Monday, August 29, 2011

SELECTION OF SCS STS AND OBCS IN CIVIL SERVICES

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2177
ANSWERED ON 09.03.2011
SELECTION OF SCS STS AND OBCS IN CIVIL SERVICES
2177 . Thiru THALIKKOTTAI RAJUTHEVAR BAALU
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-


(a) the number of candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories selected in general category on the basis of merit in civil services examination conducted by UPSC since 2005 and the cadre allotted to them;

(b) whether reserved category candidates were kept in waiting list and instead general candidates with lower rank than reserved category candidates were given postings since 2002; and

(c) if so, the number of appointments made in this regard?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTRY AFFARIRS; MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCE AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PRIME MINISTER`S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a): Number of candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories selected in general category (called general merit) as recommended by UPSC on the basis of Civil Services Examination (CSE) since 2005 were as under :-
CSE Year	Total	SC	ST	OBC 

2005 32 1 31

2006 58 15 2 41

2007 96 19 1 76

2008 90 11 5 74

2009 114 18 8 88

These candidates who are recommended as general merit candidates are allotted service as per CSE Rules. The Cadre allotment is done after allocation of service only in respect of IAS and IPS.

(b): No, Sir.

(c): Does not arise

VISUALLY CHALLENGED PERSONS IN IAS CADRE


LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2176
ANSWERED ON 09.03.2011
VISUALLY CHALLENGED PERSONS IN IAS CADRE
2176 . Shri P. LINGAM
GURUDAS DAS GUPTA
Will the Minister ofPERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-


(a) whether the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has issued orders to the Government to induct two visually challenged persons, who were denied IAS Cadre after they had cleared UPSC exam with good ranks in 2009, within 8 weeks into service; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for not responding to the CAT orders so far?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTRY AFFARIRS; MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCE AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PRIME MINISTER`S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a) & (b): Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi vide its Order dated 08.10.2010 in O.A. No. 2369 and O.A. No. 2717 of 2009 filed by Shri Ajit Kumar and Shri Ashish Kumar Thakur, ordered consideration of allocation to IAS to these two candidates within eight weeks from the receipt of the Order. These two candidates had been declared successful on the basis of Civil Services Examination, 2008. The matter is under consideration in consultation with the Ministry of Law & Justice.

GENDER GAP IN ALL INDIA SERVICES

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO1776
ANSWERED ON 10.08.2011
GENDER GAP IN ALL INDIA SERVICES
1776 . Shri K. SUDHAKARAN
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-


(a) whether the Government proposes to give weightage to women candidates for Civil Services Examinations to minimize the gender gap in the All India Services;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the number of male and female candidates recruited in the All India Services during the last three years and the current year?
ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office . (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a): No, Madam.

(b): Does not arise.

(c): The All India Services (AIS) include Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS). Out of these officers, IAS & IPS are recruited through Civil Services Examination (CSE). The details of male and female recruited through CSE-2007 to 2009 are as under :-
Year of Examination	2007		2008		2009 
M F M F M F
IAS 79 32 87 32 90 41 IPS 71 24 103 18 117 24

Service allocation for CSE-2010 has not been made so far.

The details of male and female officers recruited through Indian Forest Service Examination are as under :-

Year of Examination 2007 2008 2009 2010
M F M F M F M F
IFS 19 09 76 09 61 24 68 17

(M=Male, F=Female)

DISQUALIFICATION ON GROUND OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2597
ANSWERED ON 17.08.2011
DISQUALIFICATION ON GROUND OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION
2597 . Shri VIRENDER KASHYAP
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-


(a) whether a civil services examination candidate who secured 42nd rank in the successful candidates list could not pass through the medical examination;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether disqualification on the grounds diagnosing diseases has deprived the right to live and liberty of the candidates;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the measures/arrangement made/taken by the Government for such promising educated youth to live a dignified life?
ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a) & (b): The UPSC recommended 791 candidates on the basis of Civil Services Examination, 2008 in the first list. Name of Shri Sukhsohit did not figure in that list. Thereafter, a supplementary list of CSE-2008 was received. In the supplementary list, the name of Shri Sukhsohit was recommended by Union Public Service Commission at S. No. 42. As per medical report of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, Shri Sukhsohit is unfit for all service due to Thalaseemia Major and other diseases.

