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Ajit Lal to be new IB Chief ?
If insiders are to be believed, Ajit Lal is going to be the new Chief of the Intelligence Bureau.1974 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer Lal is presently Special Director in the IB. Present IB Chief Rajiv Mathur will retire this year end.
Empanelment of 1989 batch IPS almost complete
Empanelment of 1989 batch IPS officials for IG rank will be completed in a month or two.
Who will be Member of CBDT ? (5) Manjari Kacker
Name of Ms Manjari Kacker is being considered for the post of Member CBDT..1974 batch IRS officer Kackar retires on 1 May ,2012.
3 in race for post of Ambassador in WTO
Three IAS officers are reportedly vying for the vacant post of Ambassador in the World Trade Organization (WTO).Present Ambassador Ujal Singh Bhatia is retiring next month end.
ED Air India Fali Warden quits
Executive Director Middle East and Gulf in Air India, Fali Warden, is reported to have put in his papers. He is based in Hong Kong.
Race hots for the slot of NPCIL’s CMD
Race has hot up for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). Dr. S.K. Jain NPCIL’s CMD is due to retire in May 2010.
Rastogi to join CBI
Santosh Rastogi is all set to join the CBI as SP. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Is Yogesh Agrawal out ?
Is CMD of the IDBI Yogesh Agrawal is out ?.Name of Agrawal is pending in the PMO for the post of Chairman Pension Regulary Authority for quite some time. Has someone scuttled the move ?.
GoI asks officials to travel only by Air India
The Government of India has directed its officials only to travel by Air India in all cases of air travel (including LTC) both domestic and international where the GoI bears the cost of air passage.
VN Tripathi is calling shots in Railway Ministry
As the grapevine has it, VN Tripathi, General Manager (GM) of the Eastern Railways (ER), is calling shots in the Railway Ministry due to his close proximity to Indian Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee. However, he may not be able to climb the ladder to the slot of Chairman Railway Board (CRB) because age is not on his side.
3 IAS officers in fray for FCI’s CMD
There are three IAS officers who are in fray for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) in the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Deepak Kumar Panwar who is going to retire on March 31, 2010 is holding the Secretary level post of FCI’s CMD. He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. They belong to batches of 1974 & 1975.
Cabinet note for CBEC Member’s post on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, a cabinet note for revival one post of Member Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) is being moved soon. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has revived one post of Member CBEC. Once this was revived the CBEC will have seven members as used to be the case earlier. It may be stated here that two posts of Members in CBEC & Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) were surrendered as part of austerity measures adopted two years ago. The posts of CBDT members were revived earlier.
Gaitri Issar Kumar moves to Paris
Joint Secretary (AMS) in the Ministry of External Affairs Gaitri Issar Kumar has been moved to Paris as DCM.Posting of present DCM Mohan Kumar is yet to be decided.
Dr. S.C.Sahu promoted as IG in RPF
Dr. S.C. Sahu DIG, RPF Railway Board has been promoted as IG in (ER) Eastern Railway, West Bengal. He is a RPF Police Cadre officer in Railway Ministry, Government of India.
( We said this in September,2009 )
IPS officers of 1992 batch to be IG in Karnataka
IPS officers belonging to the 1992 batch in Karnataka are going to be elevated as IGs.
Ashok Sinha in fray for the slot of IOC in CMD
As the grapevine has it, Ashok Sinha, CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), is in fray for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The post fell vacant after the exit of Sarthak Behuria on from IOC’s top slot on February 28, 2010.
Chauhan selected for appointment as DG, Competition Commission of India
Upon his selection for appointment as DG, Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, on deputation basis, the services of Ajay K Chauhan, CIT – IV, Nagpur, are placed at the disposal of Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, initially for a period of two years.
WCCB to get prestigious International Award
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB),the newly constituted multidisciplinary agency under the Ministry of Environment and Forests has been selected for the prestigious  international  Clark R. Bavin Award for exemplary enforcement action related to poaching and illegal trade of wildlife and other Endangered species.
 The award will be presented in the Conference of Parties on Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) at Doha next week .IGP of the Bureau Ms Rina Mitra will receive the award
Sanjay Bandopadhyay to join GoI
Sanjay Bandopadhyay is all set to join the Government of India as Regional Director National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Bhopal. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Search committee to meet for DG, ICFRE
Search committee for selecting new Director General (DG) of the Dehradun based Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is going to meet on March 17, 2010.
74 elevated as DGMs in IOC
As many as 74 senior officers in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) have been elevated as Deputy General Managers (DGMs).
3 in fray for the post of CVO, NHAI
As many as three officers are in fray for the Joint Secretary level post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). One each belongs to cadres of IAS, IPS & Indian Postal Services.
Justice Chelameswar is new CJ of Kerala High Court
Jasti Chelameswar will be sworn as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on March 17. He has been moved from Gauhati High Court.
Commodore Chhabra is Naval Officer in Goa
Commodore Ajay K Chhabra has taken over as the naval officer in charge (Goa) and chief staff officer to the flag officer commanding Goa naval area.He has moved from Delhi.
Shyam Saran demits office
Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on climate change and Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has demited office on Sunday. He had resigned on February 19 after having major differences with Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Journalist is now Political Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister
Editor of ‘Chintha’ weekly, C P Narayanan has been appointed new political secretary to Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. Present Political Secretary K N Balagopal has been selected as a nominee for Rajya Sabha.
K. N. Balagopal tipped to go the Rajya Sabha
K. N. Balagopal outgoing Political secretary to Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan is tipped to go to the Rajya Sabha.
Prasar Bharti Board meeting this week
Meeting of the Prasar Bharti Board to be Chaired by Mrinal Pande will be held in Delhi this week.
National Green Tribunal in the offing
A National Green Tribunal is being set up in the country. A bill is likely to be introduced in the Parliament this week.
Rahul Gandhi’s new Team
