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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Digvijaya is back at the job he's been entrusted since Anna's fast at Jantar Mantar earlier this year....damn and bait Anna and his Team!!! Digvijaya's rantings.....who is Anna..... Anna is corrupt too....... Team Anna should stand for elections..... how can Team Anna dictate terms... Anna does not represent the People!!!! Fact is Anna in the eyes of the Public is one who took on Governments on corruption.... well I would not be surprised if UPA took the assistance of CIA and Scotland Yard to come up with some scum on Anna and some serious scum on his team... this would have been after all the Indian Investigative Agencies came up with a blank on Anna and useless stuff on Team Anna........ Team Anna's USP is their being apolitical and if they become political they'll sit on the same bench as Netas, that is why Digivijaya keeps taunting them to test the electoral waters.......Team Anna can dictate terms because UPA gave them the recognition.... who called them for discussions on the Lokpal Bill and formed a Committee with Ministers and Team Anna ...... Congress knowS Anna represents Public disenchantment with UPA and that is why UPA listens and talks to him??? Congress's unwillingness to let CBI become independent says a lot.... why do you think often CBI has been deciphered as Congress's Bureau of Investigation or Congress's Biased Investigation???? As India's Premiere Investigative Agency in all fairness CBI should be independent!!!! And when there is no reservation in the Judiciary why should there be reservation in Lokpal.... just a delaying tactic at the behest of Congress by Laloo, Mullayam and Paswan... who as it is are totally against Lokpal!!! Lokpal stunts their ethos!!

On all three occasions Congress has hoped every time Anna's fasted that crowds would deplete!!!

But crowds have gone up every time there's been by Anna fast ka repeat!!

There is a reason why Manish Tiwari is called Mr. Ludicrous!!!! He's got his eyes at becoming a Manti and his desperation for Lall Batti makes him go down to ludicrous levels to argue Congress's 'lost cases' in the People's Court!! CAG has used the factual way to calculate 2 G loss...... what was the profit made by those who sold their licenses , directly or via stake sale... and then it's a case of simple arithmetic!!!! If you recall Kapil Sibal had even said there was zero loss...... seems he just saw the zeros after 1,76 and concluded loss was zero!!! When Tiwari's busy Congress sends Renuka who has made 'rudeness' into an art... she does not use Tiwari's ludicrous route... she insults and disturbs those on the panel who question or reveal Congress.... derail and damn!! When she's busy Congress requests either of the Vinods.... Metha (Outlook) or Sharma (HT) to represent Congress.....they've made deception into an art......they try to show they are arguing on merit but very soon you realize they are in Congress's corner!!!

All of them are on Her Majesty's Service!!!!

Two want Ministerial Berths and the other two want RS nominations for their service!!

Will Government fall if PC goes????? I recall at one time Sonia had issued strict instructions that PC's decisions should not be questioned!!! Such power cent percent rises to the head and it did in PC's case too and he became even more haughty .....and insulting too!!!! His pinnacle of haughtiness was the 'Chewing Gumgate'.....and then started his downslide!! He's tried to stand up and show he's there but has had to sit down!!! PC's a Lawyer and he knows the hopelessness in his case. He knows it'll be untenable for him to continue as HM if CBI has to question him... Mr. 180+ IQ is no fool and I'm sure he's working on various levels.... how to get around CBI questioning MOH , who 'physically' controls CBI ... though technically CBI comes in DoPT!!! He's working on the Opposition too... after all as MOF and MOH he's got material for..... hinting, soft and hard ......arm twisting!!

But as of now writing on the wall is PC will have to go!!!!

He's working on .... he continues in Cabinet and to some other portfolio he does go!!

PS.....all the 2 G accused who have got bail want to travel overseas..... why? One by one they will apply for permission.... relaxing and banking holiday!!! They say after Balwa's release Pawar was deliriously happy...its anyone's guess why Balwa had Pawar on his Jet to Dubai..... there is definitely a connection!!! Ex Debonair Editor Anil Dharkar has said 'Anna is not an intellectual'..... yes one is an intellectual if one is the Editor of a Magazine ,Debonair, that's USP is Ladies posing 'nangoo pangoo'.... Vinod Metha too was the Editor of this magazine at one time!! Good one's.... Russia wants to ban Gita as it thinks Gita contains teachings of S.M Krishna and they say Mukesh Ambani wants to buy stake in TV 18...... CNN IBN's name will be changed to... Reliance Fresh News!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Uncertainty increases in North Korea
The death of longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and promotion of his untested son Kim Jong Un as his successor is fueling uncertainty about the secretive and impoverished state.

