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INDIA,S BUSINESS HOUSE (4)
One new business house believes in direct deal. Boss himself meets political leaders and bureaucrats to get things done. In this case there is no via via--/ Guess the name.
Vijay Kumar to be Secretary Mining
If top sources are to be believed, S Vijay Kumar is going to be new Secretary Mining. In all probability 1976 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer, Kumar, will succeed Santha Sheela Nair on August 1 .He is presently Special Secretary Mining.He is considered to be an honest and upright officer.
Rajaraman to be MD Chennai Metro
K.Rajaraman is being appointed as the new MD, Chennai Metro. He is likely to join as Special Officer shortly and take over from Dr.TV.Somanathan in August.He is 1989 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Another Tripura cadre IAS officer resigns ?
Anil Garg has reportedly put in his papers.He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre. Only last week 1983 batch IAS officer Debashish Sircar had taken VRS.
Aruna Sunderajan to be JS Housing ?
Aruna Sunderajan who has just finished 5 year deputation with UN and then ILFS is likely to join Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation as Joint Secretary shortly. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Will Haryana cadre IAS be Secretary Tourism ?
There is a buzz that a Haryana cadre IAS officer is going to succeed Sujit Banerjee on August 1 as Secretary Tourism in the Government of India. Insiders,however,rule out this possibility.
Four 1977 batch IAS do not figure in list
Out of 27 IAS officers of 1977 batch who are on deputation to the Government of India, four reportedly do not figure in the empanelment list.
Will Sudhakar retire as Special Secretary ?
1976 batch UP cadre IAS officer P D Sudhakar is retiring in January. He is presently Special Secretary in Corporate Affairs. Now the question is whether he will be posted as Secretary or he will go home without getting his due. If this doesn’t happens then a couple of 1977 batch IAS officers will also face the same criteria.
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)
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.
Bureaucrats and Power
Bureaucrats know the fountain of power . In Congress they know the address of Ten Janpath and now in BJP ruled states everybody has started moving to the RSS Headquarters. What a power of RSS these days ?.
Union Carbide issue to rock Parliament
Union Carbide is going to be a major issue in the ensuing monsoon Session of the Parliament. Opposition is going to ask the Government the role of late Rajiv Gandhi in sending Anderson back to US. How many congress leaders are in touch with the opposition leaders on this issue?. This is the job of the Ten Janpath loyalists.
1973 batch IAS will not be Member Election Commission
This is almost certain that 1973 batch IAS officer will not be appointed Member of the Election Commission. Reason is simple- 1973 batch IAS officer V S Sampath is already a Member.
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
Ajay Prakash Sahni’s deputation to end in August
Central deputation of Ajay Prakash Sahni, Joint Secretary (Training) - DOPT in Government of India (GOI), will conclude on August 16, 2010. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
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 an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Dalwai to be DDG UIDA
M R Ashok Dalwai is being appointed DDG of UIDA in Bangalore. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
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.
Hussain to be CIC Andhra Pradesh
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Jannat Hussain is likely to be appointed Chief Information Commissioner in Andhra Pradesh. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Restructuring of IRS cadre has many recommendations
As the grapevine has it, proposal for restructuring of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) cadre has many ingredients.
Vineet Chaudhary takes over as Dy.Director(Admn)AIIMS
Vineet Chaudhary has taken over as Deputy Director Admn. AIIMS (on the upgraded post in the level of Joint Secretary). He is the senior most Joint Secretary in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with a vast experience in health sector . He is also known for bringing in a number of reforms with far reaching repercussions in his present assignment. AIIMS is one of the most premier institute of Medical education, research and health care not  only in the country but in the Asian region is headed by a Director in the pay scale of Rs. 80000/-
(equivelant to Secretary to Government of India). He is an IAS officer 1982 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh Cadre.
Priyadarshi Thakur is a Director, CWC
Priyadarshi Thakur, former Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, has been appointed as an independent Director in the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC).  He is an IAS officer of the 1970 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Kalyan Krishna Ramaswami goes as DGM in SBI to Chennai
Kalyan Krishna Ramaswami has been posted as a Deputy General Manager (DGM) in SBI to Chennai. So far he was DGM –Information Technology (IT) with State Bank of India (SBI) in Navi Mumbai.
Guha is CVO of NALCO
Srabani Guha has taken over as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO). She is 1986 batch Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.
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
Post of CMD, SIDBI to be advertised
The post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI will be advertised. It is so because R.M. Malla till recently was CMD, SIDBI has become the CMD of the IDBI Bank.
Nine 1987 batch IPS officers empanelled
Nine 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 ) Adhir Sharma and Lengkhothan Doungal (West Bengal).
Punjab bureaucracy busy tackling Veerus’
What noted film actor Dharmendra did while playing the character role of Veeru in the block buster Hindi film titled “Sholay” (that was released on August 15, 1975) has become a role model for people of Punjab. Reports reaching from Punjab say that every month at least two civilians ape the Veerus of “Sholay”-Hindi film and climb atop overhead tanks in their cities/villages, to press for their demands. And they climb down only after their demands were met with. This pheonomenon had caught up very much during election period. However, even Collectors of different districts in Punjab now have to first tackle Veerus’ before they can get on to their real business of running the administration. Will this trend ever end or not? Wait and watch.
IDAS officer to join Agriculture Ministry
IDAS officer Rajesh Ranjan is joining as Deputy Secretary in Agricultural Research and Education under the Ministry of Agriculture.
Abhinav Kumar promoted in Uttarakhand
Abhinav Kumar has been promoted to the rank of DIG in Uttarakhand.He is 1996 batch IPS officer.
Maj Gen Chopra is GoC Maharashtra
Major General Sanjeev Chopra has taken over as General Officer Commanding Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area here.
Maj Gen Hooda moves to MoD Headquarters
Major General R K Hooda has been posted to Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army) as Director General Mechanised Forces.
IFS reshuffle in Maharashtra
There is major Indian Forests Service reshuffle in Maharashtra.Seven chief conservators of forests (CCFs), 19 conservators of forests (CFs) and three deputy conservators have been transferred.
Acquisition of SBI Indore  by SBI approved
The Union Cabinet today approved the acquisition of State Bank of Indore by State Bank of India (SBI) and also accorded `in-principle’ approval to introduce a Bill in the Parliament for making consequential amendments in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, to remove references of State Bank of Indore.
Search Committee to select CMDs of BSNL and MTNL
A search committee headed by Cabinet Secretary has been constituted  to select CMDs of the BSNL and MTNL. Secretary Department of Personnel,Secretary Department of Telecom ,Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala,Prof Sameer Baruah of IIM Ahemdabad  and Prof N Balakrishnan IISc will be the members.The Selection process will be completed within a month.  

