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Vijay Singh to be Member UPSC
Outgoing Secretary Defence, Vijay Singh, is being appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Official announcement is expected in a day or two.
Appointment of Governors in a couple of days
Appointment of about half a dozen new Governors are expected to be made in a couple of days.
47 IRS officers short-listed for elevation as CCITs
As the grapevine has it 47 officers belonging to 1977 batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) have been short listed for promotion as Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCITs). There are five names in the extended panel.
Correspondence between Cabinet Secretary & HRD Minister on Secretary
As the grapevine has it, a correspondence has been going on between Indian Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal & Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar on the issue of new HRD Secretary.
Prime Minister not for lateral shifting of Secretaries
As the grapevine has it, Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh is not in favour of lateral shifting of IAS officers for at least next three months.
Couple of 1974 batch IAS empanelled
A couple of 1974 batch of IAS officers are reported to have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India during the recent review meeting.
Decision about CMDs to fou Banks on November 16, 2009
Decision regarding Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) in four banks will be taken on November 16, 2009.These banks are: Exim Bank, National Housing Bank (NHB), United Bank & Indian Bank.
S.C. Kalia to be ED, Union Bank
As the grapevine has it S.C. Kalia who is Executive Director (ED) of Vijaya Bank is going to be ED of the Union Bank.
Ms. S.A.Panse soon to be elevated as ED, Vijaya Bank
As the grapevine has it Ms.S.A.Panse General Manager with the Bank of Maharashtra is soon going to be elevated as Executive Director (ED) of the Vijaya Bank.
(We said this on September 3,2009)
Naveen Saxena moves to Belgrade
Hitesh Rajpal TSLT in Madrid (Spain) will be moving on transfer to Panama. He will be replacing Naveen Saxena, SS who moves to Belgrade.
Sudhakar Rao is new Member PESB
Former Karnataka Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao has been appointed new Member of the Public Selection Enterprises Bureau (PESB).1973 batch IAS officer Rao is presently Member of the CAT in Bangalore. Sudhakar Rao is husband of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.Incidentally,54 aspirants were there for this post.
Decision about extension to Dr.Anil Kakodkar in 2 days
As the grapevine has new Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) & an eminent scientist Dr. Anil Kakodkar may get extension. However, as final decision regarding this is going to be taken in next two days. Dr. Kakodkar is due to retire as Chairman of the AEC on November 30, 2009.Dr Kakodkar is a recipient of Padma Shree (1988), Padma Bhushan (1999) and Padma Vibhushan (2009). He has also been the Chairman of IIT-Bombay.
Sanjiv Shankar to be Director, DoPT
Sanjiv Shankar (IRS-1993 batch) Additional Commissioners of Income Tax (ACIT) Delhi on central deputation has been posted as Director, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).
Subir Mallick transferred as Principal Director (INDT) in CAG office, New Delhi
Subir Mallick, Accountant General (Audit), Chhattisgarh, Raipur, is transferred and posted as Principal Director (INDT) in the CAG office, New Delhi. The post of Principal Director(Customs) and Principal Director(Central Excise) in this office will be merged with effect from the date Mallick takes over.
Bhaskar Sen tipped to be CMD United Bank !
As the grapevine has it, Bhaskar Sen, Executive Director(ED) with the Dena Bank, is likely to be elevated as the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the United Bank.
Appointment of DRMs this week
Appointment of about half a dozen new DRMs is expected to be made this week.
Two vacancies of ADG in BSF
There are two vacancies of the ADG in the BSF.
No ED level claimant for CMD’s post when Rao retires
There would be no ED level claimant in the BHEL for the post of CMD when the present incumbent to the post BP Rao retires in 2014.
Intelligence Bureau & Military Intelligence at logger heads
As the grapevine has it, Intelligence Bureau (IB) & Military Intelligence are at logger heads. Officers of the latter feel that whatever terror activities including 26/11 happened were due to a laxity on part of the IB.
CK Mishra’s name in circulation for Commissioner Handloom’s post
As the grapevine has it, name of CK Mishra, IAS, (Bihar: 1983) is in circulation for the Delhi based post of Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Ministry of Textiles. The slot fell vacant in the wake of BK Sinha, IAS, (Gujarat: 1975) having returned to his parent cadre on completion of his deputation tenure. Recently Sinha was appointed as Principal Secretary (PS)Port and Transport. Mishra was earlier Additional Development Commissioner Handlooms.
Bhaskar to join UIA !
V S Bhaskar is likely to join Unique Identification Authority of India at Hyderabad. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Name of Chakravarty is number two in panel of Director (Marketing) Hindustan Papers
The PESB has reportedly put the name of A K Chakravarty number two in the panel prepared for the post of Director (Marketing) of the Hindustan Papers Ltd. He is currently posted in the TCIL.
Basu to be Director Finance MSTC ?
A K Basu is being tipped to be new Director Finance of the MSTC. The PESB has reportedly put his number one in the panel..
Chief Justice for four days in Orissa
Believe it or not. Orissa has got a Chief Justice merely for four days. Justice Bilal Nazki who has been sworn in as the chief justice of the Orissa High Court on Saturday, by Governor M.C. Bhandare, is retiring on Nov 18.
B. Nanawati to be Additional DG, UIDAI
B.Nanawati (IRS officer- 1983 batch) is poised to be Additional Director General (ADG) in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) being headed by Nandan Nilkeni.
