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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Post of Jt Secr – Central Universities in the offing
A new post of Joint Secretary (Central Universities) is being created in the Union HRD department.
Two vacancies in Planning Commission
Two vacancies of Principal Secretary in the Planning Commission are to be filled up. Two Advisors Arun Mishra and Navin Kumar have been appointed Secretaries in the GoI.
K. Muralidharan GM, NHB seeks VR
K. Muralidharan who is General Manager (GM) Refinancing with the National Housing Bank (NHB) has sought voluntary retirement (VR).
Mahajan to join AllBank Finance Ltd ?
Grapevine has it that A C Mahajan, CMD of the Canara Bank, is after his superannuation joining Allahabad Bank’s financial services subsidiary, AllBank Finance Ltd,
S V Singh to be CMD of State Farms Corporation India Ltd ?
Sanjay Vikram Singh is being tipped to be CMD of the State Farms Corporation of India Ltd. The PESB has reportedly put his name number one in the panel. Singh is a CSS officer.
Two CRPF officials posted in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
To handle anti-naxal operations two IG level CRPF cadre officers have been posted.A Ponnuswamy will be IG Operations in Chhattisgarh while M P Nathanael will move to Jharkhand in the same capacity.
Ajay Mittal's repatriation to HP to materialize now
Repatriation of Ajay Mittal to parent cadre of Himachal Pradesh is on the anvil. Himachal Pradesh Government being headed by Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal had sought his repatriation. Mittal on central deputation had joined as Development Commissioner, Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in May 2009. Mittal is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch & belongs to the Himachal Pradesh (HP) cadre. It may be recalled here that Mittal who is rated as an ace & honest officer was principal secretary (PS) Prof. Dhumal while the latter had become Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh earlier. At that time Ajay Mittal was in the Election Commission where from he was brought to the CM's secretariat in Shimla. Once again he
Deepak Mohan Spolia’s charge to be modified
As the grapevine has it, charge of Deepak Mohan Spolia – Commissioner with the Delhi Administration is going to be modified. He is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Nar Singh Dev is Joint Secretary , UPSC
Nar Singh Dev has become Joint Secretary in UPSC from July 1, 2010. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of the 1996 batch.
No IFS is PS to any minister
As on date there is no Indian Foreign Service officer posted as PS to any minister.
Representations delay CBDT appointments
Appointment of two CBDT Members has been delayed following representation of about one dozen IRS officers.
Alok Kumar is Director DoPT
Alok Kumar II has been appointed Director of the Department of Personnel and Training .He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
D.K. Kapur elevated as ED in AAI
D.K. Kapur, 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). D.K. Kapur who was earlier GM IT in AAI’s corporate office on elevation will be ED Communications Navigation Service (CNS) –operations and maintenance in AAI’s corporate office.
IAS reshuffle in Orissa
There is IAS reshuffle in Orissa. New postings are :-Mssrs Santosh Sarangi Secretary Tourism and Culture,Aparajita Sarangi Secretary School and Mass Education,Dr Mona Sharma Secretary Cooperation,D N Gupta Secretary IT,c j Venugopal CMD IPICOL,C T M Suguma Special Secretary P & C ,Hemant Sharma CMD GRIDCO,Surendra Kumar Transport Commissioner.
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.
Chatterjee to hold additional charge of Fertilisers
Bijoy Chatterjee, IAS(WB-73), Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, will hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, during the period of absence on leave S. Krishnan, IAS(UK-75), from 10th July, 2010 to 14th July.
P M M Rao (IRTS) elevated to HAG
P. M. M. Rao 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.
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.
Jairaj to be promoted to the rank of Addl Secretary
Indian Information Service officer T Jairaj has been cleared for the promotion to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.
Capt R S Dhillon posted as  GM – Flight Safety in Air India
Capt R S Dhillon, GM Operations, CTE, in Air India, has been posted as GM Flight Safety in Delhi.
Capt Nigam of Air India posted as GM Flight Safety  in Mumbai
Capt S Nigam of Air India, GM – Flight Safety, has been posted as GM Operations  in Mumbai
CBEC transfer postings
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.
KBJNL gets Karnataka CM’s Ratna Award
Karnataka government has awarded the Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited (KBJNL) with the Chief Minister’s Ratna Award for the year 2009-10 for
outstanding performance in the areas of creation of irrigation infrastructure facility in Northern Karnataka in the Krishna River
Basin. The award was received by Basavaraju, IAS    Managing Director, Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited. He is an IAS officer of the
Karnataka cadre who belongs to the 1988 batch.
6 IPS transferred in Gujarat
The Gujarat government has 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.
R.N.Mehrotra is PCCF (Head of Forest Force), Rajasthan
R.N.Mehrotra has assumed charge as PCCF & Chief Wildlife Warden as PCCF Head of Forest Force to the Rajasthan government, on June 30,
2010. R.N.Mehrotra is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
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.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
There is IPS shake-up in TamilNadu.ADG K. Ramanujamm has been posted as ADG and Member, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Chennai.Another ADG S.K. Dogra, has been made ADG Economic Offences Wing, Chennai.Pramod Kumar IG has been transferred to Armed Police, Chennai, in the place of Sanjay Arora who has been posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime and Headquarters, Chennai Police.
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 has been cancelled.
13 Under Secretary level officers of CSS promoted as Deputy Secretary
As many as 13 Under Secretary level officers of CSS have been promoted as Deputy Secretary. They are S K Chakrabarty, Gulshan Kumar, K P K Nambissan, A K Marwaha, R S Thareja, N K Sarwal, P R A Nair, R.L Raichandani, V N Gaba, Manjit Kumar, K.S. Nagi, A K Arora and S P Madan.
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.
CBI files charge-sheet against former DG Ordnance Factories
 
