HEARD IN PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE:

HEARD IN PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE:

What time do babus come to office in morning?

Sir few minutes before 11 am.

What time do they leave?

Depends it can 3.30 pm 4.30 pm?

Why ?

Sir, WIC is updated at 11 am and then again between 3.30 amd 4.30 pm and every bureaucrat is in office before 11 am to check the site and remains atleast till it is updated again.

Payal Singh

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Aaj Ki Aawaz

In Defense Ministry there is forging and even important files are lost!

And to the Nation very dear these do cost!!

And this despite the Defense Mantri being honest!!!!

But people in the know say 'system is systematically dishonest'!!

And don't tell me Congress Party fund is not richer with every Defense Order!!!!

Let us see now what will happen after Madam Ji on ghoos has said 'order order'!!

Those in the know say her 5 point programme is like 'elephant's teeth or daant'!!!!

Can haathi eat with the teeth it shows.... it can't!!

Sibal has done what he was expected to do....muddle!!!

He's said in 2 G scam there was no loss .... sure does befuddle!!!

Hope during the weekend he reads CAG's entire report!!!!

But then it was expected to such games he would resort!!

BJP has to realize its finger pointing is not enough!!!!

Just finger pointing looks more like a bluff!!

It must finger point and give solutions too!!!!

This would be the right thing to do!!!

Like if it cries foul on rocketing inflation!!!

First let us know why prices are rocketing and then how there can be inflation mein deflation!

Public is smart and now needs to know what is the cure?????

And please do note we know ' no Neta or Political Party is pure'!!!

There is no way the CJM can accede to CBI's request for closure of Bofors case!

After the Order in Public he has to show his face!!!

Some Officers in CBI lament 'we are treated like a dhobi'!!!

We get orders to clean up and people mistake CBI is a 'lobhi' (greedy)!!!

It is rumored that Q has all the investigation papers on the Bofors case!!!

And his Lawyer on the 'forced' shortcomings apni argument karta hai base!!

Confucius says..... Q's case is now a like a corner stone!!!

A case India that could give India the Banana Republic tag or this is the last opportunity to 'atone'!!

Adds... Perception is post the elections those in power become autocratic!!!

And fiddle with everything that is considered democratic!!

Bharat Kumar

He wants to make a difference in Jharkhand
Effective governance with greater transparency using available technological tools to reach out to the poorest of poor in the State is the key initiative and thrust area on which the Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda is working on. Taking charge of the state plagued by political instability, the Red Terror and corruption, Munda has his task cut out. Brimming with confidence and a resolve to make a difference in Jharkhand, he is working out an action plan that will propel the state into the forefront in national mainstream in the long-run. Munda shared his thoughts about the state and the problems staring him, with our Editor and Country Head Sanjeev Majupuria and Editor Prakash Pillai in a free-wheeling interview recently.

The following are some of the excerpts of the interview-

Q: Jharkhand is today synonymous with political instability and corruption. What measures do you intend to take to remove this perception?

A: You are right. Today, nobody realizes that Jharkhand can turn out to be the mineral reserve of India and can soon be one of the leading states. It is known for all the wrong reasons. I do admit political instability is a key factor but people of the state are fast learning and as they showed in the Panchayat and local bodies elections hopefully they would not leave the state in a political mess in future. After taking over as the Chief Minister, I am concentrating on improving coordination with all political forces in the state.

As far as corruption is concerned, it stems out mostly from the mining contracts that were a lucrative business in Jharkhand along with government purchases. After due diligence, I have advised the state to use the Information Technology and go for e-bidding for all mining related activities and government purchases. This would lead to greater transparency. All our departments have been asked to follow the procedure. We have reinstated the Lokayukta and the State Human Rights Commission so that they can curb any excesses or misuse by the state.

Q: You talked about ICT, how are you using it for governance?