Durgesh Shankar is Member Revenue in CBDT
Durgesh Shankar newly appointed Member in Central Board of direct Taxes (CBDT) has been assigned the charge of Member Revenue with the charge of East Zone.
M.C.Joshi to hold additional charge of CCIT XII Delhi
M.C.Joshi who is Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) IV Delhi & LTU has been assigned the additional charge of CCIT-XII.
SC Jamir lone survivor of Nehru’s cabinet
It is believed in political circles that Governor Maharashtra, SC Jamir, is the lone survivor of maiden Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet.
K Ramchandran is CGM Banking Operations, Mumbai
K Ramchandran on promotion as Chief General Manager (CGM) in State Bank of India (SBI) has been posted as CGM Banking Operations, Mumbai
Dr DN Pandey is Secretary Rajasthan Pollution control board
Dr. Deep Narayan Pandey, who so far was Special Secretary to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has been appointed as Member Secretary of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Meghalaya to abolish post of Spl. Representative, Delhi
The Meghalaya Government being headed by Dr. DD Lapang has decided to do away with the post of Delhi based Special Representative once present incumbent Alok Jain (IAS: 1974 batch) superannuates on November 30, 2009.
Absent AIS officers to be deemed to have resigned from service
AIS officers who remain absent from duty for a period of five years in continuation, without leave, will be deemed to have resigned from service.
BSP win in assly by polls, a big slap on critics of Ms. Mayawati
Outcome of recently held assembly by polls to 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh has once proved that the magic of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Ms. Mayawati is still fully alive. The BSP had won nine out of 11 seats in the assembly polls were by election was held recently. Sources close to Ms. Mayawati maintain that the election results were a slap on the face of Ms.Mayawati’s critics & detractors.
Gita Mishra empanelled in GoI
1982 batch IRPS officer Gita Mishra has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Mahrishi appointed AS DARE
Rajiv Mahrishi has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Agriculture Research and Education. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar appointed as a Judge in SC
Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar has been appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India (SCI). Presently, he is Chief Justice of West Bengal High Court.
(We said this on August 31 )
Justice KPS Radha Krishan appointed as a Judge in SC
Justice KPS Radha Krishan has been appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India (SCI). Presently, he is Chief Justice of Gujrat High Court.
(We said this on August 21 )
Justice AK Patnaik appointed as a Judge in SC
Justice AK Patnaik has been appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India (SCI). Presently, he is Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
(We said this on August 21 )
Justice Teerath Singh Thakur appointed as a Judge in SC
Justice Teerath Singh Thakur has been appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India (SCI). Presently, he is Chief Justice in the Chandigarh High Court.
(We said this on August 21 )
IPS changes in TamilNadu
K. Ramanujam has been appointed as ADGP, State Crime Records Bureau, Chennai, Mithilesh Kumar Jha will continue as IG Bureau.
CIA Chief to visit India
CIA director Leon E. Panetta is visiting India for three days from November 20. Several issues are to be discussed.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Anil Sant Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati & Secretary Social Welfare has been given additional charge of Higher Education .He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch.Sanjay Prasad has been made DM of Allahabad. He will be replaced by Amod Kumar, special secretary, department of revenue. Anil Garg, DM, Shahjahanpur, has been posted as Special Secretary Department of Technical Education. He has been replaced by Santosh Kumar Yadav, additional commissioner, National Capital Region, Ghaziabad. Ritu Maheshwari, DM, Jyotiba Phule Nagar will now be DM of Meerut. Manoj Kumar Singh will be new Divisional Commissioner Moradabad. Kishan Singh Atoria has been made Commissioner Rural Development. Rajiv Agrawal will be Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies.
IPS postings in Uttar Pradesh
DIG Jhansi Aditya Mishra DIG has been appointed as DIG/SP, Agra . Brij Bhushan, DIG/SSP, Agra, has been kept in waiting. Deepesh Juneja, DIG, PAC, Agra, has been moved as DIG/SSP, Bareilly. N K Srivastava, DIG/SSP, Bareilly, has been made DIG, Jhansi . Rakesh Pradhan has been posted as SSP, Etawah. icial sources said Muzaffarnagar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Brijraj has been transferred as SP Intelligence Headquarter, whereas SSP Itawah transferred to Muzaffarnagar in the same capacity.Rai Barailey SP D C Mishra has been sent as Platoon Commander, PAC Barabanki, K Satyanarayan of PAC Varansi has been transferred to Mirzapur as SP. Fatehgarh SP Sanjeev Gupta has been moved to Vigilance Bureau LucknowAnil Kumar Das will be SP Kannauj. Vigilance Bureau SP Rakesh Pradhan has been sent to Itawah as SSP.
In Firozabad by polls joint strategy of Congress & BSP paid dividends
As the grapevine has it the joint strategy by Congress & Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) being headed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati was able to ensure Raj Babbar’s triumph in by poll to the Firozabad Lok Sabha by poll. Babbar as Congress nominee had defeated Dimple Yadav, daughter in law of Mulayam Singh Yadav president of the Samajwadi Party (SP).
Haryana govt transfers 25 IAS officers
