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This is History (28)
Prison life has its advantages, it brings both leisure and a measure of detachment.

Shukla family has no political descendant
Once quite important part of the political map of India, the Shukla family - Shyama Charan Shukla and Vidya Charan Shukla - have left no political descendant. It is something very surprising given the manner in which the leaders these days promote their kith and kin.

e-Tourist Visa extended to three more countries
GoI has extended e-Tourist Visa facility to three more countries -China, Hong Kong and Macau from July 30, 2015. With the inclusion of these three countries e-Tourist Visa scheme will be available to 77 countries now.

BUREAUCRACY

Agrawal is new Secretary, Railway Board
GR Agrawal has taken over as new Secretary of the Railway Board. He was earlier CEE Central Railways.
(We said this on July 28)

Kundan Sinha appointed MT, Railway
Kundan Sinha has been given additional charge Member Traffic. He is an IRTS cadre officer. He will be MT from August 1- January 31, 2016.

Rakesh Sharma is new Chief Secretary, Uttarakhand
Rakesh Sharma has been appointed next Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand. Sharma, who is a 1981 batch IAS officer, succeeded present incumbent N Ravi Shankar who retired on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on July 30)

Narendra Kumar Sinha is also Secretary, Tourism
Narendra Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Culture, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Tourism after the retirement of present incumbent Lalit Panwar. Sinha is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Jugal Kishore Mohapatra gets charge of Secretary, Land Resources
Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Secretary, Rural Development, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Land Resources. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

74 IRS-IT officers of 1989 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 74 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre of 1989 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Harmeet Singh, Ratna Das Gupta, Yogender Choudhry, Dinesh Kumar Chhablani, Ganpati Bhat, Satish Sharma, Abhaya Damle, Charanjeet Singh Gulati, S S Pardia, Dapinder Singh Chawla, Rasmi Narain Parbat, Banwari Lal, Rajesekhar Reddy Lakkadi, B Jaya Kumar, Shishir Agarwal, Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Bahadur, Malathi R Sridharan, Vijay Kumar Gupta, Jagdeep Kumar Goel, Rakesh Goyal, Sandeep Kumar, Pravin Kumar, Anup Kumar Dubey, Harshvardhan Vitthalbhai Gujjar, Benny John, Tarun Kumar, Nav Ratan Soni, Ramesh Kumar Choubey, Sumeet Kumar, Rahul Karna, Samar Bhadra, M Jagdish Babu, Raj Tondon, Naveen chandra, Ram Lal Meena, Pramita Tripathi, B K Singh, Anadi Verma, Alka Rajvanshi Jain, Preeti Garg, Rekha Shukla, Jayant Misra, Ajith Kumar Verma, Balwan Chauhan, Sanjay Awasthi, Naresh Kumar Balodia, M Rathninasamy, Radhakrishna Sreepada, Jyoti Kumari, Jahanzeb Akhtar, Purushottam Tripiru, Harshvardhini Buty, Suchismita Palai, Kandlakunta Venkata Narsimha Charya, Jayant Kumar, Sabihur Rahman, Vikram Gaur, Ravindra Singh Rawal, Darse Samuel, Ashok Kumar Tripathi, G Aparna Rao, P N Devadasan, Amrenra Kumar, Bhupendra Kumar Singh, R Govindrajan, Obou Athikho Mao, Adhir Kumar Bar, Sandeep Chauhan, Neeraj Kumar, J Siri Kumar and Salagala Narasamma.

Deependra Singh selected as CMD, IREL
Deependra Singh, Director (Marketing), IREL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 31, 2015. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

11 IRSE officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) of 1985 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: M S Chauhan, Anil Kumar Malik, Sharad Mehta, Naresh Lalwani, K Ravindra Babu, Arvind Kumar Jain, N Roop Sunkar, Rajiv Kumar, Hari Shankar Yadav, Vinod Kumar Verma and Pramod Kumar Jain.

16 IRSE officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) of 1984 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Ashok Kumar Agarwal, Sudhanshu Sharma, V P Srivastava, Ajay Kuamr Sinha, Rajendra Prasad, Rajesh Argal, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, Ajay Goyal, Vijay Sharma, Kailash C Swami, Sanjiv Agarwal, Ashok Balija, Kamal Dev Ralh, Karunesh Mani Tripathi and Brijesh Kumar.

