What people say about us !

Really superb.

P P Kalra

Aaj Ki Aawaz

As of now CBI is Party in Power's 'Navratna'..... Jewel!!!! No Political Party worth its salt would like an independent CBI!! There was no doubt in many minds that Congress would ultimately not allow CBI to become independent or give partial control of CBI to Lokpal!!! Lokpal without an investigative wing in like a 'Post Office' and because of 'The Great Leader's' intervention and if his Party has its way, Lokpal will be a Constitutional Post Office!!! Congress says that how can the Judge undertake investigations....well than in that case how can those whose corruption CBI is supposed to investigate control CBI??? Maybe Congress has its inputs and calculations that it'll be able to checkmate Anna..... but I do not feel so!!!!! Congress's unwillingness to let go off CBI has brought back memories about the misuse of CBI in the Bofors case..... blatant misuse of CBI by Congress!!! I hope Sonia realizes that Anna and Opposition are not like Manmohan Singh who bows to her every diktat!!

Sonia in her 'ishtyle' has ordered Anna and Opposition to accept Congress's Jokepal!!

Fact is corrupt would never like a Lokpal!!

I think it's now time for Team Anna to close ranks! Congress's Dirty Tricks Department is working overtime!!! Sibal, Tiwari and Renuka have been put on standby to damn Team Anna and Opposition in Media.... also outsourced this to some Journos too.... Congress's friendly Media too has been requisitioned to underplay Anna's upcoming fast! Canards will be spread..... objective give Team Anna a bad name and hang the Lokpal Bill Team Anna is demanding..... if in the process they 'get hanged' .....even better!! Brokering a back channel deal is not out of the question now !! Sonia's been advised that 'in front of Government's might achche achche have come to their knees!!!

Hope Sonia's heard the adage.... live by the sword die by the sword!

Same goes for those who conquer and plunder misusing 'oral and printed' word!!!

Please do not get taken in the periodical bounces in the Sensex and Nifty!!!! The bottoming out process in well underway!!! Quite some time back I had said in my column that Market would fall to 12000! Gold.... well an analyst says that as long as Uncle Ben heads The Fed gold will remain high..... but fact is gold will lose its sheen and may do it even when Uncle Ben heads The Fed!! Land and Real Estate will fall next year.... in Metros fall will be to the tune of 30%!! So where do you invest..... jokingly someone mentioned .... buy US $ in cash and stock the Dollars in your locker..... by end 2012 you will find these Dollars would give you much more than what you could have earned in interest... Disclaimer: Illegal!!!

Some are hoping and praying Right to Food Bill becomes a reality!!!

The pilfered money will ensure stocks, land and real estate do not become a slow down casualty!

Sad but true.... Courts are now interfering in an area where Courts have no business to interfere and should keep away.... religion!!!! In Russia Court is sitting on Judgement on Gita and in India Court is sitting on Judgement on the Sehajdhari issue!!!! Amrinder sadly is gung ho on Court's recent verdict as he has an eye on the vote bank!! And then we all know Congress's anti Sikh stand!!!! If I recall post Blue Star so much poison was injected in the system that every Sikh was looked upon as a terrorist!!

Christianity is safe and so is Islam!!!

Both will not be meddled with as for obvious reasons both are close to heart of Congress's Madam!

PS..... Joke in Delhi.... Sonia has 20 billion plus reasons to be against a strong Lokpal!! Now even Rahul's barber uses Swamy's name to make giving Rahul a haircut easy... till now only PC's barber used this ploy!! Cabinet Ministers owe AI Rs. 435 crores..... Maharjas ow money to ex Maharaja who is now a bikhaari!! Farroukh says Media creating hype on China.... now what is he up to????

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Montek teaches reporters and media
While in Mumbai giving a talk on economic forum Montek Singh Ahluwalia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commision of India (PCI) told media reporters that what questions should be asked by them,as if that lesson was not enough he even told the Corporate houses on how to project themselves in the media . Must say quite a lesson from a man who has many media gaffe's, latest being live on Rs 32 per day !!!

How much is Fortis Healthcare raising?
Fortis Healthcare (India) is on course to raise funds for a takeover of Singapore-based associate Fortis Healthcare International by the end of December. Who is Fortis in talks with for raising funds in cash strapped markets is the whispers in corporate corridors?

What is SKS Microfinance's next move?
SKS Microfinance will be watched very carefully by investors after one of the Deputy Governors(DGs) of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) said microfinance institutions would be allowed to borrow up to $10 million from
overseas markets.

