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Dilemmas of an ethical officer
• Title: Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant • Author: Anil Swarup • Publisher: Unique
Publishers India Pvt Ltd • Pages: 264 • Price: `300
Like Arabian Nights the 88 tales in Anil Swarup’s ruminations have both morals and posers
by Shubhabrata bhattacharya
ThE title of Anil Swarup’s second book, “Ethical dilemmas of a civil servant”, is somewhat misleading. Like his first tome, “not just a civil servant”, this book does not bring forth an author who had dilemmas. it is a treatise of the post-retirement rumination of an officer who tried to tread an ethical path in a quagmire—and never tripped, or was trapped.
Reviewing a book whose foreword has been penned by the eminent author and corporate honcho, Gurcharan Das, former Proctor Gamble chairman, and which has been endorsed by luminaries, including former cabinet secretaries and a chief election commissioner, is an uphill task. Vineet nayar, the former bureaucrat who went on to head corporate giants GAiL, tech Mahindra and hCL, sees the book as an “insightful, honest, warts-and-all account” of Swarup’s illustrious career. Four former cabinet secretaries—KM Chandrashekhar, BK Chaturvedi, Surendra Singh, Prabhat Kumar— and eminent bureaucrats, K Padmanabhaiah, Yogendra narain and Mukund Behari Kaushal, have endorsed the book, which contains 88 short stories culled from the author’s experience, which, SY Qureshi says reminded him of the fables from the Arabian Nights; each story has a moral and a poser in the end. initially selected for iPS, Swarup joined iAS in 1981.his police training left an indelible mark in his approach to ethics. he cites instances when he used his iPS background to show the book to errant officers who were impeding genuine work. Winner of the Chancellor’s award in his alma mater, Allahabad University, and the Director’s medal for being the best trainee at the Mussorie academy, Swarup spent his younger years in his cadre state, Uttar Pradesh, and later held key positions at the Centre. he was made Coal Secretary at a time when coal scam was hitting Post-retirement he did a stint in Jharkhand and his observations on the difference in the trajectories adopted by progressive chhattisgarh and backward Jharkhand—states carved out of MP and bihar, respectively, in 2000—is a study in developmental administrative-economics
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headlines and his predecessor in that post, hC Gupta, was jailed (later acquitted as charges against him did not stand scrutiny of courts—a testimony by itself of the perils faced by officers).
During his tenure in the Centre under the UPA, Swarup was involved in the launch of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.his expertise was drawn upon by nDA when further schemes were formulated, with Prime Minister Modi interacting with him on health scheme-related issues in a meeting after Swarup’s Education Ministry discussion was over. “his yearning for details is amazing,” comments Swarup after narrating his interaction with Modi.
SWARUP served in UP chief minister’s office during the tenures of Mayawati and Kalyan Singh. he was witness to the events of December 6, 1992, and was privy to the agonised telephone call which Kalyan Singh made to Rajasthan chief minister and BJP stalwart, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, after the demolition. While serving with Mayawati, he one day found a District Magistrate visiting the CM’s residence; he entered her room carrying a briefcase but came out without one. he looked sheepish when Swarup queried if the officer had forgotten his briefcase in the CM’s room.
Swarup has written a chapter on “Extra Constitutional Authority” in which he cites Sanjay Gandhi during the Emergency and refers to the influence of Mayawati’s brother on her administration. he writes in detail about the late Amar Singh and his clout in Lucknow during Mulayam Singh’s regime. he has word of praise for Kalyan Singh: especially for the effort made to check “nakal” (copying) in examinations. At one point he even cites how while he was serving at the Centre, Kalyan Singh sought his advice before meeting BJP high command in new Delhi. the absence of reference to a Lucknow Municipal Corporator who rose to be a power centre during Kalyan Singh days is perhaps one of the few shortcomings in Swarup’s narrative. the book vividly brings out power broking in Lucknow,engulfing details like the rise of a state aircraft pilot (Shekhar Singh, not named in the book) to become “Cabinet Secretary” of UP—a post specially created for him (unprecendented, as it’s a hallowed position at the Centre: the number One bureaucrat in new Delhi is so designated).
Post-retirement he did a stint in Jharkhand and his observations on the difference in the trajectories adopted by progressive Chhattisgarh and backward Jharkhand—states carved out of MP and Bihar, respectively, in 2000—is a study in developmental administrative-economics. Chhattisgarh has performed better or at par with MP; Bihar developed at a faster rate post Jharkhand bifurcation while Jharkhand lagged behind. Swarup bluntly states that while good iAS officers preferred to serve in Chhattisgarh and help develop a nascent state, the Jharkhand officers preferred central deputation. he cites Chhattisgarh creating a new capital, naya Raipur, and Jharkhand government continuing to function from the “Project Bhavan”, the former head office of a central PSU, heavy Engineering Corporation, in hatia in the outskirts of Ranchi, even 20 years after creation of the state to highlight his tale of two states.
While i was browsing through Swarup’s book, i came across in the website, “the Print”, a story which said that the nagaland Civil Service Association, a body of native state officers, described the iAS as “suitcase bureaucracy” as nagaland cadre iAS officers preferred to leave the state at the earliest pretext and serve elsewhere. Citing the killings of two iAS officers in nagaland in 1974 and 1995, the association said on July 26, “these two tragic incidents greatly shaped bureaucracy in nagaland. it began the chapter of what journalists would go on to call the era of ‘suitcase bureaucrats’—iAS officers posted to the state would leave on any pretext they could find. Some applied for leave and extended their leave for years. those that could, applied for deputation and some managed to stay away on deputation without ever coming back to serve in the state. Many officers have changed their cadre altogether,” the statement said. this episode showed the relevance of the observation of Swarup regarding some iAS officers preferring to serve in new Delhi
recalling his Jharkhand experience, Swarup says that he was dismayed to learn that the PM’s peoplefriendly Direct benefit Transfer (DbT) was a non starter due to connectivity issues in remote areas. He says banks in two blocks of Simdega did not have computer connectivity. There may be more such blocks but the case of Simdega is highlighted effectively by the author
than to play a role in the development of the state to which these elite all-india service officers are allotted.
Recalling his Jharkhand experience, Swarup says that he was dismayed to learn that the PM’s peoplefriendly Direct Benefit transfer (DBt) was a non starter due to connectivity issues in remote areas. he says banks in two blocks of Simdega did not have computer connectivity. there may be more such blocks but the case of Simdega is highlighted effectively by the author. the relevance of what Swarup has written is borne out by a news item, published in The Economic Times on August 18, 2020: till
August 5, only 2.46 lakh tonne (31 per cent)of the eight lakh tonne foodgrains narendra Modi had allocated for free distribution among migrant labourers hit by the pandemic pandemonium had been distributed by the State governments.
EiGhtY per cent of the grains allocated for the scheme (6.38 lakh tonnes) had been lifted by the States but only 2.46 lakh tonnes had reached the beneficiaries. the scheme which was announced by the PM in the wake of largescale reverse migration due to Covid is to end on Sptember 30. if only 31 per cent has been disbursed during these trying times then the efficacy of the scheme, a jewel in the crown for the Atmanirbhar Bharat mission, can be fathomed. if bureaucracy is sloppy and sans compassion in times of mass human misery then the least is said is better. the figures were culled by the newspaper from the Union government’s submission before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour. it transpired in the parliamentary panel that migrants were unable to lift foodgrains through the ePoS system as it does not work in the fair price shops in remote areas due to connectivity issues. the book is full of anecdotes which are revealing as well as educative. hopefully it will find some place in the syllabus of civil service trainees. the new Education Policy was announced after Swarup published this book. hopefully as a former Union Education secretary he will put pen to paper and analyse this paradigm changing reform. g
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Learn to Age Gracefully
by balviNder KuMar
we are all programmed to die one day. how many tomorrows we are going to see; we have no idea. however, we all live as if we are destined to live for ever. this is the biggest irony of life. We never notice how much time has already gone and the time which is left we can only guess wildly. As long as we exist, death is not with us, when it comes, we don’t exist, said famously by Ernest Becker, the author of “Denial of Death”.Life is short if we waste time by living a repetitive and habitual life. Life is long if we keep on learning and growing by experiencing new things in life. Most of us run after wrong things thereby waste lot of precious time, allocated to each one of us.
People can survive for decades with terminal diseases. Some others die instantly. they don’t get time to prepare themselves for dying. Some even don’t get up in the morning. Sadly, few people beg and pray for early death; they desperately want to die. What a life? Full of uncertainty. We humans are highly vulnerable, delicate and prone to accidents, diseases and calamities. Off course, some element of uncertainty and surprise will always be there throughout our lifetime. Like, a person is travelling by road and met with a fatal accident due to someone else mistake. however, substantial part of our life, including aging, can be controlled by us. Living is a skill to be learnt. We can potentially design our own destiny.