62 IRS-C&CE officers get NFSG
As many as 62 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise have been granted non-functional selection grade (NFSG). The officers are: Rajeshwar Singhal, Mohd Ali, T R Mallick, L C Chakraborty, Reena Arya, Om Prakash Dadhich, S Nag, A Gangadhar Shakkarwar, Sunil Kumar Das, Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, Rajbhans Singh Chahal, V P C Rao, Sansar Chand, Yog Dhyan Banga, R L Meena, Rameshwar Prasad Meena, P S Krishnaiah, T K Kar, L Jayasekar, A K Singh, D N Banerjee, K K Ajwani, K S Bhat, K K Pradhan, A C Sharma, Sandeep Kumar, S R Baruah, J K Jha, Himanshu Gupta, V Seshagiri Rao, Stevan D' Souza, Anand Singh, Malkit Singh, J P Singh, P L Sallan, Rajpal Sharma, Anil Kr Jain, Balesh Kumar, Joy Valentine, Suchitra Sharma, M K Sherwani, V K Saxena, Manoj Krishna, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Ranjana Jha, G V Krishna Rao, S Suresh Kaimal, B Hareram, Bharati S Chavan, Naresh Penumaka, Vimal Kishore Verma, H R Bheemashankar, Shankar Lal Meena, Chagan Lal Mahar, Madhusudan Prasad, P C Jain, K K Kapoor, R K Talajia, N K Sarkar, Santosh Kumar Pandey, Deepak Kumar and M M Dubey.

12 IRSEE officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) of 1985 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: B G Mallaya, R K Mehta, C S Jeengar, Gopal Chandra, S M Khinchi, D N Mahajan, Ramesh Chandra, S K Agarwal, V K Gameti, Ashok Kumar, R K Mishra and G C Paunikar.

5 IPS officers of 1989 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1989 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Rajendra Singh (MH), Sanjeev Ranjan Ojha (HP), Amar Kumar Pandey (KN), Mukesh Kumar Meena (UT) and K Padamkumar (KL).

17 IRSME officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 17 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) of 1985 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: G K Gupta, V K Saxena, A K Agarwal, M K Agarwal, Surbhit Mathur, Pradeep Kumar, S R Ghoshal, A K Gupta, Prakash Bhutani, Sudhir Gupta, Gopal Kumar, B S Dohare, Shishir Dutt, Sandeep Mehra, S Bahuguna, D K Nayak, Gautam Dutta.

7 IRPS officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) of 1986 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: N V R Reddy, Prabhas Kumar, Sukhbir Singh, Angraj Mohan, R D Choudhury, Shailendra Kumar, Sunita Vedantam.

R K Swai promoted to Chief Secretary grade in MP
R K Swai has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary and posted as Agriculture Production Commissioner. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Megharik is new Police Commissioner Bangalore
Additional Director-General of Police N.S. Megharik has taken over as the 31st Police Commissioner of Bangalore replacing M.N. Reddi. He is 1987 batch IPS officer.

Ms Alka Nangia Arora empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Alka Nangia Arora has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS).

S S Pendharkar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S S Pendharkar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS).

Two IA&AS officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two IA&AS officers of 1984 batch Ms Roop Rashi and Rajeev Kumar Pandey have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

Asim Arun Kumar is back to UP
Asim Arun Kumar is back to parent UP cadre from study leave. On return, 1994 batch IPS officer Asim Kumar has been posted as IG Traffic.

Ravindra Verma repatriated to parent cadre
Ravindra Verma, Chief Vigilance Officer, Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), has been repatriated to parent cadre. He is a 1989 batch RPF officer.

T Vijay Kumar posted as Special CS, Agriculture
T Vijay Kumar has been appointed Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation Department in Andhra Pradesh cadre. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Ajay Ganesh Ubale gets non-functional upgradation in Commissioner, Customs grade
Ajay Ganesh Ubale has been granted non-functional upgradation in the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise (SAG). He is a 1988 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Satish Agarwal gets non-functional upgradation in Commissioner, Customs grade
Satish K Agarwal has been granted non-functional upgradation in the grade of Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise (SAG). He is a 1988 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Mrs Usha Rani deputed to GoI as DG, Agriculture Extension Management
Mrs V Usha Rani has been appointed Director General, National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management (MANAGE) Rajenderanagar, Hyderabad on deputation to the Government of India for a period of five years. This Joint Secretary level officer is 1995 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Four ICAS officers of 1991 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four officers of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) of 1991 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: T C A Kalyani, Aastha Saxena Khatwani, Suman Bala and Padma Lochan Sahu.

Raju Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Raju Sharma has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).

