Congratulation to your website. It is highly appreciated as this exposes many of the inherent activities of mafia of Babus. I hope this will supplement Dr Singh's dreams for transparency and good governance to the people of India
S.Majumder ( Retired)

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GS Mallhi to be next Commissioner,BCAS
GS Mallhi would be next Commissioner of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). All necessary clearances are complete except for the UPSC's deputation order of Mallhi. Due to some personnel domestic commitment, Mallhi is not pursuing his case . After completion of that he will join the office of BCAS. He is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
One dozen contenders for the post of Secretary Power
If top sources are to be believed, over a dozen IAS officers belonging to 1975 and 1976 batch have been lobbying hard for the post of Secretary Power in the Government of India. Present Secretary H S Brahma is superannuating on April 30.
Pranab Mukherjee to head panel for financial stability
As the grapevine has it, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is poised to head the panel for financial stability which is soon to be set up.
Mahendru to be promoted this month
Parveen Mahendru is being promoted to the rank of Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau this month. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
Justice Anil Ramesh Dave to be Judge of SC ?
Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Anil Ramesh Dave is likely to move as Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Will Anand Mishra be Registrar ?
Will Anand Misra 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre become Registrar of the Delhi University ?.Tenure of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Anand Misra is coming to an end in May.
Maharashtra cadre IAS officer joins IDS Sussex in UK
Vikas Shankar Kharge, 1994 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, has joined MSc program at the renowned Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sussex in UK.
Six GMs in fray for ED's post in ECGC
As many as six General Managers (GMs) are in fray for the post of Executive Director (ED) of the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC)
NAC to be quite powerful now
As the grapevine has it, the National Advisory Council (NAC), of which chief is Ms. Sonia Gandhi Chairperson UPA, will be quite powerful now. NAC has been revived almost 10 months after UPA had retained power at the Centre.
Agreement 129 in focus now
Reprocessing (of uranium) agreement, something, which is not done in the US, is in focus in the wake of forthcoming Nuclear Security Summit. The summit will take place April 12 & 13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh will be attending it.
IPS officer in Chhattisgarh demoted
1978 batch IPS officer in Chhattisgarh S K Paswan has been demoted from DG to ADG rank following the refusal by the GoI to create a new post of DG.
MPs for a sikh CMD in Punjab & Sindh Bank
As the grapevine has it, a group of MPs have represented to powers that be that a Sikh incumbent should be the new CMD of the Punjab & Sindh Bank once present CMD GS Vedi retires in June 2010.
Transfer orders in UT cadre IAS unlikely
In view of the Commonwealth games there will be no major reshuffle in the UT cadre.
Stocks of CONCOR go up
The Container Corporation (CONCOR) of which Managing Director (MD) is Anil Kumar Gupta had last week registered a hike in its stocks from Rs.1100 per share to Rs.1350 per share.
IA &AS officer is Director Petroleum
Partha Sarathi Das (IA&AS-94), Director in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General Of India, has been appointed Director Petroleum in the Government of India. He is 1994 batch IA&AS officer.
IBA meets over pay hike to bank staff
The Indian Bankers' association (IBA) held a meeting in Mumbai on April 3, 2010 for revision in pay of staff members serving in public sector banks. Their pay is yet to be revised in the wake of 6th pay commission report.
TCA Ranganathan soon to join as CMD, Exim Bank
TCA Ranganathan, who is currently Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, is soon going to join as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Exim Bank. His appointment notification was issued on March 29, 2010
