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Now time has come to re-unite under the leadership of well experienced Sharad Pawar. He has the guts to face Narendra Modi on all fronts.
Girja Shankar
Modi Hai To Mumkin Hai, lekin
Modi Hai To Mumkin Hai, lekin… The Union Finance Minister announced Stimulus 3.0 on 12/11/2020 which includes relief for home buyers/sellers. A house in any city costs a few Crore rupees. LTCG(Long Term Capital Gains tax) on sale of residential house is very disappointing as it takes the entire life to build or buy a house. Senior citizens feel bad when they have to pay LTCG. What was thought to be a retirement investment and income planning is taken away by tax. Who keeps books for 20 or 40 or more years to get indexation benefit, which started only a few years back? One pays income tax and property tax all the years and must be allowed the benefit of LTCG free sale of one residential house. Tax should be no incentive for illegal transactions, which make both the buyer and seller feel “guilty” and the Tax bureaucracy corrupt. Do we want India to remain “Poor” or become prosperous? Do we want to serve 80% population free food even after becoming a 5 Tr economy? When will we learn to appreciate lawful income generators and wealth creators? Garibi par kashidakari karte huwe hamen 72 saal to ho chuke hai? The so-called long-term gains are an illusion for many reasons. To become a 5 Tr economy, we need to think big and not small, be innovative and bold. Every Indian citizen must be allowed to sell one residential house not exceeding an amount of Rs. 5 Crores in his/her lifetime free of LTCG. Sale of a house is different from sale of shares or equities and must not be mixed up (share/equities are speculation and government servants are not allowed to deal frequently in it under conduct rules). Here is an extract from the internet for guidance: “If the clients were a married couple who are U.S. citizens in Canada filing U.S. taxes jointly, they could potentially have a total exclusion of US$500,000 (US$250,000 each). To qualify, Mr. Ritchie says the sellers must have owned and occupied the home as their principal residence for at least two years before they sell it. THE GLOBE AND MAIL”. A single tax reform as suggested can clean the tax regime of corruption and boost consumption, promote construction industry in a big way providing roti-kapada and makaan to millions, create huge employment, prepare society for the 5 trillion economy. There may not be any need for special packages by the government from time to time as the economy will become self-sustaining in no time. It is doubtful if the government gets even a thousand crore by way of LTCG on sale of residential house property.
M L Gupta

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Shashi Tharoor is the right choice. With his intelligence he can counter the BJP.
I D Verma
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After Pranab Mukherjee now Kamal Nath is the senior most Congress leader in the country. He is well known throughout the country and can be acceptable face in South also.
A K Jain
CSSS/CSS employees not getting their due promotions
As appeared in this column, I have been reiterating that CSSS/CSS employees are not at all getting their due promotions because of court cases. Recently some court issued order pending final disposal by the Supreme Court. Can anyone explain whether DOPT has been given clearance to issue at least adhoc promotion orders subject to outcome of the Supreme Court order. So many people have retired without promotions and many more retirements are on the anvil.
Seth

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I think P Chidambaram. With his political experience he can do wonders.
Shiv Anurag Pateriya
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Had Scindia been in the Congress Party, he would have been the right choice to revive the party.
R D Singh
Modi govt not responsible for it
The system of self attestation of certificates and abolition of requirement of submission of affidavits for menial level government jobs was announced in the month of May, 2013 based on the recommendations of second administrative reforms contained in 12th report 'Citizen Centric Governance'. The age old practice of submitting attested copies of certificates and affidavit was based on certain procedure adopted in the British rule. There was no legal basis to it. It is simply a procedure and it is for the State/UT Governments to adopt the practice or do away with it. Modi government is not responsible for it. Kindly go through the website of Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
Anurag Srivastava
Bail is another source of corruption
I agree that bail is another source of corruption in Judiciary. Sometimes persons with serious crimes get the bail quickly while the innocent ones are denied bail.
Aarti Khosla

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Two time CM, Management expert Ashok Gehlot can run the Congress Party without Gandhis. He is OBC and an expert in political matters.
G Tiwari
Barack Obama on Rahul Gandhi
This is a masterly reading of the man who was the Congress President till sometime ago. Very accurate indeed.
Namit Verma
No change in CGEGIS amount despite pay commission recommendations
Matters regarding Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS)
through your platform, I would like to highlight that under CGEGIS at present, Group A employees are insured for 1,20,000 only while Group B for Rs. 60,000 and others for 30,000. This insurance amount is continuing since more than 30 years. No change has been made in the insurance amount despite various recommendations of pay commission.
Your platform can highlight the issue if deemed fit for betterment of all Government employees.
Shubham

