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You deserve thanks for picking the citation and bringing it to the readers. Your site and column are unique. Vipul Shah Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com> Aaj Ki Aaawz Hilarious.... Advani is now Maska Purush.....Amul Butter-man!! To fulfil his PM dream he will do whatever he can!!
I'm sure if a survey is done whether people feel Advani is above board!! Public will say 'paisa Advani ne bhi kiya horde'!!
He's fought elections and we all know fighting elections mean spending big bucks!! Like a sponge money an election sucks!!
And again his name in the Jain Hawala Diary is a clear pointer!! On propriety Advani is a 'huge disappointer'!!
Disappointer because he's positioned himself as Purash de Saaf!! And believe me his positioning himself as Loh and Saaf Purash are both a laugh!!
At most he's a windbag...... and now he's trying his hand at verse!! In verse now at Congress and his detractors he'll curse!!!!
He's trying to become Vajpayee 2....that is why into 'verse'!!! Pretty late to start verse when one has one foot in the hearse!!
Why was there such a delay in announcing JPC when it has been within Congress decided? That not agreeing to JPC would mean that with Raja Congress sided!
Today at long last Mohna made the announcement and heaved a sigh of relief!! Because honest man Mohna is covering up for dishonest Raja was the general belief!
And why do you think DMK is lumping it!!!! Ordinarily at Congress DMK karti hit!!
DMK will keep mum till TN elections are over!! And then will take call whether it can go ballistic or run for cover!
Yes it would be a good idea to get an economist as FM!!! We still remember the stellar role as FM played by our present PM!!
PC's too much of a jalebi and Pranab Da is not an economist!! And the man's an out and out pessimist!!
Mohna would like Montek..... but Montek's capitalist economics is not suited here!! Arguments for subsidies he refuses to even hear!!
If it were left to him there would be no subsidies and FDI in all sectors would be allowed! And even in the past tacitly to Uncles Sam's demands the man has bowed!!
In Davos it is said he hobnobbed with those from Uncle Sam's land!! It's said he was in Company of one American or another after in Davos he did land!!
The only thing Indian about him was the 'duppata' muffler he wore!! Many Americans with his capitalist economics he did floor!!
They say Sonia's got herself a new speechwriter..... overdue!! For sometime outside 10 Janpath there was a speechwriter's queue!!
Khilnani the new speecchwriter has got an uphill task!!! Will he be able to give Sonia via his speeches the much needed 'mask'!!
Her masks of being a humanitarian or of her not tolerating the corruption are off! At both these masks now Public does scoff!!
Confucius says... Masks come off some day!!! Masks have a limited shelf life and on the face forever masks cannot
stay!! Bharat Kumar
Will Gujral be Chairman NHAI ? Y.G. Parande tipped to be chief of CBEC Ping pong about new GMs in Railways goes on Authorities set up 4 member Executives committee
of UTI-AMC Hussain is number two in panel of ONGC DD is still headless Assam government sticks to its guns Sanjay Bhattacharya is Member BIFR Arun Choudhary is Spl. Director, IB Finally, 75 AGMs in BHEL promoted as GMs Sunil Kumar Gautam elevated as IG, SSB Khalid Jamal appointed PS to UD Minister Kamal
Nath. Ms. Sadhna Shankar is PS to Aviation Minister
V.Ravi Dr.Sanjeev Mishra is head of ICAS officer's
association Divya Jyoti Das appointed PS to M.S. Gill DPC to select new MD, ECGC IA&AS officer Pillay transferred to New
Delhi Talitmen Toy empanelled in GoI 36 DGMs in IOC promoted as GMs, given fresh
postings 1997 batch IPS to get DIG rank in Jharkhand Agrawal is Director HRD Thakur joins GoI Peeyush Kumar Srivastava's central deputation
on the anvil DoT accepts refusal for promotion of 5 Asst
Accounts Officers
Ajay Kumar promoted as DIG AP Govt to repatriate IFS officer Vijaykar IPS officer Prabhakar Alok promoted as ADGP Kerala IPS officer Thachankary in trouble
again Kerala ADGP M.K. Singla in trouble for issuing
NoC to Thachankary PPP big wigs stunned by Qureshi's statement
in NA IAS changes in TamilNadu IPS postings in UP IAS changes in Chhattisgarh Gopal Das acting CMD of BSNL to retire Randhawa to be new AS Food in GoI (UPDATED) Ramesh Bahri elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) M. Krishna Kumar elevated from GM to ED in
POWERGRID (UPDATED) S.C. Singh elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) Sanjeev Singh elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) Pankaj Kumar elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) N S Sodha elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) V Sekhar elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) D.S. Singh elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) Mahendra Singh elevated from GM to ED in POWERGRID
(UPDATED) SC quashes HC order, upholds Gammon CBD, Minto
Hall projects in Bhopal (UPDATED)
CORPORATE Fast growing business houses ? Jamestin to be Director (HR) ONGC Y K Gaiha is new Member of BIFR Jagdeep Kochar appointed VP & Business
Head EBS Worldwide Kajal Malik to head Brand Solutions Cell of
Sakal Media Ram resigns as Non Exec. Director, Moser-Baer
(I) Ltd Gupta appointed MD, Pro Fin Capital Services Jain appointed Company Secy. AMD Industries Bilpower Ltd appoints Company Secy. Kumar appointed Company Secy. Responsive Industries Stelcon Strips Board accepts resignations
