MERA DESH MAHAN

My countrymen let us examine some facts.

1. Money lost in illicit financial outflow since independence $ 462 Billion - Action taken by governments: A half hearted effort to ask Swiss banks details of the money.

2. 2 G spectrum scam $ 40 Billion : Action taken: CBI raiding the home of few accused after only 2 years of scandal, SC only asking questions and no judgements and PM saying JPC not required ( read the diary has my name ) . And yes a SC retd judge given the post retirement job to investigate.

3. Commonwealth Scam $ 1.7 Billion : Action taken : CBI inquiry and the Boss is ruling party politician so only his cronies are raided. No attempts to recover the money by the government.

4. Jharkhand money laundering by Chief Minister: $886 Million : Action taken : CBI still investigating. A tribal Chief Minister sent to jail for sometime. Why bother more its tax payers money not personal funds of ruling elite ?

5.Housing loan Scam $ 221 Million : Action taken : CBI inquiry is on ..... its small scam .... will not effect the banks ... cover up dude !

6. Adarsh Housing Scam : Less than $ 10 Million : Appoint some retired judges who can probe it. Don't make too much fuss close aids of Congress high command has benami flats in the building.

Impact we are only 87 out of 178 nations in most corrupt nations and if we slip few places no big deal ! We are born to rule and swindle this sonay ki chidiya.

Jai Hind ....

Thank You Suresh for your honesty and dedication to journalism and the nation. You make us proud.

I K Gujral

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Radiia tapes reveal more scum!!!

Into the public domain more conversations have come!!

Like the conversation that says Kamalnath is Mr. 15%!!!

Surely Party Treasurer will ask him ' why only a pittance to the Party was sent'!!!

Without a doubt the money was taken in the name of Party Fund or Tribal welfare!!

But isn't 15% a very high 'fare'!!

Why do you think he had said ' road projects mean money'????

Ultimately that 15% came from our pockets and that is not funny!!

In one conversation Deora is called a nincompoop!!!

Fact is his USP is when ordered by High Command he jumps 'the hoop'!!!

In Parliament he preferred to appease the one asking him a question or sawaal!!!

But it's rumoured that even Mr. Nincompoop has made a lot of maal!!

He was in the Cabinet not at the PM's pleasure but at Mukesh Ambani's pleasure!!

And its rumoured this association enabled him to make for himself a 'treasure'!!

Another Minister who represents business interests is Praful Patel 'Boeing Deal waale'!

When he arrives at his Office it's jokingly said 'Goyal anni or and Mallya aale or come (Marathi)!!

Mohna has asked for report on Radiia Tapes... he should get the tapes!!

Title of the tapes should be ' India how and who who rapes'!!!

He cannot take any action as Congress Ministers will say ' Sonia's the Boss'!!!

And non Congress Ministers will say 'coalition dharma laxman rekha you cannot cross'!

All that he'll get from these tapes is a red face .... 80% in shame and 20% in ire!!!

But like I said no one he has the authority to fire!!

And in the Radiia Tapes matter the end justifies the means!

Spilt loads and loads of beans!!

Now on its refusal to the JPC demand Congress is going to unleash a 'pamphlet campaign'!!

In the end it will realize there has been not gain!!

Because the only line Congress takes is BJP did this and that!!!

So how can BJP put us on the mat???

Fact is it is the Public that is demanding answers and wanting a thorough probe'!!!

Raja's chori is now in Public's 'strobe'!!!!

Tehelka caused BJP's image to fall and a host of scams have made Congress's image fall!

The perception is all Ministers in UPA are having a 'pocket filling ball'!!

Diggy forgot that Karkare's phone records on 26/11 were on record!!!

It's pretty obvious the yarn that he's spun does not even have one truth ka chord!!

He's done what High Command expects him to do!!

And that is on all issues involving the majority minority at RSS BJP he should boo!

Uma's coming back and will get a UP posting!!

'I've outgrown MP' is what she'll be boasting!!

SP too has got Azam back to win over the majority minority!!

And Uma's going to go all out to woo the majority!!

Maya will try to keep her vote bank intact!!!

And spawn on SP's and BJP's vote bank using tact!!

Congress is going nowhere....non podium finish is assured!!!

Like Bihar even in UP by Rahul the voter will not being lured!!

Confucius says.... Madam Ji jaago aur go back to the drawing board!

