It is really appreciable that whispers has started giving news other than civil services. there are other services which do Yeomen service to the nation but are not being recognized.
Sanjeev

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Empanelment meeting takes place
Meeting for the empanelment of 1977 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India has reportedly taken place on Tuesday. Details are not available.
Empanelment of 1977 batch IFS for Secr rank only after IAS
Empanelment of 1977 batch IFS for Secretary level will take place only after the IAS belonging to the same batch are empanelled.
DoPT makes Cooling off Mandatory
As per Para 8.4 of DoPT OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay II), dated 17th June 2010, Cooling off is mandatory after every deputation upto JS level.
Dr Channy to be CMD of Punjab and Sindh Bank ?
In all probability Dr S S Channy will be new CMD of the Punjab and Sindh Bank. 1982 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Dr Channy is presently Principal Secretary Industries.
Bank CMDs appointment stalled by two CMDs ?
Appointment of new Bank CMDs has been further delayed. According to an insider two CMDs have stalled the process.
Mahajan is out of race
CMD of the Canara Bank A C Mahajan is reportedly out of the race for the post of Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission.
Tug of war over Paradeep Port Trust
There is a tug of war in the Ministry of Shipping over the appointment of Chairman of the Paradeep Port Trust. While Minister Shipping is bent upon to appoint a port officer, the IAS lobby has made it known that only IAS officer should be posted
Rajeev Ranjan to return to MP from Washington soon
As the grapevine has it, Rajeev Ranjan who was Washington based Minister for Community Service in the Indian Embassy will soon be returning to his parent cadre of Madhya Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch.
Strange ways of CBEC
Strange are the ways of working in the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). In an unprecedented move the CBEC sidetracked powers of the Bhopal Commissionerate and transferred six superintendents on the plea that they had been posted in a cigarette factory of Bhopal region for a pretty long time. Usually, top officers sitting in a Commissionerate are empowered to affect such transfers. Interestingly, four of the six
transferred Superintendents are President’s Medal awardees and two of them have never worked in the cigarette factory in question. It is all the more intriguing that these transfers were done without seeking history of previous postings of those six superintendents who have been transferred.
B.K. Singh is RC, Kerala
B.K. Singh, who so far was Additional Resident Commissioner (RC) to the Kerala Government in Delhi, has assumed charge as RC in place of Anand Kumar who joined as Joint Secretary Tourism in Government of India (GOI) on June 28, 2010. B K. Singh is an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1989 batch.
Tom Jose to go to US for a course
Tom Jose, Principal Secretary (PS) to the Kerala government, will be going to Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA in August 2010 to do a course. Tom Jose is an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch.
Pankaj Kumar Singh joins CRPF
Pankaj Kumar Singh has joined the CRPF as IG.1988 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Singh is being posted to Kolkata.
NRAA office starved of sanction
Once again the PM backed high profile National Rainfed Areas Authority (NRAA) of which CEO is J.S.Samra, created solely for the rain fed areas to tackle the drought like situation is in a limbo and has been sidelined. In spite of the good work done for the future of rain fed development the authority is not finding its real status and has been embroiled in officialdom. NRAA staff and officers will remain without salary as the Agriculture Ministry is yet to take cognizance of Cabinet Secretary's letter dated June 21, 2010; to continue to service NRAA till the Prime Minster takes a decision on the proposed transfer of NRAA to Planning Commission. Already the Under Secretary and one SO have been withdrawn last week and no substitute posted. The work has
come to standstill including the PM's Bundelkhand Package. As the grapevine has it staff will not attend office from July 1, 2010. Even the CEO’s vehicle will remain out of road. What does it mean for the Samara led NRAA? Will there be any accountability and enquiry as the US' and Deputy Secretaries leave NRAA without any relieving orders.
CBDT’s 3 member panel for Jt.Secretary empanelment
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has now constituted a committee to sort out the issue relating to empanelment of its officers at the Joint Secretary in Government of India (GOI). It comprises : Pramod Nangia- IRS 1985 batch –DIT Infrastructure, Mrs.
Shefali Shah –IRS 1985 batch – CIT (A)IX Delhi and Gunjan Prasad- IRS 1987 batch- CIT (A) XXIII Delhi
J. D. Goswami (IRTS) elevated to HAG
J. D. Goswami is one of the four IRTS officers of the 1978 batch who have been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grage (HAG) i.e. Additional. Secretary grade.
Ravinder Kumar Tandon posted as COM, East Coast Railway
Ravinder Kumar Tandon, IRTS 1981 batch, has been posted as Chief Operations Manager (COM) East Coast Railway.He was earlier Senior Deputy General Manager in the same Railway.
S. Sunder Raman elevated as ED in AAI
S. Sunder Raman, 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). Sunder Raman who so far was GM Communications Navigation Service (CNS) Chennai on elevation has been made ED, CNS and will be posted in AAI’s corporate office.
Dr. Kashmir Singh tipped to be IG, Anti naxalites operation
As the grapevine has it, Dr. Kashmir Singh Joint Secretary Anti Naxalites Management, in the Central government’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) may be appointed as IG, Anti naxalites operation in Chhattisgarh. However in MHA corridors it being discussed that Singh has refused to take charge, as IG and he will be agreeing for ADG rank only. He is an IPS officer of the1978 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.
Satish Gavai in run for MD’s slot in CIDCO
