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Adding wings to files haryana cm draws the line

ARYANA Chief Minister Manohar Lal seems to have learnt rnt how to traverse the intricate world of government and governance. His confidence fidence in ruling old after November 1, Haryana with vigour and authority has increased manifold when Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised his working in Gurugram. urugram. Manohar Lal n implementing and his team of advisors have analysed the reasons for delay in government decisions after ruling the state for two years. It was as found that any file has the following steps: first, it goes to the Chief Secretary and then cerned the Minister, and last of all, it reaches the Secretary of the concerned department. It was suggested to Manohar Lal that the files should ould not go to the Ministers as most of the decisions are taken by thee cabinet, so the ministers have already consented to the decisions. ns. So, it was decided that the file should go directly to the head off the department for implementation. This has created a furore among the ministers as most of the time they are not aware of the decisions and they can’t stop the file as the orders have been issued directly from the Chief Minister’s office. Even the secretaries are baffled, as now the onus of implementing the order lies on them. It has yet to be seen whether implementation has really geared up or not.

Realignments on the anvil? jaitley may move to external affairs

N polit politics and war, everything is possible. So hold your breath. There are rumours in the market that firebrand advocate and Finance Minister Arun rumou Jaitley may be shifted to the Ministry of External Affairs. Jaitley has both admirers a and adversaries. His adversaries have reportedly suggested to Modi demonetisation is a wonderful scheme but it’s implementation by Jaitley has that demonet created chaos ac across India. The rumour of his shift is an old one but it has gathered momentum as Subramaniam Swamy and renowned advocate Ram Jethmalani are adv advocating his removal. As Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, is not kkeeping well, she may remain a minister without portfolio and Jaitley will take over. Who, then, will be the new Finance Minister? If insiders wil are to be believed, Piyush Goel is likely to take over as the new finance a minister. Though he belongs to the Jaitley camp, his performance as a minister has been outstanding. The only apprehension about his elevation is that he belongs to a very powerful business school of Mumbai. Piyush is an old RSS hand and his father Ved Prakash Goel was BJP treasurer. Insiders report that the shifting of Jaitley from Finance to External Affairs suits Modi to convey that Jaitley could not manage the demonetisation though the scheme was good. So far, m Jaitley has been a survivor against all odds. Given his influence and grip Jaitl on the p party and government, it’s to be seen how he manages.

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Towards a cashless society modi bent on realising his dream m

ARENDRA Modi is determined to implement demonetisation in both letter etter ls of and spirit. He desires that all the tools the government should work day and night to aster make India cashless. He has drawn up a master plan to depute the political leadership to convince nvince the people of India that demonetisation is meant to ameliorate the condition of poor people. Hee has called two meetings consecutively in a week; suggested ested all cabinet ministers move to their constituencyy and monitor the implementation of demonetisation. He wants nts all ministers to make their ministry cashless. Prakash Javdekar ekar and Manohar Parrikar have already doing so whereas others ers are trying to face the challenges. His main focus in one Cabinet meeting was Delhi and that too the business centre of Chandni Chowk. He talked to Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science of Technology, who represents Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency. He advised Harsh Vardhan to tour Delhi and make Chandni Chowk the first constituency of India to be cashless. Simple and hardworking Harsh Vardhan just shook his head in affirmation without uttering a word. One cabinet minister informed that Modi has a fascination for gadgets and he constantly motivates ministers to shift to the electronic age. The entire, experienced cabinet listen to their Prime Minister very patiently.

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EMONETISATION has not no only created anxiety throughout India but NDA’s Members of P Parliament are also perplexed by Narendra Modi’s master stroke, wi with many expressing their anger over the move. The Prime Minister is ke keeping watch on the discussions and activities of fellow Parliamentarians. Sources inform that five topParliamenta ranking ministers have been a assigned to organise a dinner with BJP MPs where he and Shah will b be available for informal discussions. MPs Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been Each dinner will have 50 MPs. assigned to organise one such dinner. Jaitely appeared to be worried as he narrated the scenario himself. himse He briefed one journo that his wife and he had withdrawn `24,0 `24,000 each. “Caterers are refusing to receive a cheque, how I can arrange a dinner of 50 people in `48,000,” `48,000 asked Jaitley. Clearly, even the Finance Minister Mini is feeling the heat. It will take time before parliamentarians are convinced be about cashless transactions!

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EYES WIDE SHUT democracy prabhat kumar

Puzzling silence White papers on law and order by an NGO evoked dramatically opposite reactions from people and media in Mumbai and Delhi, respectively

N the foreword to the White Paper on the ‘State of Law and Order in Delhi’ that was released to the media recently, the Managing Trustee of the NGO Praja says, ‘There is a crisis brewing in Delhi, a crisis that this city is becoming unlivable for the common men and women’. And, ‘this white paper for crime is a reflection of all that has gone wrong in Delhi’. ‘How long will this go on? What will it take for the Government to act? We need to see our elected representatives taking active and constant interest in on issues of Law and Order. Till this is not done we will continue to see a slide towards lawlessness in Delhi’. I have always been intrigued by a universal paradox of democratic functioning of governments that the persons elected by popular vote in free and fair elections are totally insensitive to the wishes of the same people who voted for them. This could not be

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truer of the peoples’ representatives in our country. Once elected, the parliamentarians and legislators are not even accessible to their constituents. They face the payback (retribution or approbation) from the masses only after five years when the voters get another chance of passing judgment on them. In the interregnum, there is no occasion for the electorate to point out their faults and flaws or pat their

I have always been intrigued by a universal paradox of democratic functioning of governments that the persons elected by popular vote in free and fair elections are totally insensitive to the wishes of the same people who voted for them

backs for their strong points and good deeds. Lincoln’s adage of ‘a government of the people, for the people and by the people’ in our country is meant for school textbooks. It is in this context that a periodic assessment of the performance of the public representatives (report card) on behalf of the citizens can be a persuasive device for improving the quality of representation. However, it would be unwise to expect the citizens to attempt such a report card. Better, the task could be taken up pro bono by some public-spirited individuals or institutions. Four years ago, Praja, a Mumbai NGO working towards enabling accountable governance, took the initiative of putting together an objective citizens’ report based on information available in the public domain supported by extensive public perception surveys in Mumbai. I have had the occasion of attend-

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ing the press launches of Praja’s reports in Mumbai. The enthusiasm generated by the reports among the Mumbai media and the civil society has been magical. And so, enthused by the success of the citizens’ reports in Mumbai, I suggested to the trustees of Praja Foundation to consider preparing similar citizens’ reports for legislators and councilors of the National Capital. In quick succession within a period of two months, three reports were released to the media in Delhi. The first two pertained to the performance of MLAs and Municipal Councilors of NCT of Delhi. The third report was the White Paper quoted earlier. Surprisingly, the mainstream media, which is normally enthusiastic to criticism of the establishment, took very little notice of the three events, which made fleeting appearances in the newspapers and were quickly forgotten. In contrast, similar reports on the working of MLAs and Municipal Councilors of Mumbai by the same non-partisan NGO have been the subject of much churning among the adjudged public representatives, some of whom were brave enough to seek guidance of the NGO for improv-

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ing their rankings. The report cards even led to the formulation of customised training programmes for them.

HE otherwise lively people of Delhi have not reacted vigorously to the fact that nearly 33 per cent of the MLAs who have been ranked by Praja are hardly participating in deliberations. Strangely, no social discourse has ensued on the conclusion of the report that ‘our data is showing that AAP is not being different than the other mainstream parties’. Complete silence of the social media on these

developments is also puzzling. Endpoint: The only comment comes from a distinguished police officer, who has been the leader of Delhi Police in the past. He says that Praja should have factored in the singular social, economic and geographical status of the National Capital while appraising the crime situation in Delhi. ‘Comparison between Mumbai and Delhi is like putting apples and oranges in the same basket,’ he says. I hope the reports attract more darts. g The writer was the Cabinet Secretary and the first Governor of Jharkhand. He can be reached at pkumar1511@hotmail.com

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gfiles—the largest publication in its domain reaching the entire spectrum of the central and state governments including ministers, governors and members of Parliament, central and state civil services, public sector undertakings, judiciary, diplomatic arena, banks, financial institutions and enjoying 21 lakh hits on internet—awards 11 best civil servants of the country at the fifth gfiles governance awards ceremony

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is the mantra the best performers from among the civil servants across the country and honour them. It becomes the means to reach the poorest of the poor using science, information technology and whatever other tools available. It turns into a channel to accomplish the pending projects at the earliest, earn revenue from the completed ones and plan new projects for the future. It becomes the time value of different

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commodities which are a bare minimum for the common man and time value of money set aside for a project. It becomes the method of chalking out priorities on how to serve the hoi polloi. To borrow one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favourite phrases, it becomes ‘minimum government, maximum governance’. It is no more the term, most misunderstood, abused and slandered. It manifests into a phrase which stands

for appreciation of the unsung and recognition for the anonymous. It becomes a motivation for the tens of thousands of civil servants to work harder, innovate new methods, approaches and tools to reach what Mahatma Gandhi called ‘poorest and weakest man you have seen’. This is what happened when gfiles—the largest publication in its domain reaching the entire spectrum of the central and state governments

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including ministers, governors and members of Parliament, central and state civil services, public sector undertakings, judiciary, diplomatic arena, banks, financial institutions and enjoying 21 lakh hits on internet— decided to award 11 best civil servants of the country in Civil Services Officers’ Institute in New Delhi on November 26 this year.

HEY were chosen through a yearlong process by a jury whose members boast of unimpeachable service records and unquestionable integrity. How else do you describe Prabhat Kumar, former Jharkhand

Like in the past, this time too bureaucrats were felicitated with Lifetime Achievement Award, four Exceptional Contribution Awards and half-a-dozen Excellent Contribution Awards

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President Global Research Alliance There must be an emphasis on making high technology work for the poor. I look at India not as 1.25 billion mouths but 1.25 billion minds.

Sanjay Kumar IFS (Deputy Inspector General, National Tiger Conservation Authority) I entered into forest service because I thought there will be no political interference in it. I was wrong. But if you are fair and truthful in dealings nobody will get after you. We have to talk on those paths where we will fall and reassemble, we are those lamps which burn to give light to others.

governor and Cabinet Secretary, Anil Razdan, former Power Secretary, Vishnu Bhagwan, Former Chief Secretary, Haryana and MB Kaushal, Former Secretary (Internal Security) and Delhi Police Commissioner. This was the fifth annual governance awards ceremony the magazine organised in as many years. Like in the past, this time around too the publication honoured and acknowledged the bureaucrats with Lifetime Achievement Award, four Exceptional Contribution Awards and half-a-dozen Excellent Contribution Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, the pioneer of ‘Gandhian Engineering’, who transformed Council of Scientific & Industrial

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IFS, Regional Passport Office, Chennai When I used to work in the ICAR in Ranchi as a horticulture scientist, my entire objective was how much of the benefit (of agricultural advancements and growth) goes to tribal fields.

Vikas Arya IRSME (Director, Ministry of Family Welfare) I love my job. My boss and mentor (Ashwani) Lohani greatly encouraged me in restoring 120-year-old locomotive facility in Rewari. I have brought ten locomotives back to their prime. With this award, I have got appreciation.

Mandeep Singh Randhawa IPS (Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central District, Delhi Police) The main objective of e-saathi is to serve people. Our work was recognised by Limca Book of Records. The gfiles award will be a great motivation.

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Saurabh Kumar IRS (Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Ministry of Power We have presented a new way of doing things (distribution of LEDs). This is service model. India is leading the global LED market. (But) this is only the beginning.

Sutirtha Bhattacharya IAS (CMD, Coal India Limited) I was once power secretary (Principal Secretary (Energy), Government of Andhra Pradesh). I remember how we would run for coal. I have appointed State and ministry officials to liaison with us.

RS Julania IAS (Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Madhya Pradesh) Governance till now was an outstanding CR (confidential report). Now it is time value of water, time value of money and about completing pending projects and getting revenue from the completed projects.

N Prasanth IAS (District Collector & District Magistrate, Kozhikode, Kerala): Nobody goes hungry in our place. People are given food coupons and can eat in any restaurant. You can check compassionatekozhikode.in. I am very happy our entire team has been recognised.

Amit Lodha IPS (DIG, BSF, Jaisalmer) We named our police-public partnership Sambhav in Nalanda. We behaved as if public was our consumer. It has now become a revolution. Now it is going on in many districts of Bihar.

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Research (CSIR), the world’s largest chain of laboratories, into one of the biggest achievers of the 20th century and who has used ‘bottom-up’ chemical engineering to benefit the common Indian. Mashelkar, who calls himself a ‘dangerous optimist’, got the Award for his magnanimous contributions in innovation, science and society. Union Minister of Steel, Birender Singh, Haryana’s Education & Tourism Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma, and the jury members bestowed the honour on Mashelkar. He received a memento, a commendation certificate and was also presented a shawl.

A recipient of Padma Vibhushan, 37 honorary doctorates and several other awards, Mashelkar felt ‘honoured, privileged and humbled’ after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award

recipient of Padma Vibhushan, 37 honorary doctorates and several other awards, Mashelkar felt ‘honoured, privileged and humbled’ after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. The engineer, who lost his father at the age of six and migrated to Mumbai from his village with his ‘illiterate’ mother in his childhood, attributed his achievements to his school principal Bhave, who taught him how to harness his energies and focus on his goals. The principal, he recalled, demonstrated the power of convex lens and inspired him to develop convex lens leadership. In his thanksgiving address, Mashelkar claimed there was no limit to human endeavours and

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achievements. He emphasised on using ‘affordable excellence’ and ‘high technology’ to work for the poor. The engineer, who is often put in the league of former President APJ Abdul Kalam due to his infectious positive thinking, preferred to look at the country’s 1.25 billion population as ‘1.25 billion minds’ and not as ‘1.25 billion mouths’. Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Ministry of Power, received Exceptional Contribution Award for promoting LED (lightemitting diode, the two-lead semiconductor light source), which has appeared as a panacea for cutting down energy consumption and charges in the country. Kumar said the award gave him and his team a ‘lot of encouragement’.

ANJAY Kumar, Deputy Inspector General, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, got the Exceptional Contribution Award for clearing encroachments from Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh. Kumar believes if a civil servant is fair and truthful in his dealings, nobody would harass him. K Balamurugan, Regional Passport Office, Chennai, collected the Exceptional Contribution Award for setting up a social audit cell to take the benefits of horticulture advancements to the tribals in Jharkhand. Balamurugan recollected he was the first person in his village to have obtained graduation. OP Singh, Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), on the other hand, got the same award for successfully leading disaster relief operations during the deluge in Jammu & Kashmir, Nepal and

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Chaudhary Birender Singh

Ram Bilas Sharma

Union Minister for Steel Governance should rest with political authority and administrative part should rest with bureaucracy. There is a need to narrow down the gap between what the politicians dream of and what the civil servants deliver to the people.

Education & Tourism Minister, Haryana People often abuse IAS, IPS and other officers. It is wrong. I have worked with many honest and competent officers. It is commendable that gfiles acknowledges the good work done by them.