Everybody in the country is keen to know the inner ring of rising star in the Congress Politics Rahul Gandhi. The “RG “ Brigade reportedly consists of Mssrs Hari Bhushan Singh, Rajiv Satav, Jitendra Singh, Kanishka Singh, Manik Tagore, Ashok Tanwar, Hibi Eden, Man Singh, Meenakshi Natrajan, R P N Singh, Jatin Prasad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Dipendra Hudda, Jyoti Mirdha , Sandeep Dixit, Pradeep Jain, Sachin Rao, Ms. Latika Dikshit Syed and Vijay Inder Singla.
40 IPS officers of 1984 and 1985 batch empanelled for Jt. Secr level
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of 40 IPS officers of 1984 and 1985 batch for holding the posts of Joint
Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. Those officers of 1984 batch empanelled are Dharmendra Kumar of AGMU cadre, S K Jain , Mukesh Sahay and Arvind Kumar of AM cadre, Sudeep Lakhtakia, N Sambasiva Rao and T Krishna Raju of AP cadre, Rajesh Ranjan and K S Dwivedi of Bihar cadre, Rakesh Asthana of Gujarat cadre, D K Pandey of Jharkhand cadre, Vinson M Paul and Arun Kumar Sinha of Kerala cadre, Vishnu Dev Mishra of Maharashtra cadre, M S Gupta and V K Johari of MP cadre, Santosh Macherla of MT cadre, Ramesh Prasad Singh of Orissa cadre, Samant Kumar Goel of Punjab cadre, Rajani Kant Mishra, S Javeed Ahmad, Subesh Kumar Singh and A P Maheshwari of UP cadre and C V Muralidhar of West Bengal cadre.
Similarly those officers of 1985 batch empanelled are Amulya Kumar Patnaik and Ajay Kashyap of AGMU cadre, P S Purohit of AM cadre, Kr Rajesh Chandra of Bihar cadre, A K Singh of Gujarat cadre, Rishi Raj Singh of Kerala cadre, H N Sathyanarayana Rao and Ashit Mohan Prasad of Karnataka cadre, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal of Maharashtra, B M Kumar of MP cadre, Avinash Mohananey of Sikkim cadre, Sangram Jangid of Tamil Nadu cadre, Hitesh Chandra Awasthi, Ashok K Dhar Dwivedi, Arun Kumar and Sukhdev Singh Sidhu of UP cadre.
Air Marshal A. K. Gogoi to deliver a talk at RCVPNAAM, Bhopal
Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi will deliver a talk in the RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management (RCVPNAAM) Bhopal on March 16, 2010. Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi is Director General Air (Operations) of Indian Air Force. Dr. Sundeep Khanna Director General (DG) of the said that he will dwell on role of district administration in Air defence. Dr.Sundeep Khanna is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1972 batch.
Air India to launch Delhi-Dehradun-Delhi Flight
India’s national air carrier National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav(IAS, 1978 batch –Karnataka cadre), has decided to launch an ATR flight on Delhi-Dehradun-Delhi sector from March 28, 2010. This flight is being introduced for the first time. It will daily depart from Delhi at 10.10. am & reach Dehradun by 11.10. It will return from Dehradun at 11.35 am & reach Delhi by 12.35 pm. The fares for Delhi-Dehradun sector is Rs. 2329 and Dehradun-Delhi is Rs. 2129 (Inclusive of all taxes)
Garg appointed JS Food and Public Distribution
Rakesh Garg has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Food and Public Distribution. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. 
        ( We said this on March 9 )
Vijay Kumar is new JS Rural Development in GoI
Vijay Kumar Thallam has been appointed new Joint Secretary, in the Department of Rural Development in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
    ( We said this on February 17 )
Gillani gets two years extension in CBI
Deputation tenure of  S.J.M. Gillani as DIG in the CBI has been extended for further two years upto March,20,2010.He is 1994 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
Jain to return Rajasthan
DIG in the CBI D C Jain is returning to the parent Rajasthan cadre.1991 batch IPS officer was DIG in the CBI.
Ahmed moves from CBI to NCRB
Zaki Ahmed DIG in the CBI is moving to the National Crime Records Bureau on lateral shift basis.He is 1993 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
P D Meena to join GoI
Principal Secretary PWD in Madhya Pradesh P D Meena is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.Orders have been issued to this effect.
Inter-Cadre transfer of IPS officer Katoch
The Government of India has approved Inter cadre transfer  of Ms. Rohini Katoch, from Jharkhand to Karnataka. She is 2008 batch IPS officer.
Rajeev Sharma to join CBI
Rajeev Kumar Sharma has been appointed DIG CBI. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
     ( We said this on March 9 )
 Arunachalam  appointed DIG CBI
 S Arunachalam has been appointed DIG in the CBI. He is 1993 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
     ( We said this on March 10 )
 Verma to join CBI
 G K Verma has been appointed as SP in the CBI . He is 2001 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.
    ( We said this on March 11 )
 Rastogi appointed as SP CBI
 Santosh Rastogi  has been appointed as SP CBI.. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
      ( We said this in the morning )
 Jha to join CBI as DIG
 Sunil Kumar Jha has been appointed DIG CBI.He is 1993 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
 Jalal to join CBI
 Asif Jalal has been appointed SP in the CBI. He is 2002 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
 V K Singh to join CBI 
 Vijay Kumar Singh has been appointed SP in the CBI. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
NBCC MoU projects massive growth plan
NBCC, a Schedule 'A' Construction PSU, has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the year 2010-11 with its Ministry, the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India in Delhi on March 15, 2010. Signed between Dr. M. Ramachandran IAS Secretary (UD) GOI in Ministry of Urban Development and Arup Roy Choudhury Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) NBCC, the MoU envisages a massive expansion plan with a specific focus on residential & commercial real Estate as well as power sectors. It is worth mentioning that the corporation's performance has been growing steadily in terms of turnover and profitability with a CAGR of over 25% consistently, over the last 10 years. NBCC, at present has a very healthy order book of over Rs.10,000 crore and net worth of the company too, has shown exponential growth.
Air Marshal A. K. Gogoi to deliver a talk at RCVPNAAM, Bhopal
Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi will deliver a talk in the RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management (RCVPNAAM) Bhopal on March 16, 2010. Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi is Director General Air (Operations) of Indian Air Force. Dr. Sundeep Khanna Director General (DG) of the said that he will dwell on role of district administration in Air defence. Dr.Sundeep Khanna is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1972 batch.
Meena to be Secretary Heavy Industries !
Latest information says that B S Meena is being appointed new Secretary Heavy Industries.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Jaimini Sharma to join Tariff Commission
Jaimini Sharma is joining the Tariff Commission in the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Siraj Hussain to be CMD of  FCI
Finally Siraj Hussain is likely to join the FCI as CMD. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
RPF official Srivastava promoted as IG
Anoop Srivastava DIG ( Admn/Railway Board, New Delhi) has been promoted as IG at same place. He is a RPF Police Cadre officer in Ministry of Railway,
PS Gill empanelled as DG in GoI
PS Gill, DGP of Punjab, has been empanelled as DG in GoI during the review. He is 1974 batch IPS official of J&K cadre.

