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This is History (258)
In the middle of nineteenth century there arose a man in Germany who was destined to become the prophet of socialism and the father of that form of socialism which is known as communism. His name was Karl Marx.

Amit Shah to be Home Minister in 2018 ?
Political observers feel Amit Shah will be Home Minister in 2018 and a trusted man of Modi will succeed him as BJP President.

32 'Sinha' rendering services in IAS at centre and cadres
As many as 32 'Sinha' from 2011 batch to 1977 batch belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) including Cabinet Secretary, Pradeep Kumar Sinha are rendering their services on central deputation and various cadres.

BUREAUCRACY

7 Empanelled 1982 batch IAS officers become Secretaries
After a long wait 07 empanelled IAS officers of 1982 batch have been appointed Secretary in GoI. They are - A N Jha - given Environment & Forest, Ajay Mittal - I & B, Snehlata Srivastava - Law & Justic, Sushil Kumar - Border Management, J P Prakash - Pharmaceutical, P K Jha - Parliamentary Affairs and Leena Nair - WCD. All these officers were empanelled in August last year.

Ashok Lavasa appointed as Secretary, Expenditure
Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Expenditure. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on April 21)

Ajay Narayan Jha appointed as Secretary, Environment, Forest
Ajay Narayan Jha has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Ms Leena Nair appointed as Secretary, Women & Child Development
Ms Leena Nair has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development with effect from June 1, 2016. Ms Nair, who belongs to a 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, will serve in this Ministry as OSD before joining as Secretary.

Ajay Mittal appointed as Secretary, I&B
Ajay Mittal has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

Ms Snehlata Shrivastava appointed as Secretary, Justice
Ms Snehlata Shrivastava has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Vijay Shankar Pandey appointed as Secretary, Fertilizers
Vijay Shankar Pandey has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertiliser.

Anuj Kumar Bishnoi appointed as Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Anuj Kumar Bishnoi has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Hem Kumar Pandey appointed as Secretary, Consumer Affairs
Hem Kumar Pandey has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

C Viswanath appointed as Secretary, Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
Chirravuri Viswanath has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Devendra Chaudhary appointed as Secretary, Animal Husbandry
Devendra Chaudhary has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Susheel Kumar appointed as Secretary, Border Management
Susheel Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Anoop Kumar Srivastava appointed as Secretary, Official Language
Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Jai Priye Prakash appointed as Secretary, Pharmaceuticals
Jai Priye Prakash has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Sanjeev Singhal selected as Director (Fin), MIDHANI
Sanjeev Singhal, DGM, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 26, 2016. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Santosh Kumar Sarangi continues as Chairman, Tea Board
Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Joint Secretary, Commerce, will continue holding an additional charge of Chairman, Tea Board till a regular incumbent is appointed. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Four STC candidates in race for Director (Mkt), PEC Ltd
Four candidates from State Trading Corporation (STC) are reported to be in the race for post of Director Marketing, PEC Limited.

COS to meet on Friday
COS is meeting on Friday to decide names and line of action about new CBDT Members.

Santosh Yadav is MD of Noida Metro
Santosh Yadav has been appointed the managing director of the Noida Metro Rail Corporation.He is 1995 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.He is presently posted as the additional resident commissioner in Delhi .

Tenure of SEBI Member Saran to end next month
The term of current full-time member of SEBI Prashant Saran is coming to an end in May. The government has received applications from half a dozen Sebi officials, senior bankers and economists.

Selection of Chairman National Automobile Board deferred !
Latest information says that selection of the Chairman National Automobile Board under the Ministry of Heavy Industries has been deferred to allow private sector persons. Infact over a dozen persons including ten retired Secretaries had applied for the post.

Ms Ruchika Rishi deputed as Senior Research Officer, IORARC Secretariat, Mauritius
Ms Ruchika Rishi has been deputed as Senior Research Officer in International Relations/ Regional Trade or Economics, Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORARC), Secretariat, Port Louis, Mauritius for a period of two years. She is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Oriental Insurance Company gets Whole Time Director for five days
Rao Kesavarapu Kappeswara , General Manager in Oriental Insurance Company Limited has been appointed Whole Time Director on the Board of Oriental Insurance Company Limited w.e.f. April 25, 2016 till his retirement which falls on April 30, 2016.

S M Mani appointed Addl Director, Financial Intelligence Unit
S M Mani, Additional Commissioner, Customs, Chennai, has been deputed as Additional Director in Financial Intelligence Unit-India. He is a 1988 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Three posts of Independent Directors vacant in BHEL
Three posts of Independent Directors have been lying vacant in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for a long time.