Can FII reports on corporate's be trusted?
Its a wonder that most of the foreign institutional investors (FIIs)have been carrying on their 'Buy'
recommendation on real estate stocks, despite a meltdown in the stocks. Media companies too are on the 'Buy' list, though a number of them are suffering losses. FIIs have maintained a Buy report on companies like Reliance Power and Jet Airways when power sector is in doldrums and Jet Airways has bolted.

IPO markets have been wealth destroyer
IPO markets have been wealth destroyer in calendar year 2011, Of the 39 public issues that came during the period, only nine public issues are trading above their issue prices and 30 public issues are trading below their issue price. Overall, the total amount raised during the year through public issues was to the
tune of about Rs 14,112 crores.

BUREAUCRACY

19 IPS officers retiring in Dec 2011
As many as 19 IPS officers are retiring in December 2011. They are Balwindar Singh and S.K. Jayaschandra of Andhra Pradesh cadre, BS Brar and Dinesgh Kumar Bhatt of Arunachal Pradesh cadre, Sankar Barua, Anil kumar Chaharioa and Sarat K. Phukan of Assam & Meghalaya cadre, , Surendran of Kerala, D.G. Kapdeo of Madhya Pradesh, A Prabhakar of Maharashtra, Sarabjit Singh of Tamil Nadu, Vikram Chandra Goel, Bidhan Chandra Nayak, Alaxandar Danial, Malkhan Singh Yadav and Vijay Sankar Singh of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Rakesh Mittal of Uttaranchal cadre and KS Sankarnarayanan and Pankaj Kumar Dutta of West Bengal cadre.

Diptivilasa is now Additional Secretary Urban Development
Deverakonda Diptivilasa, Joint Secretary,(Police1) Ministry of Home affair(MHA) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development in place of R. C Misra . He is an IAS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Viswanath is new AS and FA I & B
C Viswanath has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Department of I & B.He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on December 13)

Shankar Aggarwal is now Additional Secretary Defence
Shankar Aggarwal, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary Defence. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Information Technology (IT).
(We said this on December 19)

Interview for chiefs in PS banks on January 4, 2012
Interviews for selection of Chairman & Managing Director (CMDs) in six public sector (PS) banks are scheduled to be held on January 4, 2012.Banks for which incumbents will be selected are: Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Dena Bank, Canara Bank, Allahabad Bank & United Bank. Those Executive Directors (EDs) who will in the fray are: Ravi Chatterjee -Syndicate Bank, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi R. Iyer, Rajiv Kishore Dubey-both from Central Bank of India (CBI), Ashwani Kumar-Corporation Bank, Ms. Archana S Bhargava- Canara Bank, V Kannan-Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), Ashwani Kumar- Corporation Bank, Rakesh Sethi-Punjab National Bank (PNB), S.S. Mundra-Union Bank of India & Rajeev Rishi-Indian Bank.

Six PS banks to have 3 EDs each
There are six public sector (PS) banks which will have three Executive Directors (EDs) each. They are: Central Bank of India (CBI), Bank of India (BOI), Bank of Baroda (BOB), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Union Bank of India (UBI) & Canara Bank. Presently, they have got two EDs each.

Ms. Vijaya Kant tipped to be FC, Railway Board
As the grapevine has it balance has tilted in favour of Ms. Vijaya Kant GM -Construction in North Frontier Railway (NFR) for being appointed as new Financial Commissioner (FC) in Railway Board.
(We said this on October 1)

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

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

2983 officers of GoI booked for corruption
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.

B N Nanda is Economic Adviser, MSME.
B N Nanda (IES1983) has joined as Economic Adviser in Ministry of MSME. He was earlier Director Labour Bureau.

Arun Kumar Jha (IES 1985) gets additional charge
Arun Kumar Jha (IES 1985) has assumed the charge of Director Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship at Guwahati in addition to main charge of Director General (DG) of National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD). Both the institutes are autonomous bodies of M/O MSME.

S Vishwanathan tipped to elevate as MD, SBI
S Viswanathan who is currently Managing Director (MD) of SBI Capital Markets is poised to be MD of the SBI.

Sushobhan Sarkar poised to be MD of LIC
As the grapevine has it, Sushobhan Sarkar who is currently, Executive Director (ED) of International Operations (IO) in the LIC is poised to be next Managing Director (MD) in LIC.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in AGMUT bureaucracy on cards
As the grapevine has it, a bureaucratic reshuffle in AGMUT cadre's bureaucracy is on the anvil.