Committee to inquire Gas leak incident at Durgapur Steel Plant.

A committee headed by a General Manager of Durgapur Steel Plant has been constituted to enquire into the incident of BF gas leakage at the plant on Thursday. About 25 persons were affected due to leakage of gas from scrubber area of gas cleaning plant. The leakage was, however, detected and immediately rectified while the affected persons were provided medical aid promptly.

Railways transfer and postings

Rajneesh Agarwal of JAG/IRTS has been transferred from SECR to NR against an existing vacancy, A S Chaudhary of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SWR to NFR and posted as ADRM/Lumding vice Satish Kothari SAG/IRSEE proceeding on training, Devi Lal Balai of SAG/IRAS has been on return from study leave transferred from NWR to ECR and posted in the cadre and Dawa Cheering of SAG/IRAS has been transferred from SECR to DMW/Patiala and posted vice Robin Deka SAG/IRAS proceeding on deputation.
Rizvi is back to IB

OSD to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram,S A Rizvi is back to the parent Intelligence Bureau.He has been promoted to the rank of IG in the Government of India. Rizvi is 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Tenure of P G Dhar Chakraborty extended

Central deputation tenure of P.G. Dhar Chakraborty Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has been extended till March 31, 2011.He is 1980 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

CORPORATE

Infosys missing Nilekani as IT major suffers first quarter net loss
Nandan Nilekani being missed at Infosys Technologies as the IT major reports a 2.4 per cent year-on-year decline in its fiscal first quarter net profit.
 Cinemax India appoints CEO
Cinemax India has appointed Sunil Punjabi as chief executive officer of the company with effect from July 12,  2010.
Power Grid Corporation appoints part-time directors 
Power Grid Corporation Of India Limited has appointed the following four non-official part-time directors on its Board  for a period of three years with effect from the date of appointment i.e. 10.07.2007 : (1) Dr. P. K. Shetty, Fellow and Head Administration, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; (2) Prof. A. S. Narag, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University; (3)  Anil K. Agarwal, President, ASSOCHAM; (4)  F. A. Vandrevala, Former MD, Tata Power Company.
Sethna resigns as Director, Mahindra Ugine Steel Company
 Dr. H.N. Sethna has resigned as Director on the Board of Directors of Mahindra Ugine Steel Company.