Do you know that at least 15 to 20 years of additional life is purely at our disposal?if we grow and age positively, we can avail these bonus years. in the world, a little over 53,000 people die every day. nearly 63 per cent of deaths, as per WhO estimates are because of lifestyle diseases. these people could have lived longer, had they escaped from life style diseases like diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart and lung diseases. they themselves created those diseases. Seneca, a major philosophical figure of the Roman Empire, very rightly said that ‘learning how to live takes a whole life and what is more surprising is that, it takes a whole life to learn how to die”. he is right, we don’t accept the process of dying and death despite knowing its inevitability. in a way, we don’t want to die but at the same time, we don’t want to live gracefully.
Pause for a minute and think about our own aging process. We may be ‘aging’ physiologically only for 7 or 8
years in a decade. in one decade, we age chronologically by 10 years. But we may age only 7-8 years if we lead a robust and healthy life – both physically and mentally. On the other hand, we may age physiologically by even 14-15 years or even more in a span of one decade. this happens when we don’t grow in a healthy way. Different biomarkers for various diseases deteriorate fast when we age. in this way, majority of us either hasten or slow down our aging process.
As most of the time we are busy with day-to-day problems, we don’t spend time to look inside ad see things in bigger perspective. however, a time comes when one starts attending prayer meetings more frequently, after death of our known and close ones. then the question of old age and fastapproaching death comes more often to our mind. thanks to improved living conditions and medical interventions, we can treat some of the leading causes of death such as cancer and heart stroke better than before. if we take care of ‘loneliness’ and maintain an active life - mentally and physically with decent diet - then our journey can well be under our control.
Death and the process of dying is one of the most fascinating subjects
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in our life. Many institutions across the world are studying this subject so as to delay and possibly even defeat death. Medical experts have successfully identified ‘longevity genes’ as well as physiological and biological factors that control our aging process. Undoubtedly, the world is becoming a far better place to live. As a result, life expectancy has been increasing consistently. in every year, one year is added in our average life span. Great news, indeed. With this speed, our younger generation will easily be crossing 100. it’s not a fiction: With the help of gene editing, nontechnology, artificial intelligence etc., organ replacement, including the brain, will be very common in the near future.
Death will be “optional” within just 25 years, and the aging process will be “reversible,” according to two genetic engineers, José Luis Cordeiro and David Wood. their book, The Death of Death, asserts that “immortality is a real and scientific possibility that could come much earlier than originally thought. humans will die only in accidents, never of natural causes or illness, by around the year 2045.” they further maintain that “old age starts to be classified as an ‘illness’ so that publicly funded research into its ‘cure’ can extend.” Cordeiro, who is based at Mit in the USA, says he has “chosen not to die” and that in 30 years’ time, he will be “younger” than he is today. there is no denying the possibility that that time may come sooner, rather than later.
We all want to die gracefully and peacefully. What is really dreadful about death is the suffering and pain that is associated with the process of dying. therefore, we are fearful of death because of the uncertainty, physical and emotional pain, and the loss of everything and everyone we have loved in life. the anxiety that’s caused by thoughts of ceasing to called death anxiety. Death is the most fundamental companion to anxiety.
Time is all in the mind. its speed varies from time to time
Many of us also start to feel “settled” once we enter our late forties or early fifties. Our children may leave the nest for college or job, get married, start a family…and life becomes comparatively comfortable and settled as the struggle period is, for the most part, over. At this point, many find themselves “mellowing out” - and feeling more satisfied with life. this tends to be especially true when one reaches retirement from active service or a profession, and life becomes more routine and habitual. the same routine in the morning - going for a walk, practicing yoga, reading newspapers, checking email, having breakfast followed by the afternoon leg of similarly regular activities. this goes on and on. Even irrespective of age, we often experience time subjectively. When we are bored or in painful situations, time moves slowly. On the other hand, for one who is watching an entertaining film or engaged in interesting conversation, time flies. in the words of Albert Einstein, “Put your hand on
a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. that’s relativity.”
Time seems to move faster as we get older the time displays on our clocks and the time we all experience is different. Each one of us experiences time in our own unique way. though time is objective, our experience of it is subjective. Most of us have surely noticed that time seems to speed up as we age. now numerous studies have confirmed this experience. time appears to be moving much faster than it did in our childhood and young adulthood when, for instance, a single summer felt like a year. Depending on one’s outlook and experience, the days, months, and years appear to offer either less or more time than usual.
Researchers have not, thus far, been able to pinpoint the exact reason or reasons why the perception of time changes so radically as we age. While there are many theories, it remains a mysterious phenomenon. in 2005, two German researchers at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich conducted a very important study on time perception. Around 500 participants, ages 14 to 94 years, took part in the study. they were asked to fill out questionnaires relating to their perception of the passage of time. Possible
answers ranged from “very slowly” to “very fast.” Results support the popular consensus that the passage of time seems to accelerate with age.
Recently, another study also concluded that “Physics is the reason time seems to fly when you’re grown.” According to Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, ‘’the present is different from the past because the mental viewing has changed, not because somebody’s clock rings. Days seemed to last longer in your youth because the young mind receives more images during one day than the same mind in old age.” he further explains that ‘the fact that adults have fewer new experiences than children contributes to the appearance that time is moving faster. therefore, as we get older time becomes slower because no new experiences and so no processing of images.
During old age, why does the passage of time accelerate. can we slow it down? When we are young, we continue to experience new things in life, facing fresh delights and novel challenges. As we make our way into adulthood, there may also be a struggle for better living conditions. At that time, comparatively speaking, time moves slowly. On the other hand, when we get older, we mostly experience repetitive and habitual life, doing the same things again and again. At that stage, time, unbroken by nuance, seems to move much faster. Older people tend to say they “don’t know where the time has gone.”
One convincing explanation of
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this old/young difference in time perception is that when we are getting old, our life often becomes highly repetitive, routine, and habitual. As there are hardly any new and unfamiliar experiences, the brain is not processing new information. Life remains by and large the same day after day – its hours smudged in sameness. now the question arises as to whether we can slow down the pace of time as we get older? Yes, we can do it by being open to trying and experiencing new things in life. By visiting new places, starting new projects, learning new languages, reading books and magazines, and playing mind games like Sudoku, we can make our life more interesting and creative. We must also try to minimise our routines.
What we are required to do is break down the walls of one’s comfort zone, come out from the areas of comfort and ease and start venturing into new fields, develop new habits, and learn new skills. All these activities will definitely help anybody to escape the sense of loneliness and vulnerability. Secondly, they will go a long way toward sidestepping age-related mental diseases like dementia and, most importantly, help us to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. we have all the potential to slow down our aging process there are many effective ways by which we can manage our aging speed. Depending upon our lifestyle choices, in a single decade we can age by fifteen years or just seven years. Obviously, some age much faster than others. Many age-related physical symptoms become very prominent in some people while in others they appear quite later. As we age, many starts witnessing increased fatigue, weakened bones, and ill health; we start observing wrinkles, age spots, and sagging skin. Aging is an outcome of complex changes in our normal biological functions. there are many reasons why we age. however, three well-established triggers of the aging process are, first, shortening of telomeres, the tip at each end of chromosomes in our cells; second, deterioration of the mechanism that repairs damage to DnA; and lastly, accumulation of free radicals in the body. When cells divide chromosomes are replicated and each daughter cell inherits an identical pair. Chromosomes are thread-like very minute structures located inside the nucleus of cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of DnA. telomeres make sure that the DnA gets copied properly when cells divide. Each time a cell copies itself, the DnA stays the same but the telomeres get shorter. A time comes when telomeres get too short to do their job, causing our cells to age and stop functioning properly. therefore, telomeres act as the aging clock in every cell. Once telomere length reaches a particular cutoff point, the cell can no longer divide and eventually it dies. how telomeres work and why some people age faster than others still needs to be answered by scientists. Further, as we age, the environment and normal cellular processes cause damage to our genes. this damage compounds over the course of life and is known to accelerate aging. Regarding free radical theory, many of the changes that occur as our bodies’ age are caused by free radicals. Damage to DnA, protein cross-linking, and some other changes are attributed to free radicals. Over time, this damage accumulates, resulting in aging. that’s why, antioxidants are becoming very popular in our diet. they neutralise free radicals in our body. there is no doubt that we have tremendous power to slow down our aging process. Many variables that influence how long we live can be altered. in this age of social media, plenty of videos go viral every day in which 90-plus people are dancing, running marathons, and many other
The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report
recently ranking countries based on how physically active their citizens are. Surprisingly, India ranked 117 in the list of 168 nations, with 34 per cent of our population being far too sedentary. Medical science agrees: there is no substitute for physical exercise for those seeking a long and healthy life. Also weighing in on longevity-friendly measures, Harvard Medical School, USA, outlines the following five mandatory actions (other than the obvious avoidance of smoking): 1. Regular physical and mental exercise/ activities daily 2. Eat a healthy diet rich in whole grains, vegetables and fruits, and substitute healthier monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats for unhealthy saturated fats and trans fats. Also eat less! Studies have confirmed that eating less helps reduce signs of aging. 3. Maintain a healthy weight and body shape. 4. Challenge your mind. Keep learning and trying new activities (to limit cognitive decline).
activities which we generally don’t expect at that age. the actions we can take to increase our odds of a longer and more satisfying lifetime are really quite simple. Every day, new research is published on how to slow down aging. there is a 2019 study that establishes that positive thinking can result in an eleven to fifteen percent longer lifespan and can increase our likelihood of living to 85 five or older. the first and the foremost requirement for longevity is that we remain active throughout life. One undisputed fact about the modern lifestyle is that we humans are becoming less and less active. the majority still don’t move or walk sufficiently during the day. insufficient physical activity is a leading risk for many lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes, heart and lung diseases, and cancer, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life. in fact, people in india are among the world’s laziest, taking an average of 4,297 steps in a day, compared to the world average of about 5,000 steps. Out of 46 countries, india’s rank is 39th. For a healthy life, we should take at least 10,000 steps a day. Most of the workday, as we know, is spent sitting for up to 8-9 hours a day - highly harmful for our health.
