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MEMORY CLOUDS
The Honble Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi, on April 21, 2015,
on Civil Services Day, gave a
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experienced civil servants.
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VP Sawhney
SK Mishra
Dr G Sundaram
KC Sivaramakrishnan
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Vishnu Bhagwan
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Arun Bongirwar
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Ved Marwah
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CONTENTS
LETTERS
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5 Bric-a-Brac
8 Governance
india@cop21
12 chennai: the deluge
44 delhi pollution: political smog
16 Cover Story
28 In Conversation
36 Book Review
39 First Stirrings
42 Economy
47 Leisure
50 Perspective
bowing before life
57 By the Way
Bihar elections
I fully agree with the authors
assessment in the article, After the
Bihar storm (gfiles, December 2015) on
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Bric-a-brac
friends & foes
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ILLUSTRATIONS: ARUNA
Catch-22 situation
rss to discuss bjp agenda
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friends & foes
Keeper of promises
shinzo makes time for friends
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GOVERNANCE
cop21 ashok lavasa
PHOTOS: PIB
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of France, Francois Hollande, at the
launch of the International Solar Alliance during the COP21 summit in Paris on
November 30, 2015.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India Pavilion at the Conference of Parties with
other dignitaries (above); view of the pavilion from outside (below)
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PHOTOS: PIB
A metropolis in deluge
The recent floods in Chennai were the cumulative
outcome of governance failure and the lack of
emergency planning response action
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GNORING these realities, government sources talked of mega-operations by central and armed forces
including warships, army boats and
helicopters. Such interventions have
only limited impact unless the political leadership and civil administration remains nimble-footed, capable
of taking quick decisions and acting
upon them. Rescue, relief and rehabilitation involve nuts-and-bolts jobs,
local knowledge and an awareness of
the local topography/demography.
In the Chennai context, the Mayor,
Corporation Commissioner, District
Collector and Police Commissioner
are the ideal sources of information,
requirements and solutions. But all
were waiting for orders from above.
This led to lack of coordination between the local authorities and the
National Disaster Management Force
as well as the Army rescue team. This
was so because the Tamil Nadu government has not set up functional
state district/city Disaster Management Agencies as mandated by the
Disaster Management Act, 2005. In
the event, the Madras High Court had
to step in suo moto and seek an explanation from the state government.
Now to the urban sprawl. This is
due to the predatory development
model and two catastrophic decisions
of the UPA I government in 2004:
one, to liberalise extremely the Special
Economic Zone Rules, and the other,
allowing 100 per cent FDI in the real
estate business. With the pumping in
of a massive quantum of black money,
the property market boomed and
land prices within city limits hit the
sky. Unscrupulous elements and real
estate sharks moved to the outskirts
of the city and grabbed agricultural
and low-lying land of all shapes and
sizes which constituted the natural
rainwater storage and drains that are
ecologically sensitive areas.
The Chennai Master Plan-cumDevelopment Regulations notified in
2008 prohibited construction in these
places. Following up the Master Plan,
at the request of the Corporation of
Chennai, an expert group, including
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VIOLENCE
COSTS
13.4%
OF WORLD GDP
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uncharted territories.
Then came the China wave. By the
end of the first decade of this century,
it was clear that China was into
aggressive acquisition of global natural resources. According to a 2010
study by Theodore H Moran, Backed
by the Chinese government, Chinese
companies have been acquiring equity stakes in natural resources, extending loans to mining and petroleum
investors, and writing long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals. These activities have aroused concern that China might be locking up
natural resource supplies, gaining
preferential access to available output, extending control over the
worlds extractive industries.
One of the prime examples of such
control was in Africa. According to
venturesafrica.com, Across Africa,
the growing presence of Chinese
investments in economy and infrastructure is evident. In the last ten
years, various state-owned firms
have become major investors in Africa
with China being the single largest
bilateral source of annual foreign
investment in Africa. However, what
was unique about China was its alternative and innovative attempts to
forge close links with African nations.