Cheang appointed Additional Director, HSBC Investdirect (India) Ltd
The Board of Directors of HSBC Investdirect (India) Ltd has appointed Louisa Cheang as an Additional Director of the Company with effect from July 5, 2010.
New Company Secy at Vishal Information Technologies 
Vishal Information Technologies Limited has appointed Deepali Nirmal as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company .
American Express Banking Corporation India appoints Head (Consumer Cards)
American Express Banking Corporation India has shifted Shailesh Baidwan looking after Strategy and Business Development division in Singapore to Head its Consumer Cards Operations division in India.
Chitale is Executive VP Patni Computer Systems
Patni Computer Systems has appointed Sunil Chitale as its Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy Officer.

NMCE - Unveiling world class futures’ trading
The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) has been providing a world class on-screen live future trading on permitted commodities to the Indian citizens, ever since its formation in 1999. Kailash Gupta-Executive Vice-Chairman, NMCE, the man who supervised the establishment of the NMCE and subsequently headed its operations, is a man in hurry and wants the exchange to be known around the world as the finest centre for futures’ trading in commodities. Gupta, a former President of Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange, is known for the various Democratic Reforms and Economic Progress pushed by him during his tenure as president spelt out his priorities in an e-mail interview with whispersinthecorridors.com.
The excerpts of the interview are as follows-
Q: What is the future of Commodity Exchanges in India?
A: Commodity Exchanges are a vital centre that benefits the producers and traders in a new economic model. They cannot be wished away with. More so, in a country like India- a predominantly agro based economy- which is galloping on its way to economic progress as world battles to keep its economy on tracks.
Q: How is the National Multi Commodities Exchange (NMCE), Ahmedabad doing?
A: The NMCE has established itself as a centre on excellence within a short span on time. It is unique in many other respects. It is a zero-debt company; following widely accepted prudent accounting and auditing practices. It has robust delivery mechanism making it the most suitable for the participants in the physical commodity markets. The exchange does not compromise on its delivery provisions to attract speculative volume. Public interest rather than commercial interest guide the functioning of the Exchange.
What are your suggestions to the Government for better working of the commodity exchanges?
A: I would suggest that there should not be any delay in FCRA amendment and the frequent bans on futures trading should not be resorted to. The Government should not carry the myth that commodity exchanges were den of speculation and banks, mutual funds and FIIs should be allowed to participate.
(Read the detailed interview in July 2010 edition of whispers in the corridors, magazine)
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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Seems UPA is in a deregulation frame of mind!!!
Here comes another ‘deregulation stab’ that is also very unkind!!

Now interest rates in the Small Savings Schemes will be deregulated!!
Wish in its deregulation UPA could be regulated!!

For a Nation that has no Social Security!!
These Small Saving Schemes provide for the Aam Aadmi security!!

UPA is hell bent on giving Ama Aadmi more and more pain!!!
Though ‘We are with the Aam Aadmi’ UPA does feign!!

I’d put the blame for this on Mohna!!!!
It’s all because of his ‘lets deregulate and reduce subsidy’ ronna-dhona!!!

Mohna at heart is a pucca Capitalist though he puts on a socialist act!!!!
And somehow I feel he has with Uncle Sam an emotional pact!!

He’s nostalgic about his days in USA !!!
Gets teary eyed when he talks about his US days insiders say!!

Post his retirement he’ll spend more time in the Nation he adores!!!
In the company of two Kaurs!!!!

One his wifey and the other his beti…both Kaurs!!!
With the ones he adores and in the land he adores!!

Karnataka Guv is on the job!!!
Democracy in Karnatka ho sakthi hai rob!!

