It’s really a website which gives news before it happens. You should also project probable names of Ministers likely to be inducted in Union Cabinet in near future
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India’s Business House (3)
Another powerful group has old style of working. They still provide Air and Rail tickets, Scotch, Guest House and car to get things done. Guess the name of the Group.
43 IAS officers of 1977 batch empanelled
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have cleared the empanelment list of 1977 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary. A couple of names were added and the total number is now said to be 43.
Official list of 1989 batch IPS officers empanelled
Following is the official list of 73 IPS officers, of 1989 batch, who have been selected for empanelment on central deputation in Government of India (GOI). Ranvir Singh Krishnia, Sandeep Goyal, Sunil Kumar Gautam and Sanjay Beiniwal (AGMU), Mukesh Agarwal (Assam Meghalaya), AB Venkateshwar Rao, Ch D Tirumala Rao, KRM Kishore Kumar and Umesh Sharaf (Andhra
Pradesh), Alok Raj (Bihar), Ashok Juneja (Chattisgarh), Ajay Kumar, Vikas Sahay and Vivek Srivastava (Gujarat), Sanjiv Ranjan Ojha and Sanjay Kundu (Himachal Pradesh), Manjit Singh Ahlewat, Ramesh Chandra Mishra and Mohammad Akil (Haryana), Ajay Bhatnagar and Ajay Kumar
Singh (Jharkhand), Laltendu Mohanti (J & K), S Ananthakrishnan, K Padmakumar and Nitin Agarwal (Kerala), Sanjay Vir Singh, T Suneel Kumar, Dr. P Ravindranath, Amar Kumar Pandey, PS Sandhu and Sanjay Sahay (Karnataka), Vivek Phansalkar, Mrs Dr. PN Saravade, Dr. BK
Upadhyaya, Sandeep Bishnoi, Sanjay Kumar and Rajendra Singh (Maharashtra), GR Meena, MK Jain, Sushovan Banerjee, Rajesh Chawala, SK Jha, Ajai Kumar Sharma, BBS Thakur, Sanjay V Mane, Milind Kanaskar, Mrs. Sushma Singh, PS Phalnikar and Govind Pratap Singh (Madhya
Pradesh), Rahul Rasgotra and Rakesh Ranjan (Meghalaya Tripura), Pranabindu Acharya, Amrit Mohan Prasad and Mrs. B Radhika (Orissa), Sanjiv Kumar Kalra and Parag Jain (Punjab), BK Dak, Mrs. Nina Singh and Umesh Mishra (Rajasthan), Md. Shakeel Akhtar, Pramod Kumar, Kanhu Charan Mahali, P Kandaswamy and Braj Kishore Ravi (Tamil Nadu), Ashok Kumar, Safi Ahsan Rizvi and Ram Singh Meena (Uttarakhand), Aditya Misra, PV Ramasastry, Chandra Prakash and Ashish Gupta (Uttar Pradesh) and Sanjoy Mukherjee and Rajeev Kumar (West Bengal).
Balwinder Singh is now Spl Director CBI
Balwinder Singh has taken over as Special Director in the CBI on Tuesday. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. The officer had earlier held several important positions in CBI from 1990 to 2000 .He has been associated with the investigations of a number of sensitive cases entrusted to CBI by the Supreme Court and High Courts that ended in convictions of the accused persons.Singh has held various positions in Andhra Pradesh, including Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. He has also served as Additional Secretary in the Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi.He had been decorated with the Police Medal for Meritorious Services in 1992 and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services in 1998.
Ajay Mittal is PS Home,Vigilance & Personnel in HP
Ajay Mittal has been posted as new Principal Secretary (PS) to Himachal Pradesh (HP) government . Mittal who is 1982 batch IAS
officer of the HP cadre has been assigned charge of Home, Vigilance and Personnel.Earlier on central deputation he was Development
Commissioner, Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ).
IAS officers are CS in Himachal Pradesh from July 1,2010
The state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) has got two lady IAS officers as Chief Secretaries from July 1 to July 31,2010. Ms. Asha Swaroop Chief
Secretary with the Himachal Pradesh government will retire on July 31,2010 while Ms. Rajwant Sandhu who so far was Secretary Drinking Water in the
Government of India (GOI) has gone to Himachal Pradesh as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Monitoring and Coordination, on July 1, 2010 . She
will be Chief Secretary once Ms.Asha Swaroop retires on July 31, 2010.
Five 1984 batch IPS officers empanelled
Five 1984 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting. They are Mssrs L B Sangma (AM) A K Upadhyay (Bihar) R N Wagh and B D More (Maharashtra) and Narinder Sharma (Punjab ).
1979 batch IPS empanelled
1979 batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Satyendra Kumar has been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting.
Six 1988 batch IPS officers empanelled
Six 1988 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government during the last review meeting. They are Mssrs :- P Chitturi and Atul Karwal (Gujarat) Mukesh Gupta (Chhattisgarh) Prabhat Kumar (UP) B N Ramesh and K L Meena (West Bengal)
