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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (184)
It is not by persecution but by persuasion that you can get better results.

Who is number one in Birla Group ?
Who is number one after Kumarmangalam Birla in Birla empire -Debu Bhattacharya, Sushil Agrawal or Shailendra Jain ? This is being discussed in the Corporate World of Mumbai.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary Space ?
Who will be new Secretary Space ? Names of two senior ISRO scientists, M S Y Prasad and Kiran Kumar have reportedly been shortlisted by a panel for the post of secretary. Presently Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, has been given the additional charge of the Secretary of Department of Space (DoS).

Who will be new CEC ?
Who will succeed V S Sampat as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on January 15 ? Logically H S Brahma being the senior most Member should be appointed the CEC. He also retires on April 19. Will the 1975 batch IAS officer Brahma be appointed or an outsider will make way in the Commission ? One can wait and watch about the notification of his appointment early next week.

FSB to take place this month ?
Foreign Service Board (FSB) is expected to meet this month to clear certain appointments and postings.

Maninder Singh goes on inter-cadre deputation to AGMUT
An inter-cadre deputation of Maninder Sigh from Assam-Meghalaya to AGMUT cadre (Chandigarh segment) has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Prabal Basu selected for the post of CMD, BLC
Prabal Basu, Director, BLC, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited (BLC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 7, 2015. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

Orders of Sinha for MD, OMDC Ltd in the offing
The orders of P K Sinha, Director (P&P), OMDC, for the appointment as Managing Director, OMDC Limited are expected to be issued soon by the Government of India.

Galhotra to attend NDC Course
Joint Director in the CBI, O P Galhotra , has been given extension in deputation tenure till November 28 to attend NDC Course. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Priyadarshy to attend NDC Course
Joint Director CBI in Mumbai , Hemant Priyadarshy , has been given extension in deputation tenure till November 28 to attend NDC Course. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Srivastava is PS Transport in MP
On return from central deputation Malay Srivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary (PS), Transport in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer.

Chelle deputed as Director, Defence
Venkata Rama Raju Chelle has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Defence on deputation for a period of five years. He is a 1999 batch officer of Indian Telecom Service (ITS).

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
There is minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Raghvendra Singh has been appointed as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes while Mohan Rao will be Principal Secretary, Social Justice and Amit Rathore is Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare.

Khare is Under Secretary General UN
Atul Khare of India has been appointed as Under-Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS) in UN. He is a former Indian Foreign Service officer .

MD of PNB yet to be decided
The Government of India has decided to conduct a fresh selection for the post of Managing Director in Punjab National Bank (PNB).

MMTC Ltd soon to get full-time CMD after four years
Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC) Limited, which has reached a vulnerable position partly because of non-appointment of regular CMD and partly because of financial losses year after year, is expected to get full-time Chairman-cum-Managing Director after four years.

Selvam joins as Director (MB), BLC
D Sothi Selvam, GM, IOCL, has recently taken over the charge as Director (Manufacturing Business), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC). He succeeded incumbent Anand Dayal.
(We said this on June 3, 2014)

Pandey to join as Director (Tech), NCL on Feb 1
Gunadhar Pandey, GM, NCL, CIL, will be joining as Director (Technical), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) on February 1, 2015.
(We said this on July 7, 2014)

Applications for Secretary-cum-Controller (Exam), SSC invited
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Secretary-cum-Controller of Examination, Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on deputation. Those willing to apply can send their applications to DoPT at the earliest.

PESB invites applications for CMD, CMPDIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) falling vacant on January 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before March 9, 2015.

No vacancy of DG in Armed Forces in GoI
There is no vacancy against the posts of Director General (DG) in Armed Forces under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the month of January 2015.