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

Meena is Director Security Rajya Sabha
R.Prasad Meena, DIG(Investigation1)National Investigation Agency(NIA)New Delhi has been moved as Director, Security, Rajya Sabha. He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya cadre.

IAS reshuffle in Haryana on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, a bureaucratic reshuffle in Haryana cadre's bureaucracy is on the anvil. At least six Collectors and certain senior level IAS officers are going to be shifted.

LIC's MD to retire in January 2012.
AK Dasgupta who is presently Managing Director (MD) in LIC. is going to superannuate in January. AK Sahoo, DD Singh, RR Dash and SK Roy are other top executives who too had faced the interview.

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

One dozen IIS officers to get promotion
One dozen Indian Information Service officers are being promoted to the rank of Additional Director General soon.

Ms Chandralekha Malviya promoted & posted as Sr. Adviser, IT
Ms Chandralekha Malviya, Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of Indian Economic Service, has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted as Senior Adviser, Information Technology.

Gupta inducted in IPS
Vimal Anand Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police, PHQ (line & Building), has been inducted for IPS to the AGMU cadre. He is an DANPS officer of AGMU Cadre.

IPS changes in Tripura
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.

Jadon posted in Shimla
V S Jadon, Senior Deputy Accountant General, has been transferred and posted as Director, NAAA, Shimla. He will relieve Ashutosh Sharma.

Upendra Vasishth selected for NDA Course
There are 17 civilian officers have been selected for NDA course and Upendra Vasishth is one of them He is IOFS(85 worked as Development Commissioner in Gujarat for past 5 years.

Post of MD vacant in CCICL
The post of Managing Director has been lying vacant in Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCICL). Those willing to apply can send their applications to Public Enterprises Selection Board (BESB) before February 13, 2012.

No takers for Director's post in IAS
As the grapevine has it, unlike the past there are no takers among IAS officers for Director level posts in the Government of India (GoI).

Senior Railway officers worried
Honest senior Officers of Railways are worried regarding their chances of becoming General Managers and above, due to the flip flop being adopted in empanelment and promotions by the Railway Minister and Board. There are severe manipulations in ACRs and other records to derail the worthy officers. It is evident from the recent proposals which have been recommended by Railway Minister to PMO/ DOPT that intentions are not clean and they are driven by funding to TMC at Kolkata. Consistency is totally lacking. What happened to Rajiv Bhargava for ME, opposite is happening to A K Khanna for appointment as Financial Commissioner. Most cases are in the similar boat. It is high time that PMO calls for explanation and impose penalty on guilty as this is clear form of corruption.

UPSC holds Spl. Class Rly. Apprentices Exam-2012 on Jan 29
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is conducting a Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination-2012 at 41 centres throughout the country on January 29, 2012 (Sunday).

Post of Ins. Ombudsman vacant in Income Tax at Chandigarh
Post of Insurance Ombudsman is lying vacant in Income Tax department at Chandigarh. The post will be filled by either IAS or IRS retiree.

Post of Director vacant in Finance in OPGC
The post of Director is lying vacant in Finance in OPGC under department of Energy, Government of Orissa.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan : Policy makers responsible for Baluchistan turmoil says former HC to UK
Dr Akbar Ahmed Pakistan's former high commissioner to UK attributes the current turmoil in Baluchistan to the 'the policy makers' lack of understanding of the local society and its culture'. 'First principle of good governance', says Dr Ahmed 'is to know and respect the people you are meant to serve' but in Baluchistan and in other regions on the periphery the bureaucrats and the security forces make the local people feel neglected, humiliated and looked down upon. 'Right now we are in a state of civil war. This is absolutely the same thing we did with the Bengalis. The leadership must urgently show wisdom and vision to come out of this situation as we don't have much time left' Dr Akbar Ahmed has warned. Before taking to diplomacy Dr Ahmed had in the 1980s served as Commissioner of Quetta, makran and Sibi division in Baluchistan.

Pakistan : Model Police Stations Project for Punjab
Pakistan's Punjab government is starting a pilot project to turn 100 police stations across the states ( 20 in Lahore alone) into 'model police stations' to ensure 'speedy redressal of public complaints, quick delivery of justice, more effective crime prevention and transparency. Each station included in the scheme will be provided with one additional vehicle, 20 bikes, 2 computers, CCTV cameras and 'best available manpower from constable to the SHO'. Addl IG (R&D) has been asked to identify the police stations for including in the scheme which is to start within two months.

S K Pande is new IG Law & Order in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
S K Pande has been appointed new IG Law and Order in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1988 batch IPS officer.