1981 batch IPS empanelled
1981 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer Vijoy Kumar has been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting.
Two 1983 batch IPS empanelled
Two 1983 batch IPS officers R N Singh of UP cadre and Ms N A Chaudhary of Jharkhand cadre have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting.
Two 1985 batch IPS empanelled
Two 1985 batch IPS officers Dr Hemant Purohit of Rajasthan cadre and Mohammad Mustafa of the Punjab cadre have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting.
Eight 1986 batch IPS officers empanelled
Eight 1986 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting.They are Mssrs :-Alok Tripathi (Rajasthan) Jasminder Singh (Punjab) Sanjeev Kumar and K Thukkaindi (TamilNadu) S N Achumi (Nagaland) S C Verma (Gujarat) Vinay Ranjan Roy (AP) and Vijay Kumar Agrawal (UP).
Eight 1987 batch IPS officer empanelled
Eight 1987 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting. They are Mssrs:- B L Meena (AP) Dinesh Bisht (Bihar) Vijay Kumar (MP) T Pachau (MT) U D Joshi (Gujarat) O K Sheikh (J&K) Sudesh Kumar (Kerala) R P Sharma (Karnataka ) and Lengkhothan Doungal (West Bengal).
1982 batch IPS officer empanelled
1982 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer S P Chitturi has been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India during the last review meeting.
Three IPS officer of 1979 batch in JS panel
Three 1979 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs:- Devendra Kumar Pathak AM,Kelhousithie Kire NL and Rajdeep Singh UP.
Four IPS officer of 1980 batch in JS panel
Four 1980 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs:- K.K.Maheshwari AGMU,P.P.Pandey GJ, Archana Ramasundram TN and Surender Singh WB .
Three 1982 batch IPS in JS panel
Three 1982 batch IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs:- Khagen Sharma AM, S S Lal MP and Ishwar Dev Bhandari HP.
Why did IAS officers meet Mining Minister ?
A couple of 1975 and 1976 batch IAS officers have reportedly met the Union Mining Minister B K Handique .The meeting of IAS officers has definitely to do something with the appointment of new Secretary Mining.
Parag Jain joins Cabinet Secretariat
Parag Jain has joined the Government of India in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Yadav is new Director in MHA
Prdeep Yadav has taken over as Director(NM) Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India.He is an IAS Officer of the1992 Batch who belongs
to the TN cadre.
Pankaj Jain to take charge as RC, Meghalaya in Delhi soon
Pankaj Jain, who has been appointed as Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC) with Meghalaya Government, will be assuming his charge next week. He is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Assam- Meghalaya (A-M) cadre. Presently on deputation, he is Governance Advisor in the British Government run Department for International Development (DFID) -India, Delhi.
Bob to be PS to AP Chief Minister
Busi Sam Bob is being tipped to be Principal Secretary to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
Alka Panda to join GoI
Alka Panda is being posted as ADG in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
CBDT lacks IRS officers
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has shortage of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers.
No decision on member of Election Commission
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have so far not decided the name of the new Member of the Election Commission.
Bureaucratic changes in Punjab on the anvil
Certain district collectors (DCs) and other IAS officers may soon be shifted in Punjab.
IPS changes in Karnataka on the anvil
Certain IGs and other IPS officers may soon be shifted in Karnataka.
File relating to banks appointments moves
Latest take regarding appointments of new CMDs and EDs in public sector banks is that the related file is lying in DoPT.
No retired person will be Chairman of NHAI
It has now been decided that no retired officer will be appointed to the post of Chairman of the National Highways Authority. Present Chairman is retiring next month end.
Nazeem to return to HP
Executive Director in the Tea Board R D Nazeem is returning to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1995 batch IAS officer.
Pradeep Kumar Mishra is SBI’s DGM-IT in Navi Mumbai
Pradeep Kumar Mishra on his return from Chicago has been posted as Deputy General Manager (DGM) –Information Technology (IT) with State Bank of India (SBI) in Navi Mumbai.
Tapan Ray is convener for foreign delegation by the Gujarat government
The government of Gujarat will send a delegation led by Tapan Ray, an IAS officer (1986 batch, Gujarat cadre) to four foreign countries for
