Whispers Forum

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D Shukul
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This time only Coalition Government with a new face as Prime Minister.
Zulfikar Ali
Plight of early retirees of PSUs
"I wish our PM Narendra Modi to kindly look into the plight of Retirees of PSUs. Many of them of Ratna PSUs have contributed to exchequer substantially. This would not have been possible without dedicated & hard work of employees at all levels of such PSUs. But many major PSUs like SAIL have not implemented Pension Scheme under the false statement that they are not earning profit. If Public Sector Banks can be infused with crores of funds, can Govt not infuse some funds (out of contributions received from PSUs received earlier-such as Dividend, Excise Duty, Sales Tax etc)?
Pre-2007 retirees of PSUs are in worst condition. Their salary structure was very low. The gratuity was only Rs.3.5 lakhs from 1997.They have to survive with interest returns from the retirement benefits received which is dwindling down whereas cost of living is going up - a double hardship.
The condition of pre-1997 retirees of PSUs are very deplorable. They are in 75 plus, 80 plus age group. They face lot of hardship in all directions. Their health costs have gone multiple times due to age related problems. Their retirement benefits were mere in the range of Rs.5 lakhs-8 lakhs. How can any one expect them to survive? These are the persons who had joined ar earlier stages of PSUs-during 1950s & 1960s- in the 1st phase of Industrialisation concept as conceived by Pandit Nehru. We would not have been in such a industrially developed stage if not for this strong foundation. Do any of the higher ups know or realise the problems or hardship faced by the earlier retirees who worked in undeveloped/under-developed areas where such industries were established with foreign collaboration. I request PM to arrange to pay them atleast Rs. 10,000 pm so that they survive. After all, PSUs are only another arm of Govt & this amount is a pittance compared to all retirees get."
Subramanian V

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As long as Narendra Modi is there, there is no alternative in his party. But, in Congress party Digvijay Singh can counter the BJP.
Rohit Mehta
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Common man of India has tremendous common sense . He will select proper person at a right time the PM . Who defeated Indira Gandhi ? Common man.
Dr Manoj Mathur
Killing is acceptance of helplessness
I fully appreciate the views of Ms Aarati Khosla under the caption "Highly Disgusting". When police kill a so called criminal, it simply accepts its helplessness in dealing with the crime in a legal way. This killing is based on the misconception that there is no problem within the system and therefore no real improvement is made in the system of police administration. Whenever we see a police van on the highway, we know that it is there to exploit the transporters. The character of the administration including the police administration need to be changed and we all have to realise that we belong to the same society and not to different castes.
Prof. A. K. Verma, ISS(Retd.)

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There is no alternative of Modi in any political party.
D P Devgan
Debate (2)
In the present scenario, Digvijay Singh is the only leader who can counter the BJP.
Raj Kumar
Request to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
1. Effective date for Enhancement of Gratuity act from 10 lakhs to 20 lakhs to CPSE/PSU to be considered w.e.f. 1-1-2016 instead of 29th march 2018. You may kindly recall the cabinet committee approval of September 2017 and the bill introduced on 18th December 2017 in the parliament. Kindly help thousands of honest sincere retired as well VRS taken employees having genuine age certificates. This confusion was created by some corrupt babus who are alligned with UPA to defame you indirectly. I kindly request you once again to consider the request of thousands of retired employees. 2. Kindly implement the Supreme Court order on EPS 95 pension for exempted PSU's. Again it is the mischief of corrupt babus. On behalf of thousands and lakhs of retired employees of PSU's, I kindly request you to help the honest and sincere retired employees of PSU's. They will always be faithful to you and pray for you.
Rao

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BJP should change leadership in 2019 elections : The BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi came to power while harping on developments and jobs to the unemployed youths. After donning the mantle, the BJP-led Government started retreating from its pledges made to the voters. Under the regime of Modi, intolerance has grown up considerably with citizens facing communal and caste based violence in the country. The retrograde steps taken by Modi are impinging on the life of common man. The BJP should change its leadership in 2019 Lok Sabha elections in order to stabilize economy and install peace in every fabric of the society.
Anup Kumar
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Not Modi but some other leader will be PM in the Coalition Government.
D N Singh
Congratulations PM (Namo)
After your lot of initiative & efforts one of your immediate dreams comes true which can be seen at the commonwealth games medal tally. Indians Sports-persons have done well & made all of us Proud.
Jai Hind

