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Will Brahma Dutt move to Bangalore ?
Latest grapevine has it that former Secretary Road Transport Brahm Dutt is returning to Bangalore as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
For CIC there could be an interim arrangement
As the grapevine has it, there could be an interim arrangement as far as filling up the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), after present CIC M. Wajahat Habibullah retires next month was concerned. However, the CIC Act lacks any provision for any kind of an interim arrangement.
Decision of new CBDT Members in third week
Decision of the selection of new Members of the CBDT is expected to take place in the third week of this month. In fact Chairman of the CBDT is away on foreign visit. He is to return on September 11.
Pranab Mukherjee has the last laugh
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has, had the last laugh as
far as appointments of CMDs & EDs in public sectors banks were
concerned. Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh had approved
entire list in totality that Mukherjee had recommended.
Ms.Meira Kumar indecisive about Lok Sabha Secretary General
As the grapevine has it Lok Sabha Speaker Ms.Meira Kumar is yet to
apply her mind about Lok Sabha Secretary General as P. D. T. Achary
Secretary General Lok Sabha is due to retire in September 2010.
Pranab Mukherjee’s orders flouted
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s orders regarding appointments of CMDs & EDs in public sectors banks were flouted because he had asked for appointing senior bankers much ahead of vacancies that arise at senior levels. However, orders issued two back were delayed by six and half months if the date of interviews was taken into account and delayed by three and half months if recommendations that were made by the Finance Ministry made in this regard were considered. Delay was due to interventions & queries at different levels. His order was implemented in half of such cases.
Proposal mooted for upgradation of Director, NCRB’s post
A proposal has been mooted for upgradation of the post of Director National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) that falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) from ADG rank to DG level.
Yadav’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has in the offer list retained the name of Sajjan Singh Yadav. He is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Ms. Usha Mathur’s claim torpedoes Ms. Mamata Banerjee’s game plan
In the wake of Ms. Usha Mathur having represented that she has a stronger claim than  Samar Jha Additional Member Budget in the Railway Board for the post of Financial Commissioner (FC) of Railways, the game plan of Indian Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee has been torpedoed. Presently Ms. Usha Mathur is Additional Member Finance in the Railway Board.
Kaun Banega Tea Board Chief ? (9) Debasish Sen
Name of Debasish Sen is also in circulation for the post of Chairman Tea Board. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Meeting for CVC today ?
Meeting to select new CVC is expected to take place on Friday.Tenure of present CVC Pratyush Sinha is coming to an end on September 6.
Sharma to replace Gupta in UP ?
1976 batch IAS officer R K Sharma is likely to replace Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta.
Sinha goes on leave
Joint Secretary in the Department of Public Enterprises in the Government of India Arun Sinha has proceeded on four months leave.
Channy sure to head Punjab & Sind Bank !
As the grapevine has it, Dr S S Channy (IAS Punjab cadre, 1982 batch) is sure to become new CMD of the Punjab & Sind Bank. He will be the second IAS officer to hold the post, first being Rajinder Pal Singh, 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. At present Rajinder Pal Singh on central deputation is Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