As the grapevine has it, Satish Gawai is one of three Maharashtra cadre IAS officers who are in the reckoning for the post of Managing Director (MD) in the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd(CIDCO). He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Dipti Mukherjee Gaur joins GoI
Ms Dipti Mukherjee Gaur has joined the Government of India as Director in the Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
3 Budhalakoti brothers are in Indian Railways
There are three brothers of the Budhalakoti family who are serving Indian Railways (IR) in different capacities. Eldest of them is Shailendra Kumar Budhalakoti, who had held several important positions in the Railways is the General Manager (GM) of Northern Railway (NR). Second brother i.e. Girish Budhalakoti has been posted as the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Jaipur. And the youngest of them is Dr. Mahesh Budhalakoti who is an eye specialist in Gorakhpur.
D.K. Sandhu to be new PS Finance in Rajasthan
As the grapevine has it, D.K. Sandhu Principal Secretary (PS) Urban Development (UD) to the Rajasthan Government is going to be new PS Finance. He is an IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre who belongs to the 1979 batch.
Postings of existing DRMs under transfer to be finalized
Posting of those incumbents who have been shifted in the wake transfer orders of Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) that were issued at 8.30 pm on Saturday i. e. June 26, 2010, will be issued shortly.
17 in fray for IOC CMDs post
Altogether 17 persons are in the fray for the post of CMD Indian Oil Corporation. The only person who can be called as an insider is K Balachandran, Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd, a subsidiary of IOC.
Sethuratnam is number two in Panel
N Sethuratnam is said to be number two in the panel prepared for the post of Director (Operations) in the Chennai Petroleum Corporation.
Orders of Manhas today
Orders of D S Manhas as new DGP of Himachal Pradesh are expected to be issued today.He is 1977 batch IPS officer.Present DGP G S Gill is retirng today.
Large scale ED and GM level changes in Air India
There have been large scale changes at ED and GM level in Air India.
Capt R Anand is ED Training in Air India
Capt R Anand, ED Operations in Air India, has been posted as ED Training in Hyderabad.
Capt AS Sonam is ED Operations in Air India
Capt AS Sonam, ED Flight Safety in Air India, has been posted as ED Operations in Mumbai.
Ravichandran posted in Coach Factory
On return from deputation, T R Ravichandran, Group B officer of Mechanical Engineering and Transportation (Power) Department of Integral Coach Factory, has been posted back to Integral Coach Factory.
IPS changes in Haryana
Ram Singh Bishnoi has been appointed SP Jind.B Sateesh Balan will now be SP Rohtak.Jagdish Nagar has been made SP Narnaul and V K Arora DCP East Gurgaon.
Central Bank to woo NRIs to boost deposits
The Central Bank of India would be reaching out to the NRIs especially in Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab and Bihar in a bid to double its customer base. The task has been undertaken by the Chairman and Managing Director of the Bank, S. Sridhar who is pressing the accelerator on the programme. A banker of repute, known for his efficient handling of issues with a human touch, Sridhar, who was the Chairman of the National Housing Bank prior to his new assignment as CMD of Central Bank of India and Executive Director of Exim Bank, has been handed over the batton at a challenging time. He has set himself the envious task of improving upon bank’s customer base and dwindling revenues besides giving it a facelift and using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to improve its services. On a visit to attend the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meet in Bhopal, Sridhar, spelt out his priorities in an exclusive chat with whispersinthecorridors.com.
The excerpts of the interview are as follows-
Q: How do you plan to increase your customer base and high net deposits?
A: Well, that’s a very tricky question. We are focussing on getting NRI accounts from Keralites, Gujratis, Punjabis and Biharis as they have a sizable population working abroad.  We hope to double the customer base to five crore.
Q: What specialized services would be offered by your bank?
A: In a bid to bring in corporate clients we have set up seven corporate branches that have become fully operational, now. We are also focusing on opening mid-corporate branches this year. These branches would be catering to the needs of small and mid sized companies. We would be introducing mobile banking very soon while and are beefing up internet banking facilities. We are also sprucing up our branches giving them a new facelift.
Q: Spell out your plans about financial inclusion?
A: While banks and financial institutions are focusing only on pushing profitable and sustainable products in a competitive economy, the Central Bank of India has embarked on an ambitious mission for financial inclusion aiming to cover 5500 villages in India within the next three years. We have set a target on reaching villages with a population above 2000 by 2011 while those with a population less than 2000 will be covered by 2013. 10 percent of the said target would be achieved through the bank’s branches while 90 percent would b achieved through the bank’s business correspondents.
Q: Is Central Bank of India planning to open new branches in foreign countries?
A: Yes, we are applying to the RBI to open up new branches in Bahrain, Honk Kong and two in South African.
  (Watch out for the detailed interview in WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS, magazine July 2010 issue)
Sanjeev Chopra  joins GoI 
Sanjeev Chopra  has joined the Government of India as Mission Director National Horticulture  Mission in the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Shyam Lal Goyal is Joint Secretary Fertilisers
Shyam Lal Goyal has joined the Department of Fertilizers, Government of India as a Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the1985 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. Earlier, he was Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) to Maharashtra government in Delhi.

