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POLITICS

BUREAUCRATS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT !

What is the assessment of Bureaucracy about Gujarat polls ?
An informal survey of Gujarat bureaucrats about the Vidhan Sabha poll results give between 117 and 123 seats to Narendra Modi.
( We said this on December 12 )

Narendra Modi to retain power
Irrespective of claims by political pundits Narendra Modi will steer ruling BJP to retain power in Gujarat assembly polls counting for which will be held on December 20,2012. The BJP will come to power again, feel bureaucrats.
(We said this on December 18)

Will Uttarakhand politics be repeated in Himachal Pradesh ?
Will Uttarakhand politics be repeated in Himachal Pradesh ? It means Virbhadra Singh may be asked to leave state politics and join the Union Cabinet again.

Vibrant Gujarat to have big names participate
Vibrant Gujarat which starts in mid -January is likely to have big names participating from countries like UK, US, Canada, Russia.

What got Modi win ?
Modi did not promise any sops yet he won, Congress outsourced elections to NGO's and yet lost. Nearly 30 percent of Muslims voted for Modi. South Gujarat which was heavily a Congress bastion has turned saffron thereby giving Modi a fresh edge.

What next for Modi ?
Now politics takes over for Modi and how he plays the game to catapult to the Center is keenly being watched. Political watchers say that much can be read in Gadkari's statement today, also a lot can be read in Modi's visit to Keshubhai Patel.

Gadkari's term over
Nitin Gadkari's term as BJP President is over today. All eyes are now on election for the next President which takes place in mid-January.

New Company law to empower share holders
The new company bill that the Lok Sabha had approved on December 18,2012 will give more powers to shareholders.

BUREAUCRACY

IAS officer seeks VRS
Tajinder Singh has applied for VRS. Singh is 1991 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

V Uma Shankar poised to be Joint Secretary, Defence
As the grapevine has it, V Uma Shankar is poised to be Joint Secretary - Defence. Presently he is private secretary (PS) to Central Minister Kapil Sibal. He is Haryana cadre IAS officer of the 1993 batch.

Vimlendra Sharan to be Minister Agriculture in Rome
As the grapevine has it, Vimlendra Sharan is poised to go as Minister Agriculture in Indian Embassy, Rome. He is Maharastha cadre IAS officer of the 1993 batch. Presently, he is Joint Secretary Agriculture in GoI.

Jamir to be new Chief Secretary of Nagaland
A Jamir will be new Chief Secretary of Nagaland. 1977 batch IAS officer Jamir will succeed Lalthara on January one.1975 batch IAS officer, Lalthara, is retiring on December 31.

Who will be up in Himachal Pradesh?
Who will be up in Himachal Pradesh ? As the grapevine has it, following bureaucrats will see their stocks going up -V.C. Pharka(1983 batch) Ashok Thakur (1977 batch,presently posted as Secretary, Higher Education to the Government of India) , S.K.B.S.S.Negi (1985 batch) and Ali Raza Rizvi (1988 batch).

I D Bhandari unlikely be changed
I D Bhandari, a 1982 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, who is Director General of Police (DGP) of the state will not be shifted.

Why did Sutanu Behuria and Ashok Thakur meet V B Singh ?
Are Secretary Minority Affairs Dr Sutanu Behuria and Secretary Higher Education Ashok Thakur keen to return to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre as Chief Secretary ?.Meeting of the two with Virbhadra Singh has fuelled speculations to this effect.

Sudripto Roy to continue as Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh
It is widely believed that Sudripto Roy will continue as Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

No bureaucratic changes in Gujarat for now
There will be no bureaucratic changes in Gujarat in near future as the incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi has scored a hat trick.

K K Khandelwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
K K Khandelwal has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Vishvapavan Pati empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Vishvapavan Pati has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

46 IAS officers deputed by Cabinet Secretariat in districts
As many as 46 senior officers including 14 Secretaries, 16 Additional Secretaries and 16 Joint Secretaries have been deputed by the Cabinet Secretariat to the districts where Direct Cash Transfers are to start from January 1, 2013. Even Secretary (Planning Commission), Secretary, Banking and Director General UID have been asked to visit the districts. All the officers have been directed to reach the selected districts by 21st December 2012 and coordinate with the
District Collectors, UIDAI and Bank Managers to ensure seamless transfer to Direct Cash Transfer system from January 1, 2013.