Date likely to join central deputation at IG level
Sadanand Vasant Date is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG). He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Aggarwal likely to join central deputation at JS level
Rajesh Aggarwal, presently in the cadre, is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level post. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Sharma to join as Director (Fin), HNL on Feb 1
Ghanshyam Sharma, DGM, NPCIL, will be joining as Director (Finance), Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) on February 1, 2015.
(We said this on July 1, 2014)

File of Plawat for Director (Tech), NTC sticks to ACC
The file of Vivek Plawat, ED, NTC, for the appointment as Director (Technical), National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC) has reportedly been lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval.

Second panel likely to be sought for Director (Tech), MFL
The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to seek second panel for the post of Director (Technical), Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) after the panel of D Sundarasekaran, GM, MFL, was scrapped after CVC failed to give its clearance before his retirement.

Rao declines offer as Director (Tech), ECIL
Prashant Rao, ED, DMRC, has declined the offer for the post of Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) citing some personal reasons. We had whispered this on following date.
(We said this on Sept 30, 2014)

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in AP
As many as 35 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Anil Chandra Punetha has been posted as Principal Secretary, Home while J S Venkateswara Prasad will be Commissioner, Endowments and Neerabh Kumar Prasad is made Managing Director, A P Tourism. Similarly, Sumita Dawara has been posted as Secretary, Higher Education; Ram Prakash Sisodia as Secretary, School Education; L Premchandra Reddy as Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation; Shamsher Singh Rawat as Secretary, Industry & Commerce; B Kishore as Commissioner, Marketing; Y V Anuradha as Secretary, GAD; V Usha Rani as Commissioner, Horticulture; I Srinivas Siraresh as Commissioner, Excise; M Girija Shankar as Vice Chairman & MD, A P Mineral Development Corporation; Babu A as Collector & District Magistrate, Krishna; P Venkata Rami Reddy as Director & Inspector General, Registration & Stamps; P Laxminarasimham as Collector & District Magistrate, Srikakulam; P S Pradyumna as Joint Secretary to CM; I Samuel Anand Kumar as Director, Social Welfare; M Padma as Director, Tribal Welfare; Pravin Kumar as Commissioner, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation; M Hari Jawaharlal as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Prakasam; T Babu Rao Naidu as Vice Chairman, Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority; J Murali as Commissioner, Rjamundry Municipal Corporation; M V Seshagiri as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, Krishna; B Laxmi Kantham as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, Anathpuramu; S Satyanarayan as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, East Godavari; Mutyalaraju Revu as CMD, EPCPDCL; K Kanna Babu as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, West Godavari; Vadarevu Vinay Chand as Commissioner, Tirupati Municipal Corporation; Chevvuru Hari Kiran as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, Kurnool; Kartikeya Misra as Director, Industries & Sugar; G Veerapandian as Commissioner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation; J Nivas as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, Visakhapatnam; Sweta Mohanty as Director, Tourism; M Hari Naryana as Project Officer, ITDA and A Md Imtiaz is posted as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate; Nellore.

17 IAS officers transferred in Bihar
As many as 17 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Vijay Prakash has been posted as Agriculture Production Commissioner, Patna while Tripuri Sharan will be Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department and Shashi Shekhar Sharma is made Principal Secretary, Transport. Similarly, Arun SKumar Singh is posted as Secretary, Science & Technology; Amir Subhani as Principal Secretary, GAD; Sudhir Kumar as Principal Secretary, Home; Dharmendra Singh Gangvar as Principal Secretary, Planning and Development; S Siddharth as Secretary, Labour Resources; Chanchal Kumar as Secretary, Rural Work Departmnet; Harjot Kaur as Secretary, Road Development; Pradeep Kumar as Secretary, Panchayati Raj; Pankaj Kumar as Secretary, Management and Production; Narmdeshwar Lal as Secretary, Building Construction; Sanjay Kumar as Secretary, Sugarcane Industry; Vinay Kumar as Secretary, Animal & Fishery Resources; Balamurugan D as Director, BREDA and Dayanidhan Panday was posted as Joint Secretary, Finance.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Jharkhand
Some officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jharkhand. Accordingly, B K Tripathy has been appointed as Member of Revenue Board while K Vidyasagar was shifted to Health department and Vishnu Kumar is Chairman of Jharkhand State Finance Commission. Similarly, Nitin Madan Kulkarni has been shifted to Agriculture department with additional charge of Registration Department secretary; N N Sinha gets an additional charge of Panchayati raj and NREP (special Division); Sukhdeo Singh transferred to Water Resources department with an additional charge of building construction and national savings departments; Amarendra Pratap Singh shifted to the drinking water and sanitation department with an additional charge of disaster management department and K K Soan was give an additional charge of animal husbandry and fishery department.