As many as 25 IAS officers have been transferred in Haryana. The new postings are : Manik B Sonawane - Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (FCPS) - Cooperation, S S Dhillon - FCPS, Public Works (Building and Roads) and Architecture Department, SP Gupta - Industries Liaison Commissioner Haryana, New Delhi, and also Chief Administrator, Housing Board, Anuradha Gupta - Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Navraj Sandhu – Health, SK Gulati – FCPS, Welfare of SCs and BCs, Surina Rajan – FCPS, Public Health Engineering Department, P Raghavendra Rao - FCPS, Development and Panchayats, PK Mahapatra - Resident Financial Commissioner, Haryana Bhavan and Chief Administrator, TFAH, KK Khandelwal, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, will also be FCPS, Information and Public Relations, Cultural Affairs and Grievances, Dhanpat Singh – FCPS, Renewable Energy Sources Department, RR Jowel - State Transport Controller and Special Secretary, Transport, Avtar Singh - Chief Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Board, TVSN Prasad, - Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Additional Managing Director, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam, Vivek Joshi - Managing Director, Hartron, and Special Secretary and Director, Electronics and Information Technology, Arun Kumar - Labour Commissioner and Special Secretary, Labour, Shiv Raman Gaur - Director and Special Secretary, Information and Public Relations, Cultural Affairs and Grievances and Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Ankur Gupta - Special Secretary, Finance, DPS Nagal - Chief Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority, TK Sharma - Commissioner, Gurgaon Division, Vijayendra Kumar - Registrar of Cooperative Societies and ML Kaushik - Joint Secretary, General Administration. Besides, Chhatar Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, has been given the additional charge of Chief Coordinator, Investment Promotion Centre, New Delhi while Rajeev Ranjan, Joint Secretary, General Administration, has been shifted to the Finance Department.
NBCC celebrates its 50 yrs of fulfilling national commitment
NBCC, a schedule 'A' Central Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Urban Development, celebrated its entry into the Golden Jubilee Year, on November 15, 2009. The Company organised a colourful cultural evening in Delhi's Asiad Tower to mark this glorious occasion which was graced by S.Jaipal Reddy Indian Minister for Urban Development, Dr.M.Ramachandran, Secretary Urban Development (UD), Arup Roy Choudhury Chairman cum Managing (CMD) of the Company and many other distinguished guests, associates and the media. On the occasion, Minister also released a Coffee Table Book that depicts NBCC's huge and increasing involvement in the infrastructure development of North Eastern Region (NER) of the country including Sikkim. It is recalled that NBCC has been retained as a major implementing agency by most of central ministries including the Ministry of Urban Development and State Governments as well, for execution of their projects all across the nation and
particularly in NER. Speaking on the occasion, Reddy and Dr.Ramachandran appreciated NBCC's excellent business performance, particularly in recent years and also applauded its high-end participation with the Ministry of UD, in meeting social obligations towards the Nation. Arup Roy Choudhury CMD, gave a brief account of the company's endeavoured business success vis-a-vis its committed involvement in all government initiatives such as infrastructure development of NER, Indo-Bangla & Indo-Pak Border Fencing works, PMGSY and JNNURM projects etc.and above all, its entering into the residential real estate market with a view to meeting the affordable housing requirements of the country as envisaged by the Government of India (GOI). The two-hour long cultural evening had a wonderful rendition of songs by the renowned bollywood singer Sudesh Bhosle and his troupe.
SAIL, NMDC join hands for joint venture
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), India’s largest manufacturer
of steel, and National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), the
country’s single-largest iron ore producer, on November 16, 2009
signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop the limestone
mine at Arki in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. The MoU for the
50:50 joint venture was signed in the presence of Indian Minister for
Steel Virbhadra Singh Indian Minister of State for Steel A. Sai
Prathap Steel Secretary Atul Chaturvedi, SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta
and NMDC Chairman-cum-Managing Director Rana Som. The MoU was signed
in Delhi.Development of the Arki limestone mine will be another
significant step in SAIL’s long-term security of vital raw materials.
On its part, NMDC will gain an assured buyer for its product. The JV
will also enhance the opportunity to catalyse growth of local industry
and peripheral development.
Show-cause notice to IPS officer in Bihar
Bihar Government has issued show-cause notice to 1973 batch IPS officer Manoj Nath for holding a press conference.
Lt Gen Singh is GOC Strike Corps
Lieutenant General AK Singh becomes the GOC of the Strike Corps on the Western Front.
Minor bureaucratic changes in MP
Two IAS officers have been shifted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. They are:Mrs.Kalpana Shrivastava Executive Director (ED) of the Environment Planning Coordination Organisation (EPCO) to Managing Director (MD) MP Text Book Corporation (TBC) & Manoj Govil Commissioner State Archaeology to hold additional charge as ED, EPCO.
RTI
Significance of the Departmental Circulars
Regarding O.M. No.10/2/2006-IR dated 12-06-2008 issued by DoPT which
prescribes how a CPIO should deal with applications requesting for
information not held by him, a full bench of the Commission ruled that
once an order is made by it about the meaning of any Section or
Sections of the Act, it is this order that holds regardless of any
circulars from any Ministry. The bench further ruled that it is not
the Commission’s responsibility to take cognizance of any
interpretative circular issued by any Ministry regarding specific
provisions of the RTI Act.

