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On news that his son in law's assets rose phenomenally in last 4 hears what will ex CJI say!!

Ex CJI Balaksrishna is in the news for the wrong reasons every second day!!

Maybe he'll use Congress's way and say see how much another CJI's sons made!

Or he'll say this is an attack on Dalits and needs to be strongly flayed!!

Our Judiciary needs to be cleaned!!!

By force from the impropriety our Judiciary needs to be weaned!!

Mohna had indicated a 'clean up' but then seems he fell in line!!

Now on this clean up promise there is not even a sign!!

Hope Murli Manohar Joshi does not take the PAC to be his day in the sun!!

If he does then on 2 G JPC demand BJP 'will be on the run'!!!

Or maybe Joshi will bargain for something now and some if BJP comes to power!!

Bargaining that he is 'for BJP man of the hour'!!

BJP simply is not getting its act together!!!

BJP is only gaining because Congress is facing extremely rough weather!!

Had BJP been able to get its act together it would have gained much more!!!

Please look beyond Ghadkari and Advani many do implore!!

Get a Neta or at the helm appoint a trio of Netas who are PM material!!

Names should in alphabetical serial!!

Rather that mapping constituencies for vote pattern Ghadkari is on his won trip!

He has got a survey done on his own Leadership.... motive ....tighten his grip!!

Fact is the survey shows he knew his acceptability runs low!!!

Such surveys are 'done for show'!!!

Sample sizes are small and samples are fixed!!!

To get the desired result ideally mixed!!

Raja is off to TN to get from his Leader another 'protection vaccination shot'!!!

One he had just recently got!!

Maybe very soon you will see Karuna sporting a badge.... Raja is clean!!!

I'm sure as 'Raja has a bath four times a day' this by all will be seen!!!

Radiia too has got Rattan and Mukesh to do the needful!!!

Quite a number of strings both can pull!!!

Kalmadi has already sent CBI on a wild goose chase!!!!

By adding the blackmail angle to his case!!

Very soon all three will be pleading with the Court to be allowed to go overseas!

Fact is rather than them the law is going to be on its knees!!!

Confucius says.....Mere desh ki dharti soona uggle uggle heere moti!!!

Parr Neta sabh loot lethe hai aur Security Agencies hai sothi (sleep)!!

Flash..... the Niira leaks buck has stopped at Home Ministry's 'table'!!!

Maybe Sonia will get from Karuna 'sack PC or else....' cable!!!

PC is always up to some masti and this time 'in his own State'!!!!

Many say PC's got a spring in his step of late!!

Response to Shri Saxena:

Mohna wishes to Santa 'My stay in 7 Course is not cut short'!!!

And 'Can you do something because in eyes of Indians I used to stand tall but now I stand short'!!

Santa sent him a note back!!!Play along and you will stay on and you will stand tall and when you either resign or Sonia gives you the sack!

So in effect to get one wish Mohna has to give up the other one!!!

Let us see Mohna will choose which one?????

Bharat Kumar

Azad to be General Secretary AICC
Union Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad is likely to be appointed General Secretary in the AICC.

Deshmukh to be General Secretary AICC
Union Minister Heavy Industries Vilas Rao Deshmukh is likely to be appointed General Secretary in the AICC next month.

Krishna Tirath to join AICC ?
Union Child and Women Welfare Minister Krishna Tirath is likely to be appointed an office bearer in the AICC next month.

BUREAUCRACY

Pratip Chaudhuri to succeed Bhat as SBI Chairman
As the grapevine has it, Pratip Chaudhuri is tipped to be new Chairman of the State Bank of India((SBI) interviews for which were held on December 16, 2010.
(We said this on December 8, 2010)

Alok Prasad appointed Ambassador to Japan
Alok Prasad, presently Deputy National Security Advisor, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Japan, in succession to H.K. Singh. He is 1974 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on December 6 )

Shashi Shekhar to join MNRE as Joint Secretary
Shashi Shekhar who is a Director in the Power Trading Corporation India (PTC) has been posted as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). He is Tamil Nadu Cadre IAS Officer of 1981 batch. He is with the PTC India Ltd since June 26, 2007.

