WIC we salute you !

Few weeks ago a comment from a retired judge had talked about Supreme Court media gag on Radia tapes and it has happened, it had said about a Tamil Nadu High Court and CJI absolving a Union Minister it has happened and the other three things i am anxiously waiting for are a young high court judge in Maharashtra helping a foreign embassy and former Union Law Minister offering post retirement jobs to Judges for helping out in cases and a powerful aide left scout free on charges of corruption. I am hoping some one in the knowledge of these murky details listens to his conscience and like Tamil Nadu High Court Judge speaks up in the interest of our nation plagued by corruption.
Justice Rajendra S

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

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Conference call between Congress Spokesmen and Rahul

IMAGINARY TELEPHONE TAPS

In chorus all four Spokesmen: Good morning Rahul Ji Gandhi ji Sir ji. (there is a sound of someone crying).

Rahul: Good morning. Who is crying …. what's the problem???

Renuka: It's me….. my tears just keep flowing…….. how can these people doubt Rahul Baba's conviction??? Disgusting!

Rahul: Okay get a hold of your emotions……now how are you going to respond to my WikiLeak?

Singhvi: Firstly I think the Media's response is disgusting. Secondly BJP's response is disgusting but on expected lines. Thirdly we must doubt the credibility of this WikiLeak… after all there is a precedence that Pakistan has indulged in faking WikiLeaks. Fourthly we must hype the RSS's terror potential.

Tiwari: For starters why not ask US to authenticate this WikiLeak???? US will not do so and then we can say this leak is 'unsubstantiated'!!! We must also bring to the Public's notice that the founder of WikiLeaks is in jail on rape charges…… trash his credibility!!!

Janaki: Fact of the matter is that Rahul said this in complete confidence to the US Ambassador…… this is invasion of privacy!

Renuka: Hullo….hullo…. we all should fan out in the Media for debates! I will browbeat anti Congress Debaters…. even if I have shin kick a few of the under the table or write expletives on paper during discussions whenever they try to peek as to what I'm jotting! Manish and I have the prowess of going on and on and not allowing others to speak!

Rahul: I'm going to fax you my statement. Please read out the statement ad-vertem! Basically I'm going to de-colorize my worry/fear and say terror has to be fought! And you will get help from the Media that is pro Congress! I just spoke to Pronoy and he's going to have Barkah do 'We the People' and she'll pack the audience with Congress supporters! I've also spoken to our pro Congress Editors in the print media and they will be writing editorials to help us out!!

Call between Amar Singh and Mulayam. Mulayam calls Amar and Amar's caller tune is 'Dost dost na raha'

Mulayam: Amar Singh ji why are you threatening me?????

Amar : Neta ji …… your chamchas are calling me a Supplier!!

Mulayam: Arre Amar Singh Ji Azam has already clarified he meant Supplier of Helicopters!!!

Amar: You think people are that that gullible….. the other day I was in Maurya Sheraton and a person who I know is a Supplier' came up to me and said ' Kya Sir Ji ….abh mujhe outstation se demands are coming - helicopter mein maal supply karro - Amar Singh jaise….. itna costly maal from where will I get to cover the cost of 'air freight'! Maare gaye humm'!!!

Mulayam: Arre do not forget if you have material on me then I have material on you too!

Amar: Matt bhoolo Neta ji you have more to loose than me!!! If I let info out of the bag you will be politically finished…. I am as it is politically finished so your revelation can only cause me trouble with ED or IT!!!!

Mulayam: Cool down Amar Singh Ji!!! Let us meet and enjoy a evening like we used to do….. I'll arrange the place and you get the enjoyment ka saaman!!!

Amar: Kya Netaji…… Amar badnaam hooaa Neta Ji tehre liye (singing it like Muuni badnaam hooee)!!! Why not switch duties and I'll arrange the place and you get the saamaan!!!

Mulayam: Arre Amar Singh Ji jiss ka kaam ussi ko bhaaye!!!

Amar: Neta terri aisi kumm taisi… abh dekh mein kya karta hoo!!! Arre Pawan mere vakeel ka number toh milla …… dekh loonga!!!!