(We said this on December 9, 2009)
Sinha to move to Beijing
Rajiv Kumar Sinha of the EA Division in the Ministry of External Affairs is going to Beijing as Third Secretary.
Two dozen IAS officers served IT notices in Chhattisgarh
About two dozen IAS officers in Chhattisgarh have been served notices by the Income Tax authorities.
IPS officers to be selected through spl exam to have one year probation
IPS officers who would be selected through special exam, to be conducted by UPSC, will be kept on probation for one year. Their service in the Central Police Organisations (CPOs) or state police forces will be terminated only when they are confirmed in the IPS. Special examinations to meet the shortfall of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers will be held every year for at least seven years.
Syndicate Bank promotes Balakrishnan
Syndicate has promoted Balakrishnan as General Manager (GM) in London itself .
Civil Services reforms in Pakistan
Government of Pakistan is engaged in a serious exercise to reform the bureaucracy. The report submitted in May 2008 by 11 member National Commission on Government Reforms (NCGR) headed by Dr Ishrat Hussai a former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan was recently reviewed and broadly accepted by a committee under the chairmanship of senior PPP leader Chowdhary Abdul Ghafoor MNA. The NCGR has held that the general perception is that the bureaucracy in Pakistan is ineffective, corrupt and unresponsive to citizens' needs as bureaucrats are more concerned with pleasing their superiors. Increased salaries and training,security of tenure and strengthening of accountability mechanism are some of the measures suggested by the commission.
Interviews for NHB chief soon
As the grapevine has it, interviews for selecting new CMD of the National Housing Bank (NHB) are going to be held soon.
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Assam on the anvil
A bureaucratic reshuffle in Assam is on the anvil. Certain district collectors (DCs) will also be shifted.
Rajasthan govt transfers 17 IG rank IPS officers
Rajasthan government has transferred 17 IG rank IPS officers. The new postings are : Sudhakar Johari - IG - RPTC - Jhodhpur, TL Meena - IG - Udaipur Range, Udaipur, Dalpat Singh Dinkar - IG Bikaner Range, Bikaner, Dr. Alok Tripathi - IG Hqts Jaipur, MC Meena - IG Armed Batallion - Jaipur, Ramphal Singh - IG -CID- CB Jaipur, Pankaj Kumar Singh - IG - Law and Order - Jaipur, Utkal Ranjan Sahu - IG -Rules - Jaipur, K Narsimharao - IG Communications - Jaipur, Umesh Mishra - IG (Second) ACB - Jaipur, N Moris Babu - IG - Human Rights - Jaipur, Dharam Chand jain - IG (First) ACB - Jaipur, BN Yogeshwar - IG - ATS - Jaipur, Rajesh Nirvan - IG - Ajmer range, Ajmer, T guite - IG (Intelligence) - Jaipur, Sanjay agarwal - IG (Personnel) Rajasthan - Jaipur, Sunil Mathur - IG - Security - Jaipur,
Four DIG rank IPS officers in Rajasthan transferred
Four DIG rank IPS officers have been transferred in Rajasthan. The new postings are : Amrit Kalash - DIG - SOG - Jaipur, Dr. C B Sharma - DIG - Intelligence - Jaipur, Bibu George Joseph K - DIG - CID (crime) - Jaipur and Nathulal Maurya - DIG - Security - Jaipur.
28 SP rank IPS officers transferred in Rajasthan
As many as 28 SP rank IPS officers have been transferred in Rajasthan. The new postings are : Hawa Singh Ghumaria - SP - Jaipur, Gajanand Verma - SP - Banswada, Ravikant Mittal - SP - Intelligence - Kota, P ramji - Commandant - IInd Batallion - RAC - Kota, Rupinder Singh - SP - Ganganagar, bhupendra Sahu - Commandant - 7th Batallion - RAC - Bharatpur, Umesh Chandra Datta - SP - Bhilwara, Navjyoti Gogoi - SP - Bharatpur, Rohit Mahajan - Dy Director - RPA - Jaipur, Ratanlal - SP - Dongarpur, K Bahadur Singh kapur - SP - CID (CB) - Jaipur, DS Chudawat - SP - Bundi, Prafulla Kumar - SP - Kota City - Kota, HG Ragvendra Suhasa - Commandant - 9th Batallion - RAC - Tonk, Habib Khan gauran - SP - Bikaner, Prem Prakash Taank - SP - Pratapgarh, Bahadur Singh Rathod - SP - Intelligence - Jaipur, SN Khirchio - SP - Railway - Jodhpur, Satyavir Singh - Commandant - 3rd Batallion - RAC - Bikaner, C Santosh Kumar Tukaram - SP - Badmer, Mrs. S parimala - SP - Jaisalmer, Vikas Kmar - SP - Sikar, Savai Singh Chaudhary - SP (Hqts) Jaipur, Dr. Vishnukant - SP - Sawai Madhopur, Anshuman Bhomia - SP - ATS - Jaipur, Don Kjose - SP - SOG - Jaipur and Rahul Prakash - Additional Director - Excise Control - Jodhpur.
