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Will PM assume role of Congress President ?
Four CWC members, 11 Pradesh Congress Presidents and 4 Chief Ministers and large number of AICC delegates have reportedly asked the PM to assume the role of Congress President in this hour of crisis. At the moment PM Manmohan Singh is the only centre of power in the country.

Why Pranab Babu is silent these days ?
Why the trouble-shooter of the Government Pranab Babu is totally silent these days ?.This is the hot topic of discussion in the corridors of power.

Is Madhav Godbole in touch with Anna Hazare ?
The UPA Government is reportedly using the good offices of former IAS officer Madhav Godbole to mediate with Anna Hazare .

SPECIAL | Uttar Pradesh
The MAYA circle

Ms. Mayawati, who came to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2007 with an overwhelming majority, is known for her brash and rigid style. The positions she had been taking -be it related to governance or politics- have left many shocked and surprised. Her political journey from a school teacher in Delhi to the Chief Minister of the most populous state in the country, has earned her more foes than friends. Temperamental as she is, there are very few people who can be said to be close to her all through. The key people around her have always remained a mystery for the same reason. We tried to look into the people who wield great influence over her and help her run the government in one of the most complex state in the Indian union. During our study and discussions we came across the names of several bureaucrats but were surprised to find some top industrialists, businessmen and politicians forming the inner circle who had a direct access to "Behenji". It is in them that she confides in crisis and seek advises on issues whether related to governance or politics. She has picked up a former pilot and posted him as Cabinet Secretary with the rank of a cabinet minister and mandate to supervise the bureaucratic functioning. Thus, Uttar Pradesh is the only state to have a Cabinet Secretary who runs a parallel Secretariat to the Chief Secretary and one who is a political appointee but still involved with the government's decision and delivery making process and at the same time attending cabinet meetings by virtue of his status as a cabinet minister- something really unconventional. As stated above we came across several names of which we have concentrated on only 10 people the details of whom are being given below-

Jaiprakash Gaur
Founder, Jaiprakash Associates Limited

Creating wealth and diversifying into unheralded areas is his passion but he still takes time out to check on the Uttar Pradesh government's policies and uses his influence to advise the government accordingly. And, why not, he has major stakes there having invested in big ticket projects. When he speaks, he is seriously heard. That is the clout of the man who founded the Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. and Jaypee Group- one of the fastest growing business conglomerates in India having interest in real estate, power generation, Expressways, textiles, hospitality and hotel industry. A man of few words, Gaur has a great influence over the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati. Besides his entrepreneurial skills, he is looked upon as the key person and the very few from whom Mayawati seeks advise especially with regards to infrastructure and industrial development in Uttar Pradesh. The way his company has grown in the last decade and the heavy investments he has made in infrastructure projects across India, he is being billed as the man to watch out - one who would topple the Ambanis and Tatas as the biggest business group in Indian in the near future.

Gurdeep Singh aka Ponty Chadha
Managing Director, Waves Inc.

The liquor baron, having a considerable clout and network in the liquor distribution business in the north Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttrakhand, is no more a pushover. Having consolidated his business, he now manages the wholesale and retail liquor trade officially in Uttar Pradesh as well. His rapport with the state governments and bureaucrats is the envy of all his competitors. With a direct access to the UP Chief Minister he has his way out on most occasions. Chadha, the Managing Director of Wave Inc. has diversified into real estate, shopping malls, multiplexes, high end audio and projection systems, film and entertainment industry besides power generation and manufacturing. His multiplexes named Wave Cinemas across National Capital, New Delhi and north India have redefined luxury multiplexes.

Shashank Shekhar Singh
Cabinet Secretary

Whether you like him or not, there is complete unanimity in the fact that if one wants to do business with the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government he is the one to deal with. The suave and softspoken "Triple S" or "Captain" as he is known influences all key decisions of the state government be it relating to land acquisition, industrial policy or socio-economic issues. The one time pilot Singh, who is known to have flown many high profile dignitaries, in on a high himself after being drafted as the Cabinet Secretary by Chief Minister Mayawati. It is a rare instance that a state has a cabinet secretary, a non-bureaucrat, who takes all decisions on behalf of the State.

