Reply to Miss/Mr Aaruni...usage of Red, Blue and Yellow beacon lights

Question by Miss/Mr Aaruni: Sir,can you tell me the difference between red,blue and yellow beacon lights used on the cars by administrators and other officials?
Does all the selected candidates of CSE get that facility on their first postings?Who all from the services listed in CSE mains forms get them?
I am very curious to know and tried finding out about it on Internet but could not.
Thank you sir.
Neutralviews: Hello Mr/Miss Aaruni…thanks for your visit on the blog…regarding your query…it is a quite natural to be curious about the beacon lights…after all these lights attract all of us to enter in to this labyrinth i.e. the preparation for CSE….generally, red beacons are for political executives and very senior bureaucrats, blue and yellow lights are for administrators…however there is a huge variations from state to state…in fact the road vehicle Act of the state defines the color of light and the officials who are entitled to use it….Since every state has different rules for it, thus there is a conspicuous variations in their usage….regarding CSE candidates…..all of them are not entitled for its use on their first posting…It depends on the type of work they are handling at a particular time….
But, in my opinion, in a democratic set up one should not be attracted towards the beacon lights…as they are the symbols of feudal mind set…in fact these lights are provided on the official vehicles only as a ‘right of first passage’ to this vehicle considering that the user of this beacon vehicle must be going for performing some important duty of public interest….but now a days, this noble thought is being grossly miss utilised to show case the power…it has become a status symbol…..The people of Uttarakhand was so upset by illegal usage of these beacon lights that incumbent government has to issue an order to immediately removal of all beacon lights except some authorized officials immediately after coming in to power……in today’s milieu of technicisation, democratization, globalization and specialization , one should be judged on the basis of his competence, knowledge, integrity, austerity and skills and not on the basis of beacon lights, security commandos, etc...further query is welcome...keep blogging....