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Kaun Banega Delhi Police Commissioner ? (3) Neeraj Kumar
Being 1976 batch IPS officer Neeraj Kumar has a claim to become Delhi Police Commissioner. He will have to convince the political bosses that he is not alligned with any individual or any political party.
Nirupama Rao to be Ambassador US ?
If all goes well Foreign Secretary Ms Nirupama Rao will succeed Meira Shankar as next Ambassador to United States.  1973 batch IFS officer Ms Rao is scheduled to retire in December.
Meira Shankar gets one month extension
In view of President Obama’s visit to India, Ms Meira Shankar has been given one month extension. Indian Ambassador to US Ms Shankar was scheduled to retire in October.
A hunt is on for new EO
A hunt is on for new establishment officer (EO) in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). Profiles of over 15 officers were
considered but till date no result has been declared.
Sunil Agrawal to be CMD of CEC
Sunil Agrawal is being tipped to be new CMD of the Public Sector Undertaking CEC.
Saberwal to be Director (Finance) Hindustan Copper Ltd !
K K Saberwal is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) in the Hindustan Copper Ltd
Will CBDT and CBEC Chairman attend CoS ?
CBDT and CBEC Chairman are expected to attend CoS meeting on Monday to select Members of the two Boards.Infact,Secretary Revenue has sent another letter to the Cabinet Secretary to co-opt Chairman of two Boards in making panel of Members.Decision of the Cabinet Secretary is still awaited
Justice Prasad to be CJ of Jharkhand High Court
Senior judge of the Gujarat High Court, Justice Bhagwati Prasad will be new chief justice of Jharkhand High Court.
Who leaked the e-mail of Montek Singh Ahluwalia ?
Who leaked the personnel e-mail received by Planning Commission Vice Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia .?Intelligence agencies have been asked to know the source.An e-mail of PS to President Obama who is also Deputy National Security Advisor Michael Froman concerning Bhopal Gas Tragedy and Dao Chemicals has created flutters in the political circles.
Barthwar is new GM of Eastern Railway
V. Barthwar has been appointed new General Manager of the Eastern Railway. He is from Mechanical service.
Kulbhushan is GM of ECR
Kulbhushan has been appointed new General Manager of East Central Railway. He is from Electrical Service.
H C Joshi  is GM of Central Railway
H C Joshi has been appointed new General Manager of the Central Railway.He is from Mechanical Service.
Saxena is new GM of NCR
K K Saxena has been appointed new General Manager of North Central Railway.He is an IRTS officer.
Srivastava is GM of DLW
K K Srivastava has been appointed General Manager of the DLW.He is an IRTS officer.
Accountant General (A&E), Punjab transferred 
Ms. Punam Pandey, Accountant General (A&E), Punjab, Chandigarh on relief from her present duties by Ajaib Singh, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Central Railway, Mumbai.
Pardeshi  posted in MEA as Joint Secretary
Muktesh Pardeshi (IFS 1991) has been posted in MEA as Joint Secretary (PSP) in CPV Division after his return from posting to Malaysia.
Navin Verma likely to get some new assignment
Navin Verma, Joint Secretary, North-East, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has completed his period of central deputation of
five years. However, as the grapevine has it he will not be going back to his parent cadre, as he is likely to get a new assignment in Delhi
itself. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to Bihar cadre.
Ashok Kumar Verma shifted from Jammu to Delhi
Ashok Kumar Verma Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been transferred from Jammu to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the1986 batch
who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Ramesh to succeed Radhakrishnaiah ?
B Naga Ramesh is likely to succeed E Radhakrishnaiah as IG CRPF Western Sector. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Pande joins MEA
Kartik Pande  has joined MEA as Under Secretary (GA & Cadre). He is 2004 batch IFS officer.
R.N. Sen is number two for slot of NTPC’s Director Operations
As the grapevine has it R.N.Sen is number two in the panel for the slot of NTPC’s Director Operations. Presently, R.N.Sen is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NTPC’s joint venture company that was formed in collaboration with the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
Dr. Kashmir Singh continue to be posted in Delhi
Latest information says that Dr. Kashmir Singh Joint Secretary Naxal Management in central government’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will not be posted out of Delhi even after getting promotion because he will be retiring in June 2011.
Subhash Joshi gets additional charge
Subhash Joshi Special D.G. CRPF, Guwahati will also look after the work of Special D.G., CRPF, Kolkata due to availing of medical leave
by Vijay Raman Special D.G., CRPF, Kolkata. Subhash Joshi is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
Panda is new JS Health
A K  Panda  has been appointed  Joint Secretary  Health & Family Welfare in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre
ISS officer joins IIPS
Indian Statistical Service officer  P C Cyriac has joined the APPA course in the IIPA.
T Natarajan to go to USA for foreign Training programme
T Natarajan, IAS (GJ : 1996), Superintendant of Stamps and IG Registration, Gujarat, has been selected for long term foreign Training programme in Master in International Development Policy at Duke University, USA.
Jatindra Nath Swain   empanelled in GoI
Jatindra Nath Swain   has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. Swain is 1988 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
L.C. Goyal going to centre