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet against former Director General of Ordnance Factories-cum- the then Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata and 11 others in the Court of Special Judge, CBI, Kolkata.
R.N.Choubey appointed Commissioner Handloom

Rajiv Narayan Choubey IAS, (Tamil Nadu: 1981) on central deputation has been appointed as the Delhi based Development Commissioner (Handlooms) in the Ministry of Textiles(Joint Secretary level).At present Choubey is Delhi based Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) for the Tamil Nadu Government. He will continue hold the PRC's charge till new incumbent was appointed.
(We said this on November 11, 2009 & March 1, 2010)

MEA gives clearance to 147 IPS officers for mid career training in UK

The Ministry of External Affairs has given clearance to the visit of 147 main and 10 reserve/stand by IPS officers to London, UK, from July 23, 2010 to August 1, 2010 for Phase V mid career training programme 2010. The names of the officers cleared are : S.A.Huda, IPS (RR-1979, Ms. Aruna M. Bahuguna, IPS {RR-1979), N.R.Wasan, IPS (RR-1980), S V Ramana Murthy IPS, (RR-1982), Mrs. Tejdeep Kaur Menon, IPS (RR-1983) and D Boobathi Baby, IPS (RR -1983) of Andhra Pradesh, Rajendra Kumar, IPS (RR-1980), Gunottam Bhuyan, IPS (RR -1981), Mukesh Sahay IPS (RR-1984), Pradeep Kumar, IPS (RR-1984), Pritipal Singh, IPS (RR – 1984) and Rajdeep Mohan Singh (RR – 1984) of Assam, P N Rai , IPS (RR – 1982), Dr. A. K. Seth, IPS (RR– 1983), S K Bharadwaj, IPS (RR-1983) and Abhay Kumar Upadhyay, IPS (RR – 1984) of Bihar, M. W. Ansari, IPS (RR-1984) of Chhattisgarh, Geetha Johri, IPS (RR - 1982), S P Chitturi, IPS {RR-1982), Pramod Kumar, IPS, (RR-1983) and Rakesh Asthana, IPS, (RR – 1983) of Gujarat, Anil Dawra, IPS, (RR – 1982), Yash Pal Singh, IPS(RR-1983), Mohinder Lal, IPS (RR – 1983), S S Deswal, IPS (RR-1984), MS Mann, IPS, (RR – 1984) ands BS Sanddhu, IPS, (RR – 1984) of Haryana, L D Bhandari, IPS, (RR – 1982), b Kamal Kumar, IPS (RR – 1982) and Somesh Goei, IPS (RR – 1984) of Himachal Pradesh, K. Rajendra Kumar, IPS (RR – 1984) of J & K, R K Dutta IPS (RR – 1981), Bipin Gopal Krishna, IPS (RR-1982), Kishore Chandra, IPS, (RR – 1984), M.N.Reddy, IPS (RR-1984} and Prem Shankar Meena, IPS (RR-1984) of Karnataka, Venugopat K Nair, IPS (RR-1979), Aledander jacob, IPS, (RR – 1982), Mahesh Kumar Singla, IPS (RR-1982), T.P. Senkumar, IPS (RR-1983), P Chandrasekharan, IPS (RR-1983), Vinson M Paul, (RR – 1984) and M. N. Krishnamurthy, IPS (RR-1984) of Kerala, R.C. Arora, IPS, (RR:1979), Surendra Singh, IPS (RR – 1980), S.S. Lal, IPS (RR-l982), D. M. Mltra, IPS (RR-1983) , Rishi Kumar Shukla, IPS (RR- 1983), Vijay Kumar Singh, IPS (RR-1984), M S Gupta, IPS (RR-1984), Sukhraj Singh, IPS (RR-1984) and Sanjay Chaudhary, IPS (RR – 1984) of Madhya Pradesh, Javed Ahmed, IPS (RR-1984), K.P. Raghuvanshi, IPS (RR-1980), A.K Sharing IPS (RR-1981), K L Prasad, IPS (RR-1982), A. G. Dhanvijay, IPS (RR-1982), K K Pathak, IPS (RR-1983), U S Kamble, IPS (RR-1983), Prabhat Ranjan. IPS (RR-1984), Vishnu Dev Mishra, IPS (RR-1984), S B Sawarkar, IPS (SPS -1984), Bhagwant D More, IPS (SPS-1984), P D Pawar. IPS(SPS-1984), Surya Pratap Gupta, IPS (SPS-1984), R.R. Mangoaonkr, IPS (SPS-1984) and Ashok G Dhiware, IPS (SPS-1984) of Maharastra, A.K. Mathur, IPS (RR-1980), S.K. Jain, IPS (RR-1984), Y.C. Modi, IPS (RR-1984), T. Dkhar. IPS (SPS-1984) & LB. Sangma. IPS (SPS-1984) of Meghalaya, B.K. Behera IPS (RR-1982), R.P. Singh, IPS of Orissa, G. D. Panday, IPS (RR-1981), Rajinder Singh, IPS (RR-1982) and Narinder Sharma, IPS (RR-1984) of Punjab, Suresh Choudhary, IPS (RR-1979), Manoj Bhatt, IPS (RR-1981), Ajit Singh, IPS (RR-1982), KK Sharma, IPS (RR-1982), Kapil Garg. IPS (RR-1983), Sudhir Pratap Singh, IPS (RR-1983) and Pradeep Kumar Vyas, IPS (RR-1984) of Rajasthan, T. Radhakrishnan, IPS (RR-1981), R. Sekar, IPS (RR-1981), Dr. Mahboob Alam, IPS (RR-1982), SK Dogra, IPS (RR-1982), K Rashakrishnan, IPS (RR-1983), T Rajendran, IPS (RR-1983), K. P. Maghendhran, IPS (RR-1984), S George. IPS (RR-1984), T.K. Rajendran, IPS (RR-1984) and P.c. Lalawmsanga, IPS (RR-1984) of Tamil Nadu, K. Nagaraj, IPS (RR-1983) of Tripura. Vijay Kumar Gupta, IPS (RR-1982), Surya Kumar, IPS (RR-1982), Ram Deo, IPS (RR-1982), Omprakash Singh, IPS (RR-1983), Ram Narain Singh, IPS (RR-1983), Jagmohan Yadav, IPS (RR-1983), Dr. Harish Chandra Singh, IPS (RR-1983), Alok Prasad, IPS (RR-1984) and Gurdarshan Singh, IPS (RR-1984) of Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Kumar, IPS (RR-1981), R. J. Nalwa, IPS (RR-1982), Anil Kumar, IPS (RR~1982), Raj Kanojia, IPS (RR-1982), A K Maliwal, IPS (RR-1983), D P Tarenia, IPS (RR – 1983), A K Sarkar, IPS (RR – 1984) and R N Sarkar, IPS (RR – 1984) of West Bengal, A Radhakrishnan Kini, IPS, (RR – 1981) of BH/BPR&D, K L Meena IPS (RR – 1981) and CV muralidhar of WB/BSF, Y P Singh, IPS (RR – 1981) of UP/CBI, Ashok Kumare, IPS (RR – 1982) of TN/CBI, S I Ahmad, IPS (RR – 1984) of UP/CBI, Santosh Macherla, IPS (RR – 1984) of Mt/CBI, PVK Reddy, IPS (RR – 1982) and PM Goud, IPS (RR – 1984) of MT/CRPF, D D Padsalgikar, IPS (RR – 1982) of MH/IB, SK Sinha, IPS (RR – 1983) of JH/IB, AK Patnaik, IPS (RR – 1983) of GJ/IB, Ms. Neelmani N Raju, IPS (RR – 1983) of KTK/IB, Gurbachan Singh, IPS (RR - 1984) of OR/IB, Kishor Jha, IPS (RR – 1982) of MT/ Cabinet Secretariat, Vipul Vijay, IPSW (RR – 1983) of GJ/ Cabinet secretariat, AK Sharma, IPS (RR – 1984) and SK Goel, IPS of PB/Cabinet Secretariat, Shahid Ahmad, IPS (RR – 1979) of MT/RPF, BS Sidhu, IPS (RR – 1979) of UK/RPF, Dr. Nazrul Islam, IPS (RR – 1981) and GMP Reddy, IPS (RR- 1982) of WB/RPF, Gopal Gupta, IPS (RR – 1983) of UP/RPF, Rajdeep Singh, IPS (RR – 1979) of UP/ITBP, DK Pandey, IPS (RR – 1984) of Jharkhand, Sudeep Lakhtakia, IPS (RR – 1984) of AP/SPG, R Baral, IPS (RR – 1982) of MT/SSC, Ms. Rina Mitra, IPS (RR – 1983) of MP/Wild Life Crime Control lBureau, Ms. Sutapa Sanyal, IPS (RR – 1984) of UP/GAIL, Praveen Singh, IPS (RR – 1982) of UP/NHPC, Parvez Hayat, IPS (RR – 1984) of Jharkhand and C Balasubrahmaniah, IPS (RR – 1981) of MT/ SVP NPA.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Gehlot goes to the US