Navneet Sehgal, IAS
Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

This 1988 batch IAS officer is known as the key person who takes care of coordination and complaints at the CM's secretariat. A close confidant of Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, he is privy to most of the decisions of the state government.

Naseemuddin Siddiqui
Minister, PWD, Housing and Excise

He is the Bahujan Samaj Party's Muslim face that connects it to the vast community across the state. The General Secretary of the BSP also presides over the crucial portfolio of Public Works Department and Housing he virtually controls the development funds and activities of the state. In the UP's political and bureaucratic circles he is termed as the eyes and ears of Ms. Mayawati.

Anand Kumar
Ms. Mayawati's brother

Though relatively unknown and media shy he shot into limelight following the decision of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Government to hand over the Bahujan Prerna Kendra in Lucknow to a trust owned by him. The multi-crore building was bought by BSP and used as an office. He has also burned his fingers following allegations of his involvement in land deals in the National Capital Region (NCR) in NOIDA and Greater NOIDA. Political pundits and observers label him as the man who can get any work done from Ms. Mayawati.

Satish Chandra Mishra
Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Advisory Council

Though, political pundits say an ambitious Mishra has been cut to size by Ms. Mayawati, the fact remains that he still enjoys a considerable clout in the government and even the chief minister dares not to ignore him totally. Mishra, the Brahmin face of BSP is credited with the BSP building bridges with the upper castes.

Kunwar Fateh Bahadur Singh, IAS
Principal Secretary, Home

This 1981 batch IAS officer is entrusted with the key responsibility of keeping law and order situation in a volatile state like Uttar Pradesh under check. Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati has great confidence in him and is said to seek his advise on crucial issues pertaining to law and order in the state.

Brij Lal, IPS
Special Director General (Crime, Law and Order)

This 1977 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre is known to have a very good rapport with the UP Chief Minister. He is also being tipped as the next Director General of Police- the only road block being the presence of about four officers senior to him and his being eligible for the DGP rank only by November 2011.

Yadav Singh
Engineer-in-Chief at Noida Authority

A man very close to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, he heads the Engineering wing of the NCR's crucial Noida Authority. All the engineering departments in the Authority reports to him and any permission in the Noida Authority will have to be routed through him.

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Chavan asks center not to send back Anna (UPDATED)
Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan requested the Center not to send back Anna Hazare to the state like Ramdev Baba. Reason it will affect the Municipal elections in the state that are going to be held in 2012.

What do former Maharashtra CMs know of Anna (UPDATED)
Sushil Kumar Shinde and Vilasrao Deshmukh know a lot about the bargaining tactics of Anna. Both CM's have on different occasions been tricked by the Gandhian and have used political tool to bail themselves out.

Who asked Anna to be released? (UPDATED)
Sonia Gandhi called Rahul asking for the release of Anna so that the situation does not go awry like in case of Ramdev baba

Who is funding Anna campaign? (UPDATED)
It is heard that US based indian businessmen are funding the Anna campaign.

What did Rahul Gandhi say on his unexpected visit to Pune ? (UPDATED)
Rahul Gandhi visited the families of the farmers killed for recent agitation but the farmers were unimpressed, it is heard that the young Gandhi pulled up Prithviraj Chavan for the careless and lax handling of the issue .

BUREAUCRACY

Prakash Mishra also in fray for Special Secretary (internal security)
Prakash Mishra is also in the race for the post of Special Secretary (internal security).He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to Orissa cadre.

Surender Singh succeeds Mahendru
Surender Singh, Additional Director, IB(HQ), New Delhi, Government of India, will look after (Naxal Department) IB in place of Parveen Mahendru IPS. He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the WB cadre. Mahendru has retired.

K K Shrivatava's name for Member Traffic
File relating to appointment of K K Shrivastava as Member Traffic Railway Board is pending for CVC clearance.

11 names for GM Railways mooted
Names of 11 senior railway officers have been mooted. Their file is pending for CVC clearance. They are: B.N. Rajshekhar, Arunendra Kumar, A K Verma, Kalishankar, Mahesh Kumar, A.K. Khanna, S.K. Jain, V.C. Agrawal, Indra Ghosh, S.V. Arya & N.C. Sinha.