Mathur is new DG, ACB in Maharashtra
Suresh Mathur is new DG ACB in Maharashtra. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

4 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Joint Commissioner grade
Four officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise: Gautam Das, Birendra Singh, H Soikhnthang and Taruna Kumari have been granted ante dated promotion to the Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise.

G Ramesh appointed as part time Director, Syndicate Bank
G Ramesh has been nominated as part time non official Director on the Board of Syndicate Bank.

Gautam Guha appointed as part time Director, Allahabad Bank
Gautam Guha has been nominated as part time non official Director on the Board of Allahabad Bank.

Tenure of Mrs Veena Swarup as Director (HR), EIL ends in June
The tenure of Mrs Veena Swarup as Director (Human Resources) in Engineers India Limited (EIL) is coming to an end in June 2016.

Amit Saran appointed as Director, Mobility, Railway Board
Amit Saran has been appointed as Director, Mobility (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Rajesh Malik appointed as Director (ME), Railway Board
Rajesh Malik has been appointed as Director, Mechanical Engineering (E&R), Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Mrs Sheeba transferred to SA, ASI office, Thrissur circle
Mrs Sheeba N T, Assistant Archaeological, Chemist in ASI office, Mysore, has been transferred and posted to the office of SA, ASI, Thrissur circle.

Why Railway PROs deprived of promotion despite 19 yrs service?
Why is promotion of Public Relations Officers (PROs) to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) being delayed despite 19 years of their service while officers of Commercial and Traffic Department are being given after 8 to 10 years?.

Director level post of CVO vacant in NBPPL
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Director level has been lying vacant in NTPC BHEL Power Projects Private Limited (NBPPL), Chittot.

Dinesh Pangaty promoted to ED grade in LIC
Dinesh K Pangaty has been promoted to the grade of Executive Director in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

D P Mohanty promoted to ED grade in LIC
DP Mohanty, Additional ED, IT Business Process Reengineering, has been promoted to the grade of Executive Director in the Life Insurance Corporation of India.

N K Senthamarai Kannan empanelled as DIG in GoI
N K Senthamarai Kannan has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Kaling Tayeng empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Kaling Tayeng has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Vacancy of DG (Info) arising in ECI
A vacancy of Director General (Information) at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in Election Commission of India in May.

Vacancy of ADG arising in Tourism
A vacancy of Additional Director General at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Ministry of Tourism in May.

Railway Board ex-Member Engineering, Agnihotri sentenced
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has convicted V K Agnihotri, then Member Engineering, Railway Board and sentenced them to undergo two years rigorous Imprisonment after found guilty of corruption.

Southern Railway ex-GM N Kirthivasan sentenced
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has convicted N Kirthivasan, then General Manager of Southern Railway and sentenced them to undergo two years rigorous Imprisonment after found guilty of corruption.

Southern Railway ex-Chief Track Engineer Rajamoni sentenced
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has convicted P Rajamoni, then Chief Track Engineer in Southern Railway and sentenced them to undergo two years rigorous Imprisonment after found guilty of corruption.

Southern Railway ex-Addl GM Sethuraman sentenced
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has convicted S Sethuraman, then Additional General Manager of Southern Railway and sentenced them to undergo two years rigorous Imprisonment after found guilty of corruption.

Southern Railway ex-Chief Singnals & Telcomm Ramasubramanian sentenced
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has convicted S Ramasubramanian, then Chief Signals & Telecommunication Engineer in Southern Railway and sentenced them to undergo two years rigorous Imprisonment after found guilty of corruption.

ITDC awarded 'Fastest Growing Miniratna Award' (UPDATED)
ITDC has been awarded with the 7th Dalal Street Investment Journal's Best PSU Awards for 2015 under 'Fastest Growing Miniratna' title. The award was presented by Minister of State (independent charge) for Tourism and Culture and Civil Aviation, Dr Mahesh Sharma at the 7th Dalal Street Investment Journal PSU awards 2015 held at The Ashok, New Delhi. Receiving the honor on behalf of ITDC, Umang Narula dedicated this achievement to his colleagues, the employees at the organization. "Ever since ITDC came into existence in 1966, it has seen many changes and we still remain as beautiful as ever. All that we have achieved to deserve this award is under the dynamic leadership of Minister Mahesh Sharma and undying support and dedication of all my colleagues, my team at ITDC to whom I dedicate this prestigious award."India Tourism Development Corporation, a government of India undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India has been ranked no. 1 under the 'miniratna-non manufacturing' category, growing at the fastest rate owing to highest CAGR in net profit and operating profit in past three years. It has also excelled fellow PSUs while achieving highest net worth and return on capital employed. Now in its 7th edition, with these coveted awards, DSIJ has been recognizing the role of Public Sector corporations as important catalysts of industrial and economic development.