Guv is also desperate to show High Command he can deliver!!!!
He has more arrows in his quiver!!!

As Law Minister he did everything possible to get Mr. Q off the hook!!
Law Minister at Law threw 'the book'!!

He wants corrupt Minister to be removed in Kanrnataka!!
Can he burst in Delhi the same 'pataaka' (cracker)????

That's a nice one.....DMK means Delhi Money for Karuna!!!!
Via Raja he is lagaoing the Nation choona!!!

Imagine the moolah that has been raked in via this Spectrum scam!!!
Why do you think they say 'Karuna's got all his five fingers in jam'?????

Confucius says…..is Congress quite because of numbers????
Or has it got its share so despite the noise it slumbers??

Bharat Kumar

FORUM
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PM’s security should take notice
Death of seven year old Aman who could not be rushed to hospital due to security restrictions imposed by police following PM’s visit to Kanpur is deeply tragic. Had Aman received timely medical aid , he could have perhaps been saved. Wails of his mother asking what use is such security which can cause loss of life should make all those entrusted with PM’s security sit up and take notice. Why is it that laid down drill during VIP movement does not take into account life threatening situations requiring timely access to hospitals . Life saving responses of people should not be viewed as some kind of security threat permitting no deviation . Is there no way to allow right of way in case of medical emergencies to ensure that no life is lost because of security restrictions .Cannot helicopters be used to minimise inconvenience to general public as also possibility of loss of life due to delay in seeking medical aid . At a time when man can reach safely to moon and satellites can be launched successfully into space , how will parents of Aman be consoled for not being able to take him to hospital in time.
Sudhir Chopra

Enough is enough
Haven’t we had quite enough of this tiresome rhetoric, parroted without application of mind, from military baiters who say inane things like "do military want civil servants to be under them in a democracy"? It’s a pointless question. Both military and civil service officers are equivalent halves under our democracy. Military personnel, and civil service personnel are both subordinate to the political authority. Military subordination to "Civil Power" does in no way suggest subordination to "Civil Service". The subordination to civil power that our early military leaders like FM Cariappa, Gen Rajendra Sinhji and Gen Srinagesh, et al bought into, and indeed, promoted, was to the idea and reality of our democracy, and political leadership. Civil service members are no more "civilians" than defence service members are. Civil servants are part of an organized sector of government employees, subordinate to the power of the duly elected representatives of the people. Or so they should be, anyway, though they like to think that they are above all that. So enough posturing and foolish argument, and lets get on with our lives.
-Aditya

Why shed tears ?
Why shed tears only about the present day bureaucrats. Our PM is the greatest chamcha in Delhi (of whom I do not want to say).Chamcha or can I say Delhi culture was there for one thousand years. Most of the Hindus if there were any were chamchas or court justers in Moghul Court.
N Sriram

It is bound to be there
This refers to whisper-shortage of IRS officers in CBDT. When RS and JS(both IAS) will collaborate to delay promotion posting files of IRS, this will be the fate of CBDT.
Shantanu Ghosh

IT is good for nothing
The Income Tax department is a department immensely plagued by mediocrity, indiscipline and non-performance of its vast staff power. In the recent Survey of Civil services (covering three all India services and seven Central services of India, released by the Cabinet secretary), IRS came out as the most disgruntled service. On the question of quality of subordinate staff IRS(IT) was the least satisfied service amongst all surveyed.
You can blame a certain percentage of people for being biased or not forthcoming in appreciating the contribution of subordinates but when a Govt. sponsored survey covering hundreds of officers throws some finding than at least one should ponder over it.
The root cause is lack of motivation to learn and improve. Once you have joined the department as TA, or Inspector all that you need is to be regular in responding to the calls of Union leaders (who incidentally address each other as comrades!).
No officer can make you work or dispose the duties assigned. If you are willing you can work else your superior can’t affect you in any manner. Your transfer postings are decided by the Unions. Your ACR does not matter as far as your promotions and career progression is concerned. If you have joined as Inspector, within a few years you will be promoted to gazetted rank i.e. ITO and you will retire, minimum as Additional commissioner of Income tax! It does not matter whether you know your job or not! It very rarely happens that your ACR is considered while promoting you. Therefore there are situations like one Rajesh narrated.
M.S.