Nair misses the bus
P.M Nair, Special DG, Operation, CRPF (HQ), New Delhi, could not make it to the CBI. He is an IPS officer 1978 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Wasan also could not make it to CBI
Despite several years experience, Navneet Rajan Wasan - OSD to Andhra Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi, also could not join CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Will Punjab Chief Secretary seek VRS ?
Grapevine has it that Punjab Chief Secretary Subodh Chandra Agrawal is seeking VRS to take over as Chief Commissioner of Rights to Service Commission. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.

Sanjay Sinha poised to be DGP, Tripura
As the grapevine has it Sanjay Sinha who is incharge of security in Intelligence Bureau (IB) is poised to be new DGP, Tripura. He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Balasubramaniyam refuses to DGP, Tripura
As the grapevine has it Balasubramaniyam Additional Director National Police Academy (NPA) Hyderabad has refused to be new DGP, Tripura. He is an IPS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.

UPSC to test Defence officials for induction into IPS from next year
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), insiders say, is expected to hold the limited competitive examination for assistant Commandant and Deputy Superintendent of police-rank officers from 2012. It would provide an opportunity to the Captain and Major-rank defence officers to join the Indian Police Service (IPS),

Ms.Ruchira Kamboj soon to be COP in MEA
Ms.Ruchira Kamboj who is a career diplomat will soon be Chief of Protocol (COP) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). She had joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1987.

"Appointment of top bureaucrats is government's prerogative"
In what could be a big relief to the government, the Delhi High Court has said that appointment of top bureaucrats is it's (government's) prerogative and the courts should not "upset" it using the doctrine of "judicial review". The above observation has been recently made by a bench of Delhi High Court comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Sanjiv Khanna while modifying a judgment of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which had set aside a government order and asked it to make fresh selection after "following the due procedure."

Sanjeev Kumar to be CVO ONGC
Sanjeev Kumar is being appointed new CVO ONGC. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ravi Kota is Direcor,DoPT
Ravi Kota, IAS, 1993 batch, Assam-Meghalaya cadre, who was earlier private secretary (PS) to ex- Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) B.K.Handique has joined as a Director,DoPT. He will look after Senior Management(SM).
(We said this on August 1,2011)

Rajeev Kumar Mittal relieved
Rajeev Kumar Mittal who so far was Director, DoPT and was looking after senior management (SM) has been relieved. He is an IAS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Neeraj Verma to be PS Paban Singh Ghatowar
Neeraj Verma will be joining as private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) Paban Singh Ghatowar on August 23, 2011. Neeraj Verma is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this in July)

Pande is now IG CID in Madhya Pradesh
On return from the SPG S K Pande has been appointed IG CID in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Will Deshraj return to Haryana to avail promotion ?
Deshraj, Deptuy Director, BPR&D, Government of India is likely to return to the parent Haryana cadre to avail promotion. He is an IPS officer of1990 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Yadav to be Director (Security) Rajya Sabha
Lakshmee Kant Yadav, DIG Vig.Bureau Jalandhar Zone Punjab Police is likely to be appointed as Director, Security, Rajya Sabha. He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Shortage of Officers in CBI
As against a sanctioned strength of 6565, the actual strength as on date in CBI is 5389. Out of 1176 vacancies, 720 are under deputation quota which are filled by officers of State Police Forces/Central Police Forces and other organizations of the Central and the State Governments.

Only 4128 IAS Officers have furnished their annual IPR
So far only 4128 IAS Officers have furnished their annual Immovable Property Returns (IPR ) for the year 2010, according to the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V.Narayanasamy.

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
There is IPS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. New postings are :- Messrs Pramod Verma SP Sagar,Anil kumar SP Dewas,S P Sharma SP Khargone,G S Kushwaha SRP Indore,D P Singh SP Datia,Niranjan Vyangkar SAF Indore,V C Verma SRP Jabalpur and M S Jamra SP Umaria.

IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. New postings are Messrs:- Ajay Tirkey CEO Rural Roads Development Corporation,Veera Rana Secretary Panchayat and RD,Sanjay Dube MD Finance Corporation Indore.