DPC of UP cadre IPS from DIG to IG today (UPDATED)
DPC of UP cadre 1997 batch IPS from DIG to IG and 2001 batch from SP to DIG is being held today .

Tenure of Chandramouli as RG&CCI extended (UPDATED)
C Chandramouli, whose tenure as Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) ending on January 8, has been accorded an extension for a period of three months. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

IRS-IT officer Puneet Kumar promoted to JCIT (UPDATED)
Puneet Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT). He is an IRS officer of Income Tax cadre.

Durga Shakti Nagpal posted as OSD to Radha Mohan Singh (UPDATED)
Durga Shakti Nagpal has been posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Radha Mohan Singh, Agriculture Minister. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ashwani Lohani returns to MP (UPDATED)
Ashwani Lohani has today joined as the Managing Director MPSTDC and Comissioner Tourism Govt of Madhya Pradesh. Known as the "Tourism Man" of the nation he has earlier turned around ITDC & MPSTDC besides positioning Madhya Pradesh in the forefront of tourism in the country. He is the only officer in the country whose work as DRM Delhi was lavishly praised by the CAG during the Common Wealth Games. Also known as a turnaround expert Lohani has several awards and records to his credit. It is hoped that besides positioning the state and also the corporation as the best in tourism in the country, Madhya Pradesh would also emerge as a model state in this sector. All eyes of the state and the tourism sector of the country shall now be on this man.

84 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 84 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Custom and Central Excise. The officers include: Balbir Singh Khattra, Sanjeev Gangadhar Dewalwar, Milind Gawai, G Ravindranath, Gopinath, P K Behera, Ganesh Havanur, Jagreti Singh Negi, Nirmal Kumar Soren, K Ashikheiya, P K Sinha, Abhai Kumar Srivastava, S K Vimalnathan, V K Srivastava, K M Ravidhandran, Pranesh Pathak, Rajenra Singh, Sanjay Mangal, M K Rustogi, M M Jolly, Ashish Chandan, Vikas Kumar, Shah Hitesh Ajit, P K Katiyar, Sanjay Gupta Sunil Jain, J P Singh, Shaik Khader Rahman, Amitabh Kumar II, Anuj Gogia, Sanjay Mahendru, Kajal Singh, Pardep Saxena, N K Upadhaya, R N Srivastava, Naveen Kumar Jain, Rajiv Kapoor, Rajesh Sanan, VijaySingh chauha, Sunil Kumar Mall, Sbhagta Kumar, AK Rustogi, Manish Kumar, CPS Bakshi, V Snageeta, Sunil Kumar Sinha, G Narayanswami, S thirunavukarasu, Viney Kumar Paul, Suman Bala, S Ravi Selvan, Veleru Santosh Kumar, V Rajendra, B S Nunwal, P R Lara, Mannem Raghu Rami Reddy, Sandeep Mohan Singh Puri, Sande Raj Jain, Suvir Misra, Arun Kumar Neeraj Kansal, Harmeet Singh Naragn, Suresh Kumar, Subhash Agarwal, M Satish K Reddy, Vinayak chandra Gu0pta, Akhil Kumar Khatri, N Vishwanath Kulkarni, Brij Bhushan Gupta, Shhbhchintan, Manish Kumar Sinha, Ganesh Dutta, Lohani, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Rajendra Singh, J Michael Kennedy, Sanjay Shrinet, Chetan Kumar Jain, Partha Roya, Choudhury, Gudavalli Sreenivasa Rao, Vivek Prasad, Divi Polu Naidu, Satyajit Singh, Ved Prakash Shukla and N Sridhar.

