Newsroom24x7 Desk
As 2016 was coming to a close, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi shook the entire nation by announcing on November 8 the scrapping of the high denomination Rupee 500 and 1000 notes. Demonetisation, according to the Prime Minister, had been done to fight the scourge of black money and counterfeit currency and also to choke the channels that were funding terrorists and creating unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister appealed to the people to bear the consequences of demonetisation and support the cause of the nation till December 31 as things would start improving after that.
Notwitstanding the lofty goals announced by the Prime Minister, fact remains that the nation on the whole has suffered massive hardship as a consequence of demonetisation. One only has to talk to industrialists, traders and business people to gauge the losses they have suffered as demand for goods dropped to unimaginable levels during the last 50 days. Consequently the unorganised sector also went into a tailspin and there is no count of how many workers have been laid off both in the cities and the countryside. It remains to be see how long it will take for the country’s economy to overcome the backlash of demonetisation.
In this scenario all have been talking of nothing else but demonetisation. While the Modi followers and hardliners are optimistic, there is a big section comprising of professionals, industrialists and and economists who do not see any rationale behind the Modi Government to go for demonetisation. It is being argued that this step was taken only to pin down politicians sitting on a big horde of money before the Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Assembly elections.
While people are in the process of coming to grip with the present situation, it is significant that there is another issue that continues to bother them immensely is the state of Indian bureaucracy. This is explicit from the fact that apiece published by Newsroom24x7.com titled Collapse of the Steel Frame of Indian Bureaucracy and Modi’s call for Rapid Transformation of the Administrative Systems drew maximum hits in 2016.
The issue of Reservation in Promotion, a policy being followed so blatantly by the Madhya Pradesh BJP Government, obiviously to pursue its vote bank politics by appeasing the SC/ST communities, also has drawn maximum attention from newsroom24x7 readers this year.
Sentiments have also been raging across the country earlier this year due to the violence in Kashmir and cross-border attacks by Pak terrorists. What is significant is that the world stood with India when Indian troops went ahead with surgical strikes and destroyed the launch pads of terrorists inside Pakistan.
Newsroom24x7.com 2016 at a Glance
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| Collapse of the Steel Frame of Indian Bureaucracy and Modi’s call for Rapid Transformation of the Administrative Systems | 10023 | |
| Reservation in promotions for SC/ST category: Appeal by MP Government is listed for hearing in weekly list | 6262 | |
| Supreme Court stays MP High Court order against reservation in promotions for SC/ST category | 5808 | |
| Reservation in promotions for SC/ST category in MP: Supreme Court hearing stands deferred | 5648 | |
| Delhi police busts international gang of cheats | 4352 | |
| GST: Finance Ministry commits blunder; now centre can levy and collect Excise duties only on petroleum and tobacco products | 3230 | |
| Delhi’s most wanted gangster Neeraj Bawana arrested after 18 month long chase | 2613 | |
| Dreaded gangster Vikas Lagarpuria arrested in Delhi | 2220 | |
| Tamil Nadu case: Landmark Supreme Court judgement on Article 16(4A) of Constitution, accelerated promotion and consequential seniority | 1755 | |
| 37 Government of India Secretaries retiring this year | 1615 | |
| High Court strikes down Madhya Pradesh provision for reservation in promotions to SC/ST category | 1613 | |
| 25 GoI bureaucrats at the Secretary level retiring this year | 1502 | |
| In Madhya Pradesh: From “Narmada Samagra to “Namami Devi Narmade” Campaign” | 1192 | |
| Double murder: Delhi Police arrests two gangsters | 1050 | |
| High Court orders winding up of Enbee Plantation | 1024 | |
| Supreme Court fixes November 23 for next hearing in Reservation in promotion case of Madhya Pradesh | 853 | |
| D.M. Mitra – The distinguished Police officer who worked ceaselessly to address the Maoist challenge | 800 | |
| Reservation in promotions for SC/ST category in MP: Case listed for hearing in Apex Court in November | 756 | |
| UPSC considering Baswan Committee report on change in pattern of Civil Service Examination | 743 | |
| Income Tax work suffers as promotions are held up at ACIT level | 663 | |
| Implementation of GST by generalists and private players: Discontent brewing among IRS officers | 621 | |
| New posting orders for 24 IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh | 621 | |
| Indian Railways: Move is on to give policing powers to RPF against letter and spirit of Constitution | 591 | |
| Loan fraud: 2 Cheats arrested for duping a Gujarat based company | 504 | |
| Supreme Court quashes conviction of a murder accused sentenced to Life Imprisonment | 490 | |
| Delhi Crime Branch cracks murder of ex-MLA, arrests 5 accused | 483 | |
| Income Tax Department: Senior level postings | 474 | |
| Rajiv Ranjan Verma is DG RPF | 473 | |
| India is poised to become the world’s greatest country: Tarek Fatah | 469 | |
| Tourism Policy 2016: Madhya Pradesh “Tourism Cabinet gives industry status to tourism” | 451 | |
| Modified APAR: Income Tax department seething with discontent | 426 | |
| MP Government’s “Beti Bachao campaign will now be a national programme” | 417 | |
| IndianOil launches Indane NANOCUT – A superior ‘Make in India’ LPG metal cutting solution | 375 | |
| The IAS lobby and empanelment of officers at Secretary and Additional Secretary level | 365 | |