Comments
A CPIO is bound to take a decision in good faith in respect of RTI
applications received by him and not rely blindly on any departmental
instruction. It must be kept in mind that a CPIO is personally
responsible for any denial of information and a departmental
instruction cannot be taken as a plea for non-imposition of penalty.
The readers may recall the decision of the CIC regarding clarification
on ‘File Notings’on the DoPT site reported earlier where a Show cause
notice was issued for imposing penalty.
[Shri Ketan Kantilal Modi v. CBEC in Appeal No. CIC/AT/A/2008/01280]
Mrs. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann
(A new decision every Monday)

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ONGC recognised as India’s Top Blue Chip company
ONGC has been recognised as India’s Top Blue Chip company. It has ranked first in Finance Asia 100 listing for 2009 with highest aggregate net profit of US$ 13,764 million over the three year period 2006-2008. Finance Asia 100 is the investors’ annual guide to Asia’s Blue Chip Companies published by Finance Asia, Haymarket Media Limited, Hong Kong. It ranks the top 100 firms in Asia on the basis of three years aggregate profit. The top positions in the list are dominated by Chinese companies. Chairman of this big company is R S Sharma.
NBCC observes Vigilance Awareness Week
Graced by the presence of Pratyush Sinha Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) at the inauguration at Corporate Office, NBCC observed vigilance awareness week from November 3 to 7, 2009 in its offices located all over the country. In the Corporate Office, Arup Roy Choudhury Chairman cum Managing (CMD) administered the vigilance pledge of integrity and transparency in activities, to all the officers and staff members of the Corporation. Pratyush Sinha, speaking on the occasion, emphasised upon preventive vigilance by way of following prescribed manuals and CVC guidelines. He also released a Souvenir brought out by the vigilance division that contained useful articles and messages. The 5-day event also included release of vigilance posters brought out by the division and also making of vigilance related presentations by NBCC officers.
Inauguration of Steel Pavilion-IITF 2009
Ministry of Steel has set up a ‘Steel Pavilion’ in the 29th India International Trade Fair (IITF), 2009.  The Public Sector Undertakings under the Ministry of Steel -SAIL, RINL, NMDC, MOIL, MECON Ltd., KIOCL, HSCL, MSTC and FSNL as well major private sector producers like TATA Steel, ESSAR and Jindal Steel & Power Limited and organisations under the Ministry like Joint, Plant Committee (JPC) and UNDP/GEF Project (Steel) and Institute for Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG) have set up their Stall in the ‘Steel Pavilion. A.  Sai  Prathap Indian  Minister  of  State for Steel  inaugurated the “Steel Pavilion” in Delhi on November 14,2009.
Also seen in the picture are Dilip Singh Joint Secretary ,Ministry of Steel ,  Soiles Bhattacharya  Director (Finance) SAIL and Shoeb Ahemd Director (Commercial ) ,SAIL