Mulayam: Amar yaad rakhna choori kharbooze pe girre ya kharbooaza chhori pe nuksan kharbooze ka hotha hai!!

Call between Radiia and Rattan

Radiia: Kem cho Bawaji ? (how are you)!!!

Tata: Saaroo….. what are you wearing????

Radiia: Business suit… why????
Tata: (whispering) Let us keep our conversation 'trivial'

Radiia: What are you wearing???
Tata: Payjama and ganji (vest)!!

Radiia: It is past noon and you are still in your payjama and ganji on a working day!!!

Tata: I go to the Office and either I am harassed by reporters or there is a long letter from that BPL guy waiting for me!!!

Radiia: What's your weather prognosis?????
Tata: Dark clouds are moving in your direction……. and darker cloud clouds in the direction of your friend Crown Man!!!!

Radiia: The weather in Queen's land, though freezing cold, looks comforting!!!

Tata: Alas … the dark clouds will not allow your plane to take off!!!

Radiia: Then what should I do?????
Tata: First change into a nightie…….. get into bed……. stay indoors…… even if they forcefully take you to a Government Shelter (jail) you will walk out in a week or two!!! Yes get yourself a good raincoat (lawyer)….. if not now the raincoat will come handy to make them let you walk out of the shelter!!!

Radiia: Thanks for the advice!!! To hell with this disguised conversation…….should I make a few more calls from my 'tapped. Numbers and make some threatening revelations that will touch the highest…… you know who???? I hope they are listening in now!!!!!

Tata: Problem all your contacts know your number and now no one will respond to your call!!!

Radiia: Can I do a Sahara???? Take out full page ads spilling beans and justifying my position!!

Tata: Me thinks you should not rock the boat any further….behave like that Jain guy in the Jain Hawala dairies….. do not threaten , protect those in power, use 'grease' liberally and get yourself the best legal aid!!! Bye bye!!!!

Radiia: Ta ta .... bye bye!!!!

Tata: This is the first time you've called me by my surname....

Radiia: No... no..... I said ta ta meaning bye!! Case example what you hear in the ear piece is not what has been uttered at the other end in the mouth piece!!!

Conversation between Tarun Das and Kamalnath

Kamlnath: Oye do you have any proof that I am Mr. 15%!!!

Das: Galti ho gayi hazoor maffee de doh!!!

Kamalnath: Shut up. You have damaged by god name! Yesterday ICB Bids for a road project were opened and a Chinese and Korean Bidder have explicitly mentioned 15% as project procurement cost!!!

Das: But this was just idle gossip!!!

Kamalnath: Such idle gossip will very soon make you idle!!

Das: How can I make up?????

Kamalnath: Well you have your contacts in the Media …..ask one of them to do an interview with you and question you on your utterances to Radia and then undo the damage!!

Das: I'll speak to Karan Thapar and ask him to grill me!!!

Kamalnath: And you fool …. off record…..you spoiled my rate….. it is not 15% but 25.6%!!! 1.6% is the Party's 'stamp duty'!!! So in the interview just say it was all idle gossip. Do not delve into technicalities like rate etc.!!!

Das: Sir what if this conversation is being tapped!!

Kamalnath: Oye I am a journo miming Kamalnath's voice!!! Check out the number I am calling from..... it is a Public Telephone number!!! Ha!! Bye!!!

Bharat Kumar

WikiLeaks revelation a conspiracy?
Is WikiLeaks expose on Rahul Gandhi a part of a conspiracy? This question is hotly being debated in corridors of power.

