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POLITICS

Najeeb Jung is new Lt Governor, NCT, Delhi
Najeeb Jung has been appointed as Lt Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi vice Tejendra Khanna. Jung has served in various capacities for 22 years in different capacities, besides working as senior advisor for seven years at the Asian Development Bank (ADB).He is a former 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Dr K K Paul appointed as Governor Meghalaya
Dr K K Paul has been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya vice Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary. Former 1970-batch IPS officer, Paul has served as the Delhi Police Commissioner. He recently retired as member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Lt Gen A K Singh appointed as Lt Governor, Andaman & Nicobar
Lt General A K Singh (Retd.), PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, has been appointed as e Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands vice Lt. General Bhopinder Singh.

Virendra Kataria appointed as Governor, Puducherry
Former Punjab PCC Chief and Rajya Sabha Member Virendra Kataria has been appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry vice Iqbal Singh.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega RBI Governor? (8) IAS or Economist
Now the main question before the political bosses is 'RBI Governor should be IAS or an Economist'? Present RBI Governor D Subbarao is an IAS officer of 1972 batch.

Will L C Goyal be Secretary, Coordination?
Logically L C Goyal should be appointed Secretary, Coordination in the Cabinet Secretariat. A 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, Goyal is considered to be a hard working officer.

Goswami will have advantage of only five months
Anil Goswami, who has taken over as Secretary Home on July 1, will have a fixed tenure of two years till June 30, 2015. Had he continued as Secretary in any other Ministry he would have retired on January 31. By virtue of his two years tenure, he would now retire on June 30, 2015.

Mathur will have an advantage of 15 months
R K Mathur, who has taken over as Secretary, Defence on May 27, will have a fixed tenure of two years till May 27, 2015. Had he continued as Secretary, Defence Production, he would have retired on December 1. By virtue of his two years tenure, he would now retire on June 30, 2015.

Chaudhary to join GoI
Surjit Kumar Chaudhary is all set to join the Government of India as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

About one dozen Additional Secretary level vacancies in GoI
There are about one dozen Additional Secretary level vacancies in the Government of India.

Soni appointed DG, BIS
Former Additional Secretary, Financial Services, Sunil Soni has been appointed new Director-General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Rajiv Chawla unlikely to join GoI
Rajiv Chawla who was selected as Joint Secretary (Higher Education) to look after the work of Technology Enabled Education and National Mission of Education through ICT, is unlikely to join GoI. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Rajiv Tandon is back to Madhya Pradesh
Joint Director (Administration) in the CBI, Rajiv Tandon is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. On return, the 1988 batch IPS officer, Tandon has been posted as ADG, CID.

Railway officials asked not to reveal secrets?
Chairman and Members of Railway Board headed a recent conference of Zonal Railways. CRBs conversation was around the scam and advice to attendees was not to reveal secrets of Railway System to outsiders. It seemed that someone wanted to hide the sins of Railway Board in the recent past. However, CBI is now seeking the list of posting of officers including RCF, CLW, ICF, etc.

Will Haneman be new DGP, Meghalaya?
PJP Haneman, currently on Central deputation, is likely to become the next DGP, Meghalaya. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Lt Gen Gurung is new Military Secretary
Lt Gen Shakti Gurung has taken over as the new Military Secretary. He is from the 15 Grenadiers and is the Colonel of the Grenadiers since October 2011.

31 IRSME officers get SAG
As many as 31 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non functional basis. The officers include: E Tigga, NFR; Y B Shahare, NCR; Subhendu Kumar Choudhury, RITES; L P Anand, RWF; Rajendra Kumar Moondra, NWR; M D Asad Alam, RDSO; Deepak Tripathi, KRCL; A K Panda, RVNL; Ravi Kumar, NR; Anil Kumar, RDSO; Anand Swaroop, IRCON; Bhupeswar Attri, RCF; S C Choudhury, SWR; Sunil Kumar Bharti, ER; N K Barnwal, RDSO; Naresh Kumar Nanandwar, CR; S C Choudhary, NR; Dimpy Garg, RVNL; Niraj Kumar, WCR; Swapnil Garg, NR; Permanand Sharma, ER; Sanjeev Deshpande, RWF; Manish Jain, RB; Subrata Sarkar, RVNL; Raman Krishnan, SWR; Atul Priyadarshi, RDSO; Vineet Singh, IRCTS; Mahesh Kumar, RDSO; Vivek Sheel, DLW; Mahesh Kumar, WR and Mukesh Yadav of NR.

