Whispers Forum

DEBATE (1) Corruption
Narendra Modi can not eradicate corruption.No one can check it reason is simple “Corruption is still undefined “.
Girja Shankar
“ Will Modi’s dream of eliminating corruption come true?”
My honest opinion : No way.
This will remain a pipe dream despite PM Modi’s best intentions.
Let us be realistic, not idealistic. Corruption is a universal malaise. Its complete elimination is a myth. It can, however, be mitigated depending upon the political Will.
First , corruption in local bodies having large public interfaces that impact the common man. Mumbai floods are a classic case of BMC’s insensitivity, inefficiency and political corruption.This is the position in 3255 urban local bodies in India. Police is compromised.
Even, legitimate claims are allowed only after greasing the palms of Inquiry officers, SHOs and their cronies in Police and clerks, engineers, Commissioners of corporations in local bodies. Encroachment on government lands,is a permanent source of income for beat constables, hawaldars, sub-inspectors ,engineers and commissioners. Extortion is considered a matter of right. Due to brazen interference by the political class, responsive mechanism is non-existent and supervision lax.
Public is not the stake holder. No feed back mechanism. No fear of compromised police and corporations officials.
Right to Service Act is in the limbo. Public officers are duty bound to perform their duties within the stipulated time with no other option to avoid penalty. But, no one is penalised in the normal course except. Passage of Lokpal Bill is in cold storage. Concept of Zero tolerance to corruption remains a political rhetoric. Statutary audit and IT raids on local bodies officials are not conducted regularly.
India is a federal democracy, but, not a co-operative federalism. Eliminating corruption is a joint venture that needs joint efforts of the Centre, States and local bodies. State governments ruled by political dispensations different from the one at the Centre, work at loggerheads at different wavelengths and priorities. CMs of states like West Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka, behave like CEOs of “Sovereign, Independent Republics “
Decisions are taken under political pressures rather than on merit. Mediocrity thrives. Pliable bureaucrats consider it safer to prostrate before the political class. Grievance redressal mechanism has failed for the poor .
Big ticket scams of UPA era did not get the attention, they deserve.
PM Modi’s honesty and incorruptibility, is beyond doubt. He has no personal axe to grind. His commitment to India’s development, is unquestioned. Rampant corruption has stunted India’s development. PM Modi’s series of bold initiatives to reduce corruption index like : Demonetization, benami assets etc are notable. But, efforts made to fast-track conviction of the accused involved in Congress-led UPA scams, are not are extremely slow. Loan defaulters and money launderers are having free runs in the country or abroad.
Raids on suspects by IT, ED, CBI and other enforcement agencies must be increased.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)
Now a chorus has started
It seems that our secular parties and presstitutes will catch at any straw to beat the govt with. So now a chorus has started ,even among so called economists that since 99% of demonetised notes have been returned, demo was a failure! Wahat convoluted arguments! Of course the notes were supposed to return, as the government had announced two amnesty schemes, where people could retain 50% by paying the rest as tax. The idea was to bring all money into circulation , and not penalise people, except in case of drugs and money laundering. Also scrutiny is going on and those who deposited cash will be investigated and made to pay up taxes with penalty. Soon these same elements will start a chorus that the poor tax evaders are being harassed! Well these secular elements have lost all credibility, and more they shout, the more people will shun them! Let them keep up their impotent rage, till they are annihilated in next election! People cannot be fooled all the time in the name of caste and religion!
S Chatterjee
Award the officials
Power Ministry should also award the officials of their Ministry who mulches the public sector undertakings the most.
BBS

The Appellant sought copy of the file noting with comments of DGMS (Navy) staff relating to his transfer to HQ 8 Mtn Div as DADH. The PIO denied the information under Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act claiming that the file noting(s) on which the postings have been discussed is likely to contain the profile, specialisation, past appointments and likely future employability of officers including the location and operational status of the units concerned. It was argued that these noting(s) would also contain details of more than one officer as a chain transfer is normally effected. The advocate of the Appellant stated that the Appellant only wants to know the circumstances under which his particular transfer was effected. He also clarified that the Appellant does not want any security or deployment details or information about transfer of other officers but only the noting of DGMS(Navy) relating to his transfer. The CIC allowed the disclosure of information after applying severability. The specific portion where Appellant’s transfer has been deliberated upon was directed to be provided will be provided. The specific information related to security and personal information of other officers was to be blackened out.
Comments
When an applicant raises a very limited request seeking to only know the circumstances under which he was transferred, it is not appropriate to deny the limited information by citing the larger picture of security in a generic manner.
Citation: Rajesh Batlish v. Integrated HQ M/o Defence (Navy) in File No. : CIC/INAVY/A/2017/103441/SD; Date of Decision: 31/08/2017