(c) & (d): As per Civil Services Examination Rules, 2008, a candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of the duties as an officer of the service.

(e): The matter is under consideration.

Reforms in civil services examination


UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2584
ANSWERED ON 17.08.2011
REFORMS IN CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
2584 . SEEMA UPADHYAY
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-


(a) the recommendations made by the Y.K. Alagh Committee to Suggest reforms in the pattern of Civil Services Examinations;

(b) the recommendations of the said Committee that have been implemented;

(c) whether nine questions of English were compulsory in the Preliminary Examination of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) held on 12th June, 2011;

(d) if so, whether it is justified for Hindi medium students; and

(e) if not, the details in this regard?
ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a) & (b): The salient recommendations of the Y.K. Alagh Committee pertained to the areas of eligibility parameters of candidates appearing for Civil Services Examination, scheme of Preliminary and Main Examinations, Personality Testing, allocation of Services and post-induction issues of training and management of services. While the Committee's Report was under examination, the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) was constituted on 31.08.2005 to consider the various issues including refurbishing of personnel administration. As per terms of reference, the Commission was also to take into account the material and reports available on the subject. The Second ARC has considered the recommendations of Alagh Committee, and has submitted 10th report entitled" Refurbishing of Personnel Administration – Scaling New Heights". Thereafter, considering recommendations of the Alagh Committee, Second ARC and recommendations of the Expert Committee constituted by UPSC, changes in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination have been introduced from Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2011. Till Civil Services Examination, 2010, there was one paper of General Studies which carried 150 marks and a second Paper where the candidate had the option to choose from 23 optional Papers, carried 300 marks. Under the revised pattern there are two papers each carrying 200 marks. The details are annexed.

(c): Yes, Madam.

(d) & (e): Under the existing Civil Services (Mains) Examination, there is a compulsory paper on English carrying 300 marks which is of qualifying nature. Thus, inclusion of English Language Comprehension Skill under the new scheme, would help preparedness of a candidate for taking Civil Services (Main) Examination.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2584 TO BE REPLIED ON 17.08.2011

From Civil Service Examination – 2011, Preliminary Examination would consist of Paper I and Paper II. The syllabus and pattern of the Preliminary Examination would be as under :-

(Paper I) (200 marks) Duration : Two hrs

# Current events of national and international importance

# History of India and Indian National Movement

# Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic, Geography of India and the World

# Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

# Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics , Social Sector Initiatives, etc.

# General issues on Environmental ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization

# General Science

(Paper II) (200 marks) – Duration : Two hrs

# Comprehension

# Interpersonal skills including communication skills

# Logical reasoning and analytical ability

# Decision making and problem solving

# General mental ability

# Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level) and Data interpretation (Graphs, charts, tables, data sufficiency etc.) (Class X level)

# English Language comprehension skills (Class X level)

Restructuring UPSC


UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2222
ANSWERED ON 09.03.2011
RESTRUCTURING UPSC
2222 . Shri SAMEER BHUJBAL
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-


(a) whether the Government proposes to restructure the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC);

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the proposed changes which the UPSC envisages for lateral entry to IPS;

(d) whether there are specific proposal in the offing for overhauling of Civil Services Reforms;and

(e) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTRY AFFARIRS; MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCE AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PRIME MINISTER`S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a): No, Sir.

(b): Does not arise.

(c): The UPSC has recommended Common Annual Examination for selection of State Civil/Police/Forest Service/Non- State Civil Services for promotion/appointment to all India Services which include IPS. Further, there is a proposal in the Ministry of Home Affairs for lateral induction into IPS by way of Limited Competitive Examination.

(d) & (e): The 10th Report of the 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission titled 'Refurbishing of Personnel Administration-Scaling New Heights' has considered issues pertaining to the Civil Services. This Report has given recommendations, inter-alia on entry into Civil Services structure of Civil Services Examination, changes in the existing functions of the Union Public Service Commission, capacity building, performance appraisal, placement at middle management level and top management level, performance management system, civil services code, civil services law, code of ethics and creation of executive agencies in the Government. The report has not yet been considered by the Group of Ministers.