promotion of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011.These countries are: United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman .The
delegation consisting Gujarat based well-known industrial leaders, will visit these countries to invite business community there for
participation in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011. The summit is going to be held on January 12 and 13, 2011 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Tapan Ray is Managing Director (MD) of the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (GSPCL).
Santosh Nautiyal is Director, CWC
Santosh Nautiyal, former Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has been appointed as an independent Director in the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC). He is an IAS officer of the 1968 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
Pradeep Bhatnagar elevated as Additional Member (Traffic)
Pradeep Bhatnagar (IRTS 1975) Advisor Traffic Railway Board has been promoted to Additional Member (Traffic) Railway Board. We had said
this earlier.
P.K.Goel posted as Chief Commercial Manager, NR
P.K.Goel (IRTS 1976) has been posted as Chief Commercial Manager, Northern Railway in HAG grade (Additional Secretary grade).
GM FCI HP transferred to Nagaland
Daljit Singh, General Manager(Himachal Pradesh), Food Corporation of India, has been transferred as General Manager( Nagaland).  
Sudhir to head TTD
G Sudhir is likely to head the Tirupathi (TTD) .He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Joshi relieved and Pant is Acting DGP of Uttarakhand
DGP of Uttarakhand  has been relieved to join the CRPF as Special DG.1978 batch IPS officer Vijay Raghav Pant has been appointed Acting DGP.
1996 batch IPS to get DIG rank in Rajasthan
Eight 1996 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of DIG in Rajasthan this month.
IPS changes in Uttarakhand
G S Martolia  will be new SSP Dehradun.Aseem Srivastava has been made SP (City) Dehradun.Abhinav Kumar and J R Joshi have been moved to the PHQ.
Justice Majjige to be UpLokayukta in Karnataka
Justice S B Majjige is being appointed new UpLokayukta in Karnataka.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma  awarded PhD
Mrs. Anuradha Verma  has been awarded PhD for her research work "Studies on Impact of Tourism on the Ecology and Large Mammals of Pench National Park" by the Barkatullah University, Bhopal. She has been bringing a new decision of CIC every Monday to the readers of the whispers since December 2008.
Bhojwani appointed Ambassador
Deepak Kishinchand Bhojwani Ambassador-designate to Cuba, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to the Governments of the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti, with residence in Havana.
Rakesh is new JS Rural Develment
Sanjay Kumar Rakesh is new Joint Secretary Rural Development in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on June 7 )
Ms Anjali Tiwari gets extension in tenure
Deputation tenure of Ms Anjali Tiwari as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has been extended for two years. She is 1985 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Paliwal takes charge as SAIL CVO
Chandra Bhushan Paliwal, 56, who was Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training of the Ministry of Personnel, Govt. of India since 2006, has assumed the office of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). He joined the Indian Administrative Service (UP cadre) in 1981after completing his M. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur,). In the 29 years of his service in various senior and middle management level postings across India, he has accumulated rich and varied experience in the fields of public administration, personnel management and policy planning for public enterprises, as well as project and development management. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree in community development projects from Hull University, UK in 1999-2000. Before his stint as Joint
Secretary (Personnel & Training), Govt. of India, Paliwal has served in various capacities in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh – as Commissioner (Transport), Secretary (Jail Administration Reform Services; Chief Minister’s Secretariat; Animal Husbandry & Fisheries; Forests; Industrial Development), Coordinator for several World Bank-aided projects, and Managing Director of a number of public sector enterprises.
Ms. Abha Shukla assumes charge as Secretary, BEE
Ms. Abha Shukla, who earlier on central deputation was Director Civil Aviation has assumed the charge of Secretary Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) .She is Maharashtra. cadre IAS officer of 1993 batch.