Latest medical research has established that to live longer, we must eat less, means consume far less calories, what we at present take. the calorie restriction increases our life span. though our tendency is to eat more. to ensure this, intermittent fasting is becoming a latest fad. it means we give a long gap during the day. there is one popular “the 16/8 method” for fasting. this method involves fasting every day for 14 to 16 hours and restricting our daily eating window to 8 to 10 hours. Within the eating window, we can fit in two, three, or may be even more meals.
For the purpose of healthy and positive aging, we can’t ignore the significance of maintain right mix of gut bacteria in our body. More and more studies have established the role of gut microbes in our mental and physical health as well as our overall well-being. the connection between brain and gut is far more intimate and deeper than previously understood. Research has also confirmed that our gut bacteria are linked to many diseases such as diabetes, obesity, depression, and heart disease. Just as we are what we think, ‘we are what we eat’ is equally true. the health of our gut bacteria depends largely on our food habits.
Over and above all, meditation also helps in slowing the aging process. As we have seen earlier, the shortening of telomeres is the main physical reason behind aging, and one of the main reasons behind this shortening is mental stress. numerous studies have established that meditation practice helps reduce mental stress to a great extent. Stress is one of the greatest contributors to lifestyle diseases, the most outstanding being obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular ills.
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we must learn the art of accepting death and dying gracefully no one dies because of aging. there is almost always a natural cause of death when we die, even in very old age, such as diseases or infections. Major causes of natural deaths are heart attacks and heart diseases, diabetes, diarrheal disorders, respiratory/lung diseases, cancer, Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia.
As we get older, most of us slowly and reluctantly start accepting the inevitability of death. Our only wish for those final days is to die gracefully, without pain and suffering. We don’t want to experience uncertainty about death. One study shows that when people face imminent death, they start accepting it and focusing on the positive because they know they don’t have much time left. Absent soul-searching and acceptance, most people are uncomfortable in talking about their death. this is also the reason why very few write a will, designating distribution of their assets after they die.
We all want to experience a “good death” after living to the fullest. Looking into what constitutes a successful or good death, an important study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, came up with some answers. the study identified 11 core themes of a good death: preferences for a specific dying process, pain-free status, religiosity/spiritualty, emotional wellbeing, life completion, treatment preferences, dignity, family, quality of life, relationship with healthcare provider, and “other.” the top three themes across all stakeholder groups were preferences for a specific dying process (94 per cent of reports), pain-free status (81 To maintain a good balance of healthy bacteria in our
gut, first of all, we must avoid excess alcohol and the diet high in saturated fat and animal protein should be avoided as much as possible. Then we are required to take prebiotic and probiotic supplements to help improve our gut health. To ensure a healthy population of intestinal bacteria, the following five actions are very helpful: 1. Eat a wide range of whole, plant-based foods 2. Include more fibre in your diet 3. Avoid highly processed food 4. Consume more probiotic and prebiotic foods; and 5. Take a daily supplement of probiotics.
per cent), and emotional well-being (64 per cent). People want to die not only peacefully, but with some measure of control. no one wants to suffer pain, which is the biggest fear of all. to eliminate suffering, euthanasia (the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease, or in an irreversible coma) or palliative care (specialised medical care for people living with a serious illness) are becoming popular worldwide. the top concerns for aged people facing imminent death are: first, that
their death be painless; second, that they not become a burden on others; and thirdly, that they are not alone near or at their death. Loneliness is a great concern for many senior citizens. Sadly, most people do not want to talk about death. to discuss one’s own death is generally taboo, especially in india. Even family members and close friends of terminal patients don’t dare to discuss this delicate subject. the fact is, by not acknowledging and discussing death, we cause more harm to ourselves. Our quality of life would be improved considerably if only we could embrace death gracefully. We must take death and dying as a natural phenomenon in life, and work on removing our inhibitions. in our later most part of life, three things are, to my mind, extremely important. First, we must continue to follow our passions, spend time, whatever maximum we can, for pursuing interests like writing, reading, painting, photographing, gardening, golf, playing cards, cleaning, or even gossiping with friends. We need to lead an active life, to the extent possible. Lighter exercises like walk, yoga along with meditation should be done religiously.
Secondly, we should continue to eat healthy food along with other medicines and supplements, as prescribed by doctors. thirdly, we shouldn’t forget to spend time, whatever possible with our close friends and family members. We must avoid to feel ‘lonely’ and ‘boredom, if we stay alone at that age. there are waysto avoid loneliness even with the help of digital platforms including social media.
Being mindful of death can have a positive impact on our health and well-being. Our whole perspective on life will change when we keep the inevitability of death at the back of our minds. Our worries and fearful ruminations will become insignificant. We will always keep meaningful goals in mind. Quality of life improves if we think about death for at least a few moments before we start each day. this can be possible by way of mindfulness. Awareness of death will lead to greater self-awareness and more power of acceptance. this then opens the heart to more compassion and empathy for others.
Facing our own death when it becomes a certainty, as happens in cases of advanced cancer, is greatly eased by the practice of mindfulness. it can also be extremely helpful in alleviating pain. Rather than resisting and automatically reacting to pain, people can, through mindfulness, be aware of pain and accept it nonjudgmentally. ing medications and palliative care, mindfulness can be a very effective approach to preparing patients for death. through mindfulness, one can accept death more gracefully and peacefully. Of course, mindful acceptance does not completely remove the suffering, but it can reduce the pain and fear of death. through acceptance, not only can we calmly acknowledge the onset of death, but also the feelings and thoughts associated with tation practice called Maranasati, which uses various visualisation and contemplation techniques to meditate on the nature of death. this is also known as mindfulness of death or death awareness. When we forget that we will die, we tend to lead a habitual and complacent life. We may even start doing things that we don’t really approve of or wish for ourselves. through this meditation practice, we become more aware and accepting of death as a natural ending to our life. in Maranasati, practitioners learn to accept impermanence and suffering, while also becoming more closely and intimately aware of death.
Aging is a disease or curse because we’re physically and mentally declindepart the world. it’s finality. it’s the
in addition to strong pain- relievdeath. there is also a Buddhist mediing and eventually we are going to mindset and attitude that determine the course of our journey towards the end. it can become a blessing, once we accept inevitability of death wholeheartedly. We must start seeing aging as a journey of transition. What kind of journey we will undertake towards the end of life, can at best guess? however, one thing is certain that if we undergo positive aging and the process of dying then even if we suffer, God forbids, painful end due to severe illness, we can surely embrace and accept death gracefully. g
The writer is former IAS, ex Secretary, Mines, GOI, now Member, Real Estate Regulatory Authority, UP, Author of 4 books, last 2 are Redesign Your Life in Modern Age and Explore Your Life Journey,.