One Joint Secretary level post created in RD
One Joint Secretary level post has been created in the Department of Rural Development in the Government of India.
CSI's appointment in question ?
Grapevine has it that applications filed by the present DG CSO and former DG NSSO, MOSPI for quashing the appointment of the present CSI are coming up for hearing before the Pr. Bench of CAT, Delhi, on September 6, 2010.
RBI Dy Governor interview on Sept 9
Interview for the post of Deputy Governor Reserve Bank Of India will take place on September 9.Will he be insider or outsider, picture is still not clear. Meanwhile one ED of the RBI C Krishnan is reported to have declined to appear for the interview.
Talwar is new Director Commerce
Navin Talwar has been appointed as Director Commerce in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IRSS officer.
Ms. Nisha Singh’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of Ms. Nisha Singh .She is an IAS officer of the1987 who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Justice Sharma to move to Madras HC ?
Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma, Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, is likely to go to the Madras High Court.
One Addl Secr level post created in RD
One Additional Secretary level post has been created in the Department of Rural Development in the Government of India.
Environment Ministry sets up panel
The environment and forests ministry has set up a 10 member panel of experts to assess the possible impact of mobile phone towers on birds and bees.
Garima Gupta is Director Industries in Goa
Garima Gupta has been appointed Director Industries in Goa. She is 2004 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
IPS officer in Bihar suspended
The Bihar Government has suspended Lakhisarai Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh.
Naveen Mahajan is new Collector of Jaipur
District Collector Jodhpur Naveen Mahajan will replace Kuldeep Ranka as the district collector of Jaipur.
( We said this on August 28 )
New postings
Anirudh Prasad Singh (IP&TAFS 1998, absorbed in MTNL) from MTNL  Mumbai as OSD/Spl Secretary, Sanjivan Sinha (IP&TAFS1994) from CCA Bihar as Special Secretary & Anupam Suman (IRS 2004)  from CCIT as OSD Surat have joined last week Department of Finance, Government of Bihar on deputation for 5 years.
Justice Gogoi moves to Punjab and Haryana HC
Justice Ranjan Gogoi the seniormost administrative judge of the Gauhati High Court, has been transferred to the Punjab & Haryana High Court.
( We said this on September 1
Suspension of IAS revoked in TamilNadu
The TamilNadu Government has revoked the suspension of 1990 batch IAS officer C Umashankar.
Lt Gen AS Lamba addresses valedictory function
General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Army Training Command Lt Gen AS Lamba, AVSM, in his concluding remarks viewed this seminar as a benchmark for evolving future media military functional model.  He said that this unique seminar has set a precedent for removing functional gray areas, fostering mutual understanding and greater openness towards media and has set ground for enhanced synergy.
ITI’s loss reduced to an all time low
With the loss of ITI Ltd reduced to an all time low in the past eight years, the company has started moving towards achieving a historic turnaround in the coming months. Significantly, the first quarter losses for the financial year 2010-11 have come down by 40.78 % at Rs. 63.83 Crores as against Rs. 107.78 Crores in Q1 of 2009-10. “We expect the good trend to last and the company’s losses will come down significantly in this fiscal. Our priority is to look for new orders and diversification of products to turn the Company around”, says CMD of ITI Ltd. K. L. Dhingra. ITI Ltd has achieved the highest turnover in its history by clocking Rs. 4660.28 Crores for the year ended March 31, 2010. This is a quantum jump of 167.63% as compared to the previous year’s turnover of Rs. 1741.32 crores.

