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A man can rise by capacity and merit. But how is he to acquire the capacity and merit? Public opinion is perhaps just the opinion of the upper and ruling classes.

Vasundhara's control on party in state has no match
BJP circles have it that the kind of control that Vasundhara Raje has over the organization in the state is remarkable. No other leader of her stature in any state has this kind of grip in the organization.

Brinda Karat to go to Rajya Sabha from Tripura ?
CPI (M)'s politburo member, Brinda Karat is likely to go to the Rajya Sabha from Tripura next year.

Important meeting on sugar policy ?
NDA government at the centre has convened an important meeting on August 1 about sugar policy. If sources are to be believed, meeting is likely to be chaired by the PM. It is said that new policy is likely to be consumer and cane-grower friendly .

BUREAUCRACY

Meeting of FSB in a couple of days ?
Meeting of the Foreign Service Board (FSB) is expected to take place in a couple of days.

Major joining in PSUs in Aug
Around half a dozen persons are scheduled to join at CMD and Director level in various Boards of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Units on August 1, 2015.

Name of Madan also in circulation
Name of 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre V SMadan is also in circulation for the post of Secretary IT in the Government of India.

Manoj Aggarwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Manoj Aggarwal has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Amar Nath empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Amar Nath has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Shyam Jagannathan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Shyam Jagannathan has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Raghwendra Kumar Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Raghwendra Kumar Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ms Kamini Chauhan Ratan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Kamini Chauhan Ratan has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Rajesh Kumar Sinha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajesh Kumar Sinha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Onkar Singh Meena empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Onkar Singh Meena has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Cadre of Ms Swadha Dev transferred to Odisha
The cadre of Ms Swadha Dev has been transferred from Sikkim to Odisha on the grounds of marriage to Chanchal Rana, an IAS officer. She is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Ms Smita Kumar relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Admn Reforms
Ms Smita Kumar has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances in Government of India. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

B V Sudhakar posted as Member, Postal Services Board
B V Sudhakar has been posted as Member (PLI), Postal Services Board, New Delhi and Chairman PLI Investment Board. He is a 1981 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

S C Barmma promoted as CPMG, North East Circle, Shillong
S C Barmma has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted as CPMG, North East Circle, Shillong. He is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Peeyush Samariya quits IRS-IT
The Government of India has accepted the technical resignation of Peeyush Samariya from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre with effect from September 1, 2014.

B R Viswanatha selected as Director (M&CB), BEML Ltd
B R Viswanatha, ED, BEML, has been selected for the post of Director (Mining & Constructions Business), BEML Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 30, 2015. Five persons were interviewed for the same.

Prabhat Singh is MD of Petronet LNG Ltd
Prabhat Singh has been appointed new MD & CEO of the Petronet LNG Ltd Company for a period of 5 years. Singh is currently the Director (Marketing) of GAIL. He has a rich and varied experience of working in the gas sector for the past many decades.

Pondicherry is first state /UT to send nomination for SMART CITY
Pondicherry has become the first state/UT to send its nomination for SMART CITY. Union minister Venkaiya Naidu has congratulated the chief minister for sending the comprehensive proposal so fast. Chief secretary Manoj Parida had ensured that Pondicherry became the first to file its claim.

Sanjay Rana is new Ambassador to Republic of Azerbaijan
Sanjay Rana (lFS: 1996), presently Deputy High Commissioner of India, Male, has been appointed the next Ambassador of India to Republic of Azerbaijan.

Ravi Shankar to be CIC in Uttarakhand ?
N Ravi Shankar who is retiring as Chief Secretary on July 31 is expected to be appointed Chief Information Commissioner in Uttarakhand. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ms Nuzhat Hussan to stay in Delhi
Nuzhat Hussan, 1991 batch UT cadre IPS will now continue in Delhi till further orders.

Three IPS officers relieved from Delhi Police
Three IPS officers of UT cadre have been relieved to join the place of their new posting by July 31, 2015. They are - S D Mishra, 2006, John Neihlala, 2003 and Ms Kime Kaming, 2004 .

Deva is new Chairman, JKPSC
Abdul Latief Deva has taken over as new Chairman of the J & K Public Service Commission. He is 2001 batch former IAS officer.

Post of Director (CM), BSNL vacant since January
The post of Director (Consumer Mobility) in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been lying vacant since January 1, 2015. However, R K Mittal, GM, MTNL, selected for this post is awaiting orders.

