It’s indeed acting as a “Beacon Light” for Government in the interest of the Nation. Please continue the good work.
VM

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Navin Kumar is new Secretary Urban Development
Navin Kumar is new Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. Navin Kumar is currently posted in the Planning Commission.
Navin Kumar was DG DD when Reddy was I & B Minister
One should not get surprised over the appointment of Bihar cadre IAS officer Navin Kumar as Secretary Urban Development.Infact,Navin Kumar was DG Doordarshan when present Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy was the Information and Broadcasting Minister. They had a good rapport.
PMO wanted Mukul Joshi as Secretary Urban Development
Grapevine has it that a powerful functionary in the PMO was keen to have 1975 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Mukul Joshi as Secretary Urban Development.Things however,did not go in his favour.
Jaipal Reddy had two names
Secretary Urban Development Jaipal Reddy had two names in his mind as successor to M Ramachandran –one from his home state Andhra Pradesh, 1976 batch IAS officer R H Khwaja and his old associate 1975 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Navin Kumar.On the basis of seniority Kumar was picked up.
1974 batch or 1976 batch IAS ?
Government of India was in dilemma about the appointment of Secretary Urban Development.Infact, DDA Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar who belongs to 1974 batch had made it clear that he would not work under any 1976 batch IAS officer.Middle path was found by appointing 1975 batch IAS officer Navin Kumar.
Dr. C. B. S. Venkataramana tipped to be Jt. Secretary Atomic Energy
As the grapevine has it, Dr. C. B. S. Venkataramana is tipped to be new Joint Secretary Atomic Energy. He is an IAS officer of the1981 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Presently he is posted as Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat.
Sanjeev Chopra joins GoI
Sanjeev Chopra has joined the Government of India as Mission Director National Horticulture Mission in the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on June 23 )
Shyam Lal Goyal is Joint Secretary Fertilisers
Shyam Lal Goyal has joined the Department of Fertilizers, Government of India as a Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the1985 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. Earlier, he was Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) to Maharashtra government in Delhi.

