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Tentwallah Mittal says the raids are a witch hunt!!!
Many would agree raids are a stunt!!

With Mittal Kalmadi and gang should have been raided simultaneously!!
Post the games raids should have been carried out over instantaneously!!!

Seems Kalmadi is being given time to clean up his Offices and homes!!!
In its mouth Justice foams!!

How can they bring the guilty to book!!
Rather than get him to pay for 'his sins' seems they want to let him off the hook!!

Ghadkari says ' I do not know any Mittal Tentwallah'!!
Seems in his Phone book Mittal Tentwallah is saved as Mittal Data Wallah!!

Pramod Mahajan had 'mapped' constituencies and developed a data bank!!
And Mittal was the 'keeper' as on him Mahajan used to bank!!

Or maybe in Ghadkari's phonebook he saved Mittal as Mittal Fund Wallah!!
Was the procurer, arranger and keeper of Funds termed as kaala (black)!!

Part because of loss of power and part because of electioneering Paswan's 'gone black'!
His pals say hygiene mein Paswan Ji karte hai lack!!

This Bihar election will make him and Laloo bite the dust!!
And this time Laloo has shown he's started to politically rust!!

RJD's new Office in Delhi is named after Rabdi as now Laloo says she's RJD's face!
But seems Laloo is in no hurry to inaugurate RJD's Delhi base!!

Laloo and Rabdi are RJD ….. their fiefdom!!
Only now RJD does not have a 'kingdom'!!

Nitish is coming back in Bihar and Congress will improve its score!!!!
And there are for Rahul 'hurrahs' in store!!

Congress is going to credit Rahul for improvement in its seat share!!!
Congress will say under Rahul in Bihar from a tortoise Congress has become a hare!

They say Shiela Aunty now is looking for a golden handshake!!
She may even offer to step down for the Party's sake!!

Because despite her best attempts the perception is for CWG shame she too is to blame!
The excuses she's given are 'lame!!

Reddy too should be taken to task!!
Already for a JPC karr raha hai Reddy ask!!

Investigation should be done under the purview of Supreme Court!!
And to the SC the investigators should report!

Confucius says........ Kalmadi has his hopes pinned on CBI being brought in!!!
And if this does take place on Kalmadi's mug you'll get to see a ear to ear grin!!

Bharat Kumar

Cabinet reshuffled today or on October 29, 2010 ?

Whether or not Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan will reshuffle his
cabinet on October 22, 2010? This question is most hot topic of
discussion. If it does not happen now then it will happen on October
29, 2010.

S. Jaipal Reddy may go as Andhra Pradesh CM

As the grapevine has it S.Jaipal Reddy Minister for Urban Development
may be shifted to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.

K Rosaiah likely to shift to Centre

In the wake of recent spurt in activities by Jagan Reddy there are
indications that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah may be
inducted in the Union cabinet in Delhi.

Prithviraj Chavan may be new Maharashtra CM

Indian Minister of State for DoPT Prithviraj Chavan is likely to be
shifted as Maharashtra Chief Minister.

Stocks of Prithviraj Chavan go up.

Stocks of Indian Minister of State for DoPT Prithviraj Chavan have
gone up. Reason for this is simple to seek. He has played a pivotal in
corridors of power.

Is Ashok Chavan on his way out?

Is Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on his way out? Political
circles are agog with rumours that Ashok Chavan is on his way out
because he had incurred the wrath of Congress high command in the wake
of recent exposse in media pertaining to fund collection for NPA
chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi's rally in Maharashtra.

Sushil Kumar Shinde may go as PCC chief to Maharashtra

Heard, latest grapevine in corridors of power? Indian Power Minister
Sushil Kumar Shinde may be shifted as state president of Congress in
Maharashtra.

Ms. Ambika Soni may get a new responsibility

As the grapevine has it Information and Broadcasting Minister Ms.
Ambika Soni may be anointed as new Delhi Chief Minister.

A. Raja's portfolio may be changed

As the grapevine has it Indian for Communications A. Raja may be
shifted to some other Ministry.

Ms. Kapila Vatsayan may be inducted in the Cabinet

As the grapevine has it Ms. Kapila Vatsayan Member Rajya Sabha may be
inducted in the Central Cabinet and assigned the portfolio of Culture.

Good looking person should be Foreign Secretarty ?

First Prime Minister late Jawahar Lal Nehru had a novel idea to select Foreign Secretary. He had made it known that his Foreign Secretary should be good looking with attractive personality. Will Manmohan Singh follow the advise of late Prime Minister J L Nehru.