Chennai last year. Sutirtha Bhattacharya, Chairman & Managing Director, Coal India Limited, RS Julania, Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Madhya Pradesh and N Prasanth, District Collector & District Magistrate, Kozhikode, Kerala, were conferred

Excellent Contribution Awards. So were Amit Lodha, Deputy Inspector General, Border Security Force, Jaisalmer (North), Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central District, Delhi Police and Vikas Arya, an officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.

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Former Chief Secretary, Haryana Government Civil services is one of the factors that has kept India together. gfiles is a special type of journal. It gives huge respect to civil services.

Arya, presently a Director in Ministry of Family Welfare, has worked on preservation of 10 steam locomotives which were abandoned after the introduction of the diesel engines. He said he loved working on the ‘black beauties’. Randhawa created an app, e-saathi, to reduce the gap between the local police and the gen-

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Anil Razdan

Former Power Secretary, member of Jury We in the jury do not look at personalities. We look at work. We cull out the awardees from the vast amount of data. It has been the experience of the jury that the awards make an impact.

eral public. Lodha, a Bihar cadre IPS, on the other hand, launched a project called Sambhav on police-public partnership during his first posting in Nalanda, a district in Bihar. He says the police under him treated the public as their ‘consumers’. N Prasanth has launched Operation Sulaimani in Kozhikode, the district

Prabhat Kumar

Former Jharkhand Governor and Cabinet Secretary and Chairman of the Jury It is an occasion to celebrate our awardees, and hear their stories… The process of selecting awardees is an objective process…there is no shortage of extraordinary achievements. Now there is a torrent of such cases.

on the Malabar Coast of Kerala, to ensure that nobody in his district goes to bed empty stomach. He was happy that gfiles recognised his team for doing the project.

ULANIA has made micro irrigation easy in Madhya Pradesh by taking water from eight lakhs to 32 lakh farmers. He said this was first time he decided to accept an award. “When I got to know that Dr Mashelkar is going to get Lifetime Achievement Award and former Cabinet Secretary (Prabhat Kumar) and former power secretary (Anil Razdan) are part of the jury, I said yes to the award”. Julania said his biggest motivation was when he saw people converting their kutcha houses in concrete ones. Bhattacharya has been responsible for ending the coal shortage in the country. The Coal India Limited MD said he appointed State and central ministries representatives in the CIL to liaison with them on supply of coal. He said his past stint in the Power Ministry helped him understand the need of coal for power generation. g

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dr. RA Mashelkar receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Dr. RA Mashelkar FRS President, Global Research Alliance For outstanding contribution in innovation, science and society

HE life and work of Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is an inspiration to all. A chemical engineer with PhD, he is only the third Indian engineer to have been elected as Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) London in the twentieth century, besides membership to many other renowned international bodies. Dr. Mashelkar transformed the CSIR into a user focused, performance driven accountable organisation. He spearheaded successful challenges to the US patent on the use of turmeric for wound healing and the patent on Basmati rice. These landmark cases

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set up new paradigms in the protection of India’s traditional knowledge base and initiated a change in the International Patent Classification System to give traditional knowledge its rightful place. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet set up by successive governments. Named among 50 path-breakers in post-independent India by Business India magazine, Dr. Mashelkar has been awarded honorary doctorate by 37 leading universities. Of the more than 50 awards that he has won, the

notable include the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, Business Week (USA) ‘Stars of Asia’, HRD Excellence Award and 15 Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was bestowed the Padmashri in 1991, Padmabhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2014. Dr. Mashelkar currently is the President of Global Research Alliance – a network of publicly funded R&D institutes from Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US with over 60,000 scientists. Besides being on the board of leading corporates, Dr. Mashelkar is Chairman of India’s National Innovation Foundation, and that of the High Powered Technology Expert Committee on Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

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OP Singh IPS Director General, Central Industrial Security Force For successfully leading the disaster relief operations during unprecedented floods in J&K, Nepal and Chennai, and revamping security apparatus of major airports in the country

1983-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, Shri Om Prakash Singh holds a Masters Degree in Political Science, MBA in Disaster Management and M. Phil from Madras University. As ADG and Addl. DG, Airport Sector, he spearheaded a series of innovative security measures to beef up the security apparatus of 59 airports, which includes ‘highly sensitive’ and ‘sensitive’, across the country. Keeping up the high-profile image of CISF, he

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strived to inculcate professionalism in functional calibre, etiquette and courtesy in the behaviour of the force. As chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Shri Singh led the rescue and relief operations during the unprecedented floods in J&K, providing much-needed succour to the distressed and marooned. NDRF was the first foreign agency to reach Nepal during massive earthquake in 2015 and carried out Humanitarian Assistance and

Pradeep Agarwal (staff officer, CISF) receiving the award on behalf of OP Singh from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Disaster Relief operations under his able and inspirational command. During the Chennai floods in 2015, NDRF under his dynamic leadership and meticulous supervision, saved several precious lives and evacuated over 22,450 persons from the affected areas. IIT Delhi inspired by Shri Singh’s leadership attributes came out with an elaborate case study, titled “Leading from the front: Awareness, Engagement and Intervention for Community Empowerment”. Shri Singh’s selfless and outstanding service has won him many honours including the Indian Police Medal for Gallantry, Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service, Police Special Duty Medal, Disaster Response Medal and President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services.

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Saurabh Kumar receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Saurabh Kumar IRS Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Ministry of Power For unparalleled achievements in energy efficiency

1992-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, Shri Saurabh Kumar has made significant contributions in the energy efficiency sector. As Managing Director of EESL, he implemented the world’s largest non-subsidy based LED lighting programme resulting in the distribution of over 17 crore LED bulbs in 17 states/ UTs benefitting more than 4 crore households. The price of LEDs has reduced by over 83 per cent in the last 2 years due to transparent procurement practices. Under his stewardship, EESL also implemented the Street Light

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Programme where more than 14 lakh street lights have been replaced by LED street lights at no capital cost to municipal bodies. The entire investment is done by EESL and is being paid back by savings over a seven-year period. Over 140 municipal bodies have benefitted from this programme. Using IT to enhance transparency of operations and real time monitoring, EESL has been able to reduce peak demand of about 3500 MW. Shri Kumar is also credited with achieving unprecedented growth of EESL over the last 2 years with the company witnessing its turnover

increase from Rs 26 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 710 crore in 2015-16, earning a profit after tax of Rs 35 crore. With the 2016-17 Q1 turnover already at Rs 370 crore, this year’s target is Rs 2,000 crore with the company planning to enter international markets. He is also been credited for operationalisation of tax assessment of political parties for the first time in 1996-98 under the guidance and supervision of the Supreme Court during his stint in the Income Tax Department and was a part of the team that initiated the restructuring of the Department in 1999-2000. An electrical engineer from IIT Kanpur, he has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies, Tokyo (Japan).

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Sanjay Kumar receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Sanjay Kumar IFS DIG, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change For outstanding contribution towards environment protection, wildlife conservation and sustainable livelihood

N Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1996 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, Shri Sanjay Kumar has an exceptional record of dedication achieving remarkable successes under challenging circumstances. He has been at the forefront of environment protection and conservation efforts in the country. As Divisional Forest Officer at Obra, Sonebhadra District, Uttar Pradesh, Shri Kumar was responsible for successfully ending illegal sand

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mining which had previously continued unabated with notoriety. At Sohelwa Wildlife Division in Balrampur and Shrawasti Districts infamous for rampant illicit forest felling and abuse of vulnerable farmers, he made untiring efforts to boost the morale of forest officers and tightened the noose on nefarious activities. Famous for his immaculate attention to detail, Shri Kumar is credited with favourable legal judgments for the department and foiling several

attempts to misrepresent forest land as non-forest by vested interests and land mafia, thereby furthering environmental safeguards and protecting the livelihood of multitude of villagers. At the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, he successfully carried out hassle-free eviction of encroachment. On the wildlife front, Shri Kumar has accomplished numerous successful operations including seizure of illegal wildlife trafficking and busting of poaching and smuggling syndicates. He revived the ‘Extension & technology demonstration for in vitro clonal multiplication of Bamboo and Sheesham’, which paved the way for establishing the scientific credentials of the UP Forest Department in the field of production of edible bamboo using tissue culture technique.

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K Balamurugan receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

K Balamurugan IFS Regional Passport Officer, Chennai For his outstanding contribution in public service

N officer of the 2002 batch of the Indian Forest Service (IFS), West Bengal cadre, Shri K Balamurugan adopted his native village, Siruvathur situated in an isolated region in Tamil Nadu, to help 2,500 families of the village get clean drinking water, free rice bags, street lights and other basic amenities. The residents were living a very harsh life, leading to mass migrations. Villagers needed to take a circuitous 15-kilometer course around the Keedalam River to get to another village called Panikamkuppam. They got huge relief when he got a causeway built between the two hamlets. Balamurugan wants

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to ensure that no one from his village has to migrate in the future and is also working hard to restore and renovate the government high school. A post graduate in Forest Management from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Government of India, Shri Balamurugan has been a meritorious scholar winning several scholarships, including National Merit Scholarship for 1st rank in graduation from the Government of Tamil Nadu, Junior Research Fellowship from National Council of Agricultural Research, and Global Leader’s Chevening

Scholarship Award by Foreign & Commonwealth Office, of the Government of UK. In recognition of his remarkable contribution, Shri Balamurugan received several national and state awards including Passport Puraskar in 2015 and 2013, respectively, for improving passport services in Chennai and for rolling out the first Passport Office in Trichy as an e-governance project. He was also bestowed with Recognized Trainer in e-Governance Award in 2016. After having served as forest conservator since his induction into the service, he served as Regional Passport Officer, Trichy during 2010-14 on a central deputation. He is currently pursuing MA in Governance and Public Policy at University of Sheffield, UK.

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S Bhattacharya being felicitated by Haryana Education and Tourism Minister Ram Bilas Sharma.

Sutirtha Bhattacharya IAS CMD, Coal India Limited (CIL) For outstanding contribution towards the growth of energy sector

1985-batch IAS officer of the Telangana cadre, Shri Sutirtha Bhattacharya did his graduation from Presidency College, Kolkata. His varied experience in different sectors of governance and unfaltering dedication has endowed vital impetus to public sector enterprises. A strong advocate of clean energy, he is credited for ushering in heightened social and environmental consciousness in the outlook of industry. Shri Bhattacharya has been Managing Director of Nizam Sugar Factories, Commissioner of Industries, and Secretary in-charge of

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Irrigation Department, among other posts. As CMD, TRANSCO he was chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee and oversaw review all AP Discoms. As Principal Secretary (Energy) and Chairman, APGENCO, he vastly improved the quality of power supply. As Principal Secretary (Infrastructure & Investment), he successfully executed port, airport, natural gas and public private partnership projects. Prior to this, he was CMD of the Telangana-based Singareni Collieries Company Limited. Shri Bhattacharya is currently the

Chairman & Managing Director of Coal India Limited. He has initiated the shift to Clean Coal technology to reduce environmental impact while concurrently seeking to double coal production to meet the energy needs of our growing economy. For this, he aligned critical components of the system such as acquisition, green clearance, evacuation, transport, technology upgrade and ICT integration unveiling the roadmap and strategies for achieving 1 Billion Tonnes in coal production by 2019-2020. He was instrumental in the creation of the Coal Projects Monitoring Group (CPMG) that monitors project related issues with various ministries and state authorities. The CMPG has made remarkable contributions towards enhancing project efficiency.

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RS Julania receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Radhey Shyam Julania IAS Addl. Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh For unmatched contribution in the field of irrigation in Madhya Pradesh

1985-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Shri Radhey Shyam Julania is credited with having increased the land under irrigation in the state from 7.5 lakh hectares to 28 lakh hectares in just 6 years, and bridged the capacity and utilisation gap leading to increase in irrigation by 12.5 lakh hectares besides creating new capacity addition of 8 lakh hectares. He prioritised projects which were near completion so that the benefits of investments start flowing. His commitment and

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dedication led to the completion of more than 1,500 minor, 25 medium and five major projects in the state. Shri Julania could achieve such a feat by putting transparent systems in place for identification of new projects, assessing prefeasibility of projects, merit based sanction of new projects, and developing a model contract agreement with e-tendering and time bound award of contracts with efficient HRM system through assignments, transfers, rewards and punishment. Shri Julania countered all

hurdles, court cases and opposition from strong lobby groups due to his sheer forthright approach and a nononsense work culture. Systems were put in place for SMS based monitoring, weekly video conference leading to timely resolution of problems and monitoring of construction related issues. Budget management, fortnightly reviews and timely payment to contractors, for land acquisition and rehabilitation ensured completion of projects without cost overruns and led to substantial saving. His efforts resulted in the per hectare micro irrigation cost going down to about 1/3rd from about Rs 4.50 lakh to Rs 1.50 lakh and the per hectare irrigation cost of greenfield projects in MP becoming the lowest in the country.

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N Prasanth receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

N Prasanth IAS District Collector, Kozhikode, Kerala For distinguished public service

2007-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, Shri N Prasanth is an ambassador of innovative public service approach. He has been a remarkable model of statesmanship in various administrative domains and has made vital contributions towards good governance. Conscientious, technology-savvy and outgoing in nature, Shri Prasanth is well-known for the value he attaches to proximity with the people at large, a virtue which has been well received by citizens of the country making him a popular figure on social media. He advocates and successfully

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executes the active use of interactive digital media for governance. A champion of collaborative action, he involved the society as stakeholders of welfare administration developing transparent and effective systems of service dispensation. As head of the District Administration in Kozhikode District of Kerala, he conceived and instituted the Compassionate Kozhikode Initiative to bring about a qualitative difference by securing shelter, health and financial inclusion to the marginalised sections of society. As part of the programme, Shri Prasanth also intro-

duced “Operation Sulaimani”- a joint effort of the District Administration and Kerala Hotel and Restaurants Association to provide ‘food with dignity’ to the most vulnerable sections of society. Operation Sulaimani which draws inspiration from the Malayalam movie Ustad Hotel ensures that no one in the district goes hungry and in effect anchors the right to food. His exceptional work and contributions has received extensive acclaim. He has been the recipient of the Social Empowerment Award of the Digital Empowerment Foundation and Compassionate Kozhikode has been highlighted as one of the 50 inspirational projects from around the world and the only one highlighted from India in the Internationale TourismusBourse (ITB) Berlin.