Ever heard in Indian Bureaucracy ?
"In an unprecedented occurrence, 2007 batch M-T IPS officer Rajeev Pachar who was posted as SDPO Bishalgarh, West Tripura district, resigned from service some time back. What even more surprising, he gave the civil services examination again, qualified and got selected once again to the IPS (2010 batch) and got his home cadre-Rajasthan. He has thus decided to lose 3 years seniority, go through the rigmarole of probation and training once again for the next 2 years, only for changing his cadre. So much for the the Tripura Government's oft repeated assertions that "the State is fully conducive to the working of AIS officers". So much also for Central Government's laughable assertions that "all cadres are equal". This incident, perhaps the first of its kind ever, is also indicative of the "devil may care attitude" that the Central Government has for the AIS officers borne on North-Eastern cadres. Apparently, one set of rules apply for officers posted in the mainland, and a completely different set of rules for those in the North-East. In such a scenario, it would be no wonder if such incidents are repeated in future. This incident comes in the wake of the continued refusal of the Tripura Government in giving concurrence for cadre change on marital grounds to 2 officers of the 2007 batch. For over 2 years, the State Government has not accorded them concurrence, thus making their marriages unworkable. This when the average time taken for cadre changes in the rest of the country is anywhere between 2-3 months."

U. K. Sinha's case to concretize in January 2011
As the grapevine has it the case pertaining to appointment of U.K. Sinha as the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will concretize in next four weeks. A former 1976 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Bihar cadre, he was a joint secretary in charge of capital markets in the ministry of finance before heading UTI Asset Management, India's fourth largest mutual funds by assets. Sinha is also the current chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds
of India, or Amfi, the industry lobby group.

1996 batch rules the roost
There are at least five IAS officers belonging to the 1996 batch who are private secretaries (PSs) to different central Ministers. They are: A. Anbarsu with V.Narayanasamy Indian Minister of State, Culture, Planning and Parliamentary Affairs. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha & DoPT; Ritesh Kumar Singh with Indian Minister for Urban Development (UD) Jaipal Reddy, Rupinder Singh with Indian Minister of State for Petroleum Jitin Prasad, Sanjay Khandare with Indian Minister of State for Civil aviation (with Independent charge) Praful Patel & Puneet Kansal will shortly be joining as PS to Indian Minister of State Ministry of Micro, Medium and Small enterprises (Independent charge) Dinsha J. Patel. Besides 1996 batch Indian Foreign Service officer
Hemant Kotalwar who was earlier PS to MoS E Ahmad is nowadays PS to MoS Ms. Praneet Kaur in MEA. In addition to this Vinay Chaubey an IAS officer of the same batch is Mumbai based Regional Passport officer (RPO).

Vinod Kumar is now JS VIP Division in MEA
Dr. B M Vinod Kumar (lFS 1986) has joined MEA as Joint Secretary in Parliament & VIP Division. He was posted as Consul General in Hambury, Germany.

Prakash Mishra is new ADG NIA
Prakash Mishra is now new ADG in the NIA.He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ms. P. Gopinath to be Member Postal Board
Ms. P. Gopinath who is an IPoS officer of 1977 batch is poised to be a Member in the Postal Services Board.

30-day Rann Utsav begins with colorful Kutch Carnival
Month-long Rann Utsav began at Bhuj on December 19, 2010 with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating colourful Kutch carnival. Entire site at Hamirsar Lake wore a magnificent look reflecting Kutch's reach cultural heritage and ethos. Some 42 art-groups with 1500-odd artists dressed in traditional Kutchy attire, demonstrating their folk-skills kept the tourists from within and outside of the country spellbound. The event also saw a presence of 11 envoys and senior officials of the state with invited dignitaries. 'The slogan - 'Kutch nahi dekha to kuchh nahi dekha' has captured entire world in its magic', Modi said. Tourism Minister Jaynarayan Vyas gave outline of the progress Gujarat made in the field of tourism Minister of State Vasanbhai Ahir Toursim Department's Kamlesh Patel, MP Punamben Jat, MLAs, municipality and district panchayat charimen, senior officials including K. Srinivas Joint Managing Director of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited -in charge secretary of Kutch, industry leaders, and people of Kutch in large number were present on the occasion. State Tourism Department has arranged for two helicopters which will provide air travel services for visiting Bhuj, Mandavi, Dholavira and Narayan Sarovar, Dhordo. All these five tourist-places have helipads ready for take-off. These services are available from December19, 2010 to January 19, 2011, so that people can enjoy the perfect blend of enthusiasm and hospitality. The booking facility is also available through Tourism co-operation website. Secretary for Tourism and Aviation, Vipul Mittra is all behind to make this ride of joy most entertaining and unforgettable for people visiting kutchh in this Rannostav. Vipul Mittra is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who
belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

Chakravorty to be MD of Numaligarh Refinery Limited
Dipak Chakravorty is being tipped to be MD of the Numaligarh Refinery
Limited.He is presently he Director Technical with Numaligarh Refinery
Limited on deputation from the BPCL.

