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A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)



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Uday Verma to hold double charge in GoI
Uday Verma will now hold two important charge in the Government of India. 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Verma will take over as Commissioner of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation in the rank of Secretary and would also continue as Special Secretary in the Department of Information and Broadcasting.
CSB to decide empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers
CSB is going to decide empanelment of IAS officers belonging to the 1990 batch as joint secretaries in Government of India (GOI). It will need at least two sittings of the CSB.
Aisa bhi hota hai !
As long as Shiv Shankar Menon was Foreign Secretary ,he did not allow Alok Prasad to enter the MEA Headquarters. And today Menon is National Security Advisor and Alok Prasad is Deputy NSA. Will Alok Prasad continue as Deputy NSA ?.
CAT sets aside appointment of AP DGP
Central Administrative Tribunal has set aside as illegal and arbitrary the appointment of R.R. Girish Kumar as the DGP of Andhra Pradesh police.The state Government has been asked
16 IPS to retire this month
Altogether 16 IPS officers are retiring by this month end. They are Mssrs Indra Kant Gogoi (AM), M V Ramachandra Raju (AP), R R P N Sahi (Bihar), C P Bansal (Haryana), Nandu Prasad (Jharkhand), M N Jayaprakash and A M Mathew Polycarp (Kerala), N L Dongre (MP), Anup Kumar Parashar (MT ), G K Rengma (Nagaland), A S Gill (Rajasthan), Tshering Bhutia (Sikkim), and Rameshwar Dayal, Amar Dutt Mishra, Chhavi Nath Singh, Shitla Prasad Misra (UP).
Bishnoi appointed Ambassador
Bhagwat Singh Bishnoi, presently Ambassador of India to Ethopia, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Djibouti with residence in Addis Ababa.
Date to head Force 1 in Maharashtra
Sadanand Vasant Date has been appointed by the Maharashtra Government as head of the NSG type Force 1. He is 1990 batch IPS officer.
Decision about Commissioner BCA next week
Decision to appoint new Commissioner of Bureau of Civil Aviation is expected next week. A panel of three IPS officers Mssrs Rajiv,G S Malhi and Shankarnarayan is lying in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Vikram Srivastava is new DG, CRPF
Vikram Srivastava  has been appointed  new DG of the CRPF. He  will take over  after incumbent chief of CRPF A.S. Gill retires on January 31, 2010. He is an IPS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Vikram Srivastava is currently DG, ITBP.
(We said this earlier & on December 11, 2009)
Ranjit Kumar Bhatia  is new DG, ITBP
Appointment order of Ranjit Kumar Bhatia, IPS (UP, 1974)  have been issued as next DG, ITBP. Presently Bhatia is DG, National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRFCD). He is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh.