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Amit Lodha receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Amit Lodha IPS DIG, BSF SHQ, Jaisalmar (North) For outstanding police service

1998-batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre, Shri Amit Lodha has achieved tremendous successes under challenging circumstances, bearing illustrious testimony of his dedication and commitment to the service of the nation. As a young IPS officer in 2001 when Nalanda was infested with crime and extremism and was shrouded in unemployment, poverty and communal tension with general public antipathy towards the police, his unflinching determination to transform the social environment of the district improved the state of affairs immensely due to the initiation of a series of coordinated community

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policing programmes. He launched SAMBHAV- an organization under the aegis of the Nalanda district police to tap the power of the youth towards community development. The organization successfully engaged the youth in tackling important social issues such as drug and tobacco abuse, illiteracy, dowry, public sanitation, and carried out entrepreneurship and skill enhancement activities, cultural, literary and sports programmes to provide healthy and gainful avenues to the people. The initiative gained massive response and public support. The achievements of this initiative were widely appreciat-

ed. Besides getting special mention in the official journal of the Bihar Police, it was highlighted in the Bureau of Police Research and Development of India in its National Interaction Programme for Juvenile Justice and as model of community policing by senior police officers of India, US and the UK. Shri Lodha played an instrumental role in a number of successful police operations, including the arrest of dreaded gangsters, neutralizing and controlling naxalite activities and rescue of kidnap victims. He significantly revamped intelligence networks in trouble-torn regions and engineered seamless integration of information technology in the system, vastly enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of the force.

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Mandeep Singh Randhawa IPS DCP, Central District, Delhi Police For distinguished police service

N 2006-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, Shri Mandeep Singh Randhawa has a covetable record in the domain of law and order. His diligent efforts, exceptional leadership and professionalism transformed the Delhi Police into a people driven tech-savvy force. As Deputy Commissioner of Police at South East District, Delhi, he implemented smart policing reforms integrating IT-enabled functions and mobile based application (e-saathi) to enable a people-friendly, citizenpolice interface. This initiative has been credited for significant minimisation of the public trust deficit and

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enhancing police morale. Embedded with geo-fencing functions, the web and mobile applications of smart policing also provides information and procedural guidance to users. Aimed at equitable distribution of police service, Shri Randhawa introduced the New Division System redistributing divisions, stations and booths to ensure visible presence and timely response for the convenience of residents. Pushing for wholesome modernisation, manual information filing and record keeping were replaced with the e-beat book – a software application for digital record keeping. He also initiated the installa-

Mandeep Singh Randhawa being congratulated by Haryana Education and Tourism Minister Ram Bilas Sharma after receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

tion of GPS systems in government vehicles and carried out CCTV installations at strategic locations to improve service quality. Police stations were given the due fillip for gentle and friendly ambience. Recognising the role of police in youth development, he launched Police Entertainment Team (PET) in localities to interact with the youth and has made commendable contributions towards woman safety. His undiluted thrust on preventive planning, beatin-focus policing, and police-community partnership has led to a drastic fall in heinous crimes. Shri Randhawa has been instrumental in cracking several high-profile cases including heist, murder and organ racket cases, and holds two Limca Book of Records.

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Vikas Arya receiving the award from Union Minister for Steel Birendra Singh.

Vikas Arya IRSME Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare For outstanding contribution towards advancements in Indian Railways

1992-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), Shri Vikas Arya is a visionary leader and outstanding team worker. He has made notable contributions towards the progress of railways and health and the family planning programme. Taking charge of train operations in Delhi division in 2010, when it was reeling under recurring accidents attributed to human errors, he successfully implemented bold and unique initiatives to ensure accident free and safe train operations con-

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comitantly achieving three consecutive years of zero accidents attributed to crew failure. Previously, his efforts on rolling stock maintenance led to a significant rise in productivity within two years, with no additional inputs. With keen interest in railway heritage conservation, he resurrected several Vintage Steam Locomotives lying non-functional in various parts of the country and revived a 120 year old Steam Locomotive Maintenance facility at Rewari in Haryana to its pristine glory. Shri Arya is widely known for his works furthering the preservation

of a unique human heritage — the steam locomotive — and has been closely associated with the Indian Steam Railways Society. As Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, he is credited with a complete turnaround in the procurement process to ensure timely availability of drugs, medicines, vaccines and equipment for various national programmes run by the Ministry. He successfully introduced changes in the system of vaccine procurement for the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) and played a critical role in revamping social marketing progammes on family planning. The continued dedication of Shri Arya has gained wide recognition and appreciation, earning him numerous awards.

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demonetisation mg devasahayam

Dissecting ‘Demonetisation’ Withdrawal of 86 per cent of cash in circulation has thrown the economy into a tailspin.

EMONETISATION is not the end but the beginning of a ‘long, deep and constant’ battle against black money and corruption and will benefit the poor and the common man.” This is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Parliamentary party colleagues soon after pulling 86 per cent of cash out of circulation through this draconian measure putting India’s labourers, small-traders and farmers to immense misery resulting in over

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100 deaths so far. The loyalists hailed it and passed a resolution endorsing his “great crusade!” Let us take a reality check on the state-of-our-nation: Ȋ We are World No. 1 in absolute poverty far ahead of sub-Saharan Africa. Ȋ We are World No. 1 in farmer suicides. (if there is a global standard for this) Ȋ We are World No. 1 in human trafficking. If we add bonded labour,

we will be World No. 1 in slavery. Ȋ We are close to the top in malnutrition and illiteracy. Half of India’s children are malnourished and underweight. Ȋ Eighty per cent our graduates are unemployable. Our unemployment figures are mind boggling with post-graduates and engineers queuing for menial posts. Ȋ Corruption is not only acceptable at all levels of society but it is aspirational. Our politicians and

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civil servants are mostly corrupt and judges are trying to catch up. Ȋ We have zero tolerance, not for corruption and falsehood, but for those who dare to speak the truth. Ȋ Our politicians are elected to power through a humonguously corrupt electoral practice. Most of them are either mafia themselves or mafia-sponsored. Ȋ Human life has no value. From 2005 to 2015, over 300,000 farmers have committed suicide. Ȋ Our rape, murder and plunder statistics would do credit to a war zone. Ȋ In terms of productivity, quality and industry we are among the lowest in the world. This is India’s socio-economic milieu. Without addressing any of these critical issues, Modi has launched this demonetisation crusade which The Economist (London) describes as “reckless misuse of one of the most potent of policy tools: control over an economy’s money.” Eminent economists have also spoken and written about this ‘reckless misuse’ almost in unison. Notification of demonetisation was issued by the Union Ministry of Finance under Section 26(2) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934: “Whereas, the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India has recommended that bank notes of denominations of the existing series of the value of five hundred rupees and one thousand rupees shall be ceased to be legal tender;…And whereas, it has been found that fake currency notes have been largely in circulation causing adverse effect to the economy;…And whereas, it has been found that high denomination bank notes are used for storage of unaccounted wealth;…And whereas, it has also been found that fake cur-

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rency is being used for financing subversive activities such as drug trafficking and terrorism,…and the Central Government after due consideration has decided to implement the recommendations of the Board…” The RBI followed it up with a circular: “In terms of Gazette Notification No 2652 dated November 08, 2016 issued by Government of India, `500 and `1,000 denominations of Bank Notes of the existing series issued by

Why was demonetisation done in such a hurry through an executive order that has no authority to place restrictions on drawing of own money from the banks? All these cannot be considered ‘implementation failures’ but a deliberate attempt to spread panic among the public forcing them to stand in serpentine queues and surrender their cash to the state as fast as possible Reserve Bank of India shall cease to be legal tender with effect from November 09, 2016….” With one fell-swoop, 86 per cent of the cash in circulation was declared as non-legal tender thereby destabilising an economy of 125 crore people. This raises several critical legal issues – excessive delegation, lack of legislation, ultra vires of the constitution, validity of RBI’s ‘recommendation’ and test of reasonableness. These are being agitated before the Supreme Court and various High Courts. The moot question is whether the objectives of demonetisation as given in the Notification and declared by

Prime Minister are really genuine? As far as fake currency is concerned, at a mere 0.02 per cent of currency in circulation, it is just a speck. On the elimination of unaccounted wealth, i.e. black money, the government was counting its chickens by estimating that up to `3 lakh crore – out of a total of `14.5 lakh crore of currency declared invalid – may not come back into the banking system, and therefore would get extinguished. This would automatically increase RBI’s surplus reserves by that amount. The Central Government was seeing this as an additional fiscal space and speculative plans are abuzz that these funds would be used as a social sector transfer to the poor in cash and kind to gain some brownie points.

HESE ‘castles-in-the-air’ could come crashing if banks end up receiving the bulk of the demonetised `1,000 and `500 notes in a ‘legitimate’ manner. Noted economist Arun Kumar, who has done extensive work on black money, feels that going by the present pace of deposit and replacement of `1,000 and `500 notes, over 95 per cent of the invalidated currency may come into the banking system. This effectively means that Modi’s “shock-and-awe” accompanied by so much pain and disruption in the lives of a billion people – long queues, deaths, no-cash-inbanks, long waits, lathi charges, road blocks, bank employees running for life – ends up with very little black money being actually located and extinguished. This would mean a failure of the ‘great crusade’. Sensing this, the Government hurriedly announced an amnesty scheme making itself a 50 per cent partner with the black money hoarders! That much for extinguishing black money! But this does not appear to be

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shut down in the guise of recalibration and most of the `100 notes supplied were soiled and hence rejected by the counting machines. Why was demonetisation done in such a hurry through an executive order that has no authority to place restrictions on drawing of own money from the banks? All these cannot be considered ‘implementation failures’ but a deliberate attempt to spread panic among the public forcing them to stand in serpentine queues and surrender their cash to the state as fast as possible.

the real objective of demonetisation if one listened to Reliance Chief Mukesh Ambani who is among the main drivers behind the Government’s policy decisions. In his speech at the launch of his e-payment wallet Jio Money, Ambani made two points: (1) With one single step, Narendra Modi has brought all the unproductive money into productive use. This will enhance credit flow in the economy and legitimate credit is the fuel that powers the engine of economic growth, and (2) So far, credit in our country has mostly been high value and low volume.Now we will have low value, high volume credit. For this super-tycoon who lives in a `7,000-crore mansion in Mumbai, a few hundred rupees kept by millions of poor and toiling masses to buy food for themselves and their children and pay for grocery, vegetable, hospital expenses, school fees, bus/train fares, etc. are unproductive! Gauging from Ambani’s speech, the intention of ‘demonetisation’ appears to be to make bad-debt ridden banks liquid by forcibly sucking out lakh of crores of white money from the common people across the board thereby saving

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money-bags who are big defaulters from repaying their massive debts and instead giving them access to ‘low value, high volume credit’. These will be evident from the bizarre manner in which the entire operation has been carried out. Let us see how. In today’s market by no stretch of imagination can the `500 note be considered high-value denomination. Yet this was declared invalid, while a `2,000 note was introduced replacing `1,000 note. It is learnt that initially RBI wanted to bring `5,000 notes to cater only to the super-rich. But some sane counsel prevailed. `2,000 notes were printed well in advance and made available the very first day while the RBI did not even start printing `500 notes. It is also learnt that `2,000 notes were sent to cash chests of banks across the country around the middle of October with strict instructions not to open the bundles and make account entry. This appears to be tenable considering the large quantity of `2,000 notes that have surfaced outside the banking system so soon after the demonetisation announcement! ATMs were

NOTHER objective is to aggressively promote ‘Digital India’. From the way in which the Central Government, the Prime Minister downwards, all departments, RBI and commercial banks are marketing ‘cashless business’, it appears as if this is the real crusade. Already, companies in this business – big and small – have reaped windfalls. To consolidate this and to make the country cashless, a high-level Committee of Chief Ministers and senior Central Ministers has been formed with the mandate to implement measures to execute digital payment systems. The committee is to push for Aadhaar identification for cashless transactions, including linking of point of sale machines with the Unique Identification Authority of India. The committee will also identify measures for rapid expansion and adoption of the system of digital payments like cards (debit, credit and pre-paid), digital-wallets/e-wallets, internet banking, Unified Payments Interface, banking apps, etc., and shall broadly indicate the roadmap to be implemented in one year. Companies in this business, most of them multinationals, can earn 0.5 to 3.5 per cent commission in each

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transaction. In today’s estimate this will be worth about `1.5 lakh crore. Do you still call it demonetisation to eliminate black money and end corruption? According to analysts calling it so is a fallacy. In this case, the Central government has said that the RBI will refuse to honour its promise to provide legal backing to `500 and `1,000 currency notes. They will effectively refuse to honour the property rights of those holding them. Every time the RBI issues a currency note, it adds a liability to its balance sheet. By refusing to honour these notes as legal tender, the RBI will extinguish its liability towards persons holding them, in effect enriching itself. In addition, substantial restrictions have been placed on exchanging old notes for new, withdrawal and exchange of money. This is a substantial interference in the rights of people from accessing their own money. This is expropriation, not demonetisation. In its broadest sense, expropriation refers to taking over of certain items or goods by the government by refusing to honour the property rights of

those holding such items or goods. Bank nationalisation was an act of expropriation. The Indian government refused to honour the property rights of the owners of banks and transferred the ownership of the banks to itself. In land acquisition also, the government expropriates the property rights of individuals.

XPROPRIATION need not be an absolute taking or extinguishment of property rights in all cases. Even a high degree of restriction or interference with property rights has

Restrictions have been placed on exchanging old notes for new, withdrawal and exchange of money. This is a substantial interference in the rights of people from accessing their own money. This is expropriation, not demonetisation

been held to be expropriatory in many jurisdictions worldwide. Therefore, the government and RBI’s decision to (a) withdraw legal tender status, and (b) impose severe restrictions on withdrawals from one’s own account is definitely an act of expropriation. It falls in the same category of the 1975 Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi that extinguished the fundamental rights of the citizens. The difference is that while Emergency was promulgated by the President under the Constitution, demonetisation was notified by a Joint Secretary under a law, constitutional validity of which is under challenge. That India is a land of ‘jugaad’ was once again proved by the innovative ways of converting black into white money and a flourishing ‘blackmarket’ that has sprung-up for the purpose. As far as corruption is concerned, the colour of the currency makes no difference. Neither is it a one-time activity to be put an end to through such one-time measure. The roots are much deeper, none of which are being addressed by this government including electoral corruption which is the grandmother of all corruption. In the event, all that ‘demonetisation’ has done is to put a reasonably healthy and functioning economy through forcible dialysis by taking out 86 per cent of its blood and purifying it through ‘Digital India’ machines. As is said when a patient is put on dialysis, he is on ‘borrowed time’. God alone knows whether this will be the same with India’s economy. For all we know, country may be staring at either hyper-inflation or stagflation.The jury is out. g The writer is a former Army and IAS officer. He is also former Administrator, Chandigarh Capital Project . Email: deva1940@gmail.com

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Pain in vain Mere demonetisation cannot make a significant dent in black money as such illgotten wealth is usually stored in form of real estate and bullion and not in cash

LACK money has been a matter of concern since decades. The governments of the times have been taking action on black money, its extent and how its proliferation can be checked. For this, a number of committees have been appointed— Wanchoo Committee, Choksi Committee, Chelliah Committee, Parthasarthy Shome Committee, Kelkar Committee and a Black Money Panel in 2011 to prepare a white paper on black money. This issue was also entrusted for study to three premier institutions of the country—National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) and National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)—but their reports have not been placed by the UPA and NDA governments in public domain for reasons best known to them. Meanwhile, the problem remains unabated despite so many studies. This is because no efforts have ever been made to ensure implementation of the suggestions of the expert bodies in a consolidated way. Some suggestions from the reports were picked up for implementation, but that obviously could not provide solution to the multi-faceted problem. One of the promises made by Narendra Modi during the 2014 elections was, if voted to power, his government would take strong steps to check and eradicate black money domestically and abroad. In pursuance of that promise, the government

