Disciplinary inquiries can be revealed under RTI: CIC
by News ReaderThe details of disciplinary proceedings against an employee cannot be withheld from disclosure on the grounds of being personal information and should be made public under the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission has held.
The decision of the transparency panel came on the plea of an RTI applicant Deshbandhu Marwah who demanded records relating to an inquiry into the alleged misconduct by an officer A.K. Gupta of State Bank of Mysore but was denied the same.
The bank refused to disclose any information about its officer by invoking section 8(1)(h), which bars the disclosure of information which could impede the process of investigation, saying the CBI had been investigating into this matter and the Bank had also filed an application before the Debt Recovery Tribunal for recovery of its dues.
The bank also invoked section 8(1)(j) which allows withholding the personal information from disclosure.
Disciplinary proceedings are regarding the public conduct or misconduct of an employee of the Public Authority, all the records and files in this regard are public records and have to be disclosed subject of course to other exemptions of the Act, Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said.
The files and records relating to the disciplinary proceedings instituted by the Bank against A.K. Gupta, an officer of the Bank can never fall in the category of personal information, he said.
Source: The Hindu dated 25.12.2009
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Sudhir Kumar's Rly turnaround book
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LDCE PANEL
byIwould like to have clarification regarding the circular issued by DoPT regarding the procedure for conducting competative examination and the circular is given below for your refernce No22011/2/79-ESTT(D)dt08 feb 1982 in which it is clearly specified that the vaccancies should be based when the results of the examination is declared.Kindly calrify that the same is applicable even now in railways also if there is any similar circular brought out by RLys with ammendment,kindly sent me the same urgently.
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children education allowance
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It is taxable.
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Section 10(14)(ii) of the Income Tax Act
byRule 2BB of Income tax Rules,1962 provides a table of such allowances. See the entry 5 in that table.
Excerpt:-
Prescribed allowances for the purposes of clause (14) of section 10.
2BB. (1) For the purposes of sub-clause (i) of clause (14) of section 10, prescribed allowances, by whatever
name called, shall be the following, namely :
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5. Children Education Allowance
Whole of India [Rs. 100] per month per child up to a maximum of two children.
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children education allowance
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Rs 1200 per Child.
by"Rs. 100 per month per child up to a maximum of two child" is exempt from Income Tax.
http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/general/computation.asp
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Written by a Pakistani journalist about India ( Must Read )
by IndianWhats the world thinks about us...INDIANS !!!
Written by a Pakistani journalist about India [MUST READ]
Here's what is happening in India:
The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion to spare. The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to spare. The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.
In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.
In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned forty-four three weeks ago. Look what she got from her husband as her birthday present:
A sixty-million dollar jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite television, wireless communication and a separate cabin with game consoles. Neeta is Mukesh Ambani's wife, and Mukesh is not India's richest but the second richest.
Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1 billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet.. At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The first six floors are reserved for parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool. Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the Arabian Sea.
On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is expected to care for the family and their family home.
In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct investment destination. Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries.
In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission of India to assist the UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election Commission of India and not the Election Commission of Pakistan? After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi.
Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin; 38 percent of doctors in America are Indian; 36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians; 34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and 28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.
For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail. Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla. The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham. Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project. Four out often Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians. Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.
For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore.India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire) .
The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating wealth. In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion. In 2007, their combined wealth stood at $94 billion. On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124).
We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians have and we don't?
INDIANS ELECT THEIR LEADERS
And also to mention: They think of Construction of own nation, unlike nations who r just concerned with destruction of others...
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SAG in 17 years?
by SAGIRPS officers may please comment on above news , if (we all hope) it is a true post.
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HAG in 25 years for IRPS
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Eligibility vs Vacancies & No. of Posts
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right, sir
by correct responseIn IR , only IRTS,IRSE,IRSS and IRAS enjoy.
Remaining services serve the nation without any benefit.
Jai Hind!
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Bravo
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BRAHMO
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Another feather in IRPS cap
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an incident worh for provoking thoughts
by a well wisherIS IT A FORUM FOR THOUGHTS OR A FORUM FOR FLATTERERS
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The way you look...
