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New IPS policy approved
Finally, the ACC has approved the New IPS Policy and sent the Report to Ministry of Home Affairs. The Report contains 18 pages and 22 paras. Last Report had 11 pages and 15 paras. New IPS policy has no major changes but only some points have been elaborated. For example, (i) Fundamental points are same; (ii) Tenure deputation period has no change; (iii) Different posts tenure period has no change; (iv) The officer will be posted for 7 years in Hard Areas, subject to condition; (v) If there will be Pre-matured repatriation, the officers will be report to his parent cadre; (vi) If the officers is appointed by Central Staffing Scheme such cases would governed by DOPT rules. The copy of New IPS policy will be available on the official web site of Ministry of Home Affairs by Tuesday (March 31) evening.
Lt Gen V K Singh is new Army Chief
Lt Gen V K Singh is new Army Chief. He has succeeded Gen Deepak Kapoor who superannuated on March 31.
( We said this on May 21,2009 )
Basant Seth to shift from Syndicate Bank to Canara Bank as CMD
As the grapevine has it, Basant Seth Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Syndicate Bank in the same capacity will be shifted to the Canara Bank.
PMO has consented for a non Sikh in Punjab & Sindh Bank
As the grapevine has it, the PMO has given its go ahead to have a non-sikh incumbent as new CMD of the Punjab & Sindh Bank.
T.M.Bhasin is CMD Indian Bank
T.M.Bhasin Executive Director(ED) with the United Bank of India has taken over the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Bank on April 1, 2010.
(We said this on November 12, 2009)
S.L. Bansal is ED, UBI
S. L. Bansal who so far was a General Manager Union Bank of India has assumed charge as Executive Director, United Bank of India on April 1, 2010.
(We said this in November 2009)
Handa is new Member (Mechanical ) Railway Board
East Central Railway (ECR) GM Sanjiv Handa has been appointed new Member (Mmechanical), Railway Board. He will succeed Praveen Kumar today.
( We said this on February 1 and again on March 9 )
Inter-cadre deputation of IPS officer for three years
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for inter cadre deuputation of Arun Kumar Oraon from Punjab to Jharkhand for a period of three years. He Is 1992 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Inter-cadre transfer of IPS officer
The ACC has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for inter-cadre transfer for Seju P. Kuruvilla from Bihar to AGMUT. He is 2007 batch IPS officer.
Nalwa is new CSC SER
Ravinder Jit Singh Nalwa has been appointed as Chief Security Commissioner (CSC), South Eastern Railways. He is 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer.
Avinash Dikshit appointed as Commissioner, KVS
Avinash Dikshit an IDAS cadre officer of the 1986 batch officer has been appointed as Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS). He had earlier worked as private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal while latter was Indian Minister for Science and Technology (S & T).
(We said this on February 7, 2010)
Ghosh appointed CSC Eastern Railways
Shivaji Ghosh has been appointed as Chief Security Commissioner, Eastern Railways. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Will Muttoo move from IB ?
Ms Renuka Muttoo, who is being promoted as Special Director in the IB, may move to either Commonwealth Games or some other assignment. She is 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Neeraj Sinha to continue in Agartala ?
A proposal to transfer Deputy Director IB in Agartala Neeraj Sinha to Delhi has reportedly been turned down. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
K S Singh moves to Delhi from Goa
K.S. Singh, Secretary, Goa has been transferred to Delhi.He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
A K Singh returns to Delhi
A.K. Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Daman & Diu  has been transferred to Delhi.He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
Alka Dewan goes to Daman &Diu
