The government has downgraded the status of military officers compared to their civilian counterparts, a new defence ministry letter.

A civilian principal director, who was equivalent to a brigadier, has been equated to a two-star general, a director-ranked officer to a brigadier and a joint director to a colonel, triggering widespread resentment in military circles.

Until now, a colonel was equivalent to a director and a lieutenant colonel to a joint director.

The letter, dated October 18, talks about rank “equivalence” between defence officers and “armed forces headquarters civil service officers”. It says issues regarding rank equation were examined in detail.

“By this equation, a captain is equivalent to a civilian Group B section officer. This isn’t mischief, but mischief-plus by bureaucrats,” said an army officer on condition of anonymity.

The letter, signed by a joint secretary, says the government has referred to administrative orders issued by the army, navy and air force during 2003-08. Several serving officers HT spoke to said the orders mentioned in the letter were only for internal cadre management.

“They have deliberately misinterpreted the orders. It’s an attempt to reverse clearly established protocols established by successive pay panel reports and court rulings,” said another officer, who did not wish to be named. He said the diktat was also against the spirit of recommendations made by a GoM headed by Pranab Mukherjee after the 6th Pay Commission report.

Good Morning India........
Desperate babu's and the saffron brigade playing with fire. God please forgive these ignoramuses for they do not know what they do. They do not understand on what the Army  soldier runs on. Not on money or I'll gotten wealth but on Izzat (Self Respect and Pride in himself that he is the cream of cream)  and Izzat alone. I hope for the future welfare and well being of this Nation a Modern day Chanakya be born. 

“History does not repeat itself,” it is famously said, “but fools repeat history.” Philosopher-poet George Santayana put it slightly differently when he wrote— “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

CHANAKYA SAID 500 YEARS PLUS AGO:

“Pataliputra reposes each night in peaceful comfort, O King, secure in the belief that the distant borders of Magadha are inviolate and the interiors are safe and secure, thanks only to the Mauryan Army standing vigil with naked swords and eyes peeled for action, day and night, in weather fair and foul, all eight praharas (round the clock), quite unmindful of personal discomfort and hardship, all through the year, year after year.

“While the citizenry of the State contributes to see that the State prospers and flourishes, the soldier guarantees it continues to EXIST as a State! To this man, O Rajadhiraja, you owe a debt: please, therefore, see to it, on your own, that the soldier continuously gets his dues in every form and respect, be they his needs or his wants, for he is not likely to ask for them himself.”

MR MODI PLEASE LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY MR MODI:

Then Kautilya, known also as Chanakya gave his king this blunt warning: “The day the soldier has to demand his dues will be a sad day for Magadha for then, on that day, you will have lost all moral sanction to be King!”

Mr Modi now things have gone way beyond what Chanakya had said. Way Way beyond. Now your blundering babus and the saffron Brigade blunderasses have stamped on the head of the soldier which is nothing but his izzat. The Army Mr. PM can do without money can face all hardships, will lay down their lives for you Mr. Modi, yet they are also capable for laying down their lives for their own IZZAT what ever the consequences.

You Mr. Modi are nearing the day, when you would have lost all moral sanction to be the PM.

For the saffron brigade has already forgotton what their very own loved and admired Lord krishna, and the Gita said 

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥

The verse in Roman script—
Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata
Abhythanamadharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham

Paritranaya sadhunang vinashay cha dushkritam
Dharmasangsthapanarthay sambhabami yuge yuge

The meaning of these two slokas is:

Whenever there is decay of righteousness, O Bharata,
And there is exaltation of unrighteousness, then I Myself come forth ;

For the protection of the good, for the destruction of evil-doers,
For the sake of firmly establishing righteousness, I am born from age to age.

Whenever virtue subsides and immorality prevails, then I body Myself forth. For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of Dharma, I come into being, in every age." Whenever the world goes down, the Lord comes to help it forward; and so He does from time to time and place to place.

Life is short, but the soul is immortal and eternal, and one thing being certain, death, let us therefore take up a great ideal and give up our whole life to it. Let this be our determination, and may He, the Lord, who "comes again and again for the salvation of His own people", to quote from our scriptures — may the great Krishna bless us and lead us all to the fulfilment of our aims.

If a country has no regards for its young students, does not hesitate to kill their hopes, their wishes and their future, plus does injustice and practices favoritism for a student from a country Pakistan our sworn enemies, a country Pakistan supporting terrorists killing our people, to promote the BJP's religious agenda for votes, then it is the beginning of the end of INDIA its golden age is a far cry. An open letter to all concerned in the Government of India.

The Hindutva Card, The Government of India and the Judiciary.

