Whispers Forum

Budget 2022 has big programme for Post Offices that all 150,000 post offices in India will be connected to the core banking system that will enable people to access their account online and also transfer money within post office accounts and to other banks. It is very good programme for rural and urban areas. Without any prejudice it is brought to kind notice that staffs at the post offices are not customer friendly. They require proper training before induction for regular job. Mindset is still on old working methods. Many accounts are getting closed due to KYC updates. People have moved from old place to new place due to work and their addresses have changed in Aadhaar. Post Office still requires local address for updates resulting in closure of accounts. It is submitted that address can be updated in post office accounts as per Aadhaar irrespective of the account place. Three IDs are sufficient for opening and maintaining accounts_ Aadhaar, PAN and mobile number. Mobile numbers are working on all India bases. As long as person is in India he can open account anywhere in the country with address given in Aadhaar without local address insistence. Otherwise local and permanent address can be noted and one of them should be according to Aadhaar address. Some post office staff advise open account in your area post office. Now post offices are going to be connected to CBS on all India basis. Staffs have to be friendly with customers for any success. A simple thing has to be still implemented. As per Income Tax, no TDS to be deducted from Sr. Citizens account (SCSS) for interest up to Rs. 50,000/- without submitting Form 15 H. But still TDS is getting deducted even less than Rs. 50000/ interest. They insist for submission of Form 15 H. This can be implemented through centralised software without interaction of local staff of post office. So any staff should not be able to tinker with TDS ruling which should be uniform for all Sr. Citizens. These are basic things which affect the success of post offices. For achieving desired results one has to change the things for proper working.
Naveen

Whisper should initiate a campaign to stop writing a designation before names like IAS, IPS, IRS etc, like the way we stopped using red beacon light, in the same way it should stop since it creates inequality and threatens someone that he or she is IAS or IPS so one should be afraid. In the Gr C and GrB no one write any service name, they write only designation like Junior engineer, head master, Medical officer, income tax inspector, section officer so on the same analogy one should write only the post at which some is working so common citizens or anybody else should treat all officer as public servant but fearing them and it will bring Equality among all services.
S Ranjan

Sad but true , SRK was doing a traditional mode practiced by devout Muslims. I have seen my classmates in school days in Bombay do the same . There is no spitting involved. Cosmopolitan societies like ours need to eschew remarks off the cuff and accept our heritage. That our society was suppressed for a millennium is true. We are slowly getting back . Education and acceptance of our heritage is the need of the hour and all sections of Indians, no matter which faith we practice, must accept and acknowledge. Faith is a personal matter and must remain PRIVATE and in your heart and not on your sleeves. Our Generation X Y Z deserve a good example from the earlier senior generation. Just look at the Indian Armed Forces, and follow their examples of harmony.
Devindra Sethi

A video that is being circulated for the past two captures Shah Rukh Khan, India’s biggest movie star and a practicing Muslim, reading a ‘dua’ (saying a prayer), lifting his mask and blowing sideways - a gesture typically practiced in some sects Muslims while praying for the departed. But his action was soon misinterpreted by religious bigots who accused the actor of ‘spitting’ on Lataji’s remains.
How these people made up this logic ? What essentially is the motive behind such attacks since this isn’t the first time that the actor has found himself caught in a social media storm? The social media storm that SRK finds himself at the centre of only illuminates the ignorance that has gripped netizens today or have we, as a nation, stooped to this low that we can now even criticize a person’s expression of grief ?
PC Tiwari

Wish PM and HM understand that this talk of bonhomie and camaraderie is of no meaning if all the services are not given their right places and due. Hegemony of IAS over other services at the cost of their self respect and self esteem is doing no good for the overall bureaucracy. Widening gap in empanelment, not giving the posts to them despite qualification and eligibility and keeping them exclusively for IAS officers is detrimental to the effectiveness and efficiency of the civil services as an organic single identity. We need to act before it is too late.
Sudhir

Yes it is true, there may be some variation in the number of surplus IAS if we recruit a complete 6200 post of IAS. In fact after 1957 when central staffing scheme was implemented since then true spirit of All India Services has been diluted otherwise only AIS officers required to come on central deputation and due to this they have good number of post under CDR but after 1957 no thought was given on this and CDR remain intact but there no vacancy and officers from other services are equally eligible to come on central deputation under central staffing scheme.
Shauramya

The UP election is round the corner. TV channels are analyzing vote share of different groups Brahmins, various groups of OBC, Minorities etc. But nobody is specifically talking about Kayasthas who have a major presence in UP. Does this mean that Kayasthas have lost their relevance in the UP election?
Kumar
Bommai may be changed
Bommai may be changed. Performance is abysmally low. The public and contractors have to bear corruption of Vijayendra Yediyurrapaji and Bommai. Rumors are that they are supplying election funds to UP. Earlier contractors, guild had given a complaint. An infamous case of BITCOINS hack and transfer of black money abroad is haunting the Bommai CM, Kateel BJP state president, Ashok revenue minister, director sood , commr panth. Despite efforts to cover up , the watch dogs are ahead . As guessed in whispers, the CM and his 40 would be changed, if the PM has to prove his image.
Sanjay

I beg to disagree with R Subramanian theory of entrance tests for IIT-JEE, NEET, CAT etc. Rather our whole entrance competitive examination system for every education institution. We must follow a single USA, UK etc which run through the whole year and each institution has a defined score, these scores accompanied by an essay and a write up why you wish to pursue this stream & why you want to join this institution or university from the student or applicant. Some scores are there for 12th grade Marks. The percentage of each three components is defined by each institution. If the system of lottery starts it will not be a fool proof one, going by jugad, corruption favouritism & political interference in each element, certainly this will be a compromise on the quality of Indian education especially IITs and many most reputed institutions which carry a repute globally. I am sure SC too will agree to this arrangement. This would be the best reform of education provided there is a political will to do so.
Harish Kumar