And more controversies Congress simply cannot afford!!

Adds... Stop thinking like High Command and think like 'man on the street'!!!

Rather than 'gullible' with respect humm ko you will treat!
Bharat Kumar

Will Puri be next Foreign Secretary ?
With the major contender Nalin Suri now out of race for the post of Foreign Secretary, name of Hardeep Puri has started doing the round for the post in question. Suri has fallen out of race due to extention of six months to the present incumbent Ms. Nirupama Rao.

NIrupama Rao to be Indian Ambassador to US !
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is likely to go to US as Indian Ambassador after her superannuation in July. She is 1973 batch IFS officer.

Pyarelal to join National Centre of Arts
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting V B Pyarelal has been appointed Joint Secretary in the National Centre for Arts. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on December 13 )

V.K. Garg to be Joint Secretary Tax Research Unit
As the grapevine has it V.K. Garg is going to be appointed as new Joint Secretary of Tax Research Unit (TRU) the slot that was earlier held by Gautam Bhattacharya. Garg is an IRS (C &EC) officer of the 1983 batch. The post is in the central government's Revenue department that falls under the Finance Ministry. Presently, V.K. Garg is posted as Additional Director General (ADG) in the Faridabad located National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics (NACEAN).

Panel for postings of DRM by Jan 2011
Panel for the postings of Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) is expected to be in place by January 2011.

Deo likely to be elevated as IG in RPF
P.M. Singh Deo, DIG, Northern Railway, is likely to be promoted as IG in RPF. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer of the 1985 batch.

Who will be NHAI Chairman ?
Who will be new Chairman of the NHAI? Extended tenure of Chairman Brijeshwar Singh is coming to an end on December 31.

75 IPS officers of 1990 batch empanelled for IG rank
As many as 75 IPS officers of 1990 batch have been empanelled for the post of IG or equivalent in the Government of India. They are Arun Pratap Singh, K Vaiphei, V K Maheshwari, Sajjad Wasi Naqvi, Anuradha Shankar, Ashok Awasthi, Syed Mohammed Afzal, B B Sharma, Vijay Katariya, S S Chaturvedi, Arun Kumar Sarangi and T P Sundaramurthy of MP cadre, Tanuja Srivastva, Rajiv Ranjan Verma, Subhash Chandra, Satya Narayan Sabat, Tilotma Verma, Prashant Kumar, S M Tarde, Avinash Chandra, B K Maurya, Daljit Singh Chaudhary, M K Bashal, Sandeep Salunke and Renuka Mishra of UP cadre, Gopal B Hosur, Mohammed Wazir Ahmed, S P Murthy, Bhaskar Rao and Kamal Pant of Karnataka cadre, Govind Singh, Anjana Sinha, Ravi Gupta and Anjani Kumar of AP cadre, Sanjay Singh, T S Luthra and Dependra Pathak of UT cadre, B R. Rana and Y K Gautam of Assam Meghalaya cadre, R S Bhatti, Shobha Ohatker and Neeraj Sinha of Bihar cadre, R C Patel, B S Maravi and R K Mishra of Chhattisgarh cadre, M D.Antani of Gujarat cadre, S B.Negi of Himachal Pradesh cadre, Ranbir Singh Sharma and S S Kapoor of Haryana cadre, Anil Palta of Jharkhand cadre, B Srinivasan of J&K cadre, S D Saheb and Hari Nath Mishra of Kerala cadre, Kulwant Kumar, A M Kulkarni, Jaijeet Singh, V V Lakshminnarayan, Bipin Kumar Singh, S V Date and Sanjay Kumar Verma of Maharashtra cadre, Y B Khurania and Sudhanshu Sarangi of Orissa cadre, Srinivas Rao Janga, R.P.Mehendra and Rajiv Kumar Sharma of Rajasthan cadre, A K Singh of Sikkim cadre, T V.Ravi Chandran, Abhash Kumar and Shankar Jiwal of Tamil Nadu cadre, D P. Lepcha, Rajesh Kumar, Debasish Roy and Ranveer Kumar of West Bengal cadre and V Vinay Kumar and Anju Gupta of Uttarakhand cadre.

Two AAI GMs promoted as ED
Two General Managers in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been promoted as Executive Directors. They are JMS Negi, GM (ATM) who has been promoted as ED (ATM) and NG Chikkathimaiah, GM (ATM) who has been promoted as ED (Airport Licencing).

