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Obedience was the great virtue. Even the exercise of private judgement was considered sinful.

Now smart village clusters

After smart cities NDA government wants to develop smart village clusters in India. Initially 100 clusters would be developed. Rs 50 crores will be spend on one cluster.

Top Five of Adani Group

1. Vineet S Jain

2. Dr. Malay R. Mahadevia

3. Vinay Prakash

4. Kandarp Patel

5. S K Tuteja

Abh rokk nahi sakthe Modi ko ....

26 times Centre sent advisories,
Warning of Dengue's oncoming miseries!!

But seems Kejri Sarkaar was too busy!!
With Delhi Uni Elections A-Z of AAP was in a tizzy!!

Delhi Uni mein AAP ki CYSS ki boori haar!!
Aur Dungue ki padhi Dilli waalo ko maar!!

Now Kejri says he is Machchar Dengue waala!
Firr apna foot mooh mein daala!!

Only female Aedes machchar injects Dengue in us!!
Kejri ji firr aap apni baath mein gaye fuss!!

Now Delhi hospitals are facing a Dengue rush!!
Now AAP has gone hush hush!!

Congress used to say Mann ki Baat is bekaar!
Its actually a emotional connect between Public and Modi Sarkaar!!

Now oddly Congress wants it to be temporarily stopped!!
Though Congress would like it permanently chopped!!

EC has refused Congress's request!!!
To stop Modi from delivering and speaking is Congress' s quest!!

They feel this is their only hope!!
At the end of their rope!!

Raabert aap ke no frisking days gaye!!
Honna tha kyon ki aap VVVIP nahi rahe!!

Abh yeh bhi tweet karro... mujhe investigate kyon nahi karte!!
Kiss se ....mujh se ya Sasooji se darte!!

Aap ne dekh liya hai Modi ko taunt karrne ka nateeja!!
Kya hooa aggar aap ho Sonia ke Jamai aur Rahul ke Jeeja !!

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Over two dozen Joint Secretary level vacancies in GoI by Oct
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has opened the floodgates for all India service officers seeking Joint Secretary level postings in Government of India as 31 vacancies are arising by October 2015.

Who will be Member Electricals, Railway Board ?
If railway board go by seniority then Narottam Das, IRSEE cadre will be next Member Electricals. But he will have a tenure of only three months. He is due to retire in March next year. Presently he is posted as CEE, RCF Kapurthala.

Karnataka CM seeks 4-month extension for CS
Karnataka CM has reportedly sought four-month extension for Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee. Will the GoI grant extension to Chief Secretary when they have been consistently denying it to all Secretaries to GoI as per " No extension Policy"?

Atulya Mishra to return to Tamil Nadu next month
Chairman of Chennai Port Trust, Atulya Mishra is returning to parent Tamil Nadu cadre after completion of central deputation tenure in October. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.

Who will be new Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad ?
In case Ahmedabad Police Commissioner is changed, who will succeed him ? Tie is said to be between 1982 batch IPS officer Geetah Johri and 1984 batch IPS officer Rakesh Asthana.

No suitable candidate found for MD, NEHHDC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find suitable candidate for the post of Managing Director, North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Limited (NEHHDC) at a selection meeting held on September 16, 2015. The Board has now decided to convert itself into search cum selection committee.

153 IRS officers promoted as Commissioners
Government has promoted 153 IRS- IT officers to the rank of Commissioner of Income tax. They all belong to 1992, 1993 & 1994 batches.
(We said this on September 15 )

Deputation tenure of IG, ITBP Dipesh Juneja extended
Deputation tenure of Dipesh Juneja, IG, ITBP, has been extended for a period of two years w.e.f. September 26, 2015. He is a 1992 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

Post of Director (Fin), Wapcos Ltd vacant since May
The post of Director (Finance), Wapcos Limited has been lying vacant since May 1, 2015. However, Pankaj Kapoor, GM, WAPCOS, who was selected for this post, is yet to join.

