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Technological up gradation of bank's branches is Corporation bank CMD's priority
Financial inclusion by outreaching poor people of India tops the agenda of JM Garg Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Corporation Bank. In an interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com> he shared his vision.
"Innovative initiatives to ensure that poor people in India are benefited by different schemes of Corporation Bank is my top priority," said Garg who is known for his meticulous planning, hard work & sincerity. Garg who is famous as a versatile banker, had assumed the office of the Chairman & Managing Director of Corporation Bank on November 6, 2008. Here are excerpts from his interview:
1/What is your priority?
Answer: Technological up gradation of branches of the Corporation Bank is being done with an eye on future market. Recently we launched a new facility, 'e-payment through ATM' in August 2009. Ashok Chawla Finance Secretary to Government of India (GOI) launched it. This facility will help customers to pay various taxes like income tax, fringe benefit tax, securities transaction tax (STT), gift taxes etc. at anytime from any ATM. The bank will earn revenue of Rs.0.11 per payment made. Nearly 10 lakh of total ATMs will avail the facility initially. This facility is being made available for any taxpayer, irrespective of the fact if they are our customers or not. We are pioneer in taking this kind of an initiative in the Indian banking sector.
2/What is the new initiative that you are going to implement?
Answer: There are many new initiatives on the anvil. Our main thrust is give an impetus to banking among poor people living in rural & urban areas while boosting the process of financial inclusion.
3/ What is your expansion plans?
Answer: As I told you that the Corporation Bank is laying a lot of emphasis on "financial inclusion" so we are going to multiply rural banking by five times. At present 418 locations are covered by the Bank. We will cover people living 2000 villages.
4/Are you opening new branches?
Answer: Yes, we are going to open 150 new branches. This is aimed at reaching Eastern, Northern & Western regions of India. At present we have network of 1076 branches.
Will Advani and Raj Nath Singh resign ?
Political pundits feel that ongoing series of rows in Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will culminate into resignation by Leader of Opposition Lal Krishna Advani & BJP's national president Raj Nath Singh.
Rudra Gangadharan is new Secretary Animal Husbandry

Director of the LBSNAA Rudra Gangadharan has been appointed Secretary Animal Husbandry in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

( We said this on August 17 )

Padamvir Singh is new Director of LBSNAA

Padamvir Singh has been appointed new Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussorie.He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

( We said this on June 15 )

Gokul Ram is now OSD in Cabinet Secretariat

Secretary Animal Husbandry Gokul Ram has been appointed OSD in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Vohra appointed General Manager ECR
A K Vohra, HAG/IRSEE, presently working as Director General, Railway Staff College/ Vadodara has been appointed General Manager of the east Central Railway (ECR) Bhubneshwar. He is 1974 batch IRSEE officer.
( We said this on July 28 )

Shiv Basant leads race for CS, Jharkhand
As the grapevine has it, Shiv Basant who heads Jharkhand State Finance Commission is ahead in the race for the slot of Chief Secretary Jharkhand. He is IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.
Sinha is new JS PIA Division in MEA
Y K Sinha (IFS 1981) has been posted as Joint Secretary in the PAI Division of MEA in place of TCA Raghvan (IFS 1982) who is going as High Commissioner to Singapore.

Coutinho is now Addl Secretary Inter-State Council

Bevis A Coutinho is now Additional Secretary Inter-State Council. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Pranab Sen tipped to be next Chief Economic Advisor

As the grapevine has it Pranab Sen Chief Statistician with Government of India (GOI) is poised to be new Chief Economic Advisor.

3 in race for DG, RBI

As the grapevine has it, names of three Executive Directors (EDs) are in circulation as successor to Ms. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), who is retiring next month. They are: Anand Sinha, C Krishnan and V K Sharma.

B.Chandra Shekhar to be DIG, CISF

B.Chandra Shekhar is set to become DIG in the National Industrial
Security Academy (NISA) Hakimpet, Secundrabad (A.P). He is an IPS
officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre. At present
he is AIG provisioning in Punjab police.

Pravin Sinha to be DIG in NPA

Pravin Sinha is going to be DIG in National Police Academy (NPA)
Hyderabad. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the
Punjab cadre.

Ms.Anita Punj to be DIG in NPA

Ms.Anita Punj is going to be DIG in National Police Academy (NPA)
Hyderabad. She is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the
Punjab cadre.