IES officer Naik empanelled as JS
IES officer of 1984 batch Srikara Naik has been empanelled as JS, under CSS, in GoI.

IRS officer Mittal empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer S K Mittal who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA&AS officer Vishnukanth posted as Assistant Accountant General
2009 batch IA&AS officer Vishnukanth P.B. has been, on completion of training at Shimla, transferred and posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of the Pr. Accountant General (C&RA), Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He will be entrusted independent charge of DAG (RA-TNEB/Coml) against an existing vacancy.

Lalji Singh to be VC of BHU
A former director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and CSIR Bhatnagar fellow Lalji Singh has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Ahmad is new CVO of HIL (UPDATED)
S Owais Ahmad has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Hindustan Insecticides Limited(HIL), Delhi. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.

Deputation tenure of CVO ESIC extended (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of A K Singh Chief Vigilance Officer, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has been extended for a further period of 6 months, i.e. upto February 2,2012. He is 1983 batch IFS officer of UP cadre.

Vigilance Study Circle (VSC M), Mumbai Chapter celebrates Foundation Day (UPDATED)
The Mumbai Chapter of the Vigilance Study Circle (VSC-M) celebrated the 1st Anniversary of its foundation at a simple function conducted in the SCI Auditorium on August 16 2011with R. Sri Kumar, IPS (Retd), Vigilance Commissioner as the Chief Guest and Padmashri S. Subramanian IPS (Retd), the Founder Patron of VSC, Hyderabad & Mentor to VSC M and S. Hajara, Chairman & Managing Director, The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd as the Guests of Honour. Vigilance Study Circles provide an ideal platform for the Vigilance Officers to meet and exchange their views/ experiences etc. on a regular basis. The VSC M was inaugurated by Pratyush Sinha, the then Central Vigilance Commissioner in the SCI Auditorium on August 19, 2010. There are 34 member organizations of VSC M drawn from various PSUs, Nationalized Banks, Insurance Companies, Port Trusts and the Railways. Other dignitaries present on the occassion were President of VSC M Mrs. I. Sasikala, IRS, CVO of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., General Secretary of VSC M M.B. Sagar, IPS, CVO of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. Treasurer of VSC M R.S. Bora, CVO of Dena Bank.
The function was attended by a large number of CMDs, CVOs and Nodal Officers of member organizations of the VSC M in addition to other invitees and guests including Directors of SCI. Vigilance Study Circle (VSC) was first established in Hyderabad on July 07, 2003 and was inaugurated by the Central Vigilance Commissioner. The mission of Vigilance Study Circle is to spread Vigilance awareness and develop the knowledge and skills of Vigilance Professionals. Also it is an endeavour to strengthen the hands of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in combating the ever increasing corruption in the country. Chapters of the VSC are already functioning in Bengaluru and Kolkata.

Mohanty is new CVO NALCO (UPDATED)
P K Mohanty has taken over as CVO of the NALCO.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Air CMDE Mukherjee to be Director (Finance) HNL (UPDATED)
Air CMDE P K Mukherjee is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the Hindustan Newsprint Limited.

CORPORATE

Income Tax to raid offices of corporates who have foreign bank accounts?
On the received information from the Ministry of Finance the income tax department has started the process of seize and search operations of various corporates who have accounts on foreign banks. Most of the raids are on corporates who have bank accounts in tax havens like Lichenstien. We have received specific information and are acting on the same say IT sources .

REC will now have non IAS as CMD
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) will no longer be having any IAS officer as CMD.

H M Dutta now with ABG Group Mumbai
H M Dutta, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs Dalmia Cements Bharat Ltd has recently taken up a new assignment with ABG Group, Mumbai as their Sr.Vice President - Group Corporate Affairs based out of Delhi.

Manwani on Whirlpool board
Whirlpool Corporation has appointed Harish Manwani COO of Unilever to its board of directors.

Talbot joins Tata Elxsi
Tata Elxsi has appointed design veteran Nick Talbot as the global design head for the Industrial Design (ID) division.

Gupta appointed Deputy Executive Editor, Hindustan Times
Shishir Gupta has been appointed as Deputy Executive Editor, Hindustan Times.