(We said this on June 17, 2010)
Banerjee gets two year extension
CVO of the Coal India Ltd N.R. Banerjee has been granted two years extension in his tenure. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Manhas is new DGP of Himachal Pradesh
D S Manhas has been appointed new DGP of Himachal Pradesh. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on April 9 )
Garg is new Joint Secretary Water Resources
Sudhir Garg is new Joint Secretary Water Resources in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on April 30 )
Shankar Chaudhary elevated as ED in AAI
Gautam Mukherjee, who so far was a General Manager in Airports Authority of India (AAI) being headed by V.P. Agrawal, has been promoted as an Executive Director (ED). Shankar Chaudhary who was earlier GM Finance in AAI’s corporate office on elevation will continue to be in AAI’s corporate office.
Gautam Chatterjee in run for MD’s slot in CIDCO
As the grapevine has it, Gautam Chatterjee is one of three Maharashtra cadre IAS officers who are in the reckoning for the post of Managing Director (MD) in the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd(CIDCO). He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Amitabh Agnihotri is Director; Delhi Zoo
Amitabh Agnihotri has become new Director of the Delhi Zoo. Earlier, he was posted in Sidhi as Director Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Amitabh Agnihotri is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 11, 2010)
Sunil Agrawal is Director Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Sunil Agrawal has joined as Sidhi based Director of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Sunil Agrawal is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
R.N. Mehrotra is PCCF (Head of Forest Force), Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Government has posted R.N. Mehrotra as PCCF & Chief Wildlife Warden as PCCF Head of Forest Force with effect from the time of his assumption of charge on June 30, 2010. Mehrotra is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Dr. P. Mukherjee is Principal AG, Gujarat
Dr. P. Mukherjee who so far was Joint Secretary Atomic Energy has now joined as Principal AG in Gujarat. He will be Ahmedabad based. He is an Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer of the 1980 batch.
Bansal to continue till January
Acting CMD of the Indian Oil Corporation B M Bansal is going to continue till his superannuation in January,2011.
Ms. Smita Subhashchandra Gate to return
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Smita Subhashchandra Gate who is currently posted in Mumbai on Central deputation will soon be returning to her parent cadre of Madhya Pradesh. She is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch.
Tie between 2 IAS men for post of RC, Kerala
As the grapevine has it, there is a tie between two Kerala cadre IAS officers for the post of Resident Commissioner (RC) to the Kerala Government in Delhi. They are: A.K. Dubey (1982 batch) and U.K.S. Chauhan (1986 batch).
Income Tax Commissioners list cleared
Transfer list of Income Tax Commissioners has been cleared.Orders are expected either this evening or tomorrow.
Ajay Kumar Bhalla takes over as Joint Secretary; Coal
Ajay Kumar Bhalla who so far was Delhi based Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) with Meghalaya Government on central deputation
joined as Joint Secretary Coal on July 1, 2010. Ajay Kumar Bhalla is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya
(A-M) cadre. He has filled up the slot that fell vacant following departure of K.S. Kropha.
(We said this on June 27, 2010)
S.K. Chowdhary (IRTS) elevated to HAG
S.K. Chowdhary is one of the four IRTS officers of the 1978 batch who has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grage (HAG) i.e. Additional. Secretary grade.
Capt V Kulkarni is GM Flight Safety in Air India
Capt V Kulkarni, GM Operations in Air India, has been posted as GM Flight Safety in Mumbai.
Capt N J Divecha of Air India posted in Hyderabad
Capt N J Divecha, GM Operations in Air India, has been posted as GM Operations, CTF, in Hyderabad.
Customs Service in Pakistan under scanner
The Customs Service in Pakistan has been under scanner from its own intelligence wing as well as the DG intelligence of the Federal Board of Revenue since early 2010. Five Customs officers were arrested by the Customs intelligence on 28th of this month on allegations of helping smuggling of liquor by issuing wrong border clearance certificates to a bogus company, LUNER PRODUCTS who was importing liquor on the pretext of supplying the same to NATO forces in Afghanistan but was actually selling it in the local markets in Karachi and Quetta.
Before this, in March this year some customs officers were arrested for colluding with certain businessman to facilitate duty free import of cell phones from China and Dubai through Quetta airport.They are reported to have caused revenue loss to the tune of Rs 470 millions.
In February this year the Baluchistan provincial assembly had passed a resolution for removing a customs check post near Quetta on the plea that the officials were unnecessarily harassing local citizens but were merrily allowing heroin to be smuggled in the trucks returning from Afghanistan after delivering NATO supplies.
IPS officers to go London
As many as 147 IPS officials belonging to 1980 to 1984 batch from across the country will undergo training in management and leadership aspects at the London Business School in the last week of July.
IAS changes in Gujarat
Guruprasad Mahapatra has been appointed as the new commercial tax commissioner. AS Patel has been made new Bhavnagar municipal commissioner. Dangs district collector GA Shah has been transferred as Porbandar district collector.
Health Ministry appoints Satishchandra Director of NIMHANS
P. Satishchandra, professor, Department of Neurology has been appointed Director of the the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS).
Ms Gupta gets additional charge of CCIT Kolkata
After the retirement of Ms. Kusum Avasthy Gupta - CCIT – II, Kolkata, on June 30, Gautam Chaudhary CCIT, Kolkata, has been given the additional charge of CCIT – II, Kolkata.
Railway Transfer and postings
Gurmeet singh Raja of SS/IRSS has been transferred from RCF to CLW on promotion to JAG, YP Singh of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR as DRM Ambala, Ravindra Gupta of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SER on relieved from the post DRM/Chakradharpur to CR and posted in the cadre, D. Kamilla of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ECOR/DRM/ Waltair to SER and posted in the cadre and RK Tiwari of SG/IRTS has been transferred from WCR as Sr. DEE/TRO/KTT to NR.
Bureaucratic changes in Karnataka
The Karnataka government has transferred certain IAS officers. They are: Bharat Lal Meena Commissioner Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palika
(BBMP) to Commissioner Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) –Bangalore, Siddaiah Commissioner Bangalore Development Authority
(BDA) –Bangalore to Commissioner Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palika (BBMP), Jairaj (1976 batch IAS officer) elevated as Additional Chief
Secretary (ACS), Ms. Shameem Bano Principal Secretary (PS) Animal Husbandry to PS Power –the slot that was so far being held by Jairaj,
D.V. Prasad PS Animal Husbandry. Ms. Tara Jai Singh had retired on June 30, 2010.
Jowel is new DM of Sultanpur
P Jowel has been appointed new DM of Sultanpur in UP. He is 2003 batch IAS officer.
Central Bank to woo NRIs to boost deposits
The Central Bank of India would be reaching out to the NRIs especially in Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab and Bihar in a bid to double its customer base. The task has been undertaken by the Chairman and Managing Director of the Bank, S. Sridhar who is pressing the accelerator on the programme. A banker of repute, known for his efficient handling of issues with a human touch, Sridhar, who was the Chairman of the National Housing Bank prior to his new assignment as CMD of Central Bank of India and Executive Director of Exim Bank, has been handed over the batton at a challenging time. He has set himself the envious task of improving upon bank’s customer base and dwindling revenues besides giving it a facelift and using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to improve its services. On a visit to attend the State Level Bankers (SLB) meet in Bhopal, Sridhar, spelt out his priorities in an exclusive chat with whispersinthecorridors.com.
The excerpts of the interview are as follows-
Q: How do you plan to increase your customer base and high net deposits?
A: Well, that’s a very tricky question. We are focussing on getting NRI accounts from Keralites, Gujratis, Punjabis and Biharis as they have a sizable population working abroad.  We hope to double the customer base to five crore.
Q: What specialized services would be offered by your bank?
A: In a bid to bring in corporate clients we have set up seven corporate branches that have become fully operational, now. We are also focusing on opening mid-corporate branches this year. These branches would be catering to the needs of small and mid sized companies. We would be introducing mobile banking very soon while and are beefing up internet banking facilities. We are also sprucing up our branches giving them a new facelift.
Q: Spell out your plans about financial inclusion?
A: While banks and financial institutions are focusing only on pushing profitable and sustainable products in a competitive economy, the Central Bank of India has embarked on an ambitious mission for financial inclusion aiming to cover 5500 villages in India within the next three years. We have set a target on reaching villages with a population above 2000 by 2011 while those with a population less than 2000 will be covered by 2013. 10 percent of the said target would be achieved through the bank’s branches while 90 percent would b achieved through the bank’s business correspondents.
Q: Is Central Bank of India planning to open new branches in foreign countries?
A: Yes, we are applying to the RBI to open up new branches in Bahrain, Honk Kong and two in South African.
 (Watch out for the detailed interview in WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS, magazine July 2010 issue)
Tom Jose to go to US for a course
Tom Jose, Principal Secretary (PS) to the Kerala government, will be going to Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA in August 2010 to do a course. Tom Jose is an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch.

