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BUREAUCRAT OF THE MONTH

Bureaucrat of the month' is one the most imperative columns of this magazine. References are invited from across the country to select a bureaucrat, who is doing commendable work. This time several officers from Bihar and Delhi recommended Abhayanand's name for the significant work he has been doing to decrease the crime rate in Bihar. ...

TECHNOCRAT OF THE MONTH

PowerGrid heading towards momentous growth
With the vision to make the Navratna PowerGrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) a globally competitive company, its Director(Personnel), VM Kaul, and his team are trying to create a benchmark in the overall power industry in terms of operational and project management capabilities. Kaul, who was also recently conferred with the "HR Leadership Award" by the Asia Pacific HRM Congress, speaks to Bureaucracy Today about the strategies, expansion and challenges ahead at the PGCIL....

Lead Story

State watch
The glory and aura attached to the Indian Civil Services is quite appealing. But the experience of all service cadres is not as heartening. The Indian Information Service (IIS) is one such cadre which has been facing non-preference by Civil Services aspirants. The IIS once enjoyed the third slot in the list of Civil Services rankings but now stands at the last leg. This is to juxtapose the growing communication and information needs of a developing country like India which is yet to make a mark on international stage. The disappointing fact is that burgeoning communication of the Central Government with Indian States and members of the international community is currently looked after by a meagre 475 number of IIS officers only ...

State watch

Protectors of secularism are giving communal colour to Gopalgarh massacre: Shahnawaz Hussain
The Congress Party is preparing and projecting its poster boy, Rahul Gandhi, as its next Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 general election. Senior Congress leaders and party workers at the ground level believe that Rahul's clean secular image will help the party to gain on caste and community vote equations in the upcoming State Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. However, the political situation seems to be taking a surprising turn to haunt the Congress yet again. The major communal riots of Maliyana, Hashimpura, Moradabad and Aligarh had shaken the minorities' confidence in the Congress. The Babri Mosque demolition badly dented the Congress's secular image and had a fatal effect on its voter demography in UP and marked the rise of the BJP and other regional parties pan India. Now once again the BJP and regional parties are all set to exploit the political situation created by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's administration.....

Corporate watch

Even the Tatas are not full-fledged brands overseas: Richter
As India strides its way ahead to become a truly global brand, it is important to take stock of what the international fraternity has to say about the 'Great Indian Story'. Horasis is an independent think-tank, founded and headed by Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter who is also the former Director of the World Economic Forum. A brainchild of "reverse globalization" as Richter puts it, Horasis tracks the growth story of India, China Russia and Arab States vis-a-vis the developed world....

Interview

Gopal wants performance audit Commission for judiciary
After his recent resignation from the post of Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium is still a busy man. Subramanium starts his day at 8 am and gets free from work at 10 pm every day. At present he is working on intellectual property rights, constitutional and criminal law cases."Earlier also I was a private lawyer. I tried to be Gopal Subramanium the essential person throughout my career and I am happy to think what I am right now." says one of the most sought-after lawyers of the country....

Industry update mining

Bellary: Studying ecological imbalances for final verdict
The Forest Bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia, ordered the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) on August 5 to carry out an environment impact assessment of the effect of illegal mining activity on the ecology of Bellary, the centre of mining scam which toppled power circles in Karnataka. The report is to be submitted in three months and it is on the basis of this report the Supreme Court will take a final call on the Bellary mining case....

Guest Column

Gaps in the framework
In this season of political mal-content, what gets in adequate at-tention is the fact that there are huge gaps in the power structure of the Government at the moment. The almost continual outpouring of bad news on to the Government has pretty much frozen even bureaucratic decision making for some time now. Most experts believe that the impact of this will show up only in eight to eighteen months when decisions that ought to have been take nnow should have been really actioned. The wait has grown longer for key legislations related to food security, the microfinance sector, be-sides, of course, the Lokpal, amongst others....

People & Profile

A Cop whose passion is human rights
Seldom do we see bureaucrats being noticed for their creative work. But one such officer is the Haryana IG(Prison), KP Singh who has received the Rajiv Gandhi Hindi Maulik Lekhan Puraskar from the President of India. KP Singh shares his experiences with Bureaucracy Today and says, "Receiving an award is always a great feeling. It reassures you that you can achieve a bigger thing than what you have got. It was an inspiring moment."...

limelight

Meghalaya CM focuses on 'politics of development'
When Meghalaya Chief Secretary WMS Pariat walks out of the office of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma at 10 pm in the State Secretariat, it is nothing short of a statement of his Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) coalition Government's commitment to usher in development and make "Meghalaya a model State." ...

ASTROLOGY

Bureaucrats in October 2011
ARIES: Senior bureaucrats will get their dreams realized in the beginning of October. Your efforts will get recognition and you will be suitably rewarded. You will be in a position to score perfect ten in your profession. Planets indicate financial gains through your spouse. Any deal of immovable property should be pended this month. Those suffering from high blood pressure will have tough time during the second fortnight of the month. Huge financial gains are expected in speculation....