Ramachandran appointed Advisor by UP Government
Former Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India M Ramachandran has been appointed Advisor by the UP Government to promote mega projects.1972 batch retired Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer Ramachandran has been given the rank of Minister of State.He will be based in Delhi.

Sudhir posted to MEA Headquarters
Sanjay Sudhir,(1993) Counsellor in PMI Geneva, is posted to MEA Headquarters

Kaun Banega Meghalaya's DGP? (1)
As the grapevine has it, Kulbir Krishan (1976 batch IPS officer) is one of the five IPS officers who are in the run for the post of DGP, Meghalaya. His chances were bright during earlier regime. Not so now after the infamous Shillong Jail break in May, 2008.

Munda for decentralization of power in Jharkhand
As the grapevine has it, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda is very keen on decentralization of power in the state.

Bansal to be ADG at Centre
A.K. Bansal will assume charge as ADG in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) once P.B. Gangopadhyaya retires by the year-end. Bansal is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
(We said this on August 11, 2010)

Vaibhav poised to join NIA
As the grapevine has it, Vikas Vaibhav, SP, Rohtas, is likely to be appointed as SP in the central government's National Investigation Agency (NIA).He is an IPS officer of the 2003 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Akhtar tipped to go to Jeddah
As the grapevine has it, Mohammad Shekeel Akhtar, Addl. CP, Chennai, is likely to be appointed in India's Jeddah located Consulate. It falls under the jurisdiction of central government's Ministry of External Affairs (MHA).He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Jain moves to Delhi
Anil Jain has moved to Delhi as Special Commissioner (Coordination) of the Madhya Pradesh Government. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

IAS officers and Whispersinthecorridors.com
For over a hundred IAS officers of the 1980, 1981 and 1982 batches undergoing a week long training programme in 'Global Perspectives in Governance', at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, USA, from 12-18 December, the first choice of news from back home is WHISPERS. The lobby area of the hotel where they have been housed was crowded with officers logging on to the net to check the latest whispers on Sunday evening. One participant remarked, 'You can take IAS officers out of India, but you can't take WHISPERS out of the IAS.

Kushwaha to join MHA
Umashankar Prasad Kushwaha is joining the MHA as Deputy Secretary. He is 1998 batch IDAS officer.

Prof Belliappa to move to another Universty ?
Prof. K C Belliappa, Vice Cancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Padesh, is likely to be moved to another Central University.

Manipur faces shortage of IAS officers
State Government of Manipur has been facing a shortage of IAS officers.

DPC to be held for promotion of CRPF officers
A meeting of the DPC will be held within week's time for promotion of CRPF cadre officers of IG rank to that of the ADG rank.

Who will be new DG NIFT ?
Who will be new DG of the NIFT ?.The JS level post has been quietly advertised on the Textile Ministry website.

Nadadur is now JS ISRO
R G Nadadur is new Joint Secretary in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Viswapati Trivedi is in Bosnia
Viswapati Trivedi who on central deputation is Additional Secretary (Finance) in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has gone to Bosnia as part of the mid-career training programme (MCTP) and will be coming back on December 19, 2010.He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ashok Lavasa is in USA
Ashok Lavasa who on central deputation is Joint Secretary in Ministry of Labour has been undertaking mid-career training programme (MCTP) in USA. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to Haryana cadre.

D.Diptivilasa is in USA
D.Diptivilasa who on central deputation is Joint Secretary (Police-I) in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been undertaking mid-career training programme (MCTP) in USA. He will be coming back to India on January 15, 2011 .He is an IAS officer of the1981 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Alarm bells ringing for Pakistan's economy
The governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Shahid H Kardar during his recent address to the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has reiterated the Bank's concern for heavy governmental borrowings over the last three years - in excess of Rs 1500 billion by Oct this year - resulting in unprecedented high rates of inflation. A conspicuous fall out of the state's excessive borrowings is the deterioration in the currency to deposit ratio. During 2003-2007 currency circulation grew by 70% but deposits in the banking system (excluding governmental deposits) grew by 104%. However during the period 2007-2010 coinciding with increased state borrowings the currency circulation grew by 82% but deposits in banking system grew by just 40%. Mr Kardar has warned that absence of rigorous fiscal discipline by the government and sound macro management strategies may lead to total collapse of the economy.

