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Who is the symbol of honesty ?
At a get-together, there was a discussion " Who is the symbol of honesty and integrity in the Indian politics ?". Half a dozen persons present, failed to name a single politician.

Collusion between bureaucracy and govt suits every political party
Complicity between bureaucracy and government that started during Late Indira Gandhi era now suits every political party. No prizes for guessing why ?

Proxy- mock-racy...
I'm back in Shimla and today my Respected Friend, a retired senior Bureaucrat, and me meet at Cafe Sole and over Soups, Rolls and Salads we get chatting.

Me: Sir what are the issues that are topmost on the minds of the UP electorate..
Respected Friend: Development .... Law and Order ....and of course religion and caste...the last two are now ingrained in the Society there.....kind courtesy...the Pseudo Secular lot...
M: They say do or die elections for SP..Congress and BSP..
RF: Immediate effect...if BJP forms Government ... huge tail wind for Modi...long term...they are worried like in Gujarat, MP and Chattisgarh BJP will stay in power for years and years...
M: I hear in Punjab ..AAP suffering from extreme paranoia ...first they were saying EVMs fixed ...now saying there is a chance of hanky-panky in the EVM Storage Rooms ..
RF: Well for all you know after the initial hoopla they've realized ....not a cake walk in Punjab. For EVMs to be fixed. ....throughout the State the order of Parties would have to be same on the EVMs......say ...AD+BJP 1st Button...Congress 2nd Button...etc . Every Constituency the order differs....so how is fixing possible.....
M: Kejri has passed over his paranoia to the Party..what am I saying ..Kejri is AAP ...and AAP is Kejri...
RF: The way they keep complaining to EC...EC should make a special AAP Desk....
M: Chinama is doing the unthinkable ....getting her banished relatives back to power in AIADMK ...
RF: Could end up as her undoing ...flouting Amma's ban post her death will not go down well with the AIADMK cadres...unless all the prostrating by cadres was to the one perceived to be calling the shots and not Amma personally!!
M: I think even if Guv calls Chinama's Proxy to form the Government ...but she's in for a shock when the floor test takes place ...
RF: I think later she's thinking she will ape the Laloo model... people are still intrigued how Laloo managed to get out of Jail and stay out of Jail...some allege ....... could be kind courtsey the UPA Government .....who knows...
M: Trump in a spot in US...first Flynn...and now CNN going hammer and tongs after him on what they say is hisRussia connection..
RF: Viewing the seriousness of this connection ...and the fact that in US it's impossible to pursue such a connection on the basis that it'd remain a secret is sheer idiocy ...could be Trump taking a Page from Nixon's US-China foray is planning a US-Russia foray...
M: The positives would be great ...for one reduction in the Tinder Box feeling accross the Globe ...and would putChina in its place ...
M: So the Stent prices have come down..you were telling me about your Cardiac issues...
RF: Yes ...but as of now Ticker doing okay ...the Private Hospitals used to give a Stent Package running in lacs ...now they'll just Bill you the excess amount via Tests, Surgery and post Operative care ...same-o-same-o...yes in Government Hospitals it'll be a boon ... where this capping of price is actually aimed ...good...
M: Chalo Sir ...let's move out ...have to do some shopping...joke..I will do the honours..India is a Proxymocracy...Sonia - MMS..Laloo - Rabdi...Amma - OPS...Chinama - Palaniswami...

We laugh and move out

Disclaimer: Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Hussain likely to be next Chairman, CWC
If govt goes by seniority than S. Massod Hussain is likely to be appointed next ChairmanCentral Water Commission ( CWC). Presently he is Member (WP&P). He is a 1982 batch CWES officer.

Salaries of UPSC Chairman, Members hiked
The proposal for the increase in salaries of the Chairperson and Members of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is reported to have been cleared. A monthly salary of Rs 2, 50,000 will be paid to the Chairperson while Members will get a pay of Rs 2, 25, 000.