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HK Patel 20-10-1962 CADRE: GuJARAT hk.patel@ias.nic.in
Brajendra Navnit 21-10-1974 CADRE: TAMIL NADu navnitb@ias.nic.in
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Hemraj Bairwa 23-10-1986 CADRE: HIMACHAL PRADESH hemraj.bairwa@ias.nic.in
K Rajaraman 24-10-1963 CADRE: TAMIL NADu rajaram1@ias.nic.in
Apoorva Kumar Singh 24-10-1967 CADRE: HARYANA sapoorva@ias.nic.in
Atal Dulloo 24-10-1966 CADRE: JAMMu AND KASHMIR dullooa@ias.nic.in
Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi 24-10-1962 CADRE: JHARKHAND cindus@ias.nic.in
Manoj Aggarwal 24-10-1963 CADRE: GuJARAT aggarwlm@ias.nic.in
Kamran Rizvi 24-10-1966 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH rizvik@ias.nic.in
Srikanth Banoth 25-10-1981 CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH srikanthbanoth.ias09@ias.nic.in
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Kshitij Singhal 25-10-1988 CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH kashok.singhal@ias.nic.in
Niten Chandra 25-10-1965 CADRE: ODISHA nchandra@ias.nic.in
Kumar Sanjay Krishna 26-10-1960 CADRE: ASSAM-MEGHALAYA krishnak@ias.nic.in
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M Veerabramaiah 29-10-1962 CADRE: TELANGANA vbramiah@ias.nic.in IAS officers’ birthdays
TK Manoj Kumar 30-10-1961 CADRE: KERALA manojktk@ias.nic.in
Jivesh Nandan 30-10-1961 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH nandanj@ias.nic.in
B Chandra Mohan 31-10-1969 CADRE: TAMIL NADu mohanbc@ias.nic.in
RH Gadhavicharan 01-11-1984 CADRE: GuJARAT ratankanvar.ias09@ias.nic.in
Vineet Joshi 02-11-1968 CADRE: MANIPuR-TRIPuRA joshiv1@ias.nic.in
Sitaram Janardan Kunte 03-11-1961 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA kuntesj@ias.nic.in
V Vidyavathi 03-11-1967 CADRE: KARNATAKA vidyav@ias.nic.in
Nivedita Shukla Verma 03-11-1967 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH svnivedi@ias.nic.in
Vivek Atrey 04-11-1966 CADRE: HARYANA vivek.atrey@ias.nic.in
Ashutosh Salil 05-11-1982 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA ashutoshsalil.ias2010@ias.nic.in
Milind Jayant Mhaiskar 06-11-1968 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA mhaiskar@ias.nic.in
Sachin Jaiswal 10-11-1990 CADRE: NAGALAND sachin.jaiswal@ias.nic.in
Kalpana Mittal Baruah 10-11-1960 CADRE: PuNJAB baruahkm@ias.nic.in Oct 20, 2020 — Nov 19, 2020
Rajat Kumar 12-11-1963 CADRE: TELANGANA kumarr91@ias.nic.in
Naveen Mahajan 13-11-1971 CADRE: RAJASTHAN mahajann@ias.nic.in
Raghwendra Kumar Singh 14-11-1968 CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH srkumar1@ias.nic.in
Sameer Sharma 15-11-1961 CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH ssameer@ias.nic.in
DV Prasad 15-11-1960 CADRE: KARNATAKA prasaddv@ias.nic.in
Vijoy Kumar Singh 15-11-1964 CADRE: PuNJAB singhvk5@ias.nic.in
DH Shah 16-11-1964 CADRE: GuJARAT dh.shah@ias.nic.in
Arvind Mehta 16-11-1960 CADRE: HIMACHAL PRADESH amehta@ias.nic.in
Sharat Chauhan 17-11-1968 CADRE: uNION TERRITORY csharat@ias.nic.in
Alok Nigam 18-11-1961 CADRE: HARYANA nigama@ias.nic.in
Naresh Kumar 18-11-1963 CADRE: uNION TERRITORY kumarn5@ias.nic.in
Rajan Vishal 19-11-1981 CADRE: RAJASTHAN rajan.vishal@ias.nic.in
Debashri Mukherjee 19-11-1968 CADRE: uNION TERRITORY dmukher@ias.nic.in
IPS officers’ birthdays
Vineet Agarwal 20-10-1968 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA vagarwal@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
A Ravi Shankar 20-10-1968 CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH vagarwal@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
T Kandasamy 20-10-1969 CADRE: JHARKHAND tkandasamy@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor 21-10-1966 CADRE: HARYANA shatrujeet@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Prabhat Kumar 21-10-1967 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA prabhatkr@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Deepam Seth 21-10-1968 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH deepam@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Joga umesh 21-10-1967 CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH jumesh@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Biju George Joseph K 22-10-1967 CADRE: RAJASTHAN bijugeorge@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Navniet Sekera 22-10-1971 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH navneet@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Asra Garg 23-10-1980 CADRE: TAMIL NADu asrag@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Arvind Deep 23-10-1962 CADRE: AGMuT arvindd@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
T Suneel Kumar 23-10-1960 CADRE: KARNATAKA tskumar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Suman Gupta 23-10-1972 CADRE: JHARKHAND sumangupta@mail.svpnpa.gov.in Oct 20, 2020 — Nov 19, 2020
Shive Kumar Verma 23-10-1971 CADRE: PuNJAB skverma@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Bharat Lal Meena 23-10-1967 CADRE: WEST BENGAL lmbharat@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
VC Sajjanar 24-10-1968 CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH vcsajjanar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Sanjay Kumar 24-10-1972 CADRE: HARYANA ksanjay@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Ashutosh Kumar Sinha 25-10-1968 CADRE: MANIPuR akumarsinha@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Ayush Mani Tiwari 25-10-1971 CADRE: TAMIL NADu amtiwari@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
K Laxmi Narayan Rao 26-10-1967 CADRE: GuJARAT klnrao@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Shalini Singh 26-10-1968 CADRE: AGMuT shalinisingh@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Sudesh Kumar 27-10-1962 CADRE: KERALA sudeshkumar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
JB Pandit Rao 28-10-1963 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH panditrao@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Ashit Mohan Prasad 29-10-1960 CADRE: KARNATAKA amprasad@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Pramod Verma 29-10-1971 CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH pramodverma@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Arvind Kumar 30-10-1966 CADRE: BIHAR arvindk@mail.svpnpa.gov.in IPS officers’ birthdays Oct 20, 2020 — Nov 19, 2020
Manoj Kaushik 31-10-1976 CADRE: JHARKHAND manojkaushik@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Abhay Kumar Prasad 01-11-1965 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH abhaykp@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Amit Garg 01-11-1967 CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH amitgarg@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Sunil Kumar 01-11-1970 CADRE: BIHAR sunilkumar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Tilotma Verma 02-11-1965 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH tilotma@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Vinyatosh Mishra 03-11-1966 CADRE: ODISHA vinyatoshmishra@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Suman Bala Sahoo 04-11-1963 CADRE: WEST BENGAL sbalasahoo@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Atul Singh 04-11-1968 CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH atul_singh@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Chhaya Sharma 05-11-1971 CADRE: AGMuT chhaya@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Amanat Mann 06-11-1990 CADRE: uTTAR PRADESH mann@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
L Bendand Lemtur 07-11-1961 CADRE: NAGALAND l.blemtur@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
R Sudhakar 08-11-1978 CADRE: TAMIL NADu sudhakar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
G Dharmarajan 09-11-1979 CADRE: TAMIL NADu dharmarajan@mail.svpnpa.gov.in SK Shah 10-11-1983 CADRE: BIHAR skshah@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Viswajit Kampati 11-11-1987 CADRE: TELANGANA viswajit.k@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Tripurari Atharv 12-11-1972 CADRE: WEST BENGAL tatharv@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Tenzing Loden Lepcha 13-11-1982 CADRE: SIKKIM lepcha@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Sudhanshu Kumar 14-11-1970 CADRE: BIHAR skumar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Millind Rambhau Bharambe 15-11-1971 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA rambhau@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
G Vijay Kumar 16-11-1968 CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH gvkumar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Neethu Kamal 16-11-1983 CADRE: CHHATTISGARH neethu.k@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Sonia Narang 17-11-1975 CADRE: KARNATAKA sonia@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Anand Prakash Tiwari 18-11-1975 CADRE: ASSAM-MEGHALAYA ssp-guwahati@assampolice.gov.in
DHK Omprakash 18-11-1989 CADRE: JAMMu – KASHMIR dhk.om@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Pradip Bhimrao Shejul 19-11-1984 CADRE: GuJARAT pbshejul@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Ramanand Sunil Bharma 19-11-1968 CADRE: MAHARASHTRA rsbharma@mail.svpnpa.gov.in