US Infra companies to scout India for opportunities
It is heard that US Infrastructure companies are likely to come to India soon and hold talks with various infrastructure developers and with government officials.

Has the majesty of the government been challenged by Team Anna?
Has the majesty of the government, with all its power and trappings been challenged by Team Anna? Much will be known on how the Lokpal Bill gets drafted and whether the government and opposition rises to meet the expectations of Team Anna and the society in general.

Land acquisition trouble in China
The Chinese leadership has been unnerved by the persisting and spreading protest of the people of Wukan, a village in Guangdong province in southern China. The protest movement is directed against forcible land acquisition. Significantly, the Chinese economic miracle started in Guangdong province in the 1990s,and it has always been projected as the "showcase" province of China.

TN CM Ms. J Jayalalitha has a history of creating new posts
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms. J Jayalalitha has a history of creating new posts.

Goa CM announces bonus for govt employees
To mark the Golden Jubilee of Goa's Liberation, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has announced bonus of Rs 5000 for C and D government employees and pensioners and assured the people of the state that his government was also planning to form a third district in the state. Presently, there are two districts, North Goa and South Goa. He also assured the people of Mayem that long pending evacuee Property issue of the villagers in North Goa will be resolved and they will get justice soon. Kamat also urged the people of Goa to work together to make Goa a Model state in the country.

Dissent expressed on Lokpal Bill!
As the grapevine has it there was a dissent expressed over the Lokpal bill in the cabinet meeting.

BUREAUCRACY

21 IAS officers retiring in Dec 2011
As many as 21 IAS officers are retiring in December 2011. They are Subhrendu Bhattacharya of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Lall Chand Singhi of Assam Meghalaya, Balvant Singh, Chaman Kumar and AM Parmar of Gujarat, Ashwani kumar kapoor and Subash Chand Ahluwalia of Himachal Pradesh, Basharat Ahmad Dhar of Jammu & Kashmir, K. Rammanna Naik of Karnataka, Surendra Narayan Sharma of Madhya Pradesh, Madhur Sarangi and N.C. Vasudevan of Orissa, Damanbir Singh Jaspal, A Didar Singh and Surinderjit Singh Sandhu of of Punjab, Abhimanyu Singh and Bharat Ram Meena of Rajasthan, S. Natarajan of Tamil Nadu, Rita Menon and Donesh Chandra Shukla of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Urba Dutt Choubey of Uttarakhand cadre.

Shafi Alam to be DG NCRB?
Shafi Alam is likely to be appointed new DG of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

1978 batch IAS to get in-situ promotion after return of Jawed Usmani
1978 batch IAS officers are expected to get in-situ promotion after the posting of Jawed Usmani as Secretary to the Prime Minister in February or March.

Manish Verma, IAS, gets inter cadre deputation to Bihar
Manish Kumar Verma has been accorded an inter cadre deputation from Orissa to Bihar cadre for a period of five years. Verma is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Singh is new Joint Secretary Coal
Joint Secretary in the Urban Development Department Shailesh Kumar Singh has been moved to Coal. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

IRS officer Sastry resigns
V Sai Prasad Sastry, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, circle-13(1), Hyderabad, has resigned from the service.

Five retired Secretaries apply for the post of CEO Prasar Bharti
Five retired Secretaries of the Government of India have applied for the post of CEO Prasar Bharti. Tenure of B S Lalli is coming to an end on December 28.

Will the Prasar Bharti go the NHAI way?
There is a general belief that the Prasar Bharti will go the NHAI way. The post of Chairman NHAI has been lying vacant for the last one year.

Jha to be Director (Technical), NTPC
A K Jha is being tipped to be new Director (Technical) of the NTPC. He is presently ED in the Company.

Anuradha Mitra is JS and FA Science and Technology
Ms Anuradha Mitra has been appointed new Joint Secretary and FA Science and Technology in the Government of India .She is 1984 batch IDAS officer.

Yogendra Narain in Committee of UPSC
Former Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha Yogendra Narain has been appointed Member of a Committee on Reforms of Civil Services Examinations set up by the UPSC. Prof Arun Nigavekar is the Chairman of the Committee.

Will Yadav return to West Bengal?
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee has sought repatriation of Rajesh Kumar Yadav . 2002 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre Yadav is presently in the NIA.