Nidhi Khare appointed Nodal Officer in Planning Commission
Nidhi Khare, Adviser (International Economics & Admin) in the Planning Commission has been made Nodal Officer for the Direct Cash Transfer project. She is 1992 Batch IAS officer of Jharkhand Cadre .A new Division is also likely to be created in the Planning Commission for Direct Cash Transfers.

Paul to take over as Dy. High Commissioner, Indian High Commission, London ?
As the grapevine has it, Virender Paul, Minister (Press, Information & Culture), Indian High Commission in Washington, is poised to take over as Deputy High Commissioner, India High Commission in London. Paul is 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

4 IAS officers of 1993 batch yet to be Jt. Secretaries
As the grapevine has it there are at least four IAS officers of 1993 batch who are already in the Centre and are yet to be posted as Joint Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI).

D K Hota selected as Director (HR), BEML
D K Hota, GM, HPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (HR), Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 20, 2012. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

Deputation tenure of A K Singh extended
Central deputation tenure of Joint Secretary Higher Education in GoI Anant Kumar Singh has been extended for one year. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Satyanarayan Mohanty appointed DG, Supplies and Disposals in GoI
Satyanarayan Mohanty, presently Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been appointed as Director General, Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals, Department of Commerce, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on November 21 )

V K Subburaj posted as AS&FA, Fertilizer in GoI
V K Subburaj, presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Atal to be GM, Southern Railways
A K Atal is being tipped to be new General Manager of the Southern Railways. Formal orders are expected soon.

Mishra to move to Gorakhpur as GM, Railways
Rakesh Mishra is likely to move Gorakhpur as General Manager Railways. Formal orders are expected soon.

Ashok Das is new Chairman in Madhya Pradesh
Former ACS Home, Ashok Das will take over as Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Commercial Taxes Appellate Board on January 1. He is retired 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

G.K. Srivastava is Additional Commissioner (Admin.) KVS
Gyanendra Kumar Srivastawa has joined Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan as the Additional Commissioner, Administration. Srivastava, prior to the new assignment, was Additional Resident Commissioner of Himachal Pradesh in Delhi. He is 2001 batch IAS officer of Himachal cadre.
(We said it on 14 November)

Nandita Chatterjee to join Kabul on December 27
Nandita Chatterjee, selected by DoPT for UNDP Project in Kabul, would reportedly join Kabul on December 27. She is 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Eyes wide open for the hot slot of Additional Secretary, Passports?
With the approaching date for Basant Kumar Gupta to proceed on his new posting, as Indian Ambassador to Italy, IFS officers waiting for empanelment as Additional Secretary have been keeping their eyes wide open to grab the hot slot of Additional Secretary, Passport as Gupta's successor. The empanelment of 1982 batch IFS officers is midway through the process.

Notification of Justice Swatanter Kumar as NGT Chief likely by December 28
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the notification for Justice Swatanter Kumar, sitting judge of Supreme Court of India, as the new chief of National Green Tribunal is expected by December 28. Swatanter Kumar, mandated for the post by the Supreme Court of India, is scheduled to retire on December 31, 2012.

Hectic lobbying on for creamy post of Special DG (Medical), MHA
The hectic lobbying is going on for the post of Special Director General (Medical) created by the MHA (GoI) to manage and oversee the establishment of CAPFIMS (Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences), a Rs. 1600 crores project. The post duly approved on December 22, 2011 is, reportedly, being delayed for almost one year for unknown reasons. Has anybody any clue?

Dev Kumar to join GoI as DIG
L V Antony Dev Kumar, IGP, Uttarakhand Police is likely to join Central deputation as DIG, CISF. He is an IPS Officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand Cadre.