Ms. Alka Dewan, Additional Secretary (Services), Delhi Government has been transferred to Daman & Diu.She is an IAS officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
Madhur Verma posted in Mizoram
Madhur Verma, Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh has been posted to Mizoram.He is an IPS officer of the 2005 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
Niharika Rai moves to Mizoram
Ms.Niharika Rai has been transferred from Delhi to Mizoram.She is an IAS officer of the 2005 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
Roy appointed CVO in Kolkata
A.B. Roy has been appointed as CVO in Ordinance Factory Board, Kolkata for the period of 3 years.He is an IRSME cadre officer of the 1979 batch.
All eyes are on NAC
In the wake of belated revival of National Advisory Council (NAC) under the stewardship of Ms.Sonia Gandhi Chairperson UPA, all eyes are set on its other members.
Das is new Chief Secretary of Assam
N K Das, Special Secretary, Argiculture Ministry, GOI has taken over charge as Chief Secretary, Assam . He is a 1976 Batch IAS officer of AM cadre.
( We said this on March 8 )
Vipin Sharma gets charge of Alliance Air
Vipin Sharma who is functional Director with National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India of Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO)has been given additional charge of Alliance Air.
Justice Saikia to be CJ of J & K HC
Dr. Aftab H. Saikia Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court has been moved as chief Justice J&K High Court.
Justice Ghosh moves to Sikkim HC
Justice Barin Ghosh has been transferred from J & K High Court to Sikkim High Court.
Syndicate Bank has promoted Kashinath Pande
Syndicate Bank has promoted Kashinath Pande as General Manager(GM).So far he was heading Bhopal region. He will assume his new charge on April 1, 2010.
Nav Rattan Singh gets extension
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy ,Beijing Nav Rattan Singh has been granted extension till retirement in October.
3 in the run for slot of Police Commissioner Jodhpur
As the grapevine has it, three IPS officers are in the run for the post of Police Commissioner Jodhpur. They are: Sanjay Agrawal, B.L.Soni & Bhupinder Dutt.
Tourism Ministry lacks one Joint Secretary
The Tourism Ministry in Government of India lacks one Joint Secretary. Since the Ministry rejected the panel sent by Government of India (GOI), the GOI now reserves the right to appoint any officer as Joint Secretary without the Minister’s consent. However, as gesture GOI is not doing so.
Will Subhash Kumar go ?
In Shipping Ministry no one is going to believe that acting Chairman of the Chennai Port Trust will be changed till his superannuating in December. In fact, Search Committee has recommended the name of 1985 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre for the post.
Sudhakar is now in-charge of IT operations RBI
Kaza Sudhakar has been appointed Chief General Manager in-charge of the IT department.Reserve Bank of India.
1994 batch IPS to get IG rank in Haryana
1994 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of IG in Haryana.
Railway postings
Tanoj D Meshram, JAG/IRSME/Southern Railway, on return from training has been transferred to Central Railway in the same capacity. Samir Lohani, SG/IRSME/Western Railway will move to IRIMEE, Jamalpur in the same capacity.
Yaduvendra Mathur gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Rajasthan Government has given additional charge to Yaduvendra Mathur Secretary Public Engineering department (PHED) & Ground Water department of Chairman Indira Gandhi Canal Project, Jaipur. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Four CITs/JCITs posted as OSD
As many as four officers in the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax /Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been posted as Officer on Special Duty in the TP Division of the Board to be members of the Task Force on the Direct Taxes Code. The officers posted are Pragya Sahay Saxena – CCIT (CCA), Lucknow, Pankaj Jindal - CCIT (CCA), Delhi, Vandana Ramachandran - CCIT (CCA), Delhi and Sobhan Kar - CCIT (CCA), Delhi.
IAS reshuffle in Haryana

