It’s indeed very refreshing apart from being very informative .Let there be little focus on the corporate world. Banks, Insurance Sector also . Any way good work being done.
Bikash Narayan Mishra

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Kaun Banega Delhi Police Commissioner ?(7) B S Bassi
1977 batch IPS officer B S Bassi is also in the consideration zone for the post of Delhi Police Commissioner. Even if he misses the bus this time, he is going to be Delhi Police Commissioner one day because age is on his side. He retires in 2016.
Will Medhekar be new NSG Chief ?
After the Delhi visit of NPA Director Vijay Kumar, rumours  are rife that Special DG BSF, R K Medhekar, is going to be new NSG Chief. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.Everything depends on the decision of Vijay Kumar.
Is Vijay Kumar reluctant to come to Delhi ?
There are reports that Director NPA Vijay Kumar is not very keen to come to Delhi as DG of the NSG.1975 batch TamilNadu cadre IPS officer has reportedly made known his views to the Home Minister P Chidambaram during his recent visit to Delhi.
New rule for IPS officers
If you are left with less than one year in service, you will not be considered for the post of DG in any Central Police Organisation. This is the new rule MHA has formulated for the IPS officers.
Ms. Sonia Gandhi’s help sought by 10 ministers
As the grapevine has it, 10 central ministers whose plea to go abroad on tours was rejected by the PMO, have approached UPA chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi seeking her help in getting them the requisite permission. The PM had rejected their request with a remark that Parliament Session is going on.
Will an IAS head NDMA ?
There is a buzz in the MHA that an IAS officer is going to succeed Gen N C Vij as Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
Applications invited for Member NDMA
MHA has invited applications for six posts of members in National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) including the Vice-Chairperson. These posts  are falling vacant by September end  and early-October. NDMA is a statutory body established under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, for laying down policies, plans and guidelines for disaster management for ensuring timely and effective response to disasters arising from natural and manmade causes. The Authority has nine Members including a Vice-Chairperson. The Prime Minister of India is the ex-officio Chairperson of the NDMA.
Upendra Tripathy to succeed Mrutunjay Sarangi
Upendra Tripathy, 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer has moved from Minority Affairs  to Cabinet Secretariat as JS in a lateral shift, to eventually take over from Dr. Mrutunjay Sarangi (1977, Tamil Nadu) as and when he moves out as Secretary.
Dr. Thomas Mathew is new Jt. Secr Capital Markets
Dr. Thomas Mathew has joined as new Joint Secretary Capital Markets. Dr. Mathew is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
  ( We said this on July 5 and again on July 22 )
Name of Rao again sent for appointment
Shipping Ministry has again sent the name of P Rama Mohan Rao for the post of Chairman of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).He is 1985 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
A.N. Sahay poised to be CMD, MCL- Sambalpur
A. N. Sahay Director (T/RD&T) Central Mine Planning  & Design
Institute Limited (CMPDIL), Ranchi is poised to be Chairman & Managing
Director (CMD) Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), Sambalpur (Orissa).
CVC indicts nine SBI officials
Of the 92 government officials indicted by the Central Vigilance Commission, in June, for their alleged involvement in corruption, eight officials are from the State Bank of India (SBI).
Biswal to be Director (Finance ) Mahanadi Coalfields
K. Biswal has reportedly  been selected for the post of Director (Finance), in Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.
Dr. Anup Chanda refuses to head PSC in West Bengal
Dr. Anup Chanda Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles with the West Bengal government has refused to head state Public Service Commission (PSC). He is West Bengal cadre IAS officer of 1976 batch.
Sabyasachi Sen is PSC chief in West Bengal
Sabyasachi Sen is new Chairman of the West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC). Hitherto, he was Additional Chief Secretary Land and Land Reforms with the West Bengal government. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
Indevar Pandey joins West Bengal
Indevar Pandey has rejoined West Bengal. He is West Bengal cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch.
NIC to have 15 members
The National Innovation Council (NIC), constituted to prepare a road map for the 'Decade of Innovation 2011-2020', would have 15 members. They include K Kasturirangan and Arun Maira - members of the Planning Commission, Ramesh A Mashelkar - former director general of CSIR, Kiran Karnik - former President, Nasscom; Devi Prasad Shetty of the Narayana Hrudyalaya, R Gopalakrishnan - executive director - Tata Sons, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – Chairperson – Biocon, Shekhar Kapur - film director; Saurabh Srivastava – Chairman - CA Technologies, Anil K Gupta - professor - IIM – Ahmedabad, Sujatha Ramadorai – professor – TIFR, Chandrajit Banerjee -Director General – CII, Amit Mitra - Secretary General – FICCI, Samir Brahmachari - Director General – CSIR, Sanjay Dhande – Director- IIT Kanpur and R Gopalakrishnan -Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office will be its member secretary.
Dinesh Kumar goes to USA for foreign Training programme
Dinesh Kumar, IAS (RJ : 1996), Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Rajasthan, has left for long term foreign Training programme in Executive Master of Public Administration at Syracuse University, USA.
IA&AS officer Jain transferred to Jaipur
IA&AS officer K.C. Jain, Deputy Accountant General (Central), in the office of Principal Accountant General (CA), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (CRA), in the office of Accountant General (C&RA), Rajasthan, Jaipur.