Air Marshal Browne to be new Air Chief ?

In all probability, Air Marshal N A K Browne will succeed Air Chief Marshal P V Naik as new Air Chief in March.

GOI may face difficulty in finding new DGCA

The Government of India (GOI) may face a difficulty in finding a successor of Dr. Nasim Zaidi Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) because GOI is fighting a law suit pertaining to his appointment as DGCA in Delhi High Court.

Mazumdar in run for slot of CBEC's chief

As the grapevine has it, S.D. Mazumdar - Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), is one of three contenders for the slot of Chairman, CBEC.

Mittal to be first to get Secretary level posting

Additional Secretary Commerce D K Mittal will be the first officer of 1977 batch to get Secretary level posting in Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

1977 batch IAS officers to get in-situ promotion ?

1977 batch IAS officers are waiting for one order of D K Mittal as Secretary in the Government of India so that others could get in situ promotions.

Usmani to succeed Mittal in Commerce ?

Jawed Usmani is likely to succeed D K Mittal as Additional Secretary Commerce in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Dr Dasgupta joins DEA

Dr. Dipak Dasgupta has joined Department of Economic Affairs as Principal Economic Adviser in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He was in USA prior to taking up this appointment.

Who will succeed Namita Dutta in Delhi ?

Who will succeed IFC Advisor 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Namita Dutta in Delhi ?. IFC World Bank Group has advertized for Advisor (Strategy and Operations) for its Delhi office. Candidates who have been shortlisted include Vidyawati (IAS, Karnataka) who is currently in the PMO, Kavita Prasad, DIrector, DEA and Anuj Arora of the Customs Service.

Finance Commission in Maharashtra soon

Finance Commission is being constituted in Maharashtra in a couple of months.

PMO disturbed over Railway Minister's decision

As the grapevine has it, the Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee's decision to extend deadline meant for bid of Rs. 33000 crore Electric Railway loco project from October 25 to November 25, 2010, has disturbed the PMO.

Kumar is Under Secretary MEA

Sanjay Kumar has been appointed Under Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. She is 2004 batch IA&AS officer.

Basudeb hands over charge

Since central deputation tenure of Basudeb Banerjee as Chairman Tea Board concluded, he handed over his charge on October 19, 2010. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Ms. Sen holding charge of Tea Board chief

Ms. Roshni Sen, Deputy Chief of the Tea Board, is holding charge of Chairperson Tea Board. Since central deputation tenure of Basudeb Banerjee as Chairman Tea Board
concluded, he handed over his charge to Ms. on October 19,2010. Ms. Sen is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre while Banerjee
is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who also belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

IA&AS officer Prabhu promoted and transferred

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has promoted S Prabhu (IA&AS-1984), Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Chennai, to the grade of Principal Accountant General . He has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (A&E), Karnataka, Bangalore

Nagarajan repatriated from SBI Canada

Arun Nagarajan has been repatriated from SBI (Canada), Toronto, and posted as Deputy General Manager Hyderabad Circle.

Sharma empanelled as Jt. Secretary in GOI

Pawan Kumar Sharma has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for posting as Joint Secretary. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer who belongs to the 1981 batch.

IDAS officer to join UIA

Dr J S Choudhary is joining the Unique Identification Authority of India as ADG at Bangalore. He is 1997 batch IDAS officer.

CVC indicts two Health officials

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has in July 2010 advised imposition of major penalty against two officers of Department of Health.

Seven IAS officers in Rajasthan transferred

As many as seven IAS officers in Rajasthan have been transferred. Accordingly, Jogaram has been made CEO, Zila Parishad, Bikaner, P Ramesh has been made CEO, Zila Parishad - Kota, V Sarvankumar has been made CEO, Zila Parishad - Bharatpur, Mrs. Shilpa has been made CEO, Zila Parishad - Ajmer, Vishnu Charan Mullick has been made CEO, Zila Parishad - Jaipur, Ms. Tina Soni has been made CEO, Zila Parishad - Udaipur and Ms. Anandhi has been made CEO, Zila Parishad - Jodhpur.

IPS and IAS reshuffle in Karnataka

Altogether 18 IAS 10 IPS and 3 IFS officers have been transferred in Karnataka on Thursday night.

CORPORATE
Banerjee to focus on all Asia Pacific markets in HP Enterprises Business

Suparno Banerjee who has recently been appointed Vice President (Strategy and Planning), HP Enterprises Business, Asia Pacific and Japan, will head initiatives with a focus on cloud computing, services and software solutions across all Asia Pacific markets.