Lt Gen Yadav to head NDA
Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav is likely to go to Khadagwasla to head the NDA next month..

Uttam joins MEA as Under Secretary
Devesh Uttam (lFS 2003) has joined MEA as Under Secretary in the Gulf Division after his return from posting in Libya.

Rao in MEA transferred to Tel Aviv
Ms. Vani Rao (1994), presently Director (AMS), MEA, is posted to Embassy of India, Tel Aviv.

Kaun Banega Meghalaya's DGP? (5)
As the grapevine has it A.K. Mathur (1980 batch IPS officer) is one of the five IPS officers who are in the run for the post of DGP, Meghalaya. His name is there to make up the panel of five names.

V.K.Jairath to join on board of SEBI
V.K. Jairath former Industries Secretary to Maharashtra government who had sought voluntary retirement (VR) is set to join the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He is already on board of the Bharat Forge of which Chairman is noted industrialist Baba Kalyani. Jairath, an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, belongs to the 1982 batch.Jairath will be joining on December 31, 2010 and his term will be till 2013.

CSB to meet today
Meeting of the CSB is going to take place on Monday.

Satyanand Mishra to be sworn in today
Satyanand Mishra will be sworn in as new Chief Information Commissioner of India at 7 pm on Monday.He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

IAS changes in UP
Neeta Chaudhary will be new Principal Secretary Health.Pradeep Shukla has been made Principal secretary Family Welfare.

Federal cabinet Ministers and a MoS lose portfolios in pakistan
As a result of first round of implementation of the 18th constitutional amendment in pakistan four Federal cabinet ministers and a MoS have lost their portfolios as the subjects of their erstwhile ministries have now devolved on the provinces. These are Minister for Population Welfarer Firdaus Awan, Special Initiatives Minister Lal Mohammad Khan, Youth Affairs Minister Shahid Bhutto, Minister for Zakat & Ushr Noorul Qadri and MoS for Local Govt and Rural Development Masood Abbas. Another five federal ministers are to lose their portfolios due to devolution of their ministries to the provinces by June next year. Exercise for redeployment of the staff is on.

SAFA recognises ONGC for 'Best Presented Accounts' (UPDATED)

ONGC has been conferred the First Runner up Position under the 'Best Presented Accounts' Award for the year 2009 in Public Sector Entities category by South Asia Federation of Accountants (SAFA). The award was presented by Surendra Pandey, Finance Minister of Nepal by D. Dhandapani, Group General Manager - Chief Corporate Finance and S.K.Rajput, General Manager(Finance) - Head Corporate Accounts on behalf of ONGC, at a ceremony at Kathmandu, Nepal. Speaking on the occasion ONGC CMD R.S. Sharma said, "It is recognition of ONGC's quality of Accounts and their effective presentation, greater transparency and data sharing with stakeholders and sound governance practices". ONGC also has the distinction of getting Nil comments from Statutory Auditors as well as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) continuously during each of last four years.

Official list of 1990 batch IPS empanelled for IG's post (UPDATED)