30 GMs to vie for 13 slot of CGMs in RBI
As many as 30 General Managers (GMs) will be facing interviews for 13 slot of Chief General Managers(CGMs) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Interviews for this will be held on December 27 and 28, 2012.

Ashok Kumar appointed JS, CIC
Ashok Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC). He is an IPoS officer of 1984 batch.

Gupta appointed DIG Police Academy Hyderabad
Nikhil J.Gupta, DIG Maharashtra Police has been appointed as DIG (Deputy Director) Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. He is Maharashtra Police IPS officer of 1996 batch.
( We said this on November 21, 2012 )

Diptiman Das empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Diptiman Das has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of 1985 batch.

Z V S Prasad empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Z V S Prasad has been empanelled to the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service.

CBI to verify complaint against CGM, RBI
If the official announcement by Minister of State in PMO, V Narayanasamy, is to be believed, a complaint against Chief General Manager-Incharge RBI is being verified by the CBI.

Raj Kumar to move from Melbourne
CG in Indian High Commission in Melbourne Raj Kumar is moving to Abidjan as Second Secretary.

Ms Midha to go Kolkata on promotion ?
Ms Sudha Midha is likely to be appointed as ADG( SDRD) Kolkata on promotion to HAG.She is ISS officer of 1979 batch.

IRSE officers transferred
As many as four IRSE officers have been transferred. While Pradeep Kumar, JAG - IRSE, has been transferred from South Western Railway to East Central Railway, Ravi Kumar, SG - IRSE, has been transferred from South Western Railway to Southern Railway, Piyush Pandey, JS - IRSE from South Central Railway to Western Railway and Dinesh Kumar Singh, SS - IRSE has been transferred from Southern Railway to Northern Railway.

Ms Neetika Bansal deputed Joint Commissioner, Competent Authority
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ms Neetika Bansal has been deputed as Joint Commissioner in the office of Competent Authority & Administrative, Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators under the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue.

Anthony de Sa to be officiating Chief Secretary, MP (UPDATED)
Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh, R Parasuram (IAS-78) is going on a week's leave from 23rd December, and Anthony de Sa (IAS-80), who is Addl Chief Secretary (Food and Transport Departments), has been appointed officiating Chief Secretary for the duration of the Chief Secretary's absence.

Four IRS-IT officers shifted (UPDATED)
Four officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Gaurav Kanaujia has been posted as Deputy Secretary, TPL, Division, CBDT, New Delhi while Deepak Mittal will now be under Member (A & J), CBDT, Delhi and P R Mane is shifted to CCA, Nagpur. Besides, Ajay Dhoke has been transferred to NADT, Nagpur.

2 IAS in run for PS to Himachal Pradesh CM (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it V.C. Pharka (1983 batch) and Narendra Chauhan(1984 batch)are in reckoning for being appointed as Principal Secretary(PS) to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister.