of directors Govindji Trikamdas Exports Board accepts resignations
of directors Mishra appointed ED, Govindji Trikamdas Exports Sawhney appointed CEO Thapar is Member BBMB
Absence of transparency in promotions leads to sycophancy in PSUs
It was reported in WIC that in BHEL promotions from AGM to GM are being delayed because influential people want their persons to be promoted. This speaks of the rot in PSU promotion system at AGM, GM, and ED level. Manipulability in promotions, leads to sycophancy and promotes corruption because officers at this level always have to bend to and please the bosses by any means. A member from the administrative ministry in the DPC serves no purpose because there is no transparent promotion policy and such member goes by tradition i.e. to accept the promotion list suggested by PSU managements. There are no protests because officers at this level are terribly scared of management (read Board Members) because in the absence of a transparent promotion policy management can mar the career of any officer almost forever. It is high time DPE should review the promotion list of this level of officers in Navratnas and Maharatnas and instruct PSUs to make basis of marks awarded to each candidate known to them. WIC has been taking up cause of Government officers. It is requested it should take up cause of PSU officers also, who are about 8 lakh in numbers (officer- staff ratio is high) and face too much arbitrariness in repeatedly being left out in their promotion. They are too afraid to speak up. Promotions at this level are not transparent at all, and there is outright high handedness,
Kumar
Can the system change?
I have been thinking for a very long time as to the reason why some Officers are very arrogant while others are humble & polite. Such a trait has been observed across all services. Why have standards fallen? When Officers are selected by the UPSC they are all initially young eager officers' desirous of making a difference & want to overhaul the system & bring in improvements. Those who are first generation Civil Servants are the ones who boldly venture out & stick to their convictions & face all kinds of odds because of ignorance of hardships to come. Unfortunately these first generation officers are the ones who do not have any safety net & nobody to protect them & except for their honesty of conviction & determination they have nothing to support or back them. It is this category of conscientious Officers who are most hard working & upon whom the efficiency of the government actually rests. These Officers are humble & listen to the public grievances; they take initiatives & tirelessly work but are low profile & do not flaunt their achievements as a result there is a situation of jungle mein mor naacha kisne dekha? It is essential to blow your own trumpet loud & clear but coming from humble backgrounds they are the bold ones who take on & fight an unjust system because they had struggled against & been victims of this unjust system prior to their selection. During two years Probation the young Officers start observing things around. On one hand they see honest hardworking but poverty stricken officers from economically weak backgrounds being kicked around. On the other hand they see easy going well connected Officers whose fathers & relatives are big men & woman of high position & have an easy going life for whom one telephone call is enough to settle any issue to their satisfaction. Be it managing transfer posting in Metros throughout career or deputations, selections for foreign trainings etc all is managed through sifarish. These are the royal class amongst Officers. The third & majority category of Officers are those who find it safe to blindly side with the bosses/powerful politicians/industrialists etc & angle for all kinds of favours & are members of powerful existing coteries & help each other by doing each others work. The Probationers look at their meteoric rise & comforts enjoyed & manner in which their careers are forwarded & their interests protected by these coteries of strong vested interest of senior functionaries. Thus junior officers coming out fresh from the training centres are quick to choose the path. On one side they have officer who has strongly defended the government's interest & taken a stand & hence the common mans interests have been safeguarded but who has incurred wrath of his superiors is fingered, kicked around & frequently dislocated & given bad postings, implicated in false & petty nature of cases, given charge sheet on false grounds deliberately knowing fully well that the Officer can be kept busy in this way & will be pre-occupied in defending himself for years together as Disciplinary cases linger on for years & never mind if after all this long exercise the charges are not proved because even if he is let off the damage has already been done & career ruined. On the other hand young Probationers see good for nothing officers who do not take any decisions, play safe, are totally inactive with closed minds & are so focused that they do only that which boss asks them to do. Well going by the present state of affairs it is clear which path majority of young probationers will choose. Only the unwise will choose the path of struggle & toil.
Yours faithfully
Panneerselvan
Is it possible to withdraw discretionary powers?