L.C. Goyal is going on central deputation  to Delhi as Director General (DG) of the Central Government Employees & Pensioners Health Insurance Scheme (CGEPHIS). Its an Additional Secretary level post. Presently Goyal is Principal Secretary (PS) Finance with the Kerala government.  L.C. Goyal is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
L. C. Goyal’s successor yet to be decided
Successor to L. C. Goyal, Principal Secretary (PS) Finance with the Kerala government,  is yet to be decided. He is going to the Health Ministry in Government of India (GOI) at the additional secretary level. L. C. Goyal is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Deputation tenure of Upma Chaudhary extended
Central deputation tenure of Ms Upma Chaudhary, Joint Secretary Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, has been extended  upto November 4.She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Deputation tenure of Sajen Peter extended
Central deputation tenure of Sajen Peter,   Chairman, Ruber Board has been extended upto November 4.He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
G. Ashok Kumar poised to get a new assignment in GOI
G. Ashok Kumar, P.S. to Mulla Palli Ramachandran Indian Minister of State for Home will be going for new assignment shortly as Director. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre.
ACC clearance of Subba Rao awaited
S Subba Rao has been selected as Surveyor General of India  by UPSC six months ago . Now file is lying for ACC clearance for  several months.
Sinha is new CVO Damodar Valley Corporation
Prahlad Kumar Sinha, IP&TA&FS(1984)  has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in Damodar Valley Corporation, Kolkata .
Ms. Acharna Verma is likely to be relieved
Ms. Acharna Verma who on central deputation is Director Health and Family Welfare has completed her central deputation period on July 31,
2010. She is likely to be relieved for her parent cadre of Assam Meghalaya shortly. She is an IAS officer of the1995 batch.
 1985 batch IPS to be promoted in Orissa
1985 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Orissa this month.
IPS reshuffle in Karnataka
There is IPS reshuffle in Karnataka.New postings are Mssrs:-Gopal B Hosur additional commissioner of police for Bangalore city. Alok Mohan western range. P H Rane DCP Bangalore Central division, Sonia Narang DCP Bangalore city traffic, (west division) and D Prakash is DCP (administration). K P Puttaswamy has taken charge as the assistant IGP (crime). Ashit Mohan Prasad - IG, Karnataka State Reserve Police,P K Garg - IGP (vigilance and enforcement), KPTC ,Amar Kumar Pandey - IGP, Karnataka Police Academy ,K V Sharat Chandra - SP, Dakshina Kannada ,G Ramesh - SP, Davanagere ,A Subramanyeshwara Rao - SP, Hassan, Sandeep Patil - SP, Belgaum and R Dileep - SP, Dharwad .
Madhava Menon to head HRD panel
Prof Madhava Menon is going to head six member panel set up by the Union HRD Ministry to examine the regulatory mechanism for higher education institutions, including the IITs and the IIMs in the country. Other members of the panel are Sayed Hasnain, vice-chancellor of Hyderabad University, Pankaj Chandra, the director of IIM Bangalore, M.S. Ananth, the Director of IIT Madras, Mihir Choudhary, vice-chancellor of Tezpur University in Assam and Ved Prakash, the vice-chairman of the UGC.
WAPCOS pays highest ever dividend
Pawan Kumar Bansal Indian Minister for Parliamentary Affairs & Water Resources in the presence of Vincent H. Pala Minister of State for Water Resources received a dividend cheque from R.K.Gupta, Chairman- cum-Managing Director (CMD) WAPCOS Limited in Delhi on August 18, 2010.Mainly present on the occasion were: U. N. Panjiar Secretary (Water Resources); G. Mohan Kumar, Addl. Secretary Water Resources; Sudhir Garg, Joint Secretary (Admn.), Ms.Ananya Ray Joint Secretary & FA. Besides other senior officers from Ministry of Water Resources and WAPCOS witnessed the event.The Company has paid dividend of 300% of its paid-up capital for the year 2009-2010, highest ever since its inception in 1969. The WAPCOS had also declared issue of bonus shares
worth 50% of its paid up capital. The WAPCOS has achieved a composite score of 1.0, which is the highest achievable score as per the MOU evaluation system of the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises. The company had forayed to secure new business in countries like: Bangladesh, DR Congo, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Taiwan and Zimbabwe, by virtue of which WAPCOS increased its presence in many countries and also facilitated strengthening of bilateral
relations between India and other countries. Within India, the Company ventured into new fields and secured projects in developmental efforts
such as JNNURM, PMGSY, lakes & wetlands, Bharat nirman, rural development, housing, fisheries and solid waste management.
Lack of big coaching centres leads to WB's decline in Civil Services exams
Lack of big coaching centres is understood to have lead to West Bengal's decline in Civil Services exams. Many say, “If West Bengal had a few big coaching centres, it could change things. They might be able to draw more students and help them crack UPSC.
CVC indicts 10 DMC officials
Of the 92 government officials indicted by the Central Vigilance Commission, in June, for their alleged involvement in corruption, 10 officials are from the Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Additional charge to P.K. Agarwal in ITDC
P K Agarwal, Director (Finance) , Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has been given the additional charge of Director (Commercial) in the Corporation.
Subhash Chandra to be Additional Commissioner, Agriculture
As the grapevine has it Subhash Chandra is poised to be Additional Commissioner in the central government’s Agriculture Ministry. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Umrao Salodia PS gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Umrao Salodia who is Principal Secretary (PS) Art & Culture with the Rajasthan government has been given additional charge of PS Sports &
Youth Affairs till further orders. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.
Dave is new PCCF in MP
Ramesh K Dave is new PCCF in Madhya Pradesh.He is 1976 batch IFS officer.

