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Suresh Srivastava


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INDIA,S BUSINESS HOUSE (17)
An MNC also has a policy of not bribing at all come what may! Guess the name.
Tension between two Ministries in GoI
Reports of tension over certain issues of WTO and trade agreements with certain important countries between the Department of Commerce and the Industrial Policy and Promotion have been doing the round in the corridors of power.
Review of 1989 batch IAS officers
Review of 21 IAS officers belonging to 1989 batch for empanelment to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is in process. List is expected in a month or two.
Rashmi Verma to be JS Defence Production
Rashmi Verma is being appointed Joint Secretary Defence. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. She will succeed 1984 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer T Ramachandru.
List of Bank CMDs is still with PMO
List of the appointment of Bank CMDs is still lying in the PMO for the clearance.
Did Ahluwalia quit IAS ?
Rumours are rife that 1980 batch UP cadre IAS officer S S Ahluwalia is leaving the service.
Senior level officers in MEA beyond approved strength
With certain postings in the Ministry of External Affairs there are now too many Secretary / Special Secretary and Additional Secretary officers beyond the approved strength.
List of 1980 batch IAS officers empanelment
Following IAS officers belonging to 1980 batch are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Swarnmala Rawla and P D Meena (MP), Swadheen K Kshtriya (Maharashtra), P S Kathiresan, Nandita Chatterjee (West Bengal ) Ashok Kumar Angurana, P G Dhar Chakraborty (J&K) S Jagadeesan ,Ms Vijay Laxmi Joshi, H K Dash, A Bhhattacharya , Maheshwar Sahoo and Rajesh Kishore (Gujarat), Chhatar Singh, Ashok Lavasa (Haryana), D P Singh, J S Mishra, Sanjeev S Ahluwalia, Shekhar Agrawal, Aradhna Johri, Rajeev Kher, Rakesh Garg (UP), Dr Arbind Prasad and Narendra Kumar Sinha (Bihar), V P Baligar, Anoop K Pujari, Dr Upendra Tripathy and R G Nadadur (Karnataka), Naini Jayaseelan, G S Patnaik and S K Srivastava(UT), Dr Shyam Agrawal, G S Sandhu and Sunil Arora (Rajasthan ), V K Subburaj, Shakikanta Das (TamilNadu), Amitabh Kant and Jiji Thomson (Kerala), N Ravi shankar (Uttarakhand), K D Tripathi, V K Pepersenia (Assam-Meghalaya), Smita Chugh (Jharkhand) and S K Panda (Manipur-Tripura).
10 SPs to be elevated as DIGs in CBI
As many as 10 officers of S.P. rank who are working in CBI have been promoted and empanelled for DIG rank in CBI. The related order will be issued shortly. All ten officers are belongs to IPS of 1996 batch. They are : Sanjay Kumar Singh – Orissa,  H.C. Nath – Assam-Meghalaya, Ms  Vineeta Thakur – Rajasthan,  Bhanu Bhasar – Uttar Pradesh,  N.N.
Kumar – Gujarat,  S.K. Palsania – Orissa, Arun Bothra – Orissa,  R. Hitendra – Karnataka,  S.C. Nath – Assam-Meghalaya &  Ajay Yadav – Himachal Pradesh.
25 face interview for OSD  to Home Ministe
As many as 25 candidates had faced interview for filling up the vacancy of OSD to Home Minister in Government of India (GOI)for which a total of 60 applications were received
Meeting for different medals held
A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Home Secretary inMinistry
of Home Affairs (MHA)for consideration of PPM, Police Medal and PPM/PM
Gallantry Award. The will be sent to President House for approval in
due course.DG Panjab PS Gill, DG CRPF Vikram Srivastava,Director CBI
Ashwani Kumar & others attended the same.
J P Singh is Independent Director Hindustan Zinc
Former Secretary Mining in the Government of India J P Singh has been appointed Independent Director of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Jayant Dasgupta to go to Geneva next week
Jayant Dasgupta is going to Geneva on foreign posting next week. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
IA&AS officer posted in Washington