Tripathi is new R&AW Chief
It was officially announced on Tuesday that Sanjeev Tripathi has been appointed new R&AW Chief.1972 batch RAS officer Tripathi is senior-most officer in the organization. He will succeed K C Verma. Tripathi who was to retire on December 31 would get two years tenure.
(We said this on Oct 5, Nov 22 and Dec 1 and finally on December 27)

Will ACC norms be followed for public sector banks?
Will ACC norms be followed for appointment of new Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) and Executive Directors (EDs) in public sector banks? The ACC had recommended that those bankers who are eligible and are in SIDBI, SBI, IDBI and NABARD other than the public sector banks should be invited for senior positions that are to be filled up in the year 2011.

Next vacancy of GM, WCR to arise by December end
Next vacancy of General Manager (GM) in Railways will arise that of GM West Central Railway (WCR) in December 2010.

Four vacancies of GMs in January 2011
There are going to be four vacancies of General Managers (GMs) in Indian Railways in January 2011. So a decision about GM, West Central Railway (WCR), is also going to be taken next year.

Dilip Trivedi has taken over as ADG, ITBP
Dilip Trivedi on central deputation has taken over the charge of Additional Director General of ITBP.He is an IPS officer of the1979 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.
(We said this on November 23, 2010)

Ashok Kumar promoted as IG, CRPF
Ashok Kumar, DIG, CRPF, has been promoted as Inspector General, BSF. He is an IPS officer of the1989 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

17 officers to join NDC course from January 10, 2011
As many as 17 officers belonging to different All India services will be joining the NDC course commencing Delhi on January 10,2011.

IES officer Chouhan empanelled as JS
1986 batch India Economic Service officer Sat Pal Chouhan has been empanelled in Government of India as JS or equivalent under CSS.

Bose to be Director (Production) NMDC
S Bose is being tipped to be new Director (Production) of the NMDC.

Subodh Kumar returns to Maharashtra
Additional Secretary Telecom Subodh Kumar has returned to the parent Maharashtra cadre. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on December 10 )

CVC disposes 1580 cases, recommends penalty proceedings against 138 officers
The Central Vigilance Commission has disposed of 1580 cases during November 2010 referred to it for advice. They included 1158 complaints for necessary action/ ATR and 226 complaints for investigation and report. However, the CVC advised imposition of major penalty against 138 officers including 38 from Central Board of Excise & Customs, 15 from Ministry of Railways, 12 each from M.C.D. and Ministry of Urban Development, 11 from Department of Telecommunications, seven from State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, six from State Bank of India, four each from Canara Bank, State Bank of Travancore, Union Bank of India and Employees Provident Fund Organisation, three from Syndicate Bank while the remaining 17 cases pertained to different departments of the Government of India and PSUs. Also, recoveries to the tune of about Rs.1.31 crore were effected during the period after Commission conducted technical examination of some departments.

Steep hike in power tariff in Pakistan
Pakistan's national electric power regulatory authority (Nepra) has approved steep hike in power tariff for consumers in Quetta, Islamabad, Gujranwala and Lahore. The hike is graded as per total number of units consumed and is steepest at 124%, surprisingly for consumers in the lowest ( 1-300 units) slab in Quetta where the revised rate is Rs 9.50 per unit against the existing Rs 4.22 per unit. The lowest in this slab is for Islamabad @ Rs 6.27 per unit followed by Lahore @ Rs 6.85 per unit. Proposal for similar tariff revision in Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Hyderabad (Sindh) is under consideration. Nepra has also tried to address consumers' concerns by ordering that the present 'Made In China' meters said to be running 20% faster should be replaced by locally manufactured ones by June 2011. The question whether the China made meters were made faster as a result of collusion between the manufacturers and the power distribution companies and how the poor consumers are to be compensated for the losses already suffered by them have been however left untouched.