Closure of Hindustan Cables Ltd approved; VRS offer to employees
The Government of India has offered Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to the employees of Hindustan Cables Limited as it has approved closure of this Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE). As many as 1517 employees are still working with this CPSE.

Goel, Sharma to get DG Rank in Punjab
Two 1984 batch IPS officers SK Goel and Anil Kumar Sharma are being promoted to the rank of DG in Punjab.

1997 batch IPS to be IG in Punjab
Four 1997 batch IPS officers in Punjab Mssrs Naunihal Singh, R K Jaiswal, Arun Pal Singh and Pawan Rai are being promoted to the rank of IG.

Sanjeev Gupta back to HP
Sanjeev Gupta is back to parent Himachal Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Two IAS officers are now PS in Chhattisgarh
1982 batch IAS officer RC Sinha and 1988 batch IAS officer BL Agrawal have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Chhattisgarh.

Sudhir Sharma to join as Director (Exp) ONGC OVL on Aug 1
Sudhir Sharma, GGM, OVL, ONGC, will be assuming the charge as Director (Exploration), ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) on August 1, 2015 against the vacancy.
(We said this on January 27, 2015)

Bandyopadhyay to take over as Director (HR), BHEL on Aug 1
D Bandyopadhyay, ED, BHEL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Human Resources), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on August 1, 2015. He will succeed R Krishnan retiring on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on Dec 18, 2014)

Prabal Basu to join as CMD, BLC on Aug 1
Prabal Basu, Director, BLC, will be joining as Chairman and Managing Director, Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited (BLC) on August 1, 2015. He will succeed present incumbent Virendra Sinha retiring on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on January 7, 2015)

N K Mehta to assume as Director (Ent), BSNL on Aug 1
N K Mehta, ED, BSNL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Enterprise), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on August 1, 2015. He will succeed present incumbent A N Rai retiring on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on Dec 4, 2014)

Mahawar to join as Director (Onshore), ONGC Ltd on Aug 1
V P Mahawar, ED, ONGC, will be taking over the charge as Director (Onshore), ONGC Limited on August 1, 2015. He will succeed present incumbent Ashok Verma retiring on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on Dec 17, 2014)

NSIC completes 60 years in the service of MSMEs
NSIC on completing 60 years in the service of MSMEs is felicitated by M/s. Dun and Bradsheet India. On this occasion Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC delivered the keynote address at India's Top PSUs wards 2015 organised by M/s. Dun & Bradsheet, India. Anant Geete, Minister of Public Enterprises and Heavy Industry (Government of India)

11 IRSE officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) of 1985 batch have been empanelled for the posts 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.

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

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

16 IRSE officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) of 1984 batch have been empanelled for the posts 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 (UPDATED)
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.

T Vijay Kumar posted as Special CS, Agriculture (UPDATED)
T Vijay Kumar has been appointed as 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 of Customs grade (UPDATED)
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 of Customs grade (UPDATED)
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 (UPDATED)
Mrs V Usha Rani has been appointed as 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.

Deependra Singh selected as CMD, IREL (UPDATED)
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.

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

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

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

74 IRS-IT officers of 1989 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 74 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre of 1989 batch have been empanelled for the posts 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.

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

Agrawal is new Secretary Railway Board (UPDATED)
G R Agrawal has taken over as new Secretary of the Railway Board. He was earlier CEE Central Railways.
(We said this on July 28, 2015)

Kundan Sinha appointed AMT Railway (UPDATED)
Kundan Sinha has been appointed as Additional Member Traffic. He is an IRTS cadre officer. He will be AMT from August 1- January 31,2016.

5 IPS officers of 1989 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
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 (UPDATED)
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 (UPDATED)
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 (UPDATED)
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.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in MP (UPDATED)
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 Controler, 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.

Narendra Kumar Sinha is also Secretary, Tourism (UPDATED)
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 (UPDATED)
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.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
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.

12 IRSEE officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
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.

Ms Alka Nangia Arora empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
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).

CORPORATE

Nagesh Prabhu elected Secretary General
Member-Secretary of the Central Silk Board H. Nagesh Prabhu has been elected Secretary-General of the International Sericultural Commission (ISC) for three years.

Lakhoni appointed Part-time Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd.
Rajesh Lakhoni, I.A.S., Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu has been appointed Part-time Official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited.

