-The Hindu The national culture of unquestioned obedience to authority along with an acceptance of shoddiness must not be used as an excuse to overlook violations of corporate ethics, says the Ranbaxy whistle-blower During my Tenure at Ranbaxy, I was surprised by the unchallenged conformity to the poor decisions of senior leadership. Ranbaxy was my first Indian employer following my Tenure at two different American corporations. Reflecting on this experience from cultural...
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Time to check the Khemka syndrome-Pradeep S Mehta
-The Hindu Despite attempts at reform, frequent transfers of civil servants by loyalty-seeking politicians continue. Only a guarantee of Tenure can end the menace. In April this year, the Haryana government transferred senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka for the second time in six months, or for the 44th time in his 22-year career. The use of transfers and postings in States as a means of harassing officers who are inconvenient because of...
More »Aruna Roy upset over minimum wages issue-Smita Gupta
-The Hindu How a country like India can deny payment of minimum wages, she asks For the second time since it was created, rights activist Aruna Roy has resigned from the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), this time criticising the government for not accepting the council's recommendations on minimum wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), even as she thanked the council's chairperson for the...
More »Attack revenge for Salwa Judum, Operation Green Hunt: Maoists -Ashutosh Bhardwaj
-The Indian Express Maoists say target was Karma, demand pullout of forces Raipur: Claiming responsibility for Saturday's attack on the Congress convoy in Bastar which claimed 24 lives, the CPI (Maoist) said on Tuesday that the killing of senior party leaders was the "necessary revenge against the UPA's fascist Operation Green Hunt, which is being run in connivance with several state governments". "The primary aim behind this attack was to kill Mahendra Karma...
More »New CAG sworn in as SC admits PIL against him
-The Hindustan Times The Supreme Court agreed to hear a PIL challenging appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). An apex court bench, however, said there was no urgency in taking up the matter and posted the case for hearing in July. The 61-year-old 1976-batch Bihar cadre IAS officer has replaced Vinod Rai, who demitted office on Wednesday after a five-and-a-half year Tenure. Advocate ML Sharma said...
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