At a meeting with his department officials, a minister in charge spoke so harshly, and rebuked the officers without having understood the problems being faced by the department,” he said, without naming the minister. He calls the Sikh Review his labour of love. Singh now lives in Kolkata, and was communicating through his nephew, Satnam Singh Ahluwalia.“After retirement, he immersed himself in welfare work for Sikhs completely,” said his nephew Ahluwalia. The attitude to social issues has become more vibrant. We were the only men with turbans at the time,” he said.

At this point, I snubbed the minister and objected to his aggressive handling of the officers. “In fact, he only stopped playing golf 6-7 years ago when his doctor asked him to stop,” Ahluwalia said.“Times have changed. I was privileged to serve the government of India for 35 years,” Singh said.Post-retirement careerSingh was appointed adviser to the governor of Assam from 1981-1982, at a time when the state was under President’s Rule. “The chemistry of the personnel in the current dispensation seems to have changed. This was why the West Bengal IAS Association felicitated him on his 95th birthday earlier this month.

Also read Quietly, Modi govt ‘hides’ list of IAS, IFS, IPS officers eligible for Delhi postsHe had an integral role in the formation of the World Sikh Council, an elected body of gurdwaras and Sikh institutions across the world, catering to Wholesale Beach Towels Manufacturers the religious and educational needs of the Sikh community. The availability of information is an aid that helps officers be more vigilant and alert.Sardar Saran Singh, 95, speaks about how things have changed for the civil service in the 71 years since independence.A Bihar cadre officer of the 1948 batch, Singh has seen the services evolve since the time officers facilitated India’s historic first general election in 1952, which they did while moving from booth to booth on foot or by cart.

Systems, too, have changed for the better.New Delhi: At a time when there is debate over whether Indian civil servants are ceding ground to their political masters, Sardar Saran Singh, one of the country’s oldest living IAS officers at 95, said political pressure on bureaucrats is as old as Indian bureaucracy itself. The minister promptly went to the chief minister and complained about me and I was promptly shifted to another department. Please subscribehere.”Also read: Top retired IAS, IFS officers join cushy corporate boards, some in sectors they regulatedPatience is a rare qualitySingh’s journey as a bureaucrat ran parallel to the history of the civil services in Independent India. There are more complex administrative problems demanding attention today.”However, the civil services have their problems too, he said.In an interview to ThePrint, Singh recalled the pressures he had to resist decades ago in order to perform his duties.When he was preparing for the civil services exam back in 1947, it was still called the Imperial Civil Services.“Today, technology has completely reinvented itself.ThePrint’s YouTube channel is now active and buzzing.”In 2011, Singh went on to be conferred with the Shiromani Sikh Lekhak Sanmaan by Sri Akal Takht Sahib in Amritsar, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs. “He has edited several Sikh magazines and continues to be an editor of a magazine called Sikh Review even at this age.

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