Rajiv Mishra is next Ambassador to Slovak Republic (UPDATED)
Rajiva Misra, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Slovak Republic in succession to Ms. Homai Saha.
Saha is new Ambassador to Italy (UPDATED)
Debabrata Saha, presently Ambassador in Kyiv, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Italy.
Ranjanesh Sahai posted as ED (Corporate Coordination), Railway Board.(UPDATED)

Ranjanesh Sahai (IRAS 1985 batch) has been posted as Executive Director under Chairman, Railway Board. This is a recognition for the junior Sahai's performance
during an earlier stint under senior Sahai in Mumbai while the twosome had cracked on high rates of contracts.Sahai also endeared himself in the eyes of
his seniors during his stint in central government's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) .

Ten IAS officers to look after CWG preparations (UPDATED)
Ten Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary level IAS officers are being deployed to monitor and supervise Commonwealth games stadiums.

Tiwari appointed JS Overseas Indian Affairs (UPDATED)
Atul Kumar Tiwari has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
ITDC CVO gets extension in tenure (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of B L Meena, Chief Vigilance Officer in the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has been extended upto October 22,2012.He is 1981 batch IRTS officer.
Premature reversion of IRSME officer (UPDATED)
The GoI has approved the premature reversion of Syed Kabeer Ahmed, IRSME(79) as Chief Vigilance Officer, Bharat Electronics Limited to his parent cadre with imposition of extended cooling-off i.e. Syeed Kabeer Ahmed will have to cool-off for the prescribed period of three years after 7.8.2013
Ms. Mira Mehrishi relieved by the Rajasthan government (UPDATED)

Ms. Mira Mehrishi, who has been appointed as Additional Secretary in central government’s Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), has been relieved by the Rajasthan government on Wednesday. She is Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of 1979 batch.