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clarification required regarding sanction of ccl
byme and my wife work as ecrc gr 1 in prs/reservation office bangalore city of south western railways,
my wife had applied for ccl for two years in march 2009 but subsequently fell sick in june, was on sick leave and later absent from mid june on confirming from dcm/o/sbc that her leave has been approved. likewise the then sr.dcm/swr/sbc has sanctioned her two years leave and had put up the file to dpo/o/sbc for orders. On receiving the file the dealing clerk of dpo/o/sbc had started drawing her salary from august onwards while the office memorandum had to be prepared. Meanwhile our prs/office has been marking her absent for want of office orders. After repeatedly informing the office of the dpo/sbc to prepare the orders which took almost five months when memorandum was put up to apo/t/bills for signature, apo/t/sbc objected to signing the memo saying that sr.dcm/sbc has powers to sanction only upto 180 days and the file now has to put up to ccm/swr/ubl for approval. I am totally disgusted and irritated that the file has been kept pending for so long and the staff at dpo/sbc are not able to guide me to what exactly has to be done to clear the file of all hurdles.
As far as I am concerned as sr.dcm/o/sbc has sanctioned two years ccl and the fact that my wife has been drawing her salary for the past four months in view of dpo/sbc office concurrence despite her absence and memo not being ready is suffice for me to appeal to higher authority or RTI if required.
My clarification is that I am given to understand through leave rules in IREC VOL I (501 TO 557) that powers can be delegated to junior officers by HOD AND DRM of division to grant leave.
Kindly let me know why sanction by seniordcm/sbc is not sufficient or if so then whom should the file be put up to, drm/sbc or ccm/ubl for expedite action, please.
Also if there is a master circular for child care leave which covers extensively the application and sanction and authority to grant leave please.
thank you so much
with best regards,
Mark Antony Samuel
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clarification required regarding sanction of
by Does not matterWhen you are posting on a public forum, it is not correct to accuse someone, though you have not by name, as that person may or may not see this to respond to you.
You can ask APO/Welfare Inspector to help you get your problem sorted out.
All the best.
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Letus rejoice & pray
by Destiny Child of the fraternityThis is also time to retrospect to find out why Railway Board is putting IRPS at wrong footing. A cadre of 700 being given a lollypop i.e. one post of DRM. Is it out of merit or Charity. 68 DRM Positions and only one from IRPS. Are we 1/13th of IRTS and IRSME and IRSE in cadre strength and deserve only one slot as per proportionate representation. Are we not out of Civil Service. Are we not UPSC selceted. Are not all Organised Services deserve similar treatment.
All of us need to sharre our concern and raise the issue at appropirate forums through IRPS Association.
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All posts
by JohnyIR should see the difference it makes in the day today working of railways.
This should be implemented for ten years.
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irps association? huh!
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Let Uou all Stand to the Ocassion
by A Well Wisher out of IRPSPlease dont be a silent spectator, dont have hope from Board. They wont do any thing. Rememeber what GandhiJi, AmbedkarJi did after facing lot of sufferance.You have a future provided you are united and you have a Gandhi or Ambedkar with you. I wish wisdom to Board and luck to you guys
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2nd DRM from the Cadre, Congratulation!
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congrats sir
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Re: 2nd DRM from the Cadre, Congratulation!
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World's fastest Train
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Penalty of with holding of incriments imposed prior to introduction of the VI th P.C
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ANAMOLY IN MACP
by NARAYANANTwo persons are appointed in Senior clerk grade A & B on 1999
A being the senior
A gets promotion 2008 as head clerk and request for transfer to another railway/Division on bottom seniority as sr. clerk and transferred in 2008 his pay is protected whereas grade pay is not protected he is given G.Pay Rs.2800 in the new organisation.
B senior clerk and junior also requests for transfer to where A is transferred on bottom seniority in 2008 he gets transferred as Sr.clerk.
Now B gets MACP of grade pay Rs.4200 from 2009 where as A has to wait either 10 more years (or 20 years this is rather confusing) to get next MACP. Is not this injustice?.
In the above cases Senior is deprived of MACP for the next 10 years.
For such transfer cases past service shall be counted duly ignoring the promotion and MACP should be granted from the present grade pay to rectify anamoly of MACP.
Would Railway Board take up this issue?.