A: Well, you would be surprised to know that we have started an ultra modern data centre in Ranchi that houses government records. In the next six months all government data -be it relating to functioning, policy or revenue - would be available digitally. Price Water Coopers is our consultant for the project. Besides, to check pilferage and leakages in the Public Distribution system we are introducing Biometric scheme, whereby monitoring will become easy and effective at each stage. To improve efficiency we have converted the Panchayats as Panchayat Secretariat and about 4500 panchayats in the state are being linked to "Jharnet". This will help in quick disposal and effective implementation of policies, early redressal of grievances and coordinated planning.

Read the detailed interview in Jan 2011 issue of WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS, Magazine

BUREAUCRACY

Process for empanelment of 1978 batch IPS officers starts
Process of empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India has commences.

Tripathi to join RCT
Member Staff Railway Board V N Tripathi is likely to succeed Mathew John in the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) in Delhi in April.

Pratip Chaudhuri's file about SBI Chairman's slot yet to return from ACC
As the grapevine has it, file pertaining to the appointment of Pratip Chaudhuri as new Chairman of the State Bank of India ((SBI) is yet to come back from the ACC.
(We said this on December 8, 2010)

Ms. Ambika Soni for setting Prasar Bharati in order
Indian Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I & B) Ms. Ambika Soni has instructed her Ministry officials to set the house of Prasar Bharati in order. She has reportedly ordered for a clean up operation so that Prasar Bharati could attain its position of eminence in the broadcasting sector.

Ms Sandhu to move to Geneva
Ms Reenak Sandhu will succeed Ravi Bangar in Geneva as P[MI WTO (DPR).She is presently Joint Secretary in MEA.

Rao is new Chairman of Paradip Port Trust
G J Rao, the former chairman of the Tuticorin Port Trust in Tamil Nadu, has taken over as chairman of Paradip Port Trust.

Rajiv Ranjan to be promoted
Rajiv Ranjan Deputy Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), Headquarter, Delhi is likely to be promoted as Joint Director, IB. He is an IPS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

New JS level post in Culture
A new Joint Secretary level post is being created in the Department of Culture in the Government of India.

V K Singh to be Secretary Finance Chandigarh Administration
V K Singh is joining the Chandigarh administration as Secretary Finance. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

PESB urged to select candidates for CSL
The Shipping Ministry has urged the PESB to select candidates for a post each of Director Operations and Director Technical for the Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL).

Four new Information Commissioners in Karnataka
Four new Information Commissioners former IAS officer D Thangaraj, retired IPS officer M R Poojar, advocate Rama Naik and Shekar Sajjanar are being appointed in Karnataka.

IA&AS officer Rajesh Singh posted in Nagaland
Rajesh Singh (IA&AS: 1991), on repatriation to the department, is transferred and posted as Accountant General (A&E), Nagaland, Kohima against a newly created post.

Mathew to retire in March
Mathew John who is presently with the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) will retire in March.

Dr Ashok Bhan nominated to National Security Advisory Board
Former Director General of Police (J&K), Dr Ashok Bhan, has been nominated to National Security Advisory Board, reconstituted by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Dr Bhan's appointment will be for a period of two years.