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Mulayam has given Kalyan the boot!!!!
Hope you recall how some time back for Kalyan Mulayam did root!!!
 
But Mulayam forgets Muslims will never forget that he joined hands with Kalyan!!!
He joined hands because he felt by doing so SP ka ho saktha hai kalyan!!!
 
Now with the Muslims Mulayam is a ‘thaali ka brinjaal!!!
'Mauka parast' or opportunist  Mulayam ko Muslims karr rahe hai call!!!
 
And Junior Mulayam continues to rant and rave!!!!
After wifey Dimple's loss some way apna face he is trying to save!!!
 
He’s not a patch on Rahul and has no chance of coming anywhere near!!!!!
His joke ‘Rahul versus me’ got a good laugh from jiss jiss ne joke kiya hear!
 
And don’t know why blabbermouth Amar ne maun or silence kaar lee hai dhaaran!!
Kya ho saktha hai iss ka kaaran????
 
It was being anticipated that Amar would go ballistic after Dimple’s haar!!!
Leave going ballistic he’s not even stepping out apne ghar ke bahar!!
 
‘Aise  haadse badhe sheheron mein hothe rehthe hai’ Patil is back as Home Minister!
Many must be feeling this is indeed sinister!!!
 
By Political Parties aisi stupid stupid blunders hothe rehthe hai!!!
Aur Public Poltical Parties ki stupidity jhelthi hai!!!
 
Why Home …. they could have given him some other Ministry?????
Why not someone else…. what’s the mystery????
 
Mohna is living in Wonderland if he thinks the farm price rise is benefiting the Farmer!!
In the middle there is the ‘big harmer’!!!
 
The harmer is the middleman or Trader and he’s raking in money!!!
So Mohna’s ‘we increased prices to benefit farmer’ sounds funny!!!

Mohna knows the affect of food inflation ....cascading effect!!!
In fact against food inflation its people Governments try to protect!!

If he wanted to give something more to the Farmer there are so many ways!!!
Why try to prop up prices and for all this in more than one way its the Public that pays??
 