S.Raman is new CMD Canara Bank
S.Raman Executive Director (ED) with Union Bank of India (UBI) on elevation has joined as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Canara Bank on September 1, 2010.
( We said this on June 1,2010 )
Arun Kaul is new CMD UCO Bank
Arun Kaul Executive Director (ED) with the Central Bank of India (CBI) elevation has joined as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the UCO Bank on September 1, 2010.
( We said this on March 26, 2010 )
R. Ramachandran is new CMD Andhra Bank
R Ramachandran Executive Director (ED) with the Syndicate Bank on elevation has joined as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Andhra Bank on September 1, 2010.
(We said this on June 1,2010)
R. N. Pradeep is new CMD Corporation Bank
R. N. Pradeep Executive Director (ED) with the Central Bank of India (CBI) on elevation has joined as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Corporation Bank on eptember 1, 2010.
(We said this on March 25, 2010)
Mrs. V. R. Iyer is new ED Central Bank of Indi
Mrs. V.R. Iyer General Manager with the Union Bank of India (UBI) on elevation has joined as new Executive Director (ED) of the Central Bank of India (CBI) on September 1, 2010.
R.K. Dubey is new ED Central Bank of India
R.K. Dubey General Manager (Delhi Circle) with the Punjab National Bank (PNB)) on elevation has joined as new Executive Director (ED) of the Central Bank of India (CBI) on September 1, 2010.
Ravi Chatterjee is new ED Syndicate Bank
Ravi Chatterjee General Manager with the UCO Bank on elevation has joined as new Executive Director (ED) of the Syndicate Bank on September 1, 2010.
S.S. Mundra is new ED Union Bank of India
S.S. Mundra General Manager with the Bank of Baroda on elevation has
joined as new Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank of India (UBI)
on September 1, 2010.
Anil K. Bansal is new ED Indian Overseas Bank
Anil K. Bansal General Manager with the Union Bank of India (UBI) on elevation has joined as new Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) on September 1, 2010.
N.R. Badrinarayan is new ED, UCO Bank
N.R.Badrinarayan General Manager with the Bank of Baroda (BOB) on elevation has joined as new Executive Director (ED) of the UCO Bank on
September 1, 2010.
A S Bhattacharya appointed new CMD of Bank of Maharashtra
A.S. Bhattacharya Executive Director (ED) with the Indian Bank on elevation has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Bank of Maharashtra. He will assume charge once existing CMD Allen Pereira retires on September 30, 2010.
M Narendra appointed new CMD of Indian Overseas Bank
M.Narendra Executive Director (ED) with the Bank of India (BOI) on elevation has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) . He will assume charge once existing CMD S.A. Bhat retires on October 31, 2010.
Nagesh Pyadh appointed new CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce
Nagesh Pyadh Executive Director (ED) with the Punjab National Bank (PNB)on elevation has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Oriental Bank of Commerce . He will assume charge once existing CMD T Prabhu retires on December 31, 2010.
H. S. U. Kamath appointed new CMD of Vijaya Bank
H. S. U. Kamath Executive Director (ED) with the Canara Bank on elevation has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Vijaya Bank . He will assume charge once existing CMD Albert Tauro retires on March 31, 2011.
Rajeev Rishi appointed new ED of Indian Bank
Rajeev Rishi General Manager with the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) on elevation has been appointed as Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Bank. However, he will be joining at the new place once existing ED Indian Bank A.S. Bhattacharya joins as CMD of Bank of
Maharashtra on October 1, 2010.
N. Seshadri appointed new ED of Bank of India
N.Seshadri General Manager with the Canara Bank on elevation has been appointed as xecutive Director (ED) of the Bank of India. However, he will be joining at the new place once existing ED Bank of India M. Narendra joins as CMD of Indian Overseas Bank on November 1,2010.
V.Kannan appointed new ED of Oriental Bank of Commerce
V.Kannan General Manager with Bank of Maharashtra Bank on elevation has been appointed as Executive Director (ED) of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC). However, he will be joining at the new place once existing ED H. Ratnakar Hegde retires on November 30, 2010.
Ashwani Kumar appointed new ED of Corporation Bank
Ashwani Kumar General Manager with Corporation Bank on elevation has been appointed as Executive Director (ED) of the Corporation Bank. However, he will be joining at the new place once existing ED Asit Pal retires on November 30, 2010.
Rakesh Sethi appointed new ED of Punjab National Bank
Rakesh Sethi General Manager with Andhra Bank on elevation has been appointed as Executive Director (ED) of the Punjab National Bank.
However, he will be joining at the new place once existing ED Nagesh Pyadh joins as CMD of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) on January
1, 2011.
Mrs. Archana Bhargava appointed new ED of Canara Bank
Mrs. Archana Bhargava General Manager with Punjab National Bank on elevation has been appointed as Executive Director (ED) of the Canara Bank. However, she will be joining at the new place once existing ED H.S.U. Kamath joins as CMD of the Vijaya Bank on April 1, 2011.