Arvind Singh is MD, Maharashtra PTC

Arvind Singh who was so far private secretary (PS) to Indian
agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on completion of his central
deputation has joined as Managing Director (MD) of the Maharashtra Power
Transmission Company (PTC) Ltd. He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch
who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Sanjay Sethi is Secretary MERC

Sanjay Sethi who so far was Managing Director (MD) of the Maharashtra
Power Transmission Company (PTC) Ltd has now joined the Maharashtra
Electricity Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). He is an IAS
officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Vimlendra Sharan is PS to Sharad Pawar

Vimlendra Sharan is new private secretary (PS) to Indian Agriculture
Minister Sharad Pawar. He is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch who
belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Will Jamuda get three months extension ?

Will Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Rang Lal Jamuda get three months extension beginning September 1 ?.Tenure of 1981 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Jamuda is coming to an end on August 31.

Central govt amends IAS (Pay) rules

The central government, after consultation with the state governments, has amended the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) rules w.e.f. January 1, 2006. Higher Administrative Grade of Rs.67,000-79,000 for Additional Secretary level officers in the Government of India has been cleared. Where all other groups of officers/staff will be drawing two installments of 6th Pay Commission Arrears, these officers will be drawing one more additional arrear package.

Haryana gets three officers from the fresh batch to be inducted in IAS

Haryana has been allotted three officers from the new batch of 120 officials to be inducted in IAS.

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is the youngest Chief Secretary, India has

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava Chief Secretary of Goa is the youngest bureaucrat in the country to hold post of Chief Secretary in India. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre. He is working very hard to prove that he is no lesser in delivering results than his seniors as the Chief Secretary Goa.

PK Bajaj to be MD, DSP

PK Bajaj is set to take over as Managing Director of the Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP), Durgapur. At present Bajaj is Executive Director (ED) Operation with the Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

Senior level changes on the anvil in BSNL

As the grapevine has it, there are soon going to be senior level changes in the BSNL of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is Kuldeep Goyal. This will include change of at least six officers.

Uday Sahay is Addl DG, Commonwealth organizing committee

Uday Sahay has assumed the charge as Additional Director General (ADG) Communications in the Commonwealth organizing committee being headed by Suresh Kalmadi. . He will take care of the media related work. Sahay who was earlier Director Public Relations (DPR) with Delhi Government had sought voluntary retirement from service. Uday Sahay is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Bank officials posted near border under intelligence scanner

Bank officials posted in areas near border under scanner, specially Indo-Bangladesh border, will now be under the watch of the intelligence agencies. This step is being taken in view of the intelligence reports that Bangladesh-based ISI agents were making attempts to lure bank officials posted in the bordering branches to exchange fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with the original ones.

Narendra Modi has been Chosen as the fDi Personality for 2009

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, has been chosen as The Asian Winner of the fDi Personality of the Year for 2009 by fDi Magazine, a premier publication and a leading title for the business of globalisation. The fDi Personality of the Year awards recognise the political and business leaders around the world who have been the most proactive, dynamic and innovative in securing foreign investment and improving the business environments in their jurisdictions.

Foundation Course 1989 celebrates 20 years in govt.
Officers of All India Services and Central Services, who had done foundation course from NADT, Nagpur and NPA, Hyderabad celebrated completion of 20 years in the government on 22nd August 2009. More than 175 officers with spouses and children relived the memories of FC days. Many met for the first time after 20 years but promised to be in touch hence forth. The get-together was organized at CSAI Club, Near IGI Airport. The event gave motivation to the next generation also.

IIT faculty to go on mass leave

The faculty at IIT Delhi has decided to go on mass leave for on Tuesday to protest the recommendations of the sixth pay commission. They will also wear black badges from Monday.Said S S Murthy, president of Faculty Forum: "Even PSU employees and our own students earn better than us when they join the MNCs. This is why we have decided to protest against the recommendations of the sixth pay commission now.''

IAS postings in J & K

Yasha Mudgal has been APPOINTED as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Bhaderwah vice Kalyan Singh.Kalyan Singh will now be Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Bhaderwah.

Information Commissioner in Haryana resigns

Haryana Information Commissioner Ashok Mehta has resigned from his post .