Lok Sabha Members Oct 1, 2020 — Nov 19, 2020
Sudarshan Bhagat 20-10-1969 BJP (JHARKHAND) s.bhagat@sansad.nic.in
Farooq Abdullah 21-10-1937 J&KNC (JAMMu AND KASHMIR) iamfarooq70@hotmail.com
Jagdambika Pal 21-10-1950 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) jagdambika.pal@sansad.nic.in
Virendra Singh 21-10-1956 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) virendra.singh19@sansad.nic.in
Amit Anil Chandra Shah 22-10-1964 BJP (GuJARAT) amitshah.mp@sansad.nic.in
Harish Dwivedi 22-10-1973 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) harishchandra.mp@sansad.nic.in
Kotagiri Sridhar 22-10-1973 YSR CONGRESS PARTY (ANDHRA PRADESH) skotagiri@yahoo.com
Pinaki Misra 23-10-1959 BJD (ODISHA) pinakimisra@hotmail.com
Shobha Karandlaje 23-10-1966 BJP (KARNATAKA) comshobhakarandlaje@sansad.nic.in
Anurag Singh Thakur 24-10-1974 BJP (HIMACHAL PRADESH) hpcapresident@yahoo.com
Adala Prabhakara Reddy 25-10-1948 YSR CONGRESS PARTY (ANDHRA PRADESH) adalaprabhakarreddy@gmail.com
Vijay Kumar Hansdak 27-10-1982 JMM (JHARKHAND) vijayhansdak@gmail.com
Durga Das uikey 29-10-1963 BJP (MADHYA PRADESH) dduikey12@gmail.com Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan 29-10-1964 BJP (GuJARAT) devusinhc.jesinbhai@sansad.nic.in
Gurjeet Singh Aujla 30-10-1972 INC (PuNJAB) aujla786.gs@gmail.com
Chirag Paswan 31-10-1982 LJSP (BIHAR) office.chiragpaswan@gmail.com
Santosh Kumar Gangwar 01-11-1948 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) santoshg@sansad.nic.in
Lallu Singh 01-11-1954 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) lallu.singh@sansad.nic.in
Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil 01-11-1955 TRS (TELANGANA) bbpatil@sansad.nic.in
Rajashree Mallick 03-11-1964 BJD (ODISHA) rajeeshreemallickjsp@gmail.com
Chandra Prakash Joshi 04-11-1975 BJP (RAJASTHAN) cpjoshi.mp@sansad.nic.in
Jitendra Singh 06-11-1956 BJP (JAMMu AND KASHMIR) drjitendras@gmail.com
Rajesh Verma 06-11-1960 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) verma.rajesh@sansad.nic.in
Parvesh Sahib Singh 07-11-1977 BJP (NCT OF DELHI) parvesh.sahib@sansad.nic.in
Abhishek Banerjee 07-11-1987 AITC (WEST BENGAL) abhishekbanerjee.mp@gmail.com
Anumula Revanth Reddy 08-11-1967 INC (TELANGANA) revanthreddy@sansad.nic.in Lok Sabha Members Oct 1, 2020 — Nov 19, 2020
T.R.V.S. Ramesh 09-11-1970 DMK (TAMIL NADu) cuddaloramp@gmail.com
Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel 11-11-1960 BJP (GuJARAT) hasmukh_1160@yahoo.com
Ram Kripal Yadav 12-11-1957 BJP (BIHAR) ramkripal.yadav@sansad.nic.in Anurag Sharma 16-11-1964 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) anurag_sharma@gmail.com
L.S. Tejasvi Surya 16-11-1990 BJP (KARNATAKA) tejasvisurya55@gmail.com
Jyotsna Charandas Mahant 18-11-1953 INC (CHHATTISGARH) jmkorba04@gmail.com
Rajya Sabha Members
Parshottam Rupala 01-10-1954 BJP (GuJARAT) p.rupala@sansad.nic.in
Ripun Bora 01-10-1955 INC ( ASSAM) ripun.bora@sansad.nic.in
Jharna Das Baidya 1-10-1962 CPI (M) TRIPuRA jdas.baidya@sansad.nic.in
Swapan Dasgupta 3-10-1955 NOMINATED dasgupta.swapan@sansad.nic.in
Rewati Raman Singh 5-10-1943 SP ( uTTAR PRADESH) rewati.1943@sansad.nic.in
Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss 9-10-1968 PMK (TAMIL NADu) a.ramadoss@sansad.nic.in
Shanta Chhetri 10-10-1956 AITC (WEST BENGAL) mp.shantachhetri@sansad.nic.in Oct 1, 2020 — Nov 19, 2020
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 15-10-1957 BJP (JHARKHAND) mnaqvi@sansad.nic.in
Narain Dass Gupta 16-10-1945 AAP (DELHI) ndgupta.1945@sansad.nic.in
Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi 20-10-1970 BJP ( uTTAR PRADESH) trivedi.sudhanshu@sansad.nic.in
Bashistha Narain Singh 24-10-1947 JD (u) BIHAR bnsingh@sansad.nic.in
Dr. Anil Aggarwal 31-10-1962 BJP (uTTAR PRADESH) dranilagrawal.mprs@sansad.nic.in
Javed Ali khan 30-10-1962 SP ( uTTAR PRADESH) javedali.khan@sansad.nic.in
Ranee Narah 31-10-1965 INC (ASSAM) ranee.narah@sansad.nic.in
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ASHOK LAVASA The 1980-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre (retd) and former Election Commissioner of India has been appointed Vice-President of Asian Development Bank.
INJETI SRINIVAS The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre has been appointed Chairman, International Financial Services Centres Authority.
DS MISHRA The 1984-batch IAS officer of the uP cadre, who is serving as Secretary, urban Development, has been appointed President of the All India IAS Association.
RAJEEVA SwARUP The 1985-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Chief Secretary of Rajasthan.
MADHUKAR GUPTA The 1985-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Resident Commissioner, Rajasthan Bhawan in New Delhi.
GIRISH CHANDRA MURMU The 1985-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre has been appointed Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). MANISHA SAXENA The 1986-batch IAS officer of the AGMuT cadre has been appointed Additional Director, Indraprastha Gas Limited.
SPS PARIHAR The 1986-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre (retd) has been appointed Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC).
AJAY TIRKEY The 1987-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre has been appointed Secretary, Department of Land Resources.
RAM MOHAN MISHRA The 1987-batch IAS of the AssamMeghalaya cadre has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
RAJESH BHUSHAN The 1987-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre has taken over as union Health Secretary.
OM PRAKASH The 1987-batch IAS officer of the uttarakhand has been appointed Chief Secretary of uttarakhand.
RAJESH KHULLAR The 1988-batch IAS officer of the Haryana
Moving on: IAS officers retiring July 2020
cadre has been appointed Executive Director, World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC, uSA for a period of three years.
SS SANDHU The central deputation tenure of Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, has been extended for a period of six months up to January 21, 2021. He is a 1988-batch IAS officer of the uttarakhand cadre.
DR RAJESH KUMAR The 1988-batch IAS officer has been appointed Chief Secretary of Manipur.
PANKAJ JOSHI The 1989-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre has appointed Managing Director, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited, in Gujarat.
ROHIT KUMAR SINGH The 1989-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary, Home in Rajasthan.
SAMEER KUMAR KHARE The 1989-batch IAS officer of the AssamMeghalaya cadre has been appointed Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila for a period of three years.
ASSAM Sajeeda Ismal Rashid (2006)
BIHAR SM Raju (1991)
CHHATTISGARH N Baijendra Kumar (1985) Lakhan Singh Ken (2000) Bharat Lal Banjare (2003)
GUJARAT PK Parmar (1985)
JHARKHAND Ganesh Kumar (2006) KARNATAKA Parmesh Pandey (1985)
MAHARASHTRA Sanjay Bhatia (1985) Dr DG Mhaisekar (2003) Shivaji R Jondhale (2004) Dilip M Shinde (2005)
MANIPUR Dr J Suresh Babu (1986)
MADHYA PRADESH Saleena Singh (1986) Ramesh Sheoram Thete (1993) Narendra Singh Parmar (2003) ODISHA Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik(2006)
PUNJAB Shivdular Singh Dhillon (2008)
RAJASTHAN Mukesh Kumar Sharma (1984) Sanjay Dixit (1986) Dr. Narendra Kumar Gupta (2004) Pradeep Kumar Borad (2004)
SIKKIM LB Chettrin (2005) TELENGANA Ajay Mishra (1984) K Dharma Reddy (2013)
TAMIL NADU Ruolkhumlien Buhril (1984)
UTTARAKHAND utpal Kumar Singh (1986)
UTTAR PRADESH Mahendra Kumar (2003) Santosh Kumar Rai (2005)
wEST BENGAL Rabindranath Roy (2004) Naba Gopal Hira (2004)
RP SISODIA The 1991-batch IAS officer of the AP cadre has been posted as Commissioner of Inquiries, General Administration Department in Andhra Pradesh.
AMUDHA The 1994-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office.
VARSHA JOSHI The 1995-batch IAS officer of the AGMuT cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
PRAVEEN GUPTA The 1995-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Chief Electoral Officer in Rajasthan.
NITISHwAR KUMAR The 1996-batch IAS officer of the uP cadre has been appointed Principal Secretary to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor.
DAVINDRA PAL AHUJA The 1996-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
DAYAL GANGwAR The 1998-batch IPS officer of the Odisha cadre has been appointed IG, BSF
NIKUNJ SHRIVASTAVA The 1998-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre has been posted as Commissioner, urban Administration, and Development with additional charge of Commissioner Housing and Infrastructural Development Board, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
SUDHIR KUMAR The 1999-batch IAS officer of the AGMuT cadre has been appointed Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
ABHISHEK JAIN The 2002-batch IAS officer of the HP cadre has been appointed Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration Punjab & Chandigarh from December 2020 to December 2022.
