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Unified service in CPO,s will go the Railways way.Still confusion prevails in the Indian Railways.
Rahul
“Time for Chintan ,Manthan by PM Modi ”
PM, at long last, has decided to quit Social Media accounts from the Youtube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
A Non-news unduly hyped by the Media.
But, the initiative was long overdue in national interest.
Enough time was wasted with no concrete benefits to the country.
Sagging popularity rating of PM Modi was proved in the recent Assembly polls.
Let the matter not rest here.
Much more than this ,is expected from PM Modi.
People wish, he stops visiting temples and inaugural ceremonies wasting crores of rupees out of tax-payers money.
The practice of laying Foundation stones ceremonies must be scrapped. Sheer waste of time, scarce resources and manpower.
PM Modi has achieved great heights. He does not require more publicity. No TV crews .
People are getting bored. Excessive visibility and familiarity breeds contempt. And, this has started happening.
Let him lead the country by examples, not rhetorics.
He must keep his chatukaars at an arm's length.
The Congress must also learn to keep shut up and put up.
We do not pay taxes for providing security covers and unwarranted privileges to the dynastic dumbwits .
PM Modi must spend more time in the national capital and focus on providing Good governance and ensure effective service delivery mechanism.
Total implementation paralysis. Total lack of supervision.
Enough is enough. Public is getting restless, alienated and disillusioned. They have grown wiser with experience.
Time for political rhetorics is over.
Country wants PM Modi to take steps for countering joint threats from China-Pakistan. He, alone has the grit and risk-taking capacity to take over POK. No one else.
It will be foolhardy to expect Pakistan to return POK to India on a platter. Nothing short of War can solve the seemingly intractable issue.
India's army chief in a public statement while assuring his battle- readiness for war, is awaiting green signals from political masters.
Confusion abounds in the armed forces and among the civilians.
An Appeal to PM Modi.
I would like to be upfront. PM Modi's sagging image has started taking a sharp down-turn. He must immediately shun the company of his favourites and chaatukaars.
Instead, he must follow the advice of honest people ( Non- sychophants ) who have always stood against his detractors in times of crises and who have no axe to grind.
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

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It will create further confusion in the para-military forces.
A K Rai
“Delhi’s nightmare was like reliving horrors of 1984 riots”
Shaheen Bagh is not leaderless. It is not a movement, but a conspiracy. The old grannies did not receive an "ilhaam" to squat and block public space 24x7.
Riots in N-E Delhi did not happen suddenly on the spur of the moment and under an impulse. Instead, these were part of a grand strategy jointly crafted by the congis, the commies, the aaptards and others. All played into the hands of anti-nationals.
Now, the Congress supremo is preaching ‘Raj Dharma’ from the high pedestal. Shameful.
Conspiracy was hatched in advance with Pakistan's complicity. Massive preparations must have gone into the making of acid bombs, petrol bombs, mobilising stones on terraces. It must have taken weeks, even months
Was there intelligence failure, one wonders?
Delhi Police was ordered to behave like clueless nincompoops. Inert, inactive and speechless.
BJP goons went berserk. FIRs were not registered against the loose cannons. Their jingoistic utterances added fuel to fire. Headless chickens. Top leaders were busy with Donald Trump.
“Kaum ke ranj mein , dinner khaatey hain hukkaam ke saath, Ranj leader koh bahut hai magar aaraam ke saath” (Akbar Allahabadi)
A Delhi HC judge who " dared " to question Delhi police for failing to file FIRs, was transferred at late hours. Ill-advised, motivated.
Orders, as per media reports , were issued by Deptt of Justice (MHA) on Feb 12, 2020 after the approval of Supreme court collegium. If implementation of order could be delayed by over one week, it could as well be delayed by few hours till completion of hearing, the next day. This raises suspicion in public mind.
All things considered, the nightmare was a joint venture of all political parties. How brazen ?
Hamaam mei sab...?
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

The date on which Magadh University Bodhgaya, Bihar was given permission by UGC for conducting MBA and related information was sought from the UGC. On a query by the CIC, reliance was placed by the PIO on DoPT OM dated 24.09.2010 which advises the applicant to make separate applications to the concerned public authorities for obtaining information from them. The CIC issued a strict warning to the then PIOs and the Nodal Officer for delaying the transfer of the RTI application. The CIC ruled that the PIO’s reliance on the OM of the DoPT dated 24.09.2010 is misplaced in the light of Sec 6(3) provision of the RTI Act.
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Sec 6(3) of the RTI Act provides that where an application is made to a public authority requesting for an information, which is held by another public authority or the subject matter of which is more closely connected with the functions of another public authority, the PIO of the public authority to which such application is made, shall transfer the application within five days from the date of receipt of the application (in full or pin part to that other public under intimation to the applicant.
Citation: Rajdeo Ram v. University Grants Commission in Decision no.: CIC/UGCOM/A/2018/158929/02885, Date of Decision: 13/02/2020
Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is an expert on RTI matters and has co-authored the books RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Apart from her weekly article here, her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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The concept of an Indian Armed Police Service is a non-starter. Each one of the erstwhile paramilitary forces have a role that is specialised and specific. The CRPF AC is trained in maintenance of public order. The BSF AC is trained in border management, the ITBP AC undergoes specialised mountaineering training, SSB was raised as a local intelligence organisation, and CISF is specifically designed for facilities safety. To unify these highly specialised tasks will risk undoing the high degree of proficiency these men and women have obtained in their assigned jobs, and replace it with a broad brush type service, which is Jack of all trades, and master of none. Reliance for specialisation will fall to Sub-Inspector level staff, and the professionalism of all these organisations will nose dive.
Aditya Singh
Lateral Entry
How long it will take for lateral entry and specialisation to become a norm?
Nikul Desai
Civil Services aspirant