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has taken the following steps: Ȋ Constitution of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to give effect to Supreme Court’s directive. The UPA government kept postponing it despite SC’s directions. Ȋ Special Act enacted for black money, namely Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Act, 2015. Ȋ Opening one-time compliance window for black money abroad. This regretfully did not evoke a favourable response and only 644 taxpayers made use of the scheme, netting only `2,428 crore as tax. Ȋ Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS) for declaration of domestic black

The basic fallacies in the demonetisation approach have been that there was no assessment of the magnitude of the problem expected to arise and unpreparedness of the government to meet the same

money under which black money worth `66,250 crore was disclosed with tax of `30,000 crore. Ȋ Demonetisation of `500 and `1,000 notes. These have ceased to be legal tender from November 8, 2016 (midnight). Presently, the country is struggling with the aftermath of the problem of demonetisation on which no attention was paid before. The basic fallacies in the approach have been that there was no assessment of the magnitude of the problem expected to arise and unpreparedness of the government to meet the same. These notes constituted nearly 86 per cent of the total notes in circulation. All of these, in the prime Minister’s own words, became worthless pieces of paper after his declaration. The issue is why the consequences of declaration were not perceived before demonetisation of such large number of notes from circulation. The decision has created immense hardship, inconvenience and chaos. People died while standing in queues before the banks for getting new notes, or got crushed on way to banks, or because of shock. They were unable to get new

According to information published in The Economic Times on November 22, 2016, the quantum of notes and their value demonetised as on March 31, 2016, were: Denomination

No. (in lakhs)

Value (in crore)

`500

1,57,070

7,85,350

`1,000

63,260

6,32,600

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notes. With marriages already fixed, the situation plunged into uncertainties. Patients experienced difficulty in continuing their treatment or getting medicines because of terrific cash crunch. People could not draw money from their own accounts, except to the limited extent prescribed as a result of shortage of new notes and ATMs stopped functioning consequent to non-adjustment to the new notes coupled with shortage of notes. The new note of `2,000, issued in a limited way, created its own problem of getting small notes, adding to the woes of liquidity.

2010 estimated ‘Shadow Economies’ of 162 countries from 1999 to 2007 and reported that the weighted average size of the shadow economy (as a percentage of ‘official’ GDP) of these 162 countries was 31 per cent as compared to 34 per cent in 1999. For India, these figures were 20.7 per cent and 23.2 per cent, respectively, comparing favourably with the world

average. Shadow economy for the purposes of the study was defined to include all market-based legal production of goods and services that are deliberately concealed from public authorities. Unofficially, it is claimed that black money ranges between 20-68 per cent of the GDP. This is anywhere between `27-90 lakh crore. The issue

HE worst sufferers are persons in whose cases marriages were already fixed. It was a pity that would-be brides, grooms and their parents had to stand in long queues to get their money and that too limited to `24,000 in a week when they were expected to be busy in marriage arrangements. When the government, after nearly two weeks of delay-dallying, decided to give `2.5 lakh for marriages, the formalities prescribed by the RBI to get the money were so many that it became almost impossible to get one’s own money. The conditions to be complied with are so numerous that it makes one feel that he is living in anarchy, not democracy. The Prime Minister wants citizens of the country to bear all such hardships in the hope of a better future, saying that after the grilling period, economy will improve and interest rates would come down. There are no authentic figures regarding the quantum of undisclosed income in the economy. The World Bank Development Research Group on Poverty and Inequality and Europe and Central Asia Region Human Development Economics Unit in July

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demonetisation tn pandey not in the form of cash, which is not likely to be returned to the coffers of the RBI.

is whether all of this is going to be unearthed by demonetisation. The answer has to be a strong ‘No’ because all of this does not exist in hard cash. Black money is not generated to be kept in safes and strong rooms. It is used to earn more income and wealth in the form of benami properties, bullion, jewellery, shares, rare paintings, works of art, etc. According to R Ramkumar of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, “…part of the illegal earnings is seamlessly transferred as capital invested in productive activities”. A Committee on ‘measures to tackle Black Money in India and abroad in 2012’, set up bwy the Ministry of Finance, headed by the Chairman of the CBDT, strongly said that demonetisation may not be a solution for tackling black money in the economy, which is largely held in the form of benami properties, bullion and jewellery. Estimates for illegal cash range from 3 per cent to 5 per cent of the total black money. Taking the higher

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Estimates for illegal cash range from 3 per cent to 5 per cent of the total black money. Taking the higher figure of 5 per cent, black money in cash could be estimated between `1.4 lakh crore and `4.5 lakh crore figure of 5 per cent, black money in cash could be estimated between `1.4 lakh crore and `4.5 lakh crore. Arun Kumar, a former JNU Professor who has conducted studies concerning black money, has said, “Assuming the velocity of circulation to be no different than in the white economy, you could say that cash component is 38 per cent of the total currency (of `16.5 lakh crore). So, around `6.5 lakh crore is in the form of cash.” It is this component of black money which is affected by demonetisation. Thus, a very large bulk of black money is

THER advantage of demonetisation claimed was that it would wipe out considerable portion of fake currency from the system. A recent study by the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, carried out under the supervision of the National Investigation Agency with the help of top government economic and intelligence bodies, concluded that the total fake currency in circulation in India was `400 crore. This figure was confirmed by the Minister of State for Finance, Arun Meghwal, in the Rajya Sabha in August last year. So, fake notes worth `400 crore will definitely become unusable as a result of demonetisation. But that will last only till fresh fake currency is printed based on new notes. Then the whole cycle may start again. Meanwhile, fake `2,000 notes have already started surfacing. Two such notes were found with terrorists killed in recent encounters. Hence, the benefit regarding fake notes going out of circulation may be short-lived. The benefits projected do not seem to be commensurate with the hardships being experienced by the people of the country. The hardships will continue till a sufficient number of new notes are made available and all the ATMs start functioning in full force. Till then, the government has to ensure that people’s frustration does not get out of control. Already the SC has cautioned that such situation could lead to riots. The ongoing disruption of daily life across the country is highly unlikely to finish the scourge of either black money or terror-funding. May be, all this pain is in vain. g

The writer is former Chairman, CBDT

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Show of Strength India needs a strong national security advisory board with a mandate to draw up a national security doctrine and strategic roadmap

HE deadly attacks on strategic military establishments by Pakistan army in Pathankot, Uri and the series of border violations, shelling of civilian targets, cover firing for sneaking terrorists are indications of not just hostile acts but a serious breach of our national security mechanism. While India has successfully retaliated and inflicted heavy cost on Islamabad, that alone is no reason for New Delhi to let the guard down. Border security and all other aspects of external security are a significant yet a fraction of the larger national security and strategy planning. National security is a multidimensional concept primarily concerned with ensuring comprehensive national strength and, in the process, gaining toe-hold in the strategic sphere, hitherto lost or not obtained in the first place. Long-term security planning involves a deeper understanding of not just external military threats but also internal fault lines, traditional and non-traditional security threats and the strategic moves of countries that play bigger games in the geo-political arena. In the colonial past, Her Majesty’s Government decided the foreign policy and the strategic outreach of India. For example, it was in the interest of Great Britain to keep Communist USSR out of Indian Ocean and hence they created Pakistan. (Ref: The untold story of India’s Partition, Narendra Singh Sarila, Ch: The Great Game, pp: 16-22).

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After Independence, India’s foreign policy thrust was influenced by Gandhian ideals of non-violence and non-alignment and Nehruvian socialistic values and the idea of ‘Panchsheel’. This could also be seen as India’s soft-power projection in the region. Unfortunately, this neither changed India’s image in its neighbourhood nor internationally. We emerged as a weak nation unsure of our strength as there was no national security or strategic policy in place. The very first test of national secu-

Long term security planning involves a deeper understanding of not just external military threats but also internal fault lines, traditional and nontraditional security threats and the strategic moves of countries that play bigger games in the geo-political arena rity came in the form of Pakistan’s attack on Jammu and Kashmir. A totally unprepared government could barely manage to halt the attack but not before losing prime territory and taking the resolution of the issue to the UN. The entire episode exposed two chinks in our frail security armour—our military unpreparedness and total lack of strategic outlook. The fact that Nehru believed the

UN as an independent and just jury, rather than depending on national strength to win back the lost territory is evident from the reality that the issue still hangs fire and stands out as a sore thumb. The next hole in our national security preparedness came in the 1950s when China unabashedly occupied Tibet and India played host to HH, the Dalai Lama, and his subjects. More importantly, India lost the strategic area in the Himalayas which is proving to be detrimental to our security till date. Another blow to our external security came in 1962 in the form of Chinese aggression that totally exposed our vulnerability to the world. We stood before the world as a loser, disgraced, weak nation with a soft underbelly, with no friends on our side. The 1965 misadventure by Pakistan gave us the first opportunity to re-define our priorities and reverse the series of setbacks since Independence. It was a coincidence that the Nehruvian era had just ended but the vacuum was effectively filled by a strong, determined but little known leadership, though unfortunately short lived. The military victory in 1965 (Indian army hoisted the Tricolour in Lahore for more than a week), boosted the morale of the armed forces and laid the basic foundations for a new military thinking. Yet we were far from any long-term strategic plan or vision to undo the wrongs of immediate past history.

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Our magnanimity in victory was touted as being more important than strategically bargaining for the return of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, including the areas illegally ceded to China by Pakistan. The Tashkent Agreement was projected as a pat on our ethically upright back but in reality it turned out to be a sharp and lethal stab. Realising the fact that ethics and values serve little in foreign policy in a rapidly changing global security environment, Indira Gandhi tried a pragmatic approach towards the neighbours. The liberation of

instead of retaining 93,000 prisoners of war, which in any case we sent back with full honour. The victory gained by the army on the ground was frittered away on the negotiating table.

Bangladesh in 1971 through direct Indian military intervention demonstrated India’s ability to exercise hard-power in its foreign policy and security options. Since then, military power has been an indispensible component of India’s foreign policy. But India’s national security challenges continued to persist despite a strong military and show of strength. Even at this stage of effective show of military strength, diplomatic outreach and successful strategy in the breakup of Pakistan, New Delhi did not realise the importance of using effective leverage to get back territory

security planning was that we ignored to our detriment the role and involvement of stakeholders. There was a time when the defence and paramilitary forces were enough to tackle any security threat. But this was long before Pakistan decided to inflict a thousand cuts and bleed us to death. Pakistan with three power centres, the army, the political establishment and the clergy, has vowed to balkanise India through terror attacks using the so-called non-state actors. We seem to be totally unprepared for this kind of proxy war and it is only now, after almost hundreds of terror attacks

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BSOLUTE lack of long-term security planning, clear and unambiguous idea of our national interest and strategic thinking are some of the reasons for this abysmal lack of vision in dealing with our highly inimical western neighbour. Another important factor in

and loss of lives and a change in the political leadership that we seem to be taking the security act more seriously. Long-term security and strategic planning needs a coordinated working between internal and external security systems. External security is linked not only to internal strength but also involves the active participation of the people. External threats can be countered by effective diplomacy and defense preparedness. Contrary to external threats, internal challenges have assumed greater and wide ranging proportions. Every aspect of the society such as economy, agriculture, transportation, cyber systems, etc., has become greatly vulnerable to jeopardy and open to tampering causing chaos of grave magnitude. Pumping counterfeit currency in to the market has thrown the entire banking system and the economy into disarray forcing demonitisation. The challenge to national security is in an integrated form and. therefore, the solutions also need to be integrated. In the changed situation internal security needs a stable government, decisive leadership, strong judiciary, responsible media, robust economy, egalitarian social system and all such aspects of good governance. Above all, the need for zero corruption in the body politic, especially in the defence establishment and the law enforcing authority, is a very vital template in planning a strong security apparatus. We seem to be witnessing all these in full measure under the Modi-led NDA. We still need a strong national security advisory board, armed to teeth with expertise and mandate to draw up a national security doctrine and strategic roadmap. g The author is Secretary General of Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS). Email: charidr.fins@gmail.com

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Gita: good governance models

O understand, analyse, interpret and adopt good governance models, we need to imbibe lessons from the Bhagavad Gita which is an ism-neutral, religion free treatise on management, relationship management and welfare economics. To move on the ladder of success with morality, opulence, victory and empowerment (MOVE), we need to believe that Lord Krishna and Arjun are with us—the message is called Eka Sloki Gita (the last sloka 78 of Gita in 18th chapter—yatra yogeshvarah Krishno yatra partho dhanur-dharah tatra srir vijaya bhutir dhruva nitir matir mama). It is pertinent to mention that people around the world know Kurukshetra for the Mahabharata war whereas we have to promote Kurukshetra as a place to have the first ever university on the planet. The basic objective of this university is to impart the knowledge which has been provided by Lord Krishna in the form of the Bhagavad Gita. To address the emerging challenges faced by the people with built-in corruption and parallel economy, we need good governance (GG) at all levels of operation in any economy of the world, including India. The shortfalls in employment, household incomes, corporate profitability and tax revenues caused by global financial crisis also justify good governance as need of the day. We need to address the growing social unrest and discontent due to discrimination and deprivations in most of the

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democracies (4D) of the world. To achieve efficiency, sufficiency and equity in an economy, we certainly need good governance which means a SMART (Simple, Moral, Action oriented Responsive and Transparent) model of administration at all levels developed by the writer in the book ‘Economics of Human Resource Development in India’ (2011). The other internationally recognised features of ‘Good Governance’ are participation, consensus oriented, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and adherence to the rule of law. This ensures that corruption is minimised, the views of minorities are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. We should be pragmatic about creating a sense of security with a crime-free environment. GG is also responsive to the future and present needs of the society. To emerge and realise the full potential of human resources in a holistic sense, it is essential to understand the SIMPLE model of HRD, as consisting of six human development activities such as Spiritual Quotient (SQ) development, Intuition development, Mental level development, Love oneself attitude development and Emotional quotient (EQ) development. The synergy of these six aspects of HRD in the beautiful word ‘SIMPLE’ is an essential requirement for all of us to emerge and realise our full potential in holistic sense. SQ development is essential for the

removal of stress and strain as well as social and economic health of the society. SQ development is necessary and sufficient for converting human beings into human capital—the process of HRD. Spirituality is the science of soul—the spirit to know actuality with spiritual path. To attain sustainable development, it is very important for us to develop intelligence to understand and accept situations, people and the changes happening around us through intuition which is possible only by believing, trusting and worshiping God (Bhakti). A calm and contented mental clarity, kindness silence, self-control and purity of character constitute the austerity of the mind which is the need of the day for the mental level development. An old and wise saying–‘A sound mind lives in a sound body’ makes the justification for physical development. If our body is not working properly, it is diseased; we cannot perform our duty well and will be inefficient in our work. The growth of one’s life depends upon the development of physical powers. Physical development is possible by the food we eat by understanding and adopting the Bhagavad Gita in our life. It is a love of oneself that urges us to take up activities where we get pleasure and discard those which are painful. This calls for love oneself as true soul to perform the duties without fear (false evidences appearing real).