Civil Services Board re-constituted
Civil Services Board (CSB) has been re-constituted for the year 2017-18 consisting of: Cabinet Secretary as Chairman (ex-officio); Secretary Personnel as Member (ex-officio) and Ms Aruna Sundarajan, Secretary, Electronics & Information Technology as Member. Besides, Establishment officer will be Member Secretary (ex-officio) and Secretary of the concerned Ministry/Department is made Co-opted Member.

Dr Anu Aggarwal deemed to quit IAS
Dr Anu Aggarwal is deemed to have resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from September 1, 2015. Anu is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Barwa quits IRS-IT
N Barwa has quit Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre with effect from 21st March, 2017.

Justice Deepak Gupta appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India
Justice Deepak Gupta, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, has been appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of India.

(We said this on April 26, 2016)


Justice Navin Sinha appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India
Justice Navin Sinha, Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, has been appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of India.

(We said this on Jan 30, 2017)


Justice Abdul Nazeer appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India
Justice S Abdul Nazeer, Judge of Karnataka High Court, has been appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of India.

(We said this on Feb 10, 2017)


Justice Mallikarunagouda appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India
Justice Shantangagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, has been appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of India.

(We said this on March 08, 2016)


Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of India
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chief Justice of Madras High Court, has been appointed as Supreme Court of India.

(We said this on Jan 18, 2016)


42 IRS-C&CE officers promoted to Commissioner grade ?
Around 42 IRS-C&CE officers are reported to have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise.

ACC clears promotion of Air Marshal
ACC has cleared the empanelment of Air Vice Marshal P.K.Bapat for promotion to the rank of Air Marshal of Indian Air Force.

Where is that SPG now ?
Gone are the days when the SPG used to guide step by step movement of the dignitaries as big as Late PM Rajiv Gandhi whom it's personnel used to tell where and how to move (Rajivji Idhar chaliye). Can SPG say so to any PM or President now ?

Maharashtra Chief Secretary to be CIC ?
Maharashtra Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshtriya who is retiring on February end is likely to succeed Ratnakar Gaikwad as Chief Information Commissioner in the state. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

New Delhi CP belongs to family of bureaucrats
New Delhi CP Amulya Patnaik belongs to a family of bureaucrats. There are about half a dozen IAS and IPS officials from his family.

DoPT's guidelines on appointments flouted?
Various Ministries appeared to be contravening the guidelines of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The DoPT has given guidelines that the appointment process should be initiated just one year before retirement of Board Members in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs. To the contrary, a large number of posts have either been lying vacant or vacancies are arising in coming months.

Second reserved name sought for Director (Mktng), RCF
The Government of India is whispered to be seeking second reserved name for the post of Director (Marketing), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF) from the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

GoI withholding promotions of CSS officers since Nov
The Government of India has been withholding promotions of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) from Section Officer to Under Secretary and Under Secretary to Deputy Secretary since November 2016.

Yamini Mishra is Global Director in Amnesty International
Yamini Mishra the wife of Supreme Court Advocate, Ragvesh Singh, presently working as Gender Budget Specialist for United Nations Women for South Asia, South East Asia and Pacific is being appointed as Global Director for Gender, Identities and Discrimination in Amnesty International to be based in London. She was earlier in the "Feminist Economists Committee" in Planning Commission. She takes her new assignment on April 1.

Will DGP of A & N Islands join Delhi Police ?
DGP of A & N Island Rajesh Malik is likely to join Delhi Police and the Islands police likely to get new Police Chief in days to come. He is an AGMUT cadre 1986 batch IPS officer.

Who will be next DGP, A & N Islands ?
According to sources in case present DGP returns to Delhi Police then IPS officer from 1989 to 1991 batches of AGMUT cadre is likely to be posted as new DGP, A & N Islands. Officers of 1990 and 1991 batches are yet to be promoted.

Tiwari transferred from Gangtok
Vinay Raj Tiwari, Deputy Director, PIB, Gangtok has been transferred to PIB, Lucknow in the same capacity. He is an IIS officer.