Dr Atanu Kumar Kundu posted to South Western Railway (UPDATED)
Dr Atanu Kumar Kundu has been transferred and posted to South Western Railway (SWR). He is an IRMS officer.

109 IRS-Customs officers at Commissioner level transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 109 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been transferred mostly after promotion to Commissioner grade. Accordingly, Dr Balbir Singh Khatra posted to Ahmedabad Audit-II, CX while Sanjeev Gangadhar Dewalwar was appointed to Bhuvaneswar-I CX and Milind Gawai was given posting to Pune Audit-I CX. Similrly, Ganta Ravindranath has been posted to Chennai ST-II; Gopi Nath to Mumbai HQ-II, Valuation; P K Behera to Chennai-IV Cus; Ganesh Havanur to Mumbai Audit (LTU), CX; Jagreeti Sain Negi to Vadodara Audit-II CX; Nirmal Kumar Soren to West Bengal Cus (P); K Ashi Khieya to Shillong RTI, Prashant Kumar Sinha to Bhoapl Audit-II CX; Abhai Kumar Srivastava to Ahmedabad DGCEI; S K Vimalanathan to Mumbai Systems RMD; K M Ravidhandran to Chennai Audit-II CX; Pranesh Pathak to Delhi Aduti-II ST; Rajendra Singh-I to DGCEI Lucknow; Sanjay Mangal to Faridabad HQ-II, NACEN; Mahesh Kumar Rustagi to Gwalior CX; M Mathew Jolly to Cochin Audit CX; Ashish Chandan to Nagpur-IICX; Vikas Kumar to Lucknow ADG Vig; Hitesh Shah to CESTAT, Mumbai-II; P K Katiyar to Patna Appeal CX; Sanjay Gupta to Delhi ST-IV; Sunil Jain to Hyderabad-II CX; Shaik Khader Rahaman to Vijaywada Cus (P); Amitabh Kumar-II, Delhi Audit-II CX; Anuj Gogia to Bhopal CX; Jai Prakash Singh to Mumbai Cus-V; Kajal Singh to Delhi Appeal-I (ST); Pradeep Saxena to Vadodara Audit-III CX; Nawin Kumar Upadhayay to Noida Cus; Rajesh Nandan Srivastava to Faridabad NACEN HQ; Naveen Kumar Jain to Ludhiana DGRI; Rajeev Kapoor to Mumbai Audit-II (ST); Rajesh Sanan to Delh-III (Sonepat) CX; Vijay Singh Chauhan to Mumbai Cus-II Nhava Sheva-V Cus; Sunil Kumar Mall to Ahmedabad ADG Vig; Shubhagata Kumar to ADG System Delhi; Atul Kumar Rastogi to Deheradun CX; Manish Kumar to Agra CX; V Sangeeta to Hyderabad (A) CX; Sunil Kumar Sinha to Delhi Audit-I (ST); S Thirunavukkarasu to Chennai LTU CX; Viney Kumar Paul to Guwahati CX; Suman Bala to Kolkata Audit-I CX; S Ravi Selvan to Vizag Audit CX; Veluru Santhosh Kumar to Chennai VI Cus; V Rajendran to Coimbatore CX; B S Nunwal to Mumbai-II Appeal-I Cus; M R R Reddy DGRI Mumbai Commissioner (Adj); Sandeep M S Puri to Mumbai Audit CX; Suvir Misra to Mumbai I Cus/ Mumbai Cus; Arun Kumar to Delhi Airport Cus; Neeraj Kansal to Delhi Cus (Gen); Harmeet Singh Narang to Bhavanagar CX; Suresh Kumar to Bangalore (A) ST; Subhash Agarwal-I to Nhava Sheva-IV Cus; Vinayak Chandra Gupta to Patna Audit CX; Akhil Kumar Khatri to Meerut Audit-II CX; Kulkarni Narendra Vishwanath to Pune Audit (ST) CX; Brij Bhushan Gupta to Delhi (PPG& other ICDs) Cus; Shubhchintan to Delhi DGHRD (HRM)-II; Manish Kumar Sinha to Delhi, Audit (LTU) CX; Ganesh Dutta Lohan to Fardiabad-II CX; Shiv Kumar Sharma to Kolkata Audit (ST); Rajendra Singh to Meerut Audit-I CX; Sanjay Srinet to Mumbai Cus III/ Mumbai Cust-II; Chetan Kumar Jain to Udaipur CX; Partha Roy Choudhury to Kolkata ST-II; Vivek Prasad to Bangalore Audit (ST); Satyajit Singh to Patna (CX); Ved Prakash Shukla to Chennai (A)-I ST; N Sridhar to Hyderabad Cus; Amand Shah to Noida-II CX; V Padmanabhan to Delhi DGCEI HQ; D K Verma to Chandigarh-I (A) CX; A R S Kumar to Hyderabad-IV CX; Ashish Verma to Pune IV CX; Metta Rama Rao to Rohtak CX; V Rama Mathew to Cochin (A)-II CX; Charanjit Singh to Chandgarh Audit CX; Bijoy Bihar Mohapatra to DG Systems Delhi; Shobha Ram to Mumbai- (A) I ST; Simmi Jain to Jaipur Audit CX; R P Sharma to Nasik-II CX; S P Sahu to Faridabad HQ III NACEN; Asif Iqbal to Delhi TAR; R C Sankhla to Ranch-I CX; Chagan Lal Mahar to Ahmedabad ST; Manoj Krishna to Mumbai ESTAT-I; A k Singh to Chennai DGCEI; Nitish Kumar Sinha to Gurgaon-I CX; Manoranjan Virk to Gurgaon-II CX; M K Singh to DGRI Hyderabad; S N Saha to Hyderabad DGCEI; Devender Mishra to ICD Tugalkabad (Imports) Cus; Sushil Solanki to Mumbai ST-I; S K Das to Mumbai ST-III; S V Singh to Delhi Audit-I, CX; G V Krishna Rao to Hyderabad Audit CX; P V R Reddy to Kandla Cus; Prashant Kumar to Mumbai ST-II; sugan Lal Meena to Alwar CX; Autl Dikshit to ICD, Tuglakabad; Gautam Bhattacharya to Delhi ST-II; Atul Gupta to Bhopal Appeal-II CX (at Raipur); Seema Arora to Mumbai-III Appeal Cus and Satya Vir Singh was shifted to Delhi ST-III.

