Sonal Swaroop, IAS, was “physically hit and verbally abused”; Full text of IAS Association’s letter to defence secretary

Sonal Swaroop

THE IAS Association has strongly condemned the assault of its member and deputy commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district, Sonal Swaroop, by uniformed men belonging to 2nd Arunachal Pradesh Scouts Battalion, a part of Indian armed forces. Ms Swarup, a 2012 batch IAS, was physically hit and verbally abused, the Association said in a letter to union defence secretary. Here below is the full text of the letter written by Rakesh Srivastava, secretary of Indian Civil and Administrative Services (Central) Association and union secretary of the ministry of women and child development, Government of India:

An IRS officer terms letters written by IAS on 7th Pay Commission a “copy-pasted” exercise

IF YOU closely follow social media, there is more to the high-voltage Modi Vs Nitish Bihar poll campaign these days. Some allied service officers now come out strongly, and openly, against the lobbying by IAS officers to retain their "edge" over others ahead of the submission of the 7th Central Pay Commission. Abhishek Gautam, an IRS officer at the rank of deputy commissioner-IT, writes in a blog post that “identical contents” of the IAS officers’ letters to voice against a possible pay-parity by the 7th CPC are…

Countdown to 7th Pay Commission: A young IPS questions IAS' lobbying for retaining “edge”

IN THE run-up to the submission of recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission regarding the hike of salary and possible tweaking of service rules of Indian bureaucrats, a young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer currently working in Uttar Pradesh has charged IAS officers for lobbying to retain its edge over other bureaucrats.  “If anyone really believes that two increments and an edge in empanelment is the motivating force for the ‘premier civil service’ of the country, then why is it not mentioned as a motivating factor anywhere else except in representations to the successive pay commissions?” he asks, in a letter written to the ministry of home affairs and IPS association. BoI withholds his name here, but if the officer wishes to disclose his identity, he can write about it in the comment box given below. Here is the full text of the letter:

What activist cop Amitabh Thakur had to tell Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal; excerpts from a 2013 letter

TWO days after 1992 batch UP cadre IPS officer Amitabh Thakur lodged a police complaint against ruling Samajwadi Party chief and UP chief minister’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav, the state government on Monday night suspended him on the charge of indiscipline and anti-establishment approach. Thakur on Monday also met senior officials of union home ministry to demand a CBI enquiry into a rape charge against him and also to ask for more protection for him and his family. Those who know Thakur say he does not really hide behind conduct rules while expressing his views. BoI here reproduces a December 29, 2013 letter written by Thakur to Arvind Kejriwal who had then just taken over as the Delhi CM (Thakur himself made the letter public in a blog post). After all, it’s unusual for an IPS officer of one state writing an open letter to a chief minister of another state. Here below is the full text of the letter:

DoPT may move a cabinet note to “protect” IAS, IPS officers working in state governments

A letter that forces DoPT to act

WILL the Centre amend AIS (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, to create safety valves for All India Services officers belonging to IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service, currently working in state governments? If the reply of an RTI query is anything to go by, the government’s personnel department, DoPT, may move a Cabinet note amending the 45 year-old rules to…

Why is IRS Association upset over Arvind Kejriwal's radio ad? Full text of IRS Association's letter

ON Friday, Indian Revenue Service Association wrote a letter to Aam Aadmi Party chief and former IRS-IT officer Arvind Kejriwal to convey its anguish over Kejriwal’s reported statement that he could have made crores of rupees as an income-tax commissioner, but left the service to serve the nation. IRS Association says, the statement has maligned everyone in the department while reminding the I-T official-turned politician that his wife is still a member of the department. Full text of the letter below:

Khemka Vs Dhillon, Roshan Lal: Will Haryana IAS war take more twists?

WHISTLE-BLOWER Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka, against whom the state government recently filed two charge-sheets, has accused two of his seniors belonging to 1984 batch, SS Dhillon and Roshan Lal, of “ganging up” against him and “cooking things to suit their own personal interests”. Only recently, Dhillon who is principal secretary to chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, told news channels about the specific charges against Khemka. Many within the corridors fear that…

DEA secretary Arvind Mayaram, his PhD and a letter to his departed son

“You would always smile and say 'C'mon dad, you can do it!'. I did it beta.” This is what DEA secretary and one of the key bureaucrats behind today’s Union Budget -- Arvind Mayaram wrote to his son when he received the doctorate on FDI in India. Mayaram lost his 23-year-old son Anirudh, an episode that shattered him and his family. Courtesy Anirudh Mayaram Foundation, BoI presents here the excerpts of Mayaram’s letter to his son dated October 13, 2007…