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A Dayalan

At least three 1979 batch IAS officers of Joint Secretary rank have been promoted as Additional Secretary in the Government of India. They are Shyamal Sarkar, AK Mohanty and Sudhir Bhargava..

Race for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has taken pace after the exit of Sarthak Behuria on from IOC’s top slot on February 28, 2010.

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Performance Monitoring and Evaluation system getting complex
The system of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation of Ministries stared by Cabinet Secretariat is getting complex day by day. While Ministries were told initially that it shall not add to their work, a stage has come now where every second day a mail is received from Secretary, Performance Monitoring on some context or other. It gives the impression that Ministries should do only PMES / RFD work and nothing else. To add insult to injury, they are coolly changing their own instructions. Initially the weight assigned to Mandatory Indicators was 5%, it was increased to 15% one fine morning. Then suddenly, they again revised it to 11%, not only increasing the work load of concerned officers in Ministries but also revealing their own confused state of mind. Then there are contradictory instructions from Cabinet Secretariat and ad-hoc task forces, set up to give jobs to retired Secretaries to GOI. The question raised by Senior Ministers like Mrs. Ambika Soni, Kamal Nath and others is still un-answered as to how "Babus" can evaluate the performance of Ministers. It is clear that some body is trying to justify his appointment in Cabinet Secretariat.
Satpal

Giving up fight against corruption is quite disturbing
I am little disappointed at the response of some of us who have literally advised to accept corruption as a way of life. Yes corruption has been there since independence and yes it would be well nigh impossible to get a complete rid of it but to accept it as a norm and give up our fight against it is quite disturbing. Would that mean our thinkers should have accepted Sati, untouchability, women's plight, or even the British Raj as way of life and allowed it to continue because it was difficult to deal with these. I can’t believe that this is the opinion coming from some of the most educated and 'powerful' elites of the society. If they would show such despondency than how do we expect our ordinary citizens to deal with this. There are surely many ways of dealing with the corruption and a sincere effort can definitely make a difference. A gradual improvement of delivery systems and bringing more transparency in governmental work would definitely help to reduce corruption if not eliminate it completely. This forum should in-fact be effectively used to suggest concrete ways of eliminating or reducing corruption in the government. So beyond our individual duty also we should work as a opinion maker group against the corruption and corrupt.
MB

Paramilitary forces see spurt in attrition
The Centre had hoped the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations would draw more people towards serving in the paramilitary forces. But as things stand, those already serving in the forces are keen to quit. More than 13,500 paramilitary men either quit or applied for voluntary retirement in 2009, the year the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations came into effect. At 13,567, the figure marked an alarming 72 per cent rise in attrition rate in the paramilitary forces compared to 7,899 men who quit in 2008 and 6,907 in 2007. Effectively, it means 13 battalions in the paramilitary forces have decreased in a single year, which is more than the number recruited. A home ministry source attributed this to the disillusionment across ranks caused by a raw deal from the sixth pay panel. The attrition comes at a time when the ministry has sanctioned increased recruitments in paramilitary forces, considering the rising internal security threats to India. There has been a rise in Left- wing extremism being tackled by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and growing infiltration on the international border with Pakistan, where the Border Security Force (BSF) is at work. "Paramilitary forces get less allowances and benefits compared to the Army even after the Sixth Pay Commission was announced. The major difference is the military special pay given to armed forces personnel that is absent from the paramilitary. The difference is nearly Rs 5,000 to 6,000 at the lower ranks and the gulf widens at senior positions. A CRPF or BSF jawan posted in Jammu and Kashmir will get less pay than an Army jawan, though they face the same risk," a ministry official said. The BSF is the worst affected. About 6,530 personnel either resigned or applied for voluntary retirement in 2009 compared to 3,703 in 2008 and 2,251 in 2007. The CRPF saw 3,855 personnel hang up their boots in 2009 compared to just 1,791 in 2008.
Alok

Progress in KEM Rest House, Ajmer

Respected Suchi Madam,
Welcome to Ajmer/KEM Ajmer, the retired Manager welcomes you for the progress in KEM Rest House Ajmer. I have submitted an application with honorable Collector Sahib for reappointment in KEM. Its my humble request to kindly go through my application and if you find me suitable for reappointment I shall always be grateful to you. Thanking you With regards,
Anil Kumar Goyal mobile 9828552173 or 01452429173.