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Laloo is now Congress's mascot for its 'Damn Team Anna' Mission!!! Laloo for his own sake is anti a strong Lokpal.... in fact he's against even a Jokepal!! Mulayam is on the same page as Laloo!!!! Team Anna has always maintained that it's the Parliament that has to pass the Lokpal Bill..... but isn't it the right of every citizen to put pressure for what he or she feels is good for the Nation??? Congress's Dirty Tricks Department is working overtime....... now the latest one is that Anna went AWOL as a soldier..... Beni Prasad Verma a Rahul flunky has made this allegation..... it is a blatant lie but then Congress is known to make wild allegations against its foes!!! Manish Tiwari had even called Anna corrupt!! Congress is now beating Team Anna with........ who are Team Anna to dictate Parliament...... and Team Anna should stand for elections!!! Congress gave Team Anna this recognition by engaging with Team Anna...... Congress did not even bother to make the Opposition a part of the panel that Government nominated to discuss the Lokpal Bill with Team Anna...why???? What happened to Parliamentary supremacy here???? Gandhi ji never stood for an election so what's wrong with Team Anna being an election free pressure group??? Why Congress is so anti giving up control of CBI is well known!!!! And now Congress has deployed a new strategy..... give Sarkaari Lokpal (read Jokepal) a try...... we'll fine tune the Bill later!!! What a joke...... because Sarkaari Lokpal (read Jokepal) does not need fine tuning but an overhaul!!

Quarter measures will not be able to fight the Battle against ghoos!!!
Sarkaari Jokepal is made in such a way that Battle against Ghoos Sarkaari Jokepal has to lose!!

Now Pranab Da says ' FDI Bill still in the works'!!!! The joke doing the rounds is Congress has to keep hopes of FDI alive , otherwise it may have a return 'something' it got for plugging for FDI in Retail!! What Congress is selling to us is the 'honeymoon period in Big Ticket retail' and those who know how Big Ticket Retail does work are demanding checks and measures to ensure that post the honeymoon period the 'rollercoaster' that Big Ticket Retail takes both suppliers and buyers is made into a see-saw!!! Please do keep in mind Big Ticket Retail is not into philanthropy as is being made out by the Big Ticket Retail Lobby (includes Congress)!!!! Anand Sharma's knowledge is as it is very shallow and his 'pro Big Ticket Retail' talk is based on his 'guided tours in Walmart... front end only'!!! I hear Pranab Da has his apprehensions but for the sake of Congress he has suppressed his apprehensions.... I say this because whenever Pranab Da is not totally convinced about something when he talks on it, he has a look on his face that 'people have after they've eaten something very bitter'!!! When it comes to our PM .... he's out and out in favour of Big Ticket Retail.... he knows US tests a Market with Pepsi , Coke and then McDonald..... and when they want to take over a Market then Walmart and likes are Unlce Sam's foot soldiers!!!

FDI is Foreign Direct Intervention!!
And how US achieves this I've explained US's Coke, Pespsi, McDonald and then Walmart convention!!!!

PS.....Happy Birthday Vajpayee ji.... Today the Social Sites are being asked to expunge material that hurts religious sentiments.... soon Congress will say Sonia's a Demigod and ask what Congress feels is offensive to her should be expunged!!! And then Demigod Junior!!! Lord Meghnad Desai has not let us know about his connection with Gaddafi's son.... I think he should to this before he lectures us on TV shows! Diggy lambasted Anna as a RSS flunky because of a pic of Anna with Nanaji Deshmukh..... on Social Media now there are pics of Nehru taking salute at a RSS parade....... Diggy's photo with a RSS functionary.... Mullayam and Kalam's pic with Nanaji!!! Merri English sometimes hothi hai Japani (not English) but rest assured my Dil is Hindustani!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Has Sonia Gandhi scored a political goal?
Another theory says -Sonia Gandhi - by claiming the Lokpal Bill as fabulous and historic - wants to score a political goal, for the poll bound UP. Now she has armed Yuvraj Rahul to say that we have brought a Lokpal to fight corruption, OBC quota for minorities and we will bring food for you. Will this kind of strategy work to save the Congress's sliding fortunes?

Anna's few minutes of fame ends?
Will Anna's rigid stand on Lokpal make a difference in the five poll bound states? Will people listen to Anna before voting ? Will Anna remain relevant after the bill is passed? These are few of the questions that are being asked with great curiosity in the political circles these days.

