What people say about us!

Fantastic site. Interesting to see.

Ashish Sen

POLITICS

Its between two women!
Indian politics is going to hover around for some time between two woman leaders Sonia Gandhi and Sushma Swaraj. One can only wait and watch.

Hi-tech campaign for race of Rajasthan CM
Vasundhara Raje Scindia, President, Rajasthan BJP has formerly served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan (2003-2008), Union Minister and 5 time Lok Sabha MP from Rajasthan. She has been extensively on public to public contact campaign in all most all the places in Rajasthan. Notably, she is getting very warm response in rural pockets wherein group of women children as well as mans are coming to meet her and listen to her speeches. noticing the importance of social media. Vasundhara keeps updating her each and every visit of the campaign on her facebook account titled Vasundhara Raje for Rajasthan CM. The page has about 81,162 likes.

Mallikarjun Khadge greets India's work-force on International Labour Day
Marking the 'International Labour Day' by extending his best wishes to workers all over the country Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Minister for Labour & Employment highlighted the contribution of workers in the journey of 'Nation building' endeavour. Expressing his commitment to promote the welfare of workers Khadge underlined the aims, objectives and scale of 'Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana' (RSBY). He mentioned that the health insurance to unorganized workers with smart card based cashless hospitalization facilities worth up to Rs.30,000/- has benefited approx. 52 lakh workers so far till date. As on March 31, 2013, more than 3.44 crore cards have been issued, more than 11.00 crore members are expected to be benefited from this Scheme. He said; the coverage of RSBY has been extended to street vendors, construction workers, Beedi workers, domestic workers, MGNREGA workers and licensed Railway porters. All it has resulted into the visible in improvement in access to healthcare facilities even in remote and extremism affected areas. Stating the Government's commitment to eliminate child labour in hazardous occupations and processes, the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme is being implemented in 271 districts. As a result, 8.52 lakh children from special schools of NCLPs have been mainstreamed into the formal education system. The host of initiatives have resulted into the significant drop in the number of child labour from an estimated 90.75 lakh during 2004-05 to 49.85 lakh in 2009-10. The Minister said that a new scheme has been proposed namely, "Kaushal Vikas Yojana" to set up 3000 ITls & 5000 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) in PPP mode across the country. The Employees' State Insurance Corporation has taken up new initiatives to improve the quality of service delivery. These include coverage of new geographical areas, implementation of an IT rollout plan and medical education projects, the Minister informed lauding the efforts of ESIC. The computerisations of all offices of EPFO claims to ensure, w.e.f. 2012-13, the delivery of PF related like PF balances, status of claims and payments through online and SMS alerts after registering on www.epfindia.gov.in The Amendment Bills; The Child Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1986; The Building and Other Constructions Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996; The Building and Other Constructions Workers Access Act, 1996 have already been introduced in the Parliament he said.

BUREAUCRACY

Sindhushree Khullar to be new CAG ?
Grapevine has it that Sindhushree Khullar is being appointed new CAG. She is a 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Her husband Rahul Khullar is Chairman of the TRAI.

Goswami will be OSD, Home for two months
Home Secretary designate Anil Goswami will continue as OSD in the Ministry for two months. Normally successor of Secretary Home is appointed only a month in advance.

Arunendra Kumar is new Member (Mechanical), Railway Board
Arunendra Kumar has been appointed new Member (Mechanical) Railway Board. He will succeed Keshav Chandra who retired on April 30.
(We said this on April 29, 2013)

Orders of Mahesh Kumar in a day or two
Orders of Mahesh Kumar as Member (Staff) Railway Board will be issued this week. File pertaining to his appointment has reached to the Prime Minister. He will succeed A K Vohra who retired on April 30
(We said this on April 29, 2013)

Chairman of Railway Board to hold additional charge of Member (Traffic)
Chairman of the Railway Board V K Mittal has been given additional charge of Member (Traffic). He will hold the charge of K K Srivastava who retired on April 30.