Merajuddin going to Ranchi
Merajuddin , an IIS officer has been transferred from AIR, News Lucknow to PIB, Ranchi as Asstt Director.


45 ISS officers promoted to SAG
ACC has approved 46 Indian Statistical Service ( ISS)officers for promotion to the SAG.

Ms Anita Praveen is also CEO, PSFT
Ms Anita Praveen has been given an additional charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Price Stabilisation Fund Trust (PSFT) at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Five IAS officers given Supertime Scale in Andhra Pradesh
As many as five IAS officers of 2001 batch have been promoted to the Supertime Scale in Andhra Pradesh. They are: Siddharth Jain, G S R K R Vijaya Kumar, K S Sreenivasa Raju, K R B H N Chakravarthy and M Girija Shankar.

Two IES officers get new postings
The following Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) level officers of the Indian Economic Service have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Gyan Bhushan has been appointed as Economic Adviser, Ministry of Tourism while Ram Karan was posted as Economic Adviser, Ministry of Mines.

P P S Dhanjjal promoted to Chief Engineer in MES
P P S Dhanjjal has been empanelled for promotion to the grade of Chief Engineer in the Military Engineer Service (MES).

Additional charge to S K Sharma as Director, STC extended
The additional charge of Director (Finance), State Trading Corporation of India Ltd (STC) to S K Sharma has been extended.

Additional charge to Manoj Anand as Director, BBNL extended
The additional charge of Director (Finance), Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) to Manoj Anand has been extended.

Additional charge of CMD, BVFCL to Dharam Pal extended
The additional charge of CMD, Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Ltd (BVFCL) to Dharam Pal has been extended.

Eight IAS officers get Selection Grade in Andhra Pradesh
As many as eight IAS officers of 2004 batch have been promoted to the Selection Grade in Andhra Pradesh. They are: Bhaskar Katamneni, P S Pradyumna, M Jagannadham, I Samuel Anand Kumar, K V Satyanarayana, H Arun Kumar, M Padma and P Usha Kumari.

P C Ambare not empanelled for promotion to HAG
Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) officer, P C Ambare has not been empanelled for the promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).

Dilbagh Singh of NIC promoted as GM
Dilbagh Singh of National Insurance Company (NIC) has recently been promoted as General Manager.

Sivasankara Pillai empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
N Sivasankara Pillai has been empanelled for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Audit & Account Service (IA&AS).

Power Grid gets two Independent Directors
Tse Ten Dorji and Jyoti Kalra have been appointed as Non-official Independent Director on the Board of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

SJVN gets two Independent Directors
Dr Rajnish Pande and Subhash Chander Negi have been appointed as Non-official Independent Director on the Board of SJVN Limited.

Prof Neelu Rohmetra appointed Director, IIM, Sirmaur
Prof Neelu Rohmetra has been appointed as Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sirmaur.

V K Yadav is also GM, SWR
V K Yadav GM, South Central Railway, has been assigned an additional charge of General Manager, South Western Railway till the return of incumbent from leave. He is an IRSEE officer.

Santosh Kumar Sinha transferred to WCR
Santosh Kumar Sinha has been transferred from Central Railway to West Central Railway and posted in the cadre. He is an IRSE officer.

Rakesh Arora posted to Northern Railway
Upon premature repatriation from DFCCIL, Rakesh Arora has been posted on Northern Railway in the cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Assam (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Assam. Accordingly, Superintendent of police, vigilance and anti-corruption Mukul Saikia has been appointed as SP, Border while Bibekanand Das was posted as SP, Vigilance and Anti-corruption and Anurag Agarwal is Inspector-General of police, BTAD. Similalry, L R Bishnoi has been appointed as Additional Director General of Police Administration; K V Singh Deo as ADGP, Railway and Horen Gogoi was made Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sonapur.