Dixit is new PS Home in Maharashtra
P N Dixit has joined as new Principal Secretary Home in Maharashtra. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.
Parasuram to get ACS rank in MP
R Parasuram is being promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh on September 1. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
Sanghi empanelled in GoI
Chetan Bhushan Sanghi has reportedly been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
34 BSNL officers in fray for CMD’s post
As many as 34 of the BSNL have applied for the post of CMD, BSNL These candidates are Gopal Das CMD BSNL, R.K. Agarwal Director (CM) BSNL, Rajesh Wadhwa Director (CFA) BSNL, Om Vir Singh CGM
UP (E), A K Tandon CGM NETF, A. N. Rai CGM Orissa, D. P. Singh Sr GM (RN) BSNL, Pradeep K. Agarwal GM (D) Jaipur TD Rajasthan Circle, T N Shukla GMTD Gorakhpur UP (E) Circle, D C Jain GMTD Vijaywada AP
Circle, Pradeep Nagpal GM (Inspection Circle), Praveen Varshney CE (E) Maharashtra Zone Mumbai, A Subramanian CGM Chennai, S. K. Bhandari PGM Ahmedabad, A. K. Gupta CGM Haryana Circle, Deepak Chaturvedi GMTD Dharmshala Himachal Pradesh Circle, Aloke Kaul CGM Maharashtra Circle, Jainendra Kumar CGM WTP Mumbai, A K Garg CGM Calcutta Telephones, S. C. Joshi CGM Jabalpur, N. K. Yadav PGM (VAS) BSNL, P. Raghvan CGM Karnataka Circle, A. K. Bhargava GM (NWP-I/GSM) BSNL, Rakesh Kapoor CGM Himachal Pradesh Circle, N. N. Banerjee CGM Assam Circle, M. S. S. Rao GM (ADM) BSNL, R. N. Padukone PGM BSNL, Ram Yagya CGM Chattisgarh Circle, S. S.Sirohi CGM Punjab Circle. K. Paliwal CGM UP (W) circle, Rajeev Agarwal PGM Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Circle, Suresh Bhargava Under transfer to BSNL, N. N. Gupta CGM Jammu & Kashmir Circle, M. S. S. Rao GM (ADM) BSNL CO.
IRCTC gets contract for CWG
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has reportedly been awarded a prestigious contract to provide catering services in the ensuing Commonwealth Games (CWG).
B.K. Saxena poised to be Director Technical, WCL –Nagpur
B.K. Saxena is poised to be Director Technical of the Western Coal Fields Ltd (WCL), Nagpur. Presently he is an Executive Director (ED) with WCL.
Ms. Leena Johari is Secretary Home in UP
Ms. Leena Johari Secretary Ministry of Rural Development in government of Uttar Pradesh has been transferred to Secretary Home. She is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to UP cadre.
Three officers promoted in Delhi police
Three officers of Delhi Police of ACP rank have been promoted to the post of Additional Deputy Commissioner. They are Rajan Bhagat - PRO who will look after the duty of CRO, Rajesh Dev who will continue in Economic Offence Wing (EOW) as Addl. DCP and Rakesh Pawadia who will look after the work of Common Wealth Games.
New Member of CBFC
Manasi Pradhan has been appointed new member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), popularly known as the Censor Board .
Uday Verma is new Secretary MSME (UPDATED)
Special Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Uday Verma will succeed Dinesh Rai as Secretary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the Government of India on September 1. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Ravi Mathur joins GoI (UPDATED)
Ravi Mathur has joined the Government of India on Monday as Additional Secretary Labour. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Committee for accreditation to outstation journalists (UPDATED)
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Mrs. Ambika Soni has constituted a committee to study the feasibility of granting accreditation to outstation journalists (Outside Delhi). The committee duly constituted, shall also look into the processes likely to be involved for considering the matter and give its recommendations within six months. The members of the committee are - Raj Chengappa, Editor-in-Chief, Tribune, Ms. Navika Kumar, Political & Economic Editor, Times Now, Asad Raza, Chief of Bureau, Rozana : Rashtriya Sahara, Sachidananda Murthy, Resident Editor (Delhi), Malayala Manorama, Dinkar Raikar, Group Editor, Lok Mat, Mumbai, Aditya Sinha, Editor-in-Chief, New Indian Express, Chennai, Asim Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat, Hyderabad and Kanaksen Deka, Editor, Dainik Agradoot, Guwahati
Vigilance Study Circle, Mumbai Chapter inaugurated (UPDATED)
The Mumbai Chapter of the Vigilance Study Circle was inaugurated by Pratyush Sinha, Central Vigilance Commissioner at a at a simple ceremony conducted in the SCI Auditorium, Mumbai. Aimed at strengthening the hands of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in combating the ever increasing corruption in the country, the mission of Vigilance Study Circle is to spread Vigilance awareness and develop the knowledge and skills of Vigilance Professionals. While M.B. Sagar, IPS, Chief Vigilance Officer Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI), took the initiative to form the Mumbai Chapter of Vigilance Study Circle, S. Hajara, C&MD of SCI encouraged it. Padmashri Dr. S. Subramanian, IPS (Retd), the Founder Patron of Vigilance Study Circle, Hyderabad was also instrumental in mentoring the formation of the Vigilance Study Circle, Mumbai. Apart from the Senior Management Team of SCI, the senior officials from the PSUs/Banks/ Ports were present on the occasion.
SAIL Chairman commissions second Ladle Furnace at Rourkela Steel Plant (UPDATED)
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman C.S. Verma inaugurated
the second Ladle Furnace of Steel Melting Shop-II of Rourkela Steel
Plant (RSP) on Monday. The Ladle Furnace, is part of a Rs 197.66 crore scheme for ‘Simultaneous Blowing in Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) Convertors of Steel Melting Shop-II’ of RSP. It was conceived under the current modernisation and expansion plan of SAIL to take SAIL’s hot metal production capacity to a level of 23.5 million tonnes by 2012-13. RSP Managing Director S.N. Singh and Director (Personnel), SAIL, B.B. Singh besides other senior SAIL officials and members of the Rourkela collective were present on the occasion.