Kanth ceases to be Ditrector, Power Grid Corporation of India
Dr M Ravi Kanth ceases to be Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd with effect from August 16, 2011.

Munjal appointed Joint MD, Hero Motocorp Ltd
Hero Motocorp Limited has appointed Sunil Kant Munjal as the Joint Managing Director of the Company for a term of five years w.e.f. August 17, 2011.

Two directors cease to be on Board of IDBI Bank
K Narasimha Murthy and H.L Zutshi have ceased to be directors of IDBI Bank Ltd with effect from August 17, 2011.

Taksali resigns as Director, Lyka Labs Ltd
V STaksali , Executive Director, Lyka Labs Ltd has resigned as Director of the company from August 1, 2011.

Leekha appointed Independent Director, Jindal Saw Ltd
Jindal Saw Limited has appointed Ravinder Nath Leekha as Independent Director of Jindal Saw Ltd.

Mehta appointed Addl. Director, Camphor & Allied Products Ltd
The Board of Camphor & Allied Products Ltd has approved the appointment of Prakash Mehta as an Additional Director in the company with effect from August 5, 2011.

Arora appointed Exec. Chairman, Zenotech Laboratories Ltd
Zenotech Laboratories Ltd has appointed Dr. Sudershan K. Arora, Chairman as Executive Chairman of the Company with effect from August 25, 2011.

Raman is Chief Planning Officer, Percept Media
Srikanth Raman has joined Percept Media as the Chief Planning Officer.

Hasan appointed VP ( Strategic Planning), Everest Brand Solutions.
Everest Brand Solutions has appointed Meraj Hasan as Vice President (Strategic Planning).

Batra appointed Creative Head (Art), Rediffusion Y & R, Delhi
Rediffusion - Y & R, Delhi has appointed Tarun Batra as Creative Head (Art).

Badami elevated as Group MD, O&M, Malaysia
Ogilvy & Mather has been elevated Anand Badami to the role of Group Managing Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Malaysia.

Hazare appointed CMO, KOOH
Kids Out of Home Pvt Ltd (KOOH) has appointed Shrikant Hazare as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Sanzgiri now Vice Chairman Saraswat Bank (UPDATED)
Sushil Sanziri is Vice Chairman of Saraswat Bank

Joshi joins Saraswat Bank board (UPDATED)
AG Joshi former Chairman of Dena Bank has joined the Saraswat Bank board

Joshi joins Saraswat Bank board (UPDATED)
PN Joshi former Chairman of United Western Bank has joined the Saraswat Bank board

Pai joins Saraswat Bank board (UPDATED)
Jagdish Pai former Executive Director Canara Bank has joined the Saraswat Bank board

Sawaikar joins Saraswat bank board (UPDATED)
Sawaikar former Deputy Managing Director of SBI has joined the Saraswat Bank board

Davra joins Saraswat Bank board (UPDATED)
SS Davra former IAS officer and Director FERA has joined the Saraswat Bank board

Hats off to Home Ministry and Delhi Police

Hats off to Union Home Ministry and Delhi Police for handling protestors supporting Anna Hazare's fast. However, there has been inordinate delay in formulating Government strategy and stand. Certain situations could have been avoided. Most of the citizens are in agreement with Rahul Gandhi's thinking that there was no need of arresting Anna Hazare. This reflects the maturing of Rahul Gandhi on the democratic principles. It is perhaps the most appropriate time for Congress Party to think and consider change in leadership of the Government. If Rahul Gandhi becomes PM at this juncture, there is 110% chance of his party and he returning to power because the people would certainly like to give him sufficient time to prove himself and show the best of traits of Pandit Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi in steering the country to greater heights.

Vishesh from New Delhi

What's the problem in fresh recruitment ?

There is already acute shortage of defence officers and by doing so, position will go from bad to worse for armed forces. What's theh problem in fresh recruitment ? What a policy! Personnel meant for policing are being utilised elsewhere. It is a waste of exchequers money all together.

N S Patiyal

How can Indian army spare young officers ?

How Indian army can spare young officers when there is shortage of thousands of young officers in armed forces. Besides officers once trained in Army cannot make a good police officer due to the phenomenal differences in basic and advance training concepts of police and the Army. It shows that even though army officers openly criticize IPS Officers but covertly they aspire to become IPS.

