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Fear of politicians has made the present day bureaucrats spineless.
M N Saikia
Raising retirement age would adversely affect poll prospects of BJP
Raising the retirement age of cg employees would adversely affect the election prospect of the BJP. As 65% of the present population is below 35 years of age. So BJP should be careful and not to take such blunder step.
Sovan
No provision of cooling off period of one year
This provision is in vogue for CPSEs and they have to submit a bond of Rs 10 Lakh, giving an undertaking that they will not join a company with which their current employer has got business relations.
Vishnu Agrawal

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Need of the time to be spineless.
N K Goel
Paper based ballots
We, lakhs of members of All India Confederation of Election Workers Union, welcome and profusely thank all the leaders of seventeen opposition parties for having decided to approach Election Commission of India to revert to paper ballot based voting from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Old timers may recall the yeomen service rendered by our members during elections to all political parties without fear or favour especially at the booth level. The introduction of Electronic Voting Machines drove most of our members into poverty. As Leaders may be aware, it is almost twenty years since EVMs were introduced. Since then our members have had to take to other professions. Therefore it will take us sometime to mobilise new members and to train them. So we request that paper ballots may be introduced during the State elections due to be held by the end of this year. It will give us the opportunity to mobilise and train our cadres. We also appeal to the leaders to appeal to the government to ban internet since it has become a major source of fraud. Also our brethren Traders are suffering huge losses due to e-commerce firms. Once internet is banned we will be back to our golden age of old times.
Protik Mondal, Gen. Secretary AICEWU
IAS officers fed with States’ politicians
The non-promotion in CSS cadre is a big design. The IAS officers want to leave the States as they are fed up with the politicians and they want to rule the roost at the centre level. Further, it also a part of the design of the BJP party to provide lateral entry to the RSS cadre people in the centre.
BBS

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Yes bureaucrats are totally spineless. Their quality is opportunism.
Prof D P Singh
Why not Sunil Gawaskar or Kapil Dev, both are very well connected with New Pakistan PM Mohd. IMRAN KHAN. Gawaskar can maintain peace at Border which is biggest challenge for Modi jee for 2019.
Vivek Dhawan
Can Delhi government work on pollution and dengue ?
Can one expect the Delhi government to work on pollution and dengue, the two biggest issues before them? The number of lung cancer patients is continuously on the rise in Delhi. Unless pollution is controlled, the situation may become even more alarming. The seasonal dengue menace is round the corner and would it be too much to expect the government to address these issues ?
Vijay Kumar

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Yes the bureaucrats have become “Chamchas” these days. Really surprising.
N K Jain
Both BJP & Congress don’t want Lokpal !
On the issue of appointment of Lokpal both BJP & Congress are one. None wants appointment. They will never make any appointment.
Maheshwar
On morale of civil servants from lateral recruitments: Govt
The lateral entry of professionals at senior levels of the government ensures the civil servants are not complacent. GoI please keep up the good work, and consider bringing experts in the social sectors ( health, education , environment, rural development ) not just at JS level , but also at AS / Secy level.-
VP

The “intolerance” shouting brigades are active once again in view of the forthcoming election 2019. What are they agitating against? What is it that they are carrying out their campaign? Is it for the Fundamental Right to Loot the national assets? Is it for a Fundamental Right to Conversion? Is it for the Right to Attack Indian Culture? Is it for spreading hatred against the Hindus? Do they want to subjugate the Hindus once again? Do they want to cleanse India of the Hindus? Do they have some kind of a Divine Right to spread hatred in India against the Hindus, whom they try to portray as “intolerant”? How intense their hatred can be, is easy to be gauged by their hate campaign against the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and the American President Donald Trump. From the moment Trump decided to go for the Helsinki summit, the community of hate–mongers went into over-drive. They feared, and rightly so, that their model of hate campaigns for political game will come under serious threat from Trump’s openness. Trump has been under severe attack from more than one American political, strategy and trade group for being friendly with Russia, especially President Putin. These hate mongering campaigners want to perpetuate the Cold War anti-Russia (USSR then) mind-set. They created then a Devil in the USSR. They want to continue it against Russia. Why does America need to continue with the perception of imminent war with Russia? What does it lose if Russia and America become friends? Why should it impose on the world community the cost of wars like the one in Iraq or Syria? The Americans need to change their attitude from intolerance to tolerance so that peace is established everywhere. They should desist from carrying out hate campaigns against other peoples in the name of “intolerance”. They sound queer to blame others for intolerance when they exhibit terrible intolerance to hit Donald Trump below the belt for showing warm friendliness towards an “enemy” portrayed as the Devil incarnate by its Intelligence establishment (with less intelligence than the ISI of Pakistan). They would do well to stop fuelling trouble in India in the name of intolerance.
M L Gupta