Dr Anant posted as Sarguja Commissioner in CG
Dr B S Anant has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner, Sarguja in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Kanakaraj is Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, MC
Air Marshal P Kanakaraj has taken over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, IAF on July 1, 2013. He was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engineer (Mechanical) branch of the Indian Air Office on July 25, 1977.

Sanjeev Kishore goes on deputation to WISE, New Delhi
Sanjeev Kishore (IRSME) CRSE, North Eastern Railway, has been selected and approved for deputation to Centre for Railway Information Systems as General Manager (WISE) at New Delhi.

Sunil Bajpai posted as Sr Professor/IRIMEE, Jamalpur
Sunil Bajpai, SAG/IRSME, on return from deputation to CRIS, has been posted as Sr. Professor /IRIMEE, Jamalpur.

Four IPS officers promoted to IG rank in AP
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) and 1995 batch have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr R S Praveen Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police and will remain as Secretary, AP, Social Welfare Residential Education Institutions Society while Atul Singh will remain as Director, State Crimes Record Bureau after promotion and Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat is posted as IG, Security Intelligence after promotion. Besides, Mrs Swati Lakra has also been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police and posted as IG, APSP, Battalions.

Three IPS officers transferred in AP
K R M Kishore Kumar has been posted as Additional Director, AP Police Academy while Harish Kumar Gupta will now be IG, Law & Order and V V Srinivas Rao is DIG, CID III & PCR & Social Justice.

Justice Sathasivam appointed new Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam, Judge of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court with effect from July 19, 2013.

Hajong relieved from Planning Commission to join new assignment
H K Hajong (IES 1995) has been relieved by Planning Commission to join his new assignment as Project Manager (HAG Scale) in NER Rural Livelihood Project.

234 applications for IC and CIC in Madhya Pradesh
Altogether 234 people including IAS, IPS and IFS have applied for the posts of Information Commissioner and Chief Information Commissioner.

CVO HEC gets extension
Central deputation tenure of Ravindra Verma, RPF (89) as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC), Ranchi has been extended for a period of two years beyond August 29,2013.

Shukla gets extension for two years
Central deputation tenure of Atul Kumar Shukla, IFS (CG-86) as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL), Mumbai has been extended for a period of two years beyond May 5, 2013 .

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in AP
A large number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr D Srinivasulu has been posted as PS (Cooperation & Mktg), Agriculture & Cooperation while Mrs Y V Anuradha will now be Commissioner, Public Health & Family Welfare and B Ramanjaneyulu is Secretary, Rain Shadhow Areas Development. Similarly, Dr A Ashok has been appointed as Commissioner, Labour; Sandeep Kumar Sultania as Registrar, Cooperative Societies & Commissioner for Co-operation; V Durga Das as VC &MD, AP Oilfed; S A M Rizvi as CMD, A P CPDCL, Hyderabad; Cholleti Prabhakar as Additional Secretary, A P Secretariat, Mutyalaraju Revu as Joint Collector and ADM, Eas Godawari district; A Murali as Additional CEO, SERP; M V Reddy as Joint Collector & ADM, Ranga Reddy district; K Champalal as Joint Collector & ADM, Ranga Reddy district; T R K Rao as VC & MD, AP Mineral Development Corporation; N Srikant as Collector, Nellor district; Mukesh Kumar Meena as Collector, Hyderabad; B Sreedhar as Collector, Ranga Reddy; Siddarth Jain as Collector, West Godavari and G Kishan was posted as Collector, Warangal.