(We said this on June 17, 2010)
Banerjee gets two year extension
CVO of  the Coal India Ltd N.R. Banerjee has been granted two years extension in his tenure. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Malhotra appointed Member SAT
The Ministry of Finance has issued orders of appointment of P.K. Malhotra as Member, Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Mumbai.   Malhotra belongs to the Indian Legal Service and is presently working as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Law & Justice.Malhotra, M.A.,LL.M. has vast experience in the field of law having worked in the past as Judicial Member, Income-tax Appellate Tribunal and Chairman, Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.  In the Ministry of Law & Justice, he has advised the Government in litigation matters, constitutional matters and legal issues relating to human rights, finance, commerce, personnel, IT, telecommunication, railways, power and other infrastructure sectors.  While dealing with references from the Ministry of Finance, he has acquired vast experience of handling issues relating to corporate laws, securities laws and finance.
   ( We said this on April 13 )
Chaudhary to hold addl charge of CCIT – II, Kolkata

After the retirement of Ms. Kusum Avasthy Gupta - CCIT – II, Kolkata, on June 30, Gautam Chaudhary CCIT, Kolkata, has been given the additional charge of CCIT – II, Kolkata.

Railway postings

Gurmeet singh Raja of SS/IRSS has been transferred from RCF to CLW on promotion to JAG, YP Singh of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR as DRM Ambala, Ravindra Gupta of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SER on relieved from the post DRM/Chakradharpur to CR and posted in the cadre, D. Kamilla of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ECOR/DRM/ Waltair to SER and posted in the cadre and RK Tiwari of SG/IRTS has been transferred from WCR as Sr. DEE/TRO/KTT to NR.