HR Director, Bharti AXA Life Insurance promoted

Human Resources Director in Bharti AXA Life Insurance, Priya Ranjan, has been promoted as the Global Life and Savings Human Resources Director, AXA Group, France.
Nair appointed CFO

Landmark Property Development Company Limited has appointed Rajeev Kumar Nair as a Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from November 1, 2010 .

Ashok Leyland appoints Addl. Director

Ashok Leyland Limited has appointed Jean Brunol has been appointed as an Additional Director of the company.

Mahendru appointed IEEMA president

The Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) has appointed Vimal Mahendru as President of the industry body. Mahendru will take over from the current incumbent Murali Venkatraman.

Thuse resigns from BASF India

Deepak Thuse, has tendered his resignation as Whole-time Director of BASF India Ltd .The company Board of Directors also approved the appointment of Thilo Bischoff as Whole-time Director of the Company in place of Deepak Thuse with effect from October 20, 2010.

Jha appointed GM Blue Star Infotech

Blue Star Infotech has appointed Akhila Jha as General Manager (Delivery Operations) responsible for corporate quality management, programme management office, technical training and MIS functions .

EMC India appoints Global Services Head
EMC India has appointed Sumant Pal as Head, Global Services, for India. In this new role, Sumant will be spearheading and driving the opportunity for Global Services to establish its strategic direction for customer implementations, identify new capabilities and opportunities for the company's Global Services operations.
Ghosh quits ViewSonic India
Gautam Ghosh, Country Manager of ViewSonic India Limited has quit to take on a new role in the industry.
Rampal is MD Motricity
Motricity P Ltd. has appointed Mohit Rampal as Managing Director for India and South Asia.
Raytheon appoints Business Dev. Director
Raytheon Company has appointed Peter Wray as Business Development Director (India).
F5 Networks appoints MD
F5 Networks has appointed Anil Pochiraju as Managing Director (Sales) India.
Hinduja Foundaries appoints Chairman
Hinduja Foundries Limited has appointed R. Seshasayee as Chairman in place of R. J. Shahaney who has resigned as Chairman and Director in the Board Meeting held on October 21, 2010.
Bertilsson appointed Director, SKF India
Tore Bertilsson has been appointed as Director , SKF India Ltd with effect from October 21, 2010.

Bajaj Corp appoints GM (Finance)

Bajaj Corp Limited has appointed D.K. Maloo, General Manager (Finance) as Chief Financial Officer of the Company in place of V. C. Nagori, Vice President (Finance).

Manivannan is MD of Bescom

P Manivannan is the new MD of Bescom in Karnataka. He has replaced Tushar Girinat/

Tripathi is MD Karnataka Power Corporation

Yogendra Tripathi has been appointed new MD of Karnataka Power Corporation.

FORUM
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MEA should take DS/Director level officers

MEA should take 12 -15 DS/Director level officers . 2 each from IAS,IPS, IRS ( Income Tax), IRS ( Customs and C EX), IES ( Eco Service),ITS (Trade Service, IAAS and IRTS. Let MEA call for eligible officers of 10-14 yrs seniority from these cadres to take care of their shortage of Directors in MEA, as also to build their capacity to handle economic, trade, customs and other diplomacy issues.

Kumar Suresh

IFS officers in other Ministries

Given the shortage of IFS officers for filed and diplomatic postings it will not be a good idea to have them in other departments. IFS officers must concede that economic, social or health diplomacy is not something that 1 or 2 select IFS officers can pick up and help the nation. the process is also time consuming , assuming some IFS officers actually join as Joint Secretary's for a 5 yr stint. On the contrary, it would make much sense to post officers into MEA at Director/JS level, if they are coming with 3- 5 yrs of relevant International Cooperation expertise in areas of economics, agriculture, trade or health. e.g, Joint Secretary or Dir from Min of Agriculture, Commerce can be posted to MEA. ( Not necessarily in Foreign Missions- let that remain bastion of IFS!). likewise IRS ( Customs and C Ex) or ITS ( Trade Service) will be officers will be extremely useful as Jt Secy/Directors in the relevant MEA divisions.

Sudha

Why Maywati is growing ?

Could you kindly find the reasons as to why and how Mayawati CM of UP is growing fast and she is quite near Delhi? Do you feel that she deserves to be in the chair of PM and she would be able to control Italian OR English rule in hide as she has been able to control kidnapping and other hooliganism in UP? Today public in general in UP feels to be safe from every sort of attack from the so called big shots like Raja Bhaiya and Mulayam Singh' brother and all.

