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October 2024 27 posts · page 1 of 3

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Thursday, 31 October 2024

"Bureaucratic Arrogance"

Civil servants' usual introductory remarks: "which service, which batch"!
A K Saxena ( A former civil servant)
Wednesday, 30 October 2024

IAS Adarsh Surabhi’s efforts to fight diabetes

Great initiative sir wanted to see more and more programmes for social causes and sustainable life.
Jaya Chandra Mohan
Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Extension of retired bureaucrats is point of worry

Many top level bureaucrats get extensions again and again as if nobody cannot be equal to them in performance. All these bureaucrats performed as per the whims and fancies of the ruling governments. During the BRS regime nearly 15 retired bureaucrats got extensions again and again with fancy designations getting perks equivalent to ministers. This should be stopped and many young efficient persons in the respective fields are available. In Telangana , the new elected Government came to know that almost every body's top persons' phones were tapped ,even including judges. All these fallacies are due to unreasonable extensions of retired bureaucrats.
RAJOLU RAMAM
Monday, 28 October 2024

Digital arrest

Time to be alert from being victim of digital arrest , be alert , think , stop and then do digital transactions .The more alert you are , the safer you .
Kriti Jamya
Saturday, 26 October 2024

New statue of justice in Supreme Court library

New statue of lady justice is a new dawn for the judiciary in India as justice is no longer blind folded like till now. Hope this also changes the mindset of judges and they work for quick and affordable justice for people instead of the government and its superiors. Quick Justice is needed for all without any discrimination.
Divya Jain
Friday, 25 October 2024

Marital Rape - a case of misplaced priorities

In a country where, unfortunately, horrendous crimes against women continue to shock the conscience of the nation repeatedly, the matter of "marital rape" is taking centre stage of discourse. This is a case of misplaced priorities. What is needed is to ensure that crimes against women are punished quickly and severely, rather than seeking to clog an already strained judicial system which is groaning under pending caseload of crores of cases by creating new needless classes of offences by blindly aping the west disregarding Indian society which will do nothing but destroy the institution of marriage by giving a handle to any spouse who is temporarily disgruntled for any reason to file criminal cases and enhance the opportunity to the unscrupulous in the police to misuse such law for corruption.
V K Reddy
Thursday, 24 October 2024

IAS Savin Bansal driving advancement and development in Dehradun

Needs improvement in public transport, Dehradun being a smart city it is difficult to travel after 7 pm to remote locations . Required a drastic change in the way public transport is currently operating. Also traffic jam is a big concern, with people parking vehicle in roads hardily place for streetwalker
Balbir Singh Rawat
Wednesday, 23 October 2024

IAS Savin Bansal driving advancement and development in Dehradun

Good measures are in his mind, may God bless him & strengthen him to translate these in results. These measures, on successful implementation, will ease the living of doonites.
Ravi
Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Time to abolish Income tax offices

There is a very strong case to abolish Income tax offices in India. Collection is automatic and through computerized system. There is a very high cost of collection of Income tax. There are too many officials manning positions. Now that these ITOs are computerized, there is a case for downsizing this department. The whole set up can be run with skeletal staff.
Vijay Kumar
Monday, 21 October 2024

Data Compilation

Can data be compiled as to how many IRS officers have resigned from their service in the past ten years? It would be very interesting to know. Similarly, how many IAS officers have been arrested for corruption in the last ten years?
Vijay Kumar
Saturday, 19 October 2024

Promotion and transfer in judiciary

The Central government on the recommendation of the Supreme Court promotes and transfers judges of High Courts. There are some glaring cases where Judges are promoted for a few days and transferred to another State. In such cases, the public and the respective Court hardly gain. He/ she is left with little time to implement his vision in the respective Court. Further, the individual Judge is also disturbed especially when he/ she is left with only a few days for superannuation. Since there appears to be opaqueness in this system and burden on exchequer in paying transfer allowances as also arranging protocol for honourable judges/ chief justices of High Courts, this needs a review. In the government policy governing promotion and transfer matters, the officer is adjusted at the same office or station, as far as possible, if superannuation period is short. The views may not be construed as affront to the judiciary but are only observations of a citizen of this country.
Raj Kumar Thakur
Friday, 18 October 2024

DG Paramesh Sivamani joins as DG, Indian Coast Guard

This is the best thing which has happened to Coast Guard in last one decade. DG Parmesh Shivamani, with his impeccable integrity and outstanding professionalism will not only correct the inconsistencies which have come about in the service but will also give more positive and desired direction to the all round professional growth of this fine service. Best wishes to The Director General Indian Coast Guard.
Kripa Nautiyal