Four CISF IPS officers empanelled as IG
Four IPS officers of 1995 batch and presently posted DIG in CISF have been empanelled as IG. They are- Aanad Mohan, AGMUT cadre, Jaideep Prasad, MP cadre, Ritu Arora, Odisha cadre and Satish Khandare, J & K cadre.. Aanad Mohan is DIG, Southern Zone, Jaideep Prasad, DIG, North Zone-1, Ritu Arora DIG, CISF Hq and Khandare is DIG, Western Sector, Mumbai.

Who is trying to scuttle ED transfer policy?
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has drafted its first transfer policy but as sources feared, it is doubtful to be implemented. Reason is said to be some insiders' lobby that is trying hard to scuttle the move. If it is approved, many who are looking after same desk for more than one decade are bound to be shifted. New policy will improve transparency in the process. Will FM show the courage to clear the proposed policy?

IRS (IT) officer is Deputy Secretary Petroleum in GoI
Mahesh K M has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum. He is a 2003 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Creation of four posts of Directors for four new National Institutes of Design
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the creation of four posts of Directors for four new National Institutes of Design (NIDs) at Kurukshetra (Haryana), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Jorhat (Assam) and Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh). The Cabinet had already approved financial implications including salaries, for setting up of these new NIDs in its meeting held in February, 2014.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary arising in Petroleum in Oct
A vacancy of Joint Secretary level is arising in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in October 2015.

Parrikar releases "RAKSHA : BANDHAN - PRABANDHAN"
Union Defence Minister Manohar G Parrikar on Wednesday released a book titled "RAKSHA : BANDHAN - PRABANDHAN" authored by Dr. RK Tyagi, former Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The book written in Hindi language carries some of his experiences while managing giant Navratna - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The focus of the book is on time management and risk taking under constraining circumstances of a defence PSU. Special focus has been on indigenization and skill development. Just a few days back Prime Minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating the 10th World Hindi Sammelan emphasized the need for writing in Hindi specially on subjects of technology and science. The book is a humble step in this direction.

Six Income Tax Commissioners transferred
Six IRS-IT officers have been transferred and posted to different regions at Commissioner level. Accordingly, Mora Bhupal Reddy has been posted as CIT, Guntur while Dr Adhir Kumar Bar was posted as CIT, Jabalpur and Mithilesh Kumar Jha is being appointed as Secretary, ITSC, Kolkata. Similarly, Sabihur Rahman has been appointed as CIT, Haldwani, M Anil Kumar as CIT, Bengaluru and Dapinder Singyh Chawla was posted as ADG, RTI, Bhopal.

Two DGMs of BHEL convicted for causing loss to Govt Exchequer
The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Karkardooma Courts, New Delhi has convicted V C Ramulu, then Deputy General Manager(DGM); O P Sharma, then DGM; Denis Barnabas, then Senior Manager; P L Khadala, then Senior Engineer, P C Jhamnani, then Engineer; S N Jha, then Assistant Foreman, all from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and Anil Kumar Goel (private person) U/s 120-B, 420, 467, 471 of IPC and 477A(IPC) r/w Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 for causing loss to the government exchequer. V C Ramulu, O P Sharma, Denis Barnabas, P C Jhamnani, all from BHEL & Anil Kumar Goel (private person) have been sentenced to undergo five years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs.5 lakh each and S N Jha to undergo 3 ½ years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs. 2 lakh & P L Khadala to undergo four years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs.3 lakh.CBI had registered the case on August 1 1995 against V C Ramulu, then DGM, BHEL and others on the allegations that the accused persons in conspiracy with Anil Kumar Goel, private person cheated BHEL in the passing of bills for fixing of 242 ceiling fans at Noida township of BHEL.