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HERE are three major components to improve EQ such as motivating oneself, motivating others and empathising and not sympathising with others; which clearly prescribe the functional areas which determine the EQ of a person. All these three components of EQ are related to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to a greater extent. To understand, analyse, interpret and adopt Dharma as spirituality, we need to read and reread the Bhagavad Gita which is an ism-neutral, religionfree treatise on management. It promotes spiritual mathematics (yog=summation) as 1+1=1. One soul added to God becomes one. Souls do not die and the death rate is zero in this science, than why fear death. As a physical body, everybody has to die and the death rate is 100 per cent, then why worry. To fulfil desires, wants and demands of all kinds, one

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needs to unite with God for becoming SMART and SIMPLE in strict sense. This is the only path to be followed for peace, progress and prosperity. We need to believe the role of God (Krishna) in every activity individually or collectively and imbibe the message in sloka no 14 of chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita ‘Adhisthnam tatha karta karanam ca prthagvidham, vividhas ca prthak cesta daivam caivatra pancamam’. Meaning thereby, the place of action (the body), the performer, the various senses, the many different kinds of endeavour and ultimately the supreme soul— these are the five factors of action. To fight against corruption, black money, fake notes, terrorism and purification of India, we need to replace rajas guna by sattava in the evolutionary manner. To my mind, the root cause of these problems is greedonomics. We must possess the

knowledge of the harm done by greedonomics and rajasi tendencies prevailing in present times. Improvements in human behaviour need efforts over a long time but certainly justify needonomics (economics as per needs) which is the requirement of the day. We have to improve the communication skills of our manpower along with time management and spiritual input. We have to make serious efforts for promotion of rationality in economics which need to flow from ‘not me but you’ and by adopting spiritual mathematics, 1+1= 1. It is to be noted that for every ill in any system of governance, there are Vedic pills and the Bhagavad Gita is the panacea. g The writer is President ‘Antarjyoti’ Former Dean of Colleges & Social Sciences, Former Chairman, Dept. of Economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Email: mmgoel2001@yahoo.co.in

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Janardan Thakur started his career in journalism with the nationalist Patna daily, The Searchlight, in December 1959. In his long and distinguished career spanning the reign of each Prime Minister since Independence, Thakur reported from the thick of some of the most momentous contemporary events at home and afar—JP’s ‘total revolution’, the Emergency, the bristling emergence of Sanjay Gandhi, the fall and rise of Indira Gandhi and then the rise and fall of Rajiv, the Kremlin of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Khomeini’s revolution in Iran, Ronald Reagan’s re-election in an America swinging Right, VP Singh’s ascent as a messiah with tainted magic and the rasping run to power of the BJP. Thakur’s journalism, from the very start, broke traditional moulds of reportage and writing, going beyond the story that meets the eye and into processes and personalities that made them happen. His stories on the Bihar famine of the mid-1960s and the manmade floods that ravaged the State were a sensation. He was perhaps alone in predicting defeat for Indira Gandhi in 1977 and again singular in exposing the corroded innards of the Janata Government that followed. A Jefferson Fellow at the East-West Center, Hawaii, in 1971, Thakur moved to New Delhi as a Special Correspondent for the Ananda Bazar Patrika group of publications in 1976. He went freelance in 1980 and turned syndicated columnist. In 1989-91, he was Editor of the fortnightly Onlooker, and The Free Press Journal. Thakur authored All The Prime Minister’s Men, probably the most successful of the crop of books that followed the Emergency. His All the Janata Men, the story of the men who destroyed the first non-Congress government in New Delhi, was equally successful. He passed away on July 12, 1999.

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‘Who? Me? Prime Minister?’

ITH Vajpayee’s exit, the country was once again back to the question: ‘Who’ll be the next Prime Minister?’ The non-Congress, non-BJP parties was trying hard to find a Prime Minister. Laloo Yadav wanted the top job so desperately that he virtually gave up chief ministership and Patna to camp in Delhi, regardless of the city’s climate. But with only 20 MPs from Bihar his claim was considerably weakened. The Janata Dal had done much better in Karnataka; besides Laloo had a big opponent in Mulayam Singh Yadav who could not let another Yadav beat him to the prime ministership. Mulayam campaigned with the Left, Harkishen Singh Surjeet in the main, to sabotage Laloo. He is scam tainted (the first fodder scam disclosures had begun to come in the last days of the Rao Raj), Mulayam told the Left, besides he has treated the Communists with disdain in Bihar. He even split the CPI. While the Yadavs quarrelled, the regional parties (TDP, DMK, AGP, National Conference) got together to form a federal front at Andhra Bhawan and announced they would support a non-BJP, non-Congress Prime Minister. Pressure mounted on the Janata Dal, then the core of the National Front, and the Communists to agree on a Prime Minister. But there was no agreeable man in sight. In desperation, the National Front and the Federal Front leaders drove in a convoy to fall at VP Singh’s feet and anoint him Prime Minister. But VP got wind of it and fled his 1, Teen Murti Marg house. Amid high drama, the VIP convoy arrived to find VP gone. Late that evening, the NF and FF leaders met at the Orissa Bhawan and named Jyoti Basu their candidate. Jyoti Basu and his party boss, Surjeet, were jubilant — at last a Communist Prime Minister! But they said the CPM central committee would have to endorse Basu’s candidature. The next morning, the central committee shot it down; the CPM could not afford to head a government backed by the Congress Party. Jyoti Basu and Surjeet came out of the central committee meeting glum and at a loss for words. The young turks in the party — would-be general secretary Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, along with the hardliners from West Bengal and Kerala, where the CPM’s main rival is the Congress — had said a firm No. Jyoti Basu would later describe the decision as a

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‘historic blunder’ but on the day that the National Front and the Federal Front were back to square one: enough MPs but no Prime Minister. Conclaves continued all day — at the Andhra Bhawan and the Orissa Bhawan, where the never-say-die mergerist, Biju Patnaik, was always up with something or the other, thinking of ten moves ahead like a consummate Grand Master. Late in the night the scene shifted to Karnataka Bhawan, where Chief Minister Gowda was camping. In the end, Jyoti Basu proposed the name of Deve Gowda, the dark horse from Karnataka. He was not even an MP, but so what? The party had done even better than expected in his state, he had handled investment opportunities extremely well after liberalisation and, most important, he did not have many enemies in Delhi. Everybody thought Deve Gowda was pliable — a weak PM. their man, everybody’s man. Little did they know... At that point, Gowda had even despaired of ever being able to attain his ambition of becoming the chief minister of Karnataka. The swarthy homespun leader from Hassan, who often described himself as a hall gowda (a rural farmer) had come close to his goal twice, but both times he was thwarted by the man who had played the most crucial role in his political career: Ramakrishna Hegde. In 1985, Gowda was the frontrunner for the chief minister’s post He had worked hard to build the party machinery in the state, while the suave urbane Hegde was honing his national image as the general secretary of the Janata Party. Hegde had not even fought the assembly elections, but after the victory of the party he had suddenly flown in from Delhi and snatched the trophy, and Gowda had to content himself with the irrigation portfolio. The strains between the two soon turned into mutual hatred and then all-out war. Gowda and Hegde were two very different people: Hegde was suave and stylish, Gowda had rustic simplicity. Hegde surrounded himself with a cabal of cronies who not only extolled him as the paragon of virtue but even portrayed him as the future Prime Minister. Gowda looked upon Hegde as a Johnny-come-lately who had cornered all the glory. Things came to a head in 1988 when Hegde ordered an inquiry into some land grab scandal involving Gowda who had resigned from the Cabinet but stayed in the party. Then he started taking out one skeleton after another from Hegde’s cupboard, with the investigative expertise of who else but Subramaniam Swamy, the ‘evil genius’ of so many politicians and Prime Ministers.

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Before Swamy had set his evil eye on Hegde, the chief minister had initiated a Lok Ayukta inquiry into Gowda’s alleged land deals, and Gowda in turn had joined the enemies of Hegde to do him in. Gowda could have become the chief minister in 1988 but was thwarted once again when Hegde helped to tilt the balance in favour of SR Bommai, from the northern Karnataka district of Dharwar, Bommai. That was the beginning of the darkest ever spell in Gowda’s political career. He had gone over to Chandra Shekhar’s Samajwadi Janata Party and was virtually wiped out of the political scene. In December 1989, he fought from two assembly constituencies and lost in both — Holenarsipura and Kanakapura. A stunning blow for a man who had never lost an election since be got into the assembly in 1962. Desperate to rehabilitate himself, Gowda fought the 1991 Lok Sabha elections and campaigned frantically, even going so far as to sometimes ride pillion on Dr. Swamy’s motorbike.

TRANGE had been the beginnings of Gowda’s career in politics. It was the result of a small time factional war between two veteran Mysore politicians. Sahukar Channaiyya was a rich man. He had dose links with Jawaharlal Nehru. His rival was a politician called AG Ramachandra Rao, a stalwart freedom fighter and the first elected education minister of Mysore. Channaiyya’s greatest ambition was to finish Rao. With his links in high places, he managed to deprive Rao of a party ticket in the assembly elections of 1962, and set up Deve Gowda as a candidate. Our humble farmer, Gowda, had done a diploma in civil engineering and was a PWD contractor making roads, digging tanks. He had become a member of the taluka board. After Ramachandra Rao was denied the Congress ticket, it was given to one Gowda who also happened to have the same initials as our protagonist: HDD. But he was ‘Dodda’, not Deve Gowda. In those days it was considered a dream to defeat a Congress nominee, but unlike Deve Gowda, Dodda was an outsider to the constituency. Deve Gowda had the support of people who still wielded great influence in those days: teachers. That was the first phase of Gowda’s politics — “the phase of the lamb”, as one of his old associates put it. In the second phase, “the lamb started turning into a tiger. After his first two terms as MLA, he had started coming into contact with bureaucrats of his caste who made him aware of what power is. They told him he must have a house in Bangalore,

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be in the city and to keep himself abreast of what was happening in the government, otherwise it was difficult to make an impact in politics. By 1982, Gowda had got into the swing of politics — “the man-eater phase” in the words of his old friend. He was no longer just a ‘simpleton’, he had learnt all the ‘arts and tricks of the trade.’ Like so many other ambitious politicians, Gowda had great faith in astrology. In 1967, he had gone to a renowned fortuneteller of Mysore, Achyuta Shastri, who told him: “You will go to the highest post in India. But it is short-lived.” Gowda first came to the Lok Sabha as one of the two MPs of Chandra Shekhar’s Samajwadi Janata Party, the other member being Chandra Shekhar himself. Gowda had requested the Lok Sabha secretariat that he be given a seat at the back. In the three years that he remained MP, he left no impression on the House, but he established a connection which was to play a vital role in his future political career. The connection was Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. Gowda was a frequent visitor to 7 Race Course Road, and it was as the political understudy of Rao that he took one of the most vital decisions of his career: to make up with Hegde. Without having merged once again with the Janata Dal, and without Hegde’s blessings he could never have become the Chief Minister. Gowda, his friends say, has a great talent for weeping: “If he wants to win over someone, he would submit to him and weep.” That is what he did to win over Hegde. He submitted himself to him, called him his elder leader and wept.

OLITICS breeds strange bedfellows. In the Janata Party, the two had been out to wreck each other’s reputation. If Hegde had been shorn of his halo of value-based politician, it was Gowda’s doing. If Gowda was driven into Chandra Shekhar’s arms, the full credit went to Hegde. Now suddenly Gowda was begging Hegde to let bygones be bygones. Hegde showed his magnanimity and embraced him. “Let’s forget about the past,” Hegde told reporters. “Anything is possible in the permutations and combinations of politics”, said Gowda with a chuckle. He was quite happy as long as Hegde played his role on the national scene. Gowda himself had no intentions of ever going beyond the boundaries of Karnataka. Or so he had said. Was it only destiny’s impish game? Few could have foreseen the role that Gowda’s Rao connection was to play in the political drama. It was only the Rao-Hegde connection that was talked about, and in the post-election scenario Hegde had become a persona non grata with the victorious anti- BJP elements which had ganged up for power.

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Significantly, Narasimha Rao had planted the seed of ambition in Gowda much before the NF-LF leaders had even thought of his name. Even while they were running after Jyoti Basu and the Raja of Manda with the crown in their hands, Rao had conveyed his desire through an emissary. When the suggestion was first put to him, Gowda had laughed: “What? Me? Prime Minister of India?” His dismay was understandable. But it soon turned to Why Not? What seemed an immediate necessity was a quick trip to the Gods down south. He returned to Delhi a changed man: a man of destiny. How would he fare? How well could he manage the contradictions? He was a dark horse. Nothing about him could be predicted with certainty. Charisma was the last thing that he had, but then Rao had shown how it was the least

part of being the Prime Minister. During his brief tenure as chief minister, Gowda had shown some of his strengths: he was a down-to-earth man, very pragmatic hard working man, free of any dogmatic beliefs. He had tremendous — “he waits like a lizard, without moving and then he would strike,” was how one of his old friends described Gowda. Another thought he was like a cuckoo who would put his egg in others’ nest to be hatched. Gowda knew the art of winning people, he had won over even his enemy He had been only too willing to adjust with new situations. He had shown there was no contradiction in being a ‘humble farmer’ and a promoter of the country’s new economic policies. As the Prime Minister, Gowda showed his intentions early. On his second day in office, he got his old foe-turnedfriend Ramakrishna Hegde expelled from the Janata Dal on charges of anti-party activity. He thereby risked losing the Janata Dal government in Karnataka, but so what? Hegde had too long been a thorn in his side, now was the

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time to teach him a lesson. He had waited long for this day — ‘like a lizard’! He sweetly accommodated all of Laloo’s Yadav’s men in his Cabinet, drove to the Bihar Bhawan and got Laloo, then the president of the Janata Dal, to sign the expulsion order. It is not for nothing that they say Gowda presided over the demise of the Janata Dal. He knocked out the party in his home state. A year later, he would manipulate the ouster of Laloo Yadav from the party (after the first fodder scam chargesheet) and decimate the JD in Bihar too. It was a time of political discoveries: If the new Prime Minister was discovering the India beyond Karnataka, the rest of India was discovering the villages of Hassan, and were they not getting wiser for it? There was of course the question flung in your face the very first day the man from

Hardanahalli took over: “Does a Prime Minister have to know what is CTBT?” Asking the question was a veteran member of Parliament, and for a moment I did not know what he was talking about. The question was so abrupt that even I did not know what CTBT was all about. It took a while to understand what he was getting at. The new Prime Minister had not known what the acronym stood for. But then did he have to know? Does a Prime Minister have to be a know-all like, say, the gentlemen of the Indian Administrative Service? Why then would the PM have so many IAS and IFS officers around him? The MP was being unfair, I decided. We had to give the man from Hardanahalli a little time. Was he not saying himself what a long way he had come? — from a petty contractor of roads and bridges to the country’s top job! Sure enough he would pick up, if he only tried. And could anyone say he was not trying? God, he was trying so hard he was hardly sleeping, or sleeping so little

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that he was falling off to sleep in the wrong places, at the wrong time. A Delhi tabloid on Better Living had carried a story on the growing problem of insomnia: ‘Sleepless in the Capital’ ran the headline and atop it, as an illustration, was the picture of Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda snoozing away at a function. Which only showed how hard he was trying, and the more the people said he could last very long the harder he had to try. I had thought the man behind him in the picture, the Marxist leader Harkishen Singh Surjeet, ought to have shown sympathy for the harried man rather than the sardonic smile on his face.