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ELIGIBLE
by NARAYANANIf two promotions are earned before completion of 20 years. Only 3rd finanical upgradation would be admissible on completion of 10 years of service in Grade pay from the date of 2nd promotion or at the 30th year of service, whichever is earlier.
Hence he is eligible for MACP of grade pay Rs. 4600 in 2009 (i.e.,on completion of 10 years in the grade pay)
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ANAMOLY IN MACP
by NARAYANANTwo persons are appointed in Senior clerk grade A & B on 1999
A being the senior
A gets promotion 2008 as head clerk and request for transfer to another railway/Division on bottom seniority as sr. clerk and transferred in 2008 his pay is protected whereas grade pay is not protected he is given G.Pay Rs.2800 in the new organisation.
B senior clerk and junior also requests for transfer to where A is transferred on bottom seniority in 2008 he gets transferred as Sr.clerk.
Now B gets MACP of grade pay Rs.4200 from 2009 where as A has to wait either 10 more years (or 20 years this is rather confusing) to get next MACP. Is not this injustice?.
In the above cases Senior is deprived of MACP for the next 10 years.
For such transfer cases past service shall be counted duly ignoring the promotion and MACP should be granted from the present grade pay to rectify anamoly of MACP.
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Agreed list
byThe aim with which such lists are prepared is indeed laudable, and it is nobodys case that intensive vigilance should not be carried out, especially on those public servants, on whose integrity there is even an iota of doubt. However, one needs to dispassionately evaluate the necessity & desirability as well as the effectiveness of the measures that are presently recommended to be taken by the administration for the persons who are borne on such agreed lists.
Firstly, the disturbing fact is that the person who is placed on the agreed list is not informed about it. This is also in apparent contradiction with the process of evaluating the integrity of a person while writing the Annual confidential report of an officer. If any doubt regarding the integrity of an officer is to be endorsed in his ACR, then not only an elaborate procedure is to be followed, but it is also mandatory to inform such officer regarding the doubts expressed about his integrity. After all, every person is expected to have some self respect, born out of integrity and devotion to duty which he is expected and believed to possess axiomatically, and which he is not called upon to prove at the drop of a hat. Since, such self respect of an individual may be severely compromised if doubts are expressed about his integrity, we must be not only be very sure that there are valid and reasonable grounds of doing so, but we must also be very sensitive about it. It is noted with concern that not communicating to the officer that he has been placed on the agreed list, tantamount to making comments behind the back, and is almost slanderous if not gossipy, which the administration need not be a part of. Since, the administration deems it fit to inform the concerned officer if doubts are expressed regarding his integrity in his ACR, there can be no plausible reason not to do the same if he is placed on the agreed list. It is not considered logical and rational for the administration to follow two different courses of action when the cause of such action is the same that there is some doubt over the integrity of a person. Neither the purpose of making an agreed list will be defeated nor do I anticipate any other adverse consequence if the officer who is placed in the agreed list is informed about it. In this era of RTI Act, the time for such idea of open communication has arrived and needs to be implemented without any further delay.
In my 25 years of service in different government department, I have noticed that when a person is placed on an agreed list, it becomes an open secret. Such an open secret is only confirmed by administrations actions like transferring him or stripping him of all sensitive works like decision making, tenders, selections etc. This official ostracisation slowly but surely leads to isolation and hushed ridicule even in social interactions of the officer. Such social stigma leads to demoralization and a feeling of victimization. Frustration and depression are compounded by the fact that unlike in D&AR cases where he has a chance to defend himself, there are no avenues for redressal open to him. It is believed that the administration by transferring an officer or denying him certain types of work is de-facto punishing an officer, although I know, de-jure he has not been punished. Hence, such de-facto punishment without providing him an opportunity to be heard violates the principles of Natural Justice.
One understands that the purpose of preparing an agreed list is to keep under observation, officers whose integrity and honesty is under cloud. In this context, It is noted that the Honble Supreme court of India, in the case of K.V.JANKIRAMAN Vs UOI has ruled that a persons integrity and honesty may be considered under cloud only after charge sheet has been served to him in a vigilance case. Such a definition of integrity and honesty being under cloud is both objective and binding. We are at not at a liberty to either make a subjective assessment of an officers integrity and honesty or extrapolate a situation that demand administrative action of transfer or denial of sensitive work.