(DEBATE-CONCLUSION )

Anna effect derails work implementation
The Anna effect has created a fear psychosis among the corrupt bureaucrats with the result that several projects and schemes including those meant for the welfare of people are languishing for want of initiative at the higher level. This was the conclusion of a debate conducted by the whispersinthecorridors.com titled 'Lokpal Bill and Bureaucracy' recently.

Whispers has asked "The debate on Lokpal Bill and the subsequent anger and protests across the country led by veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare has instilled a fear of accountability among the bureaucracy. How should the bureaucrats react to the situation?" and the majority of respondents felt that since the government officials have become extra careful, even many important works have taken a backseat.

And the fear about the adverse impact of Anna Hazare (Lokpal bill) on 'mega projects' is not totally unfounded. In the absence of 'speed money', the projects could slow down temporarily due to fear in taking rational decisions. The institution of Lokpal will check, if not stamp out, inflow of black money - into the realty sector and social sector schemes - that is being misused as a corpus for bribery. Though, the Realtors, as private players, will not come under the ambit of Lokpal bill, their nexus with corrupt government functionaries will get exposed.

However, some of the respondents said, "Only the corrupt should fear Lokpal Bill". The Anna effect, according to him, has created a fear psychosis only among the corrupt bureaucrats by enhancing their accountability. The corrupt Ministers alongwith the public sector executives handling projects are also feeling immensely threatened by the impending Lokpal Bill. The nexus between the corrupt political Executives and bureaucrats is an open secret. No Minister can indulge in corruption without the collusion of corrupt bureaucrats and vice versa.

Let the performance of bureaucrats/executives be assessed in relation to physical and financial progress of government projects. Greater transparency in tender evaluation is required. The and PSU executives must also refuse to buckle under the political pressure.

(Detailed report in December issue of Whispers in the Corridors )

BUREAUCRACY

Proposal of two months extension to CBDT Chief turned down ?
A proposal to grant two months extension in service to CBDT Chief Mukesh Joshi is believed to have been turned down. He is 1974 batch IRS officer. Joshi is scheduled to retire on January 31. Another source said that Joshi never wanted extension.

N P Singh to be CCIT 1 Mumbai !
N P Singh is all set to succeed P P Srivastava as Chief Income Tax Commissioner (CCIT) 1 in Mumbai. 1975 batch IRS officer is presently posted in Bangalore.

Will T K Shah be DG (Investigations ) in Mumbai ?
T K Shah is likely to be appointed DG (Investigations) in Mumbai. He is 1977 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Transfer list of seven CCITs this week
Transfer and posting list of seven Chief Commissioners of Income Tax is being issued this week. File has reportedly reached to the Finance Minister.

R N Tripathi to move Delhi ?
Chief Commissioner Income Tax in Ahemdabad R N Tripathi is reportedly moving to Delhi as DG (Administration). He is 1974 batch IRS officer.

Kabra to replace Tripathi in Ahmedabad
M D Kabra is likely to succeed R N Tripathi as Chief Commissioner Income Tax in Ahmedabad. 1978 batch IRS officer Kabra is presently posted in Nagpur.

Sukh Deo Charan to be CCIT in Chennai
S D Charan is reportedly moving from Surat to Chennai as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. He is 1979 batch IRS officer.

Saxena to be CCIT Nagpur !
D S Saxena is likely to succeed M D Kabra in Nagpur as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax.

Paliwal is now MD NCDC
Chandra Bhushan Paliwal has been appointed as MD, of the National Cooperative Development Corporation, (NCDC). 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre Paliwal is presently CVO SAIL.

Kaushik Basu gets extension as CEA till August
Kaushik Basu Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) has got extension till August 2012. Earlier, he was Professor of Economics and the C Marks Professor of International Studies Department of Economics and Director, Centre for Analytic Economics, Department of Economics, Cornell University; Ithaca, New York. He will start teaching at the Cornell University from the session commencing in fall.