171 IRS-IT officers promoted to Commissioner grade
As many as 171 IRS-IT officers have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). They are: Shefali Junjea, manisha Chandra, Alok Kumar Mitra, Sibichen K Mathew, Anand Kumar Kedia, Sant Saran mantri, Dviya Msira Bajpai, Harinder Kumar, Rajeev Lakhara, Sukesh Kumar Jain, pramila Sharan, Parvinder Kaur, Nausheen Jahan Ansari, Sanjay Kumar, Yagya Dutta Sharma, Shaik Shakir Hussain, K Devarathna Kumar, G Mallikarjune, Bijoy Kumar Panda, Samir Kumar Jha, Rajesh Kumar Jah, Jayaram Raipura, Sunil Chander Sharma, Vikram Sahay, Ishtiyaque Ahmed, Sarita Mishra, Kolhe, manoj pandey, pankaj Kumar, Vandana Verma, Shamsundar M Keshkamat, Dilip Sharma, Navaljit Kapoor, Vivek Kumar, Tarun Seem, Rakesh Gupta, Prabhat Jha, Ashish Kumar, Yagyasaini Kakkar, V S Kumar, T H Vijayalakshmi, Dr Rajeev Harit, Darzakhum Songate, Amarjit Singh, M Dayasagar, Sunitha Billa, B Koteshwara Rao, Komal Jogpal, B B Rajendra Prasad, Bhim Singh, Piyushchandra V Kolhe, Angam Shaiza, Ramchandra Meena, Rajesh Damor, Mohit Jain, Jay Kishore Mishra, B V Prasad Reddy, Bhavna C Yashroy, Ashish Abrol, Binod Kumar Singh, Anuj Arora, Nandita Kanchan, Rita Kumar Dokania, Rahul Raman, Shefali Swaroop, M S V M Prasad, K S Rajendra Kumar, Biswaranjan Sasmal, Muzaffar Hussain, Anand Mohan, C P Pathak, Jagdish P Chandrakar, Pradeep Kumar, T Vihaya Bhaskar Reddy, Sanjiv Amol S Kamat, Sunil Kumar Singh, Anurag Srivastava, T Bidari Sreenivas, Meenakshi Singh, Alok Singh, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sanjay Goyal, Jagjivan K Garg, Kanwaljit Singh, Dilip Singh Kothari, Ashish Gupta, Jeotsna Johri, Hari Govind Singh, Ravi Shankar Shrivastava, Amrish Bedi, Y V S T Sai, Manoj Mishra, R Mohan, S C Tiwari, Meeta Singh, Satpal Gulati, B Ventakeshwar Rao, V Pallanivel Rajan, Jaspreet Singh Minhas, Vijay Shankar, Gangadhar panda, Rajeev Kumar, Sunita Kejriwal, P Chandra Sekhar, Rahul Navin, Sanjiv Shankar, N C Swain, Raman Chopra, Virendra Ojha, Richa Khoda, Jasdeep Singh, Paramita Biswas, Susil Kumar, Rajiv Kumar Singh, Shivraj B Moray, Gulshan Raj, Radhey Shayam, Yashwant K Bhaskar, B China Swami Naik, Phagu Oram, Sardar Singh Meean, Savita Bundas, K Parashivaiah, Vanita Rattan Sharma, Upendra Bhushan Mishra, Shahi Sanjay Kumar, Swati Joshi, Sukveer singh choudhary, Abhijit A Patankar, Amaresh singh, Sunil Kumar Jha, Saroj Kumar Mahapatra, sunita Singh, Priya Ranjan Ghosh, Manas Mehrotra, Vatsalya Saxena, Harendra narayan Singh, Suresh Yadav, Krishana Kumar Mishra, Bibhudutta Mishra, Sandep Chaube, Aswani Kumar Sinha, Satyender Singh Rana, R Venkateswara Reddy, Avadesh Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Harishankar Kumar Lal, Sangram R Gaikwad, Arrop Kumar Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Krsihan Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Bhoot, Anurag Goyal, Rajat S Biswas, manoj Kumar, Rajgopal Sharma, Amrita Mishra, Ram Mohan Singh, Shalini Bhargava Kaushal, Munish Kumar Gupta, Amrita Ranjan, Minakshi J Goswami, Niraj Bansal, Archana Sharma, Hrishikesh Kumar, Deepika Mittal, V Vivekanandan, Devender Singh, Sandeep Dahiya and Indar Pal Singh Bindra.