NMDC, Indian Railways sign MoU for doubling Kirandul-Jagdalpur line (UPDATED)
An MoU was signed between NMDC Limited, a Navratna PSU under the administrative control of Ministry of Steel and the Indian Railways in the presence of the Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma and Minister for Railways, Pawan Kumar Bansal on December 21, 2012. As per the provisions of the MoU, the 150 km Jagdalpur - Kirandul section of the Kottavalsa - Kirandul line of the East Coast Railway will be doubled to augment the evacuation capacity of NMDC to meet the increased demand for iron ore of the Indian steel industry. Another MoU was signed between RINL a PSU under the Ministry of Steel and the Indian Railways for setting up a forged wheel factory at Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. Speaking on the occasion, Verma commented, "This will usher in an era of growth dedicated to the service of the Nation. I am sure that apart from benefitting the steel industry in India, the doubling of the railway line will transform the lives of the local tribal population in Bastar, Chattisgarh and adjacent states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh." Speaking about the setting up of the forged wheel factory Shri Verma said, "This unit will be a specialized unit catering to the need for special grade wheels for high speed trains." He further added that setting up of the factory will considerably increase the industrial activity in the region and generate employment opportunities for the youth of the state. Bansal said that the proposed partnerships would provide the much needed impetus to investment in railway infrastructure and increase evacuation capacities from mines, plants and ports and freight traffic for the Railways. He also added that the proposed forged wheel factory would go a long way in meeting the future requirements of wheels for Indian Railways. The MoU for doubling of railway line was signed between Vinay Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board and C S Verma, CMD, NMDC. The project will be implemented by Indian Railways at a cost Rs.826 Crores and same will be funded by NMDC with provisions for suitable returns through freight rebate. The Railways will additionally make necessary investment in wagons, locomotives, other maintenance facilities and deployment of staff. The new line is likely to create an additional traffic of upto 12 million tonne per annum (MTPA) in a phased manner. The MoU for forged wheel factory was signed between Keshav Chandra, Member Mechanical, Railway Board and A P Choudhary, CMD, RINL. The Forged Wheel Factory being set up by RINL to supply forged wheels to the Indian Railways will have a capacity of producing 1,00,000 wheels every year. The factory, the biggest such plant in India will be completed within a schedule of 36 months at a cost of Rs. 1000 crores (Approximately) and will generate 500 to 600 jobs. The Raw material for the factory will be supplied by RINL's plant in Vishakhapatnam in the form of Continuous Cast (CC) rounds. Also present on the occasion were Secretary /Steel, D R S Chaudhary and other senior officers of the Ministry of Steel and Ministry of Railway.

NERAMAC MD, S Bhattacharjee gives presentation on NER potential (UPDATED)
S Bhattacharjee, Managing Director, NERAMAC, gave a PPT presentation on North East Region - Potential to become an Organic Hub on a seminar on Indian Food Processing Industry-for Sustainable Prosperity in Agriculture held recently at IARI Exhibition Ground, Pusa, New Delhi organized by the All India Food Processors Association, New Delhi.

CORPORATE


BHEL's Director (Finance) conferred wioth IPE 'Finance Leadership Award'
BHEL's Director (Finance) P K Bajpai has been conferred with the IPE 'Finance Leadership Award' for valuable contribution made by his practices towards corporate governance. The awards are presented by Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) & endorsed by World CSR Congress, World CSR Day, CMO Asia & Asian Confederation of Business. The IPE Corporate Excellence Award recognizes and honours companies as well as Individuals who, through their corporate practices, have helped to raise India's corporate disclosure standards and corporate governance. The Awards seek to identify and celebrate those companies that have had a positive impact on our environment and society as well as their business.

HSBC's India Head takes charge as the president FICCI
Naina Lal Kidwai HSBC's India head and director on its Asia pacific board has taken over charge as a president in FICCI.

Shyamal Acharya resigns from Directorship
Shyamal Acharya, SBI Nominee Director has tendered his resignation from the Directorship of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur consequent to his transfer from A&S Group, Corporate Center, SBI, Mumbai.

Shah resigns as Company Secy. Torrent Power Ltd
Rajiv Shah has resigned as Company Secretary of Torrent Power Limited w.e.f. November 30, 2012.

Talwar appointed Addl. Director, Asahi India Glass Ltd
Asahi India Glass Limited has appointed Gurvirendra Singh Talwar as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. December 20, 2012

Aga appointed Addl. Director, ING Vyasya Bank Ltd
ING Vysya Bank Ltd has appointed Sanjeev Aga as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. December 17, 2012

Mehta resigns as Independent Director, Spectacle Infotek Ltd
Dileep V Mehta, has resigned as Independent Director of Spectacle Infotek Ltd w.e.f. November 27, 2012

Dasgupta quitting as Managing Partner (Eastern Region) PwC?
Ambarish Dasguta is quitting PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PwC) as its Managing Partner for Eastern region.