SBI's Diwakar Gupta tipped to be MD, SBI

Diwakar Gupta, Deputy Managing Director (DMD) & Group Executive (GE) of State Bank of India (SBI) for Rural Banking GE National banking, is tipped to be next Managing Director (MD) of the SBI in October 2010.

(We said this in April 2010)

23 promoted as GMs in SBI

As many as 23 out of 129 deputy general managers (DGMs) have been promoted as general managers (GMs) in the State Bank of India (SBI). Those promoted are Ashok Kumar Ralhan, Biswajit Mohanty, Vishnu Chandra Bajpai, Mrs Ravi Sudha, Sunil Kumar Verma, KT Ravindran, Abhay Chintaman Choudhary, Kadambi Narahari, Rajendra Kumar Agarwal, Devendra Prasad, Sidhartha Sengupta, Mrs. Anshula Kant, Krishna Mohan Trivedi, Girish Chandra Pande, PJ Thomas, Abhijit Guhathakurta, Rebati Kanta Biswal, Rakesh Kumar Puri, BS Gopalkrishna, Athmanathan Saraswathy, Anil Kishora, Surya Prakash Rao Pendyala and Mrs. Padmaja Nair.
Pawar backs Nafed MD Ananda Bose in crusade against corruption
Terming Nafed's decision to send back its Managing Director C V Anand Bose as "incorrect", Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has asked the co-operative firm to reconsider the same. Nafed board had last week, decided to repatriate Bose on charges of alleged misuse of funds and misconduct. It had requested the ministry to send a fresh panel of probables. "If the senior officer has been deputed by the government as MD, I do not think it is proper for (Nafed's) board  to remove him," Pawar said, when asked about his reaction on the entire development. When asked whether the ministry would direct Nafed to reinstate Bose, Pawar said the Nafed board should reconsider its decision.The Minister of State for Food and Agriculture K V Thoms has also given a clean chit to Bose. "We have verified and enquired the complaint against Anand Bose. We have found nothing against him," Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas had said. Bose had refuted the allegations made by Nafed board, saying that he was paying the price for his crusade against corrupt officials in the organisation. Thomas said Nafed's Additional MD P K Sharma, who was given the charge of MD for the time being by the Nafed board, can not continue as Additional MD as he has involved some of his relatives in the co-operative business.

CORPORATE
It will never be the same again in FIEO
As the grapevine has it, the managing committee of Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) of which President is A Sakthivel was quite stormy. It was held in Delhi on July 12, 2010.
Somasundaram is MD and CEO Laxmi Vilas Bank
Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited has appointed P.R. Somasundaram as an Additional Director and also as Managing Director & CEO of the Bank for a period of three years  
Pankaj Desai is MD Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance 
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited (Kotak Life Insurance) has appointed Pankaj Desai as the Managing Director of the company.
Punja nominated as Officer Employee Director Syndicate Bank
Syndicate Bank has nominated Dinkara S Punja as Officer Employee Director on the Board of Directors of the Bank for a period of three years from July 12, 2010 .