And if Sarkaar has allowed this then it has a lot of answering to do!!!
That means with Pawar Congress is to be blamed too!!!
 
Before allowing the prices to rise the Sarkaar should have taken steps!!!
On Middlemen unduly profiteering and Hoarders put in some checks!!!
 
Now because of the price rise Middlemen are laughing their way to the Bank!!!
And the Farmer in tatters watches them do this from the flank!!!

Middlemen pay a pittance to Kisans for say aloos and by the time aloos reach Cities and towns!
Prices have gone up five to six times and even more if these are hoarded in godowns!!
 
MNS is taking credit for the cyclone missing Mumbai City !!!!
No no MNS did not plead to the cyclone Devta and it took pity!!
 
They say it could not enter the City as it had a non Marathi naam!!!
Had the typhoon got a Marathi naam then Mumbai could have ended up paying the daam!!
 
Mahesh Bhatt’s son has a lot of answering to do!!!!!
And Mahesh Bhatt also has some answering to do too!!!
 
On every talk show you have him pushing for propriety and secularism!!!
Or was this just ‘publicity ki liye opportunism’????
 
Against Bhagwat Sushma, Venkaiah , Jailtley on a warpath!!!!
And Advani hai inn teeno ke saath!!!
 
BJP’s woes will only ebb when Advani and Rajnath go!!!!
Seems both do not understand Hindi so why doesn’t Bhagwat try Tamil…. Po … po!!!
 
Shiela Dixit has egg on her face and she can try to wash it but it’ll stay!!!
The law literally the Lady did waylay!!
 
Congress wanted to do Venod a favor and now its being said orders came from ‘up’!
Of course Congress Spokesmen will nervously laugh at this and say it’s a gupp!!
 
And if Sonia does not act very soon ‘the fingers will point in her direction’!!!
And it'll be said this was done under her direction!!

Congress is not understanding the gravity of Manu being let out on parole!!!
And now the Media is going to probe and find out 'kiss kiss ka tha iss mein role'!!
 
Confucius says…..Manu has an affinity to fighting in Bars!!!
And ends up behind bars!!

Flash..... Khoda says he'll bare it all!!!!
There are some powers working on Investigation Agencies that karr rahe hai Khoda ka arrest stall!!