| Harnfa the Tiger: Free from the clutches of Tiger Temple | 359 | |
| Reservation in Promotion case: MP Government sticks to dalaying tactic, listed for hearing in Supreme Court on December 14 | 352 | |
| Liabilities of Reserve Bank | 336 | |
| Sensational Hazaribag Court shootout: Delhi Police nabs the most wanted gangster | 324 | |
| Reservation in promotion: MP Government tries to delay hearing in Supreme Court | 308 | |
| India has been hit by dumping of sheet glass from China: What about the larger issues? | 304 | |
| Reservation in promotion and Supreme Court: Shivraj Singh Chouhan prefers to be quiet on this issue | 289 | |
| French authority slaps Euro 300,000 fine on SBI | 285 | |
| Yogendra Tripathy appointed CMD in Food Corporation of India | 284 | |
| Gang running fake call centre busted by Delhi Police | 284 | |
| Delhi Police busts a cheating racket operating through a call centre | 234 | |
| Air India will shrug away its cloak of years of rot: Ashwani Lohani | 232 | |
| TV channels and Kanhaiya who is facing sedition charge | 230 | |
| Shivraj announces laptops for 17000 students | 227 | |
| List of eligible officers for promotion as ITO is only “draft list”,225 MP Government is trying to delay hearing in the “”Reservation in Promotion” case says SAPAKS” |
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| Simhastha 2016 – allotment of plots goes online for Simhastha Mela | 216 | |
| MP Government will raise Special Reserved Batallion in Maoist affected Balaghat district | 213 | |
| Weak demand is the biggest problem before the world: Raghuram Rajan | 208 | |
| Delhi Police arrests dreaded gangster and associate, solves contract killing case | 207 | |
| How the steel frame of administration was reduced to a bamboo frame | 207 | |
| Ghosts still haunt Chennai!!!!! | 199 | |
| Tigress T-17 is dead: A huge loss for Pench Tiger Reserve | 191 | |
| Murder conspiracy: Senior Haryana Cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Kumar arrested | 190 | |
| Dainik Bhaskar Group: Acquisition of land for Sanskaar Valley School comes under a cloud | 190 | |
| 5 IFS offices promoted as PCCF in Madhya Pradesh | 188 | |
| What will be the state of the forests in Madhya Pradesh after a few years? | 187 | |
| Banchara community: Is bulldozing of flesh trade the answer ? | 186 | |
| Vishal Kapoor appointed Director in Power ministry | 185 | |
| Reservation in Promotion in Madhya Pradesh: SAPAKS accuses State Government of appeasing the SC/ST officers and employees | 183 | |
| More than 3 dozen junior IAS officers served show cause notice | 179 | |
| Massive turnout on International Day of Yoga in India | 179 | |
| Reservation in promotions in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh: From Apex Court to People’s Court | 177 | |
| Modi will release Ujjain Declaration during Simhastha 2016 | 174 | |
| BRICS Foreign Ministers condemn terrorism in all its forms | 171 | |
| Prominent South Delhi businessman arrested by EOW for multi-crore scam | 166 | |
| Supreme Court sets aside HC order in a land dispute linked with a 1948 Covenant between Maharaja Holkar of Indore and the State Government | 161 | |
| Five key-members of an inter-State drug cartel arrested by Delhi Police | 156 | |
| PM will attend Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations at Mhow | 147 | |
| Law Commission of India – Questionnaire on Uniform Civil Code | 145 | |
| Gaping gaps in Primary Education in Madhya Pradesh | 143 | |
| Economic Survey 2014-15: Economic Outlook and Modi Government’s policy challenges | 142 | |
| Centre for Global Nonkilling Chair Anoop Swarup Receives Hiroshima Peace Award | 141 | |
| Kamaz trucks and the Vectra connection | 141 | |
| Cyrus Mystry removed as Tata Sons Chairman, Ratan Tata takes over | 140 | |
| During the week that was: GoI Transfers and postings | 140 | |
| Reservation in Promotion case: Madhya Pradesh Government asked not to create hurdles | 137 | |
| Rishi Kumar Shukla will be the new Madhya Pradesh DGP | 137 | |
| IAS Probationers call on the President | 135 | |
| Income Tax Department rolling out new Business Application to improve efficiency | 132 | |
| Shahdol by-election: Demonetisation and voters’ dilemma | 130 | |
| Jail sentence for former Railway Board Member, 4 others | 128 | |
| Speakers at SAPAKS Convention condemn MP Government stand on “Reservation in Promotion”,127 Sex tape: AAP minister Sandeep Kumar sacked” |
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| Delhi Police solves sensational robbery, Samsung mobile phone parts worth Rs. 26 crore recovered | 125 | |
| BMS Rathore goes as Chief Policy Adviser ICIMOD | 124 | |
| Cyclone Verdah hits along Bay of Bengal coast | 124 | |
| Quota in promotions: Madhya Pradesh BJP unit comes under attack | 123 | |
| No action should be taken on anonymous complaints: CVC | 122 | |
| Sharpshooters of Naveen Bali gang arrested | 120 | |
| Singapore honours Shivraj Singh Chouhan for putting MP on fast track of development | 119 | |
| 56 IRS (IT) officers of 1988 batch empanelled for Joint secretary level posts | 118 | |
| General, Backward and Minority category employees up in arms against Madhya Pradesh BJP Government | 117 | |
| Chhattisgarh Anti Corruption Bureau conducts second major raid this year | 116 | |
| MP Home Minister Babulal Gaur in dock for unwelcome physical conduct | 113 | |
| Dainik Bhaskar and the case of two lease deeds for building purposes | 108 | |
| MP Government goes for large-scale bureaucratic reshuffle | 108 | |
| Rs. 158000 crore Budget for 2016-17 presented in Madhya Pradesh Assembly | 103 | |
| Empanelment of officers for posting as Joint Secretary in GOI | 103 | |
| The teachings of Lord Krishna and Gautam Buddha are more relevant today than ever before: Narendra Modi | 102 | |
| Diamond giant Rio Tinto’s Indian connection and questions that need to be addressed | 102 | |
| Open secret – 64 Netaji files available for public view | 100 |
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