Penalty imposed on SD DD Kendra
A penalty of Rs. 25,000 has been imposed on Doordarshan Director Mahesh Joshi by the Central Information Commission .

UPSC starts process for elevation of Bihar SPS officers
UPSC has started the process to empanel officers of Bihar State Police Service (SPS) into IPS. There is a backlog since the year 1996 batch officers of Bihar State Police Service.

Bihar IAS officers to declare assets
Bihar Government has asked the IAS officers to declare their assets by January 31.

Tiwari and Lala refuses to resign
Maharashtra Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari and State HRC Member Subhash Lala have reportedly refused to resign.Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan had asked the two officers to resign in connection with the Adarsh Society.

Vipul Mittra's book 'Pyramid of Virgin Dreams' to hit stands soon
Bureaucrats turning writers are common, with most restricting themselves to commentary on tricky contemporary issues and current affairs or autobiographies. But not to be counted in that race, Vipul Mittra, IAS has come up with 'Pyramid of Virgin Dreams', a fiction work that is spunky and replete with comical imageries drawn from a farcical, albeit hopeful India. The 200-page, soon to be launched, book gives one an idea about the multifaceted talent of Mittra, who as
Secretary, Tourism, Governmentt of Gujarat has turned on the tourism sector in the state.It all begins with the bumpy Jonga ride in the woods-his childhood illegal poaching expedition under the patronage of a band of idle cops, to bring in a full partridge and half-a-black-buck to conjure up the dinner for his father's boss. That day, eight-year-old Kartikeya Kukreja solemnly swears that one day he too would be revered as 'IAS'. Kartikeya eventually discovers the secret of his father's fawning subordinates' wriggling their way up the pyramid. When it is his turn, Kartikeya himself experiences a similar hilarious predicament.Idiotically, he sees time rush by through a lifetime spent in inanities, and all but feels like the redundant antique table that moves out with him on his every transfer! The web of Revati's elusive dreams tantalizes him, and his wife and children bring him back to the real world. Will he juggle the two well, or lose himself in it forever? 'Pyramid of Virgin Dreams' is a refreshingly original rendition of the slippery life in the bureaucracy.Mittra, has been in the forefront of Gujarat Tourism's taste with success as he planned and executed the "Khusboo Gujarat Ki" concept having roped in Big' B (Amitabh Bachchan) for promoting tourist destinations in Gujarat. An IAS officer of the 1986 batch who hails from the Gujarat cadre, Mittra presently lives in Ahmedabad and can be reached at www.vipulmittra.com.The book is being published by Rupa and Co.

Ms Gauri Singh gets foreign posting
Ms Gauri Singh is going to Abu Dhabi (UAE) as Director Knowledge Management IRENA.She is 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Railways transfers and postings

Shoorvir S.Chauhan of SS/IRSME has been transferred from SWR to RCF/Raebareli in the same capacity, RK Mishra of SS/IRSE has been transferred from ER to CLW, A. Prabhu Kumar of SG/IRSS has been transferred from SR to CLW and appointed to officiate in SAG/and posted in the cadre, Paramshiv of JAG/RPF has been transferred from NR to WCR in the same capacity and posted as Sr.DSC/HQ by downgrading and operating the vacant post of DIG-cum -Additional CSC in JAG, MS Mathur of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from WR to RSC and posted as Sr. Professor (ME) and Narain Singh of SS/IRTS has been transferred from ER to SER and posted in the cadre.

Transfer of Rly official cancelled

Transfer of RK Malik of JAG/RPF to WCR has been cancelled.

RTI

Audit report and CCTV recordings of Bank
The audit reports of a branch of a bank and the action on those audit reports were refused claiming exemption under Section 8(1)(d). The CIC upheld the refusal holding that the Audit Reports of a Branch of a bank contained all information about that Branch, such as its internal functioning, its customers / accountholders, its commercial activities, turnover, etc., which is commercially sensitive. The CIC further ruled that information relating to the recordings of surveillance cameras and videos installed in Bank Branches are held confidentially by the public authority under Section 11(1) of the RTI Act disclosure of which can be detrimental to the interests of the Bank and its security and expose it to serious risks. This disclosure can be authorized only if there is public interest.