Dharam Pal continues as PS, Social Welfare, Women, Child Dev in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Dharam Pal will continue as a Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Social Welfare and Women & Child Development in Delhi Government. He is a 1988 batch IAS officers of AGMU cadre.

Pankaj Kumar selected as Director BPRL (UPDATED)
Pankaj Kumar, DGM, BPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 8, 2015. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

MRPL ships 16500MT of Sulphur to China (UPDATED)
MRPL today moved its very first international solid cargo of Sulphur aboard MV Dusita Naree from NMPT Jetty #3. The loading of the 16500MT of 'solid Sulphur' headed to ZHENJIANG Port in China, commenced on 2nd Jan 2015 and was completed by 6th January 2015. The customer, M/s Mitsui& Co had bid online for the 16500MT of 'solid Sulphur' generated from the Phase I, II &III Sulphur Recovery Units of MRPL. Solid Sulphur is the by-product of the process by which desulphurization of auto-fuels is carried out to make these fuels into environment-friendly EURO grade products. MRPL today manufactures EURO IV grade of petrol and diesel and is equipped for commercial production of EURO V. The historical occasion was witnessed by H Kumar, Managing Director of MRPL, Krishnamoorthy, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Parida, Chairman NMPT, and other Senior Officials of MRPL& NMPT.