Ashish Batra to join the UN
As the grapevine has it Ashish Batra is poised to join the UN on an assignment. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Ajay Chadha is new Special Secretary (Internal Security ) MHA
Ajay Chadda, Spl. Commissioner Admn, Delhi Police has been Appointed Spl.Secretary, Internal Security, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He is an IPS Officer of 1977 batch, Who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
( We said this on Dec 8 and again on Dec 16 )

Bassi to succeed Chadha
Bhim Sain Bassi, Spl Commissioner, Traffic, Delhi Police is likely to be transferred as Spl. Commissioner (Admn)PHQ, Delhi Police in place of Ajay Chadda . He is an IPS Officer of 1977 batch, Who
belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Maheshwari is DG Home Guards Delhi Police
K. K. Maheswari, Spl Commissioner, Training, Delhi Police has been appointed as DG, Home Guard Delhi Government. He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch, Who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Arya to succeed Sandhu
Outgoing Goa DGP Aditya Arya is going to be promoted as Special Commissioner of Delhi Police(P&L)at(PHQ) Headquarters in place of M.S Sandhu .He is an IPS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Members of CAT to have five year tenure
Newly appointed Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) will now have five year tenure.

IIM Professor to contest election
IIM Ahemdabad Professor Abhishek Mishra is quitting to contest Vidhan Sabha election from Lucknow North on Samajwadi Ticket.

1987 batch IAS is Principal Secretary in Chhattisgarh
Two 1987 batch IAS officers C K Khetan and R P Mandal have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Chhattisgarh.

Navin Kumar appointed DIG, CBI
on central deputation Navin Kumar has been appointed as DIG, CBI.He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Melwyn Rego to be Dy MD of IDBI ?
Melwyn Rego is likely to be appointed new Deputy MD of the IDBI. He is presently working as ED.

Agrawal to be new Secretary TRAI
Rajeev Agrawal, CGMT, AP, has been selected as TRAI secretary .He is an ITS officer of 1976 batch officer

Over one dozen bureaucrats to contest election in Punjab
Over one dozen former IAS,IPS and PCS officers are in the election fray in Punjab. They include former DGP P S Gill, former DGP S S Virk, D S Guru Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and ADGP Izhar Alam.

Ashish Agrawal to be FCI's GM for MP
Ashish Agrawal on central deputation has been appointed Bhopal based Regional Manager with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for Madhya Pradesh. He is an Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer of 1992 batch. Hitherto, he was Delhi based Director with the Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC).

Dr. Rabindra Kumar to be relieved ICFRE
Dr. Rabindra Kumar who on central deputation is presently Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Dehradun based Indian Council of Forestry and Education (ICFRE) will be relieved on December 30, 2011. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1984 batch & belongs to AGMUT cadre.

Alem to be new DGP of Nagaland
O Alem presently holding the post of Director General Prisons/ Home Guards will take over as new DGP of Nagaland on January 1. He is 1979 batch IPS officer.

IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu
Amresh Pujari will be new IG, Intelligence, Chennai, in the place of P Thamaraikannan who has been transferred as Additional Commissioner, Law and Order, Greater Chennai, T P Sundaramurthy has been made new Commissioner, Coimbatore, Sanjay Arora has been posted as Additional Commissioner, Traffic, Greater Chennai, T Rajendran will now be ADG, State Human Rights Commission, Chennai, P Maghendran, Director, DVAC, is the new ADG/Member, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Chennai, Mithilesh Kumar Jha has been moved as ADG, Technical Services, Chennai, R Sekar will now head Railway Police, Chennai, T K Rajendran, ADG will be the new Director - Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Narinder Pal Singh has been made ADG, Crime Branch CID - Chennai.

S Jaganngthan to get extension !
S Jaganngthan, AD, in Interpol at Lyon France is likely to get one year's extension. He is an IPS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

One vacancy of ADG level in BSF
There is one ADG level vacancy in the Border Security Force (BSF).

IB is under tremendous pressure these days
Intelligence Bureau which is the supreme agency of internal security is under tremendous pressure these days because of extreme workload i.e. election, surveillance, internal security and a lots of other responsibilities. It has requested DoP&T Government of India to fill all vacant posts at all level, at the earliest.

File relating to three Railway GMs in PMO
As the grapevine has it, file relating to appointment of three GMs in Railway is on the track & has got the green signal. Those who will be elevated as GMs in the next week are: A K Mittal, B P Khare & Radheshyam.

A K Singh to be Additional Member Railway Board
A K Singh on elevation is tipped to be Additional Member Store in the Railway Board. His orders will be issued next week.

A K Gupta to be Additional Member Railway Board
A K Gupta on elevation is tipped to be Additional Member Works in the Railway Board. His orders will be issued next week.

Satya Prakash to be Additional Member Railway Board
Satya Prakash on elevation is tipped to be Additional Member Works in the Railway Board. His orders will be issued next week.