IA &AS officer Ms. Puja S Mandol has been posted as Director in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Washington vice Deepak Kapoor.
Khan is out of race ?
Latest information says that former Member of the CBDT S S Khan is now out of the race for the post of Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC.
Will Dube be Chairman of Settlement Commission ?
Grapevine has it that P N Dube is being appointed Chairman of the Settlement Commission.He is retired 1971 batch IRS(IT) officer.
Cadre of IAS officer changed
inter-cadre transfer of Guha Poonam Tapaskumar from Tamil Nadu cadre to Orissa cadre has been approved Guha Poonam is 2008 IAS officer.
B. M. S. Rathore is new Jt.Secretary MoEF
B. M. S. Rathore an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1982 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre who on central deputation was posted as new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) had joined on July 29,2010. Earlier, B.M. S. Rathore was Senior Advisor with the Winrock International (a body dealing in spheres of bio diversity and climate changes). He has filled up the slot that fell vacant following completion of deputation tenure by A.K. Goyal also an IFS officer. Goyal is IFS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1981 batch.
P. Mahajan is number one for Director (Technical), EIL
As the grapevine has it P. Mahajan is number one for the post Director(Technical), Engineers India Ltd (EIL).
Sudhir Bhalla is number one for Director (HR), IOC
As the grapevine has it, Sudhir Bhalla is number one for the post Director (HR), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
Four vacancies in Narcotics Control Bureau
There are currently four vacancies of Deputy Director General (DDG) in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs .
Sinha promoted as DIG in RPF
S.K. Sinha, Deputy CSC, SWR/UBL has been promoted as DIG-cum-Addl. CSC, Eastern Railway. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
Who will be CIC in Maharashtra ?
Who will be new Chief Information Commissioner in Maharashtra ?.Tie is said to be between Vilas Patil and Ramanand Tiwari.
Sarojini Thakur unlikely to be appointed Secretary in GoI
Sarojini Thakur who has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is unlikely to be made Secretary of any department.1977 batch IAS officer Sarojini Thakur is scheduled to retire in April next year.
Alapan Bandopadhyaya pulled up ?
Did the political masters pull up Alapan Bandopadhyaya in West Bengal ?.West Bengal Government is upset over the poor performance in Urban Local Bodies election. Political bosses are reportedly unhappy with 1987 batch IAS officer since the reforms introduced in municipalities did not show desired results.
Who will be PS to Jaipal Reddy ?
Several AP cadre officers are now trying to become PS to Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy. There is hectic lobbying for the job. Who will be the winner ?
JRK Rao quits UIDAI
Reportedly unhappy over the highly centralized functioning of Unique
Identity Card Authority JRK Rao (IAS, BH, 1985) has reportedly quit and returned to his cadre ostensibly to pickup the next grade there.
Pravir Krishn is Spl Invitee, Selection Committees for National Sports Awards
Pravir Krishn, Special Officer (CWG), Sports Authority of India, has been appointed Special Invitee in the Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievements in Sports and Games and the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2010.
Naxalism in Chhattisgarh (5)
A suggestion was mooted at a get-together of some retired IPS officers that Chhattigarh Government should convene a meeting of retired and serving IPS officers who have served the region to discuss the Naxal problem.
Biresh Kumar joins APPPA Course
Biresh Kumar has joined 36th APPPA course at Indian institute of Public Administration. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Mrs. Aparna Bose promoted as Principal Staff Officer