CORPORATE
J Kohareswaran is new CMD of RCF
J Kohareswaran has been appointed as new Chairman and Managing Director of the Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) in place of U S Jha, who is retiring today. He is presently Director (Marketing).
Keshub Mahindra resigns
Noted industrialist Keshub Mahindra who has been convicted in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy casehas resigned as a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry.
Narendra Murkumbi retires from ICICI Bank
Narendra Murkumbi, Non-Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank retired from the services of the bank with effect from June 28, 2010.
Bhargava ceases to be Director, NFL
Sudhir Bhargava, Non-Executive Director of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) has ceased to be a Director of the Company . Further,  Deepak Singhal has been appointed as Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Company.
IDBI Bank appoints nominee Director  
IDBI Bank has appointed Hemendra Srivastava as its nominee director on the board of directors of  Asian Electronics with effect from 19 June 2010 in place of Dipankar De, whose nomination has been withdrawn with effect from 19 June 2010.
Federal-Mogul Goetze appoints CFO
Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) has appointed Dan Brugger as Chief Financial Officer of the company.
Vindhya Telelinks appoints auditors
Vindhya Telelinks Limited has appointed Messrs V. Sankar Aiyar and Co., Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company.
Red FM appoints National Activation Head
Red FM has appointed Krishna Menon as National Activation Head and Station Head, Mumbai

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Mohna’s not a dimwit so he’s just lying!!
Because facts he is denying!!
 
He says this fuel hike will not affect the poor!!
Or maybe he did not know the facts because he’s on a foreign tour!!
 
Mohna is lying through his teeth!!
From gareeb up to middle class sabh karr rahe hai on this hike seethe!!
 
Pranab Da is like a parrot or totaa!!
Or he thinks he can make humm sabh ka khothaa (ass)!
 
How many times has he said ‘inflation in come down in a month or two’???
And just the opposite inflation does do!!
 
Rather than falling inflation goes up!!!
So his recent forecast that by July inflation will ebb is just a gupp!!
 
Sonia has to realize that We the People are no longer as gullible as we used to be!!
Sonia in a Himachali Cap in Himachal all got to see!!
 
Her Mom in Law used to fancy dress the local way wherever she did go!!
People liked this but no longer its so!!!
 
People see through such charades and look down on this fancy dressing!!
Now when Sonia fancy dresses locals say ‘ who is she impressing’????
 
But sadly ‘citadel’ Sonia knows little about what goes on in the real World!!
All info for her is ‘faithfully and suitably twirled’!!

She needs to get a Tata Sky Dish and stop seeing 'what they want her to see'!
We the People will foot her Tata Sky fee!!

So that she sees what she's not being shown!!
For cover ups and cooked up info Agencies are known!!
 
She thinks Congress is going great guns!!
And a great risk because of this ‘obliviousness’ she runs!!
 
The swell is building up against Congress or the downturn has started!!
And if this continues next general elections from power Congress will be parted!
 
Congress’s downfall would have been faster had BJP not been in a tizzy!!
With internal problems BJP is too busy!!
 
And believe me Ghadkari has to be replaced if BJP wants to rebound!!
A Leader within BJP with Vajpayee kind of qualities has to be found!!
 
The fools have to realize first get power and then squabble or fight!!!
Now its like swallowing before even taking a bite!!
 
Have you noticed in the vicinity of every sensitive installation there is a Mazaar!!
I myself have seen near about a hazaar (thousand)!!
 
Are the Security Agencies sleeping???
Of course now that they’ve been warned they’ll say ‘tabs we are keeping’!
 
They invent a Peer (holy man) and say the Mazaar houses his kabar (grave)!!
Truth is about the installation the Mazaar keeps every khabar!!
 
Confucius says… religion is being used to keep tabs/spy on installations that are sensitive!
Hope now due attention to this Government does give!

Bharat Kumar
<aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Congress solution
Congress knows the art of deceiving the people by generating fresh controversy for silencing earlier one. IPL drama to quiet the 2G spectrum drama, Anderson issue to quiet the IPL drama, unwarranted pirated CD drama to diffuse attention on core issues, price hike of petro products to silence the Bhopal tragedy. Congreesmen are now busy in creating another storm to divert attention from the price hike of petro products.