For example, in sports, Chinas
investments in Africa, popularly
termed Stadium Diplomacy, has
been focused on infrastructural developments which has and will, inevitably in the future, result in marked
improvements in certain sports.
China built several football stadiums across Africa in a soccer-crazed
continent. In most cases, China bore
the entire cost of construction through
concessional bilateral loans. In other
cases, strategic partnerships were
forged that enabled the building up of
world-class football facilities. The
recent rise of African nations in World
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World War I
Also known as the War to End All Wars, and the Great War. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history
Duration: 4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks (July 28, 1914 to
November 11, 1918)
How did it end: The fighting stopped after a general armistice was agreed upon and the signing of the Treaty of
Versailles by both sides.
Cause: Differences in foreign policies. Immediate cause
was the assassination of Austrias Archduke Franz
Ferdinand. After the assassination, Austria declared war on
Serbia. Russia stepped in to defend Serbia. Germany
declared war on Russia to protect Austria. This led France
to declare war on Germany. Germany invaded Belgium.
This caused Britain to declare war on Germanyall in just
a few days.
Fought between: WWI was fought between the Allied
Powers (France, Russia, United States and Britain) and the
Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman
Empire, and Bulgaria). In total, 30 countries were involved
in the conflict. Italy, once part of the Triple Alliance
with Germany and Austria-Hungary, fought on the side of
the Allies.
Conflict zone: Europe, Africa, Middle East, Pacific islands,
China and coastal South & North America. Majority of the
fighting took place in Europe along two fronts: the western
front and the eastern front. The western front was a long
line of trenches that ran from the coast of Belgium to
Switzerland. A lot of the fighting on this front took place in
France and Belgium. The eastern front was between
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria on one side and
Russia and Romania on the other.
Strategy: Soldiers fought largely in trenches during the
war. Thousands suffered from stress, known as shell-shock.
The British and French trenches were squalid, whereas the
German trenches were luxurious in comparison, with
bunks and decent cooking facilities.
Major Battles: A lot of the war was fought along the western front. The armies hardly moved. They just bombed and
shot at each other from the trenches. Some of the major
battles included the First Battle of Marne, and the Battles of
Somme, Tannenberg, Gallipoli, and Verdun.
Casualties: More than 70 million military personnel participated in one of the largest wars in history. Over 9 million
combatants and 7 million civilians died and another 21 million were wounded as a result of the war. Over a million
soldiers were killed in the infamous Battle of the Somme
aloneabout 30,000 in just one day.
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World War II
WW II was the bloodiest conflict in human history. The world was in a state of total war.
Duration: 6 years 1 day (Sept 1, 1939 to Sept 2, 1945).
Germany started an unprovoked attack on Poland. In
retaliation, France and Britain declared war on Germany.
Japan was already at war with the Republic of China. Many
of the world's countries got involved.
How did it end: WW II ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Adolf Hitler
committed suicide.
Causes of World War Two: One of the long-term causes of
the war was the anger felt in Weimar Germany over the
Treaty of Versailles and inability of the League of Nations to
deal with major international issues. Hitler wanted to push
the boundaries and see what he could get away with. His
first major transgression was his defiance of the Versailles
Treaty. In 1936 Hitlers Nazi Germany re-occupied
Rhineland, forbidden by Versailles. Hitler was determined
to expand east. Czechoslovakia and Poland were his next
targets. Hitler referred to the Munich Agreement as a scrap
of paper.
Fought between: The Axis [(Germany, Italy, Japan,
Slovakia, Nov. 1940), Hungary (Nov. 1940), Romania (Nov.
1940), Bulgaria (March 1941)] and the Allies [Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
Estonia, France, Greece, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, The
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa,
United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia]
Major Battles: WW II was fought on different frontiers such
as Russia, the Pacific Ocean, Western Europe and China.