A K Patnaik to be Additional Member Railway Board
A K Patnaik on elevation is tipped to be Additional Member Commercial in the Railway Board. His orders will be issued next week.

3 AGMUT cadre IFS officers soon to be Addl PCCFs
As the grapevine has it, three AGMUT cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of 1984 batch will soon be elevated as Additional PCCFs. They are: Dr. Rabindra Kumar, Roasiama Vanchhong and Rashul Kemp.

Massive overhaul likely in Tamil Nadu
As the grapevine has it, massive overhaul is likely in official circles of Tamil Nadu.

10 Group A CSS officers retiring this year
There are 10 Group A officers of CSS retiring in 2011. They are: S C Srivastava (JS, D/o Justice); S C Shrotriya (JS, Telecommunications); V K Sadhu (Pr. Commissioner, DDA); Gautam Sanyal (Retired in 2011 as OSD to Railway Minister. However his tenure was extended to one year in 2011 and he is at present Secretary to West Bengal Chief Minister); Kamlesh Jain (JS, Home Affairs); K S Napolean (JS, Revenue); K S Sawhney (JS, Registrar General of India); G N Sreekumaran (JS, Consumer Affairs); Om Prakash Mahey (JS, Home Affairs) and C N Ganjoo (Director, Defence).

Former IAS joins Samajwadi Party
Former IAS officer Shashi Kant Sharma has joined the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS

Pakistan : Punjab Police Conference Reviews Crime Data

IG Police Punjab Javed Iqbal chaired the Regional police Officers (RPOs) conference at Lahore on Dec 24 2011. RPOs from Lahore, Faisalabad, DG Khan, Sargodha, Shekhupura, Gujranwala, Rawapindi, Multan and Sahiwal participated in the conference. Apart from review of crime data for the months of October and November 2011 the conference also discussed strategies to improve law and order situation in the province. The IGP directed all RPOs to complete challan proceedings and present the same in courts in all terrorism related cases. He also expressed concern over rise in number of heinous crimes and directed the RPOs to protect lives and properties of citizens.

Pakistan : Punjab PCS Association Elections in Jan 2012
Elections of office bearers for (Pakistan's) Punjab PCS Officers Association are to be held on 15th January 2012. Filing of nomination papers has already commenced from 24 Dec 2011. The present President of the association Rai Manzoor Ahmed and his team including the Secretary General Dr Shoaib Warriach considered to be hard liners against the District Management Group (DMG counterpart of the Indian IAS) have decided to keep out of the fray. The association under the present leadership had launched an aggressive agitation against the DMG earlier this year and both the leaders - Rai Manzoor and Warraich - are presently under suspension. The PCS cadre feels that that they stand to gain nothing with a confrontationist approach against the all powerful DMG and their leadership should be in moderate hands who could work in a spirit of constructive cooperation with the powers that be.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
There has been a major bureaucratic reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly Pravin Garg has been posted as Commissioner Bhopal division, S M Upadhyay - Principal Secretary (PS) - Horticulture & Food, Science & Technology and Biodiversity, S R Mohanti - Member Secretary, State Planning Board, Special Secretary and Special Secretary Statistics, Economics and Planning, K Suresh - Commissioner Tribal Research and Development Department, R K Swain - Principal Secretary - Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development, Vinod Semwal - Principal Secretary - Tourism & Culture, J T Ekka - Principal Secretary - Jail, Manoj Shrivastava - Commissioner Relief and ex-officio Principal Secretary - Revenue, Religious Trusts & Endowments, Manoj Jhalani - Principal Secretary - School Education, Rajesh Chaturvedi - Commissioner Industries and MD MPSIC and LUN, S K Vaidya - Commissioner Excise (Stattioned in Gwalior), Ashok Warnwal - Commissioner and Director, Rajya Shiksha Kendra Bhopal, Arun Tiwari - Commissioner Narmadapuram - Hoshangabad, Neeraj Mandloi - CEO National Rural Employmehnt Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Ramesh Thete - Additional Commissioner Revenue - Ujjain, H L Trivedi - Commissioner - Revenue, Veena Ghanekar - Secretary GAD, Arun Kumar Bhatt - Commissioner MP Housing Board, Shiv Shekhar Shukla - Commissioner Sagar Division, Arun Kochar - DPI, Akash Tripathi - Additional Secretary - CM Secretariat, Pushplata Singh - Additional Secretary - Govt of MP, Rajni Uike - Deputy Secretary - Govt of MP, M K Agarwal - Secretary - MPPSC Indore, Renu Pant - Director NVDA Indore, A K Singh - Collector Katni, P Narhari - Collector Gwalior, M Salvendra - Collector Singroli, Ashutosh Awasthi - Collector Burhanpur, A K Bhargava - Collector Ashok Nagar, Rajendra Singh - Collector Alirajpur, J K Jain - Collector Anuppur, D D Agarwal - Collector Morena. Besides, Ajita Vajpayee Pande has been given the additional charge of MD Fisheries Federation, PC Meena - additional charge of PS Cooperatives along with other portfolios, Anil Shrivastava - additional charge of MD MPUVN and Rajneesh Vaish will be relieved of PS School Education assignment while Prabhakar Bansode has been relieved of PS Jail portfolio.