OWDA’S reason for being so harried? Which Prime Minister had ever had so many masters to serve? There was first the Saheb, Narasimha Rao, to be kept happy, for not only was the entire Gowda circus dependent on the old man’s goodwill but there was also the personal gratitude that the Prime Minister owed to him. Without Rao’s blessings and advice he could never have become the chief minister in Karnataka, without his advice and consent he could never have shot up to the Prime Minister’s chair. How Gowda would have felt if VP Singh had accepted the crown is hard to imagine, but he had waited at the Karnataka Bhawan knowing that it would not be VP Singh. Not because the Raja had taken sanyas but because he must have known all the time that he would be the last person to get a nod from Narasimha Rao. Like his friend, philosopher and guide, Narasimha Rao, Gowda was forever on the razor’s edge. He had to keep too many people happy, which was like keeping dozens of balls in the air. The contradictions were sharp; he had not only to please Narasimha Rao but also those who were out for Rao’s head. VP Singh, still the archangel of the Janata Dal, was pushing him to act against the corrupt and the malfeasant, and his other Guru, Chandra Shekhar, was whispering his own mantras into his ear. Then there were the self-proclaimed king-makers in the Janata Dal and a dozen other parties, ranging from Laloo Prasad Yadav to Chandrababu Naidu to Harkishen Singh Surjeet, all expecting adequate returns for their support. Laloo Yadav foisted Taslimuddin on Gowda, the first albatross round his neck. But much before the Prime Minister was even aware of the worthless coins he had landed up with, he had got down to settling his scores with Hegde. From Laloo to VP Singh to Bommai, he had gone pleading for action against the man, a strange spectacle for people in Delhi. But it was no surprise to those who were better acquainted with Gowda’s politics — it had only one reference point: Ramakrishna Hegde. During his first speech in Parliament,

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Gowda had made it a point to say that he was not a vindictive man. Only later did the people understand why he had made so much of his non-vindictiveness.

Y the time the Prime Minister was through with Karnataka, muck was piling all around him. The great sultans who had joined his government thought they were laws unto themselves, and were shooting their mouths one after another. Mulayam Singh Yadav made his policy statement on Ayodhya and Kashmir, without bothering to consult the Prime Minister. While Yadav was promising maximum autonomy to Kashmir and setting the government’s policy on Ram Janmabhoomi, even the dubious fresher in the government, Taslimuddin, was declaring that the idol of Ram would be removed from its present site in Ayodhya. What nobody could miss was the way the Gowda government kept expanding, week after week. Some who were chosen to be ministers of state refused to be sworn-in because they thought they deserved to be full ministers. Those who sulked and stayed out were appeased, which in turn encouraged others to do the same. There were different versions on why Gowda did not take Maneka Gandhi into the government, as many had thought he would. One version was that Gowda thought she was too overrated as ‘Ms Green’, another that she was too much of a Hegde friend to be acceptable to him. Whatever the reason, her exclusion was to prove a headache for Gowda. She claimed the Prime Minister had offered a berth to her and it was she who had rejected it because the government was ‘so full of criminals and undesirables’. Laloo Yadav had hit back, for he could not stomach what Maneka had said about his favourite nominee in Gowda’s ministry, Kanti Devi. “She (Maneka Gandhi) says Kanti Singh was working for a nautanki. It is a matter of shame. If people from cities say such things about people from villages, then there will be a revolt.” Maneka launched such a tirade against the Gowda government that he had little choice but to have her expelled from the party. He did not have much problem, as the party president, Laloo, was himself dying to ‘finish the city girl’. Maneka was out, but she had left the Gowda government stinking with the Congentrix deal. Enter the comrades. It was the first time that the communists had come into a government at the Centre. The veteran parliamentarian, Indrajit Gupta, and his able colleague from Bihar, Chaturanan Mishra, both of the CPI, became Cabinet ministers, Gupta with Home portfolio. The Marxists had decided they would stay away and have the best of both worlds, privileges as well as prestige — all

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without any responsibility. The entry of the communists was hailed as a “new strength” for the Gowda government, which was partly true, but the strength was offset by the almost daily crisis created by the off-the-cuff pronouncements of the new Home Minister, Gupta. With his dominating personality and background as a stalwart of the opposition benches, he created waves every time he made one of blunt statements, which was ever so often that some started calling him the ‘Angry Old Man’ of the government. Deve Gowda was in his worst jitters when Indrajit Gupta decided to speak out his mind on the Congress party and its leader, Narasimha Rao. The best thing the Congress could do, he said, was to dump their president, Narasimha Rao. Very apt observation, many thought, but the anger it caused in Rao’s camp and the threat that it brought forth shook the coalitions to its roots. Gupta saved the situation by retracting, but the episode did not pass without showing how utterly vulnerable the coalition was. Gowda was learning fast. As some of his friends said, look deeper and you would find “an ambitious, cunning, intelligent man.” He was being accused of being parochial and he was visiting Bangalore so often that some even started calling him the ‘Prime Minister of Karnataka”. Gowda started making efforts to ‘expand his horizons’, especially towards Mulayam’s fiefdom. He befriended Ajit Singh to get close to Mahendra Singh Tikait, the peasant leader of Western UP. He addressed a rally in Lucknow where Mulayam was not even invited. Gowda used his minister and right-hand man, CM Ibrahim, to build up his

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called Gowda nikamma aur firqaparast (a wimp and a communal man) and pressed the United Front to get rid of him. Kesri wanted another Prime Minister or polls, but the UF said No. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Karunakaran and Sharad Pawar had called on the Congress chief. Karunakaran was worried about being chargesheeted in the import of Palmolein oil case. Kesri kept saying it was a “Phansao” government. Ghulam Nabi Azad was being probed for wetleasing aircraft during his tenure as civil aviation minister, Santosh Mohan Dev for a Steel Authority of India Ltd case of mysterious donations, and Karunakaran for the oil case. On March 30, a triumphant looking Kesri had entered the AICC office saying, “Maine kar diya, maine kar diya! (I have done it, I have done it.)” “Kya kar diya aapne?” a colleague had asked. “Withdraw kar diya, support withdraw kar diya... ” “Bandar ke haath mein talwar (a sword in the hands of a monkey!)” a Congress MP had remarked. own image as a friend of the Muslims — again a bid to undercut Mulayam’s base. But he was clearly not getting anywhere in the North, despite his desperate efforts to speak some sentences in Hindi, despite his efforts to project himself as a humble farmer. Gowda depended heavily on advice from Surjeet, whose influence he would use later to throw Laloo Yadav out of the Janata Dal during Gujral’s days as Prime Minister. But Gowda’s most Machiavellian plots were reserved for the Congress boss Sitaram Kesri, on whose support his government rested. From the very start, Gowda sidelined and ignored Kesri. He chose to liaise with the deposed and sulking Narasimha Rao instead, met him almost every week, sometimes making these meetings known to Kesri. When it came to dealing with the parliamentary wing of the Congress, Gowda again chose Pawar over Kesri. Tensions between the two mounted. Kesri thought Gowda was playing games with him. He even blamed the Prime Minister for getting the investigating agencies — the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate — to open cases against him. Suddenly Kesri was in the thick of these major cases — one relating to the murder of Dr. Tanwar, Kesri’s personal physician, nearly a decade ago, another relating to FERA violations committed by the Congress when Kesri was AICC Treasurer, and yet another concerning disproportionate assets of the Kesri family. Kesri alleged that Gowda was using the CBI, then under Joginder Singh, a Karnataka cadre IPS officer personally chosen by Gowda to head the CBI, to get at the Congress President. Kesri

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ESRI was suddenly acting as though he had already become the Prime Minister himself. Five hours after delivering the letter to President withdrawing support to the government, he was answering questions on the budget — Ab sochenge...Exim policy Pranabbabu se poochho... Asked if he saw himself as the Prime Minister he said: “Dekhiye, koi aadmi aise kehta hai, agar banna bhi ho? (Let’s see. Does anyone say this, if he has to become the Prime Minister?).” But as Kesri hung on to his threat of forcing another election, the UF softened and prepared to ditch Gowda. Even as the outgoing Prime Minister was making his bitter “I shall rise from the ashes” speech in Lok Sabha, the United Front bigwigs were meeting at the Andhra Bhawan, hosted by Chandrababu Naidu, who was among those insisting that there must not be another election. Gowda was sacrificed. His government fell in the face of the grudging, yet decisive joint vote of the Congress and the BJP. The final count, on the midnight of April 11, was 388 votes against the confidence motion and 190 in favour. A great believer in tantra, Gowda had entered 7 Race Course Road even while Rao was living there because later there would not be a propitious enough time. Rao was gracious enough to let the Gowdas in and perform their Grihapravesham — but obviously the stars were not with him for too long. He had lasted 10 months and 10 days. g Excerpted from Prime Ministers: Nehru to Vajpayee by Janardan Thakur, Eeshwar Prakashan, New Delhi

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Not yet tired The 1959-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS, Surendra Singh rose to become the Cabinet Secretary in 1994. He continues to be active after retirement

URENDRA Singh, a mathematics post-graduate from Allahabad University, had made up his mind to join the civil services early in his life. India had won her independence only about six years before he went to the university. The ability to contribute to nation building of the newly independent country drew him to this decision. Other options, like joining the corporate sector, did not appeal to him. Moreover, his father Sumer Singh, an engineer educated at Thomson College of Civil Engineering (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkie), knew what the IAS stood for and was in favour of him trying for

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the elite service. “All of us in the family agreed that I should try to join the civil service,” the 1959-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS, who in August 1994 rose to be the Cabinet Secretary, the highest administrative post in the country, recollects. Singh cleared civil services examination in 1959 with mathematics and British history and British constitutional history as his main subjects. On May 11, 1959, he joined the IAS Training School, Metcalfe House, Delhi, as a probationer. Three months later, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) was set up at Mussoorie and he moved there along with the

rest of his batch. A year later, nine of them—eight from UP cadre and one from Delhi-Himachal Pradesh cadre— were introduced to the then State Chief Minister, Dr Sampurnanand, in Lucknow. On May 1960, he was asked to report to LM Bhatia, the then District Magistrate of Varanasi, as an Assistant Magistrate. For the next five months, he was an understudy to different officers, learning about revenue, law, development and other important subjects. Civil services, in those days, was a crème de la crème job and an IAS officer carried a lot of authority and responsibility. Even Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) would be accorded great respect in their subdivisions. So much so that an orderly wearing a turban and brass plates across his chest would precede him to announce to the public, “Hakim pargana aa rahe hain” (The subdivision administrator is coming). During his Varanasi stint, Singh drew a salary of Rs 275 per month. He first put up with a relative and was later allotted a room in the Circuit House. But, since he was a bachelor and had very limited expenditure heads, he managed with it. After the mid-1960s, when inflation surged, it became difficult even for IAS officers like him to make two ends meet. One of the first things Singh noticed in Varanasi was that the collectorate budget had a provision for feeding milk to cats in the record

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room. The record room in those days, he reminisces, would store bags full of papers and had a pan for storing milk for the cat. “The cat kept mice away from damaging records,” he recollects explaining the practical reason behind the exercise.

INGH spent his next six months in an Officers Training Institute in Allahabad to learn about administration in the State. He was then posted in Gorakhpur as a Joint Magistrate. He adjudicated on both revenue and criminal matters as judiciary had not separated by then and the District Magistrates and their sub-magistrates were required to hold courts for the benefit of the public.

In 1991, when PV Narasimha Rao government launched the biggest wave of economic liberalisation, he was Special Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Singh remembers the District Magistrate, AR Siddiqui, as a “very affectionate and strict” officer. Once Siddiqui asked him to inspect a police station and report back to him. He visited the police station and wrote a report but Siddiqui was not satisfied. “He looked at my report for twothree minutes and then threw it out of the window. It happened twice,” he recalls. Disappointed with his reports, Siddiqui decided to inspect the police station himself with Singh in tow. “We went together. It was an excellent lesson for me in the intricacies of police administration at the police station level,” he recollects. Within a month or two, he was made SDM of Pharenda (headquar-

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FIRST STIRRINGS surendra singh

was Special Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, responsible for all economic work in the latter’s office. Later, he became Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Department of Company Affairs. He remembers late Rao as an intellectual PM who would listen to everybody and take a decision only after considering all relevant factors. “Rao was not an impulsive decision-maker,” he recollects, calling his relationship with the then PM as “smooth” and “easy”. He points out that there were some naysayers within the government on liberalisation. “Some of them had the feeling that it would affect Indian industry very adversely and lead to large scale closures,” he recalls. He attributes economic liberalisation to Rao, saying that the latter’s political support to his Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh, enabled major economic reforms.

ter at Anandnagar), a flood-prone subdivision which would be waterlogged for several months during the year due to flow of additional water from Nepal. Singh and his staff would deliver help—salt, cooking oil, medicines, matchboxes, drinking water and rations—to the hundreds of marooned villages in boats. He witnessed a couple of floods there and was then transferred to Allahabad as Additional District Magistrate (Planning). His focus there was on community development.