Kalyan says Mulayam's screw has gone dheela!!!
On Mulayam's 'push' ho raha hai Kalyan neela peela!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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IS INDIAN BUREAUCRACY WORST IN THE WHOLE CONTINENT ?
Those who have travelled to the countries like Indonesia, Timor leste, Compodia who are ranked better in terms of efficiency of the Bureaucrats know that there is an element of truth in this whisper. Despite 62 years after independence and having an educated/enlightened bureaucracy, the feudal value system is still prevalent among the majority of decision makers (read IAS officers). These feudal values come in the way of a rational policy making process which keeps the national interest in view. The entrenched caste system, highly regional and fragmented thinking and total lack of accountability of the those at various rungs of the governance system account for the results of the survey under reference.
M Kumar
The findings of the survey are not a surprise at all. In India, Political system is still open for changes as politicians have to face common people. But look at the aristocratic system introduced by Britishers...nothing can change their pace. They will continue to amass money, plunder and ruin the country unabated. Their performance will continue to be awfully dismal, accountability zero and responsibility negligible. Burden on exchequer is huge but slavery of political system has increased. At least no changes can be expected from any government to overhaul this rot...which is stinking the country from north to south and east to west
Abhimanyu
Is there any doubt. Present administrators are inefficient, corrupt, spineless. Do we still require to keep them beyond 60years.
Krishna Reddy
The current bureaucracy is nothing more than Indian Appeasement Service as quoted by Arun Shourie some years ago. In my view only the status quo keeps changing with perception remaining the same. Indian bureaucracy fits well into the boots of an economist as quoted in the joke: An economist returns to visit his old school. He's interested in the current exam questions and asks his old professor to show some. To his surprise they are exactly the same ones to which he had answered 10 years ago! When he asks about this the professor answers: "the questions are always the same - only the answers change!"
Vinod Bhatia
Petroleum Minister should immediately resign!
The Petroleum Minister should take moral responsibility for the huge monetary loss that the country has suffered in the Jaipur inferno and resign immediately. Who was really responsible for the fire ,when just a few months ago it was certified by the relevant authorities that everything was in order? It is worth considering, if the petroleum importers lobby was responsible for sabotage or not?? After all ,now the shortfall will have to be met through urgent imports. Huge amounts of money , in billions of crores have to be made by the import lobby. They are a vested interest. Commissions have to be paid to Ministers.....who like Delhi police constables have financial problems which they overcome through their collection of Haftas. Or did Pakistan’s ISI carry out a really slick operation? Matters should be investigated with due earnestness by RAW and IB.
D Choudhury
In CSSS only Grade III and Grade II Stenos do job
In the CSSS only the Grade III and the Grade II Stenos do the real job. Once they become PS their job is only to keep appointments, attending calls. The real labour is done by the junior staff of CSSS. This is because the officers are given staff in excess of their entitlement. When a Joint Secretary is entitled to a PS only, he is provided with 2 additional hands to assist in stenography work
and one LDC level official to keep movement of files. The additional
hands are provided at the cost some other entitled officer who is
forced to manage his work without a steno. The system is bad - will
not/never change.
Prasad
Restore Faith of Common Man
The recent newspaper report of senior police officers including the District SP partying away at offshore casinos makes one feel sad in heart. The brazen act of these officers entrusted with responsibility of law enforcement instills a fear in the mind of a common man. It is clear that these officers have no respect for law or any Morality in public life. A common man feels scared of approaching the police station when in need. We further hang our heads in shame when the top officers of Goa Police defend the organisation of semi-nude dances on the occasion of inauguration of a police station in Anjuna, North Goa. What is more surprising is that these officers consider themselves above all law and morality and act with impunity. The least Goa Police can do is to hand out exemplary punishments to these SP level officers so that it restores the faith of a common man. So much for the lofty words of our Home Minister about making police more accountable. Is Chidambram listening???
Manish Paikar
BKSINHA IAS is an upright officer ?
BKSINHA IAS is an upright officer.That is the reason an assistant registrar under him was caught with only nine crores assets in her house on 12/11/2009. That is the reason CIC has indicted her for suppressing information . This can be verified from CIC website. Please publish after verifying so that his uprightness is known to all. This is what uprightness in Bihar means ?
Avinash
Now black firangis !
Very correct findings. These "black firangis" treat ordinary citizens as dogs & political masters as kings. In this country why no efforts are made for ensuring "Administrative Reforms"? Sooner we do that better it will be for all of us.
Deepak
Truth laid bare
The TOI carries a headline story captioned " High Courts packed with favourites: CJI".
The truth has been laid bare. It is not "merit" but "pick & choose". I am not talking about the judiciary, but civil services. Officers are only "eligible" for only "consideration' and not for appointment. Such wisdom has donned on all civil servants , not excluding IAS & etc. services in the past several decades, when the administrative law was defined to be like that in cases contested before the government & the courts. Such fine interpretations(?) have not only demoralised the dutiful and devoted but started a system of patronage that results in the Koda-esque cases(the Jharkhand Mines Secretary was reported in the media to have stated that Koda pressurised him to grant mining licences). Services have been devalued to such an extent that senior empanelments don't take place on an annual basis as laid down in the rules,seniors are routinely superseded, operators are having a field day and WIC has become the only popular fora to ventilate the frustration of dwindling administrative culture.
In the USA, there is a practice of Spoils and another of lobbying--all open & legitimate. In India these are unlawful, but in practice. Now that we have heard the highest , visitors to WIC may take note of the prevailing system in the country and adapt/opt out, as may appeal to one's conscience!
M L Gupta
A good start indeed
It is heartening to know that few of UP cadre IAS officers and also one from Tamil Nadu have taken initiative by publishing their assets information through web www.declareyourassets.blogspot.com. While justified hype has been made by the media about misdemeanor of judges, not much attention has been given to the black sheep among bureaucrats, the so called steel frame of the administration. Government should bring in a law making it mandatory to central services officers especially those in IAS,IPS and Indian Forest Service publish their assets every three years through this web. Similiarly, state governments should also make it mandatory for state officers.
Narayanan K Nair