S. S. Rana
BJP has lost its intellectual base
It is shocking to know that in a party like BJP, leaders like Jaitley and Ms. Swaraj have got maximum number of detractors. It symbolises that the Party has already lost its intellectual base and is on the verge of ideological bankruptcy. May God save BJP.
Subha Bikash Panda

Talisman !
I have a simple talisman for those of you who will not stand behind our military.. please have the courage instead then, to stand in front of them, before making your anti national remarks.
- A concerned citizen

Who is responsible for criminal delay ?
Regarding above column all such employees should impress upon the DOP&T Minister to issue guidelines for fixing responsibility of the officers who fail to perform their timely duty especially where financial loss and delay in career progression to the employee is concerned. Unless there is accountability in such cases there will not be any improvement. Be together and fight for accountability.
Siri

Ways to reduce subsidy burden
If the main intention of raising the price of the Petroleum products was to reduce the subsidy burden, then the best method would have been to strictly/ totally ban the use of government vehicles by the Government servants/Ministers for private purposes. In this regard regulatory bodies should be set up both at the State and Central Government level to act as a watch dog. Further rich people who run vehicles costing more than Rs.10 lakhs should not be subsidized in the area of petroleum consumption. If these two actions are taken you will see the country's subsidy bill will go down substantially & quickly, our roads will be less jammed and pollution levels will decrease.
A retired Director of the HPCL and BPCL.

It is right
This is with reference to "lowering Standard of Induction into IPS" which appeared on 28 June. The commentator is right and has merits in his arguments.

IPS and CPO both are "Social Justice" based reservationists Services. If one does not make on merit or reservation into IPS, then only one will opt for CPO. The present condition of CPOs is largely due to poor standard of its officers further deteriorated by only bossy IPS Cadre. Both need tremendous improvement to provide basic security and safety to Citizen of Bharat and not only to the citizen of India.

The intense debate on the condition of CPOs in Country is not only warranted but also late.

Considering all pros and cons, there is no way but to accept parallel induction of soldiers and officers through Army into CPOs. Though, the Army itself, CPO officers and IPS, all are against it due to selfish reasons. However, long time Defence Interests of the nation necessitates this be implemented and there is no time left for its implementation.

Do the highest amongst policy makers and the Bureaucracy hear this ? Or they will be guilty of another 1962 and Balkanization of the Country? This should be part of Tsun Tzu,s strategy of indirect approach (towards increasing the military strength) to meet future Chinese challenges and also mange effectively the internal security threatened by Chinese agents. Get over that Civil Vs Military quagmire or you will no longer remain either. Both ways, it is existentialist threat.
Raunak Singh

All kudos !
The writer of the post, “Why lower standard (of) induction” on Forum, deserves kudos for speaking up against adhoc proposal of induction into IPS from CPOs and state services etc.
From the experience of IRS I can tell that en-block promotions from the rank and file diminish overall quality as well as brand value of the service. I do not oppose promotions .My opinion is that promotions should be granted to the best of the subordinate services staff and that too after a minimum retention period for which they have been recruited.
The UPSC recruits brightest of young men and women through a fiercely competitive exam of India today. Once an officer is selected for IRS future promotions are proposed after a certain period of retention on every post i.e. ACIT,DCIT, JCIT etc. but for the staff there are no such rules are followed by the Department.
There are instances when Inspectors have been promoted to ITO i.e. Gazetted rank officer of Govt. of India within two and half years or three years of service. And next three- four years and the person is promoted to ACIT and inducted into IRS. There cannot be a better example of back-door entry into one of the important service of India!
An exercise of restructuring was carried out almost 10years back and under the immense pressure from Unions hundreds of such posts of AC-DC were created; where an Inspector can do. Functions of DCIT-Systems, Judicial, Prosecution, headquarters etc. can very well be discharged by an ITO rank officer, there is no need to have IRS officers on such posts. An IRS officer should be posted to such charges where direct revenue assessment or collection is foreseen. Every chief commissioner as well Commissioner Charge has to have one DCIT along with an ITO as Headquarter as Office staff of these senior officers. What a waste of senior scale IRS officer!
Coming back to the story, once such posts were created inspectors and TAs were fast tracked to promotion into IRS to officiate as ACIT and onwards; and by stretching the same argument, more and more recruitment to Inspector and TA cadre is sought. I do not understand, if Department needs an Inspector why he/she is not retained for a reasonable period of time as inspector, as it is practice in other departments for similar cadres? Lack of vision among the policy makers of the department alone can be blamed.