Plethora of programs to add heat to VGGIS-11
Vibrant Gujarat 2011 Summit being organized by the government of Gujarat of which Chief Minister is Nanredra Modi will act as a vehicle to create a perfect platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the state. Heads of state, exhibitors, academicians, policy makers, global think tanks and hundreds of business and nonprofit leaders from over 60 countries are slated to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat 2011 summit. Even though the actual Vibrant Gujarat summit, a biennial global event will commence on January 12, state government has scheduled for holding an array of programmes beginning from January 10, ensuring a grand start for the much awaited mega event where representatives from Japan, Canada and Commonwealth Business Council along with corporate bigwigs will take part.
Seminars, penal discussion, discussion forum, roundtable conference - state government has left no stone unturned to provide a perfect platform to the investors and in line to make the state a global hub for business. To begin with, on January 10, 'International Roundtable For Academic Institutes' is being held at Pandit Dindayal Petroleum University (PDPU) on 8:00AM. It will be followed by Young Entrepreneur meet at Hotel Cambay Grand, Ahmedabad, on 9:00AM, penal discussion on'Emerging Geographics' at IIMA campus, Ahmedabad on 10:00AM, penal discussion on 'Human Development Index' at PDPU on 3:00PM, penal
discussion on 'Rurbanization: Changing face of Modern India at AMA on 6:00PM.Programs on January 11 will begin with the formal opening of an
International Kite Festival at Sabarmati river front on 8:30AM. It will be followed by penal discussion on 'Industry responsive skill development' at AMA on 9:00 am, an Innovation Summit in hotel Cambey Grand on 10:00am, IIT conclave at Nirma University on 2:00 pm and a discussion forum on 'Good Governance' at National Law University on 6:00 pm. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit will begin formally on January 12 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on 10:00 am. Chief Minister Narendra Modi along with numerous dignitaries will remain present on the occasion. Various seminars on the subjects like oil, gas and power, engineering and auto, SIR, SEZ, industrial parks, logistic parks, solar impulses and others will be organized 2:00 pm onwards followed by a roundtable meet on small scale industries and a buyer-seller meet at 6:00 pm. Concluding programme for Vibrant Summit will be held on 5:00 pm in the presence of Chief Minister and other dignitaries.

Post of DIG vacant in NTRO
One post of DIG rank officer is vacant in NTRO under the central government's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Dr. Kaushabh Sharma nominated for U.N. SAT
Dr. Kaushabh Sharma, DCP, Punjab has been nominated for U.N. SAT for the year 2010-11. He is a state police service (SPS) officer of Punjab.

Gupta Director (Finance), ITI retires
B.P. Gupta Director (Finance) with ITI had retired on December 31, 2010.

Patnaik is new Vice-Chairman, DDA
Delhi Home Secretary G S Patnaik has assumed the charge as new Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to AGMUT cadre.

Ray to hold additional charge of Home Secretary Delhi
Arvind Ray AGMUT cadre IAS of 1984 batch who is Secretary Services, Administrative Reforms & GAD will hold additional charge of Principal Secretary (PS) Home Delhi.

Arya's tenure as DG, NIESBUD extended ends
Extended tenure of K.R. Arya Director General (DG) of the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and small Business Development (NIESBUD), Noida has ended.

IES officer Mukherjee empanelled as JS
1986 batch India Economic Service officer S K Mukherjee has been empanelled in Government of India as JS or equivalent under CSS.

1993 batch IPS officers promoted in Punjab
Four 1993 batch IPS officers Mssrs Gurpreet Kaur, Varinder Kumar, Ishwar Singh and Jitender Kumar have been promoted to the rank of IG in Punjab.

1986 batch IPS is ADG in Punjab
1986 batch IPS officer Jasminder Singh has been promoted to the rank of ADG in Punjab.

Five new High Court Judges likely in MP
Five new High Court Judges including Sujay Pal, V K Jain and Mohammad Ali are likely to be appointed in Madhya Pradesh this month.

Promotion of IRPS officers soon
Promotion of 1987 and 1988 batch IRPS officers is expected to be made in a month or two.

1986 batch IAS is now PS in Orissa
Three 1986 batch IAS officers in Orissa Suresh Mohapatra, L N Gupta and Asit Tripathy have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Orissa.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle on the anvil in Haryana
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place in Haryana very soon.