DOPT has been promoted Senior Principal Private Secretary, Mrs. Aparna Bose (HRD), as Principal Staff Officers (equivalent to Director).
Swain is convener for foreign delegation of Gujarat
The government of Gujarat will send a delegation led by B.B. Swain, an IAS officer (1988 batch, Gujarat cadre) to two foreign countries for
promotion of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011.These countries are: Sri Lanka & Singapore .The delegation consisting Gujarat based
well-known industrial leaders, will visit these countries to invite business community there for participation in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011. The summit is going to be held on January 12 and 13, 2011 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. B.B. Swain is Industries Commissioner (IC) to the Gujarat government.
Deputation tenure of Singh extended
Central deputation tenure of K Singh, IPS(Or-85), Inspector General(IG), ITBP has been extended for a period of one year beyond September,23.
Sharma posted in Staff College
C P Sharma, SAG/IRTS, has been posted as Deputy Director General in the Railway Staff College, Vadodara.
IAS changes in Maharashtra
Sunil Soni will now be Principal Secretary financial reforms department. Sudhir Srivastav will be Principal Secretatary Planning.Umakant Dangat, additional municipal commissioner, Pune, has been moved as deputy secretary, food and civil supplies department. E Z Khobragade will be new member secretary to Vidarbha Statutory Development Board. Navin Sona, additional revenue commissioner of Amravati division, has been made commissioner of Amravati Municipal Corporation in place of S D Shinde. K V Kurundkar will be new MD of MTDC.
Meeran Borwankar is new Pune Police Commissioner
Meeran Borwankar has taken over as the Commissioner of Police of Pune.She is 1981 batch IPS officer.
Shashi Bala Gulati gets posting in Haryana
Shashi Bala Gulati, awaiting posting orders, has been appointed Director-General, Technical Education.She is 1986 batch IAS officer.
IAS changes in Bihar
There is IAS reshuffle in Bihar.New postings are Mssrs Amitabh Verma DG Academy of Public Administration,Shubhkirti Majumdar Principal Secretary Industries,Afjal Ammanullah Additional charge of the Principal Secretary to the Governor,S K Negi Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry,Rameshwar Singh OSD Finance and J R J Rao Principal Secretary Commercial Taxes.
IPS postings in Haryana
Balbir Singh will now be IG Crime II Panchkula.Partap Singh Ranga has been posted as DIG, Regional Training Centre, Bhondsi.Hemant Kalson will now be AIG/Welfare. Devender Yadav, Additional Superintendent of Police, Mewat has been made Additional Superintendent of Police, Ambala.
Mrs Jaya Roy appointed Addl Judge of Jharkhand High Court
Mrs Jaya Roy, has been appointed Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court for a period of one year with effect from July 30, 2010.
Justice Kannan appointed Addl Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court
Justice K Kannan, Additional Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, has been appointed Judge of the Madras High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
DIG CBI Palta moves to Delhi
DIG CBI in Kolkata Anil Palta has been transferred to Delhi.He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Sanjay Kumar Singh goes to Kolkata
SP CBI Sanjay Kumar Singh on promotion has been moved to Kolkata from Delhi.He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
Kashyap moves from Patna to New Delhi
SP CBI in Dinendra Kashyap has been moved from Patna to New Delhi.He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Yadav shifted in CBI
Mahipal Yadav SP CBI has been shifted as SP SU in Delhi. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Dhall is new AG Orissa
SR Dhall (IA&AS-1991), consequent upon his repatriation to the department and on return from leave has been posted as Accountant General (CW&RA), Orissa, Bhubaneswar.He will relieve SK Mishra, Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Orissa, Bhubaneswar of the additional charge held by him.