EIL appoints directors
Adit Jain, Chairman, International Market Assessment India Private Limited, Gurgaon and Dr. (Prof.) KDP Nigam, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, have been appointed as Non-official part-time Directors on the Board of Engineers India Limited (EIL) for a period of three years .
Mazumdar resigns as Non-executive Director Org Informatics Ltd
Kalyan Mazumder Non-Executive Director Org Informatics Ltd has tendered his resignation and has ceased to be Director of the Company.
Morris is Director UCO Bank
Sebastian Luckose Morris has been elected by the shareholders of our Bank (other than the Central Government) as a Director of UCO Bank with effect from 13th July 2010 for a period of three years
G Balaji appointed Compliance officer of Celebrity Fashions Ltd
Celebrity Fashions Limited has appointed  G .Balaji, Company Secretary as Compliance Officer of the Company.
Kohareswaran assumes charge of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd CMD

J Kohareswaran has taken over the charge of chairman and managing director of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd .. 

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Compare India to a countryside home!!
In its backyard, front lawn and within Naxals and Terrorists roam!!
 
More terrorists stand at the gate!!
For their turn to sneak in they wait!!
 
The kitchen cannot keep up with the demand for food!!!
And the head of the kitchen is in chori ka mood!!
 
The common hedge with one neighbor is on fire!!
To trouble this neighbor does not tire!!
 
Those who run the house think they are above the rest!!
In fact the patience of the rest they always test!!
 
These karta dhartas indulge in money making!!!
For all purchases they have a ‘taking’!!
 
Imagine such a home and its future or kall!!!
Many would agree this home stand literally on a dul-dul (sinking sand)!!
 
Why is CBI refusing to reveal MEA’s letter on Anderson????
But then we know on whose behest this is being done!!
 
The letter makes a mockery of Congress’s claim!!
And shows the individual Congress is protecting is to blame!!
 
Ghadkari is desperate!!
Wants to make a mark at any rate!!
 
He’s been termed as ‘ the President cum cook who put BJP into a soup’!!
If you throw poop remember you hands get soiled with poop!!
 
Ghadkari could have made his point without the comment he made!!
And by quite a few in BJP this comment has been flayed!!
 
Advani was a bit too clever and Ghadkari is downright ‘thick’!!!
Really for President’s post the wrong pick!!
 
Omar is looking forward to the weekend!!
Weekends are reserved for the family and with them quality time he does spend!!
 
He’s a ‘Corporate CM’ and during weekends does not work!!
Weekends he holidays and weekdays he hides ….sure does irk!!
 
Confucius says…. Omar proves lateral entry is detrimental , harmful and worng!!!
But then in India its been going for very long!!

Adds.... like Omar's Dad too had a entry of the lateral kind!!!
And in other Parties too this phenomena you will find!!

Bharat Kumar
<aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Kashmir on the boil
The contributor to this title does not appear to be a Kashmiri as he/she has trusted on what has been told but the truth is :
Kasmir has always been a part of India and it is so today but fundamentalist Kashmiris were never Indians before and are so today . Now their percentage is enhanced day by day because Indians living in the valley have left 2 decades back. The contributor must know these things before supporting any party of the valley for being Indian.

Lalit

Prevention of Corruption Act defunct?
Prevention of Corruption Act was legislated to curb corruption in bureaucracy. One if its provision that any bureaucrat having more assets from known sources must be prosecuted. How many officers have been prosecuted after that Act. Has corruption decreased?
Mohan