Resignation of Arvind Kejriwal accepted
Resignation of Arvind Kejriwal, IRS (IT:92069), has been accepted from Central Government service with effect from February, 2006.

1985 batch IPS is new DGP of Goa
Kishan Kumar has been appointed new DGP of Goa. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Goa DGP Aditya Arya moves to Delhi
Goa DGP Aditya Arya has been transferred to Delhi. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Gujarat Tourism bags 'India's Best Tourism Department' award
Gujarat Tourism has won the prestigious annual TAAI award for 'India's Best Tourism Department' amongst all states for Year 2011. Gujarat's Principal Secretary Tourism, Vipul Mitra, received the award from Union Tourism Minister Subhodh Kant Sahai at Mumbai on Saturday. Gujarat scored over other nominees Kerala and MP for this annual award. Gujarat tourism growth has been 14 percent, twice that of national growth rate. This has been possible because of the state's campaign ' Khushboo Gujarat Ki'. Amitabh Bachchan 's contribution to the success story has been immense.

Pressure on bureaucracy
Heard in the corridors of power bureaucracy "working under duress" - presumably under fear of another agitation by Team Anna - though they deny and say that the Prime Minister publicly stated commitment to a strong Lokpal Bill in this session.

1987 batch IAS to get PS rank in Bihar
Six 1987 batch IAS officers Mssrs Rajesh Bhushan, A Subhani, Atul Prasad, M Pradhan , Sudhir Kumar and Shiv Kumar are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Bihar.

1996 batch IAS to get super-time scale in Bihar
1996 batch IAS officers Mssrs Anand Kishore, Rahul Singh and Vipin Kumar are being given super-time scale in Bihar.

Will Sadhna Dixit be Member (Finance ), Telecom Commission?
Sadhna Dixit is likely to be appointed new Member (Finance) in the Telecom Commission.

Ganeshan to be new RNI?
G Ganeshan is likely to succeed T Jairaj in March as RNI. Jairaj is superannuating in March.

Sandhu nominated for NDC Course
Pawanjeet Singh Sandhu, IG Northern range Belgaum, Karnataka has been nominated for the one year course of 52nd NDC Course. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Karnataka Cadre.

Sudha Rajan posted as Director (PAC Cell) in CAG office
Ms. Sudha Rajan, Director, O/o Director General of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, Delhi branch, has been transferred and posted as Director (PAC Cell) in the CAG office.

Dr. Joseph Abraham promoted & posted as Sr. Adviser, Revenue
Dr. Joseph Abraham, Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of Indian Economic Service, has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted as Senior Adviser, Revenue.

Mishra inducted in IPS
BK Mishra, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (DAP), 4th Batallion & 2nd Batallion has been inducted for IPS to the AGMU cadre. He is an DANPS officer of AGMU Cadre.

Banerjee goes to Chicago
Debashish Banerjee who is looking after the desk of IUS (WA) in the MEA is going as Consul in Chicago.

Menon moves to Jaffna
Suresh Kumar Menon Consul in Chicago is moving to Jaffna in the same capacity.

Anirudha Rout awarded IAS cadre
Orissa State service officer, Anirudha Rout has been awarded IAS cadre on the basis of select list for the year-2005.

Godhra panel gets 17th extension
The Nanavati Commission, probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots, has been granted 17th extension.

26 State Police Service officers conferred with IPS in AP
26 police officers belonging to Andhra Pradesh Police Service have been conferred to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre in Andhra Pradesh..

Post of GM vacant in FCI in J&K
The post of General Manager (J&K) has been lying vacant in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Jammu under the Department of Food & Public Distribution. Those willing to apply for the same can send their applications to the department before January 31, 2012.

Post of Dy. Financial Adviser vacant in CRPF
The post of Deputy Financial Adviser has been lying vacant in CRPF, Jammu under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the department before January 31, 2012.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan : Round the clock supply of potable water by Cantonment Board, Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board is working on an ambitious project to ensure round the clock supply of potable water to its residents by early next year with the completion of Rs 700 million worth Khanpur Dam Water Supply Project (KDWSP). Of this Rs 30 million have been set apart exclusively for construction of ten storage tanks of 200000 litres each, laying of nearly 20000 metres of new supply lines and installation of meters for each consume in the cantonment area. According to Rana Manzoor Ahmed CEO of the cantonment board installation of meters will result in reducing wastage and at least 30% saving of potable water.