Sen to take over as Managing Partner (Eastern Region), PwC?
Debdas Sen to be appointed as Managing Partner (Eastern Region) of PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PwC)

Gupta appointed Whole-time Director, USG Tech Solutions Ltd
USG Tech Solutions Ltd has appointed Servesh Gupta as Whole-time Director w.e.f. October 1, 2012

Two directors cease to be on Board of Info-Drive Software Ltd
A T Krishna Kumar and S Sriraman, both directors of Info-Drive Software Ltd have resigned from the company with immediate effect

Chitkara appointed CMO, LGEIL
Sanjay Chitkara has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of LG Electronics India Ltd (LGEIL).

Goenka resigns as director of Shreeom Trades
Neeraj Goenka has resigned as director of Shreeom Trades.

Mehta appointed as director of Spectacle Infotek
Deelep Mehta has been appointed as director of Spectacle Infotek.

Dave appointed as director of Shalimar Production
Pankaj Dave has been appointed as director of Shalimar Production.

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Slums - a slur be removed

The heinous crime of rape at Vasant Vihar in a moving bus on Sunday night, the 16th Dec., 2012 was committed by the residents of jhuggis at R.K. Puram, New Delhi, a Govt. colony, maintained by CPWD. There are many jhuggi jhopris in almost all Govt. colonies and other planned and developed colonies. Crimes by such residents can be lessened if they are removed from such colonies. Many chain snatching incidents take place when well-to-do residents move on foot because the criminals get alerts from such jhuggis. Bureaucrats have to take the lead otherwise politicians, for obvious reasons, are reluctant, to get them removed.

Paul

There is no fear of law in this country

Delhi case of rape of a girl is brutual. It has shocked the country; or at least it seems so presently The persons responsible for this should be given maximum punishment in the shortest time - death sentence if there is a law for that. But we cannot think of any such thing happening in this country inspite of big noise including by politicians. But is this case first of its kind? Four year olds have been raped and murdered. Such cases are happening every now and then. Why? Because there is no fear of law in this country. If the guilty in such crimes are not punished it is combined very failure of executive, legislature and judiciary. In my view, the biggest failure is that of judicial system which is very slow, inefficient and seemingly corrupt. There is clear nexus between the criminals and lawyers who get judgements suiting their clients. Recently, there was a case where a man had killed his wife and two little children. If I remember correctly his death sentence was reduced by the High Court or the Supreme as it was not found to be rare of the rarest case. Is it not funny? Murdering one's own wife and innocent children is adjudged a common case. There are uncountable cases like this. If cases are decided this way, even God cannot save this country. Few months ago I read about an incident in China. One lady riding a bike was hit an injured by a car. The lady tried to note down the number of car but was shot dead by the driver. He was tried for murder. Within one year court gave him death sentence and he was executed within a few minutes of pronouncement of the sentence. Here in India it takes years even for delivery of the final Judgement. Conviction rate is very low. But who bothers. In the largest democracy of the world, Parliament is worried only about FDI and reservations and thinks about liberalisation which means shedding its responsibilities and does not bother about the life of citizens. It does every thing except governing. Unfortunately, present phase will pass soon and every thing will be normal except for the girl and her parents. There is absence of governance in this country. For causing death punishment should be death or imprisonment for whole of life. This will be strong deterrent. For rape of minors also punishment should be death. If this is done, society would be safer. But before doing this our Government will country in how many countries death sentence has been abolished and why it should be there in India. The so called human right actiivists who are well protected will cry. We as a society are also responsible to some extent. Writing that will make it lengthy