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of 75 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of 1990 batch for holding the posts of Inspector General or equivalent at the Centre. Those empanelled are Sanjay Singh, Tajendra Singh Luthra and Dependra Pathak of AGMU cadre, Bishnu Ram Rana and Y K Gautam of AM cadre, Govind Singh, Mrs. Anjana Sinha, Ravi Gupta and Anjani Kumar of AP cadre, Rajwinder Singh Bhatti, Shobha Ohatker and Neeraj Sinha of BH cadre, R C Patel, B S Maravi and Rajesh Kumar Mishra of Chhattisgarh cadre, M D Antani of Gujarat cadre Shyam Bhagat Negi of HP cadre, Ranbir Singh Sharma and Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor of Haryana cadre, Anil Palta of Jharkhand cadre, B Srinivasan of J&K cadre, Shaik Darvesh Saheb and Harinath Mishra of Kerala cadre, Gopal B Hosur, Mohd Wazir Ahmed, S Parashiva Murthy, Bhaskar Rao and Kamal Pant of Karnataka cadre, Kulwant Kumar, A M Kulkarni, Jaijeet Singh, V V Lakshminarayan, Bipin Kumar Singh, Sadanand Vasant Date and Sanjay Kumar Verma of Maharashtra cadre, Arun Pratap Singh, K Vaiphei, V K Maheswari, Sajjad Wasi Naqvi, Mrs. Anuradha Shankar, Ashok Awasthi, Saiyed Mohd Afzal, B B Sharma and Vijay Katariya of Madhya Pradesh cadre, S S Chaturvedi of MT cadre, Arun Kumar Sarangi, Y B Khurania and Sudhansu Sarangi Orissa cadre, Srinivas Rao Janga, Ravi Prakash Meharda and Rajeev Kumar Sharma of Rajasthan cadre, Amrendra Kumar Singh of Sikkim cadre, T P Sundaramurthy, T V Ravichandran, Abhash Kumar and Shankar Jiwal of Tamil Nadu cadre, V Vinay Kumar and Mrs. Anju Gupta of Uttarakhand cadre, Mrs. Tanuja Srivastava, Rajiv Ranjan Verma, Subhash Chandra, Satya Narain Sabat, Mrs. Tilotma Verma, Prashant Kumar, Sanjay Moreshwar Tarde, Avinash Chandra, Bijaya Kumar Maurya, Daljit Singh Chaudhary, Manmohan Kumar Bashal, Sandeep Salunke and Mrs. Renuka Mishra of Uttar Pradesh cadre , Daniel Tshering Lepcha, Rajesh Kumar, Debasish Roy and Ranveer Kumar of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on Dec 14)

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
PM for rejuvenating BSNL
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has the other day said that the state-run telecom firm BSNL will receive the due attention of the government. It means, the government is all set to help the beleaguered Telecom company which has lost its substantial market share to private operators and a loss of Rs 1,822.65 crore in 2009-10.

Sachdev appointed CEO , Tata Asset Mgt. Ltd
Tata Asset Management Ltd has appointed Sanjay Sachdev as its President and CEO.

Goud resigns as Company Secy. Pioneer Distilleries
Ms. M Amala Goud, resigned as the Company Secretary of Pioneer Distilleries Ltd.

Keerthi appointed Company Secy, Pioneer Distilleries
Santhosh Kumar Keerthi has been appointed as Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer of Pioneer Distilleries Ltd w.e.f. October 9, 2010.

Sarangi appointed Chairman, Titan Industries
Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO), the co-promoter of Titan Industries Ltd has nominated Debendranath Sarangi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu and Chairman, TIDCO as a Nominee Director and Chairman on the Board of Titan Industries Ltd with effect from December 6, 2010.

Ranjan to continue as Director, Titan industries
Rajeev Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Government of Tamil Nadu will continue to be a Director on the Board Titan Industries Ltd.

TIDCO MD resigns from Titan Industries Board
Sunil Paliwal, IAS, Managing Director, TIDCO has resigned from the Board of Titan Industries Ltd .

Industrialist and Karnataka state bag award
CEO of Biocon Ltd Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Karnataka State have each won this year's BioSpectrum-ABLE award for promoting the growth of the industry.

Glenmark Pharma MD is 'BioSpectrum Person of the Year.'
Glenn Saldanha, CEO and Managing Director, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has been named the BioSpectrum Person of the Year.

Param Saikia joins JWT Malaysia
Param Saikia has joined JWT Malaysia as CEO. In his new role, Saikia will partner with Edwin Leong, Deputy Chairman/ ECD. He will take charge from January 2011.