Air Marshal Soman takes over as AOC-in-C, WAC, IAF
Air Marshal SS Soman AVSM VM has taken over Air Officer Commanding in Chief Western Air Command. He was commissioned in Flying Branch in December 1976 and has more than 3400 hours of flying on Fighter Aircraft.

Air Marshal Dhanoa assumes charge as SASO, WAC, IAF
Air Marshal B S Dhanoa YSM VM has taken over as Senior Air Staff Officer, Western Air Command (WAC). Air Marshal BS Dhanoa was Senior Air Staff Officer of Eastern Air Command prior to his present appointment. He was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot in July 1978.

Air Marshal PS Gill is AOC-in-Chief, Training Command
Air Marshal PS Gill, AVSM VM has taken over as Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Training Command.

Nayak promoted as DG, Home Guard, Jail in CG
Girdhari Lal Nayak has been appointed as DG, Home Guard and Civil Defence with additional charge of DG, Jail and Reform Services after he was promoted to the grade of Director General in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer.

Will Punjab cadre IPS officer be new DGP in Himachal?
With B Kamal Kumar, the incumbent DGP of Himachal, all set to retire on June 30 the fresh buzz is that Satish Kumar Sharma is being pushed for the top cop job in Himachal. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre. It still remains a question?

Applications for Minister (Eco & Comm), Embassy of India, Tokyo invited
Department of Personnel and Training ( DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Minister (Economic and Commercial), Department of Economic Affairs ( DEA) at the Joint Secretary level, Embassy of India , Tokyo, Japan. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Anil Garg is Director, SBI, Bhopal
Anil Garg has been appointed Director in the Board of State Bank of India ,Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Eight IRS-IT officers at CIT/DIT level shifted
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre and working at the grade of Commissioner/Director have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, A G Bhatkar has been posted as CIT (A)-33, Mumbai CCA while Ajay Pal Singh is also posted as CIT (A)-3, Mumbai and Pravin Varma was moved as CIT (A)-30, Mumbai. Similarly, Durga Charan Das has been appointed as CIT (A)-8, Delhi; Arvind Kumar as CIT-5, Delhi; S S Kemwal as CIT (Audit), Bhopal; B K Singh as CIT (A), Jamshedpur and Vir Birsaekka has been posted as CIT, Jamshedpur.

28 IRS-IT officers at CIT/DIT get additional charges
As many as 28 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre and working at the grade of Commissioner/Director have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, Om Prakash Yadav has been given an additional charge of CIT (CIB), Hyderabad while Ramesh Narain Parbat gets additional charge of CIT (A)-4, Baroda and Shantam Bose was given the charge of CIT (A)-3, Cochin. Similarly, Kandlakunta Venkat Narsimha Charya has been given an additional charge of CIT (A) Trivendrum; Abhaya Kumar Singh as CIT (A)-2, Cochin; Ajay Kumar Kurapati as CIT (DR ITAT), Cuttack; Prabodh Seth as CIT (A)-1, Faridabad; Om Prakash Pahadia as CIT, Aligarh; Rahul Kaul as CIT (A), Vijayawada; Anant Akhilanand Khalko as CIT, Ranchi; Keshav Saxena as CIT (A), Ujjain; Desh Deepak Goel as CIT-2, Jaipur; Neera Malhotra as CIT (A), Rohtak; Mohan Swaroop Kaushik as CIT, Durgapur; Lakshmi Singh Negi as CIT, Burdwan; Jagdish as CIT, Varanasi; Rajendra Prasad Srivastava as CIT (CIB), Kanpur; Vidhu Shekar Singh as CIT (A), Ghasiabad; Nutan Sharma as CIT, Muzzafarnagar; Boota Singh as CIT-4, Nagpur; Satyendra Kumar Mishra as CIT (A), Shimla; Aparna Karan as CIT (A)-1, Patna; Rajeev Agarwal as CIT, Valsad; Prasenjit Singh as CIT (A), Valsad; Vishwas Rattan as CIT-I, Thane; Omkareshwar Chindra as CIT-I, Madurai; Lakshim Vara Prasad Gude as CIT (A)-I, Madurai and T H Lucas Peter has been appointed as CIT (ITAT), Vishakhapatnam.