Thank you Madam Sushma Swaraj. Now I, an old veteran, have lost complete faith in the BJP and the Indian Government which all of us clapped on to power and so also I have lost faith in the Indian Judicial System. This losing of FAITH started with veterans like me, being beaten up at Jantar Mantar by ordinary policemen, then the OROP fiasco, 7 CPC and this loss of FAITH is complete with your behavior with respect to my granddaughter an NRI and many other NRI's like her from different countries. I as a serving Army Officer, has borne a whole lot of injustices from the Government of India, which continued after my retirement and hanging up my uniform. However I cannot sit quietly and see generation three of my progeny being hounded by the present Government, due to the ill educated, corrupt, self serving politicians who care 2 hoots for the people of India and its students who reside within India's boundaries and abroad.

JAIPUR: Union minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, who is known for her active role on social media, helped a teenage Pakistani girl get admission into Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Medical College (SMS), a government college here on Wednesday. Without appearing for NEET. A Pakistani National, a foreigner residing in India for the last 2 years, she was given admission to a Medical College by Madam Sushma Swaraj, without appearing for or passing NEET exam, bending backwards and calling her my child, with complete disregard to the Supreme Court of India's directions. So now, in this case, nobody quoted and harped on the Supreme court ruling upholding MCI. Mera Bharat Mahan.

My granddaughter along with many other NRI students also foreign residents like her, were admitted in the 15 Percent NRI quota in the Kasturba Medical College Manipal, a private Medical College, were thrown out unceremoniously from the middle of a human anatomy dissection class, for not having appeared for NEET and thus their admission stood cancelled. She and the others were given 2 days to vacate her hostel room and leave the college premises. Reason a 3 judge bench of The Supreme Court dismissed out of hand University of Manipal's appeal for the students and our (students parents combined) appeal. NRI students who actually reside abroad and have different education systems in their countries of residence, were not required to appear for any entrance Exams, their admissions were made on a merit list prepared from the Equivalent certificate issued by the ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES New Delhi. 

Our contention that MCI gave clarification that all NRI's and actual Foreigner students are included in their ruling and are required to give NEET was given on 04 Aug 2016 well after the last  NEET exam was conducted on 24 July 2016. So also it is not possible for such students to fly down to India and give NEET which is not related to the system of examinations followed in different countries. 

Therefore it was prayed before The Supreme Court bench that the students whose admission process started in December  2015 should be allowed to continue their classes, as the college had already started. However the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal out of hand without even giving a hearing. Now my granddaughter has come to my house on her way back to her parents, having lost a full academic year, thanks to this murderous behavior of MCI, the government of India and the Supreme Court.

Here is the case of a Pakistani foreigner student and Sushma Swaraj playing the Hindutva Card, which is proving the nemesis of the BJP. God save this country.

"I thank Sushma Swaraj jee for making my dream come true," said 18-year-old Mashal Maheshwari, who joined SMS college on September 22. Maheshwari's family had moved to Jaipur from Pakistan's Sindh province two years ago on a religious visa due to rising atrocities on Hindu minorities. Dr US Agrawal, controller and principal of SMS medical college confirmed her admission but did not reveal the category under which she secured a seat. (Obviously he will not as their is no such category for admission of a foreigner in a Government Medical College and that too her not having appeared for NEET).

The meritorious student, who secured 91% in her Class XII CBSE exams, could not appear in the common entrance exam for medical NEET, due to her nationality. She had tweeted to the Union minister on May 29, 2016, and got a prompt reply.

Quote Sushma Swaraj
"Mashal, don't be disappointed my child. I will personally take up your case for admission in a medical college." Swaraj had said in her tweet. Later the minister's office asked Maheshwari to submit the documents required for admission.

I reproduce here my mails to Sushma Swaraj on behalf of my grand daughter and the cold shoulder I received. I also reproduce the mail which I have sent to the Chief Justice of India for which I received no response. Please do go through these. It may help my readers in their future dealings with this sorry country.

Mail No 1

My First Mail to Sushma Swaraj

1. My granddaughter has secured admission to the MBBS course conducted by Manipal University at their Medical College in Manipal for Academic year 2016-2017. My daughter is an NRI and my granddaughter has studied abroad in the American system of education and has topped in her school by her APS grading in XII grade, she has excelled in her SAT's too. The Indian Equivalent of her grading has been obtained from the ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AIU House, 16 Comrade Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi –2 (EVALUATION DIVISION).

2. Her fees have been paid and her classes have already begun from 12 September. Now the university has informed my daughter who is abroad, that my granddaughter's admission (so also all NRI students without NEET) is liable to cancellation due to the new August 4 directive of MCI that NEET is mandatory for all medical admissions inclusive of NRI and Foreign Nationality students. Interestingly the last NEET was held on 24 July 2016. Earlier NRI students were not required to appear for any entrance Exams, their admissions were made on merit list prepared from the Equivalent certificate issued by the ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES.