35 IAS officers reshuffled in Rajasthan
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, 35 IAS officers have been transferred with immediate effect in Rajasthan. The new postings are P K Dev will be Chairman and Managing Director of Rajasthan Roadways Corporation - Jaipur, BB Maheshwari - Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare, Lalit K Panwar - Principal Secretary, School Education and Sanskrit Education, G S Sandhu - Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Infrastructure and housing, Pradeep sen - Administrator, Rajasthan State Agricultural and Marketing Board, Dr. Purshottam Agarwal - Commissioner, Industrial Policy Bureau and Principal Secretary, Programme Implementation, Ajit Kumar Singh - PS, Labour and Employment, Rajiv Swarup - MD, Rajasthan Industrial Development Corporation, SK Agarwal - State Director, Revenue and Finance, Prem Singh Mehra - Commissioner and Secretary, Social Justice department, Pawan Kumar Goel - Commissioner, Rajasthan Housing Board, Jagdish Prasad Chandeliya - Secretary Housing, Kuldip Sharma - Commissioner Departmental Inquiry, Sanjay Malhotra - MD State Mines and Mineral Ltd, Udaypur, Dr. R Venkateshwaran - Secretary - Local Self Governance Department, Rajat Kumar Misra - Chairman and Managing Director, Rajasthan State Electricity Distribution Corporation Ltd, Akhil Arora - Commissioner - Tribal regional Development, Udaypur, Alok - Divisional Commissioner - Bharatpur, Sandeep Verma - Divisional Commissioner Bharatpur, Sandeep Verma - Divisional Commissioner jodhpur, Naresh Pal Gangwar - Special Secretary Energy and CMD Rajasthan Solar Energy Corporation - Jaipur, SS Bissa - Director, Elementary Education, Bikaner, Mrs. Gayatri A Rathore - Secretary Jaipur Development Authority, har Sahay Meena - Additional Commissioner (VAT and IT) Commercial Tax Department, Subir Kumar - Commissioner Labour Department and Honorary Special Secretary, Bhawani Singh Detha - MD Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation, jaipur, Vikas Sitaramji Bhale - MD RAJFED, Jaipur, Mrs Manju Rajpal - District Collector, Bhilwara, navin Jain - District Collector, Bara, Sidharta Mahajan - District Collector - Sawaimadhopur, Dr. Ravi Surpur - District Collector , Hanumangarh, Dr. Arushi Ajeya Malik - State Project Director, Secondary Education, jaipur, Joga Ram - Director, local Self Government, Jaipur, Poorna Chandra Kishan - District Collector, Dungarpur and Sarwan Kumar - CEO and Commissioner Ajmer Municipal Corporation.

1995 batch IPS officers empanelled in GoI

This is the official list of IPS officers of 1995 batch empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India - Mssrs David Lalrinsanga - AGMU, Devesh Chandra Srivastava - AGMU, Ravinder Singh Yadav - AGMU, Madhup Kumar Tiwari - AGMU, Zorammawia - AGMU, I D Shukla - AGMU, Munna Prasad Gupta - AM, A Y V Krishna - AM, R S Praveen Kumar - AP, Rajiv Kumar Meena - AP, Atul Singh - AP, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat - AP, Veerisetty Venkata Srinivasa Rao - AP, Swati Lakra - AP, Sushil Mansing Khopde - BH, Jag Mohan - BH, Pradeep Gupta - CH, D J Patel - GJ, B S Jebalia - GJ, R B Brahmbhat - GJ, Raju Bhargava - GJ, Shiv Pal Singh Verma - HP, Ganesh Dutt Bhargava - HP, Venugopal N - HP, Satinder Pal Singh - HP, Subhash Yadav - HY, Chakkirala Sambasiva Rao - HY, Charu Bali - HY, Sandeep Khirwar - HY, Sanjay A Lathkar - JH, Pankaj Kumar Darad - JK, Shiv Darshan Singh - JK, Rajesh Kumar - JK, Tsewang Namgiyal Kalon - JK, Satish Ramaji Khandare - JK, S Suresh - KL, M R Ajith Kumar - KL, R S Harihar - KTK, Syed Ulfath Hussain - KTK, Amrit Paul - KTK, Arun Jeji Chakravarthy - KTK, Umesh Kumar - KTK, Niket Kaushik - MH, D G Rao - MH, A D Shinde - MH, V K Chaubey - MH, P S Salunkhe - MH, S K Tarwade - MH, R G Kadam - MH, Naval Bajaj - MH, Amitesh Kumar - MH, A Sai Manohar - MP, Chanchal Shekhar - MP, Yogesh Deshmukh - MP, Jai Deep Prasad - MP, K P Venkateshwar Rao - MP, Meenakshi Sharma - MP, Bishwanath Deb Barma - MT, Puneet Rastogi - MT, Thugbemo Lotha - NL, Jong Pongnungsang - NL, L Singsit - NL, Padmakar S Ranipse - OR, S K Priyadarshi - OR, Santosh Bala - OR, Radha Kishan Sharma - OR, Ritu Arora - OR, Gollapalli Nageswara Rao - PB, Kapil Dev - PB, Pramod Ban - PB, Mohd Faiyaz Farooqui - PB, Amit Prasad - PB, Gautam Cheema - PB, Surinder Singh - PB, Tejinderpal Singh - PB, Biju George Joseph K - RJ, Prashakha Mathur - RJ, Smita Khare - RJ, Vinayak Vineet - SK, V A Ravikumar - TN, S Nallasivam - TN, M Ramasubramani - TN, S N Seshasai - TN, S Davidson Devasirvatham - TN, Sandeep Mittal - TN, Bala Naga Devi - TN, P V Krishna Prasad - UK, Deepam Seth - UP, Ravi Kumar Lokku - UP, Anupam Kulshreshtha - UP, Ashok Mutha Jain - UP, Alok Singh - UP, Rajkumar RN Kuril - UP, Amrendra Kumar Sengar - UP, Vijay Bhatia - UP, Ashok Kumar Singh - UP, Jawed Shamim - WB, Ajay Mukund Ranade - WB, Anil Kumar - WB, R Sivakumar - WB, Satya Sankar Panda - WB, Shailendra Pratap Singh - UP and Daljit Singh Chaudhary - UP.