DEBATE (1) Corruption
Narendra Modi can not eliminate corruption. When your vision itself is corrupt how can you eliminate corruption. He should not look corruption with jaundiced eye. Are his partymen not corrupt ?
Raj Kumar Keshwani
Debate(2) Corruption
Things are changing in better way. And with time, corruption is also not a big issue for India.
Indira
Excellent choice
Rajiv Mehrishi is an excellent choice for the post of CAG. Whispers said it long time back!
Vijay
Discharging duties of DG for last 15 months
Incidentally, Shri Raju as senior most Additional Director General of GSI was discharging the duties of DG for last 15 months.
Gautam Bhattacharya
Politics no cure for Japanese Encephalitis
Gorakhpur has been in the news now for more than 25 years due to deaths caused by the Japanese Encephalitis. Figures of 70 children dying in less than 48 hours a few days ago is chilling. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated on its website that “JEV is transmitted mainly during the warm season, when large epidemics can occur. In the tropics and subtropics, transmission can occur year-round but often intensifies during the rainy season and pre-harvest period in rice-cultivating regions. There is no antiviral treatment for patients with JE. Treatment is supportive to relieve symptoms and stabilize the patient”. This disease attacks the brain in children. There is an urgent need to set up research in mission mode to find a cure for it. Merely because the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the BSP ignored the challenge, the Yogi Adityanath government can’t follow them. Prove that this is a different government now?
M L Gupta

DEBATE (1) Corruption
In India we support corruption not protest against it. So it is next to impossible.
Sonia Singh
Debate(2)Corruption
Modi is playing his cards by making his team strong. He doesnt bother to corruption.
Saba Naqvi
Top in Government is heavy
The top in the Government has become heavy. We need to first bring a cut here. Thereafter, the middle level and lower level should be taken up for cut. All offices in the country should start processing cases only in electronic mode and not in physical mode. The Government servants, be it may be at any level (barring some sensitive ones) should only be given transportation and allowance and house rent. We would be saving money on misuse of official transport. We would also be divesting ourselves with a majority of CPWD activities.
B B Srivastava
Tax Compliance Society
Tax simplification is key to success of tax compliance society. Number of good measures have been taken by the Govt. with regards to direct tax compliance. Return Forms have been simplified. One punch line of IT Department in ad. of return filing has worked extremely well that we trust you and less than 1% cases are scrutinised. Govt. tried to remove fair among the public. Revenue as well as tax payer numbers went up. It looks that people are not averse of paying tax and filing return but are afraid of difficulties and harassment faced during scrutiny and in result do not file returns. Govt. can remove this fear at least for lower income group i.e. people earning less than Rs. 5 lakhs by way of not scrutinising the cases. It is anticipated that this will increase number of tax payers as well as revenue and return filers. People have shown trust and confidence in the Govt. and with this result, the ruling party or its alliance is in power in 18 States. Now it is turn of the Govt. to reciprocate in the same way by having trust and confidence in public. A small initiative can be taken that the cases of Sr. Citizens specially retired and house wives whose income is less than Rs 5 lakhs are not put to scrutiny. This will be very positive step to show some regards to sr. citizens and will create a environment of trust and confidence among the public. Any retrograde step will not give desired result . The officials involved in scrutiny of such cases can easily be deployed for more productive and innovative work so that the revenue or direct tax collection increases. Let us work together in this direction so the Govt. can achieve its objective of development. At the same time Govt. must recover the money from loan defaulters so the revenue deficit is met comfortably. It is estimated that even recovery from 100 defaulters may solve the problem. All the best.
Naveen

Debate (1) Corruption
If IT used properly then only corruption will vanished, so that system holds the record. Otherwise it is impossible to eradicate corruption from the Country.
Ashok Jain
Debate (2) CORRUPTION
Might is right
Damini Shah
Debate (3) Corruption
Demonetization is a big failure by BJP govt. There is no support in corruption from demonetization, moreover it made the worst impact on economic situations.
Amir Ali
It’s a sham
The branch and section level offices in the past use to be a neglected area. As a result of the modernization scheme of DAR&PG, the branch and section level offices have started giving good looks. AS&FA (Home) in a recent expenditure meeting yelled at officials of DAR&PG as to why they are operating scheme when individual Ministries/Departments get funds for works and office expenses. But the person does not realize that these provisions goes for the satiating of Ministers and Senior officials. Why does he not puts spoke on the expenditure being incurred in the misuse of office perks & facilities especially in the use of vehicles and personnale. A person can use only 600 litres of petrol per quarter and have only one car (RTI). It is surprising that during the last ten years none of the Ministries/Departments have sent any report to Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas about excess consumption of petrol. Shame on you.
B B Srivastava
Soldier & Civil Servant
It is an ill-advised exercise in public discourse to compare the contributions of the soldier and the civil servant. It is easier to attack the civil servant for all the ills of the nation and extoll the soldier for all virtues. Doklam should put an end to such televised debates. The civil servants have achieved a victory without an actual war with China, which was looking so imminent. The soldier facilitated the successful negotiations. Public service is a unified structure. The views of serving and retired public servants on various issues of public interest and their own service matters highlight an important point: civil servants have lost moral authority over their subordinates. In brief, they must regain it soon.
M L Gupta