Lt Gen Chachra takes over Northern Command at Udhampur
Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra has assumed the charge as Army Commander of the prestigious Dhruva Command at Udhampur on July 1, 2013. Chachra, who is a second generation Rajput Officer, was commissioned in 17 RAJPUT in June 1974.

Lt Gen Anil Chait takes over as Chief of IDS to CISC
Lieutenant General Anil Chait has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) on July 1, 2013. The General Officer in his career spanning over 39 years has held various coveted Command, Staff and Instructional appointments.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in HP (UPDATED)
A large number of senior officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, P Mitra has been appointed as ACS, Home, Vigilance and Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs while Deepak Sanan will now be ACS, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Ajay Mittal is ACS, Training. Similarly, Dr PC Kapoor has been appointed as ACS, Social Justice and Empowerment; Vineet Chawdhry as as ACS, IPH and Horticulture; Upma Chaudhry as Principal Secretary, Labour Employment; Narinder Chauhan gets additional charge of the PWD; Tarun Shridhar as Principal Secretary, Revenue and Industries and Fisheries; PC Dhiman as Principal Resident Commissioner, New Delhi; Sanjay Gupta as Principal Secretary, IT and Transport; RD Dhiman as Principal Secretary, Education and Technical Education; K Sanjay Murthy as Secretary, UD, TCP, Housing and Cooperation; Onkar Chand Sharma as Divisional Commissioner, Mandi; J S Rana as Divisional Commissioner, Kangra, at Dharamsala; B R Verma as Managing Director, HP General Industries Corporation, Shimla; Dr RN Batta as Managing Director, HP Road Transport Corporation, Shimla; Dr Sandeep Bhatnagar as Secretary, HP Public Service Commission; SC Negi as Settlement Officer, Shimla; Meera Mohanty as Director, UD and TCP; Prlyatu Mandai as Director, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs; J S Walla gets additional charge of the post of Managing Director, HP Forest Corporation; Vineet Kumar as Member Secretary, HP Pollution Control Board and Sanjay Sood has been repatriated to his parent department for further posting.

Seven IAS officers transferred in Punjab (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Vishwajit Khanna has been transferred as Principal Secretary, Labour while Dr Roshan Sunkaria gets additional charge of social security, women and child development and Dr Venkat Ratnam is Secretary, Coordination and Commissioner, Jalandhar. Similarly, S R Ladhar has been appointed as Secretary, Printing and Stationary; Hussan Lal has been given the charge of Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, and Project Director, National Rural Health Mission; Raj Kamal as Secretary, Home (Jails) and Manashvi Kumar was made as Director, Mining.

Three IFS officers shifted in Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, J S Walia has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, HP Forest Corporation, Shimla while Vineet Kumar will now be Member Secretary, HP Pollution Control Board, Shimla and Sanjay Sood is repatriated to his parent cadre.

Farooq Ahmad Peer is also MD, Rural Livelihood in J&K (UPDATED)
Farooq Ahmad Peer has been assigned an additional charge of Mission Director, State Rural Livelihood Mission in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer.

Five IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Kiran Soni Gupta has been posted as PS, Arts, Culture, CEO, Amer Development and Management Authority, Jaipur while Bhawani Singh Detha will now be Commissioner, Religious Places, Udayapur and Mrs Rajesh Yadav is Director, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. Besides, Shravan Sahni has been appointed as MD, Rajasthan State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation, Jaipur and Suwa Lal was assigned an additional charge of Commissioner, Social Justice and Empowerment in Rajasthan.