Incomparable Comparables
Yes, it is true that Defence officers and Civil Servants including Police officers are "Incomparable Comparables. Indian Army takes an intake of about 500 odd officer per annum through UPSC, entry levl being graduates. All India Civil services also have the same qualitative requirements but are allowed to keep appearing upto 32 years of age. By that time the officer in the Army would have served the nation minimum for eight years(last age of entry being 24 years). The All India Service Babus all retire minimum as Additional Secretaries equivalent to a Lt Gen. In the army only about 50 per cent of intake makes it to a Colonel, only 10 per cent to a Brigadier. only 03 per cent to a Maj Gen and not even one percent to a Lt Gen. In civil Services promotion upto Additional Secretary rank is assured and almost time bound. In the Army one has to do plethoras of course and has to pass many examinations.
So where is the comparison? In Civil Service one is "damad" of the government of India and is in "Supper Night Carry On" mode till Additional Secretary level or even Secretary level. In the Armed Forces, it is a long haul of professionalism, proving one self at every stage and passing through three to four grades of "Deep Selection" and "cut throat competition" till one reaches a level of a colonel (higher than a Director). Civil Services people reach Additional Secretary in barely 16 years of service whereas a Maj gen in the Army would be lucky to get promoted as Maj Gen in 43 years of service?

Where than is comparison between the two. One is glittering fine polished valuable diamond and other is same as the raw intake and raw material. One is one amongst hundreds and the other is that same Bhondu Lal as was taken in by the UPSC. Can there be any Comparison? One has clutches of reservation tied on his legs and has entered by sheer competition on his merit.
Is any shame, civility and sensibility left with those who comapre these uncomparable. However, these gentlemen of the Armed forces act and function with all these file pushers and danda masters as "Incomparable Comparables" . They pay respect to these incomparable wherever warranted, required for good of system functionality and bear their egoistic pranks everywhere for the sake of the Country. Still they are not happy ! One fails to understand what they want? Why do not they disband the Armed Forces if their tolerance for them is so low. Do they think that they are Brahmins (with liberty to put on the sacred thread) and Armed Forces are Shudras (where sacred threads across every ones shoulders is a sling of the weapon to defend mother land ??

It is totally demoralising. But only saving grace the love and respect of vast majority of people for that glittering gold called "Armed Forces". I presume that is precisely what these civil servant can not stand. In front of the public a civil servant will get beaten up for being a civil servant, not a soldier (except for his own wrong deeds may be) ! That is the image which many in media and these so called civil servants are trying to malign. Gentemen, please enough is enough.
Sainani

"Food Rotting by FCI."
I am disturbed by the media reports of rotting of food grains by the Food Corporation of India. This is due to the negligence of Sharad Pawar, the Agriculture Minister. He must be sacked immediately.

Umed Singh Shehrawat IPS (Retd) Hissar

Disgusting
Allowing the food grains to rot should not go un-punished when people cannot afford even one meal a day. This is disgusting. Sonia Gandhi as Chairperson UPA-II must own the responsibility for this crime against the poor people of the country.
Dr Archana Shrivastav

CSS & CSSS
The present problem in CSSS being faced by steno C and Steno D is due to more number of posts in PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO. To resolve this problem instead of merging with CSS; it is better to abolish the posts of Sr.PPS/PSO and increase the posts of steno C and PS. Even the post of PPS is of no use practically. Instead this post can be given to the senior most PS who is really capable of doing multifarious works.
Saran, Steno(23 years of waiting)

Kashmir situation
I am not a Kashmiri but belong to J&K. In my view, everybody is responsible for the mess in the State in some way or the other. Successive Governments at the Centre have not taken a clear stand on the status of Kashmir. They say Kashmir is integral part of India and at the same time say that they are prepared to discuss with Pakistan all issues, including Kashmir. If Kashmir is integral part of India then why do you discuss it with Pakistan? Government should make it very clear once for all to all including USA whose Secretary of State said once 'Pakistan is our natural ally", that Kashmir cannot be discussed with anyone. Half of the problem will be solved. Secondly, pro-Pakistani elements should be dealt with sternly and if necessary put behind the bars. Firm steps should be taken to stop foreign funds to them on which they are surviving and thriving. It is they who are inciting the common man in Kashmir who otherwise wants to leave in peace and mind business. Government should however address their genuine problems also. Another important thing. J&K Government should not treat non-muslims in the State as second class citizens.
Bishn Sharma