Since we are all humans, one cannot rule out that in some cases it may so happen that an officer is placed on agreed list due to personal bias against him. The senior officers from their experience would certainly agree that such a situation is not impossible. Since there is at least a theoretical possibility of a situation that an officer is placed in agreed list due to personal bias, it is all the more important that such matters are invariably communicated to the concerned officers in all the cases and he is neither transferred nor debarred from any type of work so that he is denied an opportunity to feel victimized or punished.
In any case nothing stops the vigilance organisation to conduct intensive and & preventive checks even if an officer who is placed in agreed list continues in sensitive posts and continues doing sensitive work. In fact, if a person is in a non-sensitive position or does no sensitive work, it would be very difficult to come to a conclusive decision regarding his honesty and to judge his integrity.
In fact if an officer is debarred from doing sensitive work based on unsubstantiated allegations regarding the doubtfulness of his honesty and integrity, apart from his individual sense of victimization that such officer may feel, the administration also fails to utilize the person fully and is forced to carry a lame duck person without actually penalizing him. This is a lose - lose situation for both. The administration may also be accused of adopting a soft option and shirking its responsibility of calling a spade a spade and not formally charging an officer despite having fair knowledge about the lack of honesty and integrity of an officer. Further, since most of the sensitive decisions like tenders, selections etc are made by a group rather than by an individual, the final decision arrived at need not be considered as tainted or doubtful, merely because the presence of one individual whose intention may be perceived as unscrupulous.
One fully subscribes to the view that Public servants in their conduct should be like Ceasers wife beyond suspicion, but being a conscientious person, what worries me is the lack of avenues of redressal for the person who is placed on such a list. Whereas, probity in public life is of utmost importance, it is felt that the tenants of Natural justice can also not be compromised. A fine balance needs to be maintained between both and neither can be sacrificed in order to achieve the other. Our proud tradition of ensuring the principles of natural justice whereby one may allow a hundred guilty to go scot-free rather that punish one innocent person, needs to be placed in a higher pedestal.
Thus, it is not logical or necessary to transfer a officer from sensitive post or debar an officer from sensitive work even if he is placed on the agreed list.
(NB: The intention behind above write-up is to generate a healthy debate, highlight distortions in the present system and improve the administrative mechanism. Comments are welcome.)
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Agreed List
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byCR(PART OF HQ & DIVN.),NER,SWR,RRBs,CLW,ICF,RWF,RE,RSC,METRO,PSUs.
contact no. of cpo/mrvc is 9821872108 & of dy.cpo/mrvc is 9773158400.
THANKS. Albela
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Inter-Zonal Transfer of Officers
by Raja BabuAre any supporters?????
**A Railway Officer.
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Not desirable
by IRPS officer2.The facilities and cader support in all India services not at all visible in IRPS.
3.IRPS not a executive service ,it is only supportive service
so dont compare with all India services
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Not to jump in to band wagan...
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IPS- a pipe dream or reality?
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Re: IPS- a pipe dream or reality?
by guestwe must lobby in this direction.
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Why not?
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Re: Why not?
by thinklet's start with copenhegan summit currently in progress.
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On being stupid and learning to live through it
by Bardnot a cry nor a whimper of protest
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold,
mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
The blood-dimmed tide is let loose,and everywhere
the ceremony of innocence is drowned
Inwards plod the 'holy cows',
cluless on the "tower of babel"
English to the right of them, Hindi to the left
Urdu in front of them, multilingos all around
The cowherd hollers, halt, proceed, halt, proceed
here we are, candidates on a darkling plain
where ignorant armies clash at night
even as Tughlaq sits in a quiet corner,chuckling
save the blushes, for Ive met my match...
Courtesy( WB Yeats, Mathew Arnold, Tennyson and a host of others)
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what an attitude! mr saddam hussein...
by PS TO PMfive months of edpg/mr and such boisterous claims? i hope ur aware that your great predecessor in the last ministry is running for cover. little bit of "media" and one of the minister of TMC was running with his baggage out of a hotel.
does your minister know that you are making such tall claims on website? my father has taught me and i want to share with u " no dictator has ever survived long enough to see the end of human beings on this earth." ur holding a position of responsibility ....and do not use ur position to throw attitude. learn to be humble.