HUDCO - All Set to improve its performance
Having recorded an all-time high profit of Rs. 501 crore (unaudited) for the financial year 2009 - 10, 25% more than the previous yeayr, the Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) has sanctioned a loan of Rs. 16,600 crore - highest since its inception in 1970- 71. The net NPA of HUDCO, in 2009-10, is expected to come down to 0.75%, as against 4.84% of the previous year, at a time when the majority of the lenders have seen an upsurge in their NPAs because of the general melt down in the economy. During the year 2009-10, HUDCO received the highest credit rating of 'AAA' by M/s. Brickworks besides receiving the Credit rating upgrades to 'AA+' from Fitch/CARE on stand alone basis during 2008-09. HUDCO laid special emphasis on social housing operations for the EWS and LIG Categories and sanctioned Rs. 616 crore loan in 2009-10 as against Rs. 500.74 crore during 2008-09. And with special focus on extending support to priority urban infrastructure (covering water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste management, roads, and social infrastructure), it sanctioned Rs. 7250 crore - 51% of the total sanctions for over all urban infrastructure. HUDCO also extended a major support in extending funding for meeting the viability gap under the JNNURM projects and sanctioned about Rs. 2000 crore loan assistance for this purpose against a target of Rs. 1100 crore .
IPS cadre in Uttar Pradesh increases by 85
After the review, the IPS cadre strength in Uttar Pradesh has increased by 85. While it was 404 earlier, now it would be 489.
700 retd officers to be reappointed for Census work
As many as 700 retired state and central government officers are being reappointed temporarily for the ongoing Census work.
Now CM to write CRs of SPs and DIGs in Bihar
In Bihar, now CRs of SPs and DIGs would be written by the Chief Minister instead of the DGP.
IA & As officer Faisal Imam transferred
Faisal Imam, Senior Deputy Accountant General, in the office of the Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna, on relief from his present duties by local arrangements, has been transferred and posted as Director (Central Excise) in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General Of India, New Delhi.
Neeraj Kumar gets additional charge in Delhi
Neeraj Kumar Special Police Commissioner (Admn.) in Delhi police has been given additional charge of Police Housing Corporation. He is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Krishan Kumar gets additional charge in Delhi police
Krishan Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (General Administration) Delhi Police has been given additional charge of (P&I&DPRU) Programme Implementation due to superannuation of Deep Chand, Special Commissioner of Police on March 31, 2010. Krishan Kumar is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Rajesh Kumar is CVO, MCD
Rajesh Kumar, Special Commissioner of Police has joined as CVO in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). He is an IPS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Tajender Luthra gets additional charge in Delhi police
Tajender Luthra, Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Branch), Delhi Police has been given additional charge of Joint Commissioner of Police due to superannuation of Ujjawal Mishra, Joint Commissioner of Police (SB) on March 31,2010. Luthra is an IPS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
3 IAS officers get new postings in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Government has issued posting orders regarding three IAS officers who were waiting for the same. They are: Ms.Aditi Mehta Principal Secretary (PS) Science & Technology (S & T), Ms. Gurjot Kaur Chairperson cum Managing Director (CMD) Spinfed Jaipur & Ravi Shankar Shrivastava Secretary Rajasthan Human Rights Commission (RHRC).
Will JNU VC get another term ?
Will Vice Chancellor of JNU,Delhi B B Bhattachary get another term ?.This is the hot topic of discussion in the academic circles.