1994 batch IPS officers empanelled during review in GoI

This is now official - IPS officers of 1994 batch empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India during the review are Deepak Kumar - AM, B L Sujatha Rao - AP, Mrs. Abhilasha Bisht - AP, Dr A Ravi Shankar - AP, Amit Kumar - BH, P S Ahlawat - HY, Navdeep Singh Virk - HY, Abdul Gani Mir - JH, Mrs. Tadasha Mishra - JH, Ashutosh K Dumbre - MH, Sanjib Panda, T C Damore - RJ, Rajesh Kumar Arya - RJ, Sujeet Pandey - UP, Dr (Mrs) Purnima Singh - UP, Raja Srivastava - UP and Vineet Kumar Goyal - WB.

1993 batch IPS officers empanelled to hold DIG rank during review

This is now official - IPS officers of 1993 batch empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India during review are P.K. Das - AM, P V Sunil Kumar - AP, Sunil Kumar Jha - BH, B D Vaghela - GJ, J K Bhatt - GJ, Rajpal Singh - HY, Manvinder Singh Bhatia - JH, Anil Kumar Gupta - MP, V N Pachori - MP, Kartar Singh - PB, Hari Ram Meena - RJ, Sunil Dutt - RJ, Govind Gupta - RJ, R Arumugam - TN, Ashok Kumar Das - TN, Sunil Kumar Gupta - UP, Barun Kumar Mallick - WB and Ajoy Kumar - WB.

Review of 1992 batch IPS officers for empanelment to DIG rank

This is now official - IPS officers of 1992 batch empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India during the review are N Chandra Mouli - AP, Shiv Ram Sharma - HP, T K Vinod Kumar - KL, A S N Murthy - KTK, Sanjeev Kumar Singhal - MH, Dhananjay Kamalakar - MH, Rajesh Kumar Rai - UP, B Prasad Tripathi - UP, P K Srivastava - UP, Sushil Kumar Singh - UP, R Pratap Singh - UP and Bhagwanaram Meghwal - WB.

6 IPS officers of 1991 batch empanelled for DIG during review

This is now official - Six IPS officers of 1991 batch empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India during the review are Madireddy Pratap - AP, K Lakshman Mohan - AP, Raghuvansh Pd Yadav - BH, Naresh Pd Singh - JH, Jag Mohan - WB and Bhushan Kumar Garg -PB.

RTI
Anveshak software
Information about the Volume /Mass / Design of the Anveshak software
(used by Research and Analysis Wing), storage media used for transport
and the vendor's role and responsibility etc. was sought. The
Commission observed that none of the aforementioned queries make any
reference to any confidential data or information stored within the
software by R&AW, disclosure of which can prejudicially affect the
sovereignty and integrity of the nation, or could adversely affect the
national security or the strategic, economic or scientific interests
of the country. What qualifies for exemption from disclosure is the
confidential data collected and stored by R&AW within the Anveshak
software subsequently.
[CIC decision dated 4-05-2009, Brig. (Retd.) Ujjal Dasgupta v. CDAC].
Comments
Public Authorities have a tendency to describe anything remotely
connected with the intelligence agency as exempted u/s 8(1)(a), which
should be avoided.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE
(A new decision every Monday)
Dr Amrohi appointed HC to Mozambique
Dr. Ashok Kumar Amrohi, presently Ambassador of India in Algeria, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Mozambique in succession to Rajinder Bhagat.