(We said this on January 8, 2010)
Dr.Noor Mohammad gets one year extension
Dr.Noor Mohammad Member Secretary National Capital Region Planning Board has been given one year extension. ). He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh.
Debasish Panda gets 2 years extension
Debasish Panda Joint Secretary Health has been given two years extension. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh.
Serwal is number two in panel for Director (Technical) THDC
The PESB is reported to have put the name of Deepak Serwal number two in the panel for the post of Director (Technical) of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC)..
Post of ADG, RPF transferred to Northern Railway
Ministry of Railway has transferred one post of Additional D.G., RPF, Railway Board to Northern Railway and one post of I.G. of Northern Railway has transferred to Railway Board.
Participants to the special foundation course in Bhopal
A large number of IPS officers & other All India Service (AIS) officers are attending special foundation course at RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management (RCVPNAAM) Bhopal. Director General (DG) of the RCVPNAAM Bhopal is Dr. Sundeep Khanna an MP cadre IAS officer who belongs to the 1972 batch. Those attending the course are:  Milind Dumbere 2006 AGMUT IPS, Pushpendra Kumar 2006 AGMUT IPS, Vikramjit Singh 2006 AGMUT IPS, Surendra Kumar 2007 AGMUT IPS, Vijay Kumar 2007 AGMUT IPS, Kartikeya 2006 Andhra Pradesh IPS, Barhat Rahul M. 2007 Andhra Pradesh IPS, Sunil Kumar2007 Assam- Meghalaya IPS, V.Siva Prasad Ganjala 2005 Assam-Meghalaya IPS, R. Muthu  2006 Assam-Meghalaya IPS, C.V.Subba Reddy 2007 Assam-Meghalaya IPS, M. Sunil Kumar Naik 2005 Bihar IPS, P. Kannan 2005 Bihar IPS, Vis. S. Premalatha 2006 Bihar IPS , Vivek Raj Singh 2006 Bihar IPS , Ranjit Kumar Mishra 2007 Bihar IPS , S. Sudhakar Bihar IPS , Abhishekl Shandilya 2007 Chattisgarh IPS , Badri Narayan Meena 2004 Chhattisgar IPS , Jitendra Singh Meena 2007 Chhattisgarh IPS , Ram Gopal 2007 Chhattisgarh IPS , R..Thanga Pandian Chhattisgarh IPS, Sharad Singhal 2006 Gujarat IPS, Divya Mishra 2007 Gujarat IPS, Saurabh Tolumbia 2007 Gujarat IPS, Ashwin 2006 Haryana IPS, Pankaj Nain 2007 Haryana IPS, Vivek Gupta 2007 Jammu & Kashmir IPS, Staliraj Mahesh Kumar.S 2005 Jammu & Kashmit IPS, ICadam Sandeep Vasant 2005 Jharkhand IPS, Vis. Annepu Vijaya Laxmi 2006 Jharkhand IPS, Anoop T. Mathew 2006 Jharkhand IPS, Arun Mohan Joshi 2006 Jharkhand IPS, Kranti Kumar Gadidesi 2006 Jharkhand IPS, Mohit Bundas 2006 Jharkhand IPS , Narendra Kumar Singh 2006 Jharkhand IPS , S. Michaelraj 2006 Jharkhand IPS , Rakesh Bansal 2007 Jharkhand IPS , Sunil Bhaskar 2007 Jharkhand IPS , Amit Singh 2007 Karnataka IPS , Chetan Singh Rathore 2007 Karnataka IPS , Ravi Kumar Y.S. 2007 Karnataka IPS , Shashi Kumar N. 2007 Karnataka IPS , Sidhartha Shashni
 2003 Kerala IPS , J. Venkata Naga Subrahmanyam 2006 Kerala IPS , J. Jayanth 2007 Kerala - IPS , Rajpal Meena 2007 Kerala IPS , Ashish 2005 Madhya Pradesh IPS , Ms. N.Chaitra 2006 Madhya Pradesh IPS , Saehin Kumar Atulkar 2007 Madhya Pradesh IPS , Ms. Arthi Singh 2006 Maharashtra IPS , Chandra Kishore Mina 2006 Maharashtra IPS , Sachin Patil Ashok 2006 Maharashtra IPS , riiremath Sudhir.K 2007 Maharashtra IPS , Trimukhe Abhishek Bhagwan 2007 Maharashtra IPS , Thiru Gnana Sambandan.S 2006 Manipur- Tripura IPS , Vis. Princee Rani 2005 Manipur-Tripura IPS , Ms. Pushpanjali Devi 2006 Manipur-Tripura IPS , Ningshen Worngam 2007 Manipur-Tripura IPS , Rajeev Pachar 2007 Manipur-Tripura IPS , Manjunatha C Meghalaya FS , RajasekharaN. 2007 Nagaland IPS, C.K. Saravana kumar Nagaland IPS, Satya Brata Bhoi 2004 Orissa IPS, iajesh Kumar 2005 Orissa IPS, Anup Kumar Sahoo 2006 Orissa IPS, Satyendra Kumar 2007 Orissa IPS, Lohita Kumar Lenka Orissa IPS, Niti Shekhar 2007
