SANKET PARMAR SUCCESSFULLY AWARDED CERTIFICATE ON RTI ACT-2005 COURSE

  I am proudly producing my cource completion certificate and happy that am be a RTI ACTIVIST just now....

                                Presently i was awarded  RTI Certificate cource.I have successfully undergone online Certificate Course on RTI Act-2005 administered from March 9 to March 23 '2012 conducted by the Center for good Governance, (CGG), Hyderabad, in collaboration with the department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.This Certificate Course is aimed for Public Information Officers (PIOs), Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs), Appellate Authorities, Officials assisting the above designated officers or other public officials, Representative of Civil Society Organisations (including Media Organisations) .

•          I have been awarded a certificate for successfully completion of the online course. The RTI-OCC focuses on Right to Information Act 2005 and allows the participating candidates to have a sound knowledge of the various provisions of the RTI Act along with various case studies of RTI.Good understanding of the remedies available when an implementing organisation fails to comply with this Act, Testing the understanding of 'Information Providers' and 'Information Seekers' using this tool for implementing this Act or exercising their right under it.This RTI  Certificate Course on RTI' for various stakeholders on, both, the demand and supply sides of the RTI implementation regime.

•          I am amongst a few candidates from Guajrat who are selected for this online course..I have got 3rd rank in Gujarat,and  got 27th rank in India, out of 449 candidates for this  RTI certificate cource, Now i am Planning  for RTI Awareness Campaign in all over Gujarat. This campaign in Gujarat to spread awareness and facilitate the use of the Right to Information to  ensure a transparent and accountable government and  for stopping corruption.

                                                                                --Sanket

BUREAUCRACY overview

Hi friends,.....
This is the basic knowledge of  bureaucracy .......
 
The purpose of a bureaucracy is to successfully implement the actions of an organization of any size (but often associated with large entities such as government, corporations, and non-governmental organizations), in achieving its purpose and mission, and the bureaucracy is tasked to determine how it can achieve its purpose and mission with the greatest possible efficiency and at the least cost of any resources...


The primary function of bureaucracy is the execution and enforcement of the laws made by the legislature and policies decided by the political executive. Besides this the other important functions are :
carrying out administration
offering policy advice
articulating interests
Maintaining political stability

1. Administration :

The core function is to implement or execute law and policy, which is related to administering government business. This is why the bureaucracy is referred to as 'the administration' while the political executive is termed as the 'government'.

2. Policy-Advice :

The political significance of the bureaucracy largely comes from its role as the policy-advisers to the government. Generally, policy is made by the politicians and bureaucrats simply offer advice. Since policy- decisions are made on the basis of information available and advice offered, bureaucrats effectively control the policies made by the government. Politicians, being amateurs depend on bureaucrats, who are professionals and the politicians know what the civil servants tsll them. Government decisions thus reflect the influences of bureaucrats.

3. Articulating interests :

Policies once made are also implemented by bureaucrats. While implementing policies, bureaucracy come into contact with interest groups such as doctors, teachers, farmers etc. These groups provide information and advice to the bureaucrats relating to their groups, which help the civil servants to plan a policy to satisfy the interest groups.

4. Political Stability :

Ministers and governments come and go, while civil servants are permanent, once appointed they continue till their retirement. Thus bureaucracy provides stability and continuity within political system and with change of government, there is no change of policy immediately.
 

''Understanding the Competition in Civil Services Examination''

Hi friends,.....
This is the basic criteria of Indian Civil Services......... 

“Civil Services Examination is one of the most competitive examination, the Success probability is very less” this is a preconceived notion of all the Civil Services aspirants. Lakhs of people compete in this Examination and only few hundreds are listed in the final selection list. This seems to be a demotivating factor for all the aspirants who take this examination. It becomes imperative that an aspiring candidate should break this mental block before starting the preparation.

In the year 2008 the total number of candidates applied for Civil Services examination is 3,18,843 out of which only 791 were selected in the final selection list. The Probability of success comparing the number of people who applied for the examination and number of people who were finally selected is 0.2%, i.e., one among 500 people clears the examination. Success probability is less than 1%. This numerical factor creates a psychological block in the students mind. This is the general view of the masses.