CSS and CSSS
The GOI would not have accepted the recommendation of 6th CPC for merger of CSS and CSSS had such flimsy justifications, as put forth by the writer, held good. CSSS people would definitely have managed their own house had they been at the helm of the affairs and not the CSS people as at present, unfortunately.
Avdhesh

Understand the rationale behind merger
The CSS Officers like Rakesh Sharma who were opposing the proposed merger of CSSS with CSS should try to understand the rationale behind the merger. The Stenographer Grade 'D' appointed in 1983 have been kept waiting for their regular promotions for longer period. Till date, no respite is there. Our humble submission is that where the officers who happened to belong to CSS have not taken care of for such a long period because the UDC of 1983 batch have become regular Assistants and in some cases they have been appointed Section Officers. Why the CSS Officers responsible in CS Division have not awakened on time and took the remedial measures to stop ad-hocism. Why the Ad-hoc appointments were allowed to continue for more than 12 years where as the ad-hoc appointment are short-term measures and just to fill the gap. Now, in order to rectify the situation , the Sixth Pay Commission has rightly recommended the merger of CSSS with CSS. It is, perhaps, the only solution to this problem. Our submission is that both the categories are allowed to be merged but with parity in all cases. In other words, the seniority as well as pay of officers of CSSS should be protected in each and every case so that justice is done with both the categories of employees.
V P Sharma

General’s wrath at `I Am Sorry’ service !
It is perfectly true they are not Administrators at all they have become managers only because they behave like rubber nose the way politicians want to move. These useless administrators are not able to get their decision implemented because they do not want to have a tiff with their officers who manage the affairs and no guts to prove that his decision was right . Our country need to improve upon these sort of administrators.
DOPT never indulges in the matters ,unless there is a serious complaint. Officers are allowed to overstay at one place years together without any rotation at sensitive posts thus they enmasse wealth by corrupt practices because they know ins and outs of the post. Even the administrators are not interested in moving them in rotation because it will create unnecessary headache for him .so they think it best to over-rule the rules of the government . If you will see the data of the Ministries you can find that Director and above level officers have not moved out of Delhi and NCR for decades together . Knowingly administrators close their eyes towards this and pass on buck to the lower officers.
Previously Contents of the noting on file used to improve when it moved from one level to another and more & different inputs added to the file noting at different levels would make the final decision making authority to consider all the inputs before giving a final decision. But nowadays a note from LDC is being approved by the Secretary level officers without referring to rules and regulations and thus giving rise to so many litigations against the Government Ministries. Let us hope that the administrators prove that they are administrators and not managers.
Lalit

What is the problem with a caste based census?
We should have a "complete" "caste" based census, not a census based on "categories". "Categories" are phenomena of today's vote bank politics and are political constructs without any historical basis. "Caste" is a reality. So, we should have a "caste" census and not a falsified census on the basis of "categories" like "OBC/ SC/ ST". Out of all posts/ educational opportunities etc, 50% of the seats be filled by merit and 50%should be reserved. Reservations should also be based on percentage of population of "individual" caste/ tribe. Why should we have 27.5% reservations for "OBC" where Kurmis hog all the seats and no other caste gets benefits? Why should we have 22.5% reservations for SCs and STs where only Dusadhs and Meenas are benefitting and every other tribe is left begging? We should have 5.5% reservations for Yadavs (if their all India percentage population is 11%), 2% reservations for Kurmis (if their all India percentage population is 4%) and so on. Reservations should also be made within this 50% for Brahmins at 2.5% (if their all India percentage population is 5%). Similarly for the Nai, Dhobi, Koeri, Meena, Muslim, Kayasth, Hajjam, Kumhar, Bhishti, Dusadh, Naga, Kuki etc. Since all religions in India follow the caste system in practice, all religions will be adequately covered. All tribes will be similarly covered. The state governments can go for percentage of population in the states, the central government can go for percentage of population on an all India level. Within these reservations, 50% can be made for women for each caste and tribe(if their all India percentage is 50%). This would settle all grievances, past, present and future (e.g. reservations for women, mahadalit, extremely backward, dalit christians etc). Only thing is, it would also put an end to political machinations and vote bank politics!
A K Singh