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Amio dekhechi!!
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Ten years rule?
by zero yearis it a rule or a guideline? If such a rule exists, how the respectable officers manage to violate this rule of ten years?
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Any proposal of third party evaluation of civil servants?
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IT Raids
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IRPS ki kismat kharab chal rahi hai
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by Slightly betterKinkly take some good English lessons before writing such rubbish on this forum. Try to distinguish between meaning and usage of basic English words like 'there' and 'their'.
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i think he means "kinky"
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DNA of the Tatas
byorganisation can care for its employees, customers & more........
October 10, 2009
Meeting with H N Srinivas - Senior Executive Vice President, Taj Group of
Hotels
Last evening, I had a dinner meeting with HNS in Goa (I was there for a
National Institute of Personnel Management conference - as a speaker).
He narrated the 26th November 2008 terror attack on Taj Mumbai and there
were some important points.
A. Terrorist entry
1. They entered from the Leopold Colaba hotel entrance and
also from the northern entrance - spraying indiscriminate bullets on the Taj
security personnel and guests in general.
2. Though Taj had a reasonable security - they were surely
not equipped to deal with terrorists who were spraying 6 bullets per
trigger.
3. The strategy of the terrorists was to throw chunks of RDX
in an open area that will explode and burn - creating chaos so that the
guests and staff run helter skelter so that the terrorists could kill them.
The idea was to create maximum casualties.
4. There were several critical gatherings and functions
happening in the hotel on that day - a Bohra wedding, global meet of
Unilever CEOs and Board members and 2 other corporate meetings were being
held in the hotel - besides the usual crowd.
5. The firing and chaos began at about 8.30 p.m. And the
staff including employees on casual and contract basis displayed exemplary
presence of mind, courage and sacrifice to protect the guests who were in
various halls and conference rooms.
B. Stories of Staff Heroics
1. A young lady guest relation executive with the HLL
gathering stopped any of the members going out and volunteered 3 times to go
out and get stuff such as ice cubes for whiskey of the guests when the
situation outside the hall was very explosives and she could have been
easily the target of the bullets
2. Thomas George a captain escorted 54 guests from a backdoor
staircase and when he was going down last he was shot by the terrorists
3. There were 500 emails from various guests narrating
heroics of the staff and thanking them for saving their lives
4. In a subsequent function, Ratan Tata broke down in full
public view and sobbed saying - "the company belongs to these people". The
wife of Thomas George who laid his life saving others said, she and the kids
were proud of the man and that she did not know that for 25 years she lived
with a man who was so courageous and brave
5. The episode happened on 26th November, a significant part
of the hotel was burnt down and destroyed - the hotel was re-opened on 21st
December and all the employees of the hotel were paraded in front of the
guests
6. It was clearly a saga of extra-ordinary heroics by
ordinary people for their organisation and in a way for their country. The
sense of duty and service was unprecedented
7. The young lady who protected and looked after the HLL
guests was a management trainee and we often speak of juniority and
seniority in the organisation. She had no instructions from any supervisor
to do what she did
A. She took just 3 minutes to rescue the entire team through the
kitchen
B. Cars were organised outside the hotel as per seniority of the
members
C. In the peak of the crisis, she stepped out and got the right wine
glass for the guest
8. People who exhibited courage included janitors, waiters,
directors, artisans and captains - all level of people
C. The Tata Gesture
1. All category of employees including those who had
completed even 1 day as casuals were treated on duty during the time the
hotel was closed
2. Relief and assistance to all those who were injured and
killed
3. The relief and assistance was extended to all those who
died at the railway station, surroundings including the "Pav-Bhaji" vendor
and the pan shop owners
4. During the time the hotel was closed, the salaries were
sent my money order
5. A psychiatric cell was established in collaboration with !
Tata Institute of Social Sciences to counsel those who needed such help
6. The thoughts and anxieties going on people's mind was
constantly tracked and where needed psychological help provided !
7. Employee outreach centres were opened where all help,
food, water, sanitation, first aid and counselling was provided. 1600
employees were covered by this facility
8. Every employee was assigned to one mentor and it was that
person's responsibility to act as a "single window" clearance for any help
that the person required
9. Ratan Tata personally visited the families of all the 80
employees who in some manner - either through injury or getting killed -
were affected.