Venkat

Wrong maths !

Your news "Captain and Major-rank defence officers will now be able to sit for limited departmental examination to join the Indian Police Service, in all probability, from 2012 onwards. The step is being taken to bridge the shortage of IPS officers in the country. As on 1st January this year, there were 3,393 IPS officers against an authorised strength of 4,720, leaving a shortage of 1,477 IPS officers."

The maths is wrong. The correct value is 1327.

R Kumar

Promote state service officers in time

As seen from the facts of the cadre management and shortage of the IPS officers, 1) Overall in the country there is a shortage at the SP level. If we fragment the situations a) few states have shortage of SPs. Therefore solution would be to promote the state service officers in time. This will fulfill the ethos of the concerned state and greater role for state officers to play at the IPS level . there is an motivation for the state officers, they wouldn't runaway to other cadres by marriages etc or wouldn't go on deputation at an early age to central organisations and become stooges in order to stay in the central organisastions. The cadres will be good with uprightness, neutrality anonymity etc as required by the Indian constitution for an all India service officer officers. Professionalism as required by a civil police officer will be achieved to it's nearest point.

Further b) the shortage at the sp level can be be alleviated by extending the tenure of SP ship from 4-14th year to 4-17th year of a direct recruit IPS officer. The DIG's tenure can be cut short from 4 years to few years as required by the individual states. As such at DIG level there is very few options and responsibilities to be played at the state level.

Further c)Large induction of officers every year will further make the organisation pyramid detrimental to the goals of the organisation. When all these officers get promoted, the pyramid becomes top heavy, which is not appreciated in any ongoing private successful companies. its surprising to know about the rusting of rational thought processes of the government at the secretary level, where minimum knowledge of the basic administrative fundamentals must be known .Until now recruitment to civil police was by UPSC,by picking up fine and raw people from the country , select and train them to be good civil police officers, which would be different from brutal police as was during British days. Improving the police organistaion and structure and behaviour was done all these years and practiced by all our seniors in the country . Than were they fools to not induct defence personal.

further 3) there is shortage in the IAS also. Are they inducting the Defence personnel into IAS. Further in a state , government servants from various services get into IAS , like from state engineering service, state accounts service, state transport service etc, So these people can also be considered for recruitment into IPS. So that the civilian structure of the regulating agencies could be retained. Further d) all over the world ,the best democratic countries has the best professional and humane police with them. There fore in our country ,our own home department introduced the mid career programmes to inculcate the best practices of the world in our police .believe me the entire program tries to make the police an more civilian , more humane, more kinder to handle the civilian problems of the country. Will this not be distorted on bringing in already military trained people into civilian police life. There is a culture difference which may not help in alleviating the problems of the state, rather watch , this will land state government in more trouble while handling law and order situations.

e) the shortage in the central police organisations can be alleviated by promoting their own staff , which will be highly motivating for them and there is an assured career progression.

See, whatever is done , there must be reasoning and rationale in the policies. cohesion and complementary facts must exist among and across policies. but whats happening ? IS every secretary and minister is entitled to alter the well established principled structures and systems by whims and fancies and flamboyance.

Unfortunate, Mani Shankar Aiyer conducted funeral to Collectoracy and district magistracy by bifurcating Zilla Parishad from it. After this the pace of development has actually retarded. The great canon Chidambaram has tried to catalyse the rusting process of the district police superintendence rather than strengthening the steel frame of Indian democracy.

f) Top cops more popular among IPS officers discusses on crap issues in a diplomatic way , so that the readers of topcop website are also topcops who would not dare to be annoyed. Rather its an well with all frogs croaking among themselves. Come out discuss boldly in the forums. Do u wait for Anna Hazare and to set right police department. Luckily he has atleast succeeded in shaking and stirring the Home minister and conveyed not to handle things in a flamboyant manner. Better watch the policy and review again for an good civilian policing.

Raghu

Beyond all understanding

The rational behind this move is beyond all understanding. The Armed Forces are experiencing shortages at junior level. If the idea is to utilise the Combat Trained Officers at NDA and IMA, it is an ill conceived idea as Combat and Policing(in a democratic country) are entirely different.