Professor Seyed E. Hasnain to be VC of JNU
Professor Seyed E. Hasnain is being tipped to be the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Three IAS in Rajasthan get addl charge
Three IAS officers in Rajasthan have been given additional charge. While Om Prakash Meena - Principal Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies) has been given the additional charge of Higher Education, Umesh Kumar - Administrator, Rajasthan State Agricultural Marketing Board has been asked to look after the additional charge of PS Technical Education and Deepak Upreti - Commissioner and and ex-officio Secretary of Transport Department will look after the additional charge of Chairman, Rajasthan State RoadTransport Corporation.

POWERGRID conferred with MoU Excellence Award and Scope Excellence Award
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Navratna Company and the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country, has been conferred with the prestigious 'MoU Excellence Award' for the year 2008-09 by the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises for being the top performer in the Energy Sector. POWERGRID has also been bestowed with the Scope Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management (2008-09) - Large Scale PSE Category. Both the awards were presented to S.K. Chaturvedi, CMD, POWERGRID by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on Tuesday. SCOPE Excellence awards have been instituted by SCOPE, the apex body of Public Enterprises, to recognize and encourage the contribution and outstanding performance of Public Enterprises for their vision in creating national wealth.

Arup Roy Choudhury gets SCOPE Excellence Award
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh presented the SCOPE Excellence Award
Gold Trophy in individual category to Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC Limited at the SCOPE Excellence Award function held in New Delhi today. He has been awarded for his outstanding contribution to the public sector. Roy Choudhury is a dynamic leader with proven abilities to achieve transformational changes in the sector. He seeks to position NTPC a Maharatna enterprise on course to become the largest and best power producer in the world. NTPC is the largest power generating company in India with an installed capacity of over 32694 MW operating 28 power stations across the country. Choudhury, has the distinction of becoming the youngest Chief Executive Officer of a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) at the age of 44 years when he joined as Chairman & Managing Director, National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) on April 03, 2001. His career spans over 32 years of outstanding contribution in the fields of engineering, general management, strategic management and business leadership.

RTI

"DATE WITH RTI" COMPLETES TWO YEARS

Joint penalty on PIO & Deemed PIO

Information regarding the rent fixation and related issues were refused to the appellant. Mr. S. K. Nigam, PIO, stated that the assistance of Mr. A. K. Pasi, was sought under Section 5(4) of the RTI Act for providing the information. Mr. Pasi, the deemed PIO, provided the information "As the matter is subjudice in the court of law the information cannot be supplied at this point of time." The CIC noted that this was a denial of information without giving any reasons as per Section 8(1) of the RTI Act. While accepting that the denial of information was made by the deemed PIO, the CIC held that when a completely frivolous denial of information is made, the PIO must also share the blame. For a delay in providing the information of over 100 days, the CIC imposed the maximum penalty of Rs. 25,000/- jointly on the PIO & Deemed PIO.

Comments

The CIC has held that the RTI law holds the PIOs responsible for all decision on matters of law and officers whose assistance is sought under Section 5(4) basically share the administrative responsibility of providing the information. Most PIO's tend to act like
Post-offices, collecting information from the deemed PIO and transmitting them to the appellant. This order would be a wake-up call.

Mr. Alok Mehrotra v. Delhi Labour Welfare Board, GNCTD in Decision No. CIC/DS/A/2009/000011/SG/9083Penalty

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)

CORPORATE
Shah quits ICICI Prudential AMC
Nilesh Shah, deputy managing director of ICICI Prudential AMC, has reportedly quit the company ,

Goyal promoted as CEO, Allianz Asia Pacific
Kamesh Goyal, Country Head of Allianz in India and Managing Director of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has been promoted as CEO of Allianz Asia Pacific.

Kapoor is Chairman PwC India
PriceWaterhouseCoopers has appointed Deepak Kapoor as the Chairman forf PwC India, replacing Gautam Banerjee who will complete his term by December end.

Sochovsky is CFO, MACH
Guy Sochovsky, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development, MACH, has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer at the company.

Yalvigi is President, Ignitee Digital
Ignitee Digital Solutions has appointed Anand Yalvigi as President of 'Ignitee
Sports'.

NMDC Ltd appoints directors
Union Ministry of Steel has appointed the Part-time Non-official Directors (Independent Directors) on the Board of NMDC Ltd . They are-- R. N. Aga, Parminder Hira Mathur and D. Rath.