Padhi leaves for US
Madhu Padhi has left for United Staes for higher studies.He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Vijay Kumar Garg and Jitendra Pratap Singh will be SPs of Sant Kabir Nagar and Mahoba respectively.Prem Narain will move to PAC Aligarh.D K Rai will be new SP Lakheempur Khiri.Manoj Kumar has been made SP Gazipur. R K Bharadwaj will now be SP Railways Allahbad. R K Srivastava has been posted as SP CBCID.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
19 IAS officials, including 10 DMs have been reshuffled. Lalitpur, Azamgarh, Basti, Siddharth Nagar, Chitrakoot, Ramabai Nagar, Baghpat, Banda, Mahoba and Ghazipur will have new DMs. District Magistrate Lalitpur Ranveer Prasad has been posted as special secretary of small industries. He will be replaced by Director- Employment C P Tiwari. DM Gazipur R Ramesh Kumar will be new Employment director. DM Azamgarh Manish Chauhan, who has been transferred to Medical and Health department as a special secretary, will be replaced by special secretary Rural Development R N Singh. DM Basti Pankaj Kumar has been moved to Basic Education department .He will be replaced by Sushil Kumar. DM Siddharth Nagar P R Mishra has been posted as special secretary, Rural Development, and will be replaced by Kapil Dev Tripathi. DM Chittrakoot Vishal Nath Rai has been shifted to National Integration department and Arvind Kumar Dwiwedi will replace him. DM Rama Bai Nagar (Kanpur rural) Saroj Kumar Tiwari has been transferred as special secretary Forest and DM Baghpat Mayur Mahieshwari has been appointed in his place. DM Banda Ranjan Kumar will move to Baghpat in the same capacity. DM Mahoba Vijay Vishwas Pant has been shifted to Banda in the same capacity.Dilip Kumar Gupta has been posted as DM Mahoba. C P Mishra has been made DM Gazipur.

Who will be the new Jharkhand Director General of Police?
Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand, Neyaz Ahmed who was scheduled to retire w.e.f. November 30, 2010 has been granted an extension of three months by the state government. He will now retire on Feb 28, 2011. Ahmed is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch who hails from the Jharkhand cadre.

Mizoram, Police bags AI Police Badminton Championship
N. Sandhu, Director, Intelligence Bureau presided over the closing ceremony of 3rd All India Police Badminton Championship at Siri Fort Sports Complex in a colourful ceremony. Various events like team championship, open singles, open doubles, open singles 40+, open doubles 40+, open singles 50+ Veteran and open doubles 50+ Veteran, open single women, open double women, mixed doubles were organized during the competition.Mizoram Poloce retained overall Championship trophy by winning it for the second consecutive year. Defending champion Priya Dube, Commandant Jharkhand Police retained title of Open single women by defeating Rajeshwari of Tamilnadu Police.

Jose Mohan DCP Jaipur South-blazes a new trail
Jose Mohan Deputy Commissioner of Police(DCP),Jaipur South who is known for innovations has blazed a new trail. In the New Year he took station head officers (SHOs) of all police stations falling under his jurisdiction to view recently released Bollywood film titled "No one killed Jessica". Jose Mohan who is an IPS officer of the 2002 batch belongs to the Rajasthan cadre. He showed the film to over 60 cops on January 9, 2011. This included Additional SP Shankar Datt Sharma, six Deputy SPs and two investigating officers (IOs) from each of the police stations under his jurisdiction. Jose Mohan said it was essential that those linked to media,police and medico legal field should see the film. It may be stated here that early last year Vidhayakpuri police station of Jaipur at Jose Mohan's initiative had got best police station in Asia award. Its rating was done by the Altus Global alliance-a global body. The Vidhayakpuri police station, with around one lakh people under it's jurisdiction is located in the city's southern flank and was been selected amongst the police stations of 211 cities in twenty countries like Bangladesh, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia and Uganda.

Transfer of Rly official Mrs. Garg cancelled
Transfer of Mrs. Aparna Garg of SAG/IRAS from SWR to RSC, has been cancelled. She would now be retained at Bangalore itself.

Railways transfers and postings
M. Ravinderanath Reddy of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from RWF as CE to SWR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, Amit garg of SAG/IRSE has been on return from deputation transferred to WF/Bangalore as CE, SD Pandey of SAG/IRSSE has been transferred from WCR to NER in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, RK Gupta of HAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR and posted as CAO/ C-II (He would also look after the duties of the post of PCE/NR until further orders), Deepak Kumar Kharha of JAG/IRAS has been transferred from RSC to ECR against an existing vacancy, Kumar Manvendra of SG/IRAS has been transferred from ECR to RSC, CS Chauhan of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from NCR and presently posted as CCM. He would be appointed in higher administrative grade on the Railway itself & posted as COM in HAH while UK Singh of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from NCR as COM and appointed in higher administrative grade on the Railway itself & posted as COM in HAH.