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Bureaucrats know the subject very well. They can do better than the politicians.
Arjun Rana
Cry for Judicial Reforms
A Prime Minister reformed the rules governing sanction of pension to the retiring public servants eradicating a practice which made the retired employee beg the competent authority for more than 6-12 months or more. The Prime Minister ordered that the pension papers shall be prepared 6 months in advance, and in any case provisional pension shall be sanctioned on the last day of the employee on duty. Two, the silly practice of attestation of papers by a gazetted officer was discontinued under the present Prime Minister (the demand for it was raised in a post by me on WIC also) and the individual has been given responsibility to self-attest. The third, I appeal to the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India: bail to the innocent citizens of India, especially in cases in which the police or others frame him/her/them. Let the citizens Self-Certify the bail conditions and take the responsibility to honour the promise. The Constitution guarantees the “dignity” of the individual. The citizen may not be able to furnish the surety of even 500 rupees (an LSR student commits suicide as she could not pay the fees. We are a poor country. Our promise should be enough). Bail is a huge source of terrible corruption and affects adversely the dispensation of justice. If reformed as appealed, big police reforms will also ensue. Proud that the Rule Of Law works in India. यतो धर्मस्ततो जय:
M L Gupta

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IAS ministers are sober and available to the people but not the IFS Ministers.
K D Meena
No change in Central Government Employees' Group Insurance Scheme since long
I would like to mention that there is no change in Central Government Employees' Group Insurance Scheme since long. At present Group A employee is insured only for Rs. 1,20,000/-. This is very less amount in the present scenario of COVID-19. Sunil Choudhary
When a government servant has a official timings for attending the office and is being paid for that work, the public has a right to know whether he attended the work during the prescribed timings. If he avails leave, it is under specific rules and the people have a right to know whether it is as per rules. Hence, it is ridiculous to say that the attendance is a personal information. If this logic is accepted, everything would be personal and it means the END OF THE RTI ACT. Better to say the obituary to the RTI Act and the Judiciary for its kind interpretation of the law.
Shashank Srivastava
NSIC Director
Why there is no order for giving Additional Charge to anyone by the Ministry till date.
Sunil

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Bureaucrats should not be given place in any Ministry.Politicians are genuine persons and not bureaucrats.
V K Sharma
Sanjay Srivastava appointed BBMB Chairman
I am Rehmat Ali, family member of BBMB and also representing the employees of BBMB under Chief Engineer, Bhakra Dam Administration, through Nangal Bhakra Mazdoor Sangh (Regd. and Recognized union) in the capacity of General Secretary. I on behalf of the members of the union and employees convey our heartiest and warmest congratulation on your elevation as Chairman, BBMB - an organisation which has international repute. I do hope that under your able guidance and vast experience of hydrol engineering. Kind regards.
Rehmat Ali, General Secretary, NBMS (INTUC)

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Politician ministers are much much better for Indian democracy.
Aarti Jain
Ban firecrackers well in advance
We come across with the problem of air pollution through firecrackers every year. It is also a fact that we, the government and the NGT become active just a few days before the festivals and demand ban on air polluting items. Why not declare the same as banned at least three months in advance so that shopkeepers don’t stock them. Now the stockholders have purchased firecrackers and they will find ways to sell them either with the connivance of officials enforcing ban or through backdoor methods citing religious sentiments. Taking action to ban firecrackers well in advance is the need of hour. Banning just a couple of days before festivals will not solve the problem.
Raj Kumar Thakur

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IAS Ministers behave like a commoner but the IFS Ministers are full of arrogance that suits the Modi Government.
Anjali
CGHS Wellness Centres working?
Govt. of India has taken good steps for the reimbursement of OPD medicines prescribed by the Specialist till December, 2020 taking into consideration of Covid-19 crisis. But surprisingly bills submitted even in August and September 2020 in Delhi wellness centres are still lying in some of the wellness centres. These wellness centres are taking it so casually and even are not bothering to forward for processing the bills. Even some wellness centres lack completely to maintain the records of bill submitted. In case the bills are lost, beneficiaries will loose the complete amount as originals are submitted to wellness centres. Chief Medical Officer incharge will give different excuses even to manage the reimbursement of bills. Best excuse they have lack of staff. It is earnestly requested that Minister of Health and family welfare may issue suitable instructions so that the reimbursement of bills during this Covid-19 pandemic is processed smoothly without much beneficiaries troubles. In Delhi already Covid cases are increasing and have crossed 7000+. The movement is also restricted. Beneficiaries are also not informed that bills have been forwarded for payment.
Naveen