Rao appointed Additional Judge, Hyderabad & Telangana HC
Asapu Ramalingeswara Rao has been appointed as an Additional Judge of High Court of Judicature a Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, for a period of three months.

Naidu appointed as Additional Judge, Kerala HC
Dama Seshadri Naidu has been appointed as an Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court for a period of three months.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
As many as 10 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, T M Vijay Bhaskar has been appointed as Chairman, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board while Subhash Chandra will now be Principal Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj and Ramandeep Chowdhary is Deputy Commissioner Haveri District. Similarly, Naghath Tabassum Abroo has been appointed as Member, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal; Mrs Rohini Sindhuri Dasri as Managing Director, Karnataka Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Limited; Mrs R Vinoth Priya as Deputy Commissioner, Koppal district; T Venkatesh as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Mandya; Pommala Sunil Kumar as Commissioner, Kalaburagi City Corporation, Kalaburagi and Suralkar Vikas Kishore was made Deputy Secretary, Zilla Panchayat, Yadgir.

30 IIS officers nominated as Awareness Observers for Bihar elections
The ECI has nominated 30 IIS officers as Awareness Observers for the forthcoming assembly elections in Bihar. They belong to different batches and departments. Their names are- D,M,Kakadia, M.Nagendra Swamy, Jane Namchu, Ramesh C. Joshi, Deepika Kachchal, L. Madhu Nag, Nungsanglemba A.O., Engam Pemei, Manisha Verma, V.Palanychamy ,Nar Singh Dev, M.Anna Durai, Ashish Goyal, Rajinder Chaudhary, Shubha Gupta Sanjay Roy, C. Senthle RAjan, Annandya Sengupta, Kismet Anil Sagar, S.N. Chaudhary, Akhil Kumar Mishra, Santosh Kumar, Magdum Prakash Bhupal, Dinesh Kumar Shruti Patil,Pallvi Chiniya, Ritu Shukla, Pushpinder Kaur, S. Subramaniam and Dharmendra Tewari.

Additional charge of RNI to N N Pathak
Neeraj N Pathak, Deputy Director, DFP Kolkata, has been given additional charge of Asstt Press Registrar , RNI, Kolkata.

IPS changes in Kerala
1985 batch IPS officer Jacob Thomas will move from the post of DGP, Kerala Fire and Rescue Services. to the Police Construction Corporation. Anilkanth will replace Thomas in Fire Force.

Who will be new Chairman of Tobacco Board ?
Who will be new Chairman of the Tobacco Board?.The Commerce Ministry is giving additional charge to a senior officer in a day or two.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in J&K
Some IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu & Kashmir. Accordingly, Ashkoor Ahmad Wani has been posted as DIG Jammu-Samba-Kathua range while Uttam Chand is SSP Jammu and Rajeev Pandey as Additional SP (Rural) Jammu. Similarly, Lalat Indu Mohanty has been posted as Additional DGP Home Guards/ Civil Defence/State Disaster Response Force; Navin Aggarwal as Additional DGP (Trainings) in Police Headquarters and Dr B Srinivas was made Commissioner, Civil Military Liaison.

Only one candidate turns up for Director (Mktg), FACT (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find suitable candidate for the post of Director (Marketing), Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) at a selection meeting held on September 17, 2015. The Board has now decided to see more candidates. Only one candidate turned up for the post.

6 IRS-Customs officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as six officers at Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise grade have been transferred to different regions. Accordingly, K Chandrasekhar has been transferred to Chennai-V Cus while Anil Misra was posted to Delhi Appeals-II CX and D Purushottam was moved to Hyderabad ST. Similarly, J S chandrashekhar was posted to Tirupati CX; Nitish K Sinha to ICD TKD, Cus and B B Agarwal was posted to Centre of Excellence, Delhi, NACEN.