Former DGP GV Guruprasad's novel released
Second novel in Kannada (and 46th book) Police Encounter written by former Karnataka DGP GV Guruprasad was released in Bangalore recently. He is a former 1976 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Varghese promoted as Additional CPF Commissioner
M P Varghese has been promoted as Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
As many as 18 IAS officers have been given fresh assignments in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs Aruna Sharma has been assigned an additional charge of Chairperson of Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (VYAPAM) while Ashish Shrivastava was appointed as Member, Revenue Board, Gwalior and Mrs Smita Bhardwaj is MD, Madhya Pradesh Finance Corporation, Indore. Similarly, Mrs Dipti Gaud Mukherjee has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Director, State Education Centre; J N Malpani as Tribal Welfare Commissioner; Sachin Sinha as Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare; Sanjiv Kumar Jha as Commissioner, Scheduled Caste Welfare; Amit Rathore gets additional charge of Commissioner-cum-Director, Institutional Finance; Umakant Umrao gets additional charge of Commissioner, Higher Education and Project Director, National Higher Education Mission; Pannalal Solanki as Collector, Sheopur; Raghuraj M R CEO, National Employment Guarantee Scheme; Srinivas Sharma as Collector, Damoh; Mrs G V Rashmi as Director and MD, Handicrafts and Handloom; Sanjiv Singh as Controller, Government Printing and Stationery and with additional charge of DMI; Ajay Singh Gangwar as Collector, Barwani; Ravindra Singh as Deputy Secretary, Secretariat; Dhananjay Singh Bhadoria as Secretary, Board of Secondary Education and Shashank Mishra was posted as Collector, Singarauli.

Reshuffle of IPS officers of Karnataka
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, H C Kishore Chandra has been appointed as Director General, CID, Special Unites & Economic Offences while M N Reddi will be DG, Home Guards and Praveen Sood is ADG, Administration. Similarly, Alok Mohan has been appointed as ADG, Law & Order; N S Megharikh as ADG & Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru city; Dr Rajvir Pratap Sharma as ADG, Communication, Logistics & Modernization; Dr P Ravindranath as ADG, Police Computer Wing; T Suneel Kumar as ADG, Internaal Security division; Amar Kumar Pandey as ADG, Railways; Bhaskar Rao as ADG, Civil Rights Enforcement and Dr S Parashiva Murthy was made ADG, Karnataka State Reserve Police.

Real Estate Most Enterprising CMD award to Dr Anoop K. Mittal of NBCC
Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC), has been awarded the "Real Estate Most Enterprising CMD of the Year" by 24MRC Network at 2015 Leaders Awards Ceremony, held recently in New Delhi. Rajendra Chaudhari, Director (Commercial), NBCC, received the award at a function on behalf of CMD, NBCC. The award has been presented to Dr. Mittal for his outstanding contribution to the Business Sector.

Being a Muslim, Dr Kalam was keen in Ram Sethu project
A 1972 batch retired IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Dr Sitharam Gurumurthi feels proud of himself by getting the book 'Ramayana Temples' released in the hands of late Dr A P J Abdul Kalam as President of India on April 11, 2003. Hindi version of this book was brought out by K K Birla Foundation a year later under the title 'Ram Path Ke Mandir'. Dr Kalam who hailed from a Muslim community in Rameswaram was interested in Ram Sethu project particularly the satellite images. Starting his research in December 1983 when he was posted as the District Collector of the composite Ramanathapuram district, then the largest in area in Tamil Nadu bordering with Kerala on the west and Sri Lanka on the east, he completed the book in 2003 only after the satellite images of the bridge between India and Sri Lanka or Ram Sethu were available.

Nagpal is Ambassador to Iceland
Rajiv Kumar Nagpal, presently Director at Headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to lceland.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
Pranjal Yadav has been appointed as Special Secretary to Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh while Rajmani Yadav was appointed as Collector, Varanasi and Vidhyabhushan will now be Additional Commissioner (Commercial Taxes). Similarly, J P Trivedi is Special Secretary, Medical Education; K Vijendra Pandian as DM, Kasganj and A V Raja Mouli was put on waiting for posting in Uttar Pradesh.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Assam
A number of IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Assam. Accordingly, Diganta Barah has been posted as SP of Dhubri while Mridulanada Sarma was posted as Commandant of 5th APBn, Sontilla in Dima Hasao district and on repatriation from central deputation, Dr N Rajarmarthandan was made CID SP. Similarly, Abu Sufian has been transferred and posted as the Commandant, 11th APBn, Dergaon while Sunil Kumar is Superintendent of Police, Darrang; Vivek Raj Singh as SP, SB Security-I to Chief Minister; Rajveer as Cachar SP; B B Gogoi as Superintendent of Police, SB (Security); Sudhakar Singh as Superintendent of Police, Udalguri.