C K Mishra is now Additional Secretary Health (UPDATED)

C K Mishra Joint Secretary, MSME has been elevated as Additional Secretary Health in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on June 6 )

Forth Reserve Battalion Headquarter of CISF inaugurated (UPDATED)
Union Finance Minister, P.Chidambaram & Union Home Minister, Shushil Kumar Shinde, seen inaugurating the forth Reserve Batallion Headquarter of CISF at Shivagangai, Tamil Nadu. Also standing on the stage is S.D. Sharma, SGM (Engg), NBCC. The project was executed by NBCC at a cost of Rs. 100

Tapan Ray posted as Addl Secretary in Panchayat Raj in GoI (UPDATED)
Tapan Ray, at present in his cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

CORPORATE

Orders of Krishna Shankar as Director (IS&P), BHEL issued
The orders of W V K Krishna Shankar, ED, BHEL, for the appointment as Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this January 29, 2013)

Raghvendra Rao is new GM, BEL
P Raghvendra Rao has taken over as General Manager in place of R C Nautiyal at Machhalipatnam unit of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

Murali ceases to be Director (Refineries), HPCL
K Murali has ceased to be Director (Refineries) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation on attaining the age of retirement.

Namdeo assumes charge as Director (Refineries), HPCL
B K Namdeo has been appointed as Director (Refineries) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) who assumed charge from July 1, 2013.

Venkatasubramanian ceases to be Company Secy, Ashok Leyland Ltd
S Venkatasubramanian has ceased to be Company Secretary of Ashok Leyland Ltd following his retirement from the company.

Ramanathan appointed Company Secy, Ashok Leyland Ltd
N Ramanathan has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Ashok Leyland Ltd .

Kaul appointed Independent Director, PFC
Vijay Mohan Kaul has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC).

Das appointed Nominee Director, Surya Roshni Ltd
IDBI Bank Ltd. has nominated Dev Dutt Das as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Surya Roshni Ltd.

Gupta resigns as Whole-time Director & CEO, Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd
Ashok Jagjivan Gupta has resigned as Whole-time Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd.

Kishore promoted as ED & CEO, Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd
Anant Kishore, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Indo Rama Synthetics Ltd has been promoted as Executive Director (ED) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company

Two Directors appointed on Board of Tech Mahindra Ltd
Tech Mahindra Limited has appointed T N Manoharan and Ms M Rajyalakshmi Rao as Additional Directors of the company

Singhal resigns as Company Secy, DCM Financial Services Ltd
Ms Isha Singhal has resigned as Company Secretary of DCM Financial Services Ltd

Kumar resigns as Whole-time Director, Uniply Industries Ltd
M L Pramod Kumar has resigned as Whole-time Director of Uniply Industries Ltd on account of health reasons.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Who is responsible?
Even after warning and information from MET department that a heavy rain fall during June 15-20, 2013, the required measures were not taken. UK Govt, did not stop yatra nor given advise to visitors as advised by MET department that yatris to be shifted to safer place. It has caused human losses in thousands and complete disaster in those areas. Is someone responsible or it will go just like this?

A Kumar

Frank, true opinion of Brig Prasad commendable
First of all I congratulate Brig. Prasad to give his free, frank, true and bold opinion. He deserves congratulations from all right thinking citizens of the country. I fully endorse his opinion. I am also not going to donate in PM's relief fund as the same is not going to serve the required purpose. For this disaster in Uttarakhand all responsible officials whoever he may be should be pinpointed and punished to avoid such calamities in future.

A J Jain

Will country learn lesson from Uttarakhand disaster?
I was in Uttarakhand in a safe place from Jun 4 June to June 25.This was our annual getaway to the hills for a month to beat Delhi heat , walking in the forest and just marveling at the gifts of nature. When destruction struck after multiple tsunamis of rivers in spate and the images of devastation caused were flashed on TV two things struck us. How so much construction could be allowed in Kedarnath. Way back in 1988 when we went there, it was just the shrine, a small rest house, a few tents for those who had perforce stay for the night and a small stall selling pooja tidbits. Pilgrims were required to have darshan and move back to Gaurikund for the night stay. It was so peaceful in the area with a glacier as its backdrop that one could really feel the presence of divine energy. One was shocked to see now the buildings, shops, hotels, dharamshalas having come up there totally destroying thefragile environment of the place. Similarly how were multistoried houses and buildings permitted on the banksof the rivers with loose soil. We have encroached on the banks and beds of our rivers and we expect them to flow in the narrow margins left for them even when rain God is generous with rains. These rivers Mandakini Bhagirithi,Alaknanda showed their fury carrying everything that came their way. Another thing that disturbed one was the total failure of the state administration to meet with the situation. They simply looked lost,confused and helpless. Totally paralysed. Two of the District Magistrates who were shown talking to the media were so unimpressive that one wondered how in the first place they were able to get into the premier civil service of the country. When we dilute the standards and make recruitment on the basis of quota for this and that class and caste we are compromising on quality. That apart, the tragedy in Uttarakhand has been unnerving for the entire country. Will we learn our lessons? I doubt.

