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POLITICS

Why did Lalu praise Narendra Modi ?
Why did Lalu Yadav praise Narendra Modi. Did Pagla Baba advise him to do so ?.

Nagaland Governor takes additional charge
Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar has taken additional charge of the gubernatorial office in Manipur.

Demand of fuel products increase due to rising incomes in India
India is the fourth largest global consumer of fuel products and demand has been increasing due to high economic growth and rising incomes. Most of this increase has been met by increased domestic production of fuel products, but stagnant domestic crude production has required increased imports of crude oil by refineries. At the same time, reflecting increased refining capacity, exports of fuel products have also been increasing over recent years.

Vigilance clearance causes delay in appointment in CPSEs ?
Delay in appointment of CMD, MD and Directors in the Boards Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is because of vigilance clearance?

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega ONGC Chairman (2) D K Sarraf
MD of the ONGC Videsh Ltd D K Sarraf is also a strong candidate. Sarraf is the senior most candidate from the inside He has also worked as Director (Finance) ONGC. Interviews for the position are expected to be held on August 30 by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB),

Will Justice T Meena Kumari move to SC ?
Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Justice T Meena Kumari is likely to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India.

Will Justice Tatia be Judge of the SC ?
Will Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court Justice Prakash Tatia be elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India? One can only wait and watch.

Panwar tipped to be JS, Department of Defence
As the grapevine has it, Rabindra Panwar is poised to be Joint Secretary, Department of Defence. The 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre is currently serving as Principal Secretary, Department of Public Health & Engineering, Government of Bihar.

Ravi Kant poised to be laterally shifted as JS, DoD ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ravi Kant is being laterally shifted in Department of Defence (DoD) to fill the slot of JS (G/Air) which was recently vacated by Subhash Chandra. Ravi Kant is serving as JS, Defence Production. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Varma appointed Ambassador to Geneva
D Bala Venkatesh Varma (IFS: 1988) has been appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva.

Silas takes charge as PS to the Union Minister for Road Transport
Sandeep Silas takes charge as the PS to Oscar Fernandes, Minister for Road Transport & Highways. Silas, a 1983 batch IRTS officer, was serving as DRM, Mumbai Central (BCT). He had served PS to Fernandes in his previous stint as Union Minister for Labour and Employment as well.
(We said it on July 12, 2013)

IPS officer Meena is back to Health Ministry
Secretary, Medical Council of India, R P Meena is back to the Health Ministry. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Change of guard on anvil in UP police?
Rumour mills claim that the change of guard in UP Police is slated inevitably now. Reportedly three top cops belonging to 1977, 1977 & 1978 batch respectively. The guessing game goes on.

OSD to former LG, Delhi is poised to join DDA
Ranjan Mukherjee is all set to start his new stint with Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Previously, he served as OSD to Tejendra Khanna; previous Lieutenant Governor, Delhi. He is a Group Captain rank officer, Indian Air Force.

Addl. PS to former LG, Delhi is now Dy Commissioner, MCD
Padmini Singla has taken charge as Deputy Commissioner, MCD (Civil Lines Zone). Previously, she served as Additional PS to Tejendra Khanna, the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. She is 2002 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Swati Sharma is new Additional Secretary to LG, Delhi
Swati Sharma replaces Padmini Singla as the new Additional Secretary to Najeeb Jung, newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. Previously she served as Secretary, Finance Government of Arunachal Pradesh. She is a 2003 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Post of Commissioner (Planning), DDA lying vacant for over 6 months
The crucially important post of Commissioner (Planning) DDA has been lying vacant for over six months. Currently JB Ksheersagar, Chief Planner, Town & Country Planning Organisation, has been the in-charge of the slot.

Post of Zonal Dir, NCB lies vacant in J&K
One post of Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau has been lying vacant in Jammu & Kashmir Zone of NCB.

Pillai to be Adviser (Finance) in Telecom Commission
As the grapevine it, Nirmala Pillai would be given with the charge of Adviser (Finance), Telecom Commission. The 1979 batch IP&TAFS officer is serving as Principal Controller of Communication Accounts posted in Delhi. She is the senior most among the officers in the fray.

Who will be the new Member (Finance) in Telecom Commission?
With the fast approaching date of retirement of Sadhna Dixit the guessing game has started off its course as who would be the new Member (Finance) Telecom Commission after Dixit. She is retiring on July 31.

Will Pillai be the new Member (Finance) Telecom Commission?
Whispers in the corridors of power have been started doing rounds that Nirmala Pillai may be appointed as the new Member (Finance) Telecom Commission.