Rajasthan govt transfers seven ADG rank IPS officers
Rajasthan government has transferred seven ADG rank IPS officers. The new postings are Kanhaiya Lal - ADG - Armed Batallion - Jaipur, Suresh Choudhary - ADG - Railways - Jaipur, BN Jain - ADG - SCRB - Jaipur, Jaswant Sampatram - ADG Police Hqts - Jaipur, Krishna Kumar Sharma - ADG - Vigilance - Jaipur, Susdhir Pratap Singh - ADG - Police Training - Jaipur and Pradeep K Vyas - ADG - Crime - Jaipur.
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Tenure of  Pati  extended (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of  V Pati as Chief Vigilance Officer in Bridge & Roof Company(India) Limited (B&R), Kolkata  has been extended for a period of one year upto Feb 2 ,2011.He is 1986 batch IPoS officer.
Roy appointed CVO OFB Kolkata (UPDATED)
Anirudha Barman Roy has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Ordinance Factory Board, Kolkata.  He is 1979 batch IRSME officer.

RTI

Chronic Information Seeker
The appellant sought information about employment of a person in the
Biodiversity Park Programme, salary, travelling/conveyance expenses
and other information. The Commission observed that the Appellant
sought information regarding the Biodiversity Park through over 50 RTI
Applications in the last two years and has repeatedly been asking for
fairly voluminous information. Hence, the inspection was ordered at
the Commission's office over two days where all relevant records were
brought by the public authority. Realizing that the modus operandi of
the Appellant of filing multiple RTI Applications has the effect of
nearly paralyzing a project of significant scientific importance, the
Commission dismissed the appeal holding that any legitimate
information need of the Appellant has been adequately taken care of.
Comments
The Public Authorities may find the judgment relevant for cases where
repeated applications are filed to the effect of paralysing the work
of the office. The PIO should offer inspection of the documents to all
appellants who seek voluminous information. Further, during
inspection, the Appellant may be allowed to use only a pencil and not
a pen.

[TK Roy v. University of Delhi in Decision No.CIC/SG/A/2010/000352/7326]
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Kohli to get some other assignment

SS Kohli, ex-Chairman Punjab National Bank, who retired as Chairman of the IIFCL is likely to get another assignment soon.
Ashok Kumar takes charge of BSP
Ashok Kumar, Executive Director (Works), Bhilai Steel Plant, has taken over additional charge as Managing Director of the plant. Present MD R. Ramaraju has retired.
Sinha joins as Additional Director
RSP Sinha has joined the board of Glodyne Technoserve as independent director.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Nitish is abs right when he says Congress is using CBI for personal gains!
More like a dry cleaner to wash off deep rooted permanent stains!!

Or to harass those who Congress feels are foe!!!!
During UPA rule CBI has hit a new low!!

Like it dry-cleaned Q's and Laloo's stains which were considered pucca or permanent!
To dry clean these pucca stains all out CBI went!!

Tytler too is a huge CBI fan!!!
To get him off CBI is doing what it can!!!

Sajjan too is CBI's fan as it's doing the needful for him too!!!
Flushing justice literally down the loo!!!

Criminally Biased Investigation is how many decipher CBI!!
Nowadays Congress Biased Investigation is also how they decipher CBI!!

And then you have those in the Third Estate who are a blot on it!!!
Like you have Journo cum Foodie Vir Sanghvi who as a Journalist is a total misfit!

He says Rajiv's big tree statement was blown out of context!!!
Trying to get Rajiv off the hook on some pretext!!!

I'm sure up there Rajiv must be having a good laugh!!
Must be saying 'rather than the flunkies I had I should have had this guy on my Media Staff'!

Be it the 1984 genocide or the Gujarat riots if justice is not done!!
Then perception will be Kangaroo Courts India does run!!

As it is CBI has the image of being an Investigative Agency of the Kangaroo kind!!!
To the Party in power in Delhi it's always so very kind!!!

In fact many rightly say CBI is a tool in the hands of the Party in power!!!
And when the ruling Party is thrown out CBIs loyalty changes within the hour!

For 59 minutes it waits to see if there is any chance of any change!
For these 59 minutes all Cell Phones of CBI Officers come 'out of range'!!!

GOM want Food Bill to be watered down via redefining poor or gareeb!!
Sonia finds this ajeeb!!

She does not want this pro poor scheme to alienate some poor from Congress!!!
And that is why for a re-jig in the definition karr rahi hai Sonia press!!

Pranab Da's making a comparative of cost effects based on various definitions of gareeb!
What Sonia wants will be done so decision has been made kareeb kareeb!!

Sania marrying Shoaib .... why is our Media in a knot!!!
Seems no other story leads the Media got!!