NERAMAC organizes North East Connect-2011 at New Delhi (UPDATED)
In a bid to promote investment in some of the highly potential sectors including Agriculture and Allied Sector, Food Processing, Tourism and Handicrafts, the North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) in association with National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI) recently organised North East Connect-2011 at the India Habit Centre, New Delhi. During the North East Connect-2011 - sponsored by North Eastern Council, Shillong, an exhibition - showcasing exotic fruits and their by-products like kiwi, pineapple, carambola and black berry - was also organised. It also showcased activities of various companies having interest in North East. The numerous dignitaries present at the event include Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Paban Singh Ghatowar who inaugurated the event and urged various stakeholders to join the North East to enable development reaching the communities at the grassroots in the distant lands of North East India. P K Pattanaik, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of DoNER delivered a special address to numerous dignitaries at the NE Connect. Others present on the occasion were S Bhattacharjee, MD NERAMAC and Sanjeev Asthana from NSFI. The summit also show cased North East as a promising business destination in various sectors to catalyse the involvement of private and public private partnerships in the entire value chain from farmer to user and identify business opportunities in promoting commercial/contract farming and sourcing of products of the agriculture and allied sectors by buyers and processors. This is expected to induce investments in the agriculture and allied sectors and in specific the food processing sectors in the North East and to restructure various schemes related to agriculture and allied sectors. Their one of the primary objective is to bring PPP (Public Private Partnership) to next level in NER. Also to achieve objectives of Vision 2020 of NER, this platform is a rare opportunity to act as a single platform between State governments, Central Government, Corporate Sector and International fraternities.

IPS changes in Manipur (UPDATED)
I S Manglemjao has been given additional charge of Election Control Room . CO IK Muivah has been made Superintendent of Manipur Central Jail. Nishit Kumar Ujjwal has been appointed as 1st MR CO . hemthing Ngashangva will now be SP MR CO.Pushpanjali Devi will be Senapati SP . K Radhashyam has been appointed as 7th MR CO and 1st Bn MR CO E Priyokumar SP Chandel.AK Jhaljit has been moved to Imphal East and Thoubal H Jogeshchandra Imphal West.

Former IAS officer is no more (UPDATED)
Govindarajan (IAS retd: Andhra Pradesh cadre, 1967 has passed away after a brief illness on Sunday .

Sanjiv Sharma, AGM, SAIL to be Director (Fin.), GSL (UPDATED)
The name of Sanjiv Sharma, AGM, SAIL, has been recommended for the post of Director (Finance), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) at the Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting held on Monday. As many as nine 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

Ratan Tata inrtroduces Mistry to top bosses
Famous industrial Czar Ratan Tata has been taking along with him his successor Cyrus P Mistry to introduce him to powers that be. In doing so, he recently also took Mistry to call on Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh & Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.

Half a dozen vacancies in Coal Sector next year
There are going to be half a dozen senior level vacancies in CCL, SECL, NCL and CMPDI.

Rai promoted in Tata Steel
Ratnadeep Rai has been made head of Order Management in the Tata Steel, Jamshedpur.

Dr Solomon is new Director IISR
Noted Scientist Dr Solomon has taken over as the new director of the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR) in Lucknow.

Bhattacharya is Member of Religare panel
S K Bhattacharya has been appointed as member of banking advisory panel, Religare.

Singh joins Deutsche Bank
Satvinder Singh has joined as global head of trust and securities services, Deutsche Bank.

Moorti quits OnMobile Global
Rajesh Moorti, the Chief Financial Officer of OnMobile Global has resigned.