 Orrisa IPS, 'radeep Kumar Yadav 2002 Punjab IPS, P. Bala Kiran 2007 Punjab IPS, Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari Punjab IPS, Ms. Mamta Bishnoi 2007 Rajastha IPS, Rahul Prakash 2006 Rajasthan IPS, Don. K Jose 2006 Rajasthan IPS, Abhishek Dixit 2006 Tamil Nadu IPS, Pravesh Kumar 2007 Tamil Nadu IPS, Ritto Cyriac T. Tamil Nadu IPS, Chandra Prakash 2004 Uttar Pradesh IPS, K. Ejilearassane 2004 Uttar Pradesh IPS, Abdul Hamid 2006 Uttar Pradesh IPS, Akash Kuhary 2006 Uttar Pradesh IPS, Manoj Kumar 2006 Uttar Pradesh IPS, S. Rajalingam 2006 Uttar Pradesh IPS, Vimod Kumar Singh 2007 Uttar Pradesh IPS, Manoj! Kumar Sonkar Uttar Pradesh IPS, Sadanand S. Date 2007 Uttarakhand IPS, Sunil Kumar Meena 2007 Uttarakhand IPS, D. Thirugnanasambantham Uttarakhand IPS, Shalabh Mathur 2006 Uttra Pradesh IPS, Rishikesh Meena 2004 West Bengal IPS, Suresh Kumar Jain 2005 West Bengal IPS, Akhilesh Kumar Chaturvedi 2005 West Bengal IPS, Anooop Jaiswal 2006 West Bengal IPS, C.Sudhakar 2006
 West Bengal IPS, Dhrubjyoti De 2006 West Bengal IPS, Kunal Aggarwal 2006 West Bengal IPS, Mukesh 2006 West Bengal IPS, Pandey Santosh 2006 West Bengal IPS , Ms. D. Krishnaveni 2007 West Bengal IPS' , Ms. Meeraj Khalid 2007 West Bengal IPS , Basavaraj S Holeyachi West Bengal IPS , Pawan Kumar Dalmia 2008 IPoS , Dr. S Shivaram 2008 IPoS , Rahul Kaushik 2008 IPoS , Sanjay Dnyandeo Akhade 2009 IPoS , Vis. Binti Purkayastha 2009 IPoS , Vivek Kumar 2004 IDES , Sharmistha Maitra 2004 IDES , Manish Kumar Gupta(CSE 2006) 2007 IP & TAPS , Ms. Minakshi Verma(CSE 2007) 2008 IP & TAPS , Mandeep Singh(CSE 2007) 2008 IP & TAPS , Saurabh Krishna Mohan(CSE 2007) 2008 IP & TAPS.
Empanelment of 1986 batch IFS officers on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, the empanelment of 1986 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers is as joint secretaries in Government of India (GOI) is going to start soon
Neeraj Kumar Gupta's appointment as ED, ITPO soon
As the grapevine has it Neeraj Kumar Gupta's appointnment as Executive Director (ED) in the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)is going to happen soon. His file has gone to the ACC. Presently he is Joint Secretary Commerce & Industry. Neeraj Kumar Gupta is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Officials asked to file immovable property returns by Jan end
All the Group A and Group B (Gazetted and non- Gazetted ) officers have been asked by the Government of India’s Department of Personnel and Training to file their immovable property returns, in the prescribed proforma, by January 31.
BK Sharma to be DIG in MoEF
BK Sharma is reportedly going to be a DIG in Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Manipur- Tripura (M-T) cadre.
Hari Ranjan Rao tipped to be MD, MP Tourism Corporation
As the grapevine has it Hari Ranjan Rao is going to be new Managing Director (MD) of the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC). At present he is Collector Jabalpur. He is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh
Chief Secretaries conference on February 1 & 2, 2010
There will be two days conclave of Chief Secretaries of different states in Delhi on February 1 & 2, 2010.
Chela Kumar ED, Air India seeks VR
Chela Kumar Executive Director (ED), with the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India  (AI), who looks after Information Technology (IT) department has sought voluntary retirement effective from January 31, 2010.
Will Chand be Director (Commercial) RINL ?
Tapan Kumar Chand, presently Director Personnel is likely to be Director Commercial of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam limited
A minor reshuffle of DCs & SPs on the anvil in Jharkhand