IAS changes in Chhattisgarh
There have been changes in the charge of three IAS officials in Chhattisgarh. While Narain Singh has been given the additional charge of Secretary Forest Department, RP Mandal has been given the additional charge of Secretary School Education, Jawahar Shrivastava has been given the additional charge of Secretary to Governor.
ADG rank promotions in Karnataka 
Two IPS officers belonging to 1982 batch three of 1983 batch and three of 1984 batch have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Karnataka. They are Mssrs :-K S N Chikerur and B G J Mirji (1982) Harshavardhan Raju, Neelamani N Raju and, Khazi Abdul Hafeez (1983) and H C Kishorechandra, M N Reddi and Prem Shankar Meena (1984).
Jayant Prasad  appointed Spl Secretary in MEA
Jayant Prasad has been appointed as Special Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.He is 1976 batch IFS officer.

Addl/Jt Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred

Three Additional / Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred with immediate effect. While Manas Ranjan Mohanti, on return from deputation, has been transferred to CX-Bhubaneshwar, S.K. Sinha has been transferred from DGHRD, Delhi to DG (Export Promotion), Delhi, G.K. Dixit from DGICCE, Delhi to DGHRD, Delhi, S.M. Tata from Customs- Delhi to DG, Systems, Delhi, Ms V Usha from CX-Meerut to DG, Systems, Delhi, Ravinder Saroop on return from deputation to DG, Systems, Delhi, Sanjay Gupta from CX- Pune-III to
DG, Systems, Delhi and Sachin Jain from CX-Ranchi to DG, Systems, Delhi.