Moving on: IAS officers retiring August 2020
ASSAM-MEGHALAYA HARYANA Hector Marwein (1985) Praveen Kumar (2001) Lona R Sangma (2005) Alak Kumar Saharia (2006) MAHARASHTRA RR Mane (2001) BIHAR Rajneesh Kr. Mahajan (1987) MANIPUR Dr. Deepak Prasad (1989) Dr. Suhel Akhtar (1986) uday Kumar Singh (2007) MADHYA PRADESH GUJARAT Dr. Ashok Kumar Bhargav Anil Gopishankar Mukim (2001) (1985) AA Ramanuj (2009) PUNJAB Dr. Karan Avtar Singh HIMACHAL PRADESH (1984) Dr. Naresh Kumar Lath (2008) Kahan Singh Pannu (1996) RAJASTHAN Ram Chandra Dhenwal (2007)
UNION TERRITORY Anindo Majumdar (1985) Kuldeep Pakad (2008)
wEST BENGAL Dibakar Mukhopadhyay (2001)
Moving on: IAS officers retiring Sept 2020
BIHAR Ajoy Kumar (1984)
GUJARAT Dr. PD Vaghela (1986) MR Kothari (2005) JR Dodiya (2008) RB Rajyaguru (2008)
HARYANA Keshni Anand Arora (1983) Shiv Parshad
JHARKHAND Brajmohan Kumar (1998) Anil Kumar Singh (2006)
MAHARASHTRA Dr. Kavita Gupta (1985) MADHYA PRADESH Jaideep Govind (1984) M Gopal Reddy (1985) Janak Kumar Jain (2001) Mahesh C Choudhary (2001) Dr. Shrikant Pandey (2007)
PUNJAB Satish Chandra (1985)
RAJASTHAN Devendra Bhushan Gupta (1983) Dr. Madhukar Gupta (1985)
TELENGANA Heera Lal Samariya (1985) TAMIL NADU Dr. C Chandramouli (1985)
TRIPURA Pankaj Chakraborty (2006)
UTTAR PRADESH Abarar Ahmad (2009) Man Mohan Chaudhary (2009)
UNION TERRITORY DA Hawaldar (2003)
wEST BENGAL Rajiva Sinha (1986) Nitya Sundar Trivedi (2003) Madhumita Choudhury (2005)
RAGHURAJ RAJENDRAN The 2004-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre has been appointed as Director in the PMO.
RV GAME The 2005-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre has been appointed Divisional Commissioner, Nashik Division, Nashik in Maharashtra. RAVINDRA PRATAP SINGH The 2007-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre has been appointed Private Secretary to Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman NITI Aayog.
TRISHALJIT SETHI The 1990-batch officer of Indian Postal Service, CVO, NTPC, has been assigned
additional charge of CVO, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
NAVAL KISHORE RAM The 2008-batch IAS officer has joined the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as Deputy Secretary.
KRISHNA MOHAN UPPU The 2009-batch IAS officer of the AGMuT cadre has joined the MHA as Dy Secretary.
KRISHNA BAJPAI The 2010-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre has been appointed Managing Director, North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Hubballi.
NIDHI SINGH The 2010-batch IAS of the uT cadre has joined the DoPT as Deputy Secretary.
KK SHARMA The 1982-batch IPS officer (retd) of the Rajasthan cadre and former DG BSF will be Advisor (Security) Ram Janam Bhumi Trust.
RAJIV KUMAR The 1984-batch IAS officer (retd) of the Jharkhand cadre has been appointed Election Commissioner of India.
AJAY KUMAR SINGH The political journalist has been appointed Press Secretary to the President on contract basis.
PROf PK JOSHI The educationist has been appointed Chairman of uPSC.
PRATIMA CHAUDHARY The 2013-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre has been appointed Administrator, Municipal Council, Ambala Sadar in Haryana.
RIVA GANGULY DAS The 1986-batch IFS officer and High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh has been appointed Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
VIRANDER KUMAR PAUL The 1991-batch IFS officer has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Kenya.
VIKRAM KUMAR DORAISwAMI The 1992-batch IFS officer has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
INDRA MANI PANDEY The 1990-batch IFS officer has been appointed as the next Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of India to the united Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva.
DR. NEENA MALHOTRA The 1992-batch IFS officer has been appointed next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Italy.
SANTOSH JHA The 1993-batch IFS officer and Ambassador
MAhARAShtRA: StAtE OFFICERS AwARDED IAS CADRE
The following officers of Maharashtra State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre: UA JADHAV, VIJAYKUMAR PANDHARINATH PHAD, KANHU HARISHCHANDRABAGATE, BHAUSAHEB BANSI DANGADE, KISHAN NARAYANRAO JAWALE, SHYAMSUNDAR LILADHAR PATIL, DEELIPVEERPASHAPPA SWAMI, SANJAY RAMRAO CHAVAN, SIDDHARAM KARABASAYYA SALIMATH, RAGHUNATH KHANDUGAWADE, KISHOR SADASHIV TAADE, PRAMOD BABANRAO YADAV, KAVITA VISHWANTH DWIVEDI, and SUDHAKAR BAPURAO.
MAhARAShtRA: REShUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS
ANIL DIGGIKAR has been posted as Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, MHADA, Mumbai; AMIt SAINI was made Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra Maritime Board, Mumbai; PRAShANt NARNAwARE is Commissioner, Social Welfare, Pune; S RAMAMOORthY has been posted as Collector, Buldhana; DEEPAK KUMAR MEENA is Collector, Gondia; VIVEK JOhNSON was posted as Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Project, Bhandara Dist. and Assistant Collector, Bhandara Sub Division, District Bhandara; MANU KUMAR SRIVAStAVA has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (A&S), Home Department; E RAVENDIRAN was appointed Joint Commissioner, Sales Tax; M J PRADIP ChANDREN is Managing Director, Maharashtra State Mining Corporation, Nagpur; KAILASh ShINDE has been posted as Joint Managing Director, CIDCO, Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra; SM DEShPANDE has been posted as Principal Secretary (AR&OM), General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; LOKESh ChANDRA was posted as Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; ANShU SINhA is Secretary, Skill Development and Enterpurnership Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; SM ChANNE has been posted as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, Mumbai; AB MISAL is Divisional Commissioner, Konkan Division, Mumbai; RAMASwAMI N is Commissioner (FW) and Director National Health Mission, Mumbai; tUKARAM MUNDhE is Member Secretary, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran, Mumbai; RADhAKRIShNAN B is Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Nagpur; VIMLA R is Mission Director, Jal Jivan Mission, Mumbai; NB GItE is Joint Managing Director, M.S.Electric Distribution Company, Aurangabad; AVNIASh DhAKANE is Commissioner, Transport, Mumbai; KV JADhAV is Municipal Commissioner, Nashik Municipal Corporation, Nashik; CK DANGE is Director, Groundwater Survey Development Agency, Pune; DEEPA MUDhOL-MUNDE is Project Manager, Jalswaraj Project, Navi Mumbai; SS PAtIL is Joint Managing Director, CIDCO, Navi Mumbai; and ROhAN GhUGE has been appointed Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Project, Chandrapur Dist. Chandrapur
of India to the Kingdom of Belgium, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with residence in Brussels.
RAVEESH KUMAR The 1995-batch IFS officer has been appointed Ambassador of India to the Republic of Estonia with residence in Helsinki.
RAJ KUMAR SRIVASTAVA The 1997-batch IFS office has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia.
RAHUL SHRIVASTAVA The 1999-batch IFS officer has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Moldova, with residence in Bucharest
ASHISH BHATIA The 1985-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre has been appointed as the new Director General of Police in Gujarat.
KAUMUDI The 1986-batch IPS officer of the AP cadre has been appointed Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
SANJAY SHRIVASTAVA The 1987-batch IPS office of the Gujarat cadre has been appointed Police Commissioner of Ahmedabad.
ARVIND DEEP The 1988-batch IPS officer of the AGMuT cadre has been appointed ADG in CISF.
DEEPAK RATAN The 1997-batch IPS officer of the uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed IG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
MAHESHwAR DAYAL The 1997-batch IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre has been appointed Inspector General, JKD Sector (TAC Latehar) in CRPF.
DEEPAK RATNA The 1997-batch of IPS officer of the uP cadre has been appointed Inspector General, Operations KMR. S MURUGAN The 1997-batch IPS of the Tamil Nadu cadre has been appointed IG, South Zone in Tamil Nadu.
GYANESHwAR SINGH The 1999-batch IPS officer of the Himachal Pradesh has been appointed Special Commissioner (Covid-19 Operations) till Dec 31, 2020 in the Resident Commissioner office, Himachal Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi.