Political people have much interest in caste census
Public interested or not I do not know. but political people have much interest in caste census they want to know how much vote in which caste.
Pawan Khatri

Fieo will be like this till govt sleeps
Vinod Thapar

Julka is a bureaucrat of high calibre
Although the appointment of Bimal Julka as Additional Secretary DEA was a forecast of whisper, but at the same time, it will not be out of the way to, categorically, mentioned that Julka is a bureaucrat of high calibre with all qualities of being selected for reputed assignement in DEA. Since I have seen this bureaucrat during his stint as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and found him a thorough considerate and a gem of a beaurocrat. My intuition for his becoming Finance Secretary and fit to become Cabinet Secretary in the coming years is not a fade idea. My best wishes and Congratulations to Bimal Julka is conveyed thru whispers media.
H S Bhalla

Garibi ki jai ho, Daridranarayan ki jai ho!
Should we not be proud of our great demographic uniqueness of having more than 46 crore poor Indians in all our states? It is for them that we are working. You may even call it "governing". Intellectually oriented Indians and the high priests of the media may call us "rulers" but they are being patently unfair to us. All our schemes are targeted at them and we are constantly scheming for them! Indians are known for their brain and brawn, not only in this age of modernity but antiquity as well. We have always celebrated poverty, as no other nation in the world has done in the entire history of mankind. We have extended the highest respects for our poor: you can judge for yourself, since we have elevated them to the level of the Gods! We call them "Daridranarayan" or the Poverty God. Graham Hancock seems to have pirated the typical Indian idea of the poor being Gods when he titled his famous global best seller "Lords Of Poverty". Isn't it a translation of the word daridranarayan? Letter for letter, word for word, makkhika sthane makkhika? Is not traditional indian knowledge being patented abroad? We have known for ages the value of poverty as well as the value of the poor in showering us with prosperity. There is only one competitor to the daridranarayan and that is the annadaataa. Actually it is the poor and their poverty that is really our annadaataa, and not the rotten Food Corporation of India that is deliberately rotting more than 1000000(ten lakh)tonnes of wheat produced by our annadaataa. Had any poor indian lifted even a fistful of grain from the rotting bags, she would have been arrested immediately and put behind the bar. The poor child or the elderly simply had the right to look at the grain greedily but not eat of it. Is it not proof enough that the poor in India are really the bread & butter giver of ours! Those not convinced yet can see the promptness with which the government has reacted, after rains have rendered the entire grain unfit for human or animal consumption. It has announced that the FCI has been asked to place under suspension the guilty(by the way, suspension is no punishment under the rules) and criminal action also initiated, if possible. So the government doesn't even know what is possible!(Our surfers know it better that the financial loss caused to the government is to be recovered from the government officials found responsible). But then, poverty, like corruption, is a global phenomenon. So" Garibi ki jai ho, Daridranarayan ki jai ho". Await the World Bank's next Human Development Report to know more on the subject
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M L Gupta

Curious Case of Indian Bureaucrats
The answer to this question is very simple. The Civil Service works on ticklish divided shared responsibilities. Clear cut demarcation of duties and responsibilities is not fixed. The poor Babu/Assistant in GOI records a note, gives his/her views on each policy the direction for which comes from the top verbally, all the officers (including the Minister) above just sign on dotted lines and when it flops Babu is made a scape goat. The solution to this problem is whole system of GOI should become officer oriented, whosoever takes a decision within the powers and job assigned to him/her, he/she should be responsible. The second important improvement required is Self Appraisal should be based on real results and promotions should be based on these results and contribution of the officer during the period. IN GOI all IAS/IFS etc batches are promoted en-nloc for next promotions, this must go. More importantly the permanency in the Government job must go and professionals should be recruited at the level of Joint Secretary and above, if necessary. Our civil service needs a complete overhauling. Of course it is in dreams and not possible I know.
Can some one give a cogent answer to the questions raised by Gen ?
MB

TAIL-PIECE
Octopus Paul had a heart attack when asked whether India would successfully hold Commonwealth Games!
Contributed by-MB