There is IAS reshuffle in Haryana.Vikas Gupta will be the new DC, Mahendragarh. Praveen Kumar, DC, Faridabad, has been given the additional charge of Joint Secretary, Land Use Board, Haryana, and Administrator, HUDA, Faridabad.Ashok Sangwan will now be Deputy Secretary Cooperation Department. CR Rana will continue as DC, Mewat, and Chief Executive Officer, Mewat Development Agency.Renu S Phulia has been posted as Additional DC-cum-Chief Executive Officer, District Rural Development Agency, and Special Officer, APZ, Ambala.
Air Marshal Karnik to take charge today
Air Marshal Ajay Shriniwas Karnik would take over as Director General (Inspection and Safety) at Air Headquarters on Thursday.
Interviews for Chairman, IIFCL held
A.C.Mahajan leads the race for the slot of new Chairman, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) that is currently being headed by S. S. Kohli ex-Chairman Punjab National Bank.Its interviews were held on March 31, 2010. Even J.M. Garg is also in the reckoning.
Will there be a dark horse for Chief of IIFCL?
Will there be a dark horse for post of Chief of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL)? Grapevine has it efforts are afoot to get an IAS posted there.
8 CCFs promoted as APCCF in MP
The Madhya Pradesh government has promoted eight Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of the rank of Chief Conservator to Additional Principal Chief Conservator, Forest. Those promoted include messrs Dharmendra Shukla CCF (Wildlife) to APCCF (Wildlife) Bhopal, Amar Singh Ahlawat CCF and Director (Rural Employment) on deputation to Rural Development Department to APCCF (Conservation) Bhopal, L.R. Burdak CF (Forest Land Documentation) Bhopal to APCCF (Forest Land Documentation), Jawad Hasan CCF and Director Social Forestry Project Bhopal to APCCF Minor Forest Produce Federation, Bhopal, Ratan Purwar Secretary Forest (on deputation to GAD) to APCCF (Finance and Budget), Bhopal, J.P.Sharma CCF Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur to APCCF (Policy Analysis and Forest Manual) Bhopal, Vidhan Chandra CCF Vigilance and Complaints, Bhopal to APCCF (Research and Development), Bhopal and Suhas Kumar CCF (on study leave) to APCCF (Proforma promotion).
Two Addl.Directors posted as ex-officio Dy, Secretaries in MP
MP Government posted two officers of the rank of Additional Directors in the Agriculture department to the rank of ex-officio Deputy Secretaries. They are Sanjay Tiwari (MD State Biofertilizer Certification Institute, Bhopal) and Vijay Pandit, Joint Director. Both have been posted as ex-officio deputy secretaries in the Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Corporation. With this the earlier postings of Kailashchandra Paliwal and Shersingh Thakur both Additional Directors as ex-officio deputy secretaries have been cancelled.
Yadav appointed as Assistant Professor, Sociology, Mahidpur
The MP Government appointed Dr. Devi Narayan Yadav as Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Govt. College Mahidpur, Ujjain.
11 IFS officers transferred in MP
The Madhya Pradesh government has transferred 11 Indian Forest Service officers. Those transferred include – Munshi Singh Rana APCCF (Research and Development) to APCCF and Director Social Forestry Project, Bhopal, Arvind Kumar Jain APCCF (Finance and Budget) Bhopal to APCCF (Vigilance and Complaints) Bhopal, M.K. Sapra CCF (Conservation) Bhopal to CCF (Admin-I), Bhopal, Virendra Nath Pandey CCF (Admin-I) Bhopal to Secretary Forest Department (on deputation to General Administration Department), Sunil Agrawal CF, Bhopal to CF Programme Implementation, Jabalpur, Vishram Sagar CF Administrative Academy to CF Programme Implementation, Gwalior, K.V. Diwakar CF Jabalpur to CF and Director Rewa, Amitabh Agnihotri CF Rewa to Director and Conservator, Sanjay National Park, Sidhi, Ramesh K. Shrivastava CF, Jabalpur to CF Jabalpur Forest Division, K. Raman CF Gwalior to office of CCF Bhopal and R.P. Singh CF State Forest Research Institute Jabalpur to Office of CCF Bhopal.
Two police officers of SDOP rank transferred in MP
The Madhya Pradesh government transferred two Police officers of the rank of SDOP. They include ML Dondi SDOP Bina to DSP, PHQ Bhopal and Ramrakshpal Singh Yadav CSP Kotwali Ujjain to SDOP Bina.
P.Chidambaram has reservation over 1990 batch
As the grapevine has it, Indian Minister for Home Affairs P.Chidambaram has got reservations vis a vis the empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers. The related file was reportedly returned to DoPT.
Will the empanelment of 1990 batch be reviewed?