Apart from a deputation mafia operating in GoI there is also an assortment of after retirement asylum posts of consultants, advisers & heads of various committees etc thrown in as bait for gullible, bending, crawling Officers who spent their career in obediently proposing on files & becoming his master's voice without any application of mind. For example in the Ministry of Urban Development itself around 65 consultants were appointed under JNNURM etc. However the Media avoids highlighting such negative facts because the Ministry has powers to distribute largess like Government accommodation in prime locations to its favoured journalists from private sector. Will the Ministry have the guts to withdraw this facility completely & restrict allotment of Government accommodation to eligible Government Servants only & not start cultivating a breed of chamcha journalists from private sector who are taunted as sarkari journalists by even their own colleagues & have no credibility left. A dedicated bureaucracy has been achieved & so has a dedicated retinue of journalists in private sector by distributing largesse which is not their due. Will the government allow its own government officers who have not been allotted houses due to shortage of accommodation to accept accommodation from large industrial houses? Then why it is selectively favouring a handful of Journalists from private sector? The CAG has pointed out in its Performance Audit - Report No. 6 of 2009-10) 2007-2008 in respect of Land & Development Office, Ministry of Urban Development. Para 9.5 states that L&DO had allotted land to nine Presses in Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. The outstanding dues are given as under :-
(i). M/S Express Newspapers Private Ltd. - Outstanding dues Rs. 400 Crores,
(ii). Daily Pratap - Outstanding dues Rs. 12.72 Crores,
(iii). M/S Gulab Singh & Sons Pvt. Ltd. - Outstanding dues Rs. 12.00 Crores,
(iv). M/S Associated Journals Ltd. (National Herald) - Outstanding dues Rs. 2.89 Crores.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF LOSS - Rs.427.61 Crores.
Thus despite inefficiency and corruption in the Directorate of Estates nothing negative is highlighted. Every file related to out of turn allotment of accommodation is a scandal in itself and if the CVC or CVO scrutinizes such out of turn allotment or change of quarter's file the irregularities & breaking of rules will be evident. But since the CVO system is defective because the Ministry does not have a separate CVO & the concerned Joint Secretary is handling the administration of Directorate of Estates as well as looking after vigilance thus question of anyone pointing out any lapses does not arise. The administrative authority & vigilance authority is same. Instead of strengthening CVO of Ministry it is more advantageous to have part time CVO in main Ministry & close your eyes & full time CVO in CPWD & DDA. It is correct observation that not a single CVO has ever caught any corrupt action. The CVO post is merely a temporary resting place for deputationists wanting to extend their stay in Delhi.
Dimpy Chopra
Blocking the vision of effective & progressive administration
" I would like to brief you that PS Association is not writing copious letters. They have been trying to wake up the establishment from their deep sleep. I must also inform that PS Association had written number of letters to the DoPT but not even a single one has been answered by DoPT. PS Association, through their letters, has only been requesting the DoPT and other Government Departments to stop selective implementations of the 6th CPC Recommendations which have been accepted as a package by the Cabinet and Notified through the resolution dated 28/2/2008. PS Association has been stressing for versatile use of PS, who could serve the establishment in a better way. This would not only provide the Government with multi talented people but also save lot of tax payers money. But the biased interpretation, red tapism and greed for power are blocking the vision of effective & progressive administration".
S.K. Saxena
Extend tenure of Chiefs of two Revenue Boards at two years
The tenure of the Chiefs of the two Revenue Boards needs to be two years. This would be in line with tenure given to Director CBI. It may be recalled that even when the Chairman CBDT was an Additional Secretary post, the Chairman did not report to the Revenue Secretary. It was only when the post was upgraded to Special Secretary, a new reporting channel through Revenue Secretary was introduced. So the status quo ante may be restored without any problems.
A K Singh
Address retirement age in budget
The question of retirement age at 62 or 65 may be answered once and for all in the Budget to make way for funds for implementing NREGA and Food Security.
Anon
Absurd relation - retirement age & inflation
With the advent of Budget session, the outlandish pleas for increase in retirement age of government servants have started. A few wise souls have even linked with increase in retirement age with reduction of inflation!! Nothing can be more cockeyed and absurd than this. The need of the hour is to get fresh induction with young men and women with open mind and ideas than the half-witted inane jonnies who are occupying the positions for over 30 years with little or no work, particularly at group B and C levels. Any proposal for extending their tenure for two more years will be disservice to the nation and will push back the government work at least by five years.