Some of these battles were Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Battle of
Britain (air battle for England), Invasion of Poland, Operation
Barbarossa (Case Barbarossa), Battle of Moscow, Battle of
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Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and its affiliates and other major counterterrorism operations. On May 1, 2011, US
Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden
in a night raid in Abbottabad,
Pakistan. Similar CIA, US Special
Forces and counterterrorism operations have been reported in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Malaysia,
Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,
Somalia, Syria and Yemen. A more
exhaustive list could involve countries
like Indonesia, Thailand, Colombia,
Peru, as well as several other countries in Eastern and Central Asia. This
is notwithstanding the fact that the
US Congress hasnt officially declared
war since 1942.
Some experts believe that America
tops the list of countries that have
fought the most wars in its 200-yearold history. The British have invaded
almost 90 per cent of the countries
2014
42
2012
51
active conflicts
active conflicts
2010
55
2008
63
active conflicts
active conflicts
180,000
110,000
49,000
56,000
fatalities
fatalities
fatalities
fatalities
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10 countries that do
not have an army
1.
Andorra
2.
Costa Rica
3.
Grenada
4.
Kiribati
5.
Liechtenstein
6.
Marshall Islands
7.
8.
Nauru
9.
Saint Lucia
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Worlds least
peaceful countries
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The Middle East and North Africa
now rank as the world's most violent
regions, overtaking South Asia which
received that ranking for 2013.
has the attention of the man-in-thestreet due to the significant loss of life
When it happened, World War I
(19141918) was regarded as the "war
to end all wars. World War II (1939
1945) proved that to be false. Today
according to World Bank estimates,
some 1.5 billion people, roughly onefifth of humanity, are affected by
some form of violence or insecurity.
The US military is involved in operations across all the five continents. It
is the worlds largest landlord, with a
significant presence in Bahrain,
Djibouti, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo,
and Kyrgyzstan, in addition to bases
in Germany, Japan, South Korea,
Italy, and the UK. Some of these, like
Fatalities in 2014
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Syria
Iraq
Mexico
Central
America
South
Sudan
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Possible scenarios
Flashpoints on
the globe
by NEERAJ MAHAJAN
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IN CONVERSATION
shiv kunal verma 1962 war
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all that. Sardar Patel read the situation perfectly and his
letter to Nehru written 38 days before he died, spelt out
the changed situation at the time.
MGD: You talk of the Himmat Singh Committee
that was constituted in 1951 and the General
Kulwant Singh Report in 1953. They all seemed to
warn Nehru.
SKV: In retrospect, who didnt warn Nehru? General
Cariappa did and Sardar Patel did. Even the Kulwant
Singh Report said in 1953 that there was a major likelihood
of an armed clash between China and India in the next
nine yearsit was as specific as that. Just as the Chinese,
after having annexed Tibet, were pushing forward to
secure what they thought was the border, the Himmat
Singh Committee did much the same though the main
focus of the recommendations was on the restructuring
and deployment of the Assam Rifles. This was to lay the
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Modi, on April 21, 2015, on Civil
Services Day, gave a clarion call to
record and upload the memoirs of
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reminiscences by senior civil servants
which were published in gfiles
between 2007 and 2015.
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BG Deshmukh
MC Gupta
Kripa Narayan Srivastava
V Selvaraj
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Romesh Bhandari
Devi Dayal
Reva Nayyar
VP Sawhney
SK Mishra
Dr G Sundaram
KC Sivaramakrishnan
Nitish Sengupta
Vishnu Bhagwan
Gen Noble Thamburaj
Baleshwar Rai
Arun Bongirwar
Arvind S Inamdar
Madhav Godbole
Ved Marwah
Trinath Mishra
Vineeta Rai
Arun Kumar Rath
Ajit Nimbalkar
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MS Gill
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Having destroyed its combat readiness by tampering with the military hierarchy, the
Indian Army was deployed in both NEFA and Ladakh as a glorified police force. More than
half-a-century later, shorn of the myths and half-truths, this is a superbly told story that needs
to be understood by future generationsGeneral (Dr) VK Singh, Minister of State for
External Affairs & Former Army Chief
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The author at Kibithu in the Walong Sector of NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh)
the official relationship, sometimes summoning him for purposes outside the call of army duty, even when Kaul was only
a lieutenant colonel. In 1953, Nehru entrusted Kaul with the
delicate task of overseeing the arrest of Sheikh Abdullah and
acting as a political troubleshooter in Kashmir.