Comments

It has been pointed out through this column that videography is a part of 'Information' under the RTI Act. Nationalized banks are covered by the definition of "State" in Article 12 of the Constitution of India and the security of a Bank Branch would attract Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act. When any public authority holds an information confidentially, disclosure should be authorized only after consultation with that public authority.

- 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
Shuman Mukherjee takes charge as Director (Commercial), SAIL
Shuman Mukherjee has taken over charge as Director (Commercial) on the board of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) with effect from December 23, 2010. Mukherjee, an Economics (Hons) graduate from St. Stephens College, Delhi and a Chartered Accountant, has experience in the field of marketing of steel and has held several important positions during his over 33 years of service with SAIL. He was also a member of the Core Group that chalked out SAIL's Corporate Plan 2012. Earlier, Mukherjee was Executive Director (Marketing - Flat Products) at SAIL's Marketing headquarters at Kolkata. He has also served in the capacity of Regional Manager in Northern as well as in Western Region.

Lodha appointed Chairman, Vindhya Telelinks
Vindhya Telelinks Limited has appointed Harsh V. Lodha as Chairman of the
Company.

Sharashidze appointed Addl. Director, Punj Lloyd Ltd
Ms. Ekaterina A Sharashidze has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Punj Lloyd Ltd.

Kapania to be MD, Idea Cellular from April 1
Himanshu Kapania, currently Director (Operations) , Idea Cellular Ltd in charge of all the circles in the South and West, will take charge as the Managing Director of the Company with effect from April 1, 2011.

Jain to take over as Deputy CEO, Idea Cellular from April1
Ambrish Jain, currently Director - Operations in charge of the North and East circles would take over as Deputy CEO on April 1, 2011.

Ganesan resigns as Company Secy. Heidelbergcement India
T.V. Ganesan, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Heidelbergcement India Limited has resigned from the services of the Company.

Relan appointed Company Secy. Heidelbergcement India
Rajesh Relan, who has been working with Heidelbergcement India Joint Company Secretary since February 2007, has been appointed as Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f. December 21, 2010.

Bhattacharya ceases to be Director, NDMC Ltd.
Ms Teresa Bhattacharya, Director of NDMC Ltd has ceased to be Director on the Board of the Company with effect from December 24, 2010.

Eapen resigns as CEO, MRUC
Joseph Eapen, Chief Executive Officer, Media Research Users Council (MRUC) has resigned. His resignation was accepted by the Council on December 23, 2010.

Acharya appointed Director (Personnel) , Neyveli Lignite Corp
Sarat Kumar Acharya has been appointed as the Director (Personnel) of Neyveli Lignite Corporation, from December 16. Prior to this position, he was the General Manager (HR) of National Thermal Power Corporation-SAIL Power Company Ltd, a joint venture company of NTPC and SAIL.

Shah is President of Bihar Chamber of Commerce
O P Sah has been elected the new president of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce while G Saraff as vice-president.

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

In the present scenerio the question should be:-

WHO ARE NOT CORRUPT - POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS OR JOURNALISTS?

Deep

Everybody is sailing in the same boat

Prabhakar

Who are more corrupt : those who have more powers will be more corrupt and politicians are ocean of corruption. Government servants including judiciary are sea and media persons like beautiful Barkha Dutt are rivers.

S K Singh

Save the Nation !

We are seven brother judges retired from Supreme Court and Chief Justices of High courts. Justice Krishna Iyer and your website has compelled us to write today after we read his letter asking president to inquire into the assets of son in law of former CJI Justice Balakrishnan.

We are ashamed to admit that corruption is rampant in higher judiciary. The recent 2G scam and the Radia tapes associated with it reminds us of Hawala Scam days. Judiciary should not err like in Hawala case when everyone mentioned in the Jain Hawala diary went scot free.