Inter cadre deputation of Ms A Shainamol extended (UPDATED)
The inter cadre deputation of Ms A Shainamol from Himachal Pradesh to Kerala cadre has been extended for a further period of two years. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Six IRAS officers shifted (UPDATED)
As many as six IRAS officers have been shifted to different places. Accordingly, Ms Shalini Darbari has been posted on Northern Railway in the Cadre while Ms G V Rama Devi was transferred to South Eastern Railway. Similarly, R Ananth has been transferred to Southern Railway; Sudhir Kumar to North Western Railway; B Mugunthan to South East Central Railway and Sundeep Pal has been posted to Eastern Railway.

Loan period of Sanjay Bansal with Financial Intelligence extended (UPDATED)
The loan period of Sanjay Bansal with Financial Intelligence Unit- India has been extended for a further period of three months upto May 9, 2017. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

Three IRS-C&CE officers deputed to Directorate of Enforcement (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been deputed to Directorate of Enforcement at Deputy Director level on deputation. They are: Palash Bhoyar, Deputy Commissioner, Central EXcise, Raigad; Vagish Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Central Excise, Trivandrum and Vidyut Vikas, Deputy Commissioner, Customs, Ahmedabad.

Indian Postal Service officer, Kalia granted Non-Functional Upgradation (UPDATED)
A 1985 batch officer of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A', M L Kalia has been granted Non-Functional Upgradation to Joint Secretary level with effect from February, 2007.

Balasubramanyam is also CEO, e-Pragathi in AP (UPDATED)
N Balasubramanyam, Commissioner of Transport, has been assigned an additional charge of CEO, E-Pragathi, ITE&C Department in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

Three IRS-C&CE officers deputed to Directorate of Enforcement (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been deputed to Directorate of Enforcement at Deputy Director level on deputation. They are: Palash Bhoyar, Deputy Commissioner, Central EXcise, Raigad; Vagish Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Central Excise, Trivandrum and Vidyut Vikas, Deputy Commissioner, Customs, Ahmedabad.

Postal officer convicted in bribery case (UPDATED)
The Special Judge, CBI cases, Raipur (Chattisgarh) has sentenced Khilesh Kumar Patle, then Sub Divisional Inspector (Postal) Ambikapur Sub-Division, District- Ambikapur (Chhatisgarh) to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs one lakh in a bribery case.

Railway officer convicted in bribery case (UPDATED)
The Special Judge, CBI cases, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) has sentenced Gautam Chaudhary, then Section Engineer (P.Way), South East Central Railway (SECR), Raigarh(Chattisgarh) to undergo two years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.20,000 in a bribery case.

MES officer convicted in bribery case (UPDATED)
The Special Judge, CBI cases, Ranchi (Jharkhand) has sentenced Sushil Kumar Parwani, then Commander Works Engineer, Military Engineering Services, Ranchi to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs15,000 in a bribery case.

ESIC officer convicted in bribery case (UPDATED)
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Trivandrum (Kerala), has sentenced Suraj Kumar Kesari, then Social Security Officer, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Inspection Office, Kottarakara, Kollam District (Kerala) to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs two lakh in bribery case.

CBI arrests Sr Divisional Medical Officer, Railway hospital (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Divisional Medical Officer, Railway Hospital, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) for demanding and accepting a bribe from the complainant.

CORPORATE

Dubey is Govt Nominee Director on MOIL Ltd Board
MOIL Limited has appointed Manohar Lal Dubey as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of MOIL Limited.

Pansari is MD of Pilani Investment and Industries Corporation Ltd
Pilani Investment and Industries Corporation Ltd has appointed R P Pansari as Managing Director of the company.

Mrs Ranade quits as Director of Kirloskar Industries Ltd.
Mrs Priyamvada A Ranade has quit as Director of Kirloskar Industries Limited due to her other professional commitments.

Kochhar is Non Exec. Independent Director of McDowell Holdings Ltd.
McDowell Holdings Limited has appointed Nitin Kochhar as Non-executive Independent Director of the company.

Kumar is CFO of Morgan Ventures Ltd.
Morgan Ventures Ltd has appointed Dharam Kumar as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Malu is Independent Director of Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd.
Bharat Wire Ropes Limited has appointed Shiv Kumar Malu as an Independent Director of the company.