Unlike most of the other generals who were army and corps
commanders at the time, Kaul had virtually no combat experience. After being commissioned into an infantry battalion,
Kaul had voluntarily shifted to the Army Supply Corps while he
was still a junior officer. Kaul used the term national priority
to explain the reason for this shifta somewhat dubious
explanation as no junior officer was likely to be accorded that
sort of importance. As a result, Bijji Kaul had not even commanded an infantry company, let alone a battalion, either in
war or peace. Though commissioned into the army well before
the outbreak of World War II, Bijji Kaul was assigned sundry
jobs, none of which had anything to do with combat.
After Independence, his rise had been spectacular and
completely at odds with the existing ethos of the armed forces
where each appointment in an officers career is a vital cog in
A story that needed to be told. Superbly written and brutally honestby far the
most definitive book on the subject. Removes the fig leaves and sets the record straight,
something that today's context will profit by emulatingDr YSP Thorat,
Former Chairman, NABARD
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say when even after the event General Kaul writes a book
in which he confuses Se-la with Tse-la, two passes that are
quite a few miles apart. Our troops had endured a lot of
hardships and had dug in whereever they were told to go,
but in the absence of any command and control, they
frankly did not stand a chance.
A lot of officers bemoan the fact that we failed to hold
Se-la for a week I think if we had held it for three days
and the GOC had pushed forward from Dirang Dzong
instead of breaking backwards towards Bomdila, the
Chinese would have been in serious trouble. Their gamble
paid off then but they knew they were overstretched.
Thats why they quietly withdrew from NEFA. The Western
Sector was a different cup of tea: the total quantum of
Indian troops that actually clashed with the Chinese was
less than one infantry battalion. g
neither Dashrath nor any of the others present had ever heard
before. Major General Niranjan Prasad, GOC 4 Division, was
staring at his shoes the entire time, while Brigadier John Dalvi,
the commander of 7 Brigade, meekly tried to point out a few
technical difficulties like limited ammunition, lack of snow
clothing, artillery support and other factors. The corps
commander, deeming them minor irritants, impatiently
brushed them aside.
Having spelt out his objectives, the corps commander
asked the assembled officers and JCOs if they had any
questions. While the officers were still recovering from the
shock of Kauls master plan, Subedar Dashrath Singh from 2
Rajput, who had seen five years of close combat with the
Japanese in Burma and had then fought in the Jammu and
Kashmir Operations in 1948, spoke up: Yeh larai to maine pehli
bar dekhi hai, saab, jisme hum nalle mein aur dushman upar
pahar par.
Yeh bhi pehli baar aapne dekha hoga ki koi general front line
mein khara ho was Kauls glib response. Aapne apni baat to keh
di, saab, lekin hamare jawaab nahi diya, said Dashrath. At this
point Kaul lost his temper and demanded that the JCO be
arrested on the spot and dismissed from service. While
Niranjan Prasad and Dalvi tried to pacify the corps commander, Dashrath was quietly asked to leave the conference.
From the beginning to the end, the book literally grabs the reader by the throat. Brutally
honest, every detail of the conflict with China half a century ago is laid bare. Sooner or later
Indians had to face the bitter reality of what actually happened in the high Himalaya. Perhaps
now we can begin to bury the ghostsSam Rajappa, former editor, The Statesman
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BOOK REVIEW
by BN UNIYAL
non-fiction autobiography
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BOOK REVIEW
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non-fiction memoir
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madhukar gupta
Perception
and prejudice
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(DDA) on deputation.
In June 2007 he was appointed the
Union Home Secretary. On November
24, he went to Islamabad for the
annual home secretary talks between
the two countries. The team was to
return on November 26. But considering the talks were conducted in a
cordial atmosphere and the Pakistani
Government wanted Gupta to call on
the then Pakistani Home (Interior)
Minister, his stay was extended for a
day. After the meetings, the team was
shifted to Murree, a hill station near
the Pakistani capital. Just when Gupta
was preparing for dinner, he got a call
from his daughter, Bhavna. Bombay
mein gangwar ho raha hai (There
is a gangwar going on in Bombay).
