Naresh Kumar Vaid, Director , Vaids ICS

BLACK money has been an important issue with Sangh but, as ever, BJP has betrayed Sangh (Previously it has been ignoring the concerns of other Sangh affiliates like BMS, BKS, VKA, BBA et al. ) Court's order was clear : give us the names; we will decide the rest (regarding investigation, prosecution etc). It is really unfortunate that Judiciary should step into what has to be done by the government. THE country, by some estimates, generates more than 5.5 lakh crore rupees in black money, a share of which ends up in foreign banks. Again, by some estimates, more than 28 lakh crore rupees have been siphoned out of the country in last more than two decades, i.e. ever since we entered  globalization in 1991. A major part must have returned through tax havens. This has resulted in loss of several hundred lakh crore of rupees in taxes as also in investment. BJP is claiming the credit for Court's directive. It is also thumping its back for constituting SIT. But what has been the o...

THE debate has started one again after Mr. Mohan Bhagvat's assertion that people of Germany are called German, those of England as Angrez etc., therefore people of Hindustan should be called Hindus. I beg to differ. By his logic we should be called Hindustanis. BUT the issue remains. Here won't involve Dr. Radhakrishnan ( Hindu View of Life ) or Supreme Court, who said that Hinduism is a way of life. I would rather prefer to quote Dr. Zakir Niak or Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, who have/had same views on Hinduism. Dr. Naik, a Pakistan national, holds Ph.D. on Comparative Religions. BY simple logic, followers of Jesus call themselves Christians (after Jesus Christ) and followers of Prophet call themselves Muhammdan  or Muslim ( after Prophet Muhammad). Who gave the name Hindu to Hindus? It were Arabs, who pronounce s as h. They called those living across Sindhu (i.e. Indus) as Hindus. Therefore, Hindu is a geographic entity, not religious. Following Dr. Naik, all of us, living in I...

डर लगता है घर के दरवाज़े और खिड़कियां खोलने में। बाहर हैं मैना, तोते, गोरैया और कबूतर; भीतर पंखे और बिजली। कहीं----------- इसलिए डर  लगता है।

I WAS the first one to raise voice against CSAT  as early as Nov. 2010 in Dec. Issue of Civil Services Chronicle (CSC) December issue, 2010. I had many basic  apprehensions including : 1. Aptitude (as the General Studies Paper II is referred to) can not be judged through multiple choice questions). If aptitude is to be tested then the Interview should be conducted on the pattern of IMA/GDA. 2. The aptitude for civil services can not be based on CAT/MAT which optimise selection for selection for management  jobs. If CSAT Paper (II) is based on pure biology or Earth Sciences, what will be the reaction of proteges of those supporting presenting system? THE CSAT was introduces by the present Chairman of UPSC who is a protege of UPA government. He must have explained what was wrong with previous system before introducing the new one. He had said: (a) THE new system is to reduce the role of coaching. The fact is that many more institutes, previously couching for manag...

THE day before, Srivatsa, the Topper (AIR I) of early nineties wrote in ToI. And today someone named Ms Shailja Chandra (whose name I could not find in the IAS list) in HT have wrote in favour of CSAT on flimsy grounds. Let me explain in some details. First argument given is "why nobody spoke against CSAT in the last four years. I, in my previous blog, have made it clear that I was the first one to speak and write as early as Nov. 2010 in Dec. 2010 issue of CSC. My contentions were simple. CSAT, the name itself is inappropriate as !. aptitude can not be tested through multiple choice questions 2. Decision making making can not be tested by questions asked as decision making depends on time, space and culture. UPSC, in the question paper, makes it non-obligatory to reply to these questions. 3. Interpersonal  qualities, simillarly, on the above bases. UPSC has not asked a single question on this issue so far. 4. Translation is  a major issue, nobody disputes so no comm...

LOWER House debated the issue (cont. from previous blog) and assured the House that the Committee will submit its report within a week and the government will take action on the Report. THE minister forgets the Committee was formed by UPCS on the directive of Court and all the members of the Committee were chosen by D.P. Agrawal, the Chairman of UPSC without consulting anyone, not even us, the petitioners. The Committee may suggest some cosmetic changes but will not undo that wa done by its chairman more than three years ago. Should we believe that the Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh does not know this. THE Minister also said that posting roll nos and centers of Exam on UPSC's website is a part of the routine. Is conducting exam is not a part of their routine? The agitating candidates are definitely being misguided. If the government is sincere, it should form a team comprising of their as also agitators' representatives who can sit together and decide the issues in a couple ...

ASPIRANTS to Civil Services appearing in the Exam in Indian languages, particularly in Hindi, have been up in arms against CSAT for the last couple of months. Why now? CSAT was introduced by UPSC w.e.f. Civil Services Preliminary Exam, 2011. I have no interest in these cansidates whatsoever; but I approached two most read Hindi magazines and through them all major coaching institutes providing coaching in Hindi. Subsequently, I mailed to almost all popular Hindi news channels but to no effect. Fortunately, I got the company of Bhasha Bacho Andolan and subsequently, eight of us filed a writ against CSAT in Delhi High Court, that is still pending. Under the directive of Court, UPSC formed a committee to look into the issues raised by us. The Committee is yet to submit its report. WHILE introducing CSAT, UPSC had given following arguments: -to curtail the role of coaching (The fact is the opposite. New coaching institutes previously providing coaching for banking or management too h...