IAS OFFICERS OF 2018 BAtCh GEt POStINGS AS SDM IN BIhAR
NItIN KUMAR SINGh Patna Sadar, VINOD DUhAN Danapur, AMRIShA BAINS Mohania Kaimur, VAIBhAV SRIVAStAVA Ara Sadar,
NIKhIL DhANRAJ NIShPANIKAR
Jehanabad, ShEKhAR ANAND Bagha West Champaran, SAhILA Narkatiaganj, West Champaran, ABhIShEK RANJAN Madhubani Sadar, AShUtOSh DwIVEDI Manihari, Katihar, PRAtIBhA RANI Jamui and MUKESh RANJAN Patna City.
REShUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN MADhYA PRADESh
VIKAS NARwAL has been appointed Deputy Secretary, Water Resources; GOPAL ChANDRA DAD is Collector, Ratlam; AMIt tOMAR was made MD, Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Company, Indore; PRABAL SIPAhA has been appointed Deputy Secretary, Public Works Department; AKShYA KUMAR SINGh is Collector, Shivpuri; RUChIKA ChAUhAN is Additional Commissioner, Urban Administration and Development, Bhopal; ANUGRIh P is Collector, Khargone; SANJAY KUMAR is Collector, Datia; ROhIt SINGh is Collector, Jhabua; AShISh BhARGAVA is Collector, Niwari; RAJNI SINGh is Additional Commissioner (Revenue) Indore Division; and RAGhVENDRA SINGh has been appointed Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Indore. SAJID fARID SHAPOO The 1998-batch IPS officer of the MP cadre has been appointed Inspector General of Police, Police headquarters (PHQ), Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
CHHAYA SHARMA The 1999-batch IPS officer of the AGMuT cadre has been appointed Director in the Central Vigilance Commission.
CS VISHwAKARMA The 1984-batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) cadre has taken charge as Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)
RAJESH BHARDwAJ The advocate has been appointed Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court
MANOJ KUMAR RAM The IRSS officer has been appointed Executive Director, Establishment (Reservation), Railway Board.
R PADAVATHE The 2005-batch IFS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre has been appointed Deputy Inspector General of Forests (C), Regional Officer, Southern Zone, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bangalore.
SUMEDH SOPAN NAGRARE The ISS officer who was posted as DDG, Power, New Delhi, has been transferred to Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
MAJ GEN ALOK BERI He has taken over Command of NCC OTA, Kamptee.
AASHNA PAUL The IRS- IT cadre officer has been appointed CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi Region.
BA GAGARANI He has been posted as Principal Secretary, urban Development Department, Maharashtra
SAURABH RAO He has been appointed Divisional Commissioner, Pune Division, in Maharashtra.
AJAY JAIN The 1985-batch IRS (C&CE) has been appointed Member of the CBIC.
VIVEK JOHRI The 1985-batch IRS (C&CE) officer has been appointed Member of the CBIC.
SUNGITA SHARMA The 1986-batch IRS (C&CE) officer has been appointed Member of the CBIC.
SHALINI PANDEY The 2004-batch IDES officer has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Housing and urban Affairs.
AK SINGH The IRPFS officer has been posted as ADG, RPF, Western Railway.
RAKESH KUMAR ARORA The officer serving as Counsellor in Embassy of India, Brussels, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Sierra Leone.
SATYA PRAKASH NEGI The 1998-batch IFS officer of the Jharkhand cadre has been appointed Deputy Inspector General of Forests (Central), Region Office, Chandigarh.
ARUP ROY CHOUDHARY The former Chairman of NBCC and NTPC, has been appointed Principal Advisor Infrastructure to the Government of West Bengal.
SEEMANCHAL DAS The 1988-batch IRS (IT) officer will continue in the Enforcement Directorate.
P PRAVEEN SIDDHARTH The 2001-batch IRS-IT officer has been appointed Private Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. VIKRAM SINGH The 1977-batch IRTS officer has been appointed Private Secretary to the President Ram Nath Kovind.
MOHD AHSAN REzA The 1991-batch uPS officer has been assigned additional charge of Director General, AP State Disaster Response and Fire Services in Andhra Pradesh.
ANUPAM MISHRA The 1995-batch IES officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. RAKESH MITTAL The 1995-batch IDES officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Defence.
PALLAVI AGARwAL The 1991-batch IRS-IT officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development.
APARNA SHARMA The CSS cadre officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers.
UttAR PRADESh: REShUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS
NEhA ShARMA has been appointed ACEO, NOIDA; AMIt KUMAR SINGh was made DM, Kaushambi; AMIt SINGh BANSAL is DM, Mau; ANAND KUMAR SINGh has been appointed DM, Banda; MANISh VERMA is Special Secretary, Basic Education.
UttAR PRADESh: PCS OFFICERS AwARDED IAS CADRE
PREM PRAKASh SINGh of 1997 batch officer along with the following officers of 1998 batch have been awarded IAS Cadre in UP: BN SINGh, RC ShARMA, ANJANI KUMAR SINGh, RAJ KUMAR - I, DR INDRA MANI tRIPAthI, SOUMYA SRIVAStAVA, GARIMA YADAV, GYANENDRA SINGh, JAIShANKAR DUBEY, OP VERMA, RAKESh MALPANI, AAShUtOSh DwIVEDI, AVINASh SINGh, ANAND KUMAR, JANG BAhADUR YADAV, MANOJ KUMAR, AJAY KANt, ALOK KUMAR, ANIL YADAV, SD YADAV, AND GIRIJESh tYAGI.
MAhARAShtRA: REShUFFLE OF IPS OFFICERS
RAJENDRA SINGh has been appointed ADG, Law and Order, PHQ, Mumbai; AShUtOSh DUMBARE was made Commissioner, State Intelligence; AMItESh KUMAR is Police Commissioner, Nagpur; JAI JEEt SINGh has been appointed ADG, Anti-corruption Bureau, Mumbai; and VK ChOUBEY is ADG, Anti-Corruption.
wESt BENGAL: REShUFFLE OF IPS OFFICERS
tAthAGAtA BASU has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, New Town Zone of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate; AMANDEEP was made SP, Hooghly (Rural); RAShID MUNIR KhAN is DC, South Suburban Division (Jadavpur), Kolkata Police; KAMANASISh SEN has been appointed Baruipur SP; SANtOSh NIMABALKAR is SP, Darjeeling; MOhAMMED SANA AKhtAR is SP, Cooch Behar; AMARNAth K is SP of the State Special Task Force (STF); and MAURYA has been appointed DC, Central Zone of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.
DELhI: IPS OFFICERS GEt NEw ASSIGNMENtS
MUKtESh ChADRAM has been given additional charge of Licensing; RS KRIShNIA will be Special CP, South Zone; SAtISh GOLChA was made Special CP, Central Zone; SANJAY SINGh has been appointed Special CP, West Zone; ROBIN hIBU is Special CP, Armed Police, Implementation and Planning; and ANAND MOhAN has been posted as Special CP, Training and Transport Range.
AMIT MEHTA The 1987-batch IOFS officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry.
SARUAV RAY The 1994-batch IDES officer has been appointed Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) under MHA.
NIDHI PANDEY The 1991 batch IIS officer has been appointed as Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
PALLAVI AGARwAL The 1991 IRS-IT officer has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development.
APARNA SHARMA The CSS officer has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers.
AMIT MEHTA The 1987 batch IOFS officer has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry.
SARUAV RAY The 1994 IDES officer has been appointed as Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) under MHA.
PARAMA SEN The 1994 batch IA &AS batch officer has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department Investment & Public Asset Management.
VINAYAK GARG The 1995 batch IRSEE officer has been appointed as Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.
SANJAY AwASTHI The 1989 batch IRS-IT officer has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
AJIT KR VASANTRAO SONTAKKE The 2009 batch IOFS officer has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Central Information Commission (CIC). MANISH TIwARI The 1995 batch IRS-IT officer will be the first Joint Secretary of newly created cell-(J&K&L).
ASHwIN SHENVI The 2006 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
ARUN KUMAR The DG, Railway Protection Force, has been nominated Chairman of the Security
IPS PROBAtIONERS OF 2017 AND 2018 BAtCh AGMUt CADRE GEt POStINGS
RAhUL GUPtA has been posted to Arunachal Pradesh; SAhIL SARANGAL has been posted to Goa; BISMA QAZI and AKShAt KAUShI get postings to Delhi; KALAIVANAM R has been posted to Andaman & Nicobar Islands; LOKEShwARAN to Puducherry and ShRUtI ARORA has been posted to Chandigarh.
