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She is the boss
Resignations of two Union Ministers Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwini Kumar have proved that Ms Sonia Gandhi is the real boss.

Who will be Law Minister ?
Who will be new Law Minister? Names of Kapil Sibal and Manish Tiwari are in circulation.

BUREAUCRACY

Department of DoNER to continue
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has categorically said that Department of DoNER in the Government of India will not be abolished.

Two posts of Member vacant in Railway Board
Posts of Member (Staff) and Member (Traffic) have been currently lying vacant in the Railway Board.

Five posts of GMs in Railways vacant
Five posts of General Managers have been currently lying vacant in the Indian Railways.

Manohar Ram is Ambassador to Gabon
Manohar Ram presently Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Gabon, with residence in Kinshasa. He is a 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Three IAS officers in Tamil Nadu transferred
Kumar Jayant has been appointed as Commissioner, Technical Education while Arun Roy will now be Managing Director, Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited and TANGEDCO CMD, K Ganandesikan is also holding the charge of Chairman of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited in Tamil Nadu.

Anil Kumar to retire this month end
Secretary, Ayush in the Government of India, Anil Kumar is retiring by this month end. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Ms K Ganga posted as DG, iCISA, Noida
Ms K Ganga, on repatriation to the department, has been posted as Director General, iCISA, Noida. She is a 1981 batch IA&AS officer.

Three IPS Probationers allocated J&K cadre
As many as three Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch have been allocated Jammu and Kashmir cadre. They are: Syed Sehrish Asgar, Sargun and Sandeep.

Praveen Malhotra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Praveen Malhotra has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch Indian Telecommunication Service officer .

Six IRAS officers in Railways shifted
As many as six officers of Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) have been transferred and posted at different zones in Railways. Accordingly, L S Meena of Northern Railway has been transferred to North Western Railway, Subhashish Nath of Northern Railway to Western Railway and posted in the cadre, Mrs Reena Ranjan of SCR to Western Railway, Mrs Purna M Chera of East Central Railway to South Central Railway; G S Meena of East Central Railway to Western Railway and D L Balai of South East Central Railway has been transferred to North Western Railway.

Transfer of S K Nag cancelled
Transfer of S K Nag, IRAS, from RCF, RBL to Northern Railway has been cancelled by Railway Ministry.

Naveen Saxena moves to Bangkok
First Secretary in Indian Embassy, Belgrade, Naveen Saxena has been moved to Bangkok.

PESB invites applications for Director (Finance), ILK
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Instrumentation Ltd Kota (ILK) lying vacant since February 2, 2013.Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before June 14, 2013.

PESB invites applications for CMD, NTC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), National Textile Corporation (NTC) falling vacant on June 1, 2013.Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 27, 2013.

DoPT invites applications for MD, CCIC
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Managing Director (MD), Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIC) Ltd. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Dr Joshi is also Railway Minister (UPDATED)
Dr C P Joshi has been given an additional charge of the Ministry of Railways.

Kapil Sibal is also Law Minister (UPDATED)
Kapil Sibal has been given an additional charge of Ministry of Law and Justice.

CORPORATE

Ravikumar appointed MD, Money Matters Financial Services Ltd
P H Ravikumar has been appointed as Managing Director of Money Matters Financial Services Ltd.

Bhasin appoimted MD (Markets), Jones Lang LaSalle India
Nitish Bhasin has been appointed as MD (Markets), Jones Lang LaSalle India.

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It is only another scam
The recent Railway Bribery Case is another scam only. Railways has taken the people of this country for a sweet ride. The quality of food is so bad that one would suffer from gastro-intestinal disorders the following day. Similarly, there are so many scams unearthed from time to time by their own vigilance officials. It is high time the Government allowed FDI in Railways in order to cater to the needs of the growing population and ensuring quality service. Again, there might be so many frauds going on which still remain to be exposed.

Siva Kumar

Meaningful food security programme required
Any meaningful food security programme should aim at gradually reducing the number of hungry dependent on government support. I remember the age-old Chinese adage: If you want to feed a man for a day give him a fish, but if you want to feed him for lifetime, teach him how to catch fish. For a country which has the largest population of hungry and malnourished in the world, We expect a sensible piece of legislation which looks beyond immediate political gains to build up a society that does not have to depend upon food doles so as to emerge free from the clutches of hunger in the long run. Out of 6.8 lakh villages in India, over 85% of them grow something or the other crop. Why can't a food security system be launched that takes care of the hungry in the same village that produce surplus food? It is not difficult to redesign a national programme that makes India's villages self-reliant in food security. Food security cannot be ensured without suitably modifying economic policies in agriculture rural development, science and technology and international trade, I find no efforts being made in this direction. I don't think at any stage this Government was honest in its approach. It had simply worked and reworked the food security bill keeping the 2014 elections in mind.

Prashanth

All political parties following appeasement policy
It is not only Nitish Kumar who is following appeasement policy. All political parties are appeasing one religion/ community/caste or the other. In fact appeasement policy is the only policy they have. It is their compulsion also because they do not have any vision and policy for giving good governance. But Bihar CM's open hatred for one person, who may not the hero of many, is nothing short of madness. Whether BJP declares that person as a prime ministerial candidate or not is different. But if it considers itself a political party, it should not give in to his blackmail. At the earliest he should be clearly told to stop. Not doing so will exhibit its spinelessness of the "party with a difference" of One mistake which the party committed was dumping of an able administrator and leader with roots Kalyan Singh due to the insistence of its liberal leader, who after becoming prime minister said that he will go to Lucknow for thanks giving to his voters only after Kalyan Singh was removed as CM of Uttar Pradesh. How much it has cost the party in the State it should know better. BJP is dominated by leaders who do not have following of their own. Otherwise, for example why CM of big State like MP should not be a part of its top forum.

Bishan Sharma

Dedicated writers
I have noticed that there are a few dedicated writers on "caste" on this channel. Good that there are different views and debate on this issue.

A K Singh

Deplorable tendency
There is a deplorable tendency of pretending that corruption cases are slapped against the SCs and STs and alleging bias in treatment of those accused of corruption. The truth is that there is no discrimination in catching the corrupt. Those accused of corruption (and only the Courts can decide whether they are guilty actually so we must remember that they are innocent until proved otherwise in a Court of law) e.g. Sukhram, Mayawati, Mulayam, Lalu, Jayalalitha, Raja or Bansal all belong to different castes. None should hide behind the fig leaf of caste when accused of corruption. Our agencies and judiciary are fair and free from bias and none should stoke cynicism in this regard.

Arjun Malik

It was a temporary measure for 10 years
Apologists for reservations for SCs and STs conveniently forget that it was a temporary measure for 10 years. They also forget that at least since the Constitution has come into force, everybody is equal and there are no restrictions on anybody in respect of anything. At least since 1950, untouchability has been abolished and is actually a crime. The Constitution guarantees equality to all irrespective of caste. So, ever since we have become masters of our own destinies at least, caste based discrimination is outlawed and the law offers equal protection to all castes. Now, then, in an equal environment, why should reverse discrimination be practiced for ever? It has already been 66 years of reservations in jobs, politics and education for SCs and STs. Most importantly, what has been suggested is not removal of reservations for SCs and STs but merely denial of the extraordinary benefit of reservations for the third generation of SCs and STs who are rich, powerful and able to compete in the general category; only to enable the most downtrodden of the SCs and STs to avail of the great benefit of reservations rather than allow the same family to hog all the benefits meant for the truly downtrodden for generations. This vibhishana elite of the SCs and STs is denying the benefits from percolating to the most needy amongst the SCs and STs.

Vijay Kumar