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After the Chinese aggression in 1962, he was posted with the Cabinet Secretariat for two years. In 1967, Singh came to the Centre on deputation and spent three years as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce. He spent the next decade partly in the Indian High Commission in London, where he was designated Economic Counsellor, and partly in Uttar Pradesh, his home cadre. In 1991, when PV Narasimha Rao government launched the biggest wave of economic liberalisation, he

HEN Atal Behari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister from May 16 to June 1, 1996, Singh was still the Cabinet Secretary. He lauds Vajpayee for being an ‘extremely good prime minister’. Singh retired from the IAS on August 1, 1996, after serving the government for over 37 years. After retirement, he served as Executive Director in the World Bank, representing Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan besides India for three years. Even at the age of 79, Singh serves as Honorary Adviser in Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a public policy think-tank and has been on various advisory and consultative assignments with the government and the private sector. Singh exhibits no signs of tiredness and would prefer to quit the second innings with his boots on. g As told to Narendra Kaushik

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Opportunity to buy

HE Prime Minister who believes in inclusive growth with “sabka saath sabka vikas” not only gave those hoarding black money more than one chance to declare it but has also given investors, who missed the bus, yet another opportunity to enter the market at attractive valuations post the correction witnessed due to demonetisation. Since most analysts are of the opinion that demonetisation will be very positive for the economy in the long run, those entering the market with a time horizon of 3-5 years can expect decent returns from equities. However, there is a general consensus that economic activity will take a hit for at least 3-6 months slowing GDP growth considerably thereby increasing volatility in the market with a downward bias. The global scenario also indicates that there are headwinds for the emerging markets. The victory of Donald Trump has added new risk variables for equity, bond and currency markets. The US Federal Reserve is likely to increase rates in December that will adversely impact emerging markets, including India. FPIs sold close to `32,000 crore of securities in November (till 25th) and the Indian rupee has depreciated by more than 2 per cent in November alone. The sudden increase of CRR by 100 per cent will only add to underlying weakness. Services exports are expected to deteriorate progressively with IT exports to be the worst hit due to likely changes in visa regime and other related decisions in the US. The referendum in Italy may further lead to European disintegration and China’s depreciating yuan can add to

our difficulties. Waning global demand and declining remittances are likely to put pressure on our current account deficit. The sudden liquidity withdrawal due to demonetisation is likely to have a shock effect on the economy, disrupting the supply chain, dampening an imminent consumer led economic revival, and deterring capex ambitions of the industry. The earnings recovery may now have to wait for another couple of quarters. This has made FPIs sell aggressively making India underperform EMs by around 3 per cent. The rupee may touch a new low of 70 to a dollar. Some sectors such as real estate, jewellers, discretionary goods, FMCG, auto, NBFCs, and so on, may be hit hard with SMEs and rural sectors impacted severely. This may lead to sharp spike in NPAs of the banking sector in the near term. In the medium to long term, huge liquidity will come into the system without impacting inflation and one can expect rate cuts by the RBI to the

extent of 50 basis points in the near future. This will lead to cost reduction and higher profitability for corporate India and will also give a push to further capex. The revenue will rise and fiscal deficit contained boosting government spending on infrastructure and social sectors that will in turn boost growth and employment generation. All this with reduced corruption and black money generation will improve ease of doing business coupled with low real estate prices giving a boost to the Make In India dream of the Prime Minister. Equities will get a massive boost due to low rates of interest and other avenues of investment such as gold and real estate losing their attraction. Also, mutual fund mobilisation is set to cross `12,000 crore in November and retail investors are pouring money in SIPs to tune of `3,800 crore every month with 7 lakh new accounts added every month. Investors should use every sharp dip to buy into themes such as infra, PSEs, etc. g

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SPOTLIGHT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the delegates present at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in New Delhi. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Ministers of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Kiren Rijiju are also seen.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley releasing ‘Healthy India’ Magazine, in New Delhi. DGHS, Dr. Jagdish Prasad and other dignitaries are also seen.

The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, Air Marshal SB Deo, interacting with media at the curtain raiser for th President’s Standard Presentation, at Air Force Station Ambala.

The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh interacting with the troops during his visit to forward areas of Uttarakhand.

Union Minister for Defence Manohar Parrikar releasing the DRDO Procurement Manual 2016 on the occasion of handing over of four indigenous Naval Systems, developed by DRDO to the Indian Navy and distribution of Skill Certificates and Placement letters to retiring Navy personnel, in New Delhi. Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (I/C) and Parliamentary Affairs, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba, R&D Secretary and DRDO Chairman, Dr S Christopher, are also seen.

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PHOTOS: PIB

The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh, with CMC Vice Chairman, General Xu Qiliang, and the Commander, People’s Liberation Army, General Li Zuocheng, in Beijing, China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Valedictory Function of Vigilance Awareness Week-2016, in New Delhi. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Central Vigilance Commissioner KV Chowdary, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr PK Mishra, Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha and other dignitaries are also seen.

President Pranab Mukherjee with members of 56th NDC Course & Faculty of the National Defence College along with spouses, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley inaugurating the Economic Editors’ Conference-2016, organised by the Press Information Bureau, in New Delhi. Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, DEA Secretary Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary Dr Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Anjuli Chib Duggal, Chief Economic Adviser, Dr Arvind Subramanian and PIB Director General (M&C) AP Frank Noronha are also seen.

Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma at the World Travel Market (WTM) 2016, in London, United Kingdom. Tourism Secretary Vinod Zutshi and other dignitaries are also seen.

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PERSPECTIVE

consciousness sadhguru

UCH importance has been given by New Age spirituality to dream and dream states. Unfortunately, dreams are often interpreted today in ways that are deeply life-restricting and life-damaging. Modern psychologists seem almost to suggest that man can live without sleep, but not without dream! And yet, the word ‘dream’ means that which is not true. The whole purpose of yoga is to work towards a state of dreamlessness or sushupti – a state where you are so aware that you are incapable of dreaming. Dream in the yogic view does not merely refer to dreaming when asleep, or awake. Instead, one’s very psychological framework is regarded as a dream. Your thought process may feel intensely real and seductively lifelike – even more than reality – but it has no existential basis. So your whole experience of life is, in a sense, a dream. The word ‘maya’ means that you are not seeing life as it is. Dreams often have tremendous power in people’s lives because they have never really touched reality. What they call ‘life’ is simply what they think and feel. A single unpleasant thought can depress them for the entire day! So, the whole purpose of yoga is always to move from your selfcreated mental hallucination towards a condition of dreamlessness. Academically, however, it is possible to classify dreams into four kinds. Ninety per cent of dreams are just suppressed, unfulfilled desires finding an outlet in your dreams. Much of human desire is unconscious, on the level of body, memory and imagination. These are desires, suppressed by civilisation and culture which work themselves out in your dream. When you desire consciously, rather than unconsciously, however, you are free of dreams altogether.

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More than a dream The second type of dream gives you an oblique indication of what could be happening with your body, mind and immediate life situation. It could give you a glimpse of what could be coming next, and is generally regarded as prescient or clairvoyant vision. For example, if you dream of a stream that is dammed, it might simply be that you are subconsciously aware of the fact that your arteries are blocked! This is, of course, purely hypothetical. Dreams can mean many different things to different people; the meaning depends on the specific context. The third kind is determined by the individual’s karmic structure. Very few people are capable of very deep sleep. But if you do enter that kind of relaxed, childlike sleep, the content of your karmic structure that is not in the bank of conscious memory could find reflection in your mind. You may see scenes from the past, or even from a previous lifetime, in your dream. The fourth type of dream occurs when you have a thought that is so powerful that it crystallises into a physical reality. Several seekers on the path of devotion have experienced this. Many mystics like Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Meerabai, for instance, were utterly crazy. But for these passionate devotees, deities like

Kali and Krishna were not the product of their imagination; they had actually come alive in their experience. If your projections become so powerful that they manifest themselves, it means you are very close to your liberation. This is why devotion is seen as such a powerful tool to the divine. There is also a fifth kind of dream. But there is no logical way to express it, so we can leave it aside for now. In any case, as a guru, I brush all dreams aside as irrelevant. It does not matter if you saw God or the Devil, or if you divined the future in your dream. The only relevant question is, in what way has it transformed you? That is the only question that really counts. The reason a live spiritual master is considered such a transformative possibility is because being in his presence can cut through the psychological and deliver you to another dimension altogether. If you could simply be with a master, you have the possibility of actually waking up from your self-created reality into life itself. Otherwise, thinking or talking about God has no significance whatsoever. It simply means you are having a spiritual dream! g Sadhguru, a yogi, is a visionary, humanitarian and a prominent spiritual leader (www.ishafoundation.org)

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birthdays IAS officers’ birthdays Dec 16, 2016 — Jan 15, 2017

IPS officers’ birthdays Dec 16, 2016 — Jan 15, 2017

Alok Kumar Pandey

Jenu Devan

M Madhukar Shetty

Akhil Kumar

CADRE: GUJARAT

CADRE: KARNATAKA

CADRE: UTTAR PRADESH

akpandey.ias@ias.nic.in

jenudevan.ias@ias.nic.in

kmshetty@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

akhil@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Ajay Tirkey

Jaspal Singh

N Kannan

AM Kulkarni

CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH

CADRE: PUNJAB

CADRE: TAMIL NADU

CADRE: MAHARASHTRA

tirkeyaj@ias.nic.in

sjaspal@ias.nic.in

nkannan@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

amkulkarni@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Abhinav Chandra

K Moses Chalai

DK Pattanayak

Abhay Kumar Singh

CADRE: WEST BENGAL

CADRE: MANIPUR-TRIPURA

CADRE: ODISHA

CADRE: TAMIL NADU

cabhinav@ias.nic.in

chalaikm@ias.nic.in

dkpattanayak@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

abhaykr@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Asit Kumar Tripathy

Bollavaram Venugopala Reddy

Niranjan B Vayangankar

Anil Kumar

CADRE: ODISHA

CADRE: MAHARASHTRA

CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH

tasitkr@ias.nic.in

reddybv@ias.nic.in

nbvayangankar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

anil_kumar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Aariz Aftab

H Rajesh Prasad

Najmul Hoda

Ajay Kumar Singh

CADRE: WEST BENGAL

CADRE: UNION TERRITORY

CADRE: TAMIL NADU

CADRE: JHARKHAND

aftaba@ias.nic.in

prasadhr@ias.nic.in

najmul@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

ajayksingh@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

B Suman

Kakumanu Siva Prasad

Hemant M Nimbalkar

DM Awashthi

CADRE: KERALA

CADRE: PUNJAB

CADRE: KARNATAKA

CADRE: CHHATTISGARH

sumanb@ias.nic.in

prasadks@ias.nic.in

hmnimbalkar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

dmawashthi@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Choten Dhendup Lama

Vijaya Lakshmi Nadendla

Navjyoti Gogoi

N Madhusudhan Reddy

CADRE: WEST BENGAL

CADRE: BIHAR

CADRE: RAJASTHAN

CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH

lamacd@ias.nic.in

nadendla@ias.nic.in

ngogoi@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

nrmadhusudhan@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Dhirendra Kr Tiwari

Vivek Aggarwal

Nirmal Kumar Azad

Dharamvir

CADRE: PUNJAB

CADRE: MADHYA PRADESH

CADRE: BIHAR

CADRE: UTTAR PRADESH

tdhirenk@ias.nic.in

aggarwlv@ias.nic.in

nirmalkumarazad@mail.svpnpa.gov.in dharamvir@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Ajay Yadav

Jan-e-Alam

Murari Lal Meena

Avinash Chandra

CADRE: BIHAR

CADRE: NAGALAND

CADRE: JHARKHAND

CADRE: UTTAR PRADESH

ajay.yadav@ias.nic.in

alamj@ias.nic.in

murarilal@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

avinash@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Chandra Shekhar Kumar

Jishnu Barua

Om Prakash Singh

Abdur Rahman

CADRE: ODISHA

CADRE: ASSAM-MEGHALAYA

CADRE: HARYANA

CADRE: MAHARASHTRA

kumarcs@ias.nic.in

baruaj@ias.nic.in

omprakashsingh@mail.svpnpa.gov.in arahman@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Ashwani Kumar

Jyoti Buddha Prakash

Mohammad Akil

Clay Khongsai

CADRE: UNION TERRITORY

CADRE: ANDHRA PRADESH

CADRE: HARYANA

CADRE: MANIPUR-TRIPURA

kashwani@ias.nic.in

prakashjb02@ias.nic.in

akil@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

ckhongsai@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Vishal Kumar Dev

Vishal Chauhan

Dhruva Kant Thakur

Narendra Singh Bundela

CADRE: ODISHA

CADRE: SIKKIM

CADRE: UTTAR PRADESH

CADRE: AGMUT

devvk2@ias.nic.in

vishal@ias.nic.in

dkthakur@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

nsbundela@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

Joshi Ajit Balaji

Juthika Patankar

Amrendra Kumar Sengar

Damayanti Sen

CADRE: HARYANA

CADRE: UTTAR PRADESH

CADRE: WEST BENGAL

joshiab@ias.nic.in

juthika@ias.nic.in

aksengar@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

damayanthisen@mail.svpnpa.gov.in

16-12-1978

17-12-1963

20-12-1976

23-12-1960

24-12-1964

24-12-1970

30-12-1972

30-12-1968

31-12-1976

1-1-1969

1-1-1968

1-1-1970

1-1-1979

1-1-1984

2-1-1961

2-1-1968

5-1-1968

6-1-1967

6-1-1970

6-1-1967

6-1-1971

8-1-1965

9-1-1962

10-1-1974

12-1-1974

15-1-1964

17-12-1971

18-12-1972

21-12-1971

21-12-1972

25-12-1971

30-12-1970

31-12-1975

31-12-1967

1-1-1965

1-1-1966

1-1-1970

1-1-1972

3-1-1964

3-1-1966

3-1-1971

3-1-1965

4-1-1963

5-1-1969

6-1-1970

7-1-1965

8-1-1973

10-1-1969

10-1-1974

13-1-1970

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Rajya Sabha Members Dec 16, 2016 — Jan 15, 2017

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu Abhijit Mukherjee 18-12-1987

2-1-1960

Motilal Vora

Mukut Mithi

TDP (Andhra Pradesh)

INC (West Bengal)

INC (Chhattisgarh)

INC (Arunachal Pradesh)

rammnk9@gmail.com

abhijit.mukherjee@sansad.nic.in

vora@sansad.nic.in

mukut.mithi@sansad.nic.in

Manoj Rajoria

Ninong Ering

Praveen Rashtrapal

Rajpal Singh Saini

BJP (Rajasthan)

INC (Arunachal Pradesh)

INC (Gujarat)

BSP (Uttar Pradesh)

manoj.rajoria@sansad.nic.in

ninong2ering@gmail.com

p.rashtrapal@sansad.nic.in

rs.saini@sansad.nic.in

Rajesh Ranjan (Pappu Yadav) Tapas Mandal 24-12-1967

3-1-1972

Anubhav Mohanty

Kanak Lata Singh

RJD (Bihar)

AITC (West Bengal)

BJD (Odisha)

SP (Uttar Pradesh)

pappu.yadav@sansad.nic.in

tmbckv@gmail.com

anubhav.mohanty@sansad.nic.in

kanak.lata@sansad.nic.in

Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

Kalyan Banerjee

Vivek Gupta

Shadi Lal Batra

AITC (West Bengal)

INC (Haryana)

medevadhikari@gmail.com

kalyan.banerjee@sansad.nic.in

vivekgupta.mp@sansad.nic.in

s.batra@sansad.nic.in

K Maragatham

Sanjay Ramchandra Patil

AK Antony

Madhusudan Mistry

AIADMK (Tamil Nadu)

BJP (Maharashtra)

INC (Kerala)

INC (Gujarat)

maragathamkmj@gmail.com

sanjaykaka404@gmail.com

ak.antony@sansad.nic.in

madhusudan.mistry@sansad.nic.in

Idris Ali

Deepender Singh Hooda

Arun Jaitley

Garikapati Mohan Rao

AITC (West Bengal)

INC (Haryana)

BJP (Gujarat)

TDP (Telangana)

idris.ali@sansad.nic.in

office@deepender.in

ajaitley@sansad.nic.in

mohan.rao@sansad.nic.in

Arvind Ganpat Sawant

Brijbhushan Sharan Singh

Avinash Rai Khanna

Anand Sharma

SS (Maharashtra)