Telugu 'bhasha dinostavam' (language day)-Eenadu special


Telugu ‘bhasha dinostavam' on August 29


The Government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to Celebrate Telugu Language Day on 29th August every year from 2010. Cultural Programmes will be conducted on that day at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad.The Department of Culture will organise Telugu 'bhasha dinostavam' (language day) on August 29 to coincide with the birth anniversary of Gidugu Ramamurthy, who championed the cause of modern Telugu language.

Importance of Telugu

Telugu is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh, which is one of the largest states in the South of India. Telugu belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and it has been largely influenced by Sanskrit. It is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India and was conferred the status of a classical language by the Government of India in October 2008. This Dravidian language is the mother tongue of the majority of people of Andhra Pradesh. It is also spoken by many people in all the neighbouring states, namely Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh as well as in many countries in the world to which the Telugus have migrated, like the U.S., Canada, England, Australia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, New Zealand, Holland, the Gulf countries, Botswana, South Africa and other African countries.
Commemorating Telugu Language Day is one more step taken by the Govt. to sensitize and encourage our youngsters to learn and speak this language. Telugu is the second most-spoken language in India (80 million native speakers in Andhra Pradesh, India).

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Silk Mark - the assurance of pure silk

 

Following labeling method is used for Silk Mark Label
1. A paper hang tag on which a high security hologram is affixed. The hologram contains a unique serial number which can be identified for its Authorised User and period of use.
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2. Sew in label.

A hang tag is mandatory for use on each piece in case of Sarees, Garments, Bed covers & Curtains. The hang tag is used on lot basis for silk yarn and small value items such as stoles, scarves and cushion covers. For Silk Fabric roll, a paper tag at one end is used.

Sew in label is used on cushion covers, stoles and scarves and is optional on dress material, saree and garments.

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The Silk Mark is a quality assurance label for the assurance of pure silk and in addition serves as a brand for generic promotion of Pure silk. The Silk Mark is a registered Trade Mark.Silk Mark Organisation of India is a Society which has brought out Silk Mark - a quality assurance label for Silk. It is a Society backed by Central Silk Board, an Apex body for development of silk and silk industry in India.

Friday, August 26, 2011

The iron frame is rusted

The civil services, especially the IAS, were once the over-arching structure of India's administration. That structure is now weakened from within.

Whether one likes it or not, the Indian Administrative Service continues to be the overarching framework of the country's administration. From running sub-divisions and districts to the administration of Union and State Government Ministries, research, commercial and industrial undertakings — and even fashion designing schools — its members man the commanding heights of governance. It is no longer what it used to be in the first two or even three decades after independence. There was a time when a dishonest IAS officer was a rarity shunned and talked about disparagingly by his colleagues. Not so now. According to a senior IAS officer, known for his integrity and competence, only 30 per cent of its members can now be regarded as honest with any measure of certainty. Of the rest, most bend rules to feather their nests in moderation while a minority resorts to downright plunder.

The power that IAS officers enjoy is a major factor. Lord Acton's saying that all power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely, holds good nearly a century-and-half later. But then the predecessors of IAS officers in the Indian Civil Service, which in turn was a reincarnation of the Covenanted Civil Service of the East India Company, enjoyed much greater power. As with the case of IAS officers earlier, dishonesty was very, very rare. Of course, corruption hitched to pelf is only one form of crime fuelled by power, which also feeds arrogance and omniscience, both of which can play havoc with administration by creating a hiatus between the people and the system, which comes to run not for the welfare of the former but pandering to the ego of administrators. The combination of corruption, arrogance and omniscience can be disastrous. Not so long ago, this writer witnessed an arrogant, uncivil, and perhaps corrupt, Joint Secretary to the Government of India severely impairing the implementation of official policies in tandem with a slippery, perverse, and also possibly dishonest, Director from one of the Central services.

Power is exercised not in a vacuum but in a wider social, political and economic context which impacts on the process. These have undergone radical transformation since Independence. Enhancement of the maximum age of recruitment from 24 years earlier (in a 21-24 age bracket) has brought in people aware that they would retire before rising to the coveted positions of Secretaries to the Government of India or their equivalent. This, in a climate of growing permissiveness, breeds a tendency to make hay while the sun shines. Besides, appointment as heads of public sector undertakings or in posts dealing with organisations of industry and commerce, have exposed IAS officers to milieux with rather elastic rules of behaviour. And of course the advent of the market economy with advertising as its cutting edge, which makes the enjoyment of ever rising levels of consumption and the possession of expensive branded goods, the sole criterion of individual worth, has added fuel to fire. Not surprisingly, a small but growing section of IAS officers seems to have been deeply impressed by Deng Xiaoping's slogan, "It is glorious to be rich."