A rude shock
Taking advantage of limited reach of government hospitals having unsatisfactory health care standards ,lot of high end hospitals having buildings similar to five star hotels were set up by some corporate houses aiming to maximise their return on investment at various places accessible mainly to either very rich or those having medical insurance . In this scenario cashless medical insurance was sold by various medical insurance companies to unsuspecting public to avail services of these very costly hospitals. With unilateral withdrawal of cashless facility by the insurance companies those who took mediclaim policies have been left high and dry. When the regulatory mechanism has totally failed to ensure supply of uncontaminated supply of milk ,vegetables and other food items and even medicines thereby exposing the general public to all kinds of health risks and state of public health care facilities being abysmally poor ,withdrawal of cashless treatment has come as a rude shock . Response of associations of trade and industry , government (and all those who favour privatisation of education and health ) to resolve this matter will be watched with interest .If this problem is not resolved soon, either most of these high end hospitals will be forced to close their shops or survive by catering to foreign clientele only (in the garb of promoting medical tourism ) .By the way attitude of insurance companies should also be an eye opener for all those who advocate replacement of CGHS with medical insurance for government servants.
Sudhir Chopra

“General’s wrath at ‘I Am Sorry’ service !!!”
My experience was equally frustrating. A retired IAS officer (of 1958 vintage) whom I met recently, had much more vitriolic opinion about the present day bureaucrats particularly those at higher echelons. While recalling the good old days, he opined:”the present ones fail to behave like Administrators and thus pose as Managers”.
The general perception in the corridors of power is that a majority of officers belonging to the elite Service , are incapable of recording effective noting on files for facilitating decision making. Instead of giving their independent advice, they prefer to first know the minds of their superiors and Ministers before recording the same on files. Much to the annoyance of their juniors, the elite service officers are prompt in directing their subordinates to “Pl speak” or “Pl discuss”. The quality of decision-making is the obvious casualty. They are good at ‘net-working’ with influential centres and sub-centres of power. They manage lucrative postings at the Centre with no relevance to their experience and expertise.
It is here that the roles of DOP&T and Cabinet Secretariat need to be probed. Having served as a Joint Secretary in DOP&T, I can say with authority that that the data bank maintained by DOP&T is rarely tapped by the Office of the Establishment officer in matters of postings. ‘Personal’ , ‘Service’ and ‘Cadre’ affinities and oral orders received from the highest authority ,supersede the criteria of merit and integrity. This is the ground reality. The incumbency statements prepared by DOP&T on monthly basis, are fudged resulting in over-representation of IAS officers at the centre far in excess of the prescribed limits. No wonder then that these officers are “rewarded” with prized postings, escape fixation of responsibilities in case of defaults and receive “Awards” for unknown achievements.
A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)

Misconceptions and ignorance
The views expressed and questions asked by the Major General regarding the civil servants are skewed. What does he want? The supremacy of army over civil administration? The questions arise out of misconceptions and ignorance of the constitutional setup in India. There has to be a system in place. as regards the accountability I think it is the other way round. who was hanged for Kargil and Mumbai fiasco, can someone tell me? On the other hand the then Naval chief was totally unapologetic. One can quote umpteen instances of the highhandedness and scant regard for rule of law in the services at almost all levels but these things are not known to outsiders. The civil servants, and these do not mean IAS only, have no protection as is available to those in services.
R P Singh

Officers working in the Ministries are privileged
MB is very much right in his observations in ‘Curious case of Indian Bureaucrats’. Those privileged officers working in the Ministries are very lucky because they do not have any accountability. As & when responsibility is to be fixed either the politician goes or the lower clerks face brunt because the Joint Secretaries & above write nothing on file they call the Deputy Secretary ask him to put up note on the lines dictated by them. If tomorrow any one ask they will blame subordinate for putting up wrong/misleading note and make innocent face. Has anything happened to Joint Secretary in Urban Development Ministry ?.
Dimpy Chopra

CSS & CSSS
It is not understood why CSSS people are crying for merger with CSS. What for? For getting promotions in time or quick promotions? Why don't they get the posts created in their cadre if required. One can not compare with others having different duties. Don't say selfish CSS. Why CSS should allow people from other services in their cadre. It will certainly harm our interests. You manage your own house. If your work is of so importance, get more posts.
Rakesh Sharma