Planning Commission lauds Madhya Pradesh government
Dr. Narendra Jadhav, a Member in the Planning Commission of India (PCI), has lauded Madhya Pradesh government of which Chief Minister is Shivraj Singh Chouhan for taking lead over other states. Dr. Jadhav while delivering key note address during national workshop on skill development in Bhopal, recently said "It is the MP Government which is the first Indian state to have taken initiative for holding workshop on skill development as per recommendations of the Planning Commission." The meet was inaugurated by Chouhan.
Khullar appointed Ambassador
Dinkar Khullar, presently Ambassador of India to Austria, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Montenegro with residence in Vienna.

Umashankar appointed Managing Director, TNSIC
Thiru C. Umashankar, IAS, has been appointed Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Limited (TNSIC) vice Thiru N.S. Palaniappan, IAS, holding additional charge.
Sarangi appointed Chairman , TNIDC
Thiru Debendranath Sarangi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Environment and Forests Department, has been appointed Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TNIDC) vice Thiru Rajeev Ranjan, IAS, holding additonal charge.
Qudsia Gandhi appointed Chairperson & MD, Power Finance Corporation Limited
Mrs. Qudsia Gandhi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government / Chairperson & Managing Director, Overseas Manapower Corporation Limited, has been appointed Chairperson and Managing Director of the Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited vice Thiru S. Ramasundaram, IAS.
Chavan appointed Asstt Collector, Thoothukudi in TN
Chavan Sajjansingh Ramsingh, IAS, is posted to act as Assistant Collector, Thoothukudi, Thoothukudi District vice Mrs. B. Gurudevi, Revenue Divisional Officer.(UPDATED)

Shambhu Singh is new JS Home
Shamhu Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
(We said this on August 7, 2010)
Deputation tenure of IPS officer extended
Inter cadre deputation  tenure of  Chitrangad from Uttarakhand to Uttar Pradesh  has been extended for further period of one year .Chitrangad is 1996 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS officer.
Kapil Mohan appointed DDG, BEE
Kapil Mohan Director Power (Distribution) has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG) in Bureau Energy of Efficiency (BEE) of which Director General (DG) is Dr. Ajay Mathur. Its a Joint Secretary level post. Kapil Mohan is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

CORPORATE
Ten in fray for the post of CMD ONGC
Ten Oil experts will appear for interview in the PESB on October 19 for the post of CMD ONGC. They include Mssrs R N Bastia, Sudhir Vasudeva, ; D K Saraf, R S Butola, S K Srivastava and ) B N Talukdar.
Sankaranarayanan is new CMD of FACT
V.G. Sankaranarayanan has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of public sector company, FACT.
Sarangi is new Chairman of TN IDC
Debendranath Sarangi has been appointed as Chairman of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd..He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Gandhi is new Chairman of Power Finance Corporation,TN
Qudsia Gandhi has been appointed as Chairperson and Managing Director of Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation in TamilNadu. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Rishad Premji appointed Wipro Ltd CFO 
Rishad Premji, son of  Wipro Ltd Chairman Azim Premji has been appointed as Chief Strategy Officer of the company.
Sunil Mittal's son to join Bharti Airtel International
Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal's son Shravin Mittal would be a staff member at Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV.
Bhambri resigns as Company Secy, Supreme Tex
Rajeev Bhambri - Company Secretary , Supreme Tex Mart Ltd has resigned and instead Robin Vijan has been appointed as Company Secretary.
Grover no longer on Shipping Corporation Board
U.C. Grover has ceased to be a Director on the Board of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. w.e.f. 1st September 2010
IFCI nominates Director
Ms  Manju Jain, Vice President, IFCI Ltd. has been nominated as  Director on the Board of  Ispat Industries Ltd . The appointment of Ms.Manju Jain as a Nominee Director takes effect from 28th August, 2010.
Viswanathan is MD Bosch Ltd
Bosch Limited has  reappointed  V.K. Viswanathan as Managing Director of the Company for a further period of two years from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.
Singh joins Chennai Petroleum Board

P.K. Singh, Director (R&A), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd  in place of  Sanjay Gupta.

Gowri appointed Company Secy TVS Electronics
Ms. A.R. Gowri has been appointed as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of  TVS Electronics Ltd  with effect from September 1, 2010.
Pratibha Advani appointed CFO
Ms Pratibha K. Advani has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer of the T company NIIT Technologies.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

BJP says this monsoons session all that UPA did was ‘defer and refer’!!
What did BJP do……. confer and concur???
 
To concur when it conferred BJP bargained for ‘take and give’!!!
What treacherous times we live???
 
The same BJP was livid on what has transpired in the Bhopal gassing!!
So its now obvious ‘its cries for Bhopal victims’ was actually sassing!!!
 
Had Bhopal not hit the headlines now ‘we would have been sold cheap’!!
Valued like we were goats or sheep!!
 
Mohna has shown his ‘American colours’!!!
This is what his every action on anything to do with Uncle Sam hollers!!
 