10. The dependents of the employees were flown from outside
Mumbai to Mumbai and taken care off in terms of ensuring mental assurance
and peace. They were all accommodated in Hotel President for 3 weeks
11. Ratan Tata himself asked the fam! Ilies and dependents - as
to what they wanted him to do.
12. In a record time of 20 days, a new trust was created by the
Tatas for the purpose of relief of employees.
13. What is unique is that even the other people, the railway
employees, the police staff, the pedestrians who had nothing to do with
Tatas were covered by compensation. Each one of them was provided
subsistence allowance of Rs. 10K per month for all these people for 6
months.
14. A 4 year old granddaughter of a vendor got 4 bullets in her
and only one was removed in the Government hospital. She was taken to Bombay
hospital and several lacs were spent by the Tatas on her to fully recover
her
15. New hand carts were provided to several vendors who lost
their carts
16. Tata will take responsibility of life education of 46
children of the victims of the terror
17. This was the most trying period in the life of the
organisation. Senior managers including Ratan Tata were visiting funeral to
funeral over the 3 days that were most horrible
18. The settlement for every deceased member ranged from Rs. 36
to 85 lacs in addition to the following benefits:
a. Full last salary for life for the family and dependents
b. Complete responsibility of education of children and dependents -
anywhere in the world
c. Full Medical facility for the whole family and dependents for rest
of their life
d. All loans and advances were waived off - irrespective of the amount
e. Counsellor for life for each person
D. Epilogue
1. How was such passion created among the employees? How and
why did they behave the way they did?
2. The organisation is clear that it is not something that
someone can take credit for. It is not some training and development that
created such behaviour. If someone suggests that - everyone laughs
3. It has to do with the DNA of the organisation, with the
way Tata culture exists and above all with the situation that prevailed that
time. The organisation has always been telling that customers and guests are
#1 priority
4. The hotel business was started by Jamshedji Tata when he
was insulted in one of the British hotels and not allowed to stay there.
5. He created several institutions which later became icons
of progress, culture and modernity. IISc is one such institute. He was told
by the rulers that time that he can acquire land for IISc to the extent he
could fence the same. He could afford fencing only 400 acres.
6. When the HR function hesitatingly made a very rich
proposal to Ratan - he said - do you think we are doing enough?
7. The whole approach was that the organisation would spend
several hundred crore in re-building the property - why not spend equally on
the employees who gave their life?
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dna ot tatas
by n rseeing what has happened in the carriage works, i was wanting to tell all the persoinnel officers, particularly the workshop personnel officers to re ad my book indian case studies and case studies on attitude and behaviour. in fact these are real life situations in service and the one case study which is solved is the one that happened in guntupalli workshops where i was deputed to assist the dy.cpo ir and wpo.
i agree with the last few paragraphs but please think how you people can improve and ensur that the morale of the employees ar kept high. also how would you make the line officers feel how difficult a job you are doing.
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amazing
by guestthank you.
Tata should be made prime minister of our country.
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so much to learn......
by monicathanks to dinkar for this invaluable piece of post.
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How to do away?
by commentI hope Mr.Ratan Tata is reading this forum.
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Thanks
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what about RNA
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Time Management
by APO CrlyDespite all our best efforts to manage it,time continues to flow with complete disregard for our complex time management techniques.Does this mean that time management is a pointless exercise?
No not at allWhat it actually means is this:
What we commonly refer to as time management is not really about managing time It is about managing ourselves.
Heres an example that illustrates why this is so important:
Ben was an accountant in a prestigious accounting firm who was working very long hours in order to move ahead in his career.
One night over a late dinner, his wife said,Be careful honey, one day youre gonna wake up and your little girl will have gone off to college and you will have missed everything.
This comment really struck a chord with Ben.He knew he needed to spend more time at home but he didnt know what else he could do to manage his time better. He was already utilizing his mobile phone, an electronic organizer and a calendar on his computer.
The next day,Ben chatted to his dad who advised him that effective time management was not about managing time,but rather, about managing himself.
Ben took this idea on board and instead of looking for external ways to control his time,he began to focus internally on finding better ways to manage himself.