RTI
Transfer of application by the Head Office
The appellant sought the details of legal expenses incurred by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the details of monetary awards given to CBI personnel during a particular period from the head office of CBI. The CPIO transferred the application to various branches of CBI u/s 6(3) of the Act. The appellant claimed that the offices or branches of the CBI cannot be considered ‘another public authority’, to which Section 6(3) of the Act would apply. He complained that the CPIO has made no effort to obtain the information from other officers u/s 5(4) of the Act.
The Commission observed that the information sought should have been accessible at a central point. This information warranted suo-motto disclosure u/s 4 (1) (b) (x) (xi) and (xiii) within 120 days of the enactment of the RTI Act 2005, updated annually, and should have been accessible through the website of the Head Office of the CBI. Under Section 19(8)(i), the Commission directed the CBI headquarters to issue
instructions to all officers under its control to compile and upload information on these two issues on the website of each with linkages with the website of CBI headquarters.

Comments
Treating each office of one department as a public authority is for the convenience of the citizen as any other approach would result in over-centralisation. The CIC has held that there is nothing in the law to debar the offices of a public authority located separately to be also designated as separate public authority for each to take full responsibility for the flow of information accessible under the Act. But, this does not give the headquarters an option to disown responsibility from keeping and providing information. Hopefully, the public authorities would now complete the task of cataloguing and computerising records as per Section 4(1)(a).