Soon, the Cabinet Secretary and the
Director Intelligence Bureau (DIB)
were on the phone and a special plane
was arranged for his return. When
he was about to board the plane, the
Pakistani liaison officer told him that
Deccan Mujahideen had claimed
responsibility for the attack. Gupta
angrily retorted, Do you know where
Deccan is? Dont you see the difference between Urdu and Deccan?
Surprisingly, the media hardly
reported the fact that the Home
Secretary was in Pakistan when the
26/11 attack began. The incident got
Gupta a new Home Minister, with P
Chidambaram replacing Shivraj Patil.
He was instrumental in formulating
CCTNS (crime & criminal tracking
networks and systems) and oversaw
constitution of COBRA battalions to
take on Naxalites. Gupta superannuated on June 30, 2009.
Nobody from the new generation
in the Gupta family is into the civil
services anymore. They have moved
on to professional private services.
Gupta attributes it to deterioration in
the civil services. g
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ECONOMY
Futile efforts
Frequent short-term committees, with hurriedly conceived terms of
reference, have not reformed the income tax law
HE culture of constituting
short-term committees for
changing the income tax law of
the country seems to have become a
past time with finance ministers. In
the past few years, there have been
umpteen decisions to appoint committees/tax panels to amend the
income tax law. The most recent has
been the announcement by Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley, on October 27,
2015, of setting up a panel, headed
by a retired judge of the High Court
and nine members, for reviewing the
Income Tax Act, 1961. Its duration is
one year and it has to submit its first
interim report by January 31, 2016, so
that the acceptable suggestions can be
included in the Finance Act.
The objective for setting up a
new committee for changing the Act
has been explained by the Finance
Minister saying that ...time has come
to look at some provisions of the IT
Act to look at how their drafting
rafting qualder to avoid
ity can be improved in order
dy is certain
ambiguity so that everybody
as to what the Act is
However, despite so many
any committees and expert panels, thee IT law conx, litigation
tinues to remain complex,
prone, unstable, lacking in
n attributes
like neutrality, revenue elasticity
asticity and
similar qualities that tax laws
aws need to
possess. This has been because
cause of the
ad hoc nature of decisionss for
appointing such bodies
without serious homework to frame the terms of
reference and inadequatee time given
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Despite so many
committees and expert
panels, the IT law
continues to remain
complex, litigation prone,
unstable, lacking in
attributes like neutrality,
revenue elasticity and
similar qualities that tax
laws need to possess
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e) Fiscal
incentives
will
be
provided
for
buying
new
replacement vehicles.
f) The quality of fuel supplied to Delhi
leaves much to be desired and will
be constantly monitored.
g) The latest emission standards
will be adopted for manufacture
of vehicles in the country and for
import of vehicles from abroad.
Euro II standards will be applicable
from 2017.
h) The movement of trucks will be
perm
permitted only after 11 pm.
i) As dust
d
creates particulate matter,
the government shall arrange for
vacu
vacuum cleaning of roads.
j) There
Ther shall be a massive plantation
drive along arterial roads.
k) All thermal power plants shall
be closed
c
down for some time. In
the case of the Dadri plant, the
Nati
National Green Tribunal shall be
requ
requested to pass on the orders.
Obser
Observations of Supreme Court
HE matter also went up to the
H
Su
Supreme Court. The Court
fo
found the pre-eminent position
of Delh
Delhi as the most polluted city
of the world most embarrassing.
It cal
called on the authorities to
adopt a multi-pronged approach
to the problem and come up with
short-term,
short-t
medium-term
and
long-term solutions. It hiked the
long-te
pollutio
pollution tax on commercial vehicles
entering Delhi.
enterin
Suggestions of experts
Various experts have
analysed the problem of
pollution in Delhi and suggested their own solutions.
1.
An example is the
pollution caused by the use
of pyre wood for the burning of dead bodies. It has
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4.