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has gone to United States of America (USA) and England on a 10 days tour along with five of his cabinet colleagues and certain senior bureaucrats. Those IAS officers who are accompanying Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot are:Rajat Mishra Secretary to CM, Purushottam Agrawal Commissioner Bureau of Investment Promotion of the Rajasthan government, Ram Lubhaya Principal Secretary Public Health Engineering department (PHED), G.S. Sandhu Principal Secretary Urban Development and Housing (UDH) and Mrs. Usha Sharma Principal Secretary Tourism.

Ajay Kumar shifted from Delhi to Lakshdweep

Ajay Kumar has been transferred from Delhi to Lakshdweep. He is a DANP officer of JAG Grade who belongs to AGMU Cadre.

Srikant transferred from Andaman to Poandicherry

Srikant has been transferred from Andaman to Poandicherry.He is an IAS officer of 2004 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

Rupesh Kumar Thakur transferred from Delhi to Andaman

Rupesh Kumar Thakur has been transferred from Delhi to Andaman. He is an IAS officer of 2006 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

CORPORATE
IOC Director (HR) to retire next month
Indian Oil Corporation Director (HR) V C Aggarwal will retire on August 31.
Sanjay Aggarwal resigns from SpiceJet
CEO of the SpiceJet Sanjay Aggarwal on Thursday resigned from his post.Kishore Gupta, a member of the SpiceJet board, is likely to be officiating CEO.
Manjushree Khaitan to play active role
Manjushree Khaitan, the younger daughter of Basant Kumar Birla is reportedly going to play an active role in business.
Anand Kumar retires as Director (R&D) IOC 
Anand Kumar, Director (R&D) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has superannuated from the services of the Corporation with effect from July 01, 2010 and therefore has ceased to be the Director of the Corporation.  B.M.Bansal, Chairman, IOC, would be holding additional charge of  Director (R&D).
Balakrishnan resigns as govt nominee Director on BPCL Board
T Balakrishnan, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, (I&C), Govt. of Kerala, Government Nominee Director, has resigned from the Board of Directors of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and  Alkesh Kumar Sharma, IAS, Secretary (I.P), Government of Kerala, has been appointed as a Government Nominee Director on the Board of BPCL w.e.f. June 30, 2010;
Rama Bijapurkar resigns as Director, BPCL
Ms Rama Bijapurkar, Director, has tendered her resignation from the Board of Directors of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd vide letter dated June 30, 2010.
SIDBI nominates members on GSFC Board  
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has nominated K.C. Bhanoo, General Manager and  R.D.'Silva, Dy. General Manager of their Ahmedabad Office, on the Board of  Gujarat State Financial Corporation  in place of Harsh Kaul and  D. Ghosh with effect from June 10, 2010.
Manoj Thakar resigns as Company Secy, Unity Infraprojects
Manoj Thakar has resigned from Unity Infraprojects Ltd where he was Company Secretary and Compliance Officer w.e.f. June 30, 2010.  Prakash Chavan has been appointed as the Company Secretary who would also act as the Compliance Officer.
Makkar quits Reliance BIG Music and Home Entertainment
Kulmeet Makkar, CEO, Reliance BIG Music and Home Entertainment has quit his present assignment.
Goswami quits Warner Bros India
Neeraj Goswami, Director of Warner Bros India, has quit from his present job.
Sharad Pawar becomes 7th ICC president
Sharad Pawar has taken charge as the president of International Cricket Council (ICC). He took over from David Morgan.
Punjabi resigns from SET
Sunil Punjabi, Vice-President business development and new media, Sony Entertainment
Television (SET), has resigned.
Cinemax ropes in Sunil Punjabi as CEO
Cinemax has roped in Sunil Punjabi, Vice-President business development SET,  who resigned recently as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cinemax..
GM SBI retires
GM of the State Bank of India, Kerala Circle V Ramamoorthy has retired from service .
Deepak Parekh on Advisory Board
HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh, has been appointed to BAE Systems India Advisory Board.

FORUM
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Web is an instrument to express personal views in the forum
I would like to ask  if views of  Aarti Khosla for  enhancement  of retirement age to 62 is justified with reasons cited by her.  Definitely, No.  She is talking about IAS/IPS and officers of Bank.  She forgets that retirement age, if enhanced,  is uniformally applicable to all.  Most of the officers or officials preceding to retirement look for his personal things to be done and wants to enjoy the immunities attached to the post such as  secretarial services to the senior officers, free telephone calls, use of staff car for personal use, bossism by the spouses.  At a junior level, the officials have an attitude to just pass on the left over time and do nothing. Virtually they are liabilities to the government and not discharging their duties as public servant. As regards, recruitment of elite to the services, recruitment agencies like UPSC, PSC etc could tell the figures.  Figures definitely tell that for one post more than thousands youth apply  and amongst them,  more than 10 percent of applicants falls under qualified and suitable personalities.  Retirement age  issues have been on forum for about 6 months but one of the gentle person  advised to stop it.  Why this is being done?  If government needs  to retain some technical/professionals, extension could be granted for which provisions exist. Please stop this issue.  This appears that the persons close to their retirement  have nothing to do but  put such views in the forum because it does not cost. "