Air India to restore Dehradun-Delhi service
Air India will be restoring its normal operation (5 flts/week) on Delhi- Dehradun route from Jan 15, 2011 as follows: From DEL-DED Flight No - IC-463 will leave on 1,2,4,6, 7 Days. It will leave Delhi at 09. 35 hrs to reach Dehradun at 10.30 hrs. Similarly DED-DEL Flight No - IC-464 will leave on 1,2,4,6, 7 days. It will leave Dehradun at 11.10 hrs to reach Delhi at 12.10 hrs.

13 TN cadre IAS officers get super time scale
As many as 13 officers of 1995 batch of IAS of Tamil Nadu State Cadre are promoted have been promoted to Super Time Scale of IAS. They are M.A. Siddique - Private Secretary to Union Minister for Home Affairs, Mrs. R. Jaya- Director (BM -III) (GOI),Ministry of Home Affairs, Dr. P. Senthil Kumar - Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Mrs. Sandhya Venugopal Sharma - State Project Director, Sarvashiksha Abhiyan, Bengalaru, T. Udhyachandran - Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana - Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Dr. Santhosh Kumar Babu - Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited, Dr. B. Chandra Mohan - Commissioner of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, K. Sellamuthu - Commissioner of Fisheries, D. Raajendiran - Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Public (Elections) Department, Dr. M. Veera Shanmugha Moni - Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, A. Mohammed Aslam - Director of Land Reforms and Dr. A. Chittaranjan Mohandoss - Commissioner of Tourism.

Govind Mohan on 6 months extension joins in Cabinet secretariat
Govind Mohan who was hitherto Joint Secretary(DEA), Ministry of Finance in Government
of India (GOI) has been given six months extension and has joined in the Cabinet secretariat. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Sikkim cadre.

RTI

Are Employee Associations covered under the definiton of Public Authority?

Information about the election for Executive Committee proposed to be conducted by All India SC/ST Railway Employees Association (AISCSTREA) was refused by the Zonal President, claiming that the Association is not a Public Authority. The Commission noted that AISCSTREA is indirectly controlled and substantially financed by the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways. The office premises have been granted by the Railways and substantial financing in the form of receipts under the head Central Share are received from the Railways. Even the letterhead of the Association clearly states that it owes it's recognition and registration to the Railway Board. The CIC observed that a regime of transparency is in the interest of the Association. The CIC declared the Association a Public Authority under the RTI Act 2005 and directed the General Secretary to appoint the CPIO in the organization and comply with the other provisions of the RTI Act.

Comments

There are thousands of organisations claiming to represent the interests of employees of the Public Authority out of which many receive grants from the government. Some of these unions appear to be accountable to no one. Will this order turn out to be a milestone for the transparent working of the associations ?

[Mr. Kumar Shrawan Bhivgade v. Western Railway and the All India SC/ST Railway Employees Association [CEC] in File No: CIC/AD/C/2009/001263]

- 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)

CORPORATE
Who will be Director (Finance) IOC ?
Indian Oil has begun hunting for a new director finance to replace SV Narasimhan, when he steps down on April 30 this year.

Govind Dhar is Executive Editor "Robb Report"
Govind Dhar is Executive Editor of the high ended luxury related items etc. Though, he is not a journalist his expertise and knowledge of high ended luxury goods has led to his migration from Dubai to Delhi. It's being launched by India Today group in collaboration with owners of Robb Report from the US. Its launch is expected to take place by March 2011.

Rakesh Sharma to join Mail Today
Rakesh Sharma, a veteran of the print industry, is all set to join Mail Today soon. After taking charge of the publication, Sharma would be reporting to Ashish Bagga, CEO, India Today Group. He has remained with groups like Aaj Samaj and HT Media as Business Head - North & Publisher.

Khatavkar joins Raj TV Network as Group COO
Vidyadhar Khatavkar has joined Raj TV Network as Group COO. Khatavkar who will be reporting to Raajhendhran M, MD & Chairman, Raj TV Network, was Senior Vice President, Media & Strategy at Cellcast Interactive India.