Mohanty gets additional charge of Field Publicity
Registrar of Newspapers of India G Mohanty has been given additional charge of the DG Field Publicity.DG Field Publicity Mukhopadhyay has retired on Wednesday.

SK Tiwari takes over charge of Chhattisgarh Information Commissioner
SK Tiwari, retired IAS, took over the charge of State Information Commissioner in Chhattisgarh on Thursday.
DCIT Ms. Mrinalini’s trsansfer cancelled
Transfer of DCIT Ms. Mrinalini Kaur Sapra as OSD in CBDT has been cancelled.
Mohanty posted as OSD ion CBDT
Ashish Chandra Mohanty, ACIT, working as CCIT (CCA) Delhi, has been posted as OSD in CBDT (TPL) Division.
6 IPS transferred in Gujarat
The Gujarat government transferred nine IPS officers on Thursday. Those transferred include RV Jotangia SP Jamnagar to Gandhinagar, Subhash Trivedi Deputy Police Commissioner (Crime) to SP Jamangar, V. Chandrasekhar Jail Superintendent, Central Jail Ahmedabad to SP Bhavnagar, Himanshu Shukla SP Kheda to Deputy Police Commissioner (Crime), Ahmedabad, R.J. Pargi jail superintendent, Porbandar to Superintendent Central Jail, Ahmedabad, RV Asari SP, Bhavnagar to SP, Kheda.
SP Cyber Crime, Ahmedabad Agrawal on deputation to GUVNL
Superintendent of Police Ahmedabad Cyber Crime M.R. Agrawal has been sent on deputation to the Power and Petro Chemicals Department, Gandhinagar. He has been posted as the deputy police superintendent, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL).
Bhadra, Chaudhary elevated to IPS get new postings in Gujarat
M.S. Bharada who has been elevated to IPS cadre has been appointed as Deputy Police Commissioner, Zone 3 in Ahmedabad. Similarly, H.R. Chaudhary has been posted as Superintendent, Porbandar Jail.
Mandavia relieves Zamir of additional charge
J.B. Mandavia Superintendent, central jail, Vadodara has been appointed as Marine sector commander in Bhuj. With Mandavia assuming charge SP Kutch Vabang Zamir would be relieved of the additional charge.

CORPORATE
Sumit Banerjee to join Anil Ambani Group
MD of the ACC Sumit Banerjee has resigned from the company to join Anil Ambani group to spearhead the latter’s cement business.
Vasudev is non-executive Chairman of HDFC
C M Vasudev has been appointed new non-executive Chairman of the HDFC.
Verma is ED NFL
Kulbhushan Verma has joined as Executive Director of the National Fertilisers Ltd.(NFL).
Gianchandani quits Reliance Big Pictures and Big Flix

Kamal Gianchandani, COO, Film Distribution, Reliance Big Pictures and Big Flix, has quit his present job to join PVR Pictures as CEO.
Bharghav quits Studio 18
Sandeep Bharghav, CEO Studio 18 has quit from his present job.
Radaan Mediaworks India Director (Finance) resigns 
R. Santhanam, Director Finance, Radaan Mediaworks India Ltd has submitted his resignation from the Board of Directors citing personal reasons.  
 

Man aluminium appoints additional directors
Man Aluminium Limited has appointed the following as Additional Directors :- (1)  Adish Jain - Promoter-Non Executive Director; (2)  Rajinder Prakash Gupta - Independent Director.

Asthana is Senior VP (Technology) of Netxcell Ltd
 Netxcell Ltd has appointed Sarvesh Asthana as Senior Vice President (Technology).
Adfactors PR consultant for Coal India IPO
The Union government has appointed Adfactors PR as its consultant for Coal India Ltd's Rs 12,000 crore Initial Public Offer (IPO),
Corus CEO to step down
Tata Group owned British steel maker Corus CEO Kirby Adams is likely to step down this October,

Aaj Ki Aawaz
On internal security front UPA gets a Fail grade!!
Only politics it’s played!!
 