(We said this on August 9, 2010)

Dube joins Welspun Energy (UPDATED)
Vikas Dube has joined Welspun Energy as Head of Corporate Affairs (Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh)
Banerjee is Advisor, Welspun Energy (UPDATED)
Subroto Banerjee has  joined Welspun Energy as Advisor

CORPORATE
Seth is country head of Alcatel Lucent.
Munish Seth has been appointed as country head for its Indian business of Alcatel-Lucent..
New chief at  Studio18 
Vikram Malhotra, the former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Balaji Telefilms have been brought on board by Studio18 to head the  film production and distribution division of  Viacom18
Pitroda to be National Innovation Council chief
Sam Pitroda has been chosen to head  the  National Innovation Council to prepare a road map for the `Decade of Innovation - 2010-2020.
Chezhian is Branch Director, Law and Kenneth 
Law and Kenneth has appointed Anbu Chezhian as branch director at Chennai.
Mammen Mathew is Managing Editor, Malayala Manorama 
Mammen Mathew has assumed charge as the Chief Editor and Managing Editor of Malayala Manorama .
Microsoft India appoints MD (Sales and Mktg Group) 
Microsoft India has appointed Sanket Akerkar as the new Managing Director (Sales and Marketing Group) (SMSG) in India.
Anuja Chauhan quits JWT
Anuja Chauhan, the Executive Creative Director and Vice President of JWT, has quit the agency after a 17-year stint. She joined the agency in 1993 as a copy trainee.
NITCO appoints CEO
Tile manufacturer Nitco Ltd has appointed  Alok Goel as its Chief Executive Officer with effect from August 9, 2010.
Sayaji Hotels to set up hotel in Bhopal 
Sayaji Hotels, with properties in Vadodara, Indore and Pune has plans to set up another hotel near Van Vihar in Bhopal. The 100-room hotel is slated to open by September 2012. 
Ramakrishnan has new role in Tata Motors
R Ramakrishnan, Vice-president (Sales & Marketing) of commercial vehicle division of Tata Motors  has been offered the role of VP (commercial) passenger cars 
New head of Car Products Group at Tata Motors
Niraj Srivastava, Regional Manager (West) Commercial Vehicle Business, Tata Motors is the new head for the car product group .
Harwood appointed Chief of Religare Capital Markets (London Listings)
Religare Capital Markets Ltd (RCML) has appointed Dan Harwood as head of its London Listings and Broking Platform.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
BJP says it forced Congress to do a rethink and revalue Indian lives!!!
Congress on this rethink prefers to say ‘ BJP gives it the hives’!!
 
Laloo says this is a deal to protect Modi in the Sohrabuddin case!!
BJP will accept the Nuke Civil Liability Bill and persecution Modi will not face!!
 
But bottom line is that Congress in the first place to please Uncle Sam!!
Showed that for Indians it cared a damn!!
 
Just to point out…. for Laloo’s support Congress did the same!!
And in the end for Laloo escaping the law CBI got the blame!!
 
Politics in India is the art of give and take!!!
And the art of always being on the make!!
  
Despite what’s come out on Kalmadi and gang!!!
Kalmadi ko very few Netas did bang (criticize)!!
 
Kirta Azad spoke in Parliament and gave Kalmadi the miss!!!!
Instead at only Congress he chose to hiss!!
 
Primarily Kalmadi is responsible and secondarily Congress!!
And mind you Kalmadi has got his pals also in the Press!!
 
Prabhu Chawla was against Kalmadi being sacked!!
In his own way Kalmadi he backed!!
 
I’m sure Prabhu would have benefited from Kalmadi in some way!!
Otherwise any Journo worth his salt Kalmadi ko karta flay!!
 
Sadly our Press too gets Holy Cow treatment!!
Evident when revelation was made on Barkha Dutt’s Raja and Radia involvement!!!
 
Omar has forgiven the shoe thrower as it is Roza time!!
But if you ask Kashmiris Jaan the shoe thrower did no crime!!
 
Maybe another shoe and Omar will resign!!!
His resignation should read ….. Shooed away….. and then he should sign!!
 
And then he can fly down to Dilli and party day and night!
His continuing with his holiday as trouble brewed in the Valley was not right!!
 
And Mohna ji if you are serious about the Valley!!!
Then with the Abdullah family advice Madam Congress should no longer be pally!
 
Keep Soz and Azad in check and stop their politicking!!!
Both deserve a severe ticking (off)!!!
 
Apply balm and give jobs but do not lower the security guard!!!
And on crimes by security and protestors come down hard!!
 
Confucius says…… be fair and tolerate no nonsense!!!
And with Pakis it makes sense to be ‘tense’!!