Aloria appointed Chairman of GNVFCL
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has appointed G R Aloria, IAS as Chairman of the company.

Hegde appointed CEO of Bharti Airtel Ltd's Sri Lanka ops
Jinesh Hegde has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel Ltd's Sri Lanka operations.

Dixit resigns as Director of Igarashi Motors India Ltd.
Amit Dixit has resigned as Director of Igarashi Motors India Limited on account of his other professional commitments.

Mishra resigns as Nominee Director of Magnum Ventures Ltd.
Bikash Narayan Mishra has resigned as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Magnum Ventures Limited.

Iyer appointed CS of Hindustan Construction Company Ltd
Hindustan Construction Company Limited has appointed Sangameshwar lyer as Company Secretary of the company.

Thakkar resigns as CS of Essel Propack Ltd
Ajay N Thakkar has resigned as Company Secretary and Head (Legal) of Essel Propack Limited

Shenoy ceases to be Independent Director of IDBI Bank Ltd
P S Shenoy has ceased to be Independent Director of IDBI Bank Ltd

Jain resigns as CS of HIL Ltd
P Rajesh Kumar Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of HIL Limited

Agarwal appointed Independent Director of Electrosteel Castings Ltd
Electrosteel Castings Ltd has appointed Ram Krishna Agarwal as an Independent Director of the company

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Retirement age
ICS officers retired at 55 or 33 years of service, whichever was earlier. This ensured that nobody had an age advantage after entry into service. In independent India, in the new IAS since 1948, retirement happened at 55. In 1962, during the Indo China conflict, retirement age was refixed at 58. Later, in the NDA raj, it became 60. The rise in retirement age was correct, seeing the rise in life expectancy and healthier workforce. But having no cap on serving number of years was counter-productive. It ensured that those who gave false dates of birth at the time of matriculation benefitted. It also ensured that the younger to join services reached the top, regardless of relative merit. The playing field was not level any more. An outstanding officer who joined at 25 (and whose age was correctly written) had no scope to reach the top. The possibly less outstanding who had joined at 23 (though actually aged 25, the beneficiary of his/ her parents' foresight in having given lower age at matriculation) hogged top posts. This is not to say that all who joined at later age were more meritorious or all who joined at younger ages had falsified their ages. However, the government had no option but to choose from among only those who had not retired, for the top posts. Say a batch had 10 officers. Four were outstanding, out of which one joined at 22, three joined at 25. Six were termed "very good" but not outstanding and all joined at 22. In this case, after 36 years, only one outstanding officer would be left for the government to choose from for the top posts. If the government is thinking of bringing back the ICS like retirement clause, it may be for the good. However, the issue needs debate whether merit based promotions or this kind of age cap could be the right kind of reform.
A K Singh

CMOs not clear?
I fully agree that CGHS is run very badly n its procedures need a total overhaul. However, to put the blame at the doors of Lady CMOs is absolutely unfair.
Surinder Pal

7th PC recommendations
It is good if retirement is either at 60 years or after 33 years of service. It would be better the retirement is either 62 years or 35 years of service. Secondly the age limit for jobs shall be 21 years to 35 years. This would help in eliminating fraud age affidavits and fraud certificates and early marriages, corruption, favouritism, casteism, regionalism, politics in government and PSUs. The country will develop and can retain the best who are migrating to USA.

Pravin

HMT news welcome
Pleased to see HMT Watches VRS news. Kindly up-to-date with latest news.
Mishra

Dictations still given
I do not understand the common refrain on this channel that no officer gives dictations nowadays. It is factually incorrect. Maybe where notes are very brief (in some posts, that can be so), such is the case. Wherever longer notes are to be drafted, minutes of meetings are to be taken, proceedings are to be drawn up, cabinet notes are to be drafted etc, dictations have to be given. One should not make absolute statements without studying the situation.
A K Singh

Steel sector revenue
Private Sector Steel magnates also pay income & and other taxes adding revenue to the government coffers. They are also indirectly the 'karta-darta of SAIL'. If they are appointed on the Board of SAIL, they could also provide essential inputs for the benefit of the company. China is facing crisis in the steel sector as whatever investment which had to be made within the country has already been made helping the steel sector. China is now dumping steel in other parts of the world. Time has come, when the Government started disinvesting in the steel sector PSUs one by one.
A Srivastava

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