There are people officiating as Deputy Commissioners of Income tax who don’t know who to see a Balance sheet! Now they are slated to become JAG rank officers. Every demand is preceded by ‘Hartals’, Gheraos , sloganeering in the office premises etc. pressure tactics. Sloganeering within office premises has been banned by the Supreme Court but such is clout of the unions that no person can afford to invite their ire. The Income Tax Gazetted Officers Association (ITGOA) union has its website and co-ordinates such illegal activities day in and day out. The kind of efforts, energy and resources which are put into running the whole business is almost incomprehensible to outsiders. The loyalty is commanded to the union and not to the Department.
I reiterate that I am not against promotions but I am against en masse promotions of undeserving staff which ultimately results into huge burden on exchequer as well as diminution of quality of officer cadre. God help the taxpayers and the system as whole.
-An IRS officer.

Comparison of Army and Civilian Officers
Thanks God, Aditya saw some merit in my view point as he wrote "Rest, the arguments are not without merit". But this line itself (and the subsequent blame on the Army Headquarters) puts everything in true perspective. Because it hit the real issue. Where does the comparison of posts arise? Only when you work for similar type of job. I was expecting Aditya will rebut my argument with some practical examples of Lt. Colonels being equivalent to Directors (working in the Headquarters). But it could not be heard from the learned Aditya Ji. Instead we got a contemptuous statement as a few troops of Paramilitary in Dantewada. We did not know that they were protected by AFSPA (or may be Dantewada is a peaceful area and that is why army do not want to enter there and assist the police force). I said about civil policeman also. Are they not entitled for some protection on the line of Armed Forces. Are their lives so cheap?. Anyway It would have been better not to compare the Army and Civil Services in the first place and therefore let teh Army get whatever they can by "putting their foot - as told by Adityai". In ancient days there must have been "equal work equal pay" slogan but nowadays it is "Equal rank/grade equal pay" and this is the root cause of the problem. Otherwise it would have been better if the Armed Forces posted at Siachin may get allowance of Rs. 1 Lakhs per month (nobody would have objected to it) But when they are here in Delhi they would have got what other civilians are getting for doing same type of work.
S K Tripathi

Why debate equivalence in services?
Armed force officers can always appear for UPSC civil services exams and get selected, who stops. Be IAS or IPS whatever. At the time of joining services one knows terms /conditions. If not satisfied with these now , quit. Nobody will stop. India has many crore unemployed. There is no shortage of talent. Just leave. Everyone knows civil service exam is the toughest. Stop this non-sensical debate which has no end.
R Manohar

Leave some institutions alone
Thank God. CCS service people are comparing them with Army. Still there are number of services left which can be compared with Army, provided they are "services" in the first place. Our polity and IAS have got midas touch. Whatever they touch, it becomes defunct. Please leave some institutions alone for the sake of country. Well do not pay them equal to you. Do not give them protocol and status but leave them alone. Please do not make them like yourself. Let it remain like Wipro or Infosys. Please do not convert it into a sick PSU. For God sake, leave something good for next generation. Thanks. No more debate on the topic.
Adete

Reality of Bureaucracy - Defence officers eqaution
Famous Russian poet D Tolstoy had written a beautiful poem translated in Hindi as follows:

Main Ek Ghore Ki Peeth Par Sawar,
Khud Ko Dhulwane ke liye,
Rakhe Hoon Use Barkarar.

Main Usakae Dukh Ke liye Hoon Dukhi,
Usaka Bojh Kam kar Rakhana Chahata Hoon Use Sukhi.

Har Sambhava Tariqa Apanane Ko Hoon Taiyar,
Magar Shart Hai Rahoon uski Peeth Par Barqarar.

In nut shell, Fauzies shall remain slaves and should not even dream of being equal to peons. That is how the arguments are being advanced by the so called well educated..

Nitin

A brilliant idea
It is indeed a brilliant idea. However I have a suggestion. Senior retired officers would be more than willing to contribute their valuable help, considering that they have ample time to analyse and submit recommendations. Senior retired defence officers may also be considered.
Renuka

Divisive tendencies
By shifting the Ministries/Departments to other places in India, we will only be creating more Raj Thackrey's. One man suggested that instead of Delhi (northern side of the country) the capital of India should have been some where in the middle of the country like Bhopal, Nagpur etc. The other person who was listening stated good idea 'now we will plead to the God to locate our brain in some part of our stomach'. Such suggestions of dislocating Ministries/Departments should not be encouraged a bit. These are only divisive tendencies.
A Srivastava

GOLDEN WORDS OF BILL GATES
Whenever there is a hard job to be done,I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.
By –A Contributor