Whispers Forum

Debate
Synergy can easily be made as they are already under the same ministry, same Secretary and same Minister. Why is more synergy required? It will interfere in the functioning of each other resulting in mess.
Priyanka
CSSS & CSS worst affected by way of court cases
Very well said, Samir. We have great hopes with the present establishment that apart from IAS, other services should also be recognised and allowed to prosper. But so far a miniscule only had been done. More reforms and adjustments with alacrity needed to boost the morale of officers and staff. CSSS and CSS are worst affected by way of court cases. Govt should work in tandem and resolve the issues amicably. Only IAS is the mantra that attitude should change for the betterment of the services. Even though it's agreed IAS is above all, that may not be the sole reason to deny others the opportunity to climb. Merit should be the only way forward. Hope some good things happen in future
Ramesh

Debate
If it has to be headed by one then what is the need for different agencies? The purpose of each agency is different. The power of each agency is different. The jurisdiction of each agency is different. CBI cannot probe until a concerned state or court allows it. The NIA can investigate without any permission. Can a Director of each agency have the morals to work to report every day to CDS like head?
P Agarwal
Improvement of services comes to a naught
All talks about improving the civil services come to a naught if the existing gaps and differences among the various All India Services/Central Services are allowed to widen and persist in the interest of one service namely IAS. I do not understand the reason and rationale behind it. May, be the reason that other services are not allowed to come in contact with political masters and also not allowed to reach at the top echelon of the pyramid. Unless this frustration among all other services is not addressed and everyone is not allowed to climb the ladder based on merits and professional competence, I do not find that this talk of bonhomie and common courses can do any good. Sooner it is taken care of, better it will be in the interest of the general public. Wide gap in promotion, empanelment, key positions, etc need to be looked into on top priority, leaving aside feeling of supremacy and one-upmanship
Samir

How things have changed for Congress. So far it was considered as the main and only national level opposition party. So when poll alliance possibilities were considered, it played the role of a senior partner. But now things have come to such a passé that the grand old party may have to fight as junior partner in Bengal, Punjab with TMC, AAP in lead, as stated by senior party leader P Chidambaram. During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal wanted to forge an alliance with Congress. But now parties even fear that if they make an election alliance with Congress then this could have a negative impact on them.
Adarsh Arya

Debate
It is not practically possible to have only one agency to deal with economic offences. In a vast country like India, one single agency can’t deal with a large number of economic offences taking place daily. There are different types of economic offences like tax evasion, bribery, counterfeiting of currency, bank frauds, money laundering, hawala transactions. So different agencies dealing with such offences conduct investigations into them and they cannot be dealt with by a single agency.
Dheeraj Pandey
In triangular contest in Delhi, BJP will gain and AAP will suffer
In Delhi elections 2020, BJP could win only 5 out of 67 seats although it polled about 38.5 percent of total votes. AAP’s landslide win can be attributed to almost direct contest between AAP and BJP and AAP’s votes were not split. In UP, the BJP’s vote share was 41.2 percent which is slightly more than its vote share of 38.5 percent in Delhi. But it bagged 255 seats out of total 403 because the votes were split. Now the question is, if Congress makes a fight back in Delhi and bags more votes then will it still be cakewalk for AAP ? I think in case of a triangular contest in Delhi, BJP will gain and AAP will suffer.
Gaurav Nigam

Your reaction to the Punjab results is shameful. ‘Punjab will be Kashmir’. Are you cursing the new government? It's well known that you are unable to digest AAP's victory but how can you curse the government?
Pallav
A way to promote peddled propaganda
Your political analysis and so-called insider news from the same are nothing but a way to promote BJP peddled propaganda. The extent of the correctness of your political analysis can be seen from the fact that you said Amarinder Singh and BJP were at the pole position before the elections when Captain Amarinder Singh resigned. The result which we saw in Punjab showed the reality of your political knowledge. Learn to respect the mandate given by people instead of peddling right-wing propaganda like "Punjab to become new Kashmir". Your portal should not become a mirror reflection of Whatsapp groups. It would be good for you to drop your anti-opposition bias, especially with respect to the new ruling party in Punjab if you really want your readers to maintain the same credibility in you intact.
Joy