Bharat Kumar

FORUM
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Rahul the great
Corporate pundits hope that India will overtake China's GDP by 2025, but The Economist(6.8.10) reports that population living in poverty as per Income under $1.25 a day in India is 40% but as per Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI) nearly 58%  people lack basic things. If one recollects poverty statistics of 1970s,80s it is status quo. Dalits, Adivasis, most backward castes are multidimensionally poor. For them "Aadhar" should not be diversion of sovereign wealth to IT kitty but a source of leak-proof, red tape-free PDS, health & education. How can a country's GDP excell by ignoring 60 percent people? As long as we practice Sanatan Dharma, these poor castes continue to soak in slavery. Caste system ensures which viens receive blood! Pastoral leaders became industrialists, industrialists grew into knowledge business chop shops, shortly leaving planet earth as advised by Stephen Hawking, yet poor castes continue to remain poor class.
 
It is here Rahul Gandhiji's Bengaluru reply to a student about scrapping reservations for SC ST BC brings out a statesman in him. This Rajneethi Guru's mantra is 'merit among equals but not merit for equality'.He sent a strong message to tender minds doping under the 'chief Mentors'. Rahul felt the pain of 'panchamas', recognised the exclusive sanathana tactics in privatisation due to which red corridor in rural areas is expanding and  gangsters proliferating in Urban life. Time has come for Indian citizen to choose between reservation and casteless society.
 
Netizens suggested Rahul to take over as PM, but he should remain as Lord Srikrishna to support Pandavas-Three dwijas, sudras &untouchables. Whether he opts for PM post or not, he is destined to go into the history as Rahul The Great
 
Naresh P
 Why Rahul be PM ?
 
Why some people writing for Rahul Gandhi to take over the Prime Ministership? Do they think that a person born with silver spoon but was not able to clear the tenth standard examination in the first chance is an able person to become Prime Minister of India. We can understand why some Congress leaders do this type of chamchagiri. But why some officers do this type of chamchagir in this website?
 Devadasan
 Pay hike to MPs? 
On the pay hike to MP's -most of whom live like Maharajas, even Rajas and Zamindars of yore would envy the living standards of modern day MPs. Incidentally, the Zamindars were chosen by the British on the basis of  bidding process, the highest bidders got the post. (this practice is being followed by most of the Parties in distributing the tickets for MPs- BSP being the most transparent and fair in this game.)Something of this sort can also be experimented while deciding the eligibility for becoming MP -like he will have to pay a minimum one time fee for being an MP from a Constituency, the highest bidder gets the right to contest. Add to that a provision for sitting fee annually. It is already  happening in some way for most of the Rajya Sabha seats, the difference being fees are paid by the candidates to the MLAs/Parties underhand. Better to make it open and transparent, the govt. will get a lot of revenue rather than ending up paying hiked salaries to the MPs and Laloo will have no complaint to the effect that MPs are getting lesser salary than a Jr clerk. Believe me our politician will have no objection to this, it would be a small price considering the rich harvest that they reap ; after all its not for nothing that the Swiss Banks have more than $1450 Billion worth of Indian deposits - which exceeds deposits from all other countries put together; Incidentally does Laloo knows that the Bungalow alone, which he is occupying as an MP is more 4 to 5 lakhs a month (rental value plus all other expenses like maintenance, electricity, gardening, water, periodic upkeep etc included), leaving all other innumerable known and unknown, legal and illegal perks apart from bungalow. Does a Jr clerk gets all that? or will he mind exchanging his job with a clerk?
 
DK
 Cruel Delhi

I allotted house by directorate of estates. I request for ground floor, given roof top house. Take it or leave it. No option I think Good for health-must climb stairs - daily exercise. I ask where this estate office? It under ministry of urban development. House needed repairs. I prepare list of repairs. I go in search to find where this ministry is and land up in Nirman Bhawan. At gate I not allowed to enter as my Sarkari I-card not ready but many touts seen entering quietly paying chai-pani money. So I go to reception & get gate pass with humiliation, little friendly argument. They suspicious I rogue, Security threat. Ladies more dangerous-remember Dhanu-LTTE lady bomb suicide squad.

I reach estate office run from one room to another, chaos, repeat same exercise for 4-5 days. Meet pompous, busy looking babus who appear like pickpockets eying repeatedly at my purse. My House still under repair, all else carried out but Peepal tree on roof top was uprooted, bricks and mud scraped from roof & work  left pending. Heavy Rains in Delhi, roof leaking, put bucket in leaking corner. Go to estate office, they tell why here ? go to CPWD. I go there. CPWD busy with CWG construction. Will do repair after October they say. I watch television eagerly looking for signs of CWG work completion.   Media tell news story about stadium leakages. I See Jaipal Reddy telling media leakage in roof of JL Nehru stadium is actually not leakage but new drainage system. I afraid CPWD may now not complete repair in house & repeat Jaipal Reddy reply.

