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Thursday, 29 May 2025

Proud moment for NLCIL

It is a proud moment for us, the retired employees also. We sincerely wish the team NLCIL great future under the able guidance of CMD and Directors at the same time taking care of employees present and past PAPs, social responsibility etc under the PSU flag.
Ganesan Krishnan
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

A good order by the CIC

Unlike many other orders where the Information Commissioners run away from responsibility, this order speaks for itself. It appears that the CIC went beyond its powers to provide relief instead of providing information, it is better to err on the side of transparency. This contrasts with another order of State Information Commission, where the Jabalpur High Court had to pass a stricture and impose costs.
Utkarsh Tripathi
Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Nothing is strange

There have been many cases where suitable candidates were found by PESB for manning PSUs. So nothing is strange in this selection also.
K Srinivasa Rao
Monday, 26 May 2025

Illogical, illegal orders a part of bureaucracy

Illogical and illegal orders are a part of bureaucracy - afraid to see the light of the day. In some cases, it is the sheer habit of hiding issues which leads to denial of information. It is not ignorance, but habit which is the cause of denial of information. When the information commission is full of retired bureaucrats, what else can you expect?
Dhami
Saturday, 24 May 2025

Heartiest congratulations to Samuel Praveen Kumar

My heartiest congratulations to Samuel Praveen Kumar on being appointed as Director (M&CP), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC).
Dr BC Gupta
Friday, 23 May 2025

No IAS officer is less than crorepati

Please recall the statement of former CBI Chief Mr. Joginder Singh. In one of the TV interviews, he said that "I cannot remember any IAS as poor, all are running into crores, exceptions are ruled out".
R P Batra
Thursday, 22 May 2025

What is civil service today?

Is civil service any longer a matter of pride? If a chief minister can call the highest ranking civil servant to his official residence and surround him with “goondas” (the SC had used the term. Besides, our best legislation is Anti-Goonda Act!) and beat him and the judiciary smiling at the fun going on, is civil service left with the dignity of a “service” at all? Civil servants make sacrifices in public service that is best among all other wings, because they put their neck on the chopping block for a pittance called salary, suffer politicians and ire of the judiciary too.
M L Gupta
Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Owaisi in Indian delegation

Inclusion of Asaduddin Owaisi in one of the Indian delegations that is travelling abroad to brief countries about Operation Sindoor is not surprising. Owaisi has been most vocal in criticising the government on many issues including Waqf Amendment Bill. But he stood firmly with the government during Operation Sindoor and launched all-out attack on Pakistan after the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack. A section of people also believe that he is BJP's B-team since his party cuts Muslim votes, which ultimately benefits BJP. However, there can be differing opinions about the outspoken AIMIM chief.
Yogesh Mathur
Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Scheme fails to provide timely relief

Compassionate appointment was perceived as a tool to help the family of a government servant in distress due to the sudden demise of the individual. However, the scheme has miserably failed to provide timely relief. There is opacity and the poor are not able to get relief. Need to have a total fresh look at the scheme.
Ismail Sharif
Monday, 19 May 2025

Road accidents on rise

The cases of road accidents are rising in the country. People are not following traffic rules properly claiming innocent lives. The Governments of States should take some action against erring people so as to save innocent lives.
Mukesh Kumar
Saturday, 17 May 2025

War is trade first, peace later

The conspiracy of the gangs of traitors and deep state operators to target India, especially the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by engineering the Pahalgam incident has proved rather too costly for them. They have destroyed Donald Trump and hurt American interests for the rest of his term as POTUS. They have harmed Xi Jinping irreparably. They have ruined Erdogan terribly which they had not imagined. The sheer scale of damage to these people and interests of their countries is so much that they will take months to assess. It has benefited India as the people have seen the reality of foreign powers whose policy is that “War Is Trade”. Only Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s graph has risen further.
M L Gupta
Friday, 16 May 2025

She is an excellent officer

Ms Sweta, who was appointed as Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, is an excellent IAS officer.
Bijay Kuamr Palai