As the grapevine has it, there will be a bare minimum number of DCs & SPs who will be transferred by the Jharkhand Government being headed by Shibu Soren.
Congress party polls to be held
Congress Party will be holding elections at different levels due to adoption of democratic approach by the party. In AICC corridors is felt that that indicates about Rahul Gandhi getting command the party.
DPC for promotion of IT commissioners delayed
DPC for promotion of IT commissioners to the grade of CCIT for the vacancies pertaining to the year 2010-11 is being delayed for want of ACRs/ APARs.
Where is the PR department of IOC?
In corporate sector it is a hot topic of discussion that whether the public relations (PR) department of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), of which CMD is Sarthak Behuria, is active or not? If one goes by media reports then the PR department is not being seen anywhere.
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS officer Bipad Bhanjan Pal, Director, Director, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata.
Gaurav Tandon is COO Navia Asia India
Gourav Tandon, the National Director, Navia Asia has been promoted as Chief Operating Officer (COO), India operations.
Neena Haridas to join Marie Claire as Managing Editor
Neena Haridas, Group Editor, Andpersand and Spice Route will be joining as Managing Editor of Marie Claire India from February 1.
Shefalee Vasudev to quit Marie Claire
Managing Editor, Marie Claire, Shefalee Vasudev who quit in October 2009 will relinquish service w.e.f. January 31.
India Post’s tribute to the father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi
India Post through its association with Hindi feature film “Road to Sangam” pays tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The film “Road to Sangam” is inspired by the event of discovery of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes in a bank locker some years ago. The protagonist of the film, Husmatullah, a mechanic living in Allahabad, portrayed by Paresh Rawal, uses post card to reach out to all the members of his community in his city asking them to join the last journey of Gandhi’s ashes to Sangam. Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of Posts stated, “Department of Posts has been serving the people of India, the Aam Aadmi, for more than 150 years. The ubiquitous post card of the department has always been the cheapest and probably the most loved tool of communication of the ordinary Indian who shares an emotional bond with the Department of Posts through post card. Mahatma Gandhi found in post card the most economical way of communicating with people that was in sync with his frugal life style, which identified with the Aam Aadmi of India. The Department of Posts’ through association with this film is paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.” This film has won a number of prestigious awards in International Film Festivals e.g. Best First Film Director award at International Film Festival of South Africa, Best Feature Film Award at Hamburg International Film Festival Germany and Awards for Best Original Score as well as Best Production Design at Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. The film has been produced by Amit Chheda. He said the film brings the message of Mahatma Gandhi once again to the citizens of India as well of the world.
Satish Agnihotri is MD, Rail Vikas Nigam
Satish C. Agnihotri has taken over as new Managing Director (MD) of the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL). He is an IRSE officer who belongs to the 1981 batch. The post of MD, RVNL had been lying vacant for quite sometime now.
(We said this on December 17 2009) 
IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
Suresh Chanda has been appointed as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes in place of Ranjeev R Acharya who is going on leave.CR Biswal will hold the additional charge of the post of principal secretary (School Education). G Anantha Ramu has been  posted as Commissioner of Industries.
Resignation of nine IRS officers accepted
Resignation of nine IRS officers has been accepted. They are Sandeep Rewaji Rathod, Pallavi Akurathi, Ajay Gupta, Vijay Kiran Anand, Seema Tripathi, Sheetal S Ugale, Raghav Lancer, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Vidisha Maitra.
IT officer Gopinath transferred
BV Gopinath, Commissioner/Director of Income Tax has been on promotion transferred to CIT Rohtak.
IT officer Seema Raj transferred
Seema Raj, Commissioner/Director of Income Tax has been on promotion transferred to CIT (ITAT) Agra.
IT officer Subrat Mishra transferred
Subrat Mishra, Commissioner/Director of Income Tax has been on return from study leave transferred to CIT © (A) – III, Kolkata.
IT officer K Hari Prasad transferred
K Hari Prasad, Commissioner/Director of Income Tax has been transferred from CIT(A)-XXX Kolkata to CIT (ITAT) – I, Kolkata.
Ms.Selvi Apoorva gets new posting in Tamil Nadu
Ms.Selvi Apoorva, IAS- 1994 batch,Tamil Nadu cadre, Special Secretary to the State Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, on return from leave, has been posted as Special Secretary Industries Department vice R. Kirlosh Kumar, IAS, already transferred. She shall function under the overall control and supervision of Principal Secretary to Government, Industries Department .