I shall like to get your clear views on this very important issue. Yes! government machinery is doing very well and as such the State is doing very well, progressing in every area in real sense.

Rgrds

BSS

Browsers speak: Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi
CAG has been entrusted to enquire into corruption in recently concluded CWG . CAG has constituted several teams and promised to bring out report in three months time. But very little is known on action taken on CAG's earlier reports . With Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax department and CVC also looking into corruption cases, several photocopies of each document/tender /contract/note noting will have to be made so that each agency can work simultaneously. What will happens if different agencies come out with contradictory and conflicting findings and original documents disappear in the process of making photocopies. Looks like Kalmadi will have the last laugh.

Sudhir Chopra

What do you think would be the fate of a case where the accused, investigator and the judge are brothers? Well the judgement of the case is likely to be decided even before it is presented. Now compare this to our famous CWG2010 case.

Who are the accused?

Answer is: OC, Ministry of Sports, Ministry of UD & DDA, Various departments of Govt. of Delhi, NDMC, MCD etc.
All these departments, except OC which is headed by Kalmadi, are headed by IAS officers.
Anyone who is familiar with the working of Govt departments and ministries is well aware that nothings happen in the government without the knowledge and concurrence of HoD.

Now look at who are our investigators?

Well you have CAG, CVC, ED, IT department as investigators.

Who heads them all? Again it is all IAS officers who heads all of these agencies. So are these agencies likely to conduct a fair probe against their own tribe? Very doubtful isn't it? Even if these agencies do find out some irregularities most likely the findings against the real culprits would be toned down to save them and only smaller fish would be made accountable.

Now assuming that some of these agencies still do a good job in bringing out the truth in public domain then look who is supposed to ensure action against the guilty? Well it would be DoPT and Cabinet Secy. Who are they? Again IAS officers. Will they allow their service mates to suffer? Very doubtful again.
It is because of this systemic flaw in our system that we have seen a situation where in the past sixty years of our independent existence not even a single IAS officer has been dismissed from service on grounds of corruption or non-performance.
And if in a system you cannot take action against the top two of the executive heads i.e. minister and the secretary then how do you expect the rest to follow the norms? How do you expect the governance to be professional? It would only be possible on a day when government would show its grit to fix anyone in the system for wrongdoing irrespective of the tags attached to their names that the system would start functioning professionally. It is not my intention to say that all IAS officers are corrupt but my point is that corrupt among them feel secure because they know that their fellow servicemen will somehow guard them and this is what is encouraging a lot of them to follow the route of corruption to the top.

Sundaram

How unprofessional mindsets!!!

How should we react to scandals within scandals? How would the aam aadmi take corruption scams against, say the CBI/CVC/CAG/ED/IT, while they engage on inquiring into the acts of corruption of the OC or any other organization? Surely, not very kindly. But that is not happening. What is happening is sleight of hand (generally invisible but always with you), ingenuity of the really powerful and roguery! So , now you are going to buy dirt cheap kitchen equipment imported for negligible price of just 8 crores of rupees, duty exempted, transportation costing mere another 8 crores only because the IAF transported it . Had it been some private transporter, the transportation cost might have been slightly higher at 24 or 36 crores. But the OC saved the nation's money and the tax paid by all of us. The equipment was second hand: hardly matters! We have been practicing this trick for decades and continuing it with unflinching loyalty in all high value imports-be it Marshal Gorvashov or the CWG kitchen equipment. So far everything is transparent. The ingenuity is in disposing of the equipment. Estimates suggest that not even 30% of 8 crores can be realized! Isn't it interesting? Isn't it instructive? This procedure goes on in disposing of high value assets like accidented ships, airplanes, military aircraft, rolling stock ,laboratory equipment like the irradiator(DU) down to the great OC's great second hand kitchen equipment. That is the end of "sports" so far as the OC or the M/o Sports, SAI, Delhi Govt(any state govt for that matter), sports lovers and of course we, the people of India are concerned. It is nobody's responsibility to see what happens after the games are over. One person or authority can not be held responsible for everything!! There is nothing called "from conception to commissioning and running for a fixed time" in government set ups! How unprofessional all government agencies for sports can be is proved by this single issue. They would prefer to sell it for less than 3 crores rather than making it available to our sports persons as part of their training, so that such ordinary things do not overawe them when they go abroad to participate in the events for the first time. It is called "exposure". Exposure visits are organized by professional groups to broaden the outlook of the target groups. Alas! We revel in glorifying poverty( hum garibi ke kashide kaste hein). Why should our sportsmen and women , especially from the countryside, be not exposed to such well maintained, clean and efficient kitchens? Why should they be driven to the roadside Dhabas always? The government has to inject professionalism in sports and it starts now, with the conclusion of the CWG. None of the equipment need be sold or gifted in any manner. Costs have been borne by the aam aadmi. Now they are entitled to enjoy them. The government should facilitate that by engaging people who are not corrupt to deliver this service to the people. Everybody seems to be busy advocating the welfare of the labour employed for the construction projects of the CWG. Can their children have access to these facilities? I ask this question because India has practiced denial of access on equal footing in the past and continues even now. The sixth central pay commission report, produced after painful labour, leaves traces of such discriminatory machinations in keeping the deserving out of bounds from reaching the top. It happens only in the game of Chess that an ordinary foot soldier becomes the prime minister(Vazir), not under the sixth pay commission recommendations, as it all depends on who scratches whose back! Let us be professional if we really care for India and the Indians. We can start with the subject of Sports.