NSIC's annual review conference held at Agra (UPDATED)
An annual review conference-2016 of NSIC was held at Agra. K K Jalan, Secretary, MSME, was inaugurated in the presence of Ravindra Nath, CMD,NSIC, Manoj Joshi, Joint Secretary, MSME and P Udayakumar, DPM, NSIC. The conference provided a platform for outlining NSIC's business plan projections for 2016-17.

13 IES officers of 2003 batch get NFSG (UPDATED)
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Economic Service (IES) of 2003 batch have been granted non-functional selection grade (NFSG) in Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Vishal Vishwanath Nair, Dr Renuka Mishra, Ms Divya Parmar, anupam Mitra, Rajinder Kumar, Ms A Prathibha, S Arputhaswamy, A Muthuvezhappan, A R Mohan Rao, zacharia George, Y N Khare and Dr P G S Rao.

Ms Shefali Dhingra appointed as Joint Director, CEA (UPDATED)
Ms Shefali Dhingra has been appointed as Joint Director, Central Electricity Authority. She is a 2004 batch IES officer.

Ms Bidhisa Chaudhri appointed as Adviser, Economic Affairs (UPDATED)
Ms Bidhisa Chaudhri has been appointed as Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs after cancelling earlier posting orders. She is a 1992 batch IES officer.

Sube Singh appointed as Assistant Director, CACP (UPDATED)
Sube Singh has been appointed as Assistant Director, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) after cancelling earlier posting orders.

Shyam Dhar Dubey is also Chairperson, CEA (UPDATED)
Shyam Dhar Dubey, Member (Power System) CEA has assigned an additional charge of Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) till a regular incumbent is appointed to this post.

Tapan Kumar Barai gets charge of Member Planning, CEA (UPDATED)
Tapan Kumar Barai, Member Thermal, CEA, has been assigned an additional charge of Member Planning in the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) till regular appointment is made.

Dr Padmanabham is also Director, ARC, Hyderabad (UPDATED)
Dr G Padmanabham, Scientist 'G', ARCI, has been assigned an additional charge of Director, International Advanced Research Centre for Power Metallury & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad upto December 31, 2016.

Additional charge of DG, AIR to Sheheryar extended (UPDATED)
An additional charge period of Director General, All India Radio (DG, AIR) to F Sheheryar has been extended till a regular appointment is made.

Additional charge of DG, Doordarshan to Mrs Vaish extended (UPDATED)
Mrs Aparna Vaish, ADG, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Doordarshan till a regular DG is appointed.

Anup Kumar Thakur appointed as Member, NCDRC (UPDATED)
Anup Kumar Thakur has been appointed as Member (non-judicial) in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).

P P Khandekar appointed as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance, Air Hqrs (UPDATED)
Air Marshal P P Khandekar has been appointed as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance, Air Hqrs, Delhi.

Additional charge of Director, ARIES to Dr Wahab Uddin extended (UPDATED)
An additional charge period of Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) to Dr Wahab Uddin has been extended till the appointment of regular Director