Radia tapes investigation should be made public and each and every name mentioned in the Tapes (All the tapes not selective tapes) his or hers assets and income tax returns for last 10 years should be examined. The CBI, IT or ED investigations should be made public. Everyone mentioned directly or indirectly whether he is Union minister, Judge, Chief Justice, Journalist, Industrialist, even if he is Ratan Tata or bureaucrat should be interrogated by CBI. Social media is a great medium to expose the corrupt and we urge citizens to start filling applications under RTI inquiring about various aspects of the 2G scam. Let "we the people " get to the real truth and not anchor moderated truth.

Supreme court of India as first step towards eradicating corruption, should ask IT to look into assets of all retired SC and HC judges, Former Union Ministers, retd Bureaucrats and high profile Journalists. The four pillars of democracy should go through "agni pariksha" first. If we fail today we would have failed the dreams of our freedom fighters. Hon brother Judges please rise to the occasion and save the nation.

Justice Kumar, Justice Sen, Justice Singh, Justice Venkat, Justice Dutt, Justice Rao and Justice Khanna.

Gujjar Agitation

There was a big Gujjar agitation earlier also when BJP was in power in Rajasthan. At that time the Congress Leaders were making big noise against the then CM Mrs. Scindia. Sachin Pilot was making one statement every day. Now there is congress in power and Gujjars are paying them in their own coin. Where is Pilot now ? Reservation is political game. There is hardly any Government job available and reservation really means nothing. The Gujjars are fighting only an ideological battle since most of the reserved posts in ST have been cornered by Meena Community in Rajasthan. The political parties have played havoc with their lopsided reservation policy. Those who support reservation for political gains should face the music.

Rajeeva

Violent protests be nipped in the bud

Sir, Arti Khosla has written a good piece about Gujjar agitation. No doubt such violent protests should be nipped in the bud or imagine if all communities start the same way of protesting what shall befall. However we should also admit that the government has started to ignore the peaceful protests hence this backlash from the community. Protest in Manipur is a point in case where state has ignored her Gandhian methods for the last so many years.

Sunil

Gujjar agitation & social re-engineering

There are several views on agitations like the Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan. The issues involved are too complex for any small comment . Rather than blaming this or that community, analyse the condition of society that has been re-engineered by petty politicians. Reservation has been used against the "spirit" of the constitution, which has led to not only the Gujjar agitation but the others like the Rajput, Brahmin etc agitations threatening to follow. Excesses of economic/social/political exploitations since 1947, especially in locations falling within the definition of "backward" in the lingo of the planning commission, has left the exploited people to no other choice but to resort to such agitations. The turn of events is so pathetic that peaceful areas like the Matsya geography is slowly learning to take to agitational ways successfully employed in other states. Surfers might recall my post on the WIC about the Panchana waters being taken to Bharatpur at the cost of local residents(all economically weak, without exception of any caste, creed, religion)! If that is the kind of leadership, and politics continues to be defined as the art of sucking the gullible, prepare for more law & order problems. This agitation calls for a scholarly analysis from social scientists, covering the fallout of reservation policy, social re-engineering and inequitable distribution of wealth in modern India. You don't become a superpower by keeping more than 50% people below poverty line.I express no views for or against this agitation !

M L Gupta

It was going on since 2000

The looting of Telecom Dept has been going on since 2000.The Government owned PSU has paid a heavy price. Raja only happens to be one among the many thats all.

Anita

Let ITS head Telecom to avoid scams !

I want to comment on Venkat's view dated 27/12/2010 on FORUM that we should have a separate telecom and IT service like IAS. I want to mention here that we already have Indian Teleocm service having around 1500 officers. But IAS are so dominant in India that they have captured Sanchar Bhavan from telecom officers and as on date around 7-8 IAS officers working in Telecom department which is purely a technical department and ITS should head this ministry to avoid all prevailing SCAMS.

Ravinder Kumar