The Appellant sought information regarding the assets disclosed by officers and staff in a certain Income Tax office, copy of the proactive disclosure made under section 4 (1) (b) of the RTI Act in Telugu Language and The IT Act in Tamil language. The PIO informed that the Act had not been printed in Telugu Language. The CIC ruled that the information with respect to the assets and liabilities of an employee qualifies as personal information within the meaning of Section 8(1)(j) of the Act. The Commission advised the Respondent to consider publishing the aforesaid information in Telugu Language for the benefit of the Public at large.
Comments
Many judicial fora have ruled that the information with respect to the assets and liabilities of an employee, which he discloses to his employer in compliance of the Service Rules applicable to him qualifies as personal information within the meaning of Section 8(1)(j) of the Act and such information cannot be directed to be disclosed unless the PIO is satisfied that larger public interest justifies disclosure of such information.
Citation: Mr. Ravuri Ramesh Babu v. Income Tax in Appeal No.:- CIC/DITIN/A/2017/104537-BJ, Date of Decision: 16.03.2018
Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is the co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICand PIO’s guide to RTI. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at - http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

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Opposition lacks charismatic leader to take on Modi. Even if there is an anti-incumbency wave against incumbent Narendra Modi, he may retain the power in 2019 as opposition lacks leadership. Congress party is promoting Rahul Gandhi to take on NaMo in Lok Sabha elections but the former is derided as political virgin. RaGa, a successful politician manqué, splits between certain and uncertain political future. Political scenario suggests that BJP can get walkover in coming General Elections.
Sunil Kumar
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I feel four years of Modi rule has gone down the drain without any visible results. Unluckily even if he wishes to do something, nothing moves as our system fails and we as part of the system fail the system too. The present political scenario is so perplex that there is no leader visible to lead the nation that includes Modi too. None of the political parties have a road map or vision for India. My conclusion is, we will see Modi as PM in 2019 with a fractured mandate.
Harish Kumar
Highly disgusting
The recent two horrific incidents one of gangrape and murder of 8 year old girl from Bakarwal community in Kathua in Jammu Province and the alleged rape of a girl in Unnao U.P by BJP MLA and killing of her father by brutal beating by the brother of the MLA while policemen just watched again proves how low we have become as society. In the first instance there are protests to save the accused from any action. Even the BJP ministers in the J&K Government have joined those protests. How sickening. ! A child is drugged and raped and brutally killed and there is demand for no action against the perpetrators of this heinous crime making it a communal issue. In Unnao, the alleged rapist appears on sundry TV channels smiling and arrogantly strutting about. No action has been taken so far. The girl's father is brutally killed in police custody and the police just watched instead of saving him. The Unnao incident just shows that there is no letup in the crime graph of U.P notwithstanding the killing of so many 'criminals' by staged encounters around. Everyday there are news of robbery, snatching and killings in several badlands of UP including those in the NCR region. Is it not then shameful for the Government to trumpet their achievements during one year of their rule for which you find so many hoardings around.
Aarti Khosla

(DEBATE1)
As long as there is no credible opposition leader, there is no alternative for Modiji. Please name just one leader who connects with the mass and at the same time rubs the shoulders with super power leaders ? If you answer this question, that will be the answer for your question.
RP Pande
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is true example of hard work and determination. No other leader matches him.
Abhinav
Is SBI listening ?
It is a savings account with State Bank of India’s Kasturba branch in Bhopal. The services at the branch need to improve and there is no proper response. I had complained to the branch manager several times that money for SMS service is being deducted but none of the five members of my family having savings account are getting sms. The response is too cool. I was told that it is the fault of the telecom company and the problem is yet to be solved despite several months have passed. I need to visit the bank twice for the aadhar card update. I was told that the system has failed it so it was not done earlier. The online banking is good and the transactions can be done easily but for cash transmission , withdrawal or deposit, only one counter is opened with the result that customers have to wait in long queue wasting hours. The staff wouldn't do any of your requests in one go. They will make you visit their branch many times, even for simple things.
S Sharma

(DEBATE 1)
India, throughout the history has never been on the offensive as we have no territorial ambitions. We have fought wars when the rogue nation has been on the offensive. No one can change the growth graph of a nation in such a short time. The idea of looking for an alternative is a millinial concept.
Neelam Prasad
(DEBATE 2)
Nehru was the PM from 1947 to 1964. Indira Gandhi ruled for more than 14 years with short brakes. Today's many problems are their legacies. What Modiji is doing is to rectify and bring in new concepts adaptable to present day requirements. There is no other leader who can match him as on date.
SP Shukla