Nitin Chowdhary joins Tyroo Media as VP & India Business Head
Nitin Chowdhary has been appointed Vice President and Business Head for India of Indian digital ad-network Tyroo Media. He will be reporting to Manish Vij, Co-founder and Director of the venture. Chowdhary brings in with him 18 years experience of having worked with General Electric, Cadence and Kanbay (Cap Gemini).

Central Bank of India to celebrate Centenary Year
Central Bank of India, established on 21st December, 1911, as the country's first Swadeshi Bank, entering its Centenary Year now, is - to mark the landmark occasion - planning to hold cultural and customer felicitation programmes, Blood Donation Camps, Health Check-up camps etc. for the benefit of general public. Founded by Sir Sorabji N. Pochkhanawala, in the backdrop of freedom struggle, it was the first bank to be totally managed by Indians. Since then it has grown into a mammoth organization. Several initiatives, in the form of new products and venturing into new areas of business, have helped the Bank to show an improved performance and profitability under its present Chairman & Managing Director, S. Sridhar.

Hasan appointed in NZTE
Peter T. Hassan has been appointed as the Advisory Board Member for India by the New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE).

FORUM
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WHO ARE MORE CORRUPT-POLITCIANS,BUREAUCRATS OR JOURNALISTS ?

Sarita
All are corrupt-a good cocktail

All are a combo i.e. Politicians+civil servants+journalists. This three muskeeters make a good cocktail.All said and done, when the blame gain starts, every one tries to pass teh buck against one another, thus jeopardising any sort of enquiry, since ourjudicial sysytem takes more than a decade to come to any conslusion.
D Prabhakar
Corruption starts from election