RTI
Details of Telephone calls
The call details of certain telephone numbers were sought claiming
that employees are known to misuse the telephone facility for making
private calls and charging it to the government account. The
Respondents informed that that the details of the expenditure on
account of the usage of phones has been provided while withholding the
call details under section 8(1)(j). The argument is that what calls a
person makes on his ‘phone is a matter personal to him as well as
private, regardless of whether those calls were made on government
work or in a private matter’. The respondents further pointed out that
there was no specific bar on an employee using the telephone up to a
certain limit of expenditure even for private calls. But once those
monetary limits were exceeded, a certificate was required to be
furnished that the calls made were on government account. The employee
was required to pay for the personal calls made by him beyond the
limit. The Commission did not find any Public Interest in the
disclosure of this information and upheld the stand of the
respondents.
Comments
The facility of telephone provided by a public authority to its
employees is to facilitate their work. Norms and guidelines have been
provided covering the usage of the phone, especially about when the
private use of the ‘phone was to be paid for by the employee’. Such
call details, where public as well as private calls are intertwined,
cannot be provided to avoid invasion of privacy under Section 8(1)(j).
[Shri G. Raja Rao v. Dredging Corporation of India Ltd in
F.No.CIC/AT/A/2009/000836]
 Mrs . Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann
(A new decision every Monday)
NEW DEBATE
Is the Benchmark prescription for promotion to JS level and above is OK in GoI ?