3. I feel that grave injustice has been done to my granddaughter by the MCI (Medical Council of India), and she stands to lose this Academic year for no fault of hers. It is my request that MCI may please be made to hold this directive in abeyance for present batch of NRI students and may be considered from next year if at all. Following is for consideration in this respect:

The amendment to the effect that NEET is mandatory for NRI students too, was made and published on 04 August 2016, by that time NEET Exams were over and my granddaughter had already secured admission for MBBS in Manipal University, the admission process for which had started in late 2015. Had she known earlier AND IN TIME, she would have given the NEET Exam or, accepted admission offered, either in Singapore, the US or Malaysia which was much easier as cost of education is same out there as in India. SHE CHOSE INDIA AS MEDICAL EDUCATION IS THE BEST AS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

 4. Students who actually reside abroad, like my granddaughter, undergo different exam patterns like American AP or the Advanced Placement System, SAT's, Senior Cambridge, IB etc. The ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES, issues an equivalent certificate for use by NRI students to obtain admissions in various fields of Higher Education, in NRI quotas by merit.

Asking them to fly down from their Countries of residence to appear for NEET exam, when their pattern of education is entirely different from that of India, appears to be rather inconsistent and irrational thinking.

5. Applying this criteria of successfully passing NEET for admission to MBBS degree courses on 04 August 2016, to NRI students and declaring it applicable for current Academic year, after all NEET exams I and II are over for current academic year by 24 July 2016, is unfair to say in the last. I am tempted to use severe  un-parliamentary language at this point. Though I understand that this decision of MCI was to curtail corruption by Indian Medical Colleges to sell seats in the Black Market under the guise of Management Quota at practically 4 times the cost of NRI seats. 

5. Granted it is a noble cause, this application of NEET for NRI's will play into the hands of Medical Colleges as more number of seats would be available to be sold under Management Quota, earlier falling under 15 % NRI reservation, as more NRI seats will be unsubscribed for. As a matter of fact, a large number of Private Medical Colleges have already advertised more Management seats in National newspapers, with gleeful anticipation of earning some more tainted money. In Pune the Market Rate for an MBBS seat offered to me under Management Quota is Rs.4 crore as against the fees of 1.6 crores for NRI students. So instead of "Acche din", "Bure din" are in store for NRI students and their parents and Acche din for Private Medical Colleges.

6. Following is my request for the consideration of the authorities who can supersede/override this directive of the MCI:

(a). This draconian directive from the MCI may please be held in abeyance for current Academic Year, such that students who are attending First year MBBS classes (which started on 12 Sept) are not thrown out and lose 1 academic year for no fault of theirs but the stupidity of the decision makers of MCI, who if at all should have done this in probably July 2015 a year before the commencement of this academic year, certainly not after NEET exams were over and MBBS admissions already done with. This would have given adequate time for the NRI students for preparation for NEET exam or apply elsewhere.

(b). The applicability of NEET for NRI students should be reconsidered for future applicability and rejected in toto for the reasons I have quoted in para 4 above.

Thanks and Regards.

Mail Number 2

Dear Madam Sushma Swaraj,

Please refer to trailing mail. Thank you for your inaction in not resolving the issue in time. The unthinkable has happened. A 3 judge SC bench has refused to hear a case against the MCI and my granddaughter, along with many other NRI's has been evicted from First Year MBBS, Manipal University. I reproduce the Mail I have sent to the Hon CJI for your information. I hope better sense prevails and you in consultation with Hon PM issue an ordinance in favor of actual NRI students so their Academic year is saved. Otherwise this country is headed for trouble if it does not want talent to return.

Thanks and Regards,

The one terse reply I received from her office, no "don't be disappointed my child" stuff, just some babudom reply, super motherly treatment for a Pakistani an enemy country and step motherly treatment for our own Indian students.

Mail received from the Ministry of External Affairs.

URGENT

No.OI-12014/02/2016-OIA.II.D

Government of India

Ministry of External Affairs

(Overseas Indian Affairs-II Division)

Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri New Delhi, 28 Sept., 2016

Subject: Representations from overseas Indians about problems relating to NEET.

A copy each of three representations received from the following overseas Indians relating to NEET is enclosed:-

a)   Mail dated 12.09.2016 received from Ms. Camellia Chaudhuri.

b)  Mail dated 23.09.2016 from Shri Santosh Vemula, USA.

c)   Mail dated 23.09.2016 from Col. (Retd.) Ajay Ukidve, Pune.

2.        Ministry of Health & FW is requested to consider the requests made therein and send a reply to each of the petitioners under intimation to this Ministry.