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Puranmalka is now Head, Birla Cement
O P Puranmalka has been made head of Birla Cement.
Shanbag appointed as Chief Investment officer by Kotak Mahindra
Sudhakar Shanbag has been appointed as Chief Investment officer by Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Hotelier and Clinton crony Chatwal got the Padma Bushan on ‘diplomatic grounds’!!
And on his getting the award Hillary’s ‘joy knew no bounds’!!!

Behind every meteoric rise there ‘is a past’!
Otherwise it’s impossible to rise so fast!!!

Government after Government has belittled Nation's awards!!!
And I think scrapping the awards should now be on the cards!!!

Why give such awards to Bollywood?????
On National Awards being fritted away on bhaands the Nation is in a sour mood!!

I forgot to wish Amar on his 54th birthday……Happy Birthday Amar Singh!!!!
Now let us see what tune you will sing????

My guess is now you are a pariah who no one would like to touch!!!!
And you thought you’d get offers khacha khuch (deluge)!!!!

Amar Singh ka bajh gaya band or Amar ne bajaa diya apna hi band!!!!
Akela abh karta hai Amar Singh stand!!!

My understanding is Pawar’s networking is saving his skin!!!
Cutting across Party lines Pawar has befriended Netas by helping them and their kith and kin!

See BJP……. it made noise for a day or two!!!!
And apart from making some momentarily noise nothing else it did do!!!

Ghadkari made a statement on the price rise and now he's sealed his lips!!
Now questions on inflation and Pawar's role he diplomatically skips!!

Commies have an excuse!!!
Basu’s death as an excuse they use!!!

Mamtha who otherwise is very noisy on such matters seems to have a finger on her lips!
In fact questions on price rise she skips!!

Mulayam did make some noise but then they say it was to show everyone,
That to take SP away from samaajwaad Amar was the one!!!

The protests were meant to show ‘Amar is out and see we are samajwaadis again’,
‘We again feel Aam Aadmi’s pain’!!

Laloo too made some noise but it was more to show Nitish 'I still have dumm'!!!
He wanted to negate reports that Laloo ka dumm ho gaya hai kumm!!!

Shouldn’t Badals be saying ‘ we will not allow Aussies to play in Punjab’????
They have to say this and PCA’s Bindra ko lagh jayenge julaab!!!

Fact of the matter is Badals care two damn hoots whether Punjabis live or die!
On power and its ‘outfalls’ both are ‘high’!!!

And on the other side there is Amrinder Singh!!!!
Whose sole aim in life is to have ‘fling’ after ‘fling’!!!

Bhattal’s suffers from a permanent ‘identity crisis’!!!!
And then behind the scenes she’s Badal’s ‘mooh boli sis’!!!

If NRI Punjabis expect Punjab's Netas to stand up for them then they’ve got to correct their fundas!
Believe me if they do so wherever a Neta from Punjab goes he’ll be greeted with andaas!!

Obama’s promise to tackle joblessness means outsourcing will take the fall!!!
His advisors seem to have told him ‘tackle unemployment and you will again walk tall’!!

His ratings have fallen and he’s been advised to use the ‘joblessness route’ to stage a comeback!
For not tackling joblessness he was getting a lot of flack!!!

Confucius says…… Black Man in White House is trying to get USA back into black from red!
One year in Office and he has now in his mid 40's more white than black hair on his head!!!

There’s something in the Oval Office that makes incumbents age 10 years in 1 year!!!
Cause….. combination of pressures, tensions, seclusion and fear!!!! 

PC you may have served your Party's interests but you've let India down!
Now I hope all understand why with us Pakis literally clown!

No other Country shows such cowardice,
Are we men or mice????

They bomb us and attack us on our soil!!!
And HM says 'IPL team owners have done a disservice to cricket' doesn't it make your blood boil???

I'm sure the terror organizations must be having a hearty laugh!
Must be saying 'First Indians get aggressive and then they say karro hum ko maaf'!

Such an attitude is like wind in the sails of 'boats of terror'!!
By 'talking' IPL owners into buying Paki players Sarkaar is making a serious error!

Confucius says....Arre bewakoofon lathon ke bhooth kabhi baathon se nahi maanthe!!!
Humm pe karr rahe ho raaj aur itna bhi nahi jaanthe!!

Bharat Kumar

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WHO WILL BE THE QUEEN’S CHOICE FOR PRIME MINISTER AFTER DR. MANMOHAN SINGH?

My choice is P Chidambaram
Only capable minister to replace Manmohan Singh is P Chidambaram, Present Home Minister.
Vinod Mandloi mandloi@gmail.com

After Man Mohan, Who?
Madam Sonia Gandhi's obvious choice for the Prime Ministership would be Rahul Gandhi ! There are no two opinions about it. Rahul Gandhi's strength is his honesty of purpose. I have never met him. But, his body language on the TV speaks eloquent about his persona. I do not see this attribute in any other Congressman. Pranab Da is old and ambitious. He could remain a good No:2! Others look treacherous. The major threat to Rahul Baba is his company of "Chaatukaars". Sonia Gandhi faces the same threat. Both cannot function without sycophants who are having a field day and have developed deep vested interests. I wish there were better advisors(to replace the existing chaatukaars) to shape Rahul Baba for the Prime Ministership of India. Unfortunately, there has not been any convention of "Succession Planning",in major political parties including the Congress and the BJP. This again could be attributed to the vested interests of the Chaatukaars. I would advise Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Baba to rely more on their detractors and keep safe distance from their existing coterie of Chaatukaars! Readers would recall that the Late Rajiv Gandhi was groomed by Dr P C Alexander. Initially, he was too shy to public speaking. But, in due course, he became articulate. A similar mechanism could, perhaps, be thought of in the case of Rahul Baba, too. May I nominate Dr Suresh Mehrotra for this job? I am dead serious about it.
A K SAXENA (A retired civil servant) aksaxena@nic.in