Additional charge of Chairman, Tobacco Board to Manoj Dwivedi extended (UPDATED)
An additional charge of Chairman, Tobacco Board to Manajo Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, Commerce, has been extended till a regular appointment. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 48 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Sudarshan Sethi has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj while S K Agrawal was made Principal Secretary, Transportation and Chairman, Rajasthan State Roadways and Sanjay Dixit is Principal Secretary, Culture. Similarly, Pawan Kumar Goyal has been apointed as Principal Secretry, GAD, Estate, State Motor Garrage, Civil Aviation; R K Venkteshwaran as Principal Secretary Social Justice and Empowerment; Roli Singh as Secretary, Tourism; Hansa Singh Devi as Member Revenue Board, Ajmer; Bhaskar Atmaram Sawant as Secretary, Finance Budget; Hemant Kumar Gera as Commissioner, Jaipur Muncipal Corporation; Narayan Lal Meena as Commissioner, Child Empowerment; Ved Prakash as Collector, Bikaner; Swarup Singh Pawar as Special Secretary, Social Justice; Ram Niwas as Additional Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs; Giriraj Singh Kushwaha as Commissioner, Ajmer Development Authority; Ashutosh A T Pednekar as Director, Tourism; Satya Prakash Baswala as Commissioner, Social Justice and Empowerment; Chunnilal Kayal as Special Secretry, Personnel; Vikram Singh Chauhan as Special Secretary, Revenue; Rekha Gupta as Registrar, Cooperative; Mahavir Prasad Sharma as Collector, Tonk; Krishn Kunal as Commissioner, Skill Development, Empoyment and Entreprenur, Livelihood; Siddharat Mahajan as Collector, Jaipur; Laxmi Narayan Meena as Collector, Sirhohi; Mahesh Bhardwaj as Additional Commissioner (VAT and IT), Commercial Taxes; Manoj Kumar Sharma as Collector, Karauli; Salvindra Singh Sohata as MD, RAJFED, Jaipur; Ashfaq Hussain as Collector, Dausa; Viaml Kumar Jain as Director, Culture; Gyana Ram as Collector, Hanumangarh; Surendra Kumar Solanki as Collector, Dungarpur; Matadin Sharma as Joint Secretary, Panchayati Raj Shyam Singh Rajpurohit as Special Secretary, Administrative Reforms; Arushi Ajey Malik as Director, Sanitation, Panchayati Raj; Joga Ram as Joint Secretary, Finance; Punam as Director, National Middle Education Campaign; Bhanwar Lal Mehra as Member Secretary, Rajasthan State Commission for Child Rights; Kailash Chand Meena as Commissioner, Jodhpur Development Authority; Subesingh Yadav as Commissioner, Disinvestment, Bikaner; Modudan Detha as Additional Director, HCM, RIPA; Suresh Chand Gupta as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax; Vinita Shrivastava as CEO, Ajmer Zilla Panchayat; Guarav Goyal as Collector, Ajmer; V Sarvan Kumar as CEO, Jaipur Smart City Limited; Nannumal Pahadia as Commissioner, Labour; Babu Lal Meena as Collector, Jhunjhunu; Indrajit Singh as Collector, Chittorgarh; H Guite as Special Officer, State Finance Commission and Sandesh Nayak was made CEO, Jodhpur Zilla Panchayat.

T Sreekanth is also Secretary, Cooperation in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
T Sreekanth has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Cooperation in Delhi Government. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Rajeev Sharma appointed as CMD, PFC (UPDATED)
Rajeev Sharma, CMD, REC, has been appointed as CMD, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Limited.
(We said this on January 11, 2016)

T N Jha appointed as Director (Tech), WCL (UPDATED)
T N Jha, Area General Manager, Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), has been appointed as Director (Technical), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL).
(We said this on January 11, 2016)

CBI arrests Sr Section Engineer (Bridge), Western Railway (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Section Engineer (Bridge) of Western Railway, Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh from the complainant.

DEBATE
Who should be RBI Governor ?

Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether he should be an Economist, a professor, a Banker or a Politician. The term of present RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is coming to an end in September.

Mail you views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Chakraborty resigns as GMB's Nominee on Petronet LNG Ltd Board
Atanu Chakraborty has resigned as Nominee Director of Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) on the Board of Directors of Petronet LNG Limited

Reddy resigns as Independent Director of the McDowell Holdings Ltd
M S Reddy has resigned as Independent Director of the McDowell Holdings Limited

Kalra appointed VP ( Mktg.) of Snapdeal
Kanika Kalra has been appointed as Vice President (Marketing ) of Snapdeal

Dubey appointed Whole-time Director of Snowman Logistics Limited
Snowman Logistics Limited has appointed Pradeep Kumar Dubey as Whole-time Director of the company.

Ravula ceases to be Director of Alphageo (India) Ltd
Srinivas Reddy Ravula has ceased to be a Director of Alphageo (India) Limited

Somdas appointed Addl. Director of Opto Circuits (India) Ltd
Opto Circuits (India) Limited has appointed G C Somadas as Additional Director of the company.

Batheja appointed as Associate VP ( Car Owner's Business) of GirnarSoft?
Mayank Batheja has been appointed as Associate Vice President ( Car Owner's Business) of GirnarSoft

Sharma resigns as Independent Director of Jindal Stainless Ltd
Girish Sharma has resigned as Independent Director of Jindal Stainless Ltd

Makadia appointed CFO of Vinyoflex Ltd
Vinyoflex Ltd has appointed Kiritkumar Bhanjibhai Makadia as a Chief Financial Officer of the company

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DEBATE (1)

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, IAS 1981 has the requisite education, experience and stature to become Governor of RBI.