Koteeswaran R to be ED, Bank of India ?
Koteeswaran R (GM, DWH & CRM, BCC) of Bank of Baroda is most likely to be Executive Director of Bank of India.

Arun Shrivastava to be ED, Bank of India ?
Arun Shrivastava, GM, of Bank of Baroda is most likely to be Executive Director of Bank of India.

M Shanmugam moves to Bhopal
M Shanmugam, who is DGM and Executive Assistant of CMD of Bank of India, has been transferred to Bhopal. He will join Bhopal Zonal office today. Shanmugam has also worked at key position in the bank as he was Chief Manager, PR& CC, of Bank of India from 2010 to 2012.

Poonia's farewell in name of "1st Annual Civil Service Meet" in Manipur
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that D S Poonia, the incumbent Chief Secretary of Manipur, has already received a farewell party in the guise of "1st Annual Civil Service Meet" recently in the state capital. The event is much talked about among the mandarins of Manipur. The 1978 batch IAS officer of MT cadre is all set to mark his last working day as the CS of Manipur on July 31.

Mystery shrouds over the new Chief Secretary of Manipur?
With less than 72 hours left in hand in the retirement of the incumbent Chief Secretary, the Govt. of Manipur has not yet zeroed down on any name as the successor of D S Pooia. The 1978 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre is all set to mark his last working day as the CS of Manipur on July 31.

New CS of Manipur yet awaited; tie between Ranjan & Lawmkunga
Even though the Government of Manipur has not zeroed down on any name as the successor of D S Poonia as yet; the tie is between only the two top mandarins. Either Rajani Ranjan Rashmi or P C Lawmkunga may soon be appointed as the new CS, Govt. of Manipur. They are 1983 & 1979 IAS officers of Manipur Tripura cadre. Reportedly, Rashi may win the race.

Rear Admiral Murthy is new Flag Officer, Karnataka
Rear Admiral C S Murthy has been appointed new Flag Officer in Karnataka by the Indian Navy.

Vice Admiral Singh to be DG Project Seabird
Vice Admiral Karnbir Singh is being tipped to be new Director General of Project Seabird.

23rd meeting of SCOVA soon
The 23rd meeting of Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) of the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare is being held shortly. The details of the date, time and venue of the meeting will follow. The meeting will be chaired by Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Pubic Grievances & Pensions.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in West Bengal soon
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in West Bengal after the Panchayat poll results are declared. Several DMs will be shifted.

Surjit Chaudhary relieved to join GoI
Surjit K Chaudhary, Principal Secretary/ Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, has been relieved of cadre responsibility for joining as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities under the Ministry of Minority Affairs in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on July 2, 2013)

Four IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, S Sivashanumgaraja has been appointed as Director of Adi Dravidar Welfare while Vibhu Nayar will now be Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board and Ashok Ranjan Mohanty is Secretary, State Human Rights Commission. Besides, C Vijayaraj Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply & Drainage Board.

D K Ahluwalia promoted to Brigadier rank
D K Ahluwalia of Institute of Military Law, Nagpur, has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier.

R K Garg empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
R K Garg has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Anil Kaul to be Country Manager, Bangkok
Air India officer, Anil Kaul has been appointed as Country Manager, Thailand, Bangkok.

Sharma posted as DIG(Ops), FTR HQ, BGLR
Madhusudan Sharma has been posted as DIG(Ops), FTR HQ,BGLR/IG, SPL OPS, Odisha. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Tiwari empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Praveen Kumar Tiwari-II has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is an IA&AS officer of 1991 batch.

Posts of Dy Secretary/Director vacant in NATGRID
The Ministry of Home Affairs has invited applications for two posts of Deputy Secretary/ Director in National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) under this Ministry. The officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) at least nine years in service can apply for the same at the earliest.

Ajay Chaudhary is poised for OSD to Lt. Governor Delhi (UPDATED)
Ajay Chaudhary is all set to be appointed as the OSD to Najeeb Jung, the newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. Now the 1996 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre would serve as OSD to a former IAS of 1973 batch. Chaudhary is an officer awarded with President's Police Medal for distinguished service. He is Additional Commissioner of Police, South East Delhi.