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Modi is still the most popular politician in the country and at the moment it seems unlikely that there is any alternate. Nearly nine out of 10 Indians hold a favourable opinion of Modi and are satisfied with the direction he was taking the country.
Neeraj Hastings
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Normally we look for an alternative when the going is not good or unbearable. I really do not know why you have to think of an alternative when it is only four years since Modiji took over. He is doing his best. The economy and employment opportunities have never been this good. Two areas where he should now concentrate are Kashmir and cross border terrorism.
Razi Hassan
Is FM listening !
New ITRs for FY 2017-18 have been released with some additional columns. Actually whatever changes are required in ITRs, it should be finalised after presentation of the budged for concerned FY. These changes would have been brought some where in the month of May-June 2017. Any how Govt. has all powers to do it later also but looses the confidence and trust of public. Finance Minister in his budget 2018 speech has stated that the tax compliance of salaried class is higher but many people made comments as they do not have any option to evade taxes. Whatever reason may be there but tax compliance is better in comparison to other categories. Still new ITRs ask for more information from salaried class showing again distrust. Why not continue the old forms at least for salaried class. It may be due to that CBDT has no plans or methodologies to assess the income of professionals like lawyers, doctors, traders, businessmen, contractors, film artists, cricketers etc. There is no point of spending energy, time and man power for salaried class people and also for Sr. citizens. It is surprising that there are no parameters available on which the income of non-salaried class can be assessed. In this point, Govt. should work and think out of box to assess the income of non-salaried class so that the tax compliance in this category is also higher. Time, man power, intelligence of Indian Revenue Service officers should be utilised to fix the parameters for assessment of non-salaried class people instead of modifying the forms for salaried class and asking for more details as if there is large scale evasion of tax. IRS officers have all necessary skills and intelligence to deal with any taxation matters. GST implementation is equally important and revenue should exceed direct tax collection as it is paid by everyone. This GST will help in assessment of income of professionals, traders, businessman etc. also. Therefore more attention is needed in implementation of GST and fixing necessary parameters to assess the income of non-salaried class.
Naveen