A K Singh

DEBATE (2)

I think mess created in 68 years by IAS is enough evidence of bad delivery and and poor performance. In view of this professional only be appointed as RBI Governor who could create new organizations, small factories, start ups etc especially for employment of 25-35 age group a large number of whom are unemployed and into crime too for that reason.

Harish Kumar

DEBATE (3)

"Who should be the next RBI Governor ?"

In order to locate a suitable successor to present RBI Governor, let us peruse the profiles of previous incumbents. Check RBI website: out of total 23 Governors,12 were former civil servants (ICS, IAS ) while the rest represented fields of economics, banking, finance etc. So, the easiest way to become a RBI Governor is to get into the IAS. But, that's not easy either.

Raghuram Rajan was the first in past 10 years to have broken the monopoly of civil servants. His strength : Meritorious but with independent mindset. His weakness: Proximity with the Congress -led UPA regime. He kicked off a crisis by his " Andhon mey kanaa Raja " gaffe starting the raging controversy on RBI's autonomy getting compromised. His perceived proximity to P Chidambaram has a negative impact on extension of tenure. Political dispensations are invariably uncomfortable with people from outside the system, more so, if they are not considered pliable. Consider the flipside. Retired civil servants, as insiders, are not always trustworthy. Once ensconced as RBI Governor, some could hit back at the empire with vengeance.
The present practice of appointing RBI Governor, is not transparent. PM in consultation with FM, approves the appointment. This is an arbitrary exercise based on pick and choose. Reasons for rejecting names are never made public. There must be checks and balances to eliminate interference by bureaucrats due to inherent tendency to push their own tribe to top jobs.
All things considered, the Search Committee mechanism would be the best option to follow for short listing the three candidates representing sectors like Professional banker, finance, economics, law, public administration etc-- all on basis of interviews. Reasons for shortlisting must be recorded by the search committee. The PM in consultation with FM, could select one out of the shortlist of three.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Government's successive failures!

Success and failures are part of life but Govt. has miserably failed in last 67 years about widening tax net of people earning more than Rs.50 lakhs per annum. Govt approached so far has been bottom up approach and all time, energy and man power is wasted in chasing small tax payers. Let us change the strategy and follow up top down approach to categorise in brackets earning more than 50 lakhs, earning between 25-50 lakhs, earning between 10-25 lakhs. Let CBDT and Finance Ministry to work out the single point agenda to find out the people earning more than 50 lakhs in addition to 1.5 lakhs who have filed their returns. How to identify the people by preparing data having luxury cars, bungalows, undertaken foreign travels, bought jewelries, costly items, stayed in five star super deluxe hotels etc. and then do data mining. Cover other categories of income later. Govt. has to formulate the methodology before proceeding. The figure of the people earning more than 50 lakhs is estimated some where between 50 lakhs to 1 crore. Govt. seems to be completely blank how to proceed? Whatever is followed it ends with only small tax payers whose income is less than 10 lakhs. It is by nature or designed so, is not clear. Let Finance Minister put his intelligence and direct the Ministry in identifying the people earning more than 50 lakhs. CBDT is having requisite experience and knowledge about the tax payers as they are well aware about the people during his official engagement but do not take the action as required. Challenge for the Govt. to do something in identifying people whose taxable income is more than 50 lakhs apart from who have filed their ITRs. Do not waste energy in finding out who has purchased MF for Rs. 50000, deposited cash 2 lakhs in S/B account and so on. It should be clear enough the target more than 50 lakhs.

N Prakash

No post retirement job to Secretaries

Let all Secretaries retire on due dates and thereafter none should be given any post. After retirement lobby runs for such engagement, which is not good for the country.

Mahwshwar Prasad Srivastava

Exuding revulsion

One watched Arvind Kejriwal rant against civil servants on Civil Service Day with dismay. With his holy halo and imaginary crusader penchant, he is exuding revulsion. He is losing a golden opportunity to become a statesman by providing leadership and developing systems to solve problems. This quarrel with the tools of governance - lets face it, without bureaucracy nothing useful can be done - is making him a joker. it is a wonder that he is not yet swatted like a pest. When is he going to mature and ripen or is he going to perish like a premature ripened raw mango ?

S Srinivasan

Great achievement

Great achievement, Sunil., and heartiest congratulations! Your competence, ability and diligence will take Tractors India very far.

D Swarup

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