CORPORATE
Singh moves to Diageo in Mumbai
Shubhranshu Singh, Marketing Manager, Household Care, Hindustan Unilever Limited has moved to Diageo as National Head Customer Marketing based at Mumbai.  Earlier he served as Marketing Manager, Deodorants and Lakme at Hindustan Unilever. Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wine  and beer including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Vat 69, Black &White, Captain Morgan, Baileys, J&B, José Cuervo, Tanqueray, Guinness and many others.Shubhranshu is the only son of Mr. J.P Singh, IAS (Retd) Raj: 1972 who was Secretary Mines, Finance - Disinvestment and Special Secretary Labour in the Government of India.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Post the Women’s Bill Sonia had in her step ‘pep’!!!
I in fact wanted to warn he ‘Madam watch your step’!!
 
Yeh raaste hai politics ke chalna sambhal ke or watch your step!
Wisely after the euphoria now Congress has decided to take it step by step!!
 
Like Sonia’s spoken to Mamtha though Sonia’s still not sure about her!!
And she’s poured praise on ‘Karunanidhi Sir’!!!
 
CBI’s already sided with Laloo in Supreme Court!!!
Laloo too will come around as per an inside report!!
 
Some face saving and maybe some realignment,
‘I can be placated’ is the message Laloo has sent!!
 
Mulayam too is open to being wooed!!!!
He’s just wary as many times after the wooing he’s been shooed!!
 
Without a doubt this Bill as of now has the ingredients to be misused!!
By Netas it’s going to be abused!!!
 
To keep their seats warm they’ll get their Biwis when their seat is reserved!!!
So the basic purpose of this Bill is not going to be served!!
 
So it would not be a bad idea to do some tweaking in this Bill!!
So that ‘reserved seats in LS deserving Women and not seat warmers fill’!!
 
Even in this Women’s Bill BJP’s emerged as a ‘sucker’!!!!!
Samajh nahi aatha kyaa hai ‘chukker’????
 
Can’t they even take credit for a good act!!!!
Inner fighting is killing BJP and this is a fact!!
 
And you have Ghadkari who is more a Chef than a Neta!!
Seems while conjuring up dishes decisions Ghadkari hai leta!!
 
Now because of the internal bickering BJP MPs are crying foul on the Women’s Bill!
Seems internal bickering BJP ko karr rahi hai kill!!!
 
Now lets come to the real problem on hand!!!!
And Montek Singh Ahluwalia has already bajoed prices will come down’ band!!
 
He’s done this in the past too!!!
And when prices did not come down did not show in the Media his ‘mooh’!!!
 
Either he does not know what’s happening or he’s just lying!!!
And for sure  ‘household requirements’ he and his wife are not buying!!
 
If I’ve seen an Official who runs to aid of a Party in power!!!
Then it’s Montek who now for Congress is saying ‘thorn will soon turn into a flower’!!
 
Prices will not fall and come summer veggie prices will soar!!!!
Yes if anything falls it will be UPA’s credibility that will hit the floor!!
 
Do you think women would really care for the Women’s Bill???
If apne Kids ke tummies they are not able to fill!!
 
Try this experiment Sonia Madam….. put your grandkids on a forced diet!!!
And within an hour Priyanka aap ke saath karre gi fight!!
 
Because kids bhook no Mom can bear!!!
Every Mom aspires to lay down for her kids the fast fare!!!
 
