MOTHER OF ALL CORRUPTION: Babus Are Killing Our Country, We Need to Stop This.

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        MOTHER OF ALL CORRUPTION 
         Babus Are Killing Our Country
               We Need to Stop This.

The corruption in the bureaucracy  unfortunately  has become an accepted fact in India. After shedding the uniform and having settled down in the civil street, I have heard from my friends and family, many instances of  such rampant corruption. Unfortunately, an average Indian is so numbed by such prevalent and massive corruption, that he accepts it as his Karma, rather than try and fight the system. That adds to the scale of this tragedy. I am sure the instances mentioned below are only the tip of the legendary iceberg.

Babus are killing our country, and we need to stop this

Money laundering, Corruption, taking bribe, causing financial loss to the government, possessing disproportionate assets, irregularities to involvement in various scams etc charges were registered against 147 IAS Officers was revealed when a Hisar-based RTI activist Ramesh Verma had sought details of bureaucrats against whom there were serious charges in 2014.

If that’s not alarming enough than this news is more shocking nearly 100 IAS officers came under the CBI scanner in the last five years for their alleged involvement in various corruption cases with the Central Government according sanction to prosecute 66 of them. Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh had informed in a written response in the Rajya Sabha in 2015.

The biggest culprits, in corruption and bad governance, are babus (IAS public servants).

They are killing the country. 

They are road blocks on anything, any reform, any change for the better, any involvement of common man in governance.

Any thing that improves life of the people is threat to their corruption.

Incompetence, dereliction of duty, unaccountability, political biases, out right corruption seems to have become the hall mark of babudom. 

CM Yogi, shuffling IAS officers in UP for want of improving governance, is a very appropriate example of incompetence. 

It is now that babudom's corruption is being brought out and babus are punished. We have many cases where babus were caught and punished.

Rajendra Kumar's (of Delhi) corruption is such an example. 

Here are some published stories to give you a feel of the treacherous activities of IAS men/ women: 

1. Aspirations vs corruption: Anonymous IAS officer’s candid commentary wins fans

 http://bit.ly/2sraWNm 

Aspirations vs corruption: Anonymous IAS officer’s candid commentary wins fans bit.ly The response of an anonymous civil servant to a question posed on Quora on an IAS officer’s lifestyle has gone viral on social media.

2. Bad Apples in Babudom: 

India Today took the RTI route to probe the status of long-pending cases against IAS officers, only to discover that even in corruption some are more equal than others.

 http://bit.ly/2sbIm2f 

3. List of IAS officials jailed in corruption cases gets longer

 http://bit.ly/2r7JeRN 

4. Corruption, Lokpal and the IAS brotherhood 

http://bit.ly/2rezWrD 

Corruption, Lokpal and the IAS brotherhood bit.ly There is an IAS officer in the state that I live in.

5. IAS officer caught taking Rs 12 lakh bribe in Thane 

http://bit.ly/2r89Imk 

6. 100 IAS officers came under CBI scanner in last 5 years: Government

 http://bit.ly/2rk3COR 

7. 6 IAS Officers Who Were Jailed Recently 

http://bit.ly/2t9xP4L

6 IAS Officers Who Were Jailed Recently bit.ly It is very difficult to suspect an IAS Officer at a preliminary level. Some are successful in shielding themselves from the eyes of the law, while some get caught in the process.

8. Corrupt IAS officials go scot free

 http://bit.ly/2s01HB6

Corrupt IAS officials go scot free - CurrentNews bit.ly Both George Fernandes and the Kargil war were in the news for different reasons last week.

9. Cover Story: 

The buck stops here, in (IAS) officers’ pockets Of the total 5,000 plus IAS officers across the country, many are so corrupt that they would laugh if reminded of their oath to serve the nation.  

http://bit.ly/2sbtL6M

10. IAS Association Should Hold A Poll And Name 3 Most Corrupt IAS Officers!

 http://bit.ly/2sR63dZ

IAS Association Should Hold A Poll And Name 3 Most Corrupt IAS Officers! | News Leak Centre bit.ly IAS Officers are the topmost civil servants in India. An IAS officer vowed to serve the nation, before he joined the office but due to conspiracy, fraudulence and corruption led him/her to ditch the vows and then he becomes a leech who sucked the development and growth of the country.

What is the government doing about it? The govt needs to quickly formulate policies to punish corrupt and incompetent.

Some suggestions:

1. Dismissal of corrupts, and jail, with recovery of losses from the family of babu, because the entire family enjoyed the fruits of corruption without batting an eyelid.

2. Lateral entry of domain experts, technically proven people in management, operations etc.

3. Changing recruitment methodology of babus, something like ARMY.

4. Compulsory posting on the borders as part of ARMY for 2 years, every 7 years.

5. Promotions only on performance, with only 30% promoted every time.

6. Severe punishment on incompetence.

7. Jail for dereliction of duty (OH, we will need 5 more Tihar jails).

8. Working conditions to be changed, make them accountable not only for work but also for the corruption of their juniors.