Will the empanelment of IAS officers belonging to the 1990 batch be reviewed? Answer to this question is "yes" if one goes by the reported reservation of Indian Minister for Home Affairs P.Chidambaram on the issue. As the file was returned to DoPT with an advisory by Chidambaram for a review.

Air Marshal Raha takes over as Senior Air Staff Officer, Western Air Command

Air Marshal Arup Raha has taken over as the Senior Air Staff Officer at Western Air Command, New Delhi. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, he was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 14 Dec 1974. He has approximately 3400 hours of flying to his credit.

Home Minister’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh postponed
Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s four days visit to Arunachal Pradesh slated to commence April 1, to review the situation of North East Areas, has been postponed.

Railways transfers and postings

Sanjiv Handa of IRSME has been transferred from GM/ECR as Member(Mech)/RB and ex-officio Secy.to the Govt of India until further orders, HK Jaggi of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NWR to be posted as CE(COORD) on NWR, Laj Kumar of
SAG/IRSE has been transferred from ECOR to be appointed as HAG and posted as PCE on ECOR itself, VK Sangal of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from SECR to HAG and posted as PCE, Dr. Renu Jaggi of SG/IRMS has been transferred from NR as Sr. DMO/Ambala to NWR on her own request, S. Gangarin of SAG/IRTS has been on return from deputation transferred to SWR, NK Sachan of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from NFR and posted as CFTM on NFR, Utpal Kanti Bal of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from NFR to ER.

A.K.Shrivastava is IG Forests

A.K.Shrivastava who so far was Joint Secretary in the National Commission for Economically Backward Classes has assumed the charge as IG Forests in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) . He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch & belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

(We said this in February 2010)

BHEL’s capability hiked to deliver 15,000 MW annually


Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) notched its highest-ever turnover of Rs.34,050 Crore, registering a growth of 21% over the previous year. Profit Before Tax (PBT) surged 31% at Rs.6,353 crore, during the year, moving past the Rs.5,000 crore mark for the first time. This was disclosed by B. Prasada Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, BHEL, at a press conference, in Delhi on April 1, 2010. Addressing media people, he said that BHEL has developed the capability to deliver 15,000 MW of power equipment per annum. Further augmentation to 20,000 MW per annum is underway and is expected to be completed by March 2012.According to Rao net profit (PAT) for the year is Rs. 4,287 Crore, as against Rs.3,138 crore of last year - a growth of 37%. An interim equity dividend of 110% on the enhanced equity capital was paid for fiscal year of 2009-10, maintaining the track record of paying dividends uninterruptedly since 1976-77, said B.P.Rao. Earnings per share
(EPS) was Rs.87.60 an increase of 37% over that of 2008-09, while net asset value (NAV) per share stood at Rs. 321.20, post-bonus, reflecting the intrinsic strength of the company. The total export turnover (physical + deemed) touched rs. 14,436 crore. BHEL CMD also stated that the BHEL secured orders worth Rs.59,031 crore while operating in competitive domestic and overseas markets. At the end of the year, total orders in hand for execution in 2010-11 and beyond, stand at about Rs.1,43,800 Crore - the highest-ever, he said.

Raghav Chandra gets additional charge in Madhya Pradesh

Raghav Chandra, Principal Secretary, Urban Administration Department (UAD), to Madhya Pradesh has been given additional charge of Sports & Youth Welfare. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE
CMD of HEC Ranchi gets award
Chairman and MD of the HEC Ranchi GK Pillai has been given award for his contribution to the industry in India, specially in the Process Control field. President of ISA Delhi section SR Bhatnagar, Senior Director of Emerson Process Management India, presented a momento recognizing this, in ISA’s Annual  General Meeting held on 27th March 2010 at New Delhi.
Leena Gidwani to head Western Region in India
Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Leena Gidwani as Market Head of Western Region in India. She will be based in Mumbai.
Mitra is MD West Asia WGC
Ajay Mitra is the new MD (West Asia and Turkey) of World Gold Council .
Vish Sathappan is ED of VS Capital Funds
Vish Sathappan has been appointed Executive Director VS Capital Funds Ltd.He will assume charge today.