Instead of spending the first twenty minutes of his day chatting with his colleagues in the tea room,he picked up a coffee on the way to work and headed straight to his desk.
Rather than spending the first hour of his day answering emails,he wrote down a list of the most important things he needed to achieve and immediately began working on the first task.
He also closed down his Internet browser so that he would not be distracted by Facebook,Twitter,or the ebay auction he was watching.
When printing his documents he realized he should check the print queue before walking across the office and standing around waiting for other peoples documents to be completed.
Ben was genuinely surprised by how many ways he found to improve his productivity simply by shifting his focus from managing time to managing himself.His new mantra became that he would:
Spend Quality Time at Work in Order to Spend Quantity Time at Home
With this new approach to managing himself,Ben developed the view that any time he wasted at work was time he was taking away from being with his family.
This new perspective made him more motivated and productive than ever before.By getting more done during work hours,he was able to cut down on his overtime and ultimately spend more time with his family.
So today,Id like to encourage you to realize that while you cannot manage time you can manage yourself.
Instead of looking for additional ways to regulate your time,turn your focus internally and look for better ways to manage yourself and your actions.
By improving the way you manage yourself,you will greatly increase your productivity.This is in turn will help you accelerate your progress towards achieving your most important life goals.
All the Best
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survey
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Census Survey for "The State of Civil Services Report 2009-10"
by Jaswant Rai, EDE(GC)The Survey is being conducted by the Centre for Good Governance (CGG), Hyderabad, an autonomous body established by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2003 to further the governance reform process.
In this regards please connect Adv. (Staff)'s message dated 29-10-2009 to all IRPS officers (excluding probationers) copy attached for ready reference and my Telephonic discussion with IRPS officers. It is learnt that of over 300 IRPS officers only about 25 officers have participated in the online survey. The survey is very important as it would provide valuable feedback on various issues affecting our Service and would be helpful in earnestly striving for the betterment of our Service. The weak response reflects very poorly on the service. Kindly take out a few minutes from your busy schedule to fill up the questionaire. In case, the questionaire has not been received, the same may be downloaded / accessed after contacting Shri A. Srinivas Kumar, Team Leader, SOCS Survey, Centre for Good Governance on email ID: askumar@cgg.gov.in or Sri Prasann Thatte, Sr Programme Manager, Mobile: 09246555602 Email ID: prasann@cgg.gov.in
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Thanks sir for the info
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for necessary info pls....
by nkSelf-styled commander-in-chief of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Paresh Baruah is an employee of the Northeast Frontier Railways.
He was 21 when he got a porter's job in 1978 under the sports quota (he was a footballer) at the railways in the Tinsukia division in eastern Assam.
"We joined together as a porter at a monthly salary of Rs.370. Paresh Baruah was sincere in his practice sessions (played football for the railways), but by January 1980 he simply vanished not to be seen again," Supriyo Choudhury, now promoted to a conductor in the railways, told IANS.
Baruah, now 52, formed the ULFA in April 1979 along with five others, including self-styled Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa.
Both are now believed to be operating out of Bangladesh, although recent intelligence reports indicate that Baruah might have sneaked into China for shelter.
source: hindustan times 1.12.09
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Re: for necessary info pls....
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very funny
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any takers for responsibiity
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update
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MACP FOR TRANSFER
by NARAYANAN" IN CASE, AN EMPLOYEE AFTER GETTING PROMOTION/ACP SEEKS UNILATERAL TRANSFER ON A LOWER POST OR LOWER SCALE, HE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY FOR SECOND AND THIRD FINANCIAL UPGRADATIONS ON COMPLETION OF 20/30 YEARS OF REGULAR SERVICE UNDER THE MACPS, AS THE CASE AY BE FROM THE DATE OF HIS INITIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE POST IN THE NEW ORGANISATION"
A CANDIDATE APPOINTED AS T.E. W.E.F. 04.12.85 COMPLETED 23 YEARS OF SERVICE PROMOTED AS Sr.TE W.E.F. 23.04.89 AND TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DIVISIO OF SAME RAILWAY ON REQUEST ON BOTTOM SENIORITY AS T.E. AGAIN PROMOTED AS SR. TE W.E.F. 23.06.98.