Will Brandon will be Member, National Minority Commission?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rohit R Brandon is poised to be given as Member, National Minority Commission. Brandon, a 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre is, reportedly, midway through, VRS.

Gautam Mukhopadhaya is new Ambassador to Myanmar
Gautam Mukhopadhaya has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. He is a 1980 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on February 13, 2013)

SFCIL and NSC to form a new PSU
Whispers have it that both the Boards of State Farms Corporation of India Limited (SFCIL) and National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSC) have reached a consensus to merge each other into a new Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) unit with giving a new name to it. The proposal inthis regard has been taken up with the Ministry of Agriculture for further adjudication.

New banks to have former CMDs as Director
New banks being set up may have retired CMDs as Director on the boards. It is believed that former CMDs M D Mallya and C A Pereira may be appointed Directors. Several business houses are entering in banking business.

Meeting to select new Chairman of CBDT on May 7
Committee of Secretaries is meeting in New Delhi on May 7 to select new Chairman of the CBDT.

B Vijayan unlikely to move GoI
Chief Secretary, Goa, B Vijayan is unlikely to move as DG, National Productivity Council in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Gita Mishra to be Director (Personnel), RVNL !
Ms Gita Mishra, Director (Personnel), RVNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 30, 2013. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same. Presently, she is on deputation on this post.

Binod Kumar is new CVO, NHPC
Binod Kumar has been appointed as CVO in the National Hydro Power Corporation Limited (NHPC), New Delhi. He is a 1983 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Barua joins as Director (Fin), NRL today
S K Barua, GM, NRL, is joining as Director, Finance, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) on May 1, 2013.
(We said this on Oct 9, 2012)

Army promotion Board to meet in August
Meeting of the Army Promotion Board is expected to take place in August. Several promotions are to be recommended.

11 posts of SP vacant in BPR & D
As many as 11 posts of Superintendent of Police (SP) are lying vacant in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).

Sheetal Prasad empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sheetla Prasad has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1982 batch.

Mrs Renuka Mishra likely to join central deputation
Mrs Renuka Mishra is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post. She is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Bhatt poised to be Additional Director, Govt. of Rajasthan
Gopendra Nath Bhatt, Joint Director, Department of Information & Public Relations, Govt. of Rajasthan, is all set to be elevated as Additional Director in Govt. of Rajasthan.

Will Pattanaik be Chairman of UPERC ?
Former Principal Secretary to UP Governor G B Pattanaikis likely to be appointed chairman of UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer. Meanwhile, he has been given two months extension as Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University.

Four IAS officers get ACS rank in Gujarat
RK Tripathi of the 1977 batch and three 1980 batch IAS officers Rajesh Kishore, Maheshwar Sahoo and H K Dash have been given ACS rank in Gujarat.

Bhanot gets extension till June
Man Mohan Bhantot, Second Secretary, in Almaty has been given extension till June .

15 IAS officers transferred in MP
As many as 15 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, M K Vashnerya has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Director, Practice of Indian Medicines & Homeopathy while S K Pal will now be Commissioner, Public Instructions and ex-officio Secretary, School Education and Arun Kochar is Secretary, Lokayukta. Similarly, Mrs Rajkumari Khanna has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Secretariate; Ram Avatar Khandelwal as Commissioner-cum-Director, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Relief and Rehibilitation; N B S Rajput as Collector, Morena; S P S Saluja as Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Indore; K C Jain as Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Ujjain division; D D Agrawal as Project Director, Project Udaya and Additional Commissionr, Urban Administration and Development; Mrs Shilpa as CEO and ex-officio Additional Collector (Development), Khargone; Mrs Sufiya Farooqui as CEO, Zila Panchayat and ex-officio Additional Collector (Development), Gwalior; Mrs Priti Maithil as CEO, Zila Panchayat and ex-officio Additional Collector (Development), Tikamgarh; Shrikant Banoth as CEO, Zila Panchayat, Dhar; Anaya Dwivedi as SDO (Revenue), Niwadi, Tikamgarh and Mrs Shanmukh Priya Mishra was appointed as SDO (Revenue), Itarsi, Hoshangabad.