Anil Misra prmoted to Commissioner of Customs grade (UPDATED)
Anil Misra has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

Ms Ravichandran appointed as PMG, Central Region, Kochi (UPDATED)
Ms Sumathi Ravichandran has been appointed as Post Master General, Central Region, Kerala circle, Kochi. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Suvendu Kumar Swain appointed as PMG, Tamil Nadu circle (UPDATED)
Suvendu Kumar Swain has been appointed as Post Master General, Central Region, Tamil Nadu circle, Trichy. He is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

J T Venkateswarlu appointed as PMG, Mails & BD Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
J T Venkateswarlu has been appointed as Post Master General, Mails & BD, Tamil Nadu circle. He is a 1994 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

NBCC holds AGM; PAT surges by 8.09% (UPDATED)
The 55th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a Schedule 'A' Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India, and a State owned Construction Giant, was held in New Delhi on September 16, 2015. Addressing the Annual General Meeting, Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC, gave a detailed account of the company's performance for the FY 2014-15, its operations in various segments of business and also future outlook. Dr. Mittal stated that the Company, during FY2014-15, registered 15% growth in its Turnover from Rs.4038 Crores to Rs.4633 Crores. Its EBITA Margin increased from Rs.371.53 Crores to Rs.433.09 Crores and PAT from Rs.257.45 Crores to Rs.278.28 Crore. He also informed that NBCC's outstanding Order Book stood at more than Rs.25000 Crores. Giving an outlook of NBCC's future initiatives, Dr. Mittal said that NBCC's future initiatives would include its major participation in the Govt's ambitious schemes such as Housing for all by 2022, Development of 100 Smart Cities in the Country and AMRUT. In this context, he mentioned about some concrete steps already taken by the Company as a part of its preparation for the involvement in above activities, such as signing of several JV MoUs both at home and overseas with various renowned companies for technology sharing (ii) setting up of independent and dedicated in-house department to specifically attend to smart city initiatives, (iii) establishing of Research & Development Centre in association with IIT Roorkee for technology upgradation and innovation in construction activities. Dr. Mittal also divulged the Company's future plans to (I) Launch an e-Commerce enabled G-2-G Portal to assist Government agencies in procurement and management of Real Estate properties (ii)Roll out a housing scheme with various stakeholder-agencies of Government towards providing houses to the poor without any financial burden on the Government (iii)Act as Lenders' Engineers to carry out valuation and monitoring of loans for timely intervention by the Financial Institutions.

NSIC CMD, Ravindra Nath conferred with 'CEO with Orientation' award (UPDATED)
Asia Pacific HRM Congress confers Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC with 'CEO with HR Orientation' award for having transparent and HR friendly policies in NSIC and maintaining best HR relations with the employees.

Ms Kackar is now Chairperson of National Commission (UPDATED)
Ms Stuti Narain Kackar has been appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Former Secretary of the Department of Disability Welfare Ms Kackar is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Orders of A K Dutta for Member (ANS) AAI issued (UPDATED)
The orders of A K Dutta, ED, AAI, for the appointment as Member (Air Navigation Services), Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on April 8, 2015)

Ms Riddhi Mishra appointed as Deputy Secretary, Culture (UPDATED)
Ms Riddhi Mishra has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Delhi. She is a 2004 batch IRS-IT officer.

Rajasthan Govt revises 119% DA to AIS officers (UPDATED)
The Government of Rajasthan has revised payment of Dearness Allowance (DA) from 113% to 119% to All India Service (AIS) Officers.

CORPORATE

Interview - Gaurav Gupta

Interview - Gaurav Gupta

Karnataka Udyog Mitra, ia a Government of Karnataka undertaking, appointed as a "single point of contact" for Project proposal with investments more than INR 15 crores.

Project proponent need to contact Karnataka Udyog Mitra to understand the salient features of Karnataka, its unique advantages and discuss about project identification, suitable location, human resources, approvals required, procedures involved etc..

In the backdrop of developments in the State and an ever increasing investor confidence, our Sub Editor Rikita Goyal talked to Karnataka's Commissioner for Industrial Development & Director of Industries & Commerce Gaurav Gupta.