PLEASE ADVISE WHICH (WHETHER ii OR iii) MACP HE IS ELIGIBLE
FROM WHICH DATE
WHICH GRADE PAY HE IS ELIGIBLE
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E MAIL ID OF DY CPO GAZETTED
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Not recd
by Deepak guptargrds, deepak gupta,dycpo/g wcr jbp 9752415602
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railway officers ...as "khatron ke khiladi"
by nki was just watching memorial coverage of 26/11 terror episodes on tv. one of the news channel was covering how CISF jawans was living in the 'gateway of india' monument space in filthy squalid environment.
but often railway officers who are sent on duty to various places are made to stay put in almost similar unhygienic conditions. sometimes, the living conditions ..beds, toilets, is in such sorry conditions that no self respecting officers can dare to step in. officers coming to delhi often stay at their relatives/friends place. some of our rest houses actually qualify for " i dare" (khatron ke khiladi) programs on tv.
i wish some of our railway board officers (especially IRAS officers/officer associations) notice our plight and take remedial steps.
i feel pathetic when i see the facility of hotels which is available to simple govt functionary in GOI to be denied to Indian Railway officers.
i felt sorry for the jawans....public pressure, i think, caused govt to relocate them to habitable place.
but who will feel sorry for railway officers?
nk
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but
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guilt by association?
by nkjust becoz some people get farzi type duty....genuine people shd suffer? what kind of logic is this? many people do not work in office still they get salary. by ur yardstick we shd share the guilt and let go our salary.
i am told there are scams in military purchases so what shd we do?....we should stop buying arms and amunitions?
similarly, if there are some corrupt officers which means .....we all shd be termed corrupt?
i do not think ur argument is good enough. why should ten percent of errant officers should spoil the ops of ninety percent rightful officers?
moreover, what do u think ......farzi duty is not being made in other govt department? what is the rationale of targeting railways only?
i think ur argument is quite simplistic. it needs a relook.
nk
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Who is responsible?
by Railway officialIR officials do not know asset management, be it Human resources or physical assets.
So, things will continue like this ad-infinitum.
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changes in secr
by rajendra agrawalPrafulla Bhatnagar to join as Sr DPO NGP SECR
Shakeer Hussain has joined as Sr DPO BSP
Rajendra Agrawal joined as Dy CPO Gaz SECR
T Lakra Promoted and joined as Dy CPO HQ SECR
Hafiz Muhammad will join Dy CPO Con SECR
Surya Prakash released and is waiting for posting in NWR
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Updation carried out. Thanks Rajendra.
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Congratulations to Mr P. K. Sharma Our new AMS
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vig
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matter of interest
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full payment
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honesty thy name
by an old guythe cvc and the vigilance organisation as all of you must have know or heard is formed based on what is called santhanam committee report. please read that santhanam committee report. you will understand how vigilance is overacting in many cases and harrass the officers at the last moment.
they and you should know what is the difference between ,technical mistake, and ,mistake having vigilance angle, where corruption in any form either by misuse of power or by accepting bribe is involved. unless there is a specific vigilance angle the case should not be taken up by vigilance. so also the concerned h o d should know whether there is a vigilance angle or not and if he considers that there is no vigilance angle he should say so and return the case back to vigilance to close. vigilance are inerested in keeping up their position and posts and show target as unfortunately targets seems to have been fixed for them. may be they will be arguing that they get so many cases and complaints and they are helping the executives and not sending the cases but that is not so. take for example the unnecessary complaints sent by associations like s c st association because some officer has not helped them. unless they specifically say that the officer has accepted bribe and show proof such cases should not be entertained and n o c in various types of cases like for getting a pass port, purchases or retirement should be refused by vigilance. who checks and ensures that the vigilance clerks and officers themselves are not taking undue advantage or misuse their powers show off!
there was an interesting case in wheel and axle project where the vig. case was foisted against so many employees for purchase of t v without permission (in those days of three or four decades ago permission was requird) and ultimately it was found that in almost all the cases people weree having the antenna on top of their houses as a status symbol for getting their daughters married etc. and the cases had to be closed!
jokes enough. time for working solidly sirs.
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Really
by honestDifficult question having a two letters answer?????
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very obvious
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really
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Central Staffing Scheme 2010 Circular
byClick on the 2010 "Circular for other Services" link.
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