9. All cases of corruption to be dealt with within six months.

10. No govt or govt related employment after retirement.

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OROP & DIGNITY No Way to Treat Soldiers

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             No Way to Treat Soldiers

                                   By

            Col Dabby S De mello (retd)

Jun 23, 2017,
Ageing ex-servicemen, war widows and the families   of patriotic set of Indians sitting at Jantar Mantar— fighting for their izzat— is a sad reflection on the nation as a whole.

Faujis’ morale at stake: Ex-servicemen protest against the anomalies in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. On June 15 this year, the ex-servicemen completed two years of protest against denial of OROP. — PTI


AFTER the coronation of the Magadh Samrat, Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, gave his king this blunt warning:



 “The day the soldier has to demand his dues will be a sad day for Magadh for then, on that day, you will have lost all moral sanction to be king!” 


It is regrettable that defence-related matters in our country have always been a low priority, with the military being kept out of the security loop. The consequences of this foolish policy are evident for all to see. The case of One Rank 


One Pension (OROP) too has proved no different. The all-powerful IAS lobby continues to have the last laugh and is hell bent on denying OROP to the faujis.


If the BJP government loftily claims that OROP has been granted, then why are faujjis still protesting? 


 The OROP as approved by two Parliaments reads: 


“Uniform pension will be given to the defence personnel retiring with the same rank and same years of service irrespective of the date of retirement. Any future enhancement or change in the rates of pension to be automatically passed on to the past retirees”. 


Which means to do away with any gap between the past, present and the future defence pensioners. In the notification dated November 7, 2015, the government has equalised the pension of the past defence pensioners by giving them a

                       one-time raise 

and has maliciously termed it as OROP. The notification also states that in future the pension will be re -fixed after every five years. The all-powerful bureaucracy arbitrarily altered the approved definition of OROP, thereby literally killing it's soul. 


 Re-fixing the pension of the past retirees after every                                      five years makes it

                  One Rank Five Pensions

                              and is  a mockery

        of past Parliamentary assurances.


 The envisaged concept of parity has been thrown out of the window. Ex-servicemen throughout the country are outraged at this blatant sellout by the government. The relay hunger strike by the retired faujis is still on.

         June 15, 2017 was the day of

                        collective shame 

for the country and the countrymen for, on that day, the veterans of the Indian Army, mostly in their twilight years, completed two years of their non-stop peaceful protest sitting on the footpath near Jantar Mantar asking for the promised OROP. 



On that day, these veterans, unfortunately considered a spent force by almost all Indians, weathered the vagaries of all seasons of the year twice over. 



 The morale factor: These days the situation in the Kashmir Valley is tense as never before and the jawan guarding the LoC under utmost constraints is also under immense pressure but is still prepared to even sacrifice his life to defend the motherland. 

Though he is routinely assured by the government that, even after his retirement his dignity and honour will be respected, but the assurances do not seem to convince him when he sees his father or uncle or even grandfather sitting on the footpath near Jantar Mantar like beggars asking for the promised OROP.


 This state of affairs is bound to adversely affect his morale. It is mainly the wards of the former jawans and present-day kisans who constitute bulk of our Army.

Surely, not a single politician or a bureaucrat or any other elite has his ward in defence forces. 


Today many children of OROP protestors are still staring down the “enemy” in the most inhospitable environs under bone-chilling state of danger, with their backs to the country. They are perhaps wondering as to why OROP recommended by two Parliaments and promised by the

                         Pradhan Sevak 

himself, is not being granted in it's accepted form. Ageing ex-servicemen, war widows and the families of this immensely patriotic set of Indians sitting at Jantar Mantar fighting for their izzat is indeed a sad reflection of the nation as a whole.  



Financial Aspect: As per the estimates of the Ministry of Defence, the implementation of OROP for military retirees will entail an additional expenditure of Rs 8,293 crore annually. Financially, the country is on the upswing, yearly GDP is on the rise, and the economy growing is at almost seven per cent, yet the government cannot afford to allocate Rs 8,300 odd crore annually for the defence pensioners. 

Will this additional allocation shatter the country's economy?

 The Modi government needs to resolve the issue the soonest, but without any bureaucratic involvement, for the good of the nation. Don't let it become a crises point. If a pragmatic survey is carried out, it will be seen that the

                          -bureaucracy

 has consistently failed the nation-— 


it is the defence forces that have risen to the occasion and retrieved the situation each and every time.

Garnering of political mileage from surgical strike                               like operations must stop.

The jawan-friendly BJP finds it more profitable winning elections in the name of jawans. Shouldn't it win their hearts as well?