Pranab Mukherji should get a chance
To be fair, I think Pranab Mukherji should get chance to retire as PM. He is able administrator, knows working of all departments, trouble shooter, I do not think at this age he will be able to create any problems for Madam's position. My second choice is P Chidambaram. He once again as HM proved that he is a capable man, can handle any Ministry with ease. Again he may not create any problems for Madam. BTW, both do not have any strong base in their respective states, the lipid test being they can not win on their own (as Independent), hence good for Madam.

How about Shiela Dixit? I go for her. Good administrator. Into her 70's. Hence qualified the (un-written) mandatory requirement of 70+ for the post of PM.

Sushilkumar Shinde would be my choice if Congress (I) wish to make in roads into UP to split Dalit Votes of Mayawati.

Poor Sharad Pawar. I guess he has to continue his innings batting for NCP as Cab Minister.

I do not know how long we have to see babu type appointed PMs! When will we be able see real PM's like JLN, LBS, IG, MD, RG, PVN, ABV..
P R Reddy prreddy100@gmail.com

Nurture the All India Services
It is easy to mar than make. The All India Services were created after much thought and experiment. It is the need of hour to review the All India Services and other Central Services and to see where we are lacking in fulfilment of the desired objectives. There is need to make these Services more professional and public oriented. There is a proverb-"Bhuke Bhajan Na Hove Gopala". It means  the Government should provide freedom of money and other facilities to such an extent that these officers could do justice with their duty without comparing themselves with the huge packages of MNCs & private companies professionals. There is need to provide the freedom of Work alongwith the platform to act also. The Under Secretary, Dy. Secretary, Director, Jt. Secretary, Addl. Secretary, and the Secretary in Government of India should have independent powers instead of being part of the chain. The All India Services need introspection and nurturing as per demand of the time.
Vinod Kumar

It is necessary to have Police Commissionerate system in all large towns in India. Why only Bihar? It is all the more necessary because this is a logical step which has been badly delayed by the IAS lobby. Why should the country suffer for safeguarding the turf of the IAS?
A K Singh

IAS have become ‘Rajas’
IAS fraternity is indeed rajas in present system, especially in states where Mayawati is not ruling.
Anand Seth

GOI should think to utilize available resources
This is regarding separate examinations for IAS and Central Services. 1. GOI needs to think to utilise the available resources of senior employees in the best manner. Instead of filling up almost all posts of JS, AS & Secretary by undertaking batchwise empanelments, it should carve out a Senior Executive Service, consisting of members from all non technical civil services, as was considered by the 2nd ARC, after 15 years of service by organising an appropriate selection process. It will enable GOI to avail of high degree of specialization in areas of Finance, Revenue, Security, Environment, Commerce, etc., instead of putting generalists to man such posts in Ministries/Departments. 2. All services have some of the finest brains and administrative acumen, and have been doing exceedingly well after being absorbed in private sector after taking VRS. Officers not in the SES will continue to serve in their respective cadres. 3. There are organisations which developed in areas of high degree of specialization like enforcement agencies, banking institutions, subject-specific tribunals, regulatory bodies, etc. It is important that officers with past working knowledge and work experience need to be put in charge of such institutions and for manning senior level posts. 4. Today the global community recognises expertise and India could do well to utilise the diverse expertise of services in delivering in multilateral fora like WTO, WCO, IUCN, IMF, WB, UNIDO, UNICEF, etc. With India poised to occupy a position as a World Power, GOI needs to rethink and reengineer its processes.
Y Thangaraj

Nonsense humour
I am shocked to find this crude attempt at humour - if tailors were to feel happy let them express so. The editor has certainly exceeded his licence by alluding to such nonsense humour. Please refrain in future.
Monu

Unlimited freedom to journalists ?
I fully disagree with the views of my friend .Saxena. Unlimited freedom has been given to the journalists to create sensation. The journalist must be having a van or a scooter to carry his camera etc. Why can't he jump into the fray and be a samaritan. Had I been in his place, I would have simply lifted the Inspector on my shoulders and rushed to the nearby Hospital. The current crop of journalists are nothing but paid jokers.
Raghuraman