Under Praful Patel AI goes deeper into red!!!
Had to happen as with Mallya & Goyal Praful ‘was in bed’!!
 
Management of the Airline has gone from bad to worse to atrocious!!
And gross mismanagement is pretty obvious!!
 
With Pakistan India’s going to talk!!
Can a Sparrow talk with a Hawk???
 
Confucius says…So either Pakistan becomes a Sparrow or India becomes a Hawk!
Otherwise Hawk will prey on Sparrow even as Sparrow shouts ' lets talk'!
Bharat Kumar

<aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com>

Forum
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DPC rules for SAG and above promotions
It has resulted in large scale irregularities in promotions on regional, caste and pecuniary considerations. It should be dispensed with without any delay and the earlier procedure may be restored immediately with retrospective effect to undo the wrong already done to deserving and un-compromising officers so as to protect officers with courage of conviction and merit.
Richa Sharma

DPC benchmarks
A very senior officer in CBEC has out of personal pique gave good to an otherwise outstanding officer because at the time of writing the ACR he was not in the mood! Another senior officer down graded the ‘outstanding’ grading to ‘very good’ because he had personal rift with the reporting officer. Is there any corrective action against this officer who has since retired ? What right have they to play with our career by indulging in their whims and fancies.
J Prakash

Secret behind Yadavs opposing Women's Reservation Bill !
Why are Lalu P Yadav , Mulayam Singh Yadavji and Sharad Yadavji against the Women's Reservation Bill and no one else? Because as per the bill, constituencies will be rotated every once in three elections and reserved for women, so that these gentlemen will be deprived of their constituencies. Why is this so much a problem for only them and none else? Because they have made only caste their political plank and so their support base is confined to only Yadavs. In case they are deprived of Yadav dominated constituencies (in their constituencies, Yadavs are so numerous that with the votes of only Yadavs, these gentlemen romp home), they are bound to lose in any constituency not dominated by Yadavs. This is the reason why only they are opposing the bill. All other politicians practice a brand of politics where they have to take some other (caste/religious) groups with them in order to win (since no other caste so dominates constituencies like Yadavs) and hence are not scared of their constituencies being lost to them once in three terms! This is why these gentlemen are raising the bogey of reservations for minorities within reservations for women, knowing full well that the same would be unconstitutional and hence impossible to achieve, thus scuttling the bill.
Arjun Mallik

Gross Misuse of Official Vehicles
It is good to know the concern of the officer for gross misuse of the official v3ehicle in government, however, the solution suggested is not the right one. Asking one to drive ones own car to work place is ok upto certain level but at higher level it is not the option on account of two reasons - when travelling in a driver driven car one can still think of some thing sitting on the back and one is very busy can read official papers while going from home or from one meeting to the other and secondly parking is a big problem in most of the cities. you can not expect senior officers to park the cars securely and walk to the workplace or a meeting room in other office. However, it does not mean we should not think of controlling this gross misuse. One option is to deduct some monthly amount from the salary and fix the limit of mileage an officer with attached vehicle can use for personal work. It should be compulsory and reasonable.
H S Kingra

Misuse of vehicles
If we stop misuse of vehicles on government account we will also conserving energy, reducing expenditure of exchequer and removing environmental pollution.
A Srivastava

Misuse of Official Cars (WIC 13-03-10)
I endorse the views expressed by a concerned officer on misuse of official cars especially by family members of the entitled officers. It is a good decision to allow transport allowance, which shall save crores of rupee to the exchequer. What the million dollar question in this case is, who will take such a stringent decision because every policy maker thinks first what will be impact of the decision on himself.
Sat. B.

It can be passed
If the same conditions are applicable for Indian companies in the same sector in the US, it can be passed.

George
Missing BJP
Obviously, as BJP has been the best Ruling Party since Independence and in the present scenario Indian masses are really missing the BJP
Praveen Ranga

BSF life is tough
BSF life is too tough with all life at the border to spend,children education and family security is the biggest problem, stagnant promotional avenues makes it difficult for border man.
Tejpal Daber