CORPORATE

Cherian appointed Director (HR), IOCL
Verghese Cherian has been appointed as Director (HR) of Indian Oil Corporation Limited w.e.f. January 6, 2015

Damle resigns as CFO, L&T Finance Holdings Ltd
C S Damle has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of L&T Finance Holdings Limited

Kumar appointed Nominee Director, GIPCL
Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, has been nominated as Nominee Director of Govt. of Gujarat on the Board of Directors of Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited.

Misra given addl. charge as CMD SJVN Ltd for three months?
R N Misra, Director (Civil), SJVN Ltd to hold additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director, SJVN Limited for a period of three months.

Jain resigns as Director, Ruchi Infrastructure Ltd
Vijay Kumar Jain has resigned as Director of Ruchi Infrastructure Limited.

Verma resigned as Independent Director, Visa Steel Limited
Maya Shanker Verma has resigned as Independent Director of Visa Steel Limited.

Jauhari ceases to be Director, SCIL
M C Jauhari has ceased to be on the Board of Directors of Shipping Corporation of India Limited.

Tripathi appointed Independent Director, Virtual Global Education Ltd
Virtual Global Education Ltd has appointed Dr Kanhaiya Tripathi as an Independent Director of the company

Sharma appointed CFO, ETT Ltd
ETT Ltd has appointed Ms Puniti Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Tiwari resigns as Director, Radford Global Ltd
Prem Chand Tiwari has resigned as Director of Radford Global Ltd.

Sugumaran ceases to be CS, S V Global Mill Ltd
R Sugumaran has ceased to be Company Secretary of S V Global Mill Ltd.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age

Your portal is inundated by letters for and against extending retirement age of civil servants.Age acn not be a yardstick for efficiency, at the same time one's performance depends on his attittude and commitment to nation building. Political corruption(it starts with elections) has polluted the entire atmosphere in the country and many of the civil servants are not immune to this.Many have shamelessly hinged their wagons to political masters.The ideals taught in the academy and shown by the earlier generations of civil servants have been thrown to winds by many civil servants. The steel frame has become a corroded iron pipe. This can only be corrected if the inefficient,corrupt,physically unfit and noncommitted are all ejected and packed off at different stages starting from the age of 50.The present system of "as long as one is not caught,he is honest" must go. Also should go is the job security the civil servant enjoys after getting into the service solely on the basis of an examination. There should be a board consisting of eminent jurists and senior civil servants to analyse the officer's performance at the age of 50 and 55.Retirement age of only those who are found eminently suitable should be extended up to 65.

R Narayanan

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age

In order to bring about efficiency and speed in decision making, the age must be brought down to 58 yrs. Let the new thinking and fresh blood be introduced for the same. there is nothing great in government working which cannot be learnt within a few months. Moreover new generation is much smarter and intelligent then the present incumbent. Issue is the the old ones never ever leave the power and they have not much contributed but have been burden on the exchequer of public money. you cannot infuse new life in the secured, inefficient, corrupt biased and spent force bureaucracy unless fresh blood totally professional one is brought in their place. it is a must to be competitive in the ever changing world.

Sadhna Sood

DEBATE (3) Retirement Age

Retirement age should be 58 yrs for all. By doing so govt. can reduce its expenses. If anybody wants to work after 58, there are so many avenues including contractual appointment in in govt.

G Manmadhan Pillai

DEBATE (4) Retirement Age

Not fair at all. Some would be losing in terms of long awaited promotions besides investment plans going haywire specially those deductions related to various loans which are tied up till the superannuation. If at all, those left with 3-5 years should be compensated to the extent of pay+DA for the balance number of years (2 years in this case) in order to make good the financial losses. Also if politicians who are as old as 80 are considered efficient for profit jobs why not Govt. officials.