[Maj. Gen. V.K. Singh v. Central Bureau of Investigation Complaint
No.CIC/WB/C/2009/000399 & 000400]

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CORPORATE
Will Anshu Jain head the Deutsche Bank?
Banking circles & corporate world is keenly watching whether Anshu Jain heads the Deutsche Bank that he had joined in 1995. Presently, he is Head of the Corporate and Investment Bank with responsibility for the Corporate Finance, Sales and Trading and Transaction Banking businesses. Presently Josef Ackermann is Chief Executive of Deutsche Bank.  Anshu Jain has been a member of Deutsche Bank's Management Board since 2009 and the Group Executive Committee since 2002. He was previously a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch in New York where he founded and led the securities industry's first dedicated hedge fund coverage group. In addition to his Deutsche Bank job, Jain is a non-executive Director of Sasol Ltd, South Africa, and has served on working groups advising the Indian government on inward investment and the UK government on financial services. Jain had studied economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce at Delhi University, earning a bachelor's degree with honours in 1983.He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in Economics from Delhi University.
Hinduja Global appoints CFO 
Hinduja Global Solutions has appointed Srinivas Palakodeti as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Anthony Joseph as Global Head ( Human Resources).
Deutsche Bank appoints MD (Asian Equity)
 Deutsche Bank has appointed Ajay Kapur as a Managing Director and Head ( Asian Equity Strategy).
Julka is AGM (Legal) Somany Ceramics
Ambrish Julka has been appointed as Assistant General Manager (AGM) (Legal) and Company Secretary of  Somany Ceramics Ltd with effect from August 14, 2010. 
New Ranbaxy MD assumes office 
Arun Sawhney has assumed the office of the Managing Director of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on August 20, 2010
Seth is Country Head, Alcatel-Lucent 
Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Munish Seth as Country Head for its Indian business.
Guha to join South Indian Bank
Amitabh Guha, former Joint Managing Director of State Bank of India is likely to join the board of South Indian Bank soon.
Raj Rayon Ltd changes name
Raj Rayon Limited has changed its name from "Raj Rayon Limited" to "Raj Rayon Industries Limited" with effect from August 18, 2010.
Acharya is Consultant ZenithOptimedia 
Soumya Acharya has been appointed as a Consultant ( Buying Resource Department) at ZenithOptimedia.
Thadani joins SAS R&D
 Moti Thadani has joined SAS to head up the India research and development organization based out of Pune. He will be responsible for driving R&D operations in India, managing new programs and activities to support existing SAS products and solutions, as well as facilitating the introduction of new ones for SAS customers based in India.
 

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Yes in other Countries infiltrators are shot!!!
Here infiltrators are a much sought after lot!!!
 
They are given ration cards and land for homes!!
And freely in India The Infiltrator roams!!
 
In fact 'these outsiders'!!!
Are given prefrential treatment over 'insiders'!! 
 
Yes a shooter who wins a gold medal gets 3 K!!
A ‘shooter’ who kills terrorists and dies doing so  Sarkaar as dole 50 lakhs karti hai pay!
 
A robber caught robbing is beaten and put behind bars!!!
Netas caught ‘robbing’ on camera are able to wiggle out and roam about in red light cars!
 
Where to get a job youngsters have to go through the mill!!!
Nine thousand applications for 4 posts to fill!!
 
And our Netas kids get direct entry to lead the Nation!!!!
So many examples like this that show ‘gross inequality in equation pe equation!
 
There are so many comparisons that show the pitiable state of affairs!!
A majority of India at hopelessness it stares!!!
 
Indra Devta put the CWG works to test!!!
Kalmadi used to love rains and now rains he sure does detest!!!
 
All the pochaaa paachi was undone by rains!!!
And out came the glossed over ‘stains’!!!
 
Government in the Civil Nuke Liability Bill has got its priorities wrong!!
Much like the ‘dill apna and preet parayi ‘ Bollywood song!!
 
It’s now balancing the interests of the Operator and Suppliers....believe it or not!!
We Indians are an ‘insignificant lot’!!!
 