Ravindra Kumar promoted to DGP grade in Bihar
Ravindra Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police in Bihar. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar
As many as 43 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Ajitabh Kumar has been appointed as IG, Security, Special Branch while Pradeep Kumar Shrivastava was made DIG, Muzaffarpur range and Upendra Kumar Sinha is DIG, Bhagalpur range. Shalin has been assigned an additional charge of DIG, Bihar Armed Force Central division. Similarly, Md Mansur Ahmed has been appointed as Assistant to IG, Training; Chandrika Prasad as assistant to IG, Bihar Armed Force, Patna; Vinod Kumar as SP, Saharsa; Rajesh Kumar as Commandant, BAF-5, Patna; Anil Kumar Singh as SP, Khagadiya; Vinay Kumar as SP, West Champaran, Betia; Dheeraj Kumar as Commandant, BAF-9, Jamaalpur; Md Akhtar Hussain as Assistant to IG, Inspetion, Patna; Kshatranil Singh as Commandant, BAF-10 with addtional charge of BAF-16; Anand Kumar Singh as SP, Bagaha; Pankaj Sinha as SP, Navgachhiya; Shekhar Kumar as Commandant, Home Gaurd Bn, Patna; Sunil Kumar as SP, Vigilance Investigation Bureau; Vijay Kumar Verma as Assistant to IG, Inspection; Sunil Kumar Nayak as SP, ATS, Patna; Kumar Akale as SP, Supol; Shiv Kumar Jha as SP, Vigilance Investigation Bureau; Patna; Siddharth Mohan Jain as SP, Katihar; Pankaj Raj as Commandant, BAF-1; Shivdeep Bamanrao Lande as SP, STF, Patna; Rajesh Tripathi as Assistant to IG, Welfare; Md Shafiul Haque as Commandnat, BAF-11, Jamui; Mrs Kim as SP, EOW, Patna; Vikas Burman as Commandant, BAF-3, Bodhgaya; Mrs Natasha Gudiya as SP, Gopalganj; Manavjit Singh Dhillon as SP, Rohtas; Mrs Harpreet Kaur as SP, Kaimur; as Sourabh Kumar Sah as SP, Siwan; Sudhir Kumar Porika as SP, Arariya; Ms Dhurat Sayali as SP, East, Patna; Rajendra Kumar Bhil as SP, Shekhpura; Ashish Bharti as SP, Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Patna; Kumar Ashish as SP, Madhepura; Raviranjan Kumar as CSP, Gaya; Anand Kumar as CSP, Muzaffarpur; Dilip Kumar Mishra as SP, Arwal;Ashwini Kumar as SP, Shivhar and Vivekanand was made SP of Nalanda.

Sudhir Sharma joins as Director (Exp) ONGC OVL
Sudhir Sharma, GGM, OVL, ONGC, taken over the charge as Director (Exploration), ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL).
(We said this on January 27, 2015)

Mahawar takes over as Director (O), ONGC Ltd
V P Mahawar, ED, ONGC, has joined as Director (Onshore), ONGC Limited. He succeeded present incumbent Ashok Verma retired on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on Dec 17, 2014)

HAL holds airline operator conference at Nashik
HAL held an Airline Operator Conference showcasing its airport facilities at the New Airport Terminal Building at Ojhar, 20 km for Nashik. Representatives from seven scheduled operators, 15 non-scheduled operators, travel associations and Nasik industry were present on the occasion. The scheduled operators included Air India, Blue Dart, DHL, Indigo, Jet Airways, Go Air and AI Express. HAL and Government of Maharashtra also signed an MoU that allows HAL to use the Airport Terminal Building for 30 years on lease. The land belongs to HAL. The Company is all geared up to start the operations and airline companies were briefed about facilities at the airport and advantages of operating from Nashik. Dr P S Meena, Additional Chief Secretary (Civil Aviation), Maharashtra and T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL signed the agreement in presence of Harishchandra Chavan, MP, Hemant Godse, MP, Anil Kadam, MLA (Niphad) and others. Maharshatra government will extend all facilities including the seat write-off (under certain conditions) to the operators said Dr. Meena. "Civilian aircraft operations at Nashik will go a long way in development of the region in the coming years. Apart from operating the scheduled flights, the domestic and international airlines will be able to use this Airport for diversion, technical halt and night parking", said Mr. Raju. The movement of cargo such as engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, vegetable and fruits directly from Nashik should reduce load on Mumbai airport, he added. The new airport terminal built by Maharashtra Government was inaugurated last year and has all the modern amenities for the comfort of passengers. HAL's initiative presents Ozar airport as an alternate for Mumbai which just is over 100 km. A cargo complex has been established by HAL, Nashik for clearance of export and import of goods. Customs and other facilities are in place for single window clearance and the airport has sufficient open land for expansion to cater to the large volume of exports and imports flowing from the region which can decongest the neighbouring ports and airports at Pune and Mumbai in particular. The airport terminal has been built as per international standards. Six planes can park at a time and the terminal building has a seating capacity of 300 passengers. The building is totally air-conditioned and is just 700m from the runway, 3.5km in length and 60m in width, and is capable of handling large jet and cargo aircraft. The airport terminal is spread over 22 acres with a built-up area of 8,267 sqm.'