Dhall is new AG Orissa
SR Dhall (IA&AS-1991), consequent upon his repatriation to the department and on return from leave has been posted as Accountant General (CW&RA), Orissa, Bhubaneswar.He will relieve SK Mishra, Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Orissa, Bhubaneswar of the additional charge held by him.
Ms. Mugdha Sinha gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Ms. Mugdha Sinha who is Ajmer based Registrar in the Rajasthan Revnue Board has been given additional charge of Secretary Rajasthan Public
Service Commission(RPSC), Ahmer. She is an IAS officer of the 1999 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
1979 batch IAS Nilanjal Sanyal empanelled as Addl Secr in GoI
1979 batch IAS officer Nilanjal Sanyal has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.
Official list of 1980 batch IAS officials empanelled as Addl Secr in GoI
Following is the official list of 1980 batch IAS officers who have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Satish Balram Agnihotri (Orissa), Swarnmala Rawla and P D Meena (MP), V Ramani, Swadheen K Kshtriya (Maharashtra), P S Kathiresan, Nandita Chatterjee (West Bengal ) Ashok Kumar Angurana, P G Dhar Chakraborty (J&K) S Jagadeesan ,Ms Vijay Laxmi Joshi, H K Dash, A Bhhattacharya , Maheshwar Sahoo and Rajesh Kishore (Gujarat), Chhatar Singh, Ashok Lavasa (Haryana), D P Singh, J S Mishra, Shankar Agrawal, Aradhna Johri, Rajeev Kher, Rakesh Garg (UP), Dr Arbind Prasad and Narendra Kumar Sinha (Bihar), V P Baligar, Anoop K Pujari, Dr Upendra Tripathy and R G Nadadur (Karnataka), Naini Jayaseelan, G S Patnaik and S K Srivastava(UT), Dr Shyam Agrawal, G S Sandhu and Sunil Arora (Rajasthan ), V K Subburaj, Shakikanta Das (TamilNadu), Amitabh Kant and Jiji Thomson (Kerala), N Ravi shankar (Uttarakhand), K D Tripathi, V K Pepersenia (Assam-Meghalaya), Smita Chugh (Jharkhand) and S K Panda (Manipur-Tripura).
BHEL commissions second unit at NCTPP
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully synchronized the second 490 MW Unit at the National Capital Thermal Power Project (NCTPP) Stage-II, at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. The first 490 MW Unit commissioned by BHEL earlier at the same power project has also been running satisfactorily. These new state-of-the-art machines are the first of their kind indigenous units, which have been designed for operating at a higher reheat steam temperature of 565 degree Celsius as they have a better Heat Rate leading to a direct reduction of coal consumption to the tune of 12,000 tonnes per annum per unit. The units also comprise advanced control, instrumentation and monitoring system.
Central Bank posts 337 cr net profit in Q1
Central Bank of India has posted a Net Profit of 337 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 as compared to Rs. 267 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 recording a growth of 26.22% as on a YoY basis. Gross Profit rose by 85.04% from Rs. 361 crore in Q1 2009-2010 to Rs. 668 crore in Q1 2010-2011. This increase was due to a substantial growth of 94% YoY in Net Interest Income from Rs. 577 crore for Q1 2009-2010 to Rs. 1119 crore for Q1 2010-11. The Total Business of the Bank increased to Rs. 2,62,120 crore as on June 30, 2010 from Rs. 2,24,029 crore as on June 30, 2009, registering a growth of 17% (YoY) basis. Gross NPA ratio declined to 2.43% as on June 30, 2010 from 2.55 % as on June 30, 2009. Net NPAs was 0.77% as on June 30, 2010. NPA Provision Coverage was 68.75% as on June 30, 2010. Return on Assets has increased to 0.78% as on June 30, 2010 from 0.74% as on June 30, 2009. Cost to Income Ratio improved to 51.1% for Q1 2010-11 from 62.82% for Q1 2009-10.
Vijay Kumar Singh moves to Patna
Vijay Kumar has has been moved by the CBI from Dhanbad to Patna. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre. of CWWA