Dr. Gopal Dhawan selected as CMD, MECL(UPDATED)
Dr. Gopal Dhawan, Executive Director (ED), NHPC, has been selected as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) at Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

Nine Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise get addl. Charges (UPDATED)
As many as nine commissioners of Customs and Central Excise have been assigned additional charge. Accordingly, B K Bansal, CX, Rajkot-I, has been assigned an additional charge of CX, Ahmedabad-II. Charanjit Singh, CX (Appeal), Daman, is given additional charge of CX, (Appeal), Vapi; Seema Malik, NACEN, RTI, Delhi, was entrusted with additional charge of NACEN, RTI, Kanpur. Sanjay K. Agarwal, Airport & ACC, Customs, Chennai, has been given additional charge of Port (Import), Customs, Chennai; V S G Rao, Customs, Pune, was assigned additional charge of CX, Pune-III; M M Damodar, CX, Pune-1 of CX, Kolhapur; S R Baruah, CX (Appeal), Delhi-II of LTU (Appeal), Delhi; J K Jha, CX, Jamshedpur of CX, Ranchi and P Ayyam Perumal, CX (Appeal), Chennai-I, has been assigned additional charge of Airport & ACC (Appeal), Chennai.

N S Rao selected as Director (Projects), RINL (UPDATED)
N S Rao, Executive Director of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), has been selected as Director (Projects) in the same organisation. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

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".

Mail your to the point views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Kishore Saletore to be new ED, Bharat Forge
Kishore Saletore is poised to take over as new Executive Director(ED) of Bharat Forge Ltd. He will be joining from Tata Realty Ltd.

LinkedIn appoints Hetal Sonpal as Director, Strategic Sales for India
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than 135 million members worldwide and over 12 million members in India has appointed Hetal Sonpal as Director, Strategic Sales for India. He will work with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and LinkedIn Hiring Solutions while focussing on building and strengthening relationships with key clients and oversee the execution of strategic deals to help accelerate the growth of LinkedIn in India.

Vivek Malhotra appointed Marketing Head of BIG FM
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL) has appointed Vivek Malhotra as Head of Marketing for its radio brand 92.7 BIG FM. He will be responsible for developing the overall brand and communication strategy for the business and implementation rollout across the stations and will be closely associated with the product, operations and revenue teams.

Nilesh Thakkar joins TV9 as SVP, Sales & Marketing
Nilesh Thakkar has joined TV9, ABCL - Associated Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd as Senior VP, Sales and Marketing. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President - Sales at Mahuaa Network.

Nagesh Kukunoor debuts in the commercial world
Nagesh Kukunoor has been appointed Director with Nilakshi Sengupta Communications. He will be taking up assignments for short commercials as well.

OAP strengthens its southern team
Outdoor Advertising Professionals (OAP) has appointed Jesley Joseph as Vice-President, OAP (South) with the objective of strengthening the company's operations.

Raghav Subramanian joins Lintas Media Group as COO
Lintas Media Group has appointed Raghav Subramanian as COO. He has two decades of experience in the business of media, consulting, analytics and research. Having spent a decade working on large worldwide clients, in New York, with GroupM, Subramanian has headed Strategy across VivaKi Media Brands.

COO, Mail Today resigns
Rahul Thappa, COO, Mail Today, has resigned.

Manoj Sharma is new COO, Mail Today
Manoj Sharma will take over from Rahul Thappa as new COO of Mail T oday. Thappa had joined Mail Today in May 2011, taking over from the then COO, Suresh Balakrishnan.

Editor of Mail Today resigns
Bharat Bhushan, Editor of Mail Today, has put in his papers, after having spent four and a half years as the founding Editor of the daily. He had joined Mail Today in May 2007 from The Telegraph, from Kolkata-based ABP Group, where he was Editor-Delhi from 2002 to 2007.

Agarwal resigns as Director, Raghunath Tobacco Company Ltd
Shanker Lal Agrawal has resigned as Director of Raghunath Tobacco Company Ltd due to personal reasons w.e.f. November 30, 2011

Tandon appointed Director, Ragunath Tobacco Company Ltd
Suneel Tandon has been appointed as Director of Raghunath Tobacco Company Ltd.

Gupta takes over charge as Director (Finance), MMTC
M. G. Gupta has taken over the charge of Director (Finance) of MMTC Ltd w.e.f. December 9, 2011 .

Gour appointed COO, Sodexo India Onsite Services Solutions
Sodexo has appointed Rishi Gour as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Sodexo India's Onsite Services Solutions.