Forum
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It is unjustified
The responsibility of relieving the concerned officers lies with the State Government while the threat of debarment looms large over the officers. Such an eventuality would be unjustified as the officers have no individual choice in the matter. The Centre should impress upon the UP Govt. to relieve the officers, once their nominations have been forwarded by the State Government.
Rupesh

Bad condition
The condition of Director/Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Environment and Forests is so bad and most of them are having negligible work. Still Ministry of Environment keeps on demanding more Director level officers.
Liquor more important than foodgrains

TV visuals showing liquor crates being stored in FCI godown in Jaipur and thousands of tons of foodgrains rotting outside is a telling commentary on the state of affairs. Let people die of starvation but liquor must be stored properly in adequate quantity (in FCI godowns) and not run out of stock at any time.
Sudhir Chopra

Present facts correctly
In your edition dt. 29.3.10 , under RTI column, Decision No. CIC/SG/C/2009/001551/6862 has been cited. It is stated that vide this decision penalty of Rs 25000 has been imposed.
This decision is dated 16.2.10 and is available on  CIC website.
 
It is observed from the decision that a show cause notice has been issued as to why penalty should not be imposed. As such, PENALTY HAS  NOT BEEN IMPOSED.
Presenting facts correctly on your website shall be helpful.
It is also true that lot many people and some employees are misusing RTI to create nuisance.
Mani

Ramdev' party to effect all parties
Guru Ramdev' party will adversely effect all parties soaked in corruption. All good-intentioned people who want transparent government will support it. Baba should open the party to all such people and even invite honest people to join the party. Our politics have reached the nadir and Aam Aadmi is sick of the antics of our politicians. Our PM is honest but has no political clout. My best wishes to Baba.
Senior Citizen
So far my understanding goes, Baba Ramdev will only try to change the political atmosphere in the country. Whosoever's interest get damaged is not his concern right now. But of course ultimately if he thinks of converting his Swabhimaan Trust into a political entity, it will fast be accepted by the people of this country. Reason --- he has been able to convince people of this country down below the line that he means business & since his Yoga has achieved what it want, now people have faith & belief whatever he says.
Now coming on to which party--- Obviously Congress because his understanding is that whatever mischief this country is facing is because of Congress-- be it- (1)Social disharmony,(2) Hetroginity in the society, (3) Underdevelopment of a caste, group or society, naxalism ,terrorism, corruption etc.
Sanjay KR

Subba Rao is competent
S Subba Rao is competent person to be selected as Surveyor General of India by UPSC because no major generals of Survey of India are fit. We don’t know what is cause for the delay. Some one has to ask minister / dopt/ dst for delay in appointment. It should be transparent
Rajiv

Evils of caste system visible in services too
Any person equipped with administrative capability and can do the justice to the post be allowed. The evils of caste system of Hindu society are highly visible in services too. Any post must not be treated as a specific property of any powerful group except in a highly technical or professional field.
Aditya Shrivastava

Ration entitlements of an army Officer ?
What are the ration entitlements of an army Officer posted in a peace area. Earlier days only field officers (to the rank of Major) used to get free rations. Now it is general officer level. If this is correct, their DA is absolutely not justified. In the defence services, there are many officers who have not seen a field area but enjoy all privilege including free ration. Correct me if I am wrong.
Naveen K