Dr Mohanty assumes charge as CS, AP (UPDATED)
Dr Prasanna Kumar Mohanty has taken over as next Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

(We said this on January 22, 2013)

Krishna Rao is Chief Commissioner, Land Administration in AP
I Y R Krishna Rao has been appointed as Chief Commissioner of Land Administration & Special Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on April 27, 2013)

IAS reshuffle in Gujarat
There is major IAS reshuffle in Gujarat. New postings are: Radhakant Tripathy Director General of Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute at Ahmedabad, G R
Aloria Principal Secretary Urban Development, Arvind Agrawal Principal Secretary Tribal Development, Ashwani Kumar MD Gujarat Urban Development Company, Manish Bharadwaj Municipal Commissioner Vadodara, G C Murmu Additional charge of PS Information, Dr VThiruppugazh Commissioner Rural Housing,Kamal Kumar Dayani additional charge as Managing Director of the Industrial Extension Bureau (INDEXTb), S J Haidar Science and Technology Secretary, Dr Jayanti Ravi Commissioner Technical education,Six officials of the 1997 batch - Sabarkantha and Himmatnagar Collector Shahmeena Hussain, Vadodara Municipal Commissioner Ashwani Kumar, Director of Employment and Training Sonal Mishra, Tribal Development Commissioner RC Meena were transferred while Junagadh and Surendranagar collectors Manish Bhardwaj and PH Shah respectively were promoted.

PESB invites applications for Director (Finance), WAPCOS
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), WAPCOS Limited lying vacant since February 15, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 31, 2013.

PESB invites applications for Director (Commercial & HRD) , WAPCOS
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Commercial and HRD), WAPCOS Limited lying vacant since February 15, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 31, 2013.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Chhattisgarh
A number of officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Chhattisgarh.Accordingly, R C Sinha has been posted as Secretary , Culture and Tourism and Director, Culture and Archives while K D P Rao will now be Commissioner, Bilaspur division and R P Jain is Commissioner, Bastar division. Similarly, Mayank Varwade has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development and Commissioner, MGNREGA with Director, National Rural Livelihood Mission; Om Prakash Chaudhary gets additional charge of Deputy Secretary, DPR; Bhuvanesh Yadav as Deputy Secretary, Cooperative and Director, Horticulture; Jaiprakash Maurya SDO, Jashpur and CEO, Zila Panchayat, Jashpur; Kartikey Goyal as SDO, Narayanpur and CEO, Zila Panchayat, Narayanpur; Mrs Ranu Sahu as SDO, Baikunthpur, Koriya; Narendra Kumar Shukla as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes and Dhananjay Devangan was made CEO, Zila Panchayat, Raipur.

Two IFS officers shifted in Chhattisgarh
Two officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been shifted in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Devendra Singh has been appointed as Director, Rural Industries, Handicrafts and Silk while Sunil Mishra will now be Managing Director, C G State Industrial Development Corporation.

Reddy is PCCF in AP
B Somasekhara Reddy has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF) in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1978 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh.

D S Poonia likely to get extension (UPDATED)
D S Poonia, Chief Secretary, Manipur, who was to retire on April 30, 2013, is likely to get extension in the office. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