Food grains that could feed a 100 million people is rotting away!!
Pawar is behaving as if for free distribution he or his Party has to pay!!
 
Or is he worried the price effect free distribution could have on the prices!!
For the traders, retailers, hoarders etc., Pawar rises!!
 
It’s only natural that its better to feed the hungry rather than let food rot!!
Its obvious that Pawar said no because required ‘incentive to do so he got’!!
 
Pawar they say does not do anything for free!!
With this even his supporters would agree!!
 
Because though they are his supporters they too have to ‘pay the going rate’!!!
If going rate is not given then even supporters ‘endlessly wait’!!
 
He wears spotless whites but still it looks his white togs are badly soiled!!
And the stains are not going to go even if his togs in water are boiled!!
 
In fact in future he may appear in school books!!!
The Chapter heading will be ‘ Netas should not be crooks’!!
 
Laloo too will appear in the same Chapter and so will Mulayam and Raja!!!!!
In Indian Politics we need a Neta who is rajaa (Punjabi for satisfied)!!
 
And despite our Netas being moneyed beyond their wildest dreams!!
Still each on of them ‘creams’!!!
 
They cream the Nation and us!!!
And their calculators have only percentage, multiplication and plus!!
 
To them subtraction and division are unknown!!!!
In fact if they have to spend or share they start to moan!!
 
Confucius says… such Netas are on any Nation a curse!!!!
And the cake is taken by Indian Netas who are worst of the worse!!

Bharat Kumar

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IT ignores corruption in bureaucracy

The Income Tax Department has a miserable track record of ignoring widespread corruption in the Bureaucracy, Judiciary as well as many such 'Holy Cows' of the system. CBI is taken care of by excluding the officers above JS rank which is any way achieved by the 'big brother' within 16 yrs, i.e. by the time, to be in the position to mint money in Delhi. Then there was only income tax law left to be taken care of. It is achieved by pressurising and bullying the Department. In first place why can't we make Chairman CBDT directly under the FM. Chairman CBDT is himself ex-officio Secretary rank officer(It is different story that no one from the IRS is considered as eligible for Secretary rank) is put under RS and through him under Fin. Sec. then comes MOS(R)and finally it is FM.
The result is IRS is highly demoralized cadre amongst civil services (Refer recent survey of Civil services brought out by the cabinet secretariat). Career -growth avenues are stifled to the worst! Every year I see that young boys and girls selected through UPSC Select IRS after IAS, IPS and IFS. In good number of cases due to medical reasons as well as out of choice, candidates otherwise eligible for IPS choose IRS. But in terms of career progression they end up being treated in step-motherly manner. It is amusing to see that such a big service does not get a single slot in the Secretary cadre. Representation is negligible beyond DS.
I fail to understand what quality do I Foreign Service, I.Postal Service, IA&AS or Railways services officers possess which IRS do not have?
One major charge perceived to be against the IRS and the Income tax Department is that it is Corrupt! First of all, lets get facts straight. Going by the no. of officers convicted by the courts, or pending vigilance inquiries or raided by CBI etc., percentage of officers involved to total cadre strength is higher in IAS and IPS than the IRS.
There is no denial to the fact that majority of the people deviate the path of values; but so is the case with rest of the services. Rather it can be said that in other civil services as well as organizations corruption is permeated to the equal depth, if not more. But at the same time there are right people in IRS as they are there in other civil services including IAS.
Today there is vide-spread corruption among almost all services. Today we are talking about Commonwealth-games, till yesterday it was IPL. Tomorrow some other issue will come to the fore. Issue is that why Income tax guys have no confidence to act unless they told to do so? It will be good for the nation if the Income tax is unshackled from the maze of superior layers; with complete mandate to hunt any one having black Income and of course there should be zero tolerance for any wrong doing by Income tax guy too. If found on wrong footing he should be hanged first!
Is there any one to think in wider national interest!

KS.

It’s astonishing

I am astonished that in Ministry of Statistics & P.I. there are around 120 number of Joint Secretary level officers, without any work of accountability. Previously these posts were held by Assistant Director level officers and now these posts have been upgraded to the post of Deputy Director General. These officers are just doing the same job which were previously done more efficiently by the Assistant Directors. Whereas the subordinate level posts are reduced to the minimal and without any further promotional aspects. Government should reconsider for continuance of these DDG posts of MOS&PI.