The corruption in our country starts from the electoral process where political parties spent enormous undisclosed funds.Once they get the governance they try to make up the money they spent. Bureaucrats lick their fingers as the proverbial man who put his fingers into the honey jar.And this licking occasionally becomes swallowing.Political corruption is the major form of corruption and it is time we reform the electoral process even by state funding of elections.
N Krishnan
Mainly bureaucracy
The question as to who is more corrupt is very pertinent.out of four pillars of democracy three are proven to be corrupt and the fourth one is trying hard to follow other three. Can judiciary be far behind.So it is preposterous to think that all four pillars of our democracy are not corrupt. My compatriots will agree with me in saying that corruption is the way of life for all Indians. It is completely out of box thinking that there may be a corruption free government department in our country. We have grown, we have progressed and we will excel in all walks of life by registering high growth every year in corruption. After all a progressive country must register upward trend. Bureaucracy is the route cause of all ills in our country. Their permanency at the helm of affairs is sufficient to encourage appeasement of politicians,judiciary and journalists. If they follow even 10% regulations made by them for others the country will still come out of the present sorry state of affairs. But this breed which has colonial roots is incorrigible and its behavior nd approach towards countrymen is worst than colonial era. Whats the use of colossal amount spent on their so many courses/training abroad and within the country when their mind set is in singular direction "that is to amass maximum wealth, and surpass everyone". Shame on such bureaucrats, bureaucracy, system which carry out selection and ensure promotion of such greedy people to the top level..Simple example is the list of most corrupt bureaucrats of UP...
Man Mohan
Bureaucrats are responsible
burauocrats are responsible lot for all the mess including corruption. because they had stability and security and were to deliver good for welfare of the nation in accordance to the consitution, but for their vested interests they have connived with the politicians and middleman to be part of th grand loot. Since they had wherewithal to seduce media and strangulate judiciary, they suceeded in stymising the system in favor of few. as things stand today, they are having piggybacking hierachy of one another, where at bottom is the common citizen, who is paying for being at mercy of them. The guiding principle of burauocracy is that exercise of power with responsibility is a burden. abuse of the power is the real pleasure. That pleasure is being derived by exploiting the person below. The lower functionary in hierachy is having the hope to be at position of the person above him so that he can enjoy the higher post, perks and spoils. This aluurement is fully exploited by the higher up by controlling the lower rank person through CR(confidential report),TR(transfer) and DR(disciplinary rules), alll of which are free to be used and abused indiscriminately. This is helping in strenghtening and organising corrupt regime.
Amit
Politicians followed by journalists
politicians followed by journalists and then beaurocrats
Ravinder Kumar
All are not corrupt
your inquiry is very interesting.all politicians are not corrupt and also not all beaurocrats but more than any thing its lawyers who corrupt judiciary by way of coaxing judges. perhaps mr sibal has not gone in to depth to see corruption in bodies like BCI which is not behind the aicte or mci or dci.
GCL
Why not judges also ?
Why are we leaving out judges from the contest of most corrupt and leaving the contest to politicians, bureaucrats and media only?
Arjun Mallik
All are equally corrupt
All three are eoually corrupt and are reasons for poor starving and corporates flourishing.In the same line is INDIAN ARMY. They are no less in corruption.
M Sen
WIC is same
WIC as also the entire electromagnetic spectrum is thesedays replete with sermons on corruption, ethics, morality, integrity and such sanctimonious jazz. If one is really concerned about ethics & corruption in public life, let there be serious introspection rather than adopt holier-than-thou attitude and express self-righteous indignation at the state of affairs. It is commonplace that there is a vast chasm between what one can honestly afford in private life and what one becomes "entitled" to merely by virtue of being in public life in whatever capacity at whatever level. As one of the ex President's is said to have jocularly remarked that what he missed most after relinquishing office was the endless supply of paneer pakoras and tea which he could offer to everyone and anyone who visited him then! Grand privileges & perks of power apart, the countless pens, writing pads, lap tops, brief cases and other bags of various shapes & sizes which lesser mortals acquire & amass as part of their routine legitimate entitlement for attending endless meetings, seminars,workshops, conferences, conventions, retreats and what have you both domestically and abroad on themes like poverty alleviation & malnutrition represent a microcosm of the wider malaise. Add to it the costs on the exchequer of travel, stay, sightseeing, allowances,other creature comforts and miscellaneous expenses on the upkeep of large number of honest individuals irrespective of the outcome of such expenditure. In the prevailing milieu, we would do well to shed our hypocrisy and benchmark all our thoughts & actions against Gandhi's talisman.
S K Tewary
Its for vote bank
Rahul should understand taht for every action there will be reaction.The Hindu involvement is reaction to muslim terror and christian cultural outrage of india and its Hindu majority.The reaction or riplash is only 1% comapared to 100% Muslim and Christian involvement in Terror.Further the west wants to keep terror in the East so that we cannot grow to challege them economically.Indians opting secular lines is dhrama of hinduism not out of compulsion.But slowly the otherside is trying to compel the Hindu majority into change exploiting its poverty which is higher in number comapred to other 15% of total non-Hindus.These politicians are trying to get a vote swing with this 15% of non-hindus to supplant he culture and pride of Hindus.It is not possible in future.
The murky goings on that are being revealed point to the subversion of the legitimate channels of communication as also monopolisation of the decision making process by select few. The exposure is merely the tip of the voluminous continental iceshelf. Therefore, even as audit, investigation, enforcement, courts et al are busy conducting post-mortem, it is equally important that the ex-ante in-house processes in Government whereby such decisions were (are) arrived at are also rationalised concurrently. It is, therefore, imperative that even as the larger systemic ills are being sought to be addressed, the skills & expertise possessed by a plethora of Group 'A' services e.g. Indian Trade Service, Indian Information Service, Indian Inspection Service, Indian Supply Service, Indian Company Law Service, Indian Cost Accounts Service, Indian Economic Service,Indian Statistical Service, Indian Legal Service etc., whose role, function and predicament do not normally find mention in WIC, are utilized for the purpose for which they have been created. Comparative advantage when allowed fuller play enhances efficiency, equity and national dividend.
S K Tewari