A. Barnwal PS to Kamal Nath recalled by MP Govt.

Ashok Barnwal private secretary (PS) to Kamal Nath Indian Minister for Road Transport and National Highways has been recalled by the Madhya Pradesh government. He is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.

CORPORATE

Ravi Kant to be Advisor Jaguar Land Rover
Ravi Kant, Vice-Chairman of Tata Motors, is being appointed Advisor to Jaguar Land Rover.
Keshub Mahindra reelected Chairman
Keshub Mahindra got a resounding mandate from the shareholders of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on its 64th Annual General Meeting yesterday to be reelected as Chairman of the company for another three years.
Noel Tata is MD Tata International
Noel N Tata has been appointed  the Managing Director Tata International. He will step down as MD of retail chain Trent effective from August 12 , but will continue to be its Non-executive Vice-chairman.
Menon is ASM Cathay Pacific Airways 
Rajesh Menon has been appointed Cathay Pacific Airways Area Sales Manager for the Tamil Nadu and Kerala regions.
RIL-Infotel tests Wi Max service
Grapevine has it that Reliance Industries Ltd owned RIL-Infotel has started trials of Wi Max service . Infotel won Broadband wireless spectrum in all 22 telecom circles of the country for a whopping Rs 12,847.77 crore. 
Das roped in Strategic Advisory Board
The Parthenon Group has appointed  Gurcharan Das, former  CEO of Procter & Gamble India  to its strategic advisory board in India.
Premanand is Addl. Dirrector, VIP industries 
VIP Industries Limited has appointed .T.Premanand has been appointed as an Additional Director, being a Whole-time Director of the Company designated as Director - Works with effect from July 27, 2010.
Parekh reelected Chairman of Siemens Ltd
 Deepak S. Parekh has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of  Siemens Ltd  for a further period of three years effective August 01, 2010 pursuant to Article 129 of the Articles of Association of the Company.
Asian Paints appoints non-executive director
With effect from 27 July 2010 The board of Asian Paints at its meeting held on 27 July 2010 has approved the appointment of Ina Dani as a non-executive director on the board of the company with effect from 27 July 2010.
Bharat Rasayan appoints Company Secy.
Bharat Rasayan Limited has appointed Ms Itti Bhargava as a Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. 23.07.2010. She  has also been designated as a "Compliance Officer"".
SAIL posts Q1 profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 1177 crore
Notwithstanding sluggish market conditions, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has recorded a sales turnover of Rs. 9,931 crore during April-June (Q1) of the current financial year, showing an increase of nearly 2% over the corresponding period last year (CPLY). SAIL registered profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 1,749 crore and profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 1,177 crore, which were respectively 13% and 11.5% lower than CPLY. The company’s profitability was affected by different factors, including sharp input cost escalations and lower volume of sales. The unaudited financial results of SAIL for Q1 were taken on record here today by the company’s Board of Directors. In Q1, SAIL’s cost on employees increased due to additional provision of Rs. 299 crore towards employee-related benefits, compared to net reversal of Rs. 199 crore in CPLY towards provision for revision of salaries & wages. In addition, the adverse impact of increase in prices of inputs such as coal, ferro-alloys, nickel, etc., during Q1 amounted to Rs. 556 crore (Rs. 368 crore on account of imported coking coal alone). These factors were, however, partially neutralised by better product-mix, higher production of special/value-added steel items and savings achieved through management initiatives. SAIL plants produced best-ever 1.18 million tonnes (MT) of special/value-added products during Q1, registering a growth of 3% over CPLY.
CIL Chairman bags management fellowship award
IISWBM (Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management) has conferred, Institute’s Distinguished Management Fellowship Award on Partha S Bhattacharyya, CMD - Coal India Limited, in recognition of his outstanding contribution in practicing classic management education in India. Bhattacharyya who is a legendary figure in the field of mining in India has been instrumental in introducing modern management principles and techniques in the Public Sector enterprise, thereby making it globally competitive. He is not only credited with placing Coal India on a global map by acquiring coal assets in Mozambique and initiating the process of creating strategic partnership with coal mining companies abroad but has also spearheaded a number of major strategic Public Private Partnership initiatives for opening new large underground mines; reopening abandoned UG mines, coal washeries etc. He introduced Integrity Pact in high value procurements and also monitoring of Land reclamation in opencast mines using Satellite imagery. He also introduced e-marketing of coal, later adopted by all coal companies, that provides transparent access to coal for all consumers and enables CIL to internalize premium exceeding Rs 2,000 crores annually which, earlier was mopped up by middlemen.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Food grains rot!!!
Not even an explanation is sought!!

FCI needs an overhaul!!!
But to do this Government lacks the will and gall!!

FCI’s procurement is riddled with corruption!!!!
And under Pawar there has literally been in FCI corruption mein eruption!!

Of the stocks that FCI holds 20% are not fit even for animal feed!!!
So on Nation’s food stocks down the rosy path hum ko Sarkaar karti hai lead!!

Godowns meant to store food grains are used to store booze!!!
To pilferage a huge portion FCI does loose!!!

And all this takes place with the connivance of Officials of FCI!!!
Food Corruption in India is how we should decipher FCI!!

Good one…Mere Desh ki darti sonaa uggle uggle heere moti… Pawar’s loves this song!
And we all know to whom this sonaa, heere , moti do actually belong!!

Today blackmarketeers have Pawar’s photos on their walls!!!
Pawar ko ‘ann daata’ practically every blackmarketeer calls!!

And in the end it will be Congress that will ‘foot the bill’!!!
Because though this is UPA Public considers it to be a Congress Sarkaar still!!

Rahul nowadays wants to be out of sight and out of mind!!
Nowhere in the news Rahul ko you find!!

If he comes into the glare he will have to answer for the rocketing inflation!!!
And so he prefers to be ‘out of station’!!

It is a tactical move!!!
And Mummy ne apne aap kiya hai yeh move approve!!

Otherwise at a time when the poor face rocketing prices why is Rahul silent????
To support the Aam Aadmi his voice he should have lent!!