( Ramesh Chandra)
Motherland bleeds
It is very anguishing and disgusting that naxalites are killing CRPF soldiers at will. And despite our best efforts, we have not able to stop them. My heart goes out to the aggrieved families, Though CRPF bosses have much to explain. State police can't escape their responsibility. I think due to lack of will and lack of application on the part of state police force and governments of the concerned states this problem has taken grave proportions. Wake up. At the moment, the situation is very alarming and needs immediate attention from all concerned. I wonder whether we have intelligence worth its salt in the country. Primarily, it is state government's responsibility to flush out and mould these naxalites. If States don't have effective police force, make it effective, arm them to the teeth but make them fighting fit. For God sake don't let these CRPF men get killed unsung. Centre must call them back at once. Devise some new strategy as you are unable to control this menace. CPMF are supposed to lend helping hand to the state police, war has to be fought by the state police. State police must show that they are not conniving with the naxalites and that they are still dependable. CM and HM of the concerned state, where this mishap took place, must own responsibility. If at all, CRPF has to be retained there, State police must accompany them at all times so that these poor chaps don't fall in naxalite's trap. Bring these disgruntled people to the mainstream. Isolate naxalites from local residents. Poverty and lack of development have driven poor people to join naxalism. Give them food and shelter. Protect them from naxalites. HM go and talk to them. Treat it as socio-economic problem.
PKS
Only solution
The Only solution is a practical solution to have required experience man power. Government should think on it.
Gokul Meena
Appreciable
I very much appreciate the comments of ML Gupta on the vital issue facing our society today, namely the way we are treating the core issues called "family" and "marriage". The moment we accept that we live in a society, marriage and family are automatically accepted as vital institutions of that acceptance. It is the shape and nature of these two which fundamentally determines the superstructures of society. In a war between Individual Vs Society. Society has to emerge victorious to ensure individual freedom. If the society weakens, individual freedom is in danger without viable guarantees which society promises.
Today’s powerful, rich and upwardly mobile elites of the society and their sponsored media or media men consisting of them seem to crossing limits of individualistic hedonism. They wish to slacken some vital parameters of social existence like child care. While they are demanding their rights to produce the child outside the confines of social order and the rebels are with them, they at the same time are not ready to provide for a system that will take care of the consequences of the sought freedom. Marriages outside casts, or established social order is all right but who bears the consequences of failure of marriage, maladjustments. widowhood and the children- the media, judicial system or those hedonistic enriched people. Similarly, why should one particular view be imposed upon a system like Gotra marriages by force. If rule of majority is the fundamental of democracy, why should majority be overruled by the minority and fringe elements in media. These people must understand that sovereignty of the state and rule of law is the consequence of transfer of individual rights by the majority to the state and law.
The Indian Civilisation has survived for such a long time fundamentally due to continuity of its social system called "Family". It provided the basis of our cultural, economic and psychological survival and continuity. That perennial value system today is under massive attack from the Gays, outside marriage born children, single mothers producing babies, promiscuity and all rebellious system being permitted in the name of liberty by the law. That is a systemetic attack on our core values, if any thing in India could be called as "core value"
Vijay
It smacks of arrogance
R. Manohar's advice to defence officers to quit if not satisfied with service conditions smacks of arrogance. There are more creepings in civil services than in defence. Can we have the same yard stick for them also. Atleast in defence quitting is not that easy.
N Sriram
What action has been taken ?
As reported, our Law Minister in one of the function stated "Poor governance and lack of commitment among the civil servants led to spread of naxal activities in 182 districts of the country". Government should also make known to the public as to what action government has taken against such highly paid civil servants? Why en masse action is not being taken against them. There is no dearth of talent in our country. Govt. Servants must not be kept in service for such a long period till retirement and thereafter payment from public exchequer on account of pension. Rule prescribing maximum age limit for recruitment should be abolished and government should appoint experienced best available staff in the country by way of competition without restriction on account of maximum age limit in the interest of public. Data about disciplinary action taken against government staff must be published regularly. Why steps/action for confiscation of ill gotten property is not taken? Whole system including judiciary, except some good people, is working as mafia with an objective to make loot of public exchequer by way of salary etc. and harass poor public. Lack of commitment is a cause for taking disciplinary action under conduct rules
RK