ONGC strikes three significant Oil & Gas discoveries (UPDATED)
The Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has informed about three more significant oil and gas discoveries at its 242nd meeting held on April 30, 2013 under the chairmanship of CMD, Sudhir Vasudev. He informed that the first discovery is KGD051NAA#1:(NELP block KG-DWN-2005/1, KG deep offshore Basin) - New Prospect Discovery. Exploratory well KGD051NAA#1 in NELP block KG-DWN-2005/1, in KG deep offshore Basin was drilled to a depth of 5010 m (intermediate depth). The interval between 4634 - 4646.8m in Ravva formation of Miocene age was found interesting from hydrocarbon point of view. Well is under further drilling. This discovery provides an exploration lead to the south of prolific KG-DWN-98/2 block. Besides second is KG-DWN-98-A#2, (NELP Block KG-DWN-98/2, KG Deep Offshore Basin) - New Pool Discovery Exploratory/appraisal well KG-DWN-98-A#2 in NELP Block KG-DWN-98/2, KG Deep Offshore Basin was drilled to a depth of 2541 m. The intervalbetween 2075 - 2171.5 m was found interesting. Interval 2101-2119 &2138-2165m on conventional testing produced oil @ 3200 BOPD and gas @ 113760 m3/day through 32/64" choke. Results of this (2nd appraisal well after U#3) Well will give a very significant boost to ONGC's efforts to monetize discoveries in Northern Discovery Area of this block. While third is GK-28 # 9: (GK-28 PML, Kutch Shallow Offshore, Western offshore basin)- New Pool Discovery. Exploratory/appraisal well GK-28 # 9 in GK-28 PML, Kutch Shallow Offshore, Western offshore basin was drilled to a depth of 1365 m. Interval 1249-1251m in Nakhatarana formation of Paleocene age on conventional testing produced gas @ 221950 m3/day. This will add value to GK-28/GK-42 areas which ONGC plans to put on production, adding anew producing basin in India. In the same meeting, ONGC Board also gave green signal to the following three major projects: Acquisition of New Well Stimulation Vessel for Mumbai Offshore: ONGC Board approved the Construction of a purpose-built State-of-the-Art Well Stimulation Vessel. The estimated total cost of acquiring the latest-technology vessel is Rs. 1384 Crores (US $ 250 million). Development of Shallow-water wells in Eastern offshore: Three wells viz. GS15-9, GS15-E1 and GS48-1 would be developed through subsea mud line trees at a cost of Rs.284.82 Crores. The development would betaken up on a Concept to Commissioning basis. Access control and Surveillance System: A pan-ONGC Access control and Surveillance System project would be undertaken. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 407.50 crores.

Ranglal Jamuda to be AS Agriculture ! (UPDATED)
Ranglal Jamuda is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary Agriculture. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
( We said this on March 27 )

Angurana to be be MD Trifed ! (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Angurana is reportedly being appointed MD Trifed. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

3 IAS officers get addl charges in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given additional charges in Haryana. Accordingly, Chander Parkash (1995) has been assigned an additional charge of Commissioner, Rohtak division while M L Kaushik (2001) will also be Deputy Commissioner, Hisar and Commissioner, M C Hisar and Phool Chand Meena (2004) is given an additional charge of Commissioner, M C Guraon.

CG High Court gets two addl Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Ghulam Minhajuddin and Justice Radhe Shyam Sharma have been appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court of Chhattisgarh.

Tenure of Justice Ghulam Minhajuddin extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Justice Ghulam Minhajuddin as Additional Judge, Chhattisgarh has been extended till July 11, 2013.

Orders of M Ravindran as Director (HR), GAIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of M Ravindran, ED, GAIL, for the appointment as Director (Human Resources), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on November 29, 2013)

Vineet Chaudhary gets ACS rank in Himachal (UPDATED)
In a fresh bureaucratic reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh Vineet Chaudhary has been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

14 IPS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, J S Sanswal has been appointed as DIG, Gwalior range while Raman Singh Sikarwar will now be SP, Sehore and K B Sharma is SP, Shivpuri. Similarly, B P Chandravanshi has been appointed as Commandant 18th battalion, Shivpuri; Sushant Kumar Saxena as SP, Rajgarh; Rudolf Alvares as SP, Neemuch; R A Choubey as Commandant 25th Battalion, Bhopal; Abid Khan as Addl SP, Ujjain; Nimish Agrawal as Addl SP, Jabalpur; Ashutosh Pratap Singh as Addl SP, Bhopal; Yusuf Qureshi as Addl SP, Gwalior, D Kalyan Chakravorty as Addl SP, Indore and Siddharth Bahuguna has been appointed as Addl SP, Jabalpur.