Raveendra

Another menace in the Govt.

Apart from the wrong entry of date of birth one more menace exists in the Government. Some of the employees have indicated their Spouses or parents as dependent upon them in spite of the fact that the latter is an Income Tax Payer or doing private job or business. As a result these a lot of tax payers money is going down the drain in the form of Medical Expenses and Leave Travel Concessions. The most interesting part is that women employees make their husbands as dependent upon them. As a result what happens the parent-in laws of that women employees also becomes dependent. They take both Medical re-reimbursement and LTC. If somebody is paying Income Tax he can never become dependent on the Government employee. The Government needs to curb this practice in order reduce its expenditure.

BBS

It has become a fashion to deride civil services !

Nowadays, it has become quite fashionable to deride the civil services in India. Lazy, useless, arrogant, clinging to power, corrupt etc. are some of the appellations used in this context. Taming the bureaucracy is the in thing.
In all this, we take a cue from the Americans and our NRI friends in the USA. The "slow elephantine bureaucracy of India is finally being tamed" scream the headlines in the morning papers of the USA. How far is this true? Is the bureaucracy as useless as it is thought to be? The first thing is that the bureaucracy is not an independent entity, it has always worked under the political executive and is guided by it. As a matter of fact, there are plenty of civil servants who have been vocal in standing up to the political masters, throughout the years. Even the silent majority, though subject to control by the political executive, by and large have done a good job. Secondly, American standards do not apply to India. In the USA, government service is generally abhorred. Only the useless join the civil service in the USA. Top posts in the bureaucracy are also manned by people nominated by the political executive (read friends of the President) in the USA. In India, the best vie for the top services in what is one of the gruelling examinations in the country (along with IITs and IIMs entrance). As a matter of fact, many civil servants are IIT/ IIM products. They reach the top after years of service. There is no reason to believe that they are as useless as they are currently being made out to be. Regarding corruption, the political executive, the judiciary, the media, the armed forces, NGOs, the bureaucracy (including police), none is free from this malady. Black sheep can be found anywhere, but the silent majority is still honest. Wherever crony capitalism flourishes, it is due to an unholy nexus between capital, government, politics, media, judiciary etc. This nexus needs to be broken, for which steps have to be taken and are being taken by the current Government. There is no need to revile the bureaucracy, which has by and large, served the country well.

Vijay Kumar

Many ISS/SSS officers don't understand the ladder

It is perplexing that many ISS/SSS officers don't understand the ladder. A person's post-based promotion does not depend on the number of posts just above the grade of the officer but on the total number of higher posts. Therefore, the cry has no basis. A cadre structure of 1 JTS, 12 STS, 2 JAG, 2 SAG and 1 HAG is equivalent to 1 JTS, 1 STS, 4 JAG, 4 SAG and 8 HAG are equivalent for an AD (JTS).

A K Verma

MoS&PI is at its lowest ever level

The events of past few months indicates that MOS&PI is at its lowest ever level. In which ministry you will have the vendetta against one officer with several warnings, several charge-sheets, several bad ACRs just because he is not an average submissive person! In which ministry, Secretary and other senior officers are charged for sexual harassment!

If you hit someone below belt, you cannot charge him for hitting below the belt. Sadly, it is happening under Modi Government that does not believe in vendetta politics and is development centric. Surprisingly, MOS&PI is the rare ministry having NON-IAS secretary (an academician).

Let the good sense prevail over one and all so that MOS&PI plays a meaningful role in supporting the newly constituted NITI Aayog and many other issues having direct linkage with the rapid development.

Bharatee Jee

Why extension to scientists ?

Why the government is giving extension to scientists when they are not working upto the age of retirement, how can they work after the retirement age. The Directors of CSIR getting extension after completion of their tenure. One of the CSIR Director completed 12 years of his directorship. After retirement, again he got extension. Next persons are not getting the chance.

Padma Kumary

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