And when Muslim men are allowed four wives!
So on Shoaib having one already why is our Media getting hives?

A Muslim man can divorce his wife by 'saying' talaq 3 times via sms, fax. phone or email!
Sorry though its outdated but talaq can also be given via mail!!

Confucius says.... for giving talaaq I'm really perplexed at the usage of technology!!
These same guys are against school subjects like literature and biology!!

Bharat Kumar
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Sonia Gandhi should be the PM".
The appointment of Sonia Gandhi as the Chairperson of NSA confirms that the present coalition government has failed. I would request Ms Sonia Gandhi to take over as the PM of India immediately.
Madhu Yadav

Dreams of Dr Moanmohan Singh undermined by bureaucrats
Indian Babus are again up in the arms to exploit their desk power. Right of Information Act failed to subvert their nostalgia towards non-transparency of the governance. Dream of a noble Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the architect of transparent and clean governance, has shattered.
Such is the case now widely whispered in the lobby of Ministry of Statistics. The present Secretary and Chief Statistician of the Ministry of Statistics is to vacate the seat by the end of May 2010. As the post is open for talents hunts both from within the Departments as well as from outside ( because of the technical nature of the post), a Committee for Search was set up to undertake the interviews.
Interview will take place in the second week of April, 2010
Search Committee consists of 4 members, viz, Dr Montec Singh Alluwalia, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Dr S.P Mukherjee - a veteran Statistician, Dr Subir Gokran , Dy Governor of RBI and Prof K.L. Krishna - ex- Delhi School of Economics.
It is sad that among the selected candidates for the interview , Director General (DG) of CSO and DG of NSSO was dropped from the list , whereas his two Deputy Director Generals (DDG) were invited for the interviews. Added to the apathy, one of the two DDGs is to retire within 3-4 months, whereas DG is to retire a few months less than 3 years.
The present DG is a rank holder in Indian Statistical Service, accredited with the 2nd position in 1975
Does this situation transmit the transparency of bureaucracy? Why it can not be construed as favouritism and fraudulent practices by some bureaucrats who supplied information about the candidates to the Search Committee members. This kills the inner motivation of any talents in our country. Probably, this might be the reason that already India lost some its talents, who went abroad and some of them were accredited with Nobel prizes.
Should PMO office intervene in this case and save the Government before it is blown up by the media.
An Officer
"The Chief Statistician of India?"
The combined post of Secretary and the CSI must be split. The post of Secretary must be held by a non-Statistician belonging to any other organised Service like the IRS,IFS etc.
Ms Asha Kaul, Delhi University,Maths Faculty.
Service delivery is intrinsically linked with corruption
There were some opinions that corruption is no issue and delivery of services is. But service delivery is intrinsically linked with the corruption. The Jaipur example of storage facilities being extended to liquor in place of wheat is an extreme example of corrupt practices impacting on service delivery with lakhs of tones of wheat being destroyed in a nation where a very large populace goes to sleep without two meals a day only because some corrupt officers of FCI want to milk money. Worst is that there would be no accountability either for rotten food-grains or for corruption that is inherent in this case. But this not unique to FCI which is known for huge corruption prevailing in the organisation and is better known with an acronym of "Full Corruption of India' and it is no secret that in Punjab and Haryana IAS officers die for a stint in FCI as one posting can take care of them rest of their life. Hence it is imperative that if delivery of services has to improve in this country then we must get rid of corruption and must link performance with accountability and only then there is a slight chance of improvement in situation which is getting worst by a day.
MB
Fraud - Acquit - Padmashri
As far as my recollection goes, UPA-I at least did lip service by adding "Investor Protection" as one of the points for Common Minimum Programme. Now the UPA-II regime under the same leadership has defined "inclusiveness" by adding all cross section of people horizontally and vertically. The day when the Andhra Pradesh High Court allowed the company application for winding up of Nagarjuna Finance Company on the recommendation of RBI, the promoter of that company was felicitated with Padmashri in Rashtrapati Bhawan adding salt to injury to the thousands of depositors who lost hundreds of crores in the scam. Everybody knows the promoters diverted the depositors money to Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Nagarjuna Construction. The feeble cries of hapless depositors vehemently praying for ordering inspection or investigation into diversion of funds are turned down by the RBI/ High Court thereby paving the way for quiet burial of all wrongdoings committed by the promoters. Amazingly, the Central Ministry which is now popularly called as Ministry of Confused Affairs has no clue about this even after passing order by the High Court. It seems the Central Government has added a new category to Padma Awards under "Fraud but acquitted" category. By next year, new stalwarts under this new category are going to be facilitated like - Suris (Morepan Lab) Nimesh Kampani and last but not least (may be Satyam Ramalingaraju) ..... the list is endless.