BJP (Uttar Pradesh)

BJP (Punjab)

INC (Rajasthan)

arvindsawantg@gmail.com

brijbhusan.singh@sansad.nic.in

khanna.avinash@sansad.nic.in

anandsharma@sansad.nic.in

Prem Singh Chandumajra

Chintamani Malviya

Mohsina Kidwai

MJ Akbar

SAD (Punjab)

BJP (Madhya Pradesh)

INC (Chhattisgarh)

BJP (Jharkhand)

chandumajra50@gmail.com

drcmmalviya@gmail.com

m.kidwai@sansad.nic.in

mj.akbar@sansad.nic.in

Manhor Untwal

Aparupa Poddar

Nand Kumar Sai

Mayawati

BJP (Madhya Pradesh)

AITC (West Bengal)

BJP (Chhattisgarh)

BSP (Uttar Pradesh)

utwalmanohar@gmail.com

aparupa29afrin@gmail.com

nk.sai@sansad.nic.in

mayawati@sansad.nic.in

Udit Raj

Sharad Tripathi

Mohd Ali Khan

Narendra Kumar Kashyap

BJP (NCT of Delhi)

BJP (Uttar Pradesh)

INC (Andhra Pradesh)

BSP (Uttar Pradesh)

udit.raj@sansad.nic.in

sharad.skn@gmail.com

alikhan@sansad.nic.in

nk.kashyap@sansad.nic.in

Jyotiraditya M Scindia

Sunil Kumar Singh

T Rathinavel

Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu

INC (Madhya Pradesh)

BJP (Jharkhand)

AIADMK (Tamil Nadu)

INC (Telangana)

office.scindia@yahoo.com

sunilkr.singh@sansad.nic.in

t.rathinavel@sansad.nic.in

ab.rapolu@sansad.nic.in

Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Baijayant Panda

BJP (Bihar)

BJD (Odisha)

19-12-1969

25-12-1982

27-12-1982

30-12-1950

31-12-1951

1-1-1950

1-1-1958

3-1-1959

4-1-1957

4-1-1965

4-1-1978

8-1-1957

8-1-1969

8-1-1986

9-1-1972

1-1-1971

2-1-1953

10-1-1962

12-1-1964

ashwinikumar.choubey@sansad.nic.in bj.panda@sansad.nic.in

Kirti Azad

Dimple Yadav

BJP (Bihar)

SP (Uttar Pradesh)

kirtiazad.office@gmail.com

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ANIL SWARUP

RAGHAV CHANDRA

NS KANG

The 1981-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and Secretary in the Ministry of Coal has been appointed Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Human Resource.

The 1982-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre and Chairman of National Highways Authority of India has been appointed Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre has been appointed Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN).

ANOOP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

PRABHAS KUMAR JHA

The 1981-batch IAS officer of the Assam cadre and Secretary in the Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs has been appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

The 1982-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and Secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has been appointed Secretary, Department of Official Languages under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh and Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, has been appointed Secretary, Coordination and Public Grievances, Cabinet Secretariat.

AMEISING LUIKHAM

SEEMA BAHUGUNA

The 1981-batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre and Secretary in the Department of Public Enterprises has been appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

The 1983-batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and special secretary and financial adviser in the department of rural development, has been appointed as secretary in the Department of Public Enterprises.

RAJIV YADAV

UPMA CHAUDHARY

The 1981-batch IAS officer of the Assam cadre and Secretary in the Department of Sports has been appointed Secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre will be the new Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

SUSHEEL KUMAR

RAJEEV KAPOOR

The 1982-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and Secretary, Department of Border Management, Home Affairs has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Coal.

The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and Director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

ASHA RAM SIHAG

INJETI SRINIVAS The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre and Director General, Sports Authority of India, has been appointed Secretary, Department of Sports cum CumDirector General, Sports Authority of India.

YUDHVIR SINGH MALIK The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre and Special Secretary, NITI Aayog has been appointed Chairman, National Highways Authority of India.

SANJEEVANEE KUTTY The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre and Special Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed Secretary, Department of Border Management.

Moving On: IAS officers retiring in December 2016 ASSAM

Sankar Prasad Nandi (1999)

Raj Kumar (2002) Shiwendra Singh (2003)

RAJASTHAN

ANDHRA PRADESH

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Busi Sam Bob (1983)

Arun Kumar (1979)

TELANGANA

BIHAR

KARNATAKA

Kuwar Jang Bahadur (2000) Prakash Kumar (2000)

G Gurucharan (1982) T Sham Bhatt (1992)

GUJARAT

MADHYA PRADESH MK Varshney (1991) SB Singh (1993)

AJ Shah (1999)

HARYANA

Hardeep Kumar (1984) Raj Bir Singh (1995)

MAHARASHTRA

JHARKHAND

PUNJAB

Narsingh Narayan Pandey (1983) Balendu Bhushan Anandmurti (2001) Abha Kanshi (2001) Ravindra Pd. Singh (2002)

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UG Dangat (1996)

Ajeet Singh Pannu (1996) Harbhupinder Singh (1999) Ravinder Singh (2006)

Shyam S Agarwal (1980) K Pradeep Chandra (1982)

TAMIL NADU

K Skandan (1982) Shashi Shekhar (1981)

UNION TERRITORY

FO Hashmi (2002) TT Gamdik (1998) Anand Prakash (1979) Shatrughna Singh (1983)

UTTAR PRADESH

Pushpa Singh (2002) Vrinda Sarup (1981) Vijay Shankar Pandey (1979)

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PHOTOS: PIB

President Pranab Mukherjee with the IPS probationers of 68 RR (2015 batch) from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on November 11, 2016.

KEWAL KUMAR SHARMA The 1983-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre has been appointed Officer on Special Duty, Department of Higher Education.

BHARATI S SIHAG The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre and Special Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Steel has been appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Fertilisers.

PREETI SUDAN The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh and Special Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development has been appointed Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.

KP KRISHNAN The 1983-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre and Special Secretary in the Department of Land Resources has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

AMARENDRA KHATUA The 1981-batch IFS officer and DG, ICCR, has been assigned additional designation as Secretary, Special Assignment, in the Ministry of External Affairs.

HL MEENA The 1996-batch IES officer and Director,

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RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN KARNATAKA SS PATTANSHETTY has been appointed Secretary, Commerce & Industries; VP IKKERI is Commissioner, Survey, Settlement & Land Records; S SASIKANTH SENTHIL is Director, Mines & Geology; BAGADI GAUTHAM is Deputy Commissioner, Raichur District; SAMEER SHUKLA is Commissioner, Employment and Training; SAMEER SHUKLA gets additional charge of Mission Director, National Rural and Urban Livelihood Mission; RAJENDER KUMAR KATARIA gets additional charge of MD, Karnataka Mining & Environment Restoration Corporation; and MUNISH MOUDGIL gets additional charge of MD, Mysuru Minerals Limited.

Ministry of Steel, has been appointed Director, Ministry of Labour and Employment.

VEENA KUMARI MEENA The 1993-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary, Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority.

MV NEMADE

SANJIV ARORA The 1984-batch IFS officer has been appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lebanon.

RAKESH SRIVASTAVA The 1981-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Member Secretary, National Commission for Backward Classes.

The 1996-batch ICOAS officer has been appointed Joint Director (Director Level) in the Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee (FICC) under the Department of Fertilizers, Delhi.

SANJIV SWARUP

DNYANESHWAR MULAY

BP PRITHVIRAJ

The 1983-batch IFS officer’s position has been re-designated as Secretary, Consular, Passport, Visa & Overseas Indian Affairs, in the Ministry of External Affairs.

The 2014-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre is Assistant Collector, Bhandara Sub Division and Project Officer, ITDP, Bhandara District, in Maharashtra.

The 1982-batch IRSEE officer has been assigned additional charge of Chief Vigilance Officer, Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).

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GIRISHA PS The 2012-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre has been posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Chittoor District, in Andhra Pradesh.

AKANSHA CHAUDHARY The former IFS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Managing Director, Jaipur City Transport Services Limited, Rajasthan.

BISHWADIP DEY The 2001-batch IFS officer and currently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica.

MUNISH KUMAR GARG The 1988-batch IFS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed Executive Director, Rajasthan Urban Drinking Sewerage and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (RUDSICO), Jaipur, Rajasthan.

SAURABH KUMAR The 2003-batch IFS officer of the AGMUT batch has been appointed Counsellor (Coord), Embassy of India, Moscow.

SANJAY KUMAR The 1992-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy.

ANINDITA SHINHARAY The 2000-batch ISS officer has been appointed Director, Department of Financial Services.

SIDHI SASI The 2001-batch ISS officer has been appointed Director, Department of Investment & Public Asset Management.

URMI SHRIVASTAVA The 2002-batch IOFS officer has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Defence.

CHETAN PRAKASH JAIN The 1995-batch IRPS officer and Member, Staff Selection Commission (SSC), has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre.

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The IPS probationers of 2015 batch call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on November 17, 2016.

AASHIMA MEHROTRA

RIMJHIM PRASAD

ISHA KHOSLA

The 1999-batch IRTS officer has been appointed Director, Ministry of Tourism.

The 1991-batch IRS (C&CE) officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Lok Sabha.

R MENKA

RAJAT BHARGAVA

The 2011-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre has been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Goa, cancelling earlier posting to GNCTD.

The 2011-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre has been transferred from Andaman & Nicobar Islands to Goa.

The 1990-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh P cadre has been appointed Special Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi.

ATUL KAUSHIK The 1983-batch CSS officer has been appointed Additional Secretary, Lok Sabha.

PREETI SHRIVASTAVA The 1984-batch CSS officer has been appointed Joint Secretary, Lok Sabha.

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OM PRAKASH The 2004-batch IPS officer of the Rajasthan cadre has taken over charge as General Manager (Haryana region), Food Corporation of India, Panchkula, for a period of four years on central deputation.

KUMAR RAJEEV RANJAN The 2010-batch IAS officer of the Jammu & Kashmir cadre has been appointed Additional Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, in Jammu & Kashmir.

VIVEK ATRAY The 2005-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre has been appointed Secretary, Monitoring and Coordination Department, Haryana.

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...by the way Vox pop Who will be CBI chief?

ho will be the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation? The present incumbent Anil Sinha has retired. The 1984-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, Rakesh Asthana, has been handed over temporary charge. Will he be the new boss of the investigative agency or will he remain ad hoc till the new incumbent takes over the reins. If everything goes by the rule book, the new Director has to be selected from 1979-batch IPS officers. Delhi Police Chief Alok Verma, DGP Maharashtra Police Satish Chandra Mathur, Bihar Cadre IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary, and BPRD Chief Meeran rkar are all Chandra Borwanrkar tch and from the 1979 batch looking for the rve. opportunity to serve. he The selection of the new chief is done by a committee comprising the Prime Minister of India, Chief Justice of India and Leader of Opposition. The CJI is retiring on January uary 3, 2017 and Justice JS S Khehar will be the new Chief Justice of India. So, it appears the selection of the new CBI chief will not be completed before February-March 2017. Asthana can also continue as he is a time-tested, competent officer. He has the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah. He is the officer who investigated the Godhra massacre. His professionalism can be vouched for in the way he has investigated the Agusta Westland helicopter deal. But, this is just one of the key appointments coming up in 2017. Also getting vacant are the posts of Director Enforcement and CBDT Chairman. All these posts play an important role in implementation of good governance and are key tools in the hands of present regime. g

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ost civil servants are very busy these days. They don’t have any holiday on Saturdays and Sundays. Under Modi, a government order can come at any time. Now, demonetisation has made life even trickier. Modi sent 61 top-ranking civil servants to 27 states to get first-hand accounts on the Centre’s demonetisation policy and prepare reports on it, suggesting corrective measures in the last week of November. In the course of their field trip, most of the civil servants were flooded with complaints. What they have submitted to Modi is not known. Insiders inform that the situation in the field is very severe. As per sources, the North East was the most affected part of India. In general, the rural areas were the worst hit. As one officer informed, new currency notes reached after 10 days of demonetisation in many rural areas. One senior civil servant informed that rural India has shifted back to the barter system. Another important aspect which emerged was that B town has done brisk business in currency exchange while another disclosed that some bank managers scored big. g

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...by the way Open secret

s per the Government, nobody had the clue about demonetisation. On November 8, a gazette notification was issued by the Department of Economic Affairs signed by Dr. Saurabh Garg, which stated, “Whereas, the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as the Board) has recommended that bank notes of denominations of the existing series of the value of five hundred rupees and one thousand rupees (hereinafter referred to as specified bank notes) shall cease to be legal tender; Para 4 of the Notification states that “Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 26 of the 4 (2 of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 1934) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby declares that the specified bank notes shall cease to be legal tender with effect from the 9th November, 2016.” Clearly, the RBI had full knowledge about the demonetisation as itss own Board had reportedly passed da resolution to that effect. The RBI had not uploaded any such resolution on its website till the writing of this news. The RBI Board has 10 members. Apart from RBI Governor Urjit Patel and three Deputy Governors, Secretary (Economic Affairs) Shaktikanta Das and Secretary (Financial Services) Anjali Chib Duggal there are four other independent directors—banker-turnedeconomist Dr Nachiket M Mor, who has worked with Wipro of Azim Premji; Natarajan Chandrasekaran, who has been serving as the CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); Bharat Narotam Doshi, Chairman of Mahindra Intertrade Limited; and Sudhir Mankad, who is Chairman of Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology Bhuj, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar and Vice President of Charutar Arogya Mandal, Karamsad. He is a member of Board of Governors of Navrachna University, Vadodara. He assists and advises Pratham, Gyanshala and America India Foundation in their work in the education sector in Gujarat. He is currently serving as a member of the Committee to formulate the New Education Policy. So, some eminent people knew about demonetisation well before it was announced. It would not be wrong to say it was an open secret. g

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Murmurs in Parliament

he UP-cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch was appointed the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary. Lok Sabha Secretary-General Anoop Mishra, former Chief Secretary Uttar Pradesh, was given a one-year extension on the last day of November giving rise to murmurs. Even when he was appointed in 2014, there were many contenders but the Prime Minister personally chose Mishra. Senior officers also hint that with this single move, the future of in-house available talent has been blocked. The Lok Sabha Secretariat has many competent officers who were aspiring to be the Secretary-General. The selection of Secretary General is normally done by a committee comprising the Prime Minister, Speaker and the Leader of Opposition. But, an extension does not require a meeting of all three as it is considered a routine matter. So, only the Prime Minister decided on Mishra’s extension. Even otherwise, if one has the right connection in the PMO, who can stop the extension. Sources disclosed that with this move, the chances of Secretary of Lok Sabha, Dr D Bhalla, a 1986-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, have brightened. The only hindrance is that Bhalla is not even additional secretary rank officer till now; his file for promotion is pending with DoPT. There are many additional secretaries in line of succession and their files are pending for promotion with the Speaker, Sumitra Mahajan. On her part, Mahajan is in a bind. If she promotes other senior officers, then the chances of Bhalla becoming Secretary-General will be bleak. Wait and watch. g

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