Pakistan : 26/11 judicial commission's visit to be finalised mid January next
Programme for visit of the judicial commission from Pakistan for recording the statements of Indian witnesses in the 26/11 militant attack on Mumbai is likely to be finalised by 3rd January 2012 when the Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) Judge Shahid Rafique resumes hearing of the case against the accused in Pakistan's Adiala jail. Five defence counsels Khwaja Sultan, Aisam Bin Haris, Fakhar Hayat, Riyaz Cheema and Ihsan Satti have submitted their travel documents to the ATC Judge. However another defence counsel Maliq Rafique has declined to join the commission on the plea that 'there are many Bal Thackerays in India who could cause threat to his life'. Malik Rafiq has also expressed doubt that because the commission's sessions in India are to be presided over by Mumbai's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate SS Shinde its functioning may not be unbiased.

Transfers and postings of 12 IPS officers in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at various places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Amit Singh, ASP, Bhopal, has been made SDOP, Karera, Shivpuri while Navnit Bhasin, ASP, Indore will now be SDOP, Ganjbasoda, Vidisha and Rudolf Alvarez, R J ASP, Gwalior is shifted as SDOP Sanwer, Indore. Besides, Tarun Nayak ASP, Jabalpur has also been transferred as SDOP Tikamgarh and Narendera Kumar ASP, Ujjain will now be SDOP Bamor, Morena. All these above officers are of 2009 batch. Similarly, as many as seven IPS officers of 2010 batch who underwent training at National Police Academy, Hyderabad, have been posted in the State. Accordingly, Abid Khan has been posted as ASP, Gwalior while Ajit is made ASP, Morena, Ashutosh Pratap Singh is being posted as ASP, Khandwa. D Kalyan Chakravorty has been posted as ASP, Ujjain; Gaurav Kumar Tiwari is posted as ASP, Ratlam, Mohmed Yusuf Qureshi is given posting as ASP, Bhopal and Nimish Agrawal is posted as ASP, Jabalpur.

Delegation of Chinese Academy of Forestry visits ICFRE, Dehradun (UPDATED)
A high level delegation of six members headed by President, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China visited Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun on December 19, 2011. During the visit in an interaction meet identification of research areas for cooperation in the areas of forestry sciences were deliberated upon and a Memorandum of Understanding between Chinese Academy of Forestry and ICFRE, Dehradun to foster cooperative relationship between two countries on identified areas of research was signed by Prof. Zhang Shongong of Chinese Academy of Forestry and Dr, V K Bahugurta, Director General, ICFRE. Dr. Bahuguna, dwelt upon the emerging areas of mutual interest viz. impact of climate change, on forest ecosystems, forest hydrology, tree improvement with scope of bilateral cooperation Dr, Bahuguna also harped upon the high expertise of China in the area of bamboo cultivation and technologies for bamboo products, which could be shared in a institutionalized manner for the livelihood support. Sandeep Tripathi, Director (P&IC), ICFRE outlined the objectives of visit of the delegation under the over arching umbrella of BRICS cooperation. A detailed presentation of the activities of ICFRE, research strength and challenges was made by Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, ADG. The CAP delegation made a presentation highlighting tree breeding, ecological improvement, gerrn-plasm conservation and sustainable forest management as the priority area of Chinese Academy of Forestry. It was decided that a Umbrella Action Plan would be prepared under the over arching BRICS Cooperation Agreement, with main emphasis on bamboo cultivation and development of industrial bamboo products and tree improvement programme of important tree species like Teak, Sisso, Sandalwood, Red sander, Casurina, Eucalyptus etc. The modalities of exchange expert visit, sharing of research finding and technologies and capacity building programmes was also deliberated.
In the afternoon the CFA delegation visited various research labs and museums of Forest Research institute, The delegation also visited the mining reclamation work undertaken by FRI in Matdevta. This long term bilateral collaborative programme has a tremendous scope for exchange of technologies in the area of bamboo improvement and product development and tree improvement programme to address the livelihood issues and sustainable forest management.

Transfer list of JCITs soon (UPDATED)
Transfer and posting list of about 200 Joint Commissioners of Income Tax is expected to be issued in a coupl of days.

IPS changes in Tripura (UPDATED)
Two IPS officers - Saptarshi Abhijit and Ipper Manchak will now be Additional SP West and South respectively.Gaurav Chakrabarty will be SP Govt Railway Police Princy Rani has been made SP Unokoti District. Bijoy Nag has been appointed as SP North Tripura and Lalminga Darlong as SP Dhalai district.R G K Rao will be SP West Tripura while Pradip Pal SP Khowai district. Smriti Ranjan Das will be SP Sipahijala and Arjun Debbarma SP South. Anees Prasad has been made SP CID while Saumitra Dhar transferred to Procurement as SP . Carey Marak has been moved to CO SAF. T Sambhandan has been made SP Gomati. Rajesh Sharma has been moved to TSR 2nd Battalion.