Naxals now strike at will!!
How to tackle Naxalism UPA is shockingly contemplating still!!
 
Mirwaiz calls for a Bandh peeping over the security provided by the State!!
We provide Security for those who spread against India hate!!
 
Problem with UPA is politics has tied it in a knot!!
Too political in its decision making UPA has got!!
 
It is well known Pakistan aids and abets trouble in the Valley!!
But with Pakistan still UPA wants India to be pally!!
 
This is because of its majority minority Vote Bank!!!
And in Congress’s book majority minority vote bank gets first rank!
 
It’s being said that in the Valley Lashkar is fomenting trouble!!
To see the Paki hand one does not require The Hubble (telescope)!!
 
Both in Pakistan and in the Valley this is very clear!!
But still Congress says India and Pakistan should ‘be near’!!
 
India needs to be firm!!!!
To deal with Pakistan kind of germ!!
 
Whenever we extend our hand in friendship Pakis take it as our weakness!!
Or as our meekness!!
 
Obama said ‘when Mohna speaks the World listens’!!
It is because of The Indian that in The World Mohna glistens!!
 
Had The Indian not achieved what he or she has!!!
Or given brand India that razmataz!!
 
Mohna would not have looked in the same light as he is today!!
Not to Mohna but to The Indian respect the World actually does pay!!
 
And remember The Indian has achieved recognition despite Mohna and his lot!!
Phokat mein importance Mohna and his lot (Netas) have got!!
 
And I hear when Mohna gets accolades Madam Sonia pats her own back!!
Though when it comes to him getting brickbats she lets him face the flack!!
 
Madam it is not Mohna or indirectly you who can claim this fame!!
This fame has on it The Indians name!!
 
They say Mohna is fond of soups and sandwiches for lunch!!
Or during the day when he has a yearning to munch!!
 
You know what being in a soup does mean!
And in Punjabi ‘sandwich’ is said when stuck in sand something or someone is seen!
 
Confucius says…man who has a yearning for soups and sandwiches!!!
Is one who is either is in a hitch or creating hitches!!

Bharat Kumar
<aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Bring NHAI under the PM
It is now imperative that the NHAI is brought directly under the purview of the Prime Minister. I hope by publishing some lines on this subject  in your website will go a long way in laying the message across India's bureaucracy and political circles.
God Save this Country.
S Singh
 

Child Rights in Indian Civil Nuclear Family
There is a need felt for appropriate legislation for protection of child rights in the immediate context of the Indian civil nuclear family. Legislation has been put on the Statute Book for love marriages, divorce, domestic violence and date rape, live-in-relationships, children born out of wedlock, but there is no law for protection of the rights of the child subjected to trauma by the mother and the father in their daily bouts of uncivilised fights as soon as darkness descends on the earth. The language, the barbarity, the ferocity with which attacks and counter attacks are mounted, is a source of permanent nuisance for the neighbours, who have the only choice to suffer in silence the noise of furniture being hurled, alongwith filthiest abuses and empty bottles of Indian made foreign liquor(IMFL) at odd hours in the night. But the frightened, crying child gets hurt/injured/scarred/marred/devastated and a life long freak. Do the men & women, who opt to produce children, have any legal or human right to subject a child or children to such trauma? Why should they be not punished severely to deter others from doing so? The coming of the modern age and emancipation of the woman has disrupted the old family system. There is nothing new in its place so far. So, new perversities like "sexual harassment" have emerged! And the average life of the glitteratti-chatterratti-blabberrati of the glamorous new world has come down to 30 plus!! In this reality of modern India, the child right to secure, peaceful & loving home environment needs to be legally made available. Till the Himachal government legislated about 2 decades ago, followed by the central government recently, children were indulging in the perverse practice of harassing their old parents. Not any more now. Let someone show his arrogance and the law will teach him/her the lesson that the fellow might not have learnt earlier. So shall be the case with child rights in the great Indian nuclear family.
M L Gupta

Please let us have the IPS solution to the Chattisgarh problem. KPS Gill has already failed there. Shall the police commissioner system be introduced there?