NBCC wins prestigious IGBC Award 2013 (UPDATED)
NBCC has won prestigious IGBC Award 2013. At a function of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Pune "GreenCo Summit 2013" In recognition of NBCC's rich contribution towards achieving green footprints in the country, NBCC has been felicitated with the award. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, presented the prestigious IGBC Award 2013 to Yogesh J. P. Sharma General Manager (Engg.), West Zone NBCC.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Gujarat (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, R J Pargi, has been appointed as commandant, SRPF, Group-15, ONGC Mehsana while Amit Vishwakarma will be head of state crime records bureau and computer center and Raghavendra Vatsa is superintendent (Intelligence), Gandhinagar. DIG (Intelligence-2), Gandhinagar. Similarly, J K Bhatt has been posted as additional commissioner of police, Sector-1, Ahmedabad city with additional charge charge of DIG (operations), Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) Ahmedabad; sector- 1, Ahmedabad; Vikas Sahay as Director General of Raksha Shakti University; Shamsher Singh as Additional Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau with additional charge of JCP (special branch); H G Patel as additional commissioner of police (traffic), Ahmedabad; S M Khatri as deputy inspector general of police and his services have been placed under Urban Development and Urban Housing Department in AMC. DCP, zone 1, Neeraj Badgujar, has been appointed as SP in Jamnagar. Anjar-Bhuj Assistant Superintendent of Police Virendra Singh Yadav has been appointed in Badgujar's place.

Ms. M. Subashini accredited HC to Barbados (UPDATED)
Ms. M. Subashini (YOA: 1987), presently Ambassador of India to Republic of Suriname has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Barbados, with residence in Paramaribo.

TN cadre IAS officer of 1983 batch wins battle in apex court (UPDATED)
Justice has been done in the case of IAS officer of 1983 batch, K Ashok Vardhan Shetty with the Supreme Court giving the judgment in his favour and dismissing the appeal of Tamil Nadu Government, which denied voluntary retirement from service (VRS). Shetty alleges that a senior IAS officer had suppressed facts from the Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu while rejecting Shetty's VRS and then going on appeal after appeal when the Government's stand was patently wrong. The State Government had filed an appeal with Supreme Court after Madras High Court rejected disallowing Shetty's VRS. He has neither been getting his salary nor pension since December 2011 due to the mischief of this one senior IAS officer. It is another matter that the misdeeds of this senior IAS officer got exposed by CM herself and he was summarily dismissed by her.

IPS changes in Delhi Police soon (UPDATED)
IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Delhi Police in a couple of days.

43 IPS officers of 1990 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 43 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1990 batch and various cadres have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Dependra Pathak of UT cadre; Shyam Bhagat Negi of Himachal Pradesh cadre;Anil Palta of Jharkhand cadre; Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb of Kerala cadre; Kamal Pant of Keranataka cadre; A M Kulkarni and V V Lakshminarayan of Maharashtra cadre; Arun Pratap Singh, Dr Sajjad Wasi Naqvi, V K Maheshwar and Anuradha Shankar of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Y B Khurania, Arun Kumar Sarangi of Orisha cadre; Rajeev Kumar Sharma of Rajasthan cadre; Shankar Jiwal, T V Ravichandran of Tamil Nadu cadre; Mrs Renuka Mishra, Bijaya Kumar Maurya, Satya Narain Sabat and Mrs Tilotma Verma of UP cadre; Neeraj Sinha of Bihar cadre; V Vinay Kumar of Uttarakhand cadre; Saiyed Mohd Afzal of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Prashant Kumar-1 and Daljit Singh Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh cadre; S S Chaturvedi of MT cadre; Avinash Chandra of UP cadre; Harinath Mishra of Kerala cadre; B Srinivasan of Jammu and Kashmir cadre;Debaish Roy of West Bengal cadre; Amrendra Kumar Singh of Sikkim cadre; Ranveer Kumar of West Bengal cadre; Dr Ravi Prakash Meharda of Rajasthan cadre; Rajwinder Singh Bhatti of Bihar cadre; Kulwant Kumar of Maharashtra cadre; Sanjay Singh of UT cadre; Abhash Kumar of Tamil Nadu cadre; Rajiv Ranjan Verma and Sandeep Salunke of Uttar Pradesh cadre; anjani Kumar of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Jaijeet Singh of Maharashtra cadreand Dr Y K Gautam of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

First quarter review of monetary and credit policy (UPDATED)
The First Quarter review has buttressed exchange rate as a deterministic variable influencing the stance of monetary policy. The policy acknowledges Rupee depreciation to pose systemic risks to macro economic stability and policy formulation. Though Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation is on a downward trajectory and is largely within the comfort zone, there are upside risks. Moreover, retail inflation is potentially close to entering the double digit territory. While asserting the inevitability of structural reforms, the policy rightly identifies Current Account Deficit a challenge to grapple with. A reform momentum has started but the key is to sustain the same not only in form but also in substance. Limits to growth has also been acknowledged and GDP growth forecast for FY 14 has been cut to 5.5% from 5.7% earlier. The status quo in policy was widely anticipated and has to be seen in tune with the recent measures announced over the past fortnight. The forward guidance from the policy that the recent liquidity tightening measures are aimed at checking undue volatility in the foreign exchange market and will be rolled back in a calibrated manner augurs well for stability in the financial market. RBI has also asserted that it is ready to use all tools at its disposal for quick response to adverse events.