Payment of second instalment of Arrears

The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has issued OM No.1/1/2008-IC dated 25.8.2009 regarding payment of second instalment of arrears on account of implementation of Sixth Central Pay Commission's recommendations.

CORPORATE
Raji Philip is number two in Panel for CMD BHEL

CMD of Hindustan Paper Corporation Raji Philip has been put number two in the panel prepared for the post of CMD BHEL.

Prabhu to be CMD, Oriental Bank

Appointment of TY Prabhu, Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank, is soon going to be a reality as far as his being appointed CMD of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) was concerned. The slot fell vacant since previous CMD Alok Mishra has joined Bank of India as CMD early this month. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has reportedly cleared TY Prabhu's file.

(We said this in April 2009)

Basant Seth to be CMD Syndicate Bank

Appointment of Basant Seth, Managing Deputy Managing Director (DMD) SIDBI, is soon going to be a reality as far as his being appointed Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Syndicate Bank was concerned. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has reportedly cleared Basant Seth's file.

(We said this in April 2009)

GS Vedi to be CMD P & SB

Appointment of GS Vedi, Executive Director Punjab and Sindh Bank (P&SB) is soon going to be a reality as far as his being appointed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Punjab and Sindh Bank (P&SB) was concerned. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has reportedly cleared GS Vedi's file. He will succeed incumbent CMD RP Singh IAS 1976 batch, AP cadre.

(We said this in February & June 29,2009)

Nomura appoints Birendra Agarwal as MD

Nomura has appointed Birendra Agarwal as MD and chief information officer for Nomura Services, India. He will be based in Mumbai and will report to RK Rangan, President and CEO, Nomura Services, India.

Post of MD, BSP advertised

The PESB has advertised the post of Managing Director (MD), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh).