Agarwal is Part-time Director of NFL
National Fertilizers Limited has appointed Dr Ramesh Kumar Agarwal as Part-time Non-official Independent Director of the company.

Mishra is IFCI Ltd's Nominee on the Board of Directors of Alok Industries Board
Sachikanta Mishra, Chief General Manager, IFCI Limited has been appointed as a Nominee Director of IFCI Limited on the Board of Directors of Alok Industries Limited..

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DEBATE (1)

Trump loves America and Modi loves himself.

Dr Manoj Mathur

DEBATE (2)

Now Modi is a matured politician while Trump is not.

S L Kandhara

DEBATE (3)

Modi is a refined person Trump is not. Both are however, working for their own country.

S K Pandya

Let's hope that 'topis' always remain spotless !

In film Fantoosh, debonair and lively Dev Anand sings the song and calls back his magically dancing and eluding hat 'Ae meri topi palat ke aa'. About quarter of a century ago,a very reputed leader and a veteran freedom fighter, who was religiously dressed in white and wearing kishti topi as a headgear had confessed to an interviewer, ''There were times when everyone respected us for wearing this dress and now this dress has become so dreadful that it terrifies the onlookers and they feel like running away from us , hammen iss dress mein dekh ke hi humse bhagna chahte hain. ''That leader ,who had sacrificed a lot for the freedom of the country was feeling the pulse of the people, because of the degradation of the ethics and the values, once practiced by the wearers of this dress.

In the year 1976,Smt Indira Gandhi, the then PM, came to Malerkotla, to preside over the function of total electrification of Punjab villages. I was on duty at the helipad. I did not see many kishti topis before her arrival, though white turbaned men could be seen in large numbers. As soon as madam's helicopter was in sight, many white caps could be seen. Hans Raj, Sharma, and Chowdhary Gurmel Singh, who were to receive her along with Giani Zail Singh ,very deftly brought out their neatly ironed topis from their pockets and were in full party dress to receive her. In Amritsar Sadhu Ram Sharma , the then president of the Amritsar district Congress and who had close resemblance to Morarji Desai, was always immaculately dressed wearing Congress cap and seen walking along with his cycle, in the Amritsar streets. Similarly Gian Chand Kharbanda always wore this cap and used to walk in Amritsar streets even as a minister in early 1970s.Slowly and slowly the political people discarded this symbol of fight against British' oppression.

Of late, a new political party has adopted this Topi as the party dress. Many people were sceptical about the success of this party and criticised it for adopting the headgear which was discarded long ago by many political functionaries. It was also otherwise considered out of sync with the modern fashion as more Indians turning to west to see role models. Its thumping success in Delhi and its spectacular entry in Punjab playfield forced the traditional political players to hatefully and derisively call the members of the AAP outfit as 'topiwale'. The more hate the traditional players exhibited against the topiwale, more publicity they gained to become more popular. They have, at the moment, considerably restored the respect and dignity of this headgear, which was symbol of struggle and bravery once.

Not only topi, but turban has been used in this part of India as a dress irrespective of the religious beliefs. Many Hindus besides wearing topis used pagris also to cover their heads, but generally the trend has been waning over the period. Topis and hats are still fascinating many individuals. Not very long ago, there was a very handsome deputy commissioner, who would wear different coloured hats for 5 different tehsils of the district. He would reprimand his personal staff, if any tour missed the hat or there was any mismatch of the colour of the hat with the concerned tehsil.Topis have given birth to many memorable lilting lyrics. Who can forget Raj Kapoor's, 'mera juta hai japani,Yeh patloon inglistani, sir pe lal topi rusi' ? Shammi kapoor and Amitas's mischievous song in film 'Tumsa nahi dekha' sir pe topi lal , haath mein resham ka rumal, oye tera kya kehna, is still fresh in peoples' memory. Nobody can forget Nasiruddin shah wearing ,tirchhi topi' and Young Sonam singing, ''tirchhi topi wale, babu bhole bhale. ''Let us hope that the topis always remain spotless.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu

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