They are ignorant of Armed Forces
It is becoming extremely difficult trying to read and then convince the esteem people who contribute in the forum about their tirade and complete ignorance of the Armed Forces.
Firstly, commissioned officers of the Armed Forces are not allowed to compete for any service including All India Services being equivalent and at par with the highest. That is the position of the Government of India.
Secondly, how can a Deputy Secretary, file pusher ask who heads the section in the service HO. Why does not he ask who heads a section in DRDO. A section or cell in DRDO may be held by a Scientist E equivalent to an additional secretary. A professor in University does not head a section.
Do people mean that a section dealing with military affairs headed by a Lt Col in Services HQ can be handled by a deputy secretary or a director? They can try that. A Lt Col is certainly more expensive than a Deputy Secretary. Well whatever is left in the Military will be destroyed for ever.
Then may I ask the doubting toms why there are DIGs and even IGs at District level doing nothing when SSP and SP are present there? Why IAS officers are doing the jobs of ordinary managers in every Government undertaking drawing pay worth lakhs when an ordinary MBA can do that?
The line of argument is illogical, absurd and does not take into account the needs of functionality and specific requirement. The IAS lobby and Central Secretariat Clerks who are always with them are hell bent upon destroying the fabric of "systems" and organisations of the Government of India in their blind zeal of self interests.
Please stop this topic, at least for Country's sake. Or where will it stop..and what will the end state?
Rout L
Armed Forces are Sentinels of nation
Be it guarding the borders, internal turmoil or natural calamities ;it has been proved time and again that when every body else fails they deliver. Let us not deny them their legitimate rights and privileges
Basha