Amit Agarwal

Remarkable achievement by ITI.

Hatsoff to the new CMD,  who can able to put this loss making PSU in right track and Wishing all the best to become one of Good Navratnas.

Manish P

Omar Abdullah deserves gratitude

The CM of Kashmir, Omar Abdullah deserves the gratitude of India for being so strong and consistent in his beliefs and for enforcing the Rule of Law in the Valley. For too long had successive governments in Srinagar and Delhi kowtowed to hysterical extremist elements backed by Pakistan when they made senseless demands for Azadi. Azadi from whom and for whom? Can these hysterical elements think rationally and tell us if the tiny Valley of Kashmir can really survive as a separate nation, surrounded by Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Indian Jammu and Ladakh? What foolish pipe dreams! and at what cost! Already 64 lives have been lost to this foolishness. This is the cost of education of Kashmiri youth. The 60 plus years leaders of these stone pelters should be jailed and treated harshly in jail and not be treated like VIPs under house arrest. These frustrated greybeards are guilty of instigating youth unrest in the Valley at Pakistans behest. Kashmiri youth have become cannon fodder of these greybeards. The Valley extremists are not going to get anything, they should understand that. For 60 years the Valley Kashmiris have been pampered by the Govrnment of India as they used to blackmail India into submission by threatening to join Pakistan. Well POK has no democracy or free press and the so-called Northern Areas under Pakistan have been leased to China. Does anyone over there dare pelt stones at the PLA or the Pakistan Army? They dare not because the PlA will send them to labour camps in Tibet and the Pakistan Army would kill them and will not bother to count the dead bodies of slain Kashmiris. Omar Abdullah , among all the CMs of India has the courage and the determination to see this through to the end. Once the message reaches home that 64 deaths could be 604 then this senseless agitation will die down. So Omar Abdullah should stand firm, the One billion people of India are behind him!

D Choudhury

Corruption in CWG

There should be a National Commission to go into the alleged large scale corruption charges in the infrastructural development connected with CWG. While shadiness in dealings of Kalmadi is well brought out, there are serving and retired bureaucrats in the central urban development ministry and Delhi Government, hiding behind Kalmadi and allegedly made millions. A task force of intelligence officers should be put behind them to find out where they have hidden the loot.

K.Chelvarayan
What is the motive ?
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, always in American frame of mind, has tried to educate himself about the plight of rural strata by viewing Pipli Live, a fictional movie, since he has never tasted the bitter pill of rural life. He is planning for those people without first hand knowledge of ground realities.. He is supreme foreteller of the Govt. He forecasts, albeit his forecast ultimately prove to be rubbish, about economic growth , interest rates, production of food grains, inflation and so on. He has assumed the authority to interfere in the domain of others whether it is Transport Ministry, Finance Ministry, Reserve Bank of India, Food and Agricultue Minstry etc. The list is unlimited. Although he is Vice Chairman of Planning Commission yet he is de facto Deputy Prime Minister. Another epicentre of self assumed power is Sharad Pawar. As matter of fact Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Sharad Pawar are responsible for the unprecedented and unabated inflation spell. Supreme Court has nailed unfair practice of Sarad Pawar. What else is required to prove that he is not only utter failure but a designer of creating artificial scarcity - the motive can be well judged.

S.S.Rana

What Nonsense!

Several Muslims have been Chief Secretaries in various states - UP, Gujrat, J&K to name a few. More Muslims have been Chief Secretaries as compared to SC/STs. The reason is obvious. SC/STs join at a later age. Muslims and other minorities do not have this 'privilege'. Advocates of reservations do not understand that increasing the age of entry is harmful for them because the number of SC/STs in the government service remains the same; yet, numerous young intelligent persons fail to get in because practice and experience of the examination scores over aptitude, potential, enthusiasm and intelligence. Moreover, those joining at a later age, even if they have the potential, have no chance of becoming the Chief Secretary because they retire at Principal Secretary level.

V C Mehrotra