Surty appointed Head (Syndication & Digital Revenues), Times Television Network
Times Television Network has appointed Ayesha Surty as Head (Syndication and Digital Revenues).

Razdan appointed GM, Pizza Hut Delivery
Yum! Restaurants India has appointed Sanjiv Razdan as General Manager of Pizza Hut Delivery.

ONGC appoints three Non-official Part-time Directors on its Board
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has appointed Prof. S K Barua, Director, IIM, Ahmedabad, O. P. Bhatt, ex-Chairman State Bank Group, Ms Sushama Nath, former Secretary to Govt of India, as Non-official Part-time Directors on the Board of the company.

Prasad appointed Part-time Director, NHPC Ltd
NHPC Limited has appointed G. Sai Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power as Part-time Director on the Board of NHPC Limited in place of Sudhir Kumar, Joint Secretary (Hydro), who has been relieved from his
duties in the Ministry of Power w.e.f. November 30, 2011.

Mungale resigns as Director, Indoco Remedies Ltd
The Board of Indoco Remedies Limited has accepted the resignation of D N Mungale as Director of the company with effect from December 9, 2011

Maheshwari resigns as ED, Bharat Forge Ltd
P K Maheshwari has resigned and ceased to be Executive Director of Bharat Forge Ltd w.e.f. December 21, 2011

Mittal resigns as Director, Atul Auto Ltd
Sunil Kumar Mittal, Whole-time Director of Atul Auto Ltd has resigned as Director from the company's Board of Directors w.e.f. December 12, 2011

Kookada resigns as Director, Capman Financials Ltd
Suresh Chandra Kookada has resigned from the Board of Directors of Capman Financials Ltd w.e.f. December 15, 2011.

DEBATE (1)

Politicians calling Bureaucrats "Sir" is perfectly in order. Not every politician need do this. It is a relative equation, where the Politician might be giving value to the person and not to the position. The politician must be a person of propriety and stature who wanted give due respect to another individual. Nothing wrong in the salutation. I do not say everybody should do it.

T V S Narayan

DEBATE (2)

Bureaucrats are public servants and elected reps. represent the people. Therefore it is inappropriate for an elected rep.(of the public) to address a bureaucrat (a public servant) as Sir. But this is India, sab chalta hei, Sir.

Ajay

Tribute to his media skills

That acceptance of Arvind Kejriwal's resignation has become national news is a tribute to his media skills.

A K Singh

CGHS beneficiaries

Govt. is very much insensitive to the cause of private hospital opting out CGHS. Without any prejudice Govt. should analyse why private hospitals like Ganga Ram are not treating CGHS beneficiaries and now Rockland is opting out. These hospitals have been provided land at very subsidised rates for teating poor patients also but now even CGHS beneficiaries also do not have the access. CGHS beneficiaries are at receiving ends.

RKM

CGHS rendering commendable service

CGHS is rendering commendable service despite too many odds. Quality of medicine has improved, approaches of doctors are also satisfactory. Just see their patients pressure which is increasing day by day. We should appreciate their constraints instead of ruling them out.

Chandra Sekhar

Why doesn't Prasar Bharti gives good CEO?

Prasar Bharti is already on high way - always fly high. Why don't they give good CEO like Shilbhadra Banerjee - retd IAS, hard working and honest.

Rahul Rai

We appreciate 'Aaj Ki Awaaz'

We appreciate and admire the frankness, boldness and courage consistently displayed by you in 'Aaj Ki Awaaz'. Keep it up.

An IAS officer

Best candidate picked up for NTPC !

After a very long time PSEB had picked up the best candidate for the post of Director in the Power major namely NTPC.

V Mohan Rao

Poetic version appreciable

Dear Manisha Sensarma, Your poetic version of the present status is really appreciable & quite apt.

B G Sandhibigraha

Air India Paintings

Probably they are paintings of "White elephants", on migrating from Thailand to Thekkady...

Maharaja

Who destroyed Pakistan?

The singular institution which was responsible for bringing up a destructive regimes and system upon Pakistan was its bureaucracy. Neither the politicians nor the generals.

Raja

Will some body explain?

Will some body in the CBDT/Ministry of Finance explain why it has taken almost 6 years for a simple action of dealing with the issue of resignation?

Satya Singal

Gujarat has created a niche for itself

The fact of the day is Gujarat has created a niche for itself as a model. Development about commitment is the mantra of its success. Salutations to CM Modi

NVK Prabhakar

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)