Army Rations ?
Any criticism of a service is welcome but criticism is required to be informed and valid. What your web is publishing is ordinary canard and falsehood bereft of facts.
Industrial workers and labour in the country, where they can not prepre their individual meals, are to be provided collective facilities like canteens with subsidised meals under Industrial and Labour laws of the country. Industries are doing this superbly. Provision of ration money, DAs, reimbursement of food bills is extension of this spirit of the law of the land.
In terms of conditions of service, Defence Forces members are the worst off than industrial labour. Hence they are provided free cooked meals. This facility has been extended to them even in peace locations as they remain in peace locations for sometime to compensate their tenures in hard field.
If one goes into the details of the Ration Scales given to soldiers and officers, it is amazing that those scale were laid down just before 1914 World War -I. The soldiers are provided ration today at the inflatory value of Rs 30 per day and officers about Rs 35 per day. Whereas all stratas of our society have progressed far beyond the conditions of life of 1914, the MoD and the Country has kept the status of its soldiers and officers at 1914 level in terms of ration scales required for them and conditions of lives they expect them to live in. Is it not a matter of shame for the Government and society? Today, the bare minimum subsistence for rural poor is considered to be Rs 110 per day under NAREGA but for a soldiers of this country, only Rs 30 worth of useless rations are good enough for his 24 hours responsibility ? What a shame for the Country?
As if it was not enough, there are people reading and participating in your forum who want that to be taken away. A Brigadiers gets free rations for a family of five... That is but a loud valedictory joke. He sells his entitlement of 10 gms of sugar per day in the market... another howler. But is it worth publication?

Please be judicious in publishing such jokes. Of Course you could publish those under a separate head called "Humour Against Uniforms"..
Jai Hind.

Rajiv Ranjan

Postings in Government
I am amazed to see how the postings are being done in Government. There has been no reform in this area since independence. Entire world is looking for excellence and sooner or later we also have to move towards recruitment based on merit only, instead of following archaic and partisan empanelment method. There are many talented and willing to serve the Government outside IAS officers. It will help IAS officers also to compete with others and make the system fresh with new thinking.
Dharmendra Kumar

PSO and PSO designation:
Initially this PSO(Personal Security Officer) designation is in Defence Ministry who assist/take care of the senior army officers which is very much in the interest of the nation.

Surprisingly, Now another PSO, i.e. Personal Staff officer in steno line has been created. But nobody know for what purpose. But one thing, they are doing. That is attending to all personal works of his civilian officer in his personal interest and at the cost of Grade D steno who have been working as Steno D without any promotion for the past 25 years. Good sleeping DOPT Department.
M S Ravi

Appointment of a Foreign COO for AI !
We have so much faith in the competence of foreign managers that we are willing to pay glaringly high salaries to them despite the fact that they know neither the culture of the country nor its language and due to tough climatic conditions stay abroad half the time at the PSU's expense. Vive La British Rule How about a foreigner as the Civil Aviation Minister as well he will definitely be more effective than the present incumbent.
Parivartan

PM not elected !
It is said that Prime Minster in largest democracy of world is anointed not elected.
Sanjay Agrawal

It is End Career Training
They have called 145 officers in one go! Imagine about 100 are SSP of important Districts. That means 1/6 of India's 626 Districts shall be on temporary arrangements for 2 months. ...And situation at NPA two have to share one room!
It is End Career Training for SPS officers on the verge of retirement!!!
Satish Kumar Gajbhiye

Non-functional up-gradation made dysfunctional
The simple logic and intent behind giving pay up-gradation on non-functional basis to the organized Gr A service officers was to provide them financial compensation in the event of delay in their promotions. This could have been best achieved by prescribing the total length of service for each up-gradation subject to vigilance clearance etc. Linking it to the empanelment of IAS officers in the centre (who get the SAG scale in 16 years in the states where as others normally do not get it even after 20 years) is not only ridiculous but also intended at inflicting insult at officers of other services. Einstein once said that any intelligent fool can make simple things complicated but it requires a genius to move in the reverse direction. The higher bureaucracy (read IAS) in India with its control mind set seems to have been acting as intelligent fools in the instant case. It also seems that they do not want to utilize their valuable time for making positive contribution in the area of their work as practicing discrimination (apartheid) to maintain an edge over others and consigning merit to obscurity is one of their main agenda.
Rajendra

'Taking bribe is crime but giving it is not crime.'
Those people taking bribe shall be shivering and resist the most.
Mani