Challenges confronting bureaucracy
This is with reference to Governance. The biggest challenges confronting bureaucracy is the prevalent, inequalities, corruption, feudalism, exploitation and the unabated use of ground based energy resources taking place right in front of their nose. When people in these areas feel that they are not getting their share of dues and that they are being exploited, then only the activities of Terrorism and Naxalism re created. Further, materialism has become the order of the day, wherein there is excessive competition and sometime immoral & illegal means are adopted in these competitions leading to acrimony, violence etc. With the passage of time we are exhausting, at a rapid, pace our energy resources, which is leading fall in the level of glacier, exhaustion of water, environmental pollution, global warming, depletion of conventional sources of energy (coal, oil & petroleum) etc. We need to focus our mind on these issues more & more for resolution or otherwise the coming generation is not going to forgive us.
One way to bridge the gap between the rich & poor and high & the low would be to provide ‘zero tolerance’ to the phenomena of corruption in the area of governance. For this example has to flow from the top to the bottom i.e. Ministers and Senior Bureaucrats should set example. This is possible in the same manner like today no politician in the country will preach that he is against e-Governance and it is happening in a BIMARU state like ‘BIHAR’.
Discipline should gel amongst the Government servants. They should feel that they are very fortunate that the God has given them Government job and that their motto is only to solve the problems of the citizens of the country and not to create hassles. (Just think the time when you were unemployed, wherein you use to crib that ‘bhagwan mujhe jaldi se koi naukri de de warna mujhe suicide karna parega’. Discipline means attending office punctually/regularly and be available on their seats most of the time & performing their job. Government servants are mainly middle income group people having limited earnings. They falter in the area of punctuality and regularity because the state has not provided them with proper social security measures and health benefits. Government servants should be posted in offices more near to their area of residences. They should be provided with a means of regular health check-ups voluntarily from the side of Government. Forums should be set up in all offices to listen to the family & other problems of Government servants and for its resolution. This, to a great extent, will remove their irritations and personal problems.
People in the top echelons of the Government should realize that it is the tax payers’ money and they should not squander the public money for their own personal benefits. They should not indulge in activities which exceed their entitlements like use of vehicles, staff, stationery items etc. These tendencies bring about dissatisfaction, frustration and envy amongst the Government servants working in lower echelons. We have completed 63 years of independence. It is high time we shed our feudalistic and dynastic tendencies.
If things suggested above is implemented in the right spirit, then only we can see India's bright future
Satya Prakash

If you want your Income tax refund in time!
The Income Tax Department agreed to collect the IT returns from the Department of Telecom on appointed day but nobody from IT Department turned up. Reason given was that the staff did not cooperate. The point is whether the Department took any action against the errant staff.
As regards functioning of CPC, refunds even after a year are not forthcoming and therefore one had to resort to RTI. So much so for people friendly IT Department.
Rajesh

Amazing !
I had occasion to visit the site www.itgoa.org, maintained by powerful Union of Income Tax Officers and had a look of its minutes of meetings and other literature available. I was amused to see that its office bearers call themselves comrades! I pondered over it! Tried to see things in the perspective of Marxism. Are they proletariat! No! Are they exploited mass of our society! Certainly not! Are they ideologically inclined towards Communism/Marxism? I have interacted with many of them and to the best of my comprehension most of them never displayed any trait of having idea about socio-political ideas of Marx or Lenin or for that matter Hegel, whose antithesis Marx brought about. Than why they call themselves Comrades?
MS

Caste/Caste census/Division
Many have expressed opinion. Few argue about further division. Many other argue let it be there. This has been true with the UPA as it reflects us.
Factually, society is divided. Every one knows other person's caste- it is 100 % true in villages. In cities, few manage to conceal the fact. Since it is a fact, why and how it should divide the society further if we have caste census. Why we fear knowing about it in a democracy? I think minority ruling elites fear it would create a problem for them, once it is scientifically known that the majority may claim power? If I am not wrong this is the major fear factor. Otherwise, let the truth prevail. Let everyone know what the exact configuration of our society is?
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