In reality this interpretation is completely wrong. On the face value, statistics shows a picture. Once a deep investigation is done on the data we can find that the same statistics also has a different face. Lets take the same data available for the year 2008 Total number of people applied for the examination is 3,18,843 but the number of people who walked into the examination hall and appeared for the examination is only 1,67,035 people. The remaining people were absent for the Preliminary examination. Out of the 1,67,035 people who appeared for the examination the realtime serious candidates who prepare for this examination with at most enthusiasm and interest is only 1/4th of them, which is 40,000 people. The remaining people attend the examination without much seriousness. The reason for a lethargic approach of those people are, they attend the exam due to their parents insistence or without proper preparation expecting luck will favour them. The real competitors is 40,000, this number was arrived on the basis of calculating various factors such as number of books sold by the top publishers and number of coaching centers in India to train people etc.,

Now if we relook the probability of success between the 40,000 candidates and the final selected list of 791. We can find that the probability is close to 2%. Previously we not even had 1% of success ratio, Now we have close to 2% of success ratio. Further to this we should not compare the success ratio between the 40,000 candidates and the final selection list. The comparison should be between the 40,000 serious candidates and the number of people to be selected for the Main examination. The number of people selected for the main examination is approximately is 13 times of the vacancy announced which is 10,283. Hence out of the 40,000 candidates, 10,283 candidates clear the preliminary examination i.e., 1 in 4 serious candidates clear the Prelims. Hence the success ratio in clearing the Preliminary examination is 25% for a serious candidate. Your competition is not with the 3,18,843 candidates who applied for the examination. Your job is to make yourself to be one among the 10,283 people who clear the preliminary exam out of the 40,000 serious candidates.

Out of the 10,283 candidates who appear for the Main examination 1582 people are selected for the personality test. Again the success probability in the Mains arena is 15% approx to make yourself stand for the personality test. In the Personality test one among the two candidates is selected in the personality test in which the success ratio is 50%. Good understanding of the examination, Structured plan for preparation, Proper Guidance, Disciplined approach, Perseverance are the factors which pushes you step by step to the final selection list. 

“In a dense forest two men were walking, suddenly a hungry tiger comes in front of them. On seeing the tiger both of them decided to run for saving their lives. One person opened his bag and took his brand new Nike shoes and weared it. On seeing this, the other person laughed at him and asked whether his Nike shoes will make him run faster than the tiger. The first person wearing the Nike shoes replied ‘this Nike shoes will not make me run faster than the tiger but this shoes will make me run faster than you’.

This is the kind of competition existing between the most aspiring candidates in Civil services examination. Moral of the story is not to be selfish, but to understand the intensity of the competition which exist between the serious candidates (40,000 aspiring candidates mentioned above). Here the Tiger is the Union Public Service Commission, never try to overcome the expectation of UPSC, this is not possible in real sense. This will put you in a frustrating situation. But overcoming your competitors is much easier. All you have to do is to equip yourself with the skill set required to clear the examination.

This year the number of vacancy is very high compared to the previous years. The total number of vacancy is 965 for the year 2010. The success ratio for Civil Services aspirants is very high this year. I wish all of the people who read this New Letter to be successful in the Civil Service Examination 2010 and also achieve their ambitions comfortably creating a better world. 

Friends, this is the best opportunity for every aspirant of Indian Civil Services.


 

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION overview

Hi friends,......
This is the general basic meaning of Public Administration.....
Public administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work.

[1] As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal... is to advance management and policies so that government can function." 

[2] Some of the various definitions which have been offered for the term are: "the management of public programs";

[3] the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day";

[4] and "the study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies themselves, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies."

 [5]Public administration is "centrally concerned with the organization of government policies and programmes as well as the behavior of officials (usually non-elected) formally responsible for their conduct"...

Friends,Set ur goal with making a bright career in Indian Civil Services........ 
Best opportunity.......take it..... 

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICES

                                                                                                                  
HI FRIENDS,......
The Indian Civil Service has great respect and responsibilities. Corporate jobs may offer more perks, but an entry to Civil Service as officers is considered prestigious by many Indian youngsters. Indian Civil Services are held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Major share of top posts in Civil Service are bagged by highly qualified people from various streams. This shows that Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is still an Indian youngster’s dream job. 

Entry into the IAS, IPS and the Central Services, Group A and Group B is through the All India Combined Competitive Examination for the Civil Services conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). One has to put a lot of time and energy to come out successful in Civil Service Examination. The competition is so high that the interested candidates sometimes will have to take the Exam repeatedly to become successful.

There are many services one can opt if successful in the examination. They are:
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Indian Foreign Service (IFS) 
Indian Police Service (IPS)

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) :

The post of an IAS officer carries a lot of responsibility. At the top of the hierarchy of IAS officers is the Cabinet Secretary followed by Secretary/ Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Director, Under Secretary and then the Junior Scale Officers. These posts are filled according to seniority.

The Indian Police Service (IPS) :

The Indian Police Service is mainly public safety and security. The Indian Police Service is divided into various departments like the Crime Branch, the Criminal Investigation Department, Home Guards and the Traffic Bureau. The area of functioning for the IPS can be broadly divided into: maintenance of law and order, crime prevention and detection, traffic control and accident prevention and management.

The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) :

The foreign service of India is the functionary body of the career diplomats of India. The Indian Foreign Service forms a part of the Central Services under the Government of India. The administrative head of the Indian Foreign Service is the Foreign Secretary of India. 

Friends, this is the best opportunity for every aspirant of Indian Civil Services.