M L Gupta

Big Event

Successfull holding of CWG2010 in Delhi was a big event despite all odds against India holding the CWG. Our press provided full support to the elements working against the prestige of the nation. There were delays and confusion in starting the works but our Engineers and construction workers did wonders to create world class stadia and other infrastructure in a very short time.
Elevated road on Barapulla drain constructed in a record time is nothing less than a miracle.They deserve our felicitation. As far as corruption is concerned, let the investigating agencies find the culprits and punish them but let us not sully the image of everyone who worked for CWG 2010. Infact we should honour those honest and sincere people who toiled so hard to make the Games a resounding success.

SKS

Legalising corruption

In India, over the years, we have already legalised corruption and it has been appreciated by one and all. For example, Railways Tatkal seva. Pay more and get railway reservation on priority.

Pradeep Ratnaparkhi

Probe itself isi malafide

The CWG corruption Probe itself appears to be a malafide exercise-a game to thwart the scam. With so many agencies in the fray and working at cross purposes the probe can not be really effective. It is like the way the Games have been managed .With more than 20 agencies at work with no one in command. How is the Shunglu committee going to conduct a proper investigation when the documents are already in the hands of one or the other agency. Why give this a committee approach. Cynics have an answer. The CAG's report has to be placed before the parliament .No such compulsion is there for the committee report. So have a committee look into it to avoid the heat by the parliament. As for the opposition Kalmadi has been clever enough to include all in this common loot. There are BJP-wallas too in the OC as well as contractors for work. So have no hope my countrymen for the probe into this massive bungling of Funds. Yes if any officer had omitted a line or made a mistake in putting a full stop or a comma in a note (As in Ramsetu case of 2007)you can expect him to be punished for that is more serious matter than this wastage and loot of public funds.

Aarti Khosla

" Do not make CWG Ravanas immortal ?"

I have been baffled since childhood as to why are we burning the demon's effigy year after year with religious regularity? By this act, are we not immortalizing him for burning next year and thereafter? Why can't we let the poor fellow remain buried in his tomb in Sri Lanka? Ravana has been over-killed in India. The public is not impressed. It is concerned with the liquidation of modern day Ravanas of India. The spectacle of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi (a new entrant from this year) shooting off arrows at the hapless demon in Delhi is being enacted to gain political mileage at the cost of public exchequer.
The State has a mandatory duty to investigate the crime and place the culprits before the Court which alone has been entrusted with the power and the jurisdiction to forfeit life or liberty in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the land.
The CWG Ravanas , whose numbers are growing by the hour in the political and bureaucratic firmaments of India, are far more treacherous than the historical (some say mythological) Ravana. Why don't we target them and cleans the system? The CWG scams have thrown up a large number of law breakers including builders, contractors, engineers, bureaucrats, OC officials , political VVIPs, their sons and sons-in-laws (names with-held) . Raiding their houses and offices by the investigating agencies, one hopes, is not a sham and that the same is taken to its logical end in a transparent manner irrespective of their political affiliations and high positions they hold.The big fish must be trapped first.
Further, in the interest of transparency, one of the pillars of Good governance, one wishes that all investigating agencies are given a free hand and all details are shared with the Media through regular briefings. Since the investigations are being carried out by several agencies like the CBI,CVC,ED,C&AG, Income tax etc, the requirement for close co-ordination and perfect collation of data and statements, hardly need any emphasis. The GOI must fix a specific time limit for completion of investigations and presentation of chargesheets in the fast track court. The public will not like these to be buried without an epitaph.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)