PMO turns Dak Khana In anticipation of Acche
Din, the citizens from across the country have been directly writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PMO has been receiving numerous letters in form of complaints, grievances, suggestions and advises round-the-clock. The mid-level officials are having a tough time in scrutinising and then forwarding them to concerned departments or authorities. An official said the PMO has s received double the Dak during the last 75 days than it did during the last 10 years.
Guessing game
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has left everyone guessing about the fate of GM crops. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) under his Ministry gave its approval for the field trials of at least 13 crops last month. Shortly after Javadekar tweeted that the role of GEAC is only recommendatory and that the final decision will be taken by the Ministry. But in an event on climate change last week when asked on the Government’s stand on GM crops, Javadekar replied, “We have to take proper caution, but nobody can say no to science. “
Stateless Judge
Born in a State which was later bifurcated has made a Supreme Court judge feels homeless. “My father is from Patna while my forefathers are from Ranchi. Some people say I am from Bihar, others say I belong to Jharkhand. But none of the States accept me to be from that State,” said Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya. The remarks came while the court was considering relief for Andhra students who were denied entry into Telangana universities although they applied under united Andhra.
Taking care
CRPF DG Dilip Trivedi has directed sector offices to liaise with big business houses in metropolitan cities like Delhi and Mumbai to get some jobs earmarked for rehabilitation of the wives of martyred officers. During an operational meeting recently, the DG directed the officials to come up with institutionaliase mechanism so that the force is not found wanting when a requirement arises to rehabilitate such wives. Compassionate jobs are provided by the paramilitary in the non-gazetted ranks only but they do not want to join such ranks.
Practical Babus
‘A Tale of Two Drops’, a book penned by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on polio eradication campaign can be seen prominently in the book shelves in the offices of all his senior bureaucrats including Joint Secretaries and Additional Secretaries in the Ministry. The book was released way back in 2013 by BJP senior leader Sushma Swaraj, but it got ‘recognition’ among the bureaucrats only after Harsh Vardhan assumed the charge of Ministry.
Well done
The CRPF DG has issued commendation disc for the General Election-2014 to more than 11,000 personnel for doing commendable job during the elections. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has also appreciated the performance of the force by terming the CRPF as “loktantra ke prahari.” During the parliamentary elections, a number innovative measures were undertaken like centralised booking of train tickets, food to the jawans by IRCTC during transit journey, unique IDs, profiling of parliamentary contituencies and security forces besides an enhanced ex gratia and imprest amount.