CORPORATE

Poiyaamozhi appointed Part-time Official Director, Dredging Corporation of India Ltd
Dredging Corporation of India Limited has appointed B Poiyaamozhi, Development Advisor, (Ports) as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Rath ceases to be Part-time Director, Coal India Ltd
Dr Arun Kumar Rath has ceased to be Non-official Part time Director on the Board of Directors of Coal India Ltd.

Choubey appointed as Govt. Director on Board of EIL
R N Choubey ( DG & DGH) in the Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been appointed as Government Director on the Board of Directors of Engineers India Limited (EIL)

Iyengar ceases to be Non Exec. Director, ICICI Bank
Sridar Iyengar has ceased to be Non-executive Director of ICICI Bank

Sharma appointed President & CEO, Gravita India Ltd
Gravita India Limited has appointed Naveen Prakash Sharma as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.

Eipe ceases to be ED & President (Chemicals), Godrej Industries Ltd
M Eipe has ceased to be Executive Director and President (Chemicals) of Godrej Industries Ltd on attaining age of retirement.

Three Directors cease to be on Board of Precision Pipes & Profiles Ltd
Sharat Chand Jain, Rajeev Jain and Anuj Jain cease to be directors of Precision Pipes & Profiles Company Ltd .

Ramasundaram resigns as Company Secy., Marg Ltd
S Ramasundaram has resigned as Company Secretary of Marg Ltd.

Samal appointed Company Secy., Marg Ltd
Rabindra Kumar Samal has been appointed as Company Secretary of Marg Ltd w.e.f. May 1, 2013

Naik resigns as Non Exec. Director, Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd
Jagdish R Naik has resigned as Non Executive Director of Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd.

Two Directors appointed on Ispat Profile (I) Ltd Board
Ispat Profile (I) Limited has appointed Surendra Garg, P P Valsan and N S Zagade as Directors of the company.

(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)

Casteism - a curse

In most of the Metros boys and girls are getting married ignoring the caste which is a very good sign. Unfortunately the benefits of reservation is being cornered by the newly developed Elite amongst the S C & S T community and rest are not able get their share. This must be stopped. Those who have got reservation benefit should be debarred to avail it for their children and new families should get it. This will help all the members of the community and uplift them economically.

P C Tripathi

Interesting site that provides lot of food for thought

Your site is very interesting and provides lot of food for thought. I was amazed that even the Poona pact was discussed on your site. As a student of history, for your readers, here is a brief on the Poona Pact. The pact was signed on Sept. 24, 1932. The British made a communal award of Aug. 4, 1932 allotting seats in the various legislatures of India to different communities as a part of their divide and rule politics. Mahatma Gandhi objected to the provision of separate electorates for the Scheduled Castes, which unnaturally treated them as separate from the Hindus. In prison, Gandhiji began a fast unto death in protest. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar felt that his group's special interests might be advanced by the government's system, resisted concessions until Gandhi was near death. He and the Hindu leaders then agreed to the pact, which withdrew separate electorates but gave increased representation to the Scheduled Castes for a 10-year period. Ambedkar complained of blackmail, but the nationalist movement always fought against untouchability which had been inflicted on the scheduled castes by the caste hindus (including all other castes whether so called "high" or "low").