Amitabh Agarwal,Advocate,MICA,
Member,Supreme Court Bar Association.

The only solution
It is felt that many posts under IAS/IPS and other banking services are lying vacant.  The government of India is thinking to see that  some staff be detained for some more time on ad hoc basis and or by raising the age limit to 62 years. As the age limit in other educational and scientific/judicial services has gone upto 65 years,  the present recruiting agencies have been suggested to make up the vacant posts and fill them in any way.
The CMs have suggested the IPS induction exam from the young age in various paramilitary forces/and for induction to IAS and other such senior services from technocrats and other such relaxations.
The senior people with experience are not readily available if the present set up goes after retiring on voluntary and permanent basis. Many IAS/IPS and other people think that new generation does not care to join the elite services of the government and it is suggested that some other alternative should be suggested.  That alternative for the present is to raise the age for retirement to 62 years,
The next series of newly inducted people will be ready only in the five  years to run the show.  Sardar Man Mohan Singh is more than 70.  Sonia Gandhi herself is 62 years and others are above 60 years of age.  Why the age limit factor cannot be used?
This is the only solution.

But he is a man of few words
When our Prime minister talks, the world listens, so says Barack Obama in Toronto at the G-20 summit. Thank you Obama for this praise of our Prime Minister. Our problem however is that he is a man of few words when it comes to the enormous problems facing this country be it Corruption, Naxal Violence, environment disaster or umpteen other ills we are faced with. We hardly hear our Prime Minister saying much on these. What to talk of speaking he does not even listen to the Aam Admi's voice of despair against the price rise, his own ministers' spats with each other or the protests of opposition on issues concerning this country or the pleas against harassment by upright and well-intentioned elements against the corrupt in bureaucracy. Yes Obama we have a Professor of Economics as Prime minister and heads of G20 will do well to heed his advice on stimulus funding and not to go for belt-tightening to keep their economies going but what we poor Indians need is not a Professor but a leader with qualities of compassion.
Aarti Khosla

How can IAS object?
If Shipping Ministry wants a Port Trust officer to be posted as Chairman of Paradip Port Trust, on what ground an outside cadre like IAS can object? A port officer who has spent his life time in the port service has the natural right to become port Chairman if he has the necessary seniority and merit. An outside cadre officer has no right to object. Shipping Ministry's stand is correct
Dr J Sarkar

Celebration of Statistics Day 2010
GOI has declared the 29th June, the Birthday of Late sh. P.C.Mahalanobis , the great visionary of India , as the Statistics Day. To commemorate the day main Function has been organised in Delhi , inaugurated by Vice President of India ,followed by functions organised by different offices of GOI located at various other places outside Delhi . At Kolkata , birth place of late Mahalanobis , the celebration has been organised by National Sample Survey Office , M/o Statistics and PI. The purpose of such functions is to reach to the public at a large with a massage that how our Govt. is taking care of the public at large. To propagate such massage a display has been organised through " India In Chart And Graphs". RESPONSE of the visitors is quite overwhelming . in my view all of us celebrate this day to make aware the public at large about the various developmental programmes and achievement thereof. JaiHind.
Dharamvir Jha

Good for IOC
The news of AS Lamba to be CMD of IOC is really going to bring strength in IOC as a whole with all out efforts and knowledge to Lamba over the affairs of IOC. It will fabulously be a news for strengthening the public sector undertaking of repute.
H S Bhalla

Pillai is matchless
Wish we had more home secretaries like G K. Pillai. His understanding of police issues, support to them and concern for their modernisation and welfare is worth appreciable and match less. Otherwise in states, most of the time, one feels as if the officers in home department are taking out their revenge and frustration against police. They do not empower police. They want to see that police remain backward, money is either not spent fully or allow it to be diverted to other departments. One is surprised to see if they are for police department or working against the interests of the department which they are looking after. Wish we have more IAS/PCS officers in home department like Pillai who take interest to see that all support is given to police. Home department must not work against the interest of police department.....
Arun