(V. K. Bhatia)

Consultant (OIA-II)

Tel: 011-24197941

Email: consultant.ds(3),mea.gov.in

Encl: As above

To

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

(Shri Amit Biswas, Under Secretary)

526-A, Nirman Bhavan

Maulana Azad Road

NewDelhi-110 011

Email: amit.biswas69('a)nic.in

Copy with enclosures forwarded to Secretary, Medical Council of India, Pocket-14, Sector-8, Dwarka Phase-I, New Delhi-110077.

Copy for information to Petitioners by e-mail: camellia.chaudhuri2412@gmail.com,vemulasantosh@gmail.com, and ajayukidve@gmail.com.

 My mail to the Chief Justice of India

Attn: Honorable Chief Justice of India,

I am a retired Army veteran from India. My grand daughter is from Nairobi Kenya where my daughter resides as an NRI. She is a topper in AP's so also she has won many awards from her American school like Sir Isaac Newton trophy in Science, as well as an 88,000 USD scholarship from Seton Hall University in the US, requesting her to join their University. Plus she had secured admission to many Medical Colleges. In spite of all this my daughter chose to send my granddaughter to India after listening to Hon PM Modiji. So also another NRI from the US who received an award from President Obama for intellectual and academic brilliance from Pennsylvania. Now all NRI's without NEET booted out because of the callousness or should I say inhumanness of the 3 your honors dismissing their case. What I understood was that law is interpreted in a human way and not with the dots and dashes in the Act.

She was admitted to the MBBS course at Manipal University, Kasturba Medical College in July 2016 much before the NEET 2 was conducted and she was attending classes till she was unceremoniously thrown out this morning by Manipal University for not having done NEET, because of your esteemed bench of 3 Justices refused to hear her case, allowing MCI to run riot. MCI stipulated NEET as a requirement for Foreign / NRI Students with retrospective effect. They also mentioned that SC also did not give any relief to these REAL NRI / Foreign students. 

Living overseas, neither does my daughter or my granddaughter know what this NEET is all about ! My granddaughter is in tears, heartbroken and depressed, having now lost the opportunity of joining elsewhere. She now says "what a disgusting country India is, no sense of fair play", I don't think she will ever come to India again unless justice is delivered. How can you do this to a 19 year old ?  It is just not about my granddaughter, there are hundreds of young Foreign and real NRI students from all over the world - all in the same situation. If that was the AIM of MCI to keep foreign talent out and help Private Universities to make wealth, then the SC has amazingly pushed that idea much against Modijis wishes.

I am more than sure, our system will not do this if the children of high level Indian officials, the Babus etc and  Ministers are in the same situation. Though my daughter and her family lives abroad, their hearts are with our Motherland India. We talk a lot about Brain-drain, Make in India ..etc. But when someone like me, a retired Army Officer a bit long in the tooth. looks at India, my  heart bleeds because of the actions of our officials in India. I have experienced the worst mind you. The Supreme Court of India, the last bastion of fair play and justice, also closed its eyes when these innocent children approached you for your help, and your brethren, for whatever reason even refused to hear their pleadings. Mera Bharat Mahan indeed. Remember, there is a GOD in heaven and he is looking at all of us, our deeds and our actions.

There is a saying and I need not remind you who wears  the ultimate crown of justice and fair play in India  - 'The guilty may escape from the eyes of law, but an innocent person should not be punished'. 

Now look at these young, innocent tender hearts. They are heartbroken, being literally evicted from their careers for no fault of theirs but some hidden agenda which they nor me do not understand. It is just not my granddaughter, the hearts of so many, young tender hearts are bleeding now. They are returning back to their respective countries. Some of them may never recover from this shock in their lifetime, nor will they ever come to India again. Some students said "we spit on this bloody country and its bloody awful system". Who is responsible for this? The system in India without doubt, plus, I do not hesitate to say that the SC too is also responsible for this disaster which is going to affect generations of Indian students living abroad, to the detriment for the future of this country.

I am not praying to GOD for my granddaughter now. I am praying to GOD for India, the country which I and my brethren in the forces shed their blood for, and what it has been reduced to now. A banana Republic.

I hope "Satyamev Jayate" still holds.

Thanks and Regards

I hope my readers re tweet this and condemn this action against young and brilliant  aspiring Doctor students, who have lost an academic year and are undergoing severe trauma for something for which they are neither to blame nor are responsible for.

India is Great,  a country which pampers, throws out all the regulations as well as rulings of the Supreme Court of India, for the student of an enemy country, but throws to the dogs their own, by applying every conceivable comma and full stop in the regulations.. Mera Bharat Mahan.....BJP Mahan...