Binod Kumar selected as Director (Comm), SAIL (UPDATED)
Binod Kumar, ED, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 30, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Vinay Mittal is new Member, UPSC (UPDATED)
Outgoing Chairman, Railway Board, Vinay Mittal will be new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Sharad Kumar appointed as DG, NIA (UPDATED)
Sharad Kumar has been appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this in May, 2013)

CORPORATE

Menon resigns as MD, Linde India Ltd
Srikumar Menon has resigned as Managing Director of Linde India Ltd.

Bhattacharya appointed ED ,M/s. Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Pte. Ltd. Singapore
Kiriti Madhav Bhattacharya, has been appointed as an Executive Director of M/s. Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Pte. Ltd. Singapore

Viswanathan resigns as Independent Director, Atlanta Limited
G Viswanathan has resigned as Independent Director of Atlanta Limited.

Sinha ceases to be a Director , Wipro Ltd
P M Sinha has ceased to be a Director of Wipro Ltd.

Kumar resigns as Independent Director, UltraTech Cement Limited
Prof. Nirmalya Kumar has resigned as Independent Director of UltraTech Cement Limited.

Krishnan nominated Govt. Nominee Director, Indian Bank
The Union Government has nominated Sudha Krishnan, Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Indian Bank.

Sodhi appointed Independent Director Vardhman Holdings Limited
Vardhman Holdings Limited has appointed Ms Apinder Sodhi as an Independent Director of the company.

Jain resigns as CFO & Company Secy, Surya Pharmaceutical Limited
Bharat Bhushan Jain has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary of Surya Pharmaceutical Limited.

Chandra ceases be Director, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited
Dr Prasanna Chandra has ceased to be a Director of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Lalbhai ceases to be Director, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited
Sanjay Lalbhai has ceased to be a Director of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Verma appointed Company Secy, GK Consultants Ltd
GK Consultants Ltd has appointed Ms Shilpa Verma as Company Secretary of the company.

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CGHS reimbursement!

I am in agreement with the cited views about CGHS re-imbursement. Last year I submitted MRC for some 1500 rupees for having undergone some diagnostic tests at a CGHS empanelled Centre in Chennai which charged me as per the CGHS-approved rates. Still when the MRC was submitted the CGHS Delhi deducted some 300 rupees from the claim and the rest was sanctioned. As you know, there is no cashless system prevailing in CGHS Chennai in spite of clear-cut instructions from the CGHS for providing cashless facilities in all CGHS-approved treatment and diagnostic tests centres. So there is nothing surprising in emergency cases too.

N K Pushpakaran

Headstrong and unjust!

Repeated instances of harassment of officers by the official occupying the top post in a small southern state presently are coming out. First he blocked the engagement of a secretary-level officer as election observer as required by Nirvachan Sadan on the ostensible ground that his services cannot be spared, while the irony is that he is posted as secretary for ex-servicemen welfare which has no work! Again the chief bureaucrat obstructed the central deputation of the officer now working as secretary to chief minister citing the untenable ground that he has not completed the three-year cooling off, whereas the prescribed cooling off period is only one year ! The Chief Minister overruled the chief bureaucrat and ticked him off for his unjust stance.WIC should not protect this chief babu by suppressing such news exposing his bullying methods.

Bhaskar K B

Wake Up Call for Delhites:

Many of the existing political luminaries has started efforts to ensure that their son(s)/spouse(s) get tickets for ensuing elections along with them or in their places. This trend needs to be reversed to usher in good change which the politics honestly needs. New face will have new enthusiasm and a zeal to achieve and to do quality work. New faces should therefore be tried by the voters.

HG

Prime Minister of India ?