An agency having a control over all the agencies dealing in economic offences is not likely to be very fruitful, as it would be difficult to maintain coordination among these agencies. Agencies like CBI, ED, DRI etc do not work in coordination with each other and any agency controlling them will not in fact be able to exercise much authority over them. In the Defence field it is a different thing. Army, Navy and Air Force work in coordination with each other and the level of discipline and responsibility seen in the defence sector would be lacking in agencies dealing with economic crimes.
Deepak Yadav
Submission to Finance Minister
The Financial year is coming to a close. People are worried about obtaining annual statements, interest certificates, TDS certificates from banks and post offices online without visiting a physical branch. Are we in position to comply with this? The Minister for Finance may help and issue necessary directives to provide download facilities from the sites to have certificates and statements on line as desired by customers.
Naveen

Sunil Thakur's suggestion is correct to the extent that only meritorious who have returned from UKraine are admitted in Medical Colleges in India. Students who had got admission in Medical Colleges in Ukraine simply based on money and without any test & marksheets should not be admitted easily.
Anurag
Is India Congress-Mukt?
Election results of five states are out. Looks like our Country has really become Congress-mukt. It is time somebody writes a book. Title of the book should be "Rahul Gandhi - - the failed crown prince".
Babu

After the return of nearly 20,000 Indian medical students from Ukraine, there are calls to change the rules on such students who have studied abroad to make it easier for them to complete their education in India and become an asset for their country. The government should give a serious consideration to this. So many of our bright children go abroad to countries like China and Ukraine from where they have to be extracted. It is indeed a pity but we can’t blame these students for going abroad. There are only about 88,000 MBBS seats in India, but more than 8,00,000 candidates appear in NEET. Thus the dream of over 7 lakh students remains unfulfilled.
Sunil Thakur
DEBATE
In 1985, the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau was created. It was the brainchild of V P Singh, then FM. Idea was to have a coordinated approach to commercial crimes. Towards this end, an Economic Intelligence Council under Chairmanship of the FM himself. This Council has nominees not only from Revenue agencies, But also, Governor RBI, Directors of RAW, IB and CBI etc. The DG and Special Secretary of CEIB was to coordinate among agencies of Revenue. Unfortunately petty ego issues and writing of ACRs crippled the concept. Also CEIB started direct investigations which brought it into conflict with DRI, ED, Investigation wing of Income tax, etc. By 1992, it was a pale shadow of the purpose for which it was created. Between 1997 and 2002, the CEIB again came into prominence because of pioneering Forensic Accounting and Investigation of Corporate frauds. Post 2005 it became an analytical organisation and gradually faded into insignificance. The main work of COFEPOSA is now a very small part with smuggling and FEMA cases few and far between. Now there are too many financial intelligence organisations in Government replicating work. Even though Regional and Central Economic Councils exist, there is total reluctance to share information. With the need for ease of doing business the targets of Financial investigations have to be identified with care. Also SEBI, RBI and CBI do not have requisite acumen to investigate commercial fraud cases. Insurance and bank frauds etc can be handled better with a coordinated action. Matching of data and a dossier of Commercial criminals will prevent fraudsters from accessing the financial system repeatedly. No terrorist activity or crime can occur without financial support. Already FIU, CBDT, CBIC, CBI and ED have huge data but not collated or compiled. The revival of the Regional and Central Economic Council would be of great assistance Combat IPC or Financial crimes.
A Agnihotri

Debate (1)
It is very wise and essential move to create the proposed "Chief of Economic Investigating Wing". But how will the proposed "Chief of Economic Investigation Wing" function, as different Economic Investigation wings are governed by different Acts, like the (1)CBI-DSPE Act, PC Act, etc, which is under DoPT (2) ED&DRI-PMLA,etc which is under Ministry of Finance (3) SFIO-Companies Act, which is under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, etc Different Economic Investigating agencies report to different Secretary level officials and have different set up and the designated judicial courts are also different for their prosecution. There will be many legal impediments which needs to be addressed and cleared before creating such a post.
Mahesh Kumar
Left out reserved category persons should get benefits
Once reservation benefits have been availed by appointment to any class I cadre post, the progeny of such an incumbent should be debarred from availing any reservation benefits. This will increase the scope of other left out reserved category persons.
Ajay Gupta
Nothing much done for reserved communities
Mr Bimal's suggestion is welcoming one but we need to realise that the objective of reservation has been achieved because nothing much was done for these reserved communities in the first 70 yrs of Independent India. It's only after Modi Govt coming to power in 2014 that something worthwhile has been done. So we need to give them some more time.
Kishori