Politics, of course, explains much. In the initial years after independence, leaders — except the stalwarts at the Centre and in the States — were unsure of themselves and deferred to the wisdom of the members of the ICS and the fledgling IAS. Soon, a process of change began. As Bhaskar Ghose points out in his extremely well-written and prescient work, The Service of the State: The IAS Reconsidered, "With the years, however, as the first general election was followed by another, and then another, political leaders began to realise that they were the rulers, much as the British were, and the civil service was there to carry out their instructions and give shape to their ideas and policies. While it gave some — not all — leaders a sense of responsibility, it also meant that the civil services, notably the IAS, had to shift ground, to step back; it meant that they had to reinvent themselves as a service."

Mr Ghose believes that the IAS did make the transition but "in a messy sort of way" and not successfully. He adds, "One of the reasons behind this disorganised and rough transition was simply that there was no one to guide the often-bewildered young IAS officer through the process of transition and adjustment." He cites the case of Probir Sen, a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer with an unblemished record, who was among those who had to fend for themselves. Sen said that as a probationer, his training did not communicate to him "any central ethic of what the service is about," and added, "My idea of what a good officer should be came largely through my reading and watching some of the ICS officers."

Ghose should know, being a distinguished former member of the IAS, respected for his integrity, competence, and capacity to take a principled stand at personal cost. The failure in the initial years of transition to impart a collective vision and code of personal and administrative conduct to members of the service, largely explains its uneven evolution where it is increasingly coming to each being for each and the devil taking the hindmost. It is, of course, easy to blame the seniors who should have laid the foundations of institutional guidance. But they themselves were severely extended to cope with the mind-boggling challenges of the massive communal violence that preceded and followed partition and independence, peasant uprisings, countrywide general elections on the basis of adult franchise, development and a multiplicity of new tasks that opened up to take them over unexplored territory.

The decline in the level of political leadership and the growing criminalisation of politics that began gathering momentum from the 1980s, have further aggravated matters. There is no magic wand to change things. Like its Government, a country deserves the civil service it gets. Besides, the IAS still serves a useful purpose. It still has excellent officers who would do any bureaucracy in the world proud. The task before the public is to single out such officers, strengthen their hands and stand by them in their hours of trial. Should this happen, many officers who now acquiesce to the present drift believing that things would not change, would try to make a difference.
 

Civil services mains ideal cadres preference list

In case you are considered for appointment to IAS/IPS, how you will indicate your order of preference for various State cadres for which you would like to be considered ? 

      Ideal Preference List (No.) prepared by keeping an ordinary civils aspirant from A.P. in mind

STATE CADRES (IAS/IPS)

Mr. Raghuram Reddy,IPS List

For IAS/IPS

Mr. Kartikeya Goel,IAS List

For IAS

Bharat Gupta,IAS list

For IAS/IPS

Mr. Kartikeya Goel,IAS List

For IPS

Andhra Pradesh

1

1

1

1

AGMUT

10

16

6

8

Assam, Meghalaya

11

18

16

16

Bihar

15

15

17

17

Chhattisgarh

19

8

11

18

Gujarat

6

7

7

7

Haryana

12

11

12

10

Himachal Pradesh

17

14

14

15

Jammu and Kashmir

22

22

15

22

Jharkhand

16

17

13

19

Karnataka

2

2

2

2

Kerala

9

19

9

14

Madhya Pradesh

5

4

10

5

Maharashtra

4

6

3

6

Manipur, Tripura

23

23

18

23

Nagaland

21

24

19

24

Orissa

7

13

20

13

Punjab

13

12

8

9

Rajasthan

8

5

5

4

Sikkim

20

21

21

20

Tamil Nadu

3

3

4

3

Uttarakhand

18

9

22

11

Uttar Pradesh

15

10

23

12

West Bengal

14

20

24

21

K.Raghuram reddy List(IPS-2006batch-AP cadre) - Based on proximity to home, population, General Law and order situation and personal perception based on feedback from batchmates-

Mr. Kartikeya Goel's List(IAS-2010 batch)-  along with above criteria , Career prospects, Central deputation opportunities are also considered