Following are the excerpts :

Q: What is your mission as far as industrial sector in Karnataka is concerned ?
A: Karnataka is industrially most forward State. It is home for more than 700 MNCs. State is known for salubrious climate, excellent human resource, R & D base.
Government of Karnataka has decided to conduct Invest Karnataka - 2015 event from November 23 to 25, 2015 at Bangalore Palace grounds to showcase the investment opportunities in the State. This will help to attract investors across the globe to a great extent.

New Industrial Policy 2014-19 of the Government aims to build prosperous Karnataka through inclusive, sustainable and balanced industrial development thereby creating large employment opportunities. My mission is to place Karnataka at the top as most preferred destination in the country.

Q: How do you rate the overall performance of Karnataka industries ever since you assumed office?

A: Since 2013, we have approved 368 projects through single window mechanism with an investment of Rs.98,659 crores generating employment for 2.31 lakh people. This clearly shows that State is industry friendly and overall performance is quite satisfactory.

Q : Would you like to elaborate on few of your top priorities?
A: After assuming charge as Commissioner I was instrumental in bringing New Industrial Policy of the State. Our focus is on improving Ease of Doing Business in Karnataka. We facilitate investors to implement the project with least lead time. Now, we are working towards making Invest Karnataka - 2015 as a most successful event.

Q: Any pockets of stress ? And if so, what mechanism you have to curb it ?
A:No constraints. State Government is committed for industrialization of the State.

Q: What is your R & D strategy ?
A:We are creating an investor - friendly environment to ensure Ease of Doing Business in Karnataka. Like single window mechanism, on-line payment of prescribed fees and online approvals and clearances from other related Departments / Agencies also.

Kapur to continue as Chairman of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd
Sunjay Kapur to continue as Chairman of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. He has stepped down as Managing Director of the company.

Sankaran appointed ED (Wholesale Banking) of Federal Bank
Ganesh Sankaran has been appointed as Executive Director (Wholesale Banking) of Federal Bank.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Marsons Ltd
Mohd Mohiuddin Laskar and Suraj Jha have resigned as directors of Marsons Ltd

Ms Kapoor resigns as Director of Clutch Auto Ltd
Ms Pooja Kapoor has resigned as Director of Clutch Auto Limited

Bhagade resigns as Independent Director of Rasoya Proteins Ltd
Vishnu Bhagade has resigned as Independent Director of Rasoya Proteins Limited

Prajapati appointed CFO of Unjha Formulations Ltd
Unjha Formulations Ltd has appointed Ganpatbhai Bhikhabhai Prajapati as a Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Chakraborty appointed COO of Pincon Spirit Ltd
Pincon Spirit Ltd has appointed Sajal Chakraborty as Chief Operating Officer of the company.

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Secy DOPT must be alert

Present Secretary, DOPT has been a very vocal supporter of RTP and he has done his best but alas there are some instances which need to be looked into. Recently a list of PPS of CSSS was put on website to seek their preferences and the date of submission of preferences is 18.9.2015. But DOPT knows that there are a few high and mighty in both lists (A & B) and these are from Health, Environment, Finance, Home and some other serving with Secretaries offices. Most of them have already finalised their Ministry and place of postings as well i.e Revenue will go to UD and visa versa. When DOPT have a rule that one cannot work more than 10 years in a Secretary office than why don't they indicate that they should not be posted with Secretary's office in future. Secondly most of them will go to their place of Ministry but will come back on loan basis to their offices where they have been for the last 20 plus years. These are the persons who are privy to all sensitive Hope Secretary, DOPT, looks into all these maneuvers by these highly placed officials.

Ravinder

CAG raps steel major SAIL

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has rapped state-owned steel major SAIL for poor implementation of its Rs 70,000 crore.