Aarti Khosla

E-filing of Income Tax return a time consuming process
I fully agree that e-filing of Income Tax Return is a very difficult and time consuming process. It is obvious that senior officers of the Department have themselves not tried it otherwise so many checks at various levels would not have been there. In my view let the Department give option to the Tax Payers as to whether they really want all those processes for secrecy of data which makes the process so tedious? Given a choice I will be the first to opt for simplification even at the cost of possibility of data getting public. Why can't it be simple like sending an e mail?

P C Tripathi

Junior officer made caretaker CRB
Railway Board Chairman: all the records break on in the appointment of CRB junior most member is given the caretaker CRB? Are all top and senior staff under the enquiry of vigilance. And further more on one side it is reported that Kul Bushan was overlooked because of charge sheet by CBI and on the other hand he is given additional charge as Member Traffic. Is all well at the Rail Ministry and Railway Board or is there still some mole? What is the PMO office doing and what is CBI doing?

Kunal

Congratulations on CRB
Respected sir! Congratulations on becoming "The CRB"! We wish you a very happy prosperous and successful life.

Y K Gupta

Minister for Health & family welfare
It is irony of fate that cancer detection diagnostic tests cannot be taken in Cancer empanelled hospitals of CGHS by CGHS beneficiaries . As these hospitals are having proper diagnostic facilities which are essential for early detection so treatment can start early. Govt. always propagate for early detection in order to control the disease at early stage but without detection how it is possible? Govt. should permit CGHS beneficiaries to go the empanelled hospitals directly for cancer related detection tests without being recommended by CMO/Govt. hospitals. As these empanelled hospitals are also responsible for tests and treatment. Minister of Health and family Welfare may issue instruction in this regard.

N Prakash

New Home Secretary to play good role
Very important place no doubt we have always good people as Secretary Home; we pray that he can deal all with the help of his experience, and one request now election is coming Home affairs and Election commission can see that all political should not speak personal and religious comments and ban on dirty comments on TV or print as now generation would not like to listen and most of the people will re-act on their dirty remark which is not good for Society.

Ghaus Mohd

Repetitive comments only create ill will
For the last few months we have been reading the tirade of R K Singh against the upper castes, spitting bitterness and supporting his views with often wrong facts. The comments are repetitive and only create ill will. Posting the same views almost every day is not going to help any group.

Swarup

Common between Muslims and Obcs
What is common between the Muslims who ruled for a thousand years in India, the OBCs who are the major perpetrators of sufferings on SCs; and Dalits? Nothing. Only politics of the vote bank; all political parties seek these vote banks. What are pray, the imagined "sufferings" of the Muslims in India for a thousand years? If the rulers were "suffering", what about the rest! What are the sufferings of the "OBC"? The OBC is a political construct. The OBCs are powerful, dominant castes like the Yadavs and Kurmis. Lord Krishna was born among Yadavs and Yadav Kings have ruled India since the times of the Mahabharata e.g. Kans, Shishupal, Maharaja Sri Krishna, Balram, Nand etc. Were they "suffering"? If so, at the hands of whom? It is the vote bank politics which makes all parties think of such groupings.

Vijay Kumar

Unless they change, system will not change
At the end of the day, it is political class who take the call on transparency in transfer/posting. Unless they change, system will not change. Bureaucrats can fight them to an extent only.

Girdhari