Sujata Assomull Editor of Harper's Bazaar likely to quit
As the grapevine has it Sujata Assomull Editor of "Harper's Bazaar" is contemplating to quit.

Banerjee made National Head - Sales & Marketing, Raj TV Network
Raj TV Network has promoted, its Associate Vice-President for the North and East Indian markets, Sanjay Banerjee as National Head - Marketing & Sales. Banerjee who will mostly be based out of Delhi will be reporting to the MD & Chairman of Raj TV Network Raajhendhran M.

Pant joins Delhi Press as Brand Marketing GM
Vandana Pant has joined Delhi Press as Brand Marketing GM. Pant who was prior to this with Amar Ujala will be reporting to Anant Nath and Amit Bhatia.

Aidem Ventures promotes Vikas Khanchandani as EVP
Vikas Khanchandani, Founder Partner of Aidem Ventures and Senior Vice President has been promoted as Executive Vice President. He is also on the board of the company.

Aidem Ventures promotes Gopakumar as EVP
Rohit Gopakumar, Founder Partner of Aidem Ventures and Senior Vice President has been promoted as Executive Vice President. He is also on the board of the company.

Shetty promoted as Vice President, Aidem Ventures
Shailendra Shetty, Senior Vice President at Aidem Ventures, has been made Vice President.

Pavithra promoted as Vice President, Aidem Ventures
Pavithra K, Assistant Vice President at Aidem Ventures has been made Vice President.

Namrata promoted as Vice President, Aidem Ventures
Namrata Tata, Assistant Vice President at Aidem Ventures has been made Vice President.

Gupta promoted as Vice President, Aidem Ventures
Dinesh Gupta, Assistant Vice President at Aidem Ventures has been made Vice President.

Sagar promoted as Vice President, Aidem Ventures
Kavita Sagar, Assistant Vice President at Aidem Ventures has been made Vice President.

Shinkar resigns as Director, Wanbury Ltd
Ashok Shinkar has resigned as Whole Time Director of Wanbury Ltd w.e.f. December 31, 2010. However, he will continue to be associated with the Company as a Non-Executive Director.

Juneja appointed CFO, Wanbury Ltd.
Wanbury Ltd has appointed Girish Juneja as Chief Financial Officer of the Company w.e.f. January 1, 2011.

Daga is Addl. Director, Mangalam Timber Products
Anand Daga has been inducted as Additional Director of Mangalam Timber Products Ltd with effect from December 8, 2010.

Spectacle Infotek appoints Addl. Directors
Spectacle Infotek Limited has appointed Jaaved Jagdeep Jaaferi and Ms Mumtaz Fazal Shaikh as Additional Directors of the Company effective from January 1, 2011.

Nair appointed, Chairperson, WTTCII
World Travel and Tourism Council, India Initiative (WTTCII) has appointed Vivek Nair , Vice Chairman and MD of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts as the Chairperson of the Council for the year 2011.

Mahajan appointed Director (Sales & Mktg.) The Leela Palace
Vineet Mahajan has been appointed as Director ( Sales and Marketing), The Leela Palace, New Delhi.

FORUM
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What Ails The Indian System is Delhi Babugiri

I have been visiting your web site for last so many years silently and getting informed who goes where and where to connect the net and with whom.

It is for the first time that he core of the ailment in the functioning of the Union Ministries is being identified. Or rather attempts being made in that direction.

Lok Nath Mehra and Dimpy deserve kudos for their attempts to pin down and identify the CSS and CSSS as the malice writ large and core of the malice of Babugiri. They all remain in Delhi, in one or the ministry or department, have minimal rotation and are the permanent malice of Indian bureaucratic junk. They are the Babus who demand highest returns, status, perks but are most ignorant about the ground realities of the matter, subject, states and the departments. They are the ones who think they are only next to God and wish to deny every thing to all others as if CSS or CSSS are determinants of every ones destiny (which it is so far).They are conversant on the negativities of the rules and biggest stumbling blocks for all others except themselves. They are Babus in true sense. In conjunction with the IAS cadre, they rule the roost in misguiding the ministries, ministers and other functionaries.