Sahoo nominated Director of BoB
Chartered Accountant (CA), Rajib Sekhar Sahoo has been nominated as a Director in Bank of Baroda.

Rajesh Kumar appointed Company Secy. Manappuram Finance Ltd
Manappuram Finance Limited has appointed Rajesh Kumar K, as the Company Secretary w.e.f. December 6, 2011

Chaudhary appointed Director, IDBI Bank
Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has appointed Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary, Secretary, Dept. of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India as Government Director on the Board of Directors of IDBI Bank Ltd for a period of three years.

Sanghi appointed CMD, Sanghi Industries Ltd
Ravi Sanghi, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Sanghi Industries Ltd has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Rao appointed Non Exec. Director, Sanghi Industries Ltd
D.B.N. Rao has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Additional Director of Sanghi Industries Ltd .

Gohil appointed Addl. Director, Sanghi Industries Ltd
N. B. Gohil has been appointed as an Additional Director of Sanghi Industries Ltd.

Periera appointed CFO, Roman Tarmat Ltd
Vivian A Periera has been appointed as Chief Finance Officer of Roman Tarmat Ltd w,e,f December 1, 2011.

Ramakrishnan re-appointed ED, Bajaj Electricals Ltd
Bajaj Electricals Ltd has re-appointed R. Ramakrishnan as an Executive Director of the company for a period of five years w.e.f. October 26, 2011.

DEBATE

There is nothing inappropriate in calling a bureaucrat as Sir. Rather it is humbleness on the part of the Minister.

K Lal

Do they have courage to go above as a 'clean man'

I am retired bureaucrat both Lalu and Ram Vilas Paswan were my friend and regular visitor to my room in the year 1977 in Rail Bhawan for one work or the other. Sometimes my wife use to pack lunch for them also. At that time Lalu use to stay with his brother in Class IV quarter in Patna and Ram Vilas Paswan use to wear a torn Khadi Kurta and Gandhidhar Shoulder 'latka bag'. Many a times Lalu use to roam about in my two wheeler Vespa. When I was in service itself, they started distancing themselves with me (i.e. not responding to the wish) in meetings when they became Ministers. Somebody should explain their unprecendented rise in a short period in financial terms and their behaviour. I have the courage to go above as a 'clean man' do they have.

B bahadur

Can Lalu explain his rise from rags to riches in a short span ?

When Laloo came first to Patna he stayed in the 'servant quarter' of his elder brother. Can he explain his rise from rags to riches in a short span. If Parlimentarians had not done their job for the last 64 years, the citizen had to come to streets and raise its voice. Do you want Egypt or Libya like situation in this country?

A Srivastava

"Lalu was most vocal in Parliament"

Lalu Yadav,the court jestor tainted with the infamous fodder scam,has no right to speak about corruption and the Janlokpal Bill.He along with the SP supremo seems to have struck a secret deal with the Congress to introduce extraneous considerations for obfuscating the formulation of an effective Lokpal bill.He received accolades during the Parl. debate for his flippancy, not merit.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

The fact about CGHA Allopathic is that pharmacists are selling the drugs. We cannot do anything. Hence the situation need to be verified first.

Ram Sumiran

Expenditure of Rs.200 crores on Lokpal is nothing !

An expenditure of Rs.200 crores annually on Lokpal is nothing if we can save 1.76 lakh crores & a few lakh more on commonwealth Youth 7 regular games 7 plus waiver of IT on BCCI are avoided!

Anu Advocate

Certified copies of the photocopies

Background

The appellant sought certain attested documents and information regarding the rule of the RTI Act, under which the attested copies of documents should be given. The PIO denied the attested copies of documents claiming that the Public Authority does not possess original documents. The Commission directed the PIO to provide the relevant provision of law to the appellant regarding attestation and to supply attested copies of the photocopies of documents available in the records to the Appellant along with a note on each page clarifying that the same are only copies of photocopies and not copies of the original documents.

Comments

The RTI Act empowers the citizens of India to obtain certified copies of the documents from the Government Organisations and the PIO should not refuse to certify the documents even if the Public Authority does not possess the original documents. In such cases, a note should be given that they are only copies of photocopies and not copies of the original documents. It should be remembered that certified copies of the original may be used as an evidence in a court of law.

Citation: Shrikant Vaidya v. North Central Railway, Allahabad in File No. CIC/AD/A/2011/002311

[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)