aam Admi miserable. Aam admi is forced to think about the alternative ways. Public in general now tries to avoid boarding DTC buses. Moreover, there is also no justification for hiking the fare of blue buses because no owner the blue bus was even in loss. This is the belief of the general public that most of the blue buses are owned by the political leaders. Keeping this thing in mind the fare of blue buses have also been increased. It would be better and appropriate if fare would have been kept as Rs. 5/- for 5 kms, Rs.10/- for ten kms and Rs.15/- for more than 15 kms. It is an appeal to the Delhi Govt/DTC to revise the fare structure as suggested above which will be beneficial to all and will be a big relief for Aam admi.
S.C. Sharma