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maximum risk.
10. Double-decker buses should be
introduced on all major routes.
11. Autorickshaws should be replaced
by compact GPS-equipped cars.
12. An intelligent, internet-based
traffic
management
system
should replace the present
manual system
13. Electric vehicles should be
introduced on a large scale.The
following components of the
strategy may be implemented:
i) Production and operation
of such vehicles should be
exempted from all taxes and
duties for seven years.
ii) A family unit should be allowed
only one conventional fuel vehicle. Additional vehicles should
all be EVs.
iii) All cabs should switch over
to battery power in a phased
manner.
iv) Import of vehicles based on
conventional fuel power should
be barred.
v) To increase the popularity of
EVs, all VIPs, super stars and
youth icons should be encouraged to use EVs.
vi) All government and companyprovided vehicles should be
EVs.
vii) All potentially important areas
like residential and commercial
buildings,
parking
areas,
etc., should be equipped with
charging stations.
Lessons from
international experience
A quick review of the international
experience in pollution control reveals
the following nuggets of wisdom:
1. Japan taught us that we should act
as fast as the natural or manmade
calamity that has befallen us.
2. China taught us that we should not
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GETTING HERE
The nearest airport to this National
Park is at Gwalior which is 130 km
away. Pre-paid taxi services are
available from the Gwalior airport to
Madhav National Park.
State Transport Corporation as well as
private buses connect the park to
adjoining cities of Gwalior, Indore,
Bhopal, Jhansi, and Ujjain.
STAY
BEST TIME
October to March
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The Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Narendra Kumar Sinha,
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Foundation Day celebrations in New Delhi.
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PERSPECTIVE
life sadhguru
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Mystery of creation
everything that one encountered.
Whether it was a tree or a cow or a
snake or a cloudyou just bowed
down. When you bow to everything, it
could mean that you are a fool, or that
you have looked at life in its utmost
profundity. The difference between
an idiot and an enlightened being is
thin. The two look similar, but they
are actually worlds apart. An idiot
is incapable of drawing conclusions.
A mystic is unwilling to draw
conclusions. The rest have glorified
their conclusions as knowledge. The
fool just enjoys whatever little he
knows. One who has seen life in its
utmost depth enjoys it absolutely.
The rest are the ones who constantly
struggle and suffer.
One morning a man walked into his
office and told his boss, Boss, I want
you to know, three big companies are
after me. You must give me a raise.
His boss said, What! Which
companies? Who wants you?
He said, The electric company,
the telephone company, and the
gas company.
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PP Pandey
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Dasrath Tirkey
Kirit Somaiya
NCP (Bihar)
BJP (Maharashtra)
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Mamtaz Sanghamita
Sushma Swaraj
INC (Telangana)
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Dharmendra Yadav
Kulamani Samal
BJP (Jharkhand)
SP (Uttar Pradesh)
BJD (Odisha)
BJP (Assam)
rkpandey@sansad.nic.in
d.yadav@sansad.nic.in
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ramsarmah@gmail.com
R Vanaroja
Chhedi Paswan
Vincent H Pala
BJP (Bihar)
BJP (Haryana)
INC (Meghalaya)
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chhedipaswan.mp@gmail.com
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Neelam Sonker
BJP (Rajasthan)
BJP (Haryana)
INC (Bihar)
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neelam.sonkar@sansad.nic.in
mahaqqasmi@gmail.com
KC Venugopal
BJP (Gujarat)
INC (Kerala)
darshanajardosh@sansad.nic.in
kcvenugopal.org@gmail.com
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SS (Maharashtra)
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04-02-1987
Kaushal Kishore
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Hari Manjhi
Santosh Kumar
BJP (Bihar)
JDU (Bihar)
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Upendra Kushwaha
BJP (Jharkhand)
RLSP (Bihar)
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28-01-1963
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BJP (Rajasthan)
rajyavardhan.rathore@sansad.nic.in
maheish.girri@sansad.nic.in
29-01-1970
08-02-1974
Balabhadra Majhi
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BJD (Odisha)
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03-02-1959
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23-01-1945
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04-02-1954
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INC (Mizoram)
25-01-1940
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IND. (Odisha)
Biswajit Daimary
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04-02-1971
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BPF (Assam)
30-01-1944
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Ambeth Rajan
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09-02-1956
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30-01-1951
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Basawaraj Patil
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10-02-1944
Parimal Nathwani
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01-02-1956
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SARASWATI PRASAD
The 1985-batch IAS officer of the AssamMeghalaya cadre has been upgraded to
Additional Secretary level in the Ministry
of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
SUMEET JERATH
The 1985-batch IAS officer of the AssamMeghalaya cadre has been appointed
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of
External Affairs.