Krishna
Rationalise the logic
Logic for total strength of IAS in a state must be rationalised. It should not be greater than the number of MLAs in that state. Irrational increase in quantity has severely deteriorated the quality. More work from less person versus less work from more person. Politicians find more competitors to serve as per their wishes . this is also a factor of rising corruption in IAS cadre.A clash between deserving and non deserving. Khote Sikke Achhe Sikkon ko chalan se bahar kar dete hain.
Aditya Srivastava
Tainted officers shortlisted ?
Regarding 13 shortlisted for DG ICFRE I still doubt is is the professionalism of Minister as many tainted officers have been shortlisted only for their seniority. Let us wait till 7th April 2010. But atleast they have done a good thing by holding interviews.
R Bora
IRS has the worst managed cadres
IRS (IT) and IRS (customs) the worst managed cadres --- let's face it. The worst managed cadres are these two services where officers are competing with Group B as far as promotion to SAG is concerned. Now even the IDAS 1992 batch is SAG whereas in both the hallowed IRS cadres, it's 1989 batch let alone the IAS where 1994 batch has got it. On what logic will CBEC and CBDT justify this pathetic plight of their officers? The worst infrastructure, the worst transfer policy, the most delayed promotions and maximum number of vigilance cases , it is the IRS cadre for you .
Rajesh Kumar
Restore my RTE, Hon' Prime Minister
I am indeed happy to listen to your address to the nation on the Right To Education. You were so honest to say" I was born to a family of moderate means. In my childhood I had to walk a long distance to go to school. I read under the dim light of a kerosene lamp. I am what I am today because of education". Very honest, Sir. And it is this honesty of yours that sets you apart from politicians, who even as Chief Minister, earn very early in their career the tag of being corrupt or who do not hesitate to fly Indian wealth to foreign tax havens. But not you, sir. Because of your "education". That proves only a simple point that children from families with extremely modest means also had both "access as well as the right" to education, which turned even children from an ordinary Indian family into the special economist Prime Minister of the biggest democracy called India. All because of education, as very rightly stated by you. Unfortunately, today this right has been snatched from the children from families with modest means and no political influence. Can an ordinary child have access to a Kendriya Vidyalaya? No sir. This right the new RTE does not grant. When people like you and me were in schools, we had undiscriminated access to schools. We used to learn. We remained faithful to the nation and our people. You and me have neither a paisa of illegitimate money nor any wealth in any foreign country. Ever since education got converted into a business, it has turned into ventures requiring heavy investments, which are clearly beyond the children from families with modest means. So even in the small area of 10 kilometres radius of the Rashtrapati Bhawan area, all children do not have equal rights to education, going by the quality & fees of different schools such as the public schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, regional associans run schools like the Kannad/Bengali/Malayalee schools, Madarsas, Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, government schools, MCD schools, NDMC run schools and a variety of other schools. So even after the enforcement of the RTE Act, children with modest means and humble background will have to remain contented with government or municipal schools. That education will make them what they can be made by such education, but they will not be able to speak with pride about the education that improved their lot the way you could speak. And you too were a product of government provided schooling and college and university education. You are joined by many to celebrate their education. But can the new initiative assure every child of the minimum of Kendriya Vidyalaya education? It is the right of Indian children. It is our country's future. It is the most rewarding investment of resurgent India. It is small considering the ROI. Since you have taken the initiative, kindly do it fully in one go: just open a Kendriya Vidyalayas per 1000 student population in the country and restore our Right To Education. It will be its own kind after Nehru!
M L Gupta