And then why should UPA overlook Indians interests and look for middle ground??
They joke ‘ why worry because if a disaster takes place none of us will be around’!!
 
Fact is if we are going to entice suppliers in such a way!!!
Then like in Bhopal Gassing a dear price Indians will pay!!
 
And then if there is a clause that holds suppliers responsible!!!
It’s up to them to do business or stay away ….isn’t that sensible!!
 
How can a supplier not be held responsible for mala fide or latent and patent defect???
And if this clause is not there could lead to a ‘careless or for mala fide conducive effect’!!!
 
On the Standing Committee’s modified 17 b clause US karr raha hai fume and fret!
And like in Dow matter in this too from US India ’s got a threat!!
 
Confucius says…. There is a time when enough is enough!!!
Stand up to the bully and call his bluff!!!



Bharat Kumar

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Why not promote state service officers ?
There is an item that frequently appears in your columns that there is a shoratge of IAS/IPS/IFS officers in states or GOI. Today there is an information that there is shortage of 15 IAS officers in Maharashtra. It is a matter of great regret that when well qualified and competent officers who have served more than 25 years in State Civil service at the same rank are available, the Government is still searching for officers. Why can’t these officers who have completed 20-25 years of Service in different ranks in State Civil Service be promoted and given IAS when their are eligibility criteria for IAS is only 7 years of service in State Civil service. If its a matter of not keeping state service officers in the same state, let them be allotted IAS and given the option of going outside their state. This injustice to state civil service officers is already effecting the administration of state governments and will further deteriorate if the  governments at the State and Centre don't wake up.

DK
 
CWG would end up producing more slums & beggars !
 
The IAS officers would not be able to clear the mess and would take the blame as then Kalmadi and his cronies would blame them. Every body knew that the games were heading for last minute crisis but nobody did anything about it as everybody is involved in partaking the loot. The only legacy the games would leave is increase in the number of slums and beggars in Delhi. The construction workers and their families would add to the population of slums and people staying under the flyovers. The loot pocketed by Kalmadi and all those whom he shared it with would go past in Audis  and other swanky cars. The body language of Mike Fennel showed how helpless and afraid  he was to tell the truth as he and CGF were also partakers of the loot. It is known that Fennel's wife is a partner in the Company which was to get sponsors.The games or nothing but organised loot of our poor tax payers money .
 
Vinod Jain
 
India under the knife !
 
There is too much about corruption in the media. WIC is equally concerned. Let us examine the causes. when the people do not choose a government with a clear mandate, it is a sure recipe for all round corruption. When a government is formed with juggaad or coalition, it is neither a government of the people, nor by the people nor even for the people. It is blatantly a government of the part(ie)s of the jugaad, for the part(ie)s of the jugaad and by the part(ie)s of the jugaad. Since it is not for the people, it works for the jugaadis (parts), which go on changing according to the size and topping of the cake. Since Indians hate all those "corrupt", the jugaddis find more respectable epithets. Renowned writer Prahlad Bhagwati calls them "captured". I do not know how he thought the Indians would accept such a degrading term, when they do not consider themselves captured even during the centuries of slavery! It is so because nobody needs capture you when you offer yourself voluntarily in the service of others(it is more lucrative when the others happen to be foreigners). So the foreigners have given them their honour back and kept them as "retainers". Like corruption, Indians hate bribes. It seems to have been started by the Firangees!! But retainership is payment for your labour, your capabilities to deliver and your competencies to conceive and produce results. Now, it matters little whether it is Bhopal or Bofors or CWG or N-deal. It is okay so long as there is no bribe given or taken or promised and no corruption. The individuals are useful in retainership, but NGOs are more influential and camouflaged in their operation and carry a national as well as transnational image too! So matters get easily settled for(to borrow Bhagwati's expression once again),in view of the retainership fees "both current and prospective". Nothing personally to lose, excepting that the national interests are bound to be severely compromised, India's Sovereign manoeuvrability constricted and all democratic institutions crippled(parliament & judiciary included). India is invisibly under the knife under the charm offensive of soft words and softer economic deals!
 
M L Gupta
 
Whisper about CBDT members !
 