Alok Sharma appointed CVO BIS (UPDATED)
Alok Sharma has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Delhi . He is 1986 batch IPoS Officer.

15 IAS officers resign from service (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have quit the service during last three years (since 2008).

44 IPS officers resign from service (UPDATED)
As many as 44 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have quit the service during last three years (since 2008).

38 IAS/IPS officers join other services (UPDATED)
As many as 38 IAS/IPS officers have quit the services in order to join other services like IAS, IRS etc.

2983 officers of Central Govt. booked for corruption (UPDATED)
CBI has registered as many as 1832 cases of corruption while names of 2983 officers of Central Government have been mentioned in the FIRs since 2007.

DEBATE

Is it appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir"?

Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has asked Cabinet Ministers to maintain dignity of the office. Patnaik conveyed his mind when a Minister addressed "Sir" to an IAS officer in his presence. "You are Cabinet Minister and should maintain your dignity" the Chief Minister said. How far it is appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir".

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CORPORATE

Chuganee quits Sabero Oraganics
The board of Sabero Organics Gujarat in its meeting on December 19, 2011 has accepted the resignation of Sumit Chuganee as whole-time director and executive vice-chairman of the company.

Sabero appoints additional directors
Sabero Organics Gujarat has appointed M M Venkatachalam, Kapil Mehan and G Veera Bhadram as additional directors of the company.

Indian MD in US killed in plane crash
An Indian managing director of a New York investment banking firm Rakesh Chawla was killed in a plane crash.

Mukherjee appointed MD, Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd
Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd has appointed Suman Mukherjee who is working as Chief Executive Officer with the company as a Managing Director of the company with effect from December 20, 2011 for a period of three years.

Shukla appointed Company Secy. Arunjyoti Enterprises Ltd
Arunjyoti Enterprises Ltd has appointed Abhishek Shukla as Company Secretary.

Patel appointed Company Secy. Khandwala Securities Ltd
Khandwala Securities Ltd has appointed Ms. Sunita Patel as a Company Secretary with effective from November 14, 2011 in place of Ms. Manisha Srivastava who resigned w.e.f. August 25, 2011.

Mankad appointed Non Exec. Director, Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd
Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd has appointed Piyush G. Mankad as a Non-executive Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the Company

Bhartia appointed Non Exec. Director, Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd
Shamit Bhartia has been appointed as a Non-executive Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd.

Aghi appointed Non Exec. Director, HT Media Ltd
HT Media Ltd has appointed Dr. Mukesh Aghi as a Non-executive Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Deveshwar resigns as Non Exec. Director, HT Media Ltd
Y. C. Deveshwar, Non-executive Independent Director has resigned from the Directorship of HT Media Ltd due to his other pre-occupations.

Bhutkar appointed Company Secy. Indiaco Ventures Ltd
Indiaco Ventures Ltd has appointed Ms. Sanjana Bhutkar as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. December 1, 2011.

Parameswaran appointed MD, Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd
Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd has appointed Ms. Prabha Parameswaran as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. February 1, 2012.

Sonpal appointed Director (Sales), India, LinkedIn
LinkedIn has appointed Hetal Sonpal as Director, Strategic Sales for India.

Why take Central Service officers in Secretariat?

Why should Central Service Officers be taken in Secretariat for they are appointed for their specialist service. They should leave such services for CSS as these services are approaching their dooms day for induction of specialist service officers. Do they take people from other services in their so called specialist service.

Vashishth

Congratulations

Congratulations to all 1981 batch officers in Madhya Pradesh.

R K Ojha .President -IFS Association, Tamil Nadu

The Crusade

The Crusade (WIC 20.12.2011)alludes to and throws up an eternal dilemma. While no web-site via inter-net may be recommended for solution, perhaps search within via inner-net may help to clear some confusion and induce a measure of comfort (comic relief!). We are inextricably involved with and tied down to a complex maze of dysfunctionalities that we have ourselves created and which we have also come to firmly believe in. Perhaps, sustained introspection on a wide range of mundane matters in the manner implicit in the poet's outpourings and not instinctively sermonizing Chiku about "right" and "wrong" based on our differential (hypocritical) standards may provide some clarity. Needless to say public policies also require concurrent critical evaluation based on more objective criteria coupled with more effective & efficient execution by competent persons best suited for the purpose. However, there is no cause for despair at existing state of affairs and/or to be assailed by nagging feeling of guilt at our (dysfunctional) acts of omission and commission performed before Chiku. We are a product of our surroundings. However, our choices are entirely our own. Therefore, let us shed sentimentality, be wise and exercise 'feasible' choices in full awareness without being fearful or apologetic. Chiku is intelligent and understands!