Prashanth Kumar, Bhadravati

Din over Revenue secy post

There is quite a din on your channel about higher service officer required for the post of Revenue Secretary to bring a "fresh perspective", "whiff of fresh air" etc to the Revenue Department and avoid retrospective amendments, tax terrorism etc. First, the IAS is not a higher service than the IRS. It is a similarly placed service selected through the same examination with 50% officers having ranks lower than 50% of the members of the IRS. Next, all the things collectively being referred to as "tax terrorism" have been "perpetrated" with an IAS officer as Revenue Secretary at the helm! Where is the whiff of fresh air being bandied about? Retrospective amendments though actually clarificatory, were also carried out by the Revenue department with an IAS officer at the helm as Revenue Secretary! So, it is amply clear that Revenue Secretaries from the IAS have actually guided "tax terrorism" and retrospective amendments. Thus, it is clear that what is actually required to bring in "a whiff of fresh air" is a genuine outsider to the Department of Revenue, viz. from the Corporate world. The person should have a track record of integrity and should understand direct and indirect taxation of the Central Government, which, by the way, any IAS officer as Revenue Secretary would not, never having had any exposure to either income tax administration or customs, excise, service tax administration. Not only the Revenue department, other departments also need whiffs of fresh air. All of them need genuine outsiders to bring in necessary fresh air, none should be headed by the IAS officers whose world view is old, narrow, rigid, bureaucratic, corrupt etc and all should be headed by top people with adequate exposure from the Corporate world.

A S Yadav

No harm if IRS officer is Revenue Secy

Work in the Department of Revenue is a specialized work and the civil servants who are specialized to handle such work are IRS officers. Earlier we had non-IRS officer as Revenue Secretary, even now also. IRS officers simply implement the rules and regulations enacted in the Parliament. So I do not see any harm to the country if India has IRS officer as Revenue Secretary. They should also get a chance!

Ashok Chadha

Futile views over anonymous complaints

We are having some futile expression of views regarding treatment of anonymous or pseudonymous complaints. After promulgation of Whistleblowers Act such complaints can't be entertained. So, the likes of Saxena and others can treasure whatever pearls of wisdom that they have.

ARC Kumar

No spirit of service

Woh pareshan karte rahe, hum kaam karte rahe; then how come dengue acquired such menacing proportions this year in Delhi? Were preventive measures taken adequately? Was sufficient fumigation and destruction of mosquito breeding sites carried out? A simple prognosis would have been sufficient to show that a rise in dengue prevalence could be expected this year, since dengue peaks every four five years. To govern does not mean only politicking and trying to score points over needless issues in a bid to acquire more power over Police etc, it means a spirit of service, which may sadly be lacking in all concerned.

A K Singh

" CGHS - How to improve its services ".

A few more suggestions for improving CGHS services. Instal CCTVs at all CGHS Wellness centres. Let the Health Ministry's mandarins make surprise checks at dispensaries and zonal offices instead of remaining fixtures at offices. The conduct of the spouse of Additional Principal Secretary to PM, by insisting on waiting in queue ( "An unbelievable story ", WIC, dt Sept 15 ) is exemplary . CGHS doctors, though quick at diagnosis, are curt. The pharmacists behave as though they are doing a favour to patients. Their nexus with CGHS vendors (Wholesale suppliers of medicines) is not for free but unmentionable considerations. A big scam of public money is crying for attention of CBI. Let this post be treated as Whistleblower's call.

A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)

Biodiversity conservation

MOEF and CC is least bothered about biodiversity conservation. Chairman NBA post is lying vacant since one and half year. Office is at Chennai and Hem Pandey is looking from Delhi. Interview was conducted in May 2015 but they could not decide on the post in 4 months. This speaks volumes about working and apathy. Government of India losing Rs 10,000 crore every year due to non-implementation of BD Act 2002 due to absence of full time chairman. All states together are losing Rs 25,000 crore every year. Money should have come from MNCs working in bio-resoures of India. This would have helped Rupee to be strong against Dollar, because we are not taking revenue share from these MNCs as per BD Act 2002. Minister is in the dark about this act. PMO is being befooled by bureaucrats of MOEF.

Ramgopal Soni

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