Three directors cease to be on SAIL Board
Following redesignation of the post of Managing Directors of SAIL Steel Plants at Durgapur, Rourkela, Bokaro, Bhilai and IISCO,S.N. Singh, P.K. Bajaj and S.S. Mohanty have ceased to be directors on the Board of SAIL.

Dr Patel nominated Member
Dr Amrita Patel has been nominated as Member of the International Dairy federation.

Seth is ED LCV Ashok Leyland.
Nitin Seth has been appointed as Executive Director - LCV by the Ashok Leyland.

Philip is new CEO of of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
V. Philip has been appointed CEO of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. He will replace Kamesh Goyal who has been appointed as the CEO of Allianz Asia-Pacific.

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WHO ARE MORE CORRUPT-POLITCIANS,BUREAUCRATS AND JOURNALISTS

Politicians are way ahead

It is like asking who came first- the egg or the hen. Actually the politicians are way ahead of all.

C Mohan

Who is more corrupt, the politician, bureaucrat or journalist in the Indian context is a Kafkan enigma. The journalist makes both the politician and bureaucrat visible and in turn the politician and bureaucrat patronize the journalist. In their ugly nexus of corruption, to use the Orwellian phrase, "it is difficult to say who is the man and who is the pig". It is the pusillanimous journalist who breaths life into the corrupt politician or a bureaucrat. In a free society when a journalist turns corrupt, it can pale all shades of corruption. Both the politician and the bureaucrat make the cannon fodder for the journalist.

S N Pandita

The politicians are the most corrupt. But as a first step if bureaucrats can be controlled from corruption, then only we can control politicians.

Subramanian.V

Why did media suppress news ?

I wonder why news media totally suppressed news about the deportation of American computer scientist, J Alex Halderman, who had co-authored a study titled 'India's EVMs are vulnerable to fraud'. He was not allowed to enter the country after landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Sunday evening. Airport sources, it appears, refused to offer any reason for this action. Many political leaders have cast doubts on the dependability of EVMs. Government seems to be in a hurry to hide some thing. Or is the Congress President after putting honest faces like those of Manmohan Singh and Antony upfront and demolishing public faith in the constitutional edifices like the posts of the President, CEC, CVC etc. trying to remain in power with the aid of undependable EVMs ?

N Krishnan

Who is accountable ?

My question to government is can they tell us who is accountable? I live in a society which suffered a number of burglaries recently. So the society decided to sack the security guard for failure to safeguard the society. However our nation which is suffering burglary after burglary, and in this case with the avowed knowledge of the security guards, but no one is held accountable. What kind of system is this?

MB

Any suggestions?

True, what do you say to those reviewing officers who downgrade the grading given by the reporting officer simply because there was personal differences between the two. As a result my grading of outstanding is now very good! And I cannot do anything about it. Any suggestions?

Vidya

Strengthening Citizen-government partnership

Kulanand Joshi (DANICS) Additional Secretary to CM completes 05 years in Bhagidari Cell set up in the office of the Chief Minister, Delhi, for strengthening Citizen-government partnership.

Bhagidari Cell

Cong has responsibility to tread right path

The Congress Party was in the forefront in the freedom movement and has the responsibility to carry forward and establish the ideals of dreams of its forefathers. After independence, it has lost the way and instead of stubbornly fighting not to have any scope for criminals to become MPs, it chose the wrong way to be in power. Congress party has an obligation to tread the right path and not to quote that BJP is also corrupt. The current obstinate behaviour of congress is discouraging many congress supporters.

Let there be a movement for honesty and transparency at any cost. What ever comes in the way, has to be crossed. There should not be any place for personal ego or gain. The entire country has pinned their hope to congress to make India a super power.

Mohan

Congratulations !

WIC said few weeks ago that SC will gag the media on Radia tapes and it happened yesterday.

Justice (Retd) Khanna

Give extension to everyone !

That is the problem all others behind don't get a chance what they should get as some one gets extension. Why not giving extension to every one except ONE? Not fair. Disagree.. Poor Suri missed his big chance to be a FS.

Mukhim

Congratulations !

Congratulations on the second anniversary of a very informative part of your site. It has helped me and perhaps many other government officials in our understanding of the RTI Act. Could you put more service related cases instead of the share market case?

Anupam Sinha