Rakesh Saini

Stop deputation of IPS officers

In view of acute shortage of IPS officers all over India, the deputation of IPS officers in Non Police/intelligence Jobs should be banned for 3 years or till situations improve .

T K Ghosh

U.K. govt's inability

Analyses for the causes of the recent London riots in prominent newspapers has brought out that the main reason is the U.K. govt's inability to continue the immense social benefits , e.g. free healthcare unemployment benefits etc., due to economic reasons . This should be a lesson for us as we have already launched the NREGA ,the RTE and the NRHM , all requiring huge funds and providing immense opportunities for leakage of funds. Another similar scheme for food security is on the anvil. Long term sustaining of such schemes is going to be an uphill task for any govt. Benefits once given cannot be easily withdrawn. On the one hand we are trying to reduce subsidies in the petroleum , fertilizer and food area and on the other hand launching schemes for free education health employment and food security.

Suman Swarup

Why are they afraid of Jan Lok pal bill ?

Huge money which goes through corrupt means in the pocket of few persons can well be utilised for better amenities and for levy of reduced taxes on common peoples. If their conscience is clear, why they are afraid of Jan Lok Pal Bill. Are they holding powerful positions for ever ? They should cast their selfish motives aside and join the move and put their contribution for right cause of saving common people from sufferings of facing corrupt practices in public life.

Sham Sunder Juneja

Unfair comments

Leela's comments about Bharath Bhushan are unfair especially when the word 'removed' is used in a negative way. Every one in aviation sector knows what happened. After Reghu Menon became a hot potatoes for the powers be due to his scrupulousness and honesty, he was abruptly removed and Bharath Bhushan was asked to take over as CMD Air India with a promise to make his deputation permanene.But suddenly orders came from 'High Command' to replace him with a pliable bureaucrat Arvind Jadhav.

They again tried to bring in Bharath Bhushan who point blank refused the offer. They then went after Jt. Secretary, Rohit Nandan who has no experience of any PSU administration. One has to watch and see how Nandan performs.

Capt N K Gupta

Causes of widespread corruption

I would like to invite attention to some very root causes of widespread corruption. The government servants both subordinates & officers allowed to continue in one place, one department, one post for long number of years. They just show a break of some months by accepting another posting but continue to retain the same privileges like bungalow etc.

Charul Agrawal

Cloven hoof of UPA-2

L'affaire Anna Hazare arrest has once again exposed the cloven hoof of UPA-2 led by a paranoid PM who was catapulted to the gaddi only because of his complete lack of mass base ,more in the nature of a super cabinet secretary till Yuvaraj becomes ripe for the plunge. This unfittest person has become more of a liability to the Congress party. As a retired bureaucrat, he revels in granting out of turn extensions to almost all ex-bureaucrats; he is himself tired and retired and wants to surround himself with spineless ex-bureaucrats who excel in sycophancy and toadyism. His response to any crisis is typically that of a faceless bureaucrat. The Congress is going to pay a heavy toll for the drift and policy paralysis through which the country is passing. The sooner he is replaced the better for the nation. Dr. M M Singh will go down in history as the learned PM who watched the 'creed of greed' getting institutionalised in governance.

P Ramesan

Protection of trees

The Complainant wanted the Forest Department, GNCTD to put up on their website certain information related to the Delhi Tree Preservation Act like details of permissions given for felling and pruning of trees, together with the details of applicants, the number of trees, locations, reasons for approval or rejection of the same and other details. The CIC directed to put the information on-line along with the details of complaints received on the tree help-line and their status till the date of final disposal. The CIC also directed all civic agencies carrying out any construction work to display along with the monetary costs and details of the project, the environmental cost, indicating the number of trees being felled and the location of compensatory plantation.

Comments

In M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India, the scope of Article 21 of the Constitution of India (Right to Life and Liberty) was enlarged by the Apex Court and the right to clean environment was also comprehended under Article 21. The rapid concretization in the city is affecting the trees the most, leading to poor forest cover and disappearance of
various species of birds. While this order is a step in the right direction, the mute question is whether it would be implemented and if yes, to what extent?

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)