5 IFS officers shifted after promotion to PCCF grade in MP (UPDATED)
As many as five IFS officers have been transferred and posted at different places after promotion to the grade of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF). Accordingly, Dr Rampratap Singh has been posted as PCCF, Production while Dharmendra Shukla was made Special PCCF, CAMPA and Dr Suhas Kumar is PCCF/ Member (Environment & Forests), NVDA on deputation. Besides, Jabbad Hassan has been made PCCF Work Plan and Forest Land Record and Ratan Purwar was made MD State Forest Development Corporation, Bhopal.

CORPORATE

LIC Chief elected Chairman
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) chief S K Roy has been elected as Chairman of the Life Insurance Council, the apex industry body of insurers in the country.

Abhichandani to be CFO of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd.
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited has appointed Harish Abhichandani as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. September 1, 2015

Narendra resigns as Director of LIC Housing Finance Ltd.
M Narendra has resigned as Director of LIC Housing Finance Limited

Chhikara appointed Addl. Director of Indowind Energy Ltd.
Indowind Energy Limited has appointed Ms Alice Chhikara as Additional Director of the company.

Desai appointed Chairman of Welspun Investments and Commercials Ltd.
Welspun Investments and Commercials Limited has appointed Atul Desai as Chairman of the company.

Vagadia appointed Group CFO of Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Suzlon Energy Ltd has appointed Kirti J Vagadia as Group Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Agarwal resigns as CFO of Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Amit Agarwal has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Suzlon Energy Ltd

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The Scotland Yard building example
This page has carried suggestions for the privatisation of the Delhi police for greater efficiency and citizen-friendliness, to be like the famous London bobby who is a friend for all including women and the weak. For this, the first thing to be done is to shed its excessive personnel strength. At 84,536,Delhi police is the largest city police in the world, bigger than the metropolitan police of London, New York, Paris and Tokyo. This imposes a needless financial burden on the exchequer without providing commensurate service to the public but acts as an oppressive burden on their back. The more the strength of the police personnel, the more the police hands that extend towards the helpless citizen for bribes and hafta and favours.
Sample some of these headlines in the dailies and periodicals: Cops turn rogues and turn Delhi capital of corruption" (India Today), "Delhi Police most corrupt" (The Times of India), "Delhi cops openly flout PMO order on vehicle use" (India Today).
The other thing to be done is to move the Delhi police into a more modest and frugal premises from the present oversized, extravagant and ornate headquarters building which can be leased out or sold earning solid revenue for government. There is the recent example of the Scotland Yard building which has been given for Rs 1100 crore to the Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group International of the Kerala billionaire Yusuffali who is going to run a seven-storey 92,000 sq.ft five-star luxury hotel there. The police headquarters building which is prime property providing a panoramic view of the city in the heart of Delhi can be run as a seven-star ultra-luxury hotel in the heart of Delhi, which can be used to accommodate all the visiting glitterati including foreign dignitaries like the US President and his entourage, other heads of state, the Saudi Arabian king and other Gulf potentates, befitting their status and security needs, and enhance our country's image and standing in the eyes of the world leaders.
M S Krishnan

Misuse of ISS, CSS officials in MOS & PI
The officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) of MOS &PI are not interested to handle their assigned statistical duties and responsibilities. However, the officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) of MOS &PI are being appointed against CSS posts and CSS officers are being appointed against India Statistical Service (ISS) posts in MOS&PI. As a result, specialization work of both the services are being affecting drastically. Hence, there is no need to create higher level posts in ISS but strength of higher level posts in ISS should be reduced.
Manoj Sinha

CGHS at Visakhapatnam
Opening of CGHS dispensary was announced with much fanfare three months back. But things are moving at snail's pace. Something should be done to start the unit at the earliest.
Govindrao Chesetty

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