At present he is in Italy as his Grandma is unwell!!
Hope he keeps in mind that back home multitudes of Grannies everyday face hell!

Grannies who painfully see their grandkids forced to eat less!!!
As kitchen budgets are under extreme stress!!

CWG purchases have been made at prices that were hugely inflated!
And then they say on purpose delays in many activities were created!!

And do remember Kalmadi is an ex Pawar stooge or chela!!!
And like Pawar is doing to the Ministries he holds CWG ko Kalmadi ne pella (do in)!!

Confucius says .....Kalmadi has learnt the art of hay making from The Master!!!
In ghoos making Pawar is The Master Blaster!!

Flash....... UPA and Opposition on price rise issue are working on a compromise!!
UPA will say its noted Opposition's demand and will work to contain price rise!

Opposition will say ' our victory as we made our point'!!
And UPA will say Opposition lacks constructiveness and this does disappoint!!

Laloo will make a joke of all this!!
To clown about an opportunity he does not miss!!

In the end the poor would have been left to their own to face inflation ki maar!!!
With Netas it is 'heads they win and tails means Public ki haar'!!

Bharat Kumar

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Institute an impartial inquiry into CWG wealth
From 3000 Crores estimate to a whopping 40,000 Crores of tax payer’s money. How much money the eternal Indian Olympic association President Kalmadi and his party made in the Delhi CWG Games only an impartial enquiry (not CBI) can reveal. Other than bringing such mega events to India (for obvious reasons) Kalmadi has done little to improve sports in India. He has now put his foot into Hockey with his Hockey India and trying to capture Hockey. State associations are deliberately split and legal battles are going on. Priya Ranjan Das Munshi sat on the destiny of India's most popular game, foot-ball for more than a decade and brought it to the lowest levels. Now it is the turn of Praful Patil. Once Asian Champions and quarter finalists in Olympics are now getting beaten by countries like Maldives! What is the rationale in spending more than Rs.40000 Crores on CWG when we can not provide even minimum grass turfs for hockey, our national game? India's sports will improve only if these self serving politicians are kicked out of sports' arena.
N Sriram

Mehangai dayan khae jaat hae !

This government has become a government of Pappu’s. In advertisement campaign before election dates, the Election Commissioner says to public, come vote do not become like Pappu by staying at home. When people come to vote they get government of Pappus. After win this very government rewards the biggest Pappus & distributes them very important Ministries & other good ones assigned Party work. When selection & continuation of Ministers is based on who is collecting highest amount & contributing to Party treasury then what can common man expect. Except for 4 or 5 efficient Ministers who happen to be competent it is sorry to say that Pappu Manmohan Singh is heading a Ministry of corrupt, inefficient self seeking Pappus. Mahangai dayan khai jaat hae public ko but our Pappus in the government are not bothered. If they are not concerned about public then for what they are there? we want positive action. it is difficult to make both ends meet. To whom can common people go to for praying to safeguard their interest? Soniaji please come to our rescue, these Pappus have let us down.