Arjun Mallik

Totally unjustifiable

Friends, to defend casteism on the pretext of its existence in Christianity or Muslims must understand that if there are any so-called divisions, is totally unjustifiable. Defending one's own religion is right but defending social evils in any religion is a sin. Casteism is mother of untouchability and social disparity. It has forced people to quit their age old religion. Casteism has totally shattered Hinduism, weakened it, divided it, millions have walked away from it converting to two other religions. The ancient Varna Vyastha followed by Caste System established the principle 'divide and rule' based on theory of by birth and not by worth. Hence it is ridiculous to defend this ugly institution. In pre-independent India, it was believed by social reformers that inter-dining, inter caste-marriages, will end casteism. But it has been proved over the years though there are changes but these social interactions have done nothing to abolish caste as an institution. For example, inter caste-marriage between two castes only leads to some harmony between the two but certainly it does not annihilate the caste system as such. Inter-caste marriages, visits to temples, equal human rights, fundamental rights, top positions in bureaucracy, politics, they reflect progressiveness of our society but don't abolish one's caste. Because people are progressing in their own castes by birth, the old social reform movements have brought in changes, peace, harmony and opportunity to we the Hindus, but were not able to abolish castes. We need more social reform movement clearly focusing on abolishing castes totally from Hinduism, all should be known as Hindus and not by castes. When Varna Vyavastha has disappeared, I am certain with social awakening and social movements, ugly institution of caste will also disappear one day.

Singh R K

Biased opinion

It is totally a biased opinion to say that the Civil Services Award function is tilted towards IAS officers only. In the past awards have been won by the Railways (CRIS), External Affairs (Syrian evacuation), Tax Departments, Doctors and Engineers also. From the DAIS, famous people like Dr Abdul Kalam, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Sam Pitroda and B T Shreedharan etc. have spoken and interacted. A number of people of other walks of life have also participated in the programme and gave their views from the DAIS. The programme in the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances so far has been managed by the Central Secretariat and Indian Audit Accounts Service level officers (Divisional Head level). The main problem is that the annual awards scheme day by day is losing its sheen. Not many other people are coming forward with their proposals. Showing enterprise in this era of policy paralysis can be treated as otherwise at a later date by investigating agencies.

Satya Prakash

Dalits never acknowledged

Though Babasaheb married a Brahmin in last stages of his life, Dalits never acknowledged and it is said that this marriage was a part of a larger conspiracy. But statistics has revealed that many Brahmins girls end up marrying Muslims, Christains, BC/SC/ST.

S Rao

Very good comment

This should have been taken care of by the concerned well in advance. There is more talent in CSSS who can contribute immensely to the functioning of the official works like CSS.

M K Vijyakumaran

Mamata not a corrupt

It is true that Ms Mamata Banerjee is not a corrupt politician, nobody will disagree with it. It is also true that she looks other way when her party members are involved in rampant corruption just due to she wants to hang on to the power by any means. Nobody will disagree with it too.

KB

Poor Journalism to call it "Hungaamaa"

Freedom of the press should not be misused to make it a license to spread disinformation and misinformation. Why do the TV channel shout loud calling the debates in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha as "hungaamaa". They are in their most aggressive form while calling it hungaamaa. In the past 10 years specially, the TV channels must have used this expression a million times, reducing burning issues of national and public importance to just hungaamaa. This period has witnessed a series of scams unprecedented in the history of India (Mughal, British or modern). Are they not to be vociferously raised in the parliament when a government turns deaf or even condemns constitutional authorities like the C&AG of India, who alone is authorized to unearth violations of the Financial Laws of the government, irregularities in expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India or the embezzlement of funds from the treasury etc. Any honest government would take necessary action to make amends and recover the government money. It is the system; it is the constitutional scheme of governance. When it is breached, it amounts to collapse of the constitutional machinery. Should the media call it mere hungaamaa? The people, the aam admi, who is their consumer of news and views, is suffering and crying to be heard and provided remedy. Should the media not present these efforts correctly, in an unbiased manner and constructively? The media must remember that there is greater trust deficit between them and their viewers/readers than between the government and the governed. For the angry people of India, both are only necessary evils. The day FDI enters into media industry, they will opt for foreign news and views.The media should stop shedding croc tears and jeers about hours lost in what they all hungaamaa, and make the government listen the woes of the poor people.

M L Gupta