Your article on Prime Ministerial candidate from 1990-2005 is disinteresting and biased. During the period referred by you, there had been news on Mayawati, Meira Kumar, Mulayam, Lalu and other Dalit leaders projecting them as Prime Ministerial candidates. Seems, it is kind of customary of media houses to avoid Dalit leaders on crucial juncture. Mayawati was inches close to become Prime Minister during nuclear deal crisis when the government was in crisis, but, according to media reports, suddenly BJP particularly Advani backtracked and stood by Congress (ref. statements of Mayawati... 'Advaniji ek dalit ki beti ko pradhan mantri nahin dekh sakte hain'). If dailies are to be believed, the BJSP and BSP had some understanding. Whispers is unfair in excluding the Dalit Prime Ministerial candidates which remained in news during 1990-2005. We have been watching games of predictions of Media for the last three decades. Media's elections results predictions are generally wrong, the main reason being most of them are dedicated to certain political parties' ideologies rather than being dedicated to the will of people. So, the new Prime Minister might be, in all probability, someone not in your shown list.

R K Singh

Upright officer in UP suspended on false excuses

The reasons doled out for suspension of a lady IAS officer of UP cadre of 2009 batch appear to be just excuses to justify her suspension. The fact of the matter is, as gleaned from the newspaper reports, that she was doing her work sincerely and enthusiastically. It seems that while doing so she rubbed some powerful people on the wrong side. In these days of mafia raj it is not easy to take on one mafia or the other (in this case it was the sand mafia).If as claimed by the state Government she was suspended because she demolished the wall of a mosque illegally under construction in a village near Greater Noida, she should be given credit for that. As it is, we close our eyes to illegal graves, temples, mosques which overnight come up on our pavements, parks and roads. Once these are there, we do not remove these encroachments for fear of communal flare-up. It is a pity that an officer is punished for doing the right thing. Durga Shakti (she personifies her name) is young and I only that hope she does not get disillusioned by her suspension and mould herself into run of the mill bureaucrat who blows with the wind and does not do his/her job out of fear. We do need many Khemkas and Durga Shaktis to stop the criminal wrong-doing all around us.

Aarti Khosla

Shame on our politicians

The politicians are so corrupt in our country, that they will never allow the able and honest administrators to perform well. Shame on our politicians. This is a fit case for Centre to intervene and put UP under President's rule.

G Manmadhan Pillai

Centre should act

Central government has the power to overrule such decisions. Unfortunately for political reasons they will not act; similarly IAS,IPS and other officers association will also keep quiet. Thereby sending a wrong message to the new entrant bureaucrats that do not interfere in the loot of public money/assets by politicians, mafia gangs etc.

S Gopal

Hosh, Josh & Khamosh

I had suspected Durga's suspension the day I read about her brave exploits in a national daily. Since agitated consciences of public servants have been regularly giving vent to their hurt feelings on the WIC, I am reacting. The Administrative Culture of India stands compromised-make no mistakes. So while josh(enthusiasm) is fine in the first few years in young green horns without earlier family tradition of government service, don't ignore hosh(awareness of the climate), before deciding on the path one chooses to tread. Every government servant is mandated to maintain "absolute integrity and devotion to duty all the time". fine. But it is as fine as several other such sweet expressions. First check if the government really wants one to do what is considered to be the "duty", for duty for one may be threat to the kursi (power peg0 for the other. One might think that a police inspector gets appointed to catch the thief, but wait for a nano second and think if that really means thief or someone to be painted as the thief. Durga went after the sand mafia in NOIDA (at least that is the depiction by the press I recall). She forgot how kindly another IPS officer was treated in another state for same kind of a bravado or what kind of treatment awaits those helping/serving the people, the much hyped aam aadmi, in disaster affected locations. The system has already made the best public servants khamosh (silent) already. While there is no sign of any improvement in the next few decades, there will always be public servants on the side of the Durgas of the public service. They are reducing in numbers by the day, but nothing to worry as there always will be someone coming to lend precious support silently, sometimes even without your knowledge. Be sensitive to those magnetic signals and decode the message in time. However, the course of honest public service is a dreadful one. Hence think, think again and think once more to choose that, for there is neither any going back during the career nor thereafter and life may be no more comfortable than the Khemka, Chaturvedi & Co. All the best, young officers-you serve India and "we the people". That in itself is a huge privilege, which even MPs/MLAs/Minister crave to be. The reason for our administrative downfall lies in the attempts of the Executive to try & act bureaucratic!

M L Gupta

Really unfortunate

Someone has said that the comment on Amartya Sen by Chandan Mitra is unfortunate. I agree but a person like Amartya Sen should also avoid commenting on politicians especially holding constitutional posts.

S K Singh

Undo the wrong done

Hope now the eyes of the Ministry of Railways should open on the clear statement by Pawan Bansal that officer like Rajeev Bhargava are sidetracked due to politics in the Railway Board to which he succumbed. Now it is the high time when the wrong things should be undone. Do the present minister has this courage. Yes by his clean image he and only he can. Three cheers.

Sunita

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