VOX POPULI
CSSS - Future of Feeder Grade (Steno Gr.'D')
Recently The Cabinet approved cadre restructure for CSSS as done in the past in 1993 and 2006 with the main intention of providing some relief to Gr. 'D' Stenos which is the feeder grade and are stagnating in the same grade for more than 25 years. Although Grade 'D' stenos of 1983 batch were promoted from 1993 on ad-hoc basis only, but unfortunately, nothing happened till now and their services are still not regularised. Now also, it appears that PPS and Sr. PPS posts have increased and will also be promoted, but there is no increase in the number of posts of Steno Gr'C' (PAs), but only posts vacated due to promotion of PSs and PPS will go to them. This time also the main motive behind the whole exercise, i.e. providing relief to stagnating Gr 'D' will not be served as still those promoted in 1993 will hardly get regularised and even if regularised, they are on ad-hoc for more than 15 years without regularisation. Now nearly one and half month has elapsed but nothing has happened till date. Again, it seems Steno Gr 'D' will be left where they were only to work as a subordinates to these "British PPS/Sr.PPS officers" for sitting late for a small salary and help in all their duties and get them Outstanding grading and will be given Average/Good grading. The faulty system is responsible for their equivalent UDC, who even junior to Steno 'D' have been promoted as regular Assistants and some have become SOs; and probably the poor steno D will remain where they were. WILL DOPT wake up to help the poor Gr 'D' Stenos?
Luthra
Why Cong chose embarrassment ?
There was king who gave punishment to a convict to choose to eat either a bucket full of onions or a bucket full of cowdung (gobar). He was happy to choose onions. After eating two-three onions eyes were bleary and he could not bear the taste. So he thought may he will try gobar. After eating a little bit, he chose back to onion. Then again gobar. Finally he ended up eating both. So congress had to concede CBI inquiry on Raja, Kalmadi and others, as well as it conceded on JPC. Those in know wondering why it did not concede to JPC in the first instance as that would have saved it from lot of embarrassment and all these inquiries.
Sanjiv K Singh
Revivalism or Transformation ?
We dreamt of equality, justice, liberty, fraternity and dignity. Those who inspired us to so dream were men and women of high moral character, vast knowledge and enormous wisdom. They were the great Indian freedom fighters. They were the great Indian leaders. They were great Indian thinkers. Why am I using were instead of are? I am just one among lakhs of us who are using it. It is because deliberate efforts are being made to resort to revivalism. Revivalism of the pre-dream order; revival of the regimes of the Shahanshahs, the Nawabs, the Maharajas and the Laat Sahabs. India is being violently pushed into inequalities( couched in constitutional jargon). Liberty is being curtailed through legislation or implementation of legislation. The number of cases in ourts bear abundant testimony to the injustice suffered by the people. Venom is being spewed to divide the nation on communal lines. Trust deficit is proved by setting up separate ministries to cater to the specified segments of the nation as if the government is incapable of meeting their aspirations. The language used and the treatment meted out to dignitaries or the common citizen is infradig. Physical and verbal violence is common in the elected bodies or on the streets. In fact, the very concept of a nation is under threat? Kashmir is just an indication but attacks on persons from one state in another is on the rise. The status of law & order generally is no less disturbing. Officers are humiliated and kidnapped. The federal structure has become so centralized that even the Indian Prime Minister feels helpless. His defence that he is not as great a culprit as is being made out and awards himself 7/10 marks. That was not the case when India practiced democracy, but revivalist forces have regained their territories lost to democracy and are more powerful today than they were earlier. Today they are a formidable and united force. So India today stands divided and stratified. So much conflict has been injected into its socio-political body that it will not be easy to dream of the nation that the constitution of India talks about. The India conceptualized by the constitution was a plan to transform ancient India into a modern vibrant democracy. Our feudal structure built in less than 40 years is the opposite of all those concepts of Transformation. It was my fervent hope that in the 2nd decade of this 21st century , the government would do something concrete to strengthen that plan of democratic India. But all that the President said in her address to the joint session today was: We are blessed with the benefits of democracy. Our founding fathers gave us institutions, conventions and practices that have stood us in good stead. We owe it to ourselves and to the coming generations to strengthen these institutions, conventions and practices so that our future as a strong, free, prosperous and democratic nation is assured. I offer my best wishes to all of you in this endeavour? It will be an achievement of great value if we can deploy Leaders, who would fulfill the hope of the President.
M L Gupta
Good Luck to Butola
Butola is a fine and apt Officer. I know him briefly during the visit of Late Rajesh Pilot to Jakarta (Indonesia) in 1996 (Butola was his PS).
Wish him Good Luck.
Kishore Dudani IFS(Retd)
Prosecution record Copies of certain documents were denied to the Applicant claiming that
it consists of analysis of evidences by various decision taking authorities
and their opinions thereon which has the potential to influence these
evidences and to interfere with the proceedings of the court wherein
prosecution of the Applicant is already under process. The Commission
noted that copies of the relied upon documents submitted by the Respondents
to the Court have already been provided Comments Public Authorities tend to avoid disclosure even after the filing of the charge-sheet, on various pretexts. With the filing of the charge-sheet which marks the end of the investigations, the documents should no longer be held as exempt. Shri Vijai Singh Meena v. North Western Railway in File No: CIC/AD/A/2010/001543
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