Is it a visit to the past, Cabinet Secretary?
The Cabinet Secretary must have come to the conclusion that civil servants have lost all those "virtues" which he has painstakingly listed in his letter; that the "image" of the civil servant has suffered visible dent, which needs to be "refurbished" and hence the exhortations! Well! The question seems to be whether the civil servants that the Cab Sec is referring to are any more "civil servants" or just servants? At least the expressions like "naukar" used by one central minister indicates to that reality. Has the "public or civil servant" not been converted to a "private servant" of the political executive? Is it possible nowadays for any civil servant to stand upto the minister or elected representatives? Can we forget the brutal murders of engineers, policemen, beating of the home secretary in his own official chamber, stoning to death a young collector, suspensions, transfers, loss of promotions, assault on the family members of an IAS officer in one of the states of the Union Of India??? How many talents superbly groomed to legitimately rise to the position of the Cabinet Secretaries had been retired as Advisers with fancy appendages from the Planning Commission or several other Commissions floated to teach civil lessons to such bureaucrats, who were ill trained in the mould propounded by the Cabinet Secretary now and had "unacceptable" rearing at home that filled their hearts with notions of honesty, integrity, objectivity, independence, fairness, equity, hard work, service before self...? The reality of the Indian system of governance broaches no such silly notions of civil service, as politicians can not remain saints in politics now, as admitted publicly by no less a person than Sonia Gandhi, who knows the reality more than the present cabinet secretary can claim. The Cab Sec would have sounded more convincing had he practiced honesty in doing administrative justice to all services whose prospects he decided or ignored as chairman of the concerned boards. Still, the subject should deserve a fair discussion among civil servants to determine whether to stick to the idealism of youth of the candidate writing the civil service exam or the ways of the , to quote those who know better,” practical"/"pragmatic".
M L Gupta

What about the senior officers at the Centre ?
They also need a lesson in integrity, ethical behaviour and good governance. I can quote a dozen examples right away where juniors have been hounded for refusing to do a wrong thing and upholding the principles of honesty. For want of space i shall quote only one example -the victimisation of an officer posted in ASI under Central Staffing Scheme who was made a scapegoat in Ram Sethu Affidavit fiasco in September 2007 simply because he questioned the misuse of conservation funds for settling personal bills of his senior. More than two years on, the case is still being kept open against him and the officer has been hounded out of the department to his parent cadre instead of accepting his request for a lateral transfer because that senior is now sitting in the ministry handling his case. You are aware of this , Chandershekhar and convinced too of his innocence but could not do any thing .What is the use of such advice if one is unable to enforce it.
Aarti Khosla, Former Additional Secretary To Govt. of India

Begin Charity at Home
On the reported "The Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar has called for serious introspection by civil servants." and has asked for “Integrity, honesty, objectivity, impartiality, transparency, accountability and devotion to duty be practised by the civil servants" what all I would say, based on my extensive correspondence to him, is that the day Cabinet Secretary himself practises these things, there would be no need for him to write such a letter to the civil servants. People imitate and implement what is practised and not what is preached. Just installing and implementing the system of AUTO RESPONSE with Complain No. to the emails addressed to him or PM or FM or HM or President of India would make them accountable. Should Chandrasekhar implement my already long pending suggestion and confirm his sincerity?
Babubhai Vaghela ,Ahemdabad

Talking of pedigree ?
What was the pedigree of the two Chief Secretary of an Indian state who were voted as the most corrupt by fellow IAS officers and were appointed as Chief Secretary of the State ? Talking of pedigree is sheer nonsense.
An IAS officer

Just a ritual
Has any corrupt IAS officer admitted on his own that he is corrupt? It is not that there is no corruption in the IAS. Cabinet Secretary should take note of the fact that in the past ' most corrupt' IAS officers identified by their own fraternity were rewarded with the post of Chief Secretary in an important State of India. Gradually people of India has started knowing and seeing that in corruption also some of them are at the apex. It appears to the general public that there is some link between corruption and protection. All said the Cabinet Secretary of Government of India has a right to try his own pill on the unworthies in the cadre. Wish him success.
P Keshav

That was ridiculous
I read all the comments in the forum with great interests and amusement. Some of those reflect on how some people who matter at some or the other level can stoop down to protect their interests.
Take the example of the suggestion that why make only very good ACR earners as Joint Secretaries. Make the corrupt and mediocre who have been otherwise been assessed badly also the Joint Secretary. That was ridiculous.
The BSF laments have got unionized now. A force where 50 percent recruitment including officers is based on reservations is bound to suffer an attrition as is being reported. Half the populations is Job Hopping based on reservations in the higher and comfortable government jobs. Why then to serve in BSF? Are their service conditions as stringent as in the Army? Why are they crying when millions are available to be recruited in BSF? In great Indian demagogic traditions, they want to be assigned status of warriors based on reservations?
Good view into the psyche of some interested elements. Thanks for it.
Rajiv