S K Tewari

All Central government depts have huge IT wing

All Central government departments have huge Information Technology wing which are mostly headed by non technical officers even though work is outsourced. Instead of keeping ITS officers sitting idle & being paid, can these officers be gianfully redeployed in such departments instead of keeping them idle. Perhaps no planning has been done before repatriating ITS officers for sitting idle. It is also worth mentioning whether those responsible for repatriation have failed to anticipate why ITS officers are not willing to opt for BSNL/MTNL & can anyone be held responsible for such decision costing crores of rupees pm.

AFP

Economy is in a mess

Economy is in a mess and excellent officers like Rahul Khullar should help recover it and they should be rewarded thereafter, not now.

Venka

Congratulations to Prakash Chandra, IRS (Rtd)

Congratulations to Prakash Chandra, IRS (Rtd), on appointment to Committee on Civil Services Exam Reforms. A man steeped in the traditions of Civil Service, Sh Chandra hails from a background of senior advocates, senior judges and senior bureaucrats. A mild mannered gentleman of the old school, he is the epitome of dignity and integrity. His motto throughout service has been that of selfless service in the cause of the country. Impartial, honest, exceptionally intelligent, hard working, Sh Chandra is the son in law of the very senior and widely respected elder statesman ex Chief Minister of Bihar Sh Kedar Pande. Humble, down to earth, compassionate and soft spoken, Sh Chandra, who retired as Chairman CBDT has always embodied the best of the Indian way of life.

Vijay Kumar

Our MPs too paid for 'no work' !

Don't worry if ITS officers are paid for sitting idle. Are not our MPs paid for adjournment (No work).

Kunal

No person is interested in going to hospital

The case of reference of CGHS patients to the private hospitals arose in order to avoid rush at Government hospitals. No person is interested in going to hospital be it be the CGHS beneficiary. A CGHS beneficiary is also not interested in remaining the air conditioned rooms of private hospitals. He/she makes the life of their family members miserable by saying 'mujhe jaldi ghar lekar chalo'. The Government is spending money towards paying the salaries of CGHS doctors and the other employees. It is also incurring expenditure in maintaining the infrastructure of hospitals, medicines and diagnostic tests. Government will only benefit from free reference of their employees to private hospitals. Rockland hospital opted out of CGHS ring only because their bills were not being settled in a time bound manner. Alternatively, in bid cities like Delhi there should be a separate hospital for CGHS beneficiary only. You double the CGHS subscription. No body will mind it.

A Srivastava

Copy of agreement between India and Russia

The Appellant sought certified copy of all the agreements and deals signed between the President of USA and PM of India and also that between the President of Russia and PM of India during their respective visits to India. The PIO furnished certified copies of agreement of deal signed between the President of USA and PM of India. Further, the PIO stated that the copy of Agreement and deal of President of Russia and PM of India is awaited from the concerned division and would be forwarded to the appellant as and when received from concerned division. The Appellant complained to the Commission that the information sent to him was not attested. The respondent stated that the deemed PIO was Mr. Javed Ashraf, Joint Secretary (AMS) and Mr. Ajay Bisaria, Joint
Secretary (ERS) who were to provide the information. The Appellant pointed out that the FAA did not dispose the appeal until September 2011 while the appeal was filed in February 2011. The Commission noted that Secretary (ER) has not done his duty as mandated by the RTI Act and warned that if this continues, the Commission will consider recommending disciplinary action against him. The PIO stated that delay took place due to correspondence for seeking permission from the respective foreign governments to release this information. The Commission observed that the PIOs should have informed the Appellant
about this within the 30 day period. While dropping the penalty proceedings, the Commission warned the PIOs to ensure that a
communication should be sent to the Appellants within time as mandated under the RTI Act.

Comments

An attested copy of the documents should be provided by the PIO within the prescribed time limit to the applicant.

[Mr. Paras Nath Singh v. Ministry of External Affairs in CIC/SG/A/2011/002072/15657Adjunct]

- 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)