SANJAY MITRA
The 1982-batch IAS officer of the West
Bengal cadre has been appointed Secretary,
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
BASUDEB BANERJEE
The 1983-batch IAS officer has been
appointed the new Chief Secretary of
West Bengal.
ASHIM KHURANA
R RAJAGOPAL
The 1984-batch IAS officer of the Tamil
Nadu cadre has been appointed Adviser,
Inter State Council Secretariat.
BHUPENDRA SINGH
BINOY KUMAR
M GOPAL REDDY
The 1985-batch IAS officer of the
Madhya Pradesh cadre, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs, has been
upgraded to Additional Secretary level.
ANDHRA PRADESH
RAJASTHAN
KARNATAKA
TELANGANA
MAHARASHTRA
UTTAR PRADESH
GUJARAT
MADHYA PRADESH
BIHAR
SK Nanda (1978)
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Rajender Singh (2000)
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The 1973-batch IAS officer of the Madhya
Pradesh cadre has been appointed
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RK MATHUR
The 1977-batch IAS officer of the Tripura
cadre, former Secretary Defence has been
appointed the new Chief Information
Commissioner (CIC).
ARVIND JADHAV
The 1978-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, Chairman, Karnataka Appellate
Tribunal, has been appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka.
SHYAMAL SARKAR
The 1979-batch retired IAS officer of the
West Bengal cadre has been appointed
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M VEERABRAHMAIAH
The 1979-batch IAS officer of the
Telangana cadre has been appointed
Commissioner for Cooperation and
Registrar of Cooperative Societies in
Telangana.
AMITABH KANT
The 1980-batch IAS officer of the Kerala
cadre has been assigned additional charge
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ARADHANA JOHRI
The 1980-batch IAS officer of the Uttar
Pradesh cadre has been appointed
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IS DANI
The 1981-batch IAS officer of the Madhya
Pradesh cadre has been appointed
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in Madhya Pradesh.
RK CHATURVEDI
The 1987-batch IAS officer of the
Madhya Pradesh cadre has been appointed
Joint Secretary in the Implementation Cell,
Seventh Central Pay Commission.
SHUBHRA SINGH
The 1989-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan
cadre has been appointed Executive
Director (Joint Secretary level), Indian
Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO),
New Delhi.
JAIDEEP SARKAR
The 1987-batch IFS officer, Ambassador
of India to Israel, has been appointed the
next Ambassador of India to the Royal
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SANJIV KOHLI
The 1988-batch IFS officer has been
appointed High Commissioner of lndia to
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AKHILESH MISHRA
The 1989-batch lFS officer, Consul General
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next High Commissioner of India to the
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SAURABH SHUKLA
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Department of Economic Affairs.
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KN SATHIYAMURTHY
NENGCHA L MUKHOPADHAYA
The 1980-batch IFS officer, Dean (FSl), has
been appointed the Ambassador of India
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SS DESWAL
PV RAMASASHTRY
The 1989-batch IPS officer of the
Uttar Pradesh cadre IG, NIA, has been
appointed Joint Secretary, Department of
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AMRENDRA KUMARSENGAR
The 1995-batch IPS officer of the Uttar
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JEYA KUMAR
The IRTS officer has joined as the new
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PRABHAS KUMAR
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RAMAN
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SANJIV SHANKAR
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CIT in the office of the Principal CCIT,
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