Though the so called elite IAS consider these services as theirs and as useful and beneficial staff, they actually function as their mentor. Remember, how some of them boasted of being the initiator of the Note or a file. They are Note makers which is beyond an IAS to overrule. That reflects on the incompetence of IAS and other deputed officers. They are actual spoilers of the affinity between various Services and Cadres. They only know how to deny and not grant. IAS as Cadre, has no answer to their influence and longevity.

IAS will do well to scrap this Cadre all together so that they are not dependant on such a permanent Secretarial Service. After all those are only dignified Clerks. But Alas! IAS as a service reflect and function themselves as dignified clerks. They are too cozy functioning with a negative attitude Babus.

It is a matter of fact that all other Services and Cadres of the Union is fed up of this Secretarial cadre, be it Judiciary, IPS, IFS, Scientific Community, Customs, Defence or you name it. IAS is oblivious of them and in turn help them to occupy central position as their concubines due to their vested interests without realising how much harm these Babus do to inter service affinity of all India Cadre and to the bureaucracy of the Country as a whole. IAS and those Babus act in the manner of "Chor Chor Mausere Bhai".

It would be much better to abolish this cadre and introduce a semi - shifting cadre in place of it, so that they do not subordinate the IAS and hold the entire system to ransom and as a hostage.

Think of it as a measure beneficial to the State and functional harmony.

Shanti Bhushan

Insecurity corrupts thought process

The fundamental premise and objective of creating institutions, systems, and organizations of varied hues with attendant rules & regulations to govern them is to infuse a sense of security, predictability and order in individual affairs in the face of complex, uncertain and formidable forces, whether natural, supernatural or arising from the follies of women (men included). However, if there is a conscious and systemic attempt on the part of the powers that be to gain and justify legitimacy only by resorting to brute force (in myriad forms) and inflicting fear in the mind of people (lowly subjects) rather than allow responsibly courageous behaviour from "citizens" to surface, a bizarre distinction between 'aam' admi and 'khas' admi is created and perpetrated in a sovereign socialist modern democratic welfare set up, which is antithetic to the concept of an egalitarian system. Do we as parents encourage our child to be timid, submissive, subservient and fearful of the unknown (and parental authoritarianism) or try to create conditions wherein s/he is enabled to be aware of the life processess and take control of the situation holistically, risks notwithstanding???

S K Tewari

Don't bifurcate Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation

Let the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation not bifurcated employing two secretaries spending a lot of money just like having two white elephants. Let it remain one with an IAS as Secretary having statistics or economics background and many of them work in such area while in state govt. or at centre. There are a few reasons for this. 1. The selection of CSI and secretary through a search committee is not becoming quite impartial. 2. The IAS having a strong network can run the ministry better. The indiscipline will be curbed to a larger extent as the professors lack knowledge on official procedure and administration.

Kalpna Mishra

Prejudiced about CSS

There is no doubt that the rotation policy of CSS officers may be good for an individual CSS officer, but it is not good for the Ministry/ Department (s)he is working in. CSS officers are known as the record keepers and have had accumulated good amount of knowledge being in the same section/ division since his appointment. It was a great help to the new officers (who come on a tenure posting) to get the history of the section's information. Since the system of keeping some of the important decisions in the section is no more in use, it was the clerk who had the entire background in his mind. But now every one is being transferred after 7 years service, leaving behind a gap of knowledge/ information. I am of the view that CSS rotational transfer should start from the level of Deputy Secretary and above when the CSS officer can use the good points of one Ministry in the new Ministry he is being posted to.