One fails to understand the whisper about CBDT members. On one side you exclude Ahkilesh Prasad, Quaiser Shamim and Kamlesh Argal on the ground that they have less than one year of service but on the other you predict VK Bhatia to be member. Position of retirement of present Members is as below
1. Moorty Chairman will retire on 31.12.2010 and so MC Joshi (retiring on 31.01.2012 ) will become member.
2. CS Kahlon and Durgesh Shankar Members retire on 028.02.2011 and Mrs Hardeep Srivastava  (retiring on 31.01.2012) should become member. Next in the line of aspirants is VK Bhatia who retires on 31.12.2011.Thus in Feb 2011 ,when a vacancy arises for him , he has less than one year of service and by your logic that a person having less than 1 year can not become member, his chances are bleak.
 
Poonam
 
Wonderful observation
 
In our day to day life also if someone is asked about his investments, rarely anyone will reply,  I have a son and a daughter who are professionals and good citizens of India. Everyone will speak of his plots, flats, shares and fixed deposits. The vested interest in this nation think that sale of cars is an indicator of economic development and investment in education is wasteful expenditure that is why the car loan is at 5% and education loan at 12%. A similar joke was done with the farmers of this nation when it was decided that you need to mortgage four acre of land to get a tractor financed. It was not to bring prosperity to farmers but to promote the sale of tractors. Even a fool in agriculture sector knows that a farmer having four acre of land does not need a tractor and in no way he can repay the loan. There are individual defaulters so big in industrial sector that the loan of all the farmers in one state does not reach near that figure. No industrialist has ever been arrested by banks for non payment of loan and none has ever committed suicide. However the farmers are arrested on the day of ceremonies and functions in their houses and are driven to commit suicide due to this fear and insult in front of their clan. If we would have ever laid more stress on human resource development, people would have fended for themselves in the era of skill labour demand and the divide between have and have nots would not have been that wide and ever increasing.
 
Hardip Singh Kingra
 
For the sake of MPS
 
In the aftermath of pay hike for our MPs, let a prominently displayed score card be erected in Vijay Chowk showing the percentage of MPs attendance in the house that day, duration average of their attendance, total time lost due to disruption in each house and the financial loss suffered by the nation as a result thereof. This should be followed by similar practice in respect of state assemblies in state capitals. News papers and news channels should carry this information just like daily weather reports. MPs topping the various lists should be honoured on the Republic Day.
 
S K Sharma
 
Offering tax payers' money to enemy ?
 
I have gone through press reports today - one regarding firing by Pakistan at our border and the other about offering more aid to Pakistan by our PM Manmohan Singh.  In the light of provocative actions by Pak many times in the past, please bring out an editorial to make our PM have some senses as it is the tax payers' money which he wants to offer to our enemy.
 
Dharam
 
What a travesty of justice ?
 
 
CBI scanner for IAS ,IPS AND IFS. It’s a well known fact that the epicentre of  corruption  has now shifted to states as the central government is now just  transferring all its funds to state governments under various schemes, missions and the quantum of purchase of goods and services in various states is at all time high. Still there is no jurisdiction of CBI for the corrupt IAS, IFS and IFS officers who are swindling billions of rupees each year and roaming scot free whereas central government officers from the IRS, Railways, Telecom get regularly hauled by CBI for issues which even a Patwari of the state govt would feel ashamed to own as the quantum of corruption and the extent of violation for which the CBI nabs these officers is so low. Everyone knows that there is hardly any - power left with central government officers and hardly any discretion so the possibility of corruption is very low. Compare this with a district collector who handles 500 crore each year for schemes funded by centre and practically all the discretion in the world. So we are catching the ants and letting go the elephants. If this is so the IAS and IFS should not be recruited by the center and they should not be given central pay benefits but the IAS knows that the day CBI will have jurisdiction  on it,  at least 20 percent of  its cadre will be behind bars and that is why they  deliberately keep themselves immune of CBI. 
Anil Sharma
 
A determined CPWD
 
Change the CPWD official with anything. Any Joint Secretary, Additional Secretary, Secretary Or any CWG OC official. Response will remain the same. This is called democracy & team work.
 
Bosidini
 
Tail=Piece
A Born Stone Pelter !!!
"Hurriyat calls for celebrations as a baby is born holding  a stone in hand"
 
 A K Saxena  ( A retd. civil servant with malice towards none)