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It is high time, there is a public revolt against the Ministers and the IAS who are nothing less than parasites in the system Poverty, Inequality, Injustice and an undemocratic culture is perpetuated by the duo-they work in tandem! You just have to see the way the young Asst Secretaries conduct themselves-never would they introduce themselves or write a letter without the suffix IAS-what is the secret...
Amrita Kapoor
Why empanelment of 1996 Batch of IAAS delayed ?
Thank you for the timely news on Whispers about the happenings in the bureaucracy. I have a question, if you could help: Why is the empanelment of 1996 Batch of IAAS delayed beyond 2 yrs. Would be grateful if this could be focussed on. Warm Wishes
Anita
Travesty of RTI Act
The section 4 has been in place and perhaps none of the organisations / public authorities have ever followed it. It is a travesty of the RTI Act, that even after 13 years, the basic provisions remain to be implemented. It is sheer lack of political will.
Salim
Gift to all bureaucrats
This government has given the biggest gift to all bureaucrats by amending the Prevention of corruption Act. The various provisions introduced while appearing to be reasonable, in effect and practically, ensure that no government servant even at the lowest level can ever be prosecuted.
A K Singh

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I fully agree that today,s Bureaucrats particularly IAS and IPS officers are reluctant to oppose/disagree with illegal/arbitrary orders of Political bosses. All of them want to be a YES MAN/WOMAN so that they get lucrative posts while in service and later get appointed as Consultant/member of some commission or committee etc. after retirement !!!!.
Things can improve only when All Bureaucrats join hands (forgetting their self interest) and decide not to obey illegal/arbitrary orders of Political bosses and take strong action against local political workers who threatens the public servants and disrupt the administrative functioning.
S. Gopal
There is now again the usual hype being created that chargesheeting officers for blatantly illegal actions, will discourage them from taking decisions. This is a bogey from those who conspire with some politicians, help them in taking illegal decisions, and reap various types of benefits. No one can take action against honest officers. I have been taking decisions honestly while in service, which are correct and legal, sometimes offending not only politicians but senior officers also . Of course one is shunted out to insignificant positions, so that others can do their bidding. This is a price one should be ready to pay for honesty. If you want plum posts and compromise for it, then you should blame no one but yourself if you are caught , for that is a risk you have taken , howsover unlikely it may seem at that time. Same with the bankers and others. So crying wolf is of little help !
S Chatterjee
CVC action in case of misuse of office must
If CVC takes action in only one of the case of misuse of office, then you will automatically see how government officials/legislatures surrender all their ill gotten perks & facilities. The officials of the CAG should also get more scrupulous while auditing the accounts of offices. They should not fear their superiors. Very soon I will retire and propose to file an a PIL, in which I will also make the CVC and CAG as parties.
BBS

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I agree with Laxmi, civil servants, per force, have to sail with the political system, failing which they are branded as duds.
Harish Kumar
All is not well in Central Economic Intelligence Bureau
Like Enforcement Directorate, all is not well in Central Economic Intelligence Bureau these days as one ADG and one Under Secy rank Officer are said to be under scanner for suspicious and doubtful activities . After Nirav Modi and Punjab National Bank financial loan scam, all of a sudden CEIB role has become very important. It is understood through various sources that both these Officers were under surveillance by PMO for the last several months
Karan