PERMANENt JUDGES IN ALLAhABAD hIGh COURt
Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court have been made permanent Judges. They are: JUSTICES PRAKASH PADIA, ALOK MATHUR, PANKAJ BHATIA, SAURABH LAVANIA, VIVEK VARMA, SANJAY KUMAR SINGH, PIYUSH AGRAWAL, SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, JASPREET SINGH, RAJEEV SINGH, MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, MANISH MATHUR, ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, RAM KRISHNA GAUTAM, UMESH KUMAR, PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, ANIL KUMAR-Ix, RAJENDRA KUMAR-IV, MOHD. FAIZ ALAMKHAN, VIKAS KUNVAR SRIVASTAV, VIRENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, SURESH KUMAR GUPTA, GHANDIKOTA SRI DEVI, NARENDRA KUMAR JOHARI, RAJ BEER SINGH and AJIT SINGH.
Platform of International union of Railways, at Paris.
ASHwANI LOHANI The former Chairman, Railway Board, and Air India has joined GMR as CEO.
VIVEK RAM CHAUDHARY The Air Marshal has been appointed the new Western Air Command Chief.
ANAND KUMAR JHA The 2010-batch IRS-C&CE officer has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
DR SUNIL KUMAR He has been appointed as Director General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
CHETRAM The IRSME cadre officer has been appointed Adviser (Pu), Railway Board.
PRIYANKA SINGH The IRS-IT officer has been appointed Director in the Central Vigilance Commission.
RENU YADAV The IRPS officer has been appointed Director (MPP), Railway Board.
ASHISH BHATIYA The 1985-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre has been appointed Director General of Police in Gujarat.
RAKESH GARG The IRS-IT officer has been appointed CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Mumbai Region.
KEERTI TIwARI The 2008-batch IIS batch officer has been appointed Deputy Press Secretary to the President of India on deputation basis for a term co-terminus with the President.
YASHVENDRA SINGH The IRS-IT has been appointed Director (Election Expenditure) in the Election Commission of India, New Delhi on deputation basis.
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Drilling for CMD
An intense marathon is underway for the post of Chairman of OnGC. the incumbent CMD Shashi Shanker’s term is ending in March 2021. And so far there has been no move to select the new CMD by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) as its Chairman Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as Election Commissioner of india. the PESB is head less. More worrisome is the pathetic condition of OnGC. the Maharatna has become a milking cow for the Ministry of Petroleum and natural Gas. A lobbyist, who wants this organisation to perish, has hammered the share price in seven years. the share price of OnGC has dropped from Rs 310.43 on June 6, 2014 to Rs 69.10 on September 30, 2020. COViD-19 has further broken its financial backbone as Brent crude prices were lower than the breakeven price of OnGC. According to OnGC’s FY19 Annual Report, every $1 a barrel change in prices of crude oil, natural gas and other products has an impact of Rs 6,004 crore on its revenue. Sources disclosed that the names floating around do not make any difference as the final selection will be decided by the oil drilling and exploration companies. As one source disclosed, Alphageo, Aban Offshore, Deep industries, hOEC, Jindal Drilling, Asian Oilfield, Selan Explore, Dolphin Offshore and Duke Offshore are the big companies which are in one way or other associated with the activities of OnGC. All these companies reportedly have major stakes and every decision of OnGC influences their activities. Sources disclosed that there are approximately 13 candidates for the coveted post but the names of AP Das Joshi, a 1994batch iAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre (originally from Gujarat), and OP Singh, Director-technical and Field Services, are prominent. interestingly, Das Joshi’s batch and cadre mate, Rajeev Chandra Joshi, is the Chief Vigilance Officer of OnGC. g
The lure of politics
in Bihar, there is a storm of civil servants who are all ready to jump into politics. Former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey’s case of joining JD(U) recently is nothing new. Recall the Bhagalpur eye-tearing scandal of 1980. in this case, more than 30 criminals had suffered an eye tearing incident by adding acid. Bhagalpur SP Vishnu Dayal Ram was the accused and a CBi investigation took place. But no action was taken against him due to lack of evidence. it is well known that Prakash Jha made his film Gangajal in the year 2003 based on this incident. the same Vishnu Dayal Ram, a 1973-batch iPS officer, former DGP Jharkhand, is now MP from Palamu in Jharkhand twice. Another former DG of the Police Building Construction Corporation, Sunil Kumar, a 1987-batch iPS officer has joined JD (U). his brother Anil Kumar, who hails from Gopalganj, is a Congress Party MLA. Another former DGP of Jharkhand DK Pandey, a 1984-batch officer, joined BJP in October 2019, fought an assembly election and lost. interestingly, iPS officer Yumnam Jaikumar Singh, a 1976-batch was DGP of Manipur from 2007 to 2012. he acquired the Deputy Chief Minister’s chair in n. Viren Singh’s government after winning elections from Uripok seat in 2017. not only iPS officers but senior iAS officers are also very active in Bihar. Former home Secretary RK Singh, a 1975-batch iAS officer of the Bihar cadre, joined the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. he contested from Ara and again won in 2019 and is now a powerful minister in the Union Cabinet. Former Secretary Petroleum and Steel, RS Pandey, a 1972-batch iAS officer of the nagaland cadre is a BJP MLA from Bagaha. he was more eager to enter the Lok Sabha but the BJP did not give him a ticket. Another iAS officer KP Ramaiya contested from the Sasaram Lok Sabha seat on a JD(U) ticket in 2014 but lost. in a democratic country everybody has a right to contest but the question is, are these former civil servants able to bring a smile on the face of poor? g
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Ready to serve, ready to retire
if you are a government servant and 50 or 55 years old, then be ready to be compulsorily retired prematurely. the Department of Personnel and training (DoPt) issued a circular on August 28, 2020, mentioning “Periodic Review of Central Government Employees for strengthening of administration under Fundamental Rule (FR) 560)1(l) and Rule 48 ofCCS (Pension) Rules, 1972”. the order categorically states, “the objective of Fundamental Rule (FR) 560)1(l) and Rule 48 of CS(Pension) Rules, 1972, is to strengthen the administrative machinery by developing responsible and efficient administration at all levels and to achieve efficiency, economy and speed in the disposal of Government functions. it is clarified that premature retirement of Government servants under these rules is not a penalty. it is distinct from Compulsory Retirement', which is one of prescribed penalties under CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965.” the 10-page DoPt order will have an impact on 46 lakh government employees. Point no. 6 of the DoPt order states, “Government may, at any time after a Government servant has attained the age of 50/55 years or completed 30 years of service, as the case may be, retire him pre-maturely in public interest. however, nonadherence to the time-lines as indicated in order due to certain administrative exigencies shall not take away the powers of Appropriate Authority to prematurely retire a Government servant under FR 56(j), 56(l) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. therefore, review of a Government servant for the purposes of these Rules can be undertaken even after he has attained the age of 50/55 years in cases covered by FR 56 (j) orafter he has completed 30 years of qualifying service under FR 56(l) / Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.” the DoPt this time has come out completely armed with citations from different court judgements. the order cites the judgement in the case of UOi & Col. J.n.Sinha [1571 SCR (1)791], where the hon'ble Supreme Court had not only upheld the validity of FR 56(j), butalso held that no show-cause notice needs to be issued to any Government servant before a notice of retirement is issued to him under the aforesaid provisions. the officers before taking any legal course should read the cases which DoPt has mentioned in its order viz. State of Gujarat vs Umedbhai M. Patel, 2001 (3) SCC, 314, hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of S Ramchandra Raju vs State of Orissa {(1 994) 3 SCC424}, K. Kandaswamy vs Union Of india & Anr, 1996 AiR 277, 1995 SCC (6)162, State of U.P. and Others vs Vijay Kumar Jam, Appeal (civil) 2083 of 2002. gfiles spoke to many officers who say that there is nothing new about the rules. But civil servants are worried “because 50/55 years is such an age where children are ready for higher studies, the family is in the process of building a house. Life starts stabilising and now the hammer of government may put a discordant note. it will have a deeper impact in society.” it has been observed that the government has already weeded out top-ranking civil servants from the decision-making process. topranking civil servants are, in fact, happy serving the states and are no longer hankering to join the central ministries. Most of the ministries now are full of allied service officers. insiders inform that this whole plan is to introduce lateral entry in the government with a big bang.
Sources disclosed that internally the job has been assigned to RSS functionaries who have been working for the last four months. As the sources inform, the RSS functionaries have drafted a list of officers, especially in the economic ministries, who are dead wood and must be weeded out. the RSS functionaries, as per sources, have also drafted a list of officers who must be inducted as lateral entries in the different ministries. the process of premature retirement has already started in the ministries and officers have been ordered to pack up and go. g
Regn.No. DL (C)-14/1161/2019-2021 Licence No. u (C)-03/2019-2020, Licence to post without prepayment Posted on 14th & 15th of every month at SPM SRT Nagar, Post Office, New Delhi 110055 R.N.I. No: DELENG/2007/19719. `200, vol. 14, issue 4-6 | Date of Publication: 20/09/2020 | Pages 68
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