Bishan Sharma

Crime in Delhi demands new look

The public anger on the savagery of the gang rape & torture in a moving bus in Delhi for 45 minutes and the "sab chalta hai' approach of the government (PM,HM & CM) coupled with the public relations exercise of the Delhi police and its chief demonstrate the state of affairs in the country. If the people are demanding death penalty or castration, it is because the police administration and the administration of justice has failed them. If the government is unable to find solutions, it can hand over these "special persons" to the people for holding a "sarvajanik abhinandan" to appropriately honour them, like making them run a marathon on the route taken by the bus or undergoing personal experience of the use of the iron rod to hit or pierce the body. But that really is no permanent solution of the problem, because crime in Delhi needs to be viewed differently. Delhi is inhabited not only by people from all over India, but also foreigners. Nobody "belongs" to Delhi as they belong to Kolkata or Chennai. That adds a new dimension to crime due to different cultures and languages. Delhi police has to deal with any number of VVIPs & VIPs etc. Instead of encouraging the police to perform their duty as per rules, too much influence is wielded on them. Laxity in one case leads to relaxation in many more. Therefore, one police commissioner is not enough and re-organization of the Delhi police is the need of the hour. One CM might be enough for Delhi but certainly not one police commissioner. Delhi should be divided into at least 9 police commissionerates to deal with the law & order effectively. They should report to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi Police, who should be in the same pay scale as the Cabinet Secretary. Appointment to the Chief CP should be from among the CPs on the basis of lowest crime in his jurisdiction. The stretch from Munirka to Mahipalpur (that the gang rapers took)is busy, but desolate stretches abound and transport of any kind is simply out of question for it leads to Indira Gandhi International Airport & merges into the NH 8. I travel on this route frequently and know the dangers personally. The only job the police can be seen is collecting money from transport vehicles, some of them without even back lights in dark nights! Then it borders Haryana, as it does UP on the eastern arm of Delhi. It is necessary to make a note of these features to understand the nightly operations of the gangs in collusion with politicians and their police. In so far as "gang rape" is concerned, it should be treated as dacoity, since the most valuable asset of a person, viz. dignity; is robbed under threat to life of person or the victim, and awarded the same punishment as is given in the rarest of the rare cases. Going back to the Malimath committee even after 20 years does not help, as the Delhi crime is completely different from the IPC perception of crime and needs to be dealt with accordingly.

M L Gupta

Misuse of transport facility

It is good that misuse of transport allowance in central government is being discussed here ..but does any one care how much the IAS ,IPS and IFS officers misuse the transport facility.

Shailendra

Official transport

It is very strange comments by some officials on this issue?. A very sketchy estimates about the loss to the central government ,only in Delhi by non entitlement officer using official vehicle is around 45 crores every year , excluding the gross misuse by entitled officers and this is going on and on from ages? I do not understand why government is not going heavily on these officials. Small scam if not controlled become big scam. Notice the government vehicles besides hired one on marriages and other private functions of government officials and notice number of government vehicles parked outside each and every house even on Saturday and Sunday in Sunder Nagar, Kaka Nagar, Chanakya Puri etc. Is any government agency noticing or when Kejriwal will make this an issue government may wake up ?

Ravinder Kumar

Don't wait for RTI to expose misuse of transport facility

The remarks by a gentleman in response to misuse of transport facility are absolutely irrelevant and unwarranted. He has thoroughly misread the whole message and diverted from the main issue by trying to justify the advantage of vehicles (drivers) provided by private operators vs departments. The message was categorical and very clear about gross misuse of (selective) government transport facility and huge cost being incurred by the government in comparison to the far more economical option of paying transport allowance which even carries certain inherent advantage in terms of providing automatic and effective check on misuse of facility. It would be better if the views were positive and constructive. Remember that mental alertness demands that you should not ignore the basic ground reality in taking a decision. And the fact is that there is a basic dishonesty and lack of integrity on the part of most beneficiaries as evident from gross misuse of the facility. It is indeed a serious corruption matter which cannot be denied. Let us not wait for RTI to reveal the embarassment.

Sumit Chadha

Wrong news

The news is fraud. I was also empanelled a year back, but there is no order for appointment. Even Chetram will not be appointed as a JS.

Vijay Kumar

Reservation in promotion - another nail in the coffin

The politicians have added another nail in the coffin of good governance by pushing through the constitutional Amendment bill on reservation in promotion. This is a very emotive and divisive step polarising the society into two groups. Already there are massive protests in U.P. The fathers of our constitution wanted to bring all strata of society at par by providing reservation in jobs to the SC and ST for ten years .We the politicians of the day have found this a good vote bank weapon. It is only their own positions they bother. They are not worried about the damage it is going to cause in administration by permanently dividing the Government servants.

Arti Khosla