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No one can replace Modi as PM of India. He was born to lead India to a glorious future as he has led Gujarat.
Vijay Kumar
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Some one will emerge as PM after the elections like it happened in the case of V P Singh, Chandra Shekhar, Charan Singh, I K Gujral or Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Vijay Tiwari
Administrators as household names..
The partition of the country in 1947,resulted in the colossal catastrophe and most gruesome tragedy of mankind in the world history. India was under the British rule then, which had created proverbial steel frame of ICS cadre to administer it. But unfortunately neither the British rulers nor its bureaucracy could prevent or control prowling beastly crowds from committing most heinous, diabolic and dastardly crimes against the humanity. Similar situation was repeated in India in 1984,1992 and 2002,with the same spectacle of failure of the bureaucracy. Not a single officer emerged as a saviour of the people in distress on such accursed times. However, on many other occasions some officers have done wonders to become the recipients of peoples' affection and part of folklore. One such person was Sir Chhotu Ram, who came to the rescue of debt mauled peasantry in the mid 1930s and earn its permanent gratitude. Similarly, lakhs of people had left their property in west Pakistan. Two legendary ICS officers MS Randhawa and Tarlok Singh, rehabilitated them by allotting them property, both in the urban and the rural areas in a record time. People still remember with fondness the wonderful task performed by them .
Amritsar city had seen rise in goondagardi in the aftermath of the partition of the country. In the years 1952-54, GC Behal was the session judge and S Kuldip Singh Virk was the city Magistrate. These two legendary officers would personally visit the cinemas ,parks ,girls schools and college ,restaurants, liquor vends,bus stands and railway station very often to catch hold of the anti-social elements.They had become household names and also their names appeared in some songs.They had eliminated the goondagardi from the area.Incidentally,one daughter of Mr GC Behal was Ms Prabha datt(mother of Ms Barkha Datt),who covered the 1965 war in the actual battlefield particularly khemkaran sector.His other daughter was Ms Shyama Maan IAS,who remained Financial Commissioner Revenue Punjab, and unearthed scandals of fraudulent land allotments worth crores of rupees. S. Kuldip Singh Virk retired as Chairman PPSC and his son SS Virk IPS remained DGP Punjab. In the 1960s, the name of Ashwani kumar IP, the then IG police Punjab, emerged as a terror for the criminals.He had personally supervised the arrests of murderers of S. Partap singh kairon from Nepal.He was so famous that in the year 1971, when provincial armed constabulary revolted in Uttar Pradesh,he was chosen by Smt Indira Gandhi ,to quell that revoltNow goondagardi,snatchings,traffic violations, and many other crimes seem to have significantly become way of life.
S Partap Singh Kairon became CM Punjab in the year 1956,when the consolidation of land holdings scheme was already operating in Punjab. Those, who are closely associated with the land and the agriculture, know that single most significant factor in ushering in of green revolution in the state was successful implementation of consolidation of holdings. Kairon would personally hold the meetings of the consolidation officers in the districts to monitor the scheme. It was one of the most arduous schemes ever implemented anywhere especially when Punjab included Haryana and most parts of Himachal Pradesh .Kairon's list of successes is very long and for this reason ,whenever topic of good and effective administration is discussed anywhere in the country, his name figures at the top.
Some days back, I heard a young boy singing a song in praise of Krishan kumar IAS, School Education Secretary Punjab, in the youtube. It was on the subject of his successful campaign against copying in examinations and its effects around the globe. He sang in the lighter vein that the aeroplanes to foreign countries would go empty this time, as many students were going to fail. He is perhaps the only bureaucrat in the recent times, who has become a household name. I remember, in the year 1975, Ms Harsimrat IAS was a young SDM at Anandpur Sahib. She relentlessly and fearlessly removed almost all encroachments from the area and as a consequence she was removed from there to be sent to Malerkotla. She continued her crusade against encroachments and mal-administration and suffered another transfer to Kapurthala. Kapurthala reminds me of Satish Chandra IAS, who was deputy commissioner there for 11 months only. It is unbelievable that when he joined, all govt lands were encroached and no land was available for construction of Ambedkar Bhawan .His consistent strategy and fearless stance brought back thousands acres of govt and panchayat lands .I have heard that Jagmohan, who rose to be a minister and governor of J&K, started his career as a PCS officer and also worked as GA to.DC Amritsar. His work in the DDA and in J&K is regarded as legendary. And Khairnar, demolition man of Bombay, still lives in the admiration of millions. The trend of diminishing impact of administrators to maintain law and order and to implement development and welfare schemes, needs to be stemmed and reversed for the betterment of the country.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

DEBATE (1)
There is no alternative of Narendra Modi in any political Party. In Congress party, Pranab Mukherjee can be a choice.
Pankaj Sanghvi
DEBATE (2)
As of today one does not find anyone who can substitute Modi as Prime Minister. But one cannot say that it cannot happen that some dark horse may emerge to compete with him. The RSS may in 2019 back such a dark horse though it is highly unlikely. One also shudders to think if out of any of the floating leaders viz. Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav and a few other characters becomes the Prime Minister of the country. It is a travesty of Indian Democracy that we cannot find any leader around who can be a match for Modi.
Aarti Khosla
Rao is ideal for Governor of Andhra Pradesh
IYR Krishna Rao is ideal person for Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Former Chief Secretary and bureaucrat and author of Amaravati, IYR Krishna Rao Garu, retd IAS is suitable person for governor of Andhra Pradesh. I hope PM Modi shall take a note of it . It would be in the interest of Andhra Pradesh and Bharat.
Prasad Rao

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There is no alternative of Narendra Modi. Only Rahul Gandhi is acceptable.
Girja Shankar
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Country will now accept only Rahul Gandhi.
Dinesh Gupta.
Amendment of gratuity
Amendment of gratuity from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 20 lakhs for PSUs and Private sector. It was shocking that the act was in force from March 29, 2018 whereas cabinet committee approval was done in September 2016 and the same was presented in the Parliament as a bill on December 18, 2017. It seems that corrupt babus, who were aligned with UPA, want to defame PM and BJP. They indulged in all sort of things. Now many people are going against Modi and BJP. PM Modi tightened babus and to take revenge they do all sort of things. I request PM to get the act amended and instead of March 29, 2018, it should be in line with central govt employees i.e. from January 1, 2016. It is crucial election time. Kindly requested to amend and punish the culprits.
Prasad