Ritu Sharma
Manhgayee bhaag gai (prices have come down)
Why is there so much hullabaloo about prices? Our PM & FM & Food Minister have all assured us that prices have fallen down and so we must trust them. They also assure us that prices will further soften.
We must believe this also. Those wanting proof for themselves can check up from the venues of official meetings, including those on price rise etc. Some media specialists have already done so. I would only summarize their research-- in hotels like Hyatt, Oberio, Taj, Ashoka, Moti mahal etc prices of all listed items have come down by 5 to 10%. What more people want? I also did a short run and found the decline in prices genuine. It varies from vegetarian to non-vegetarian items. Since I prefer vegetarian dishes from the southern parts of the country, my thorough check up ended there. The prices have certainly registered visible decline, since dal forms the staple alongwith rice in these dishes. The only thing was that the Idli has shrunken a bit to half its usual size, like the purchasing power of the aam aadmi. Unless the media chooses to be non-vegetarian in their observations, this price decline is for genuine and even the aam aadmi could visit these places, because the food here is good, conditions hygienic and prices reasonable!!!
M L Gupta
Who will police the police ?
Premier investigating agency of India is Investigating the Madhu Koda episode (Jharkhand EX CM). The investigating officers in Delhi are investigating all the mining rights allotted by Mr. Madhu Koda running into hundreds. It is learnt that the officers are openly harassing the businessman and extorting huge sums of money from each of them. God save this country if anti corruption body is so much steeped in corruption. I hope you will have the courage to publish this as one of the persons known to me has been at receiving end.
Ankit
An antinational statement indeed !
The comments of Mani Shankar Iyer betray his frustration of not holding any position of power. Otherwise no citizen of the country would have made such an antinational statement. in fact it would be the saddest day for the country if the games are not held successfully and the entire country would have to hang their heads in shame.if iyer is happy to celebrate a tragedy which may befall on his motherland he would be celebrating a similar fate of his mother. the congress party should immediately throw him out of the Rajya Sabha as he has no right to feed upon the money of the taxpayers of this country. Let me add that Suresh Kalmadi and his gang of thugs needs to be severely punished for the mess they have landed the country in.
KIB
It’s his frustration
I fully agree that MS Iyer's statement is anti national. It is in a very bad taste and it cannot be expected at least from a retired un-civilized civil servant. As an Indian, we should all pray for the success of the CW Games. I am sure Iyer is using this language due to his frustration as he could not get a berth in the cabinet this time or he could not get any powerful in the Government in-spite of his all out efforts.
Harish Kumar
Rotting Foodgrains
On one hand millions in this country sleep without food, on the other hand, Thousands of ton wheat/paddy is rotten in FCI godowns every year. FCI and as a controlling organisation Food Ministry is responsible for this mess. Why FCI can't keep foodgrains safe and Food Ministry do effective monitoring. This, reportedly, happens every year. This is criminal neglect on the part of FCI.... Guilty staff must be brought to book at once. Not only take drastic action against these people but put the guilty people behind bars pending enquiry.... Let public know what action has been taken against these negligent employees.... If you can't keep extra buck why not distribute it through PDS. Wheat Flour is being sold in open market @ Rs. 20 per KG. Even Government is selling it @ Rs. 13.9 per KG. Why not sell the excess quantity in the open market. This will, on one hand benefit the masses, on the other hand it will cut losses. Build pucca shelters to store Foodgrains. Don't let grains rot in the open.... Scores of food ministry officials might be reading my comments. Can someone from Food Ministry/FCI make the things clear please?
PKS
Ours is indeed a soft state
I have gone through all the 16 reports. If these are correct then I am convinced that ours is indeed a soft state and enforcement agencies are just lapdogs.
Dr P K Mishra
Posting & transfers should not be clandestine

RFD document of Ministry should also take cognizance of committed efforts made by it in safeguarding the interests of its fleet of workers. Posting and transfers should no more remain clandestine. M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation unfortunately has been following the policy \"Show me the person I will show you the Rule\" in handling transfer requests of various ISS officers posted in different parts of the Country. New Secretary has to make his presence felt by stopping any caste-based or region based favouritism in such matters. I wish PMO should include human resource satisfaction also as a factor for effective monitoring of RFD.

An Active Observer

The Kendriya Vidyalayas have a four - fold mission, viz.,
1.   To cater to the educational needs of children of transferable Central Government including Defence and Para-military personnel by providing a common programme of education ;
2.   To pursue excellence and set the pace in the field of school education;
3.    To initiate and promote experimentation and innovations in education in collaboration with other bodies like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the National Concil of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) etc. and
4.     To develop the spirit of national integration and create a sense of "Indianness" among children.   
All the objectives and mission of Kendriya Vidyalayas have been thrown away by the Officers, Principals and Staff of Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools who miss no opportunity to misappropriate government funds for their personal means, and fabricate accounts."There is blatant misuse of Tax Payers Money by the authorities of Kendriya Vidylaya Schools and Sangathan throughout the country. 
If a detailed audit is conducted by the Officers of CAG, lot of skeletons will tumble out of cupboards of the Authorities of Kendriya Vidyalaya’s whose primary motto is to gain whatever possible, by misusing their powers and Children’s Education is the least of their concerns.  The Present Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, who is Incidentally from the Accounts Service should not find it difficult to see the misappropriations going right under his nose, if only he takes a little interest and orders a detailed enquiry.

PKG