Jamshed Kabir appointed, ICC's Marketing-Head Asia Pacific,
International Cricket Counsel has appointed Jamshed Kabir as Marketing-Head for Asia Pacific. Prior this appointment Kabeer was associated with Diamond Cements for 19 years.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
A Judge declares his assets and our CJI cracks a joke at his behest!!!!
He says this Judge is publicity crazy in jest!!
Upright people are usually lampooned …. made fun of!!!
At their uprightness why do people scoff?????
But in the end the upright lot win!!!
In then end they are one's who grin!!!
In this case you can see that 'the system' is not in favor of declaration of assets!!!
In fact Judges will not allow this …. on this people were placing bets!
Fallout of this joke that the Judge who declared his assets is publicity crazy!!
Now CJI's given the Judges a new way to get out …. say ' I just was lazy'!!!
CJI says it's up to Judges to declare assets….and if a Judge chooses not to do so!!!
Now Judges can just say they were lazy or forgot and no longer they need to say no!!!
Without a doubt these Holy Cows need to be transparent!!!!
If there is no transparency then there is something to hide is what becomes apparent!!
CJI needs declare his assets ….. he'll be doing so on his own!!!
But in a way 'seed for asset disclosure' would be sown!!
Declartion of Judges assets is a must!!!
And this demand that they declare their assets is just!!
In most Democracies Judges assets are known!!!!
Its only in India on this non decleration does Democracy moan!!
Mohna had promised Judicial reform!!!!
But seems because of 'internal pressure' on this he's not been able to perform!!
Advani they say will very soon speak his mind…. 'he's been quite of late'!!!
He has to respond to Jaswant calling him an ingrate!!!
Jaswant says he stood by Advani post Advani praising Jinnah on Paki soil!!!
Advani statement on Jinnah made RSS literally in anger boil!!
Then Advani has to clarify as to whether he was in the loop on Kandahar !!!
Jaswant says Advani was in the loop whereas Advani says he was kept ' bahaar'!!
Kulkarni says what Advani spoke and Jaswant wrote are ditto!!!
Like for Jaswant's head why for Advani's head did RSS not pitto ( beat chest)????
Advani's negativity….. his double speak….. and his visionless Leadership!!!
Makes BJP look like a sinking ship!!!
And as the ship sinks on the Bridge of the ship Advani and Rajnath fight!!!
Even when a ship is sailing Master and Captain fighting on the Bridge is not right!!
Firstly their fighting made the Ship sink and they continue fighting as it sinks!!
Fight continuously and don't even stop for forty winks!!
I wouldn't be surprised if BJP breaks up because of no Neta or Neeti!!!
My reading is BJP's downfall started after NDA election jeethi!!
Just read the book that Pramod Mahajan's bro Pravin has written!!!
How by 'power and money and all things wrong' bugs BJP was bitten!!
Congress should divorce NCP in Maharashtra and go alone!!
Yes Pawar will moan and groan!!
Say the Congress NCP Alliance is only for Centre ki Sarkaar!!!
And offer NCP that if it wants it can give issue based support from bahaar!!
'Mantri padh ki majboori' will make Pawar swallow the bitter pill of divorce!!!
He knows he's in no position 'to force'!!!
And then he wants to be a Minister …… he's seen Laloo's state!!!!
Laloo for whom people used to wait now for the same people karta hai wait!!
And Pawar knows his PM dream got shattered some time back!!!
Numbers, image, capabilities and propriety karta hai lack!!
BJP and Chautala have decided to go their ways in Haryana!!!
So there goes whatever little hope INLD had 'of Tau ka Raaj hai laana'!!
Chautala felt BJP was more like deadweight around INLD's neck!!!
Seems he took a 'majority minority vote' check!!!
In Haryana BJP's more of a liability than an asset!!!
Like in the General Elections no benefit from this alliance INLD or BJP get!!
Haryana has a record of 'throwing out Party in power'!!!
Election after election with the Party in power Haryana's electorate did sour!!
But this time Opposition has done itself in!!!
And that's why despite being the incumbent Sarkaar Congress will win!!
Anti incumbency, inflation, drought will take a toll!!!
But a punctured opposition will play a crucial role!!!
In Maharashtra a youth throwing pee thaili at Deshmukh should make Congress think!!!
Is this a sign….. like pee Congress karr rahi hai stink???
In Maharashtra Congress has a lot of answering to do!!!
And this youth threw pee ki thaili and BJP Shiv Sena will throw on Congress goo!!
Congress needs to check out in Lok Sabha polls who needed whom more!!!
And this will bring the truth about NCP's uselessness to the fore!!
Confucius says…… Pawar ka chodho saath!!!
If Congress wants NCP to return to Congress pehle NCP ko maaro laath!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
Is there any reason why:
1. The Rs 67,000 to 79,000 scale is being denied to the IAS?
2. The non functional upgradation of non-IAS [2 years behind IAS] is only till JS level and not till AS and Secretary level.
3. IAS officers on central deputation are not allowed pay protection?
4. All civil services cannot be given financial upgradation so that all direct recruits retire with Secretary pay and pension.

Singh

Clamour for increasing retirement age has not died down
Despite staunch denials by officialdom about any such move. Obviously, those retiring soon are getting restless and are using whispers as a platform to campaign for increasing the retirement age. The Government should not succumb to any such pressure. Increase in retirement age would be a short term measure to tackle financial difficulties, if any. There are far more reasons to not increase the retirement age, adverse effect on new employments, being the foremost. In present times of economic depression, government is the major employer. Sixty is a good enough age to retire in normal course and can in fact be reduced to 58 years. If one goes on increasing the retirement age, there is no end to it and one can go on demanding increase upto 68 years or 70 years for that matter. Today, those who are nearing 60 are crying hoarse, tomorrow, those who are nearing 62 will do the same and so on. One has to draw a line somewhere. Infusion of new blood will only do good to lackluster public service. Those crossing 60 should gracefully retire.

Devender

32/35 or 62 for retirement is flawed and unjust.
Keeping the retirement age at 32/35 yrs or 62 years, whichever is earlier will be totally unfair for all the officers who have wholeheartedly given up all their years in the civil services right from the start of their career. This new proposal will greatly benefit all others who have been job hopping in the hope of getting better avenues and only come to civil services as a last alternative. I hope the government will appreciate the contribution of all the officers who have solely served in the civil services.

S Samra

Kudos to IT Deptt. and Corporation bank for giving this facility to taxpayers

The ATM facility is currently available for income tax payment. This is a pioneering step which, it is hoped would be of immense use to taxpayers. May I request other banks also to provide this utility at an early date before the next installment of advance tax viz. before 15th September !

Ravi Agrawal