I dream Gormint decide to disband directorate of estate. It wasting money. Too many idlers. Very corrupt like OC of CWG. All quarters distributed to respective departments as per their share. I wake up from nightmare. I go buy another bucket.

Ritu Sharma
 Russian President's Blunder
 The outburst of the Security Meet by Russian President, excluding India and including Pakistan, along with other countries surrounding India, is no doubt a cause of worry. But at the same time, I must submit my exclusive voice to the concerned Government Authorities and Political circles, that We must be unitedly and boldly face this phase, without showing our anxiety over the topics, whatsoever, they will be discussing in their meet. India must be prepared for security of itself on many fronts because, this step is being taken by the Russian President, out of frustration and their conflicts within.  Russia is already shattered due to various reasons and some anti India groups of Terrorists and others have already entered Russia routing towards India. My further submission to the  Prime Minister of India and Political heads of various parties is that to forget issues for the sake of security and integrity of India and boldly face the International challenges by making our forces clean instead of putting unnecessary pressure on the integrity of our forces. Our three forces should not have any reason to develop any sort of differences within and unitedly have a meeting with Home Minister/Defence Minister and explore the possibilities of the uncertain situation which has arise on the forth called for meeting by Russian Presidency.
 H S Bhalla
 Surprising
 It is indeed surprising that Rattan is so agitated over my frank comments regarding the selection procedure in Defence Forces. May I tell him that this SSB selection is required to be independent, where invariably it is asked whether you have any close relative in Armed Forces. Another fact which Rattan may not be aware that the issue of improving selection system is under active consideration of the Govt but is being stonewalled by the persons inheriting British legacy.Go to any good school and ask students how many of them want to join Forces. The response will open eyes of Rattan.
 Nandan
 Colonial mindset
 It is time somebody calls the bluff of Sri Narayanamurthy. Administering a complex country in a democratic way is not as easy as running a company like Infosys with underpaid SW Engineers (compared to their US brethren).What is happening in pampered Indian SW companies like Infosys is the total exploitation of our youth. Murthy has also cleverly converted the company into a real estate cartel by getting large tracts of land as freebees in states like Orissa, all in the name of SW development and using only a minute fraction of the land for industry. Are there no corruption and tax evasion in SW industry? We are all aware of the corruption prevailing in our country and the need for drastic action to curtail it. There is also the need for removal of inefficient administrators. But to replace the present administrators with a bunch of MBAs in the garb of a management service will be a foolish idea. After all our bureaucrats started their career at ground level and many of them are alumni of institutions like IITs, IIMs, Harward and Stanford. As far as Lord Desai’s opinion is concerned, let the earnest Lord first implement it in Britain by replacing the present civil service there with a management service.  
 N Krishna
 IAS, IFS are management services
 
The IAS,IPS, and all the Central Services are in fact the Management Service of the government in India. The suggestion that these services be abolished and replaced by an Infosys type  management service is naive in the extreme. Just because Lord Meghnad Desai endorses this view  does not make it a worthwhile suggestion. Lord Desai is just a professor with no practical knowledge of field conditions prevailing in India. Narayanmurthy is a businessman and does not know the complex  social  and political context in which the government functions. Simplistic recommendations and comparisons of the private sector with the public sector will get us nowhere. The present ills of our governance is entirely due to the political tinkering of the recruitment rules and standards of the civil service. This is the root cause of the rot which is spreading like gangrene in the government. Clean the Ministers and prevent them from interfering in the day to day functioning of government and you will see a sea change in governance. Even now it is not too late. In the 70s when the rot was setting in in Haryana state Bansi Lal had the political will to free the government of Haryana from the clutches of corrupt politicians and Haryana had a long spell of clean and strong governance. Later the momentum was lost and the rot set in again. The same is true of most state governments and the government of India as well. The big question really is , is democracy too expensive a luxury for backward countries like India who want rapid socio-economic development?
 D Chadhury
 Congrats !
 Thanks for your information that our new CMD will be Khurana, Congrats and regards.
 S K Behl
 TAIL-PIECE
 An Economist explains his reason for having two wives !First monopoly should be broken and Second Competition improves the services.
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