Pradeep Kumar

A welcome step

Stepping up instructions by Department of Personnel and Training is welcome though placing the senior most officers (who had put in 30 years in the same service with their juniors with mere 4 years experience in their service and in some cases without the designation) at par cannot be justified. I fail to understand the rationale behind it. Hence, neither we are getting our legitimate right of promotions on time nor we are being treated in the Government gracefully. Secondly, The Sixth Pay Commission has recommended the merger of CSSS with CSS. In its view, it is the only solution to the ongoing acute stagnation in the CSSS. The most severely hit is the category of Grade 'D' Stenographers and the Stenographers Grade 'D' promoted on ad-hoc basis/ regular basis. DP&T, especially CS Division which have compelled the restructuring of CSS services and is understood to have been considering the restructuring of CSSS may kindly take a sympathetic view about the regularisation of ad-hoc services from the date of their initial appointments as Grade 'C' on ad-hoc basis so that justice can be done towards them.

V P Sharma

Importance of right connections

In Central Secretariat, it is an open secret that the rotational transfer policy

is for the----. If one has the right connections, one can manage any type of transfer/ posting. One does not have to look too far. The mighty DOP&T leads the way in flouting its own policy! Care to know how? Read the following verifiable fact:

On 30.11.2010, a promotion order was issued by DOP&T promoting Principal Private Secretaries as SPPSs on ad-hoc basis. The first person in that list is working in DOP&T and guessing that person's place of posting will not entitle you to the Nobel Prize. The official is of course the PPS to Secretary (Personnel). Even though all the other persons in that list with more than two years of service have been summarily transferred to other Departments, the powers-that-be in DOP&T have obligingly and thoughtfully retained this particular official in DOP&T itself even though the official in question is retiring only in 2013.

Poor LDCs and UDCs are peremptorily transferred on promotion. In their cases, no request for retention in their cadres under any circumstances is entertained by the DOP&T. Here, a SPPS, which is a deputy secretary level post carrying the grade pay of Rs. 7600/-, has been kindly retained in DOP&T itself in flagrant and contemptuous violation of the professed policy of the same very DOP&T.

It will be interesting to see as to what are all the reasons quoted in the note portion of the file for not transferring this particular official. Is anybody in DOP&T really interested in upholding ?rule of law?? What is the meaning of the words equality, justice, fairplay etc.

In Hindi there is a proverb which say, "Bhagwan ki Maya APARAMPAR hai". Nobody has seen God but, without doubt, DOP&T's Maya is definitely APARAMPAR !

RK Agrawal

Delay in CSSS restructuring

The decision of CSSS restructuring is pending since October 2010 with GOI. Hope this delay will not affect the employees of CSSS service who are anxiously waiting for the decision of the CSSS restructuring. The employees belonging to feeder grade of CSSS of 1983 batch are real sufferers and they are entirely dependent on the decision of GOI in their favour so that they can also live in dignity. An early decision will be highly appreciated by all the feeder grade of CSSS.

Deep

Look at different solutions to improve tackle the food crisis

I am not a scientist but have a few suggestions to my colleagues in Deptt of Agriculture/Fisheries/Rural Development on improving access to food esp for the poor

a) Kitchen Farming ( both in rurual areas and in towns) should become part and parcel of our lives. It is possible to met 10-15 % of our food needs by encouraging families to grow their own food ( brinjal, chillies, capsicum, beans, sweet potatoes etc can infact grow in pots too). Governments should distribute the seeds (at subsidized rates) along with a guide on how to plant them...

b) Fish: The food habits are part of our habits and cultural beliefs but is possible to make an effort to change it. Fishes can be reared in ponds, ditches and in paddy fields (there are few examples even in INDIA- Aruncachal Pradesh, Assam etc) but nothing much on a systemic scale. There should be an effort to have integrated cattle-fish farms or paddy fish farming in the relevant states. In Bangladesh, the poor /old women were given the rights over road side ditches and they were able to get 10-15% of their nutritional need by eating or selling the fishes reared from these ditches (esp after monsoon). India can lead the movement to tackle the food crisis otherwise I am afraid we will end up with a nation that is malnourished and deprived of healthy food! What greater effort do we need to derail the momentum of eco growth than that?

Vinayak

TAIL-PIECE

Jairam Ramesh plans to issue show cause notice to Shahjehan for violating environment laws by constructing TAJ MAHAL on the banks of river YAMUNA.