Ministries yes but no Government !!!
The past seven years will be known for one record: ministries aplenty but no single government! So the food management is the monopoly of a minister without the government as much losing a night's sleep if daal sells for 120 rupees a kilogram or sugar above 55 rupees a kg. It is also no headache of the government if railways trumpets a net profit or surplus or whatever of more than 80000 crores, which are rubbished by the next minister of railways. What is happening to the train services is neither the rail minister's headache nor of the government.Whether Balochistan is included or not in the Indo-Pak joint declaration at Sharm-al-Sheikh is neither for the Foreign minister nor the government to even bother about. What stand India takes at Cancun climate negotiations is neither the minister's concern nor that of the government, but who takes the decision is not clear from criticism from the national media for compromising the national interests to accolades for the minister from the German chancellor, on prima facie climb down from the position stated in and outside the parliament. What to do with Afzal Guru is known neither to the minister nor to the government! Whether the minorities in Kashmir are being exterminated or not, is known to the whole world excepting the minister concerned and the government. Whether the commonwealth games were an honest spend or a commonwealth loot by the organizers, is known to the minister but not the government, though both are feigning intelligent ignorance! Whether there are more or less than 100 lobbyists(a la Radia) superintending, supervising, directing and moulding policies, programmes, tasks, projects, licences, permissions, permits, quotas etc are known only to the minister concerned but the government is blissfully ignorant. Whether areas of executive responsibility under part-IV of the constitution have been opened for commercialization and exploitation by profiteers is known neither to the minister nor the government, but the suffering aam aadmi knows it. Rights have become areas of patronage only is the shocking revelation to the aam aadmi but the ministers and the government know it not! There are agencies for serious frauds, but major frauds being performed daily do not qualify for that definition, but neither the government nor the minister knows it. So, the largest democracy of the world also has the largest government of the world, where every minister(chhotaa and badaa both) is a government unto himself! Isn't that the best form of the government? Can you plead your own case in the court? You need an advocate. So does the aam aadmi, so long as he has to plead his case with the minister or the government. Gone are the days when government used to be housed in the Bhawans(Sena Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan or even the blue British North Block & South Block). You will find it operating from some posh, sanitized, elegant premise located in some awe inspiring address like Connaught Place or Barakhamba Road or Nariman Point or some such place. Terms like "economic terrorirism/terrorist" are being mouthed by members of the cabinet rather frequently. the people are suffering its consequences already without as much as being aware of its source being economic terrorism! If economic terrorism is working in the country, then "economic emergency" is not far away. If that is clamped by collectors of 176000 lakh crores or 100000 lakh crores or 300000 lakh crores, the aam aadmi will not outlive it. What if India has to start the second freedom movement in the near future!!! But this time it may not be non-violent, for the enemy is within the country and not from another country! Wake up or be swept away!
M L Gupta
One of the best reflection of our times was depicted by a cartoon in Mail Today where cartoonist using Mahatma Gandhi's famous quote that when you are feel low or have a self doubt remember the face of the most poor person you have met have satires that now the norm is to remember the face of the richest person one see's on the road. If one looks carefully around you will find that entire government looks to work only for the rich. The priorities of our netas and bureaucrats have changed with emphasis on five star facilities than the one which will meet the needs of our poor. One reflection of that is while NDMC, MCD and DDA had plenty of money to be spend on beautification of Delhi, on Barat Ghars, modern convention centers, up gradation of club houses etc but forgot entirely to construct some night shelters for poor to save them from winter chill. Even this had to be reminded by Supreme Court not by CM of Delhi or Mayor of Delhi. Our netas would talk about common man take vote in their name and then work for the rich as they earn their livelihood from these corporate bosses who fund all their elections and their personal coffers.
MB
Where an urgent JPC required is to study the decline of coutry's flag ship Air India.Every thing stinks there.The articulate minister is hiding the misdeeds that caused the ruin of this carrier,that is now bleeding the finances of the Nation.Apart from surrendering lucrative international sectors with all weather vload factor of more than 80% to private airlines,there should be an enquiry into 100,000 crore fraud in handing over Mumbai air ports to GVK and GMR.The role played by the minister and Ex CMD who later became Secretary in these deals as well as their hand in Aircraft purchases also have to be enquired into.Also Ex-CMD's after retirement role in forming a company to recruit foreign pilots.The minister and the PMO have brought in a pliable bureaucrat as CMD to suppress all the truths and ultimately liquidate AirIndia.
Rakesh Todi
No, not again. Mr. Singh, please don't put out hard earned money into the drain. Sell the airline, and save the nation from perpetual losses.
Ahmad