What people say about us !

Really good. I have become an addict to it.

J S Kochar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Sonia was to go the Uttrakhand to address a rally on Nov 09!!! Understand that viewing her 'undisclosed' condition all precautions had been taken..... an Air Ambulance was to 'discreetly' follow her to Uttrakhand and be on call!! But then at the last minute the trip was cancelled.. they say she had fever!! This came on the heels of Congress saying that Sonia's well and no decision on Rahul taking more responsibility was expected!! So what do we believe??? There is also the opinion 'that any election that Congress feels is a lost case Sonia and Rahul do not electioneer in that State' .......Hissar for example.... and the two upcoming bye-elections in Haryana!! So could be Sonia felt it is futile going to Uttrakhand!! In the speech delivered on her behalf she's said 'corruption cannot be fought by speeches'..... and Madam Ji neither can it be fought by 'putting corruption fighters in jail and getting them investigated as if they are traitors'!!!! And she also said 'PM has already committed for a strong Lokpal so why the noise.....well Madam ji you and PM no longer are trusted by the Nation... simple as that!!

Sonia will lead as and when she can!!
And in the meantime she's hoping Rahul will 'become a man'!!

Mamtha now says that if Diesel or LPG prices go up TMC quit UPA!! She's lost face!!!! She also lost face by raiding a Police Station to free two TMC goons!! CMs do not do this... it is simply not done!! Commies are overjoyed .... they know if Mamtha flops , showing initial signs, Commies will bounce back and stay on for decades!! The joke doing the rounds ... see performance of Congress allies.... Praful has finished Air India... Pawar has finished off India's food security..... Mamtha started Railways fall and now her rep is carrying forward her work... and if Azagiri had been a 'resident Mantri' he'd have finished off the Fertilizer Ministry!

Mamtha is good at fighting elections and protesting!!
But Governance I'm sure she finds 'horribly' testing!!

Seems Advani and Modi are the only two Leaders in BJP's top rung who are healthy.... Sushma, Jaitley, Ghadkari all are unhealthy!! In fact Jailtey and Sushma have still not recovered from 'inhalation of fumes' during in Advani's Rath!! Rajanth who is an Advani flunky says 'Advani is BJP's natural choice for PM'....if that be the case ... just for discussion sake, because actually this is not the case, then you can say BJP will be committing hara-kiri!! His reputation .... regressive and trouble creating attitude... precedes him!! People dread that they'll have to listen to his 'mujhe smaran hai'!

Advani should be retired once and for all!!
Or BJP's chances of coming to power will fall!!

In Punjab the electoral battle has started!! First off the block was Amrinder who called Badal Senior a 'wadha chor' (big chor) and Badal Junior 'chota chor'... on objections he said that he'll add 'ji' to make it look he's not being 'disrespectful'!! I will not be surprised if Sukhbir responds with 'Amrinder is Choron ka Raja'!! I hear after Amrinder had gone after the Badals in his previous Avtar as CM, Mapreet Badal had run away and it was Sukhbir who bore the brunt of Amrinder's vendetta....Sukhbir calls him .... Lamba Uchcha Darpok! The Dera grab by political parties has already started!!

Amrinder all of a sudden looks enthused!!
When he is enthused all those opposing him by him are blatantly abused!!

PS...... 32 convicted in Sardarpura riot case....Gujarat Congis say big fish got away..... 1984 genocide cases the crocs, big and small fish and jheengas have already gotten away!! After Rajnath's comment that Advani is BJP's natural choice for PM... there is a national outcry.... Rahul or Advani..... Bhagwan Bachao!! Tavleen Singh they say has a huge 'anti woman bone in her'........any woman taking centre stage and Tavleen goes after her... examples: Sonia, Sushma and Kiran Bedi!!By the way after her Pakistan connection was revealed shouldn'r her entry into sensitive areas be banned.... say like in Ministries !

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Rahul Gandhi to be Working President this month
If all goes well, Rahul Gandhi will become Working President of the Congress Party either on November 14 or 19.

BUREAUCRACY

36 IAS officers of 1978 batch empanelled
Altogether 36 IAS officers belonging to 1978 batch have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. They are reportedly :- Mssrs Vivek Rae (UT), Sanjay Kothari (Haryana), R Bhattacharya (AP), S K Srivastava (AM), Anil Goswami and Pankaj Jain (J&K), B B Srivastava (Bihar), R S Sharma and U K Sangma (Jharkhand), K N Srivastava, Lakshmi Venkatachalam and A P Joshi (Karnataka), S R Rao and P Panneervel (Gujarat), R Parasuram (MP), Rahul Asthana (Maharashtra), A K Mangotra ,V Chibbar (MT), G S Pati (Orissa), Rakesh Singh and Sudhir Mittal (Punjab), Arvind Mayaram, Rajiv Mehrishi and Ashish Bahuguna (Rajasthan), M F Farooqui (TN), Jawed Usmani, Saurabh Chandra, Prem Narain, Pankaj Agrawal, Anoop Mishra, Sudhir Kumar ,Stuti Narain Kacker, Desh Deepak Verma, GB Pattnaik and Dr V Rajgopalan and K N Desiraju (Uttarakhand),

Mohan to be new CMD of NLC
B S Mohan is being tipped to be new CMD of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC). The PESB has put his name at number one in the panel. Mohan is presently Director in the NLC.

1978 batch empanelment list approved
Suspense over the empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is over. Final list has been approved and it will reach to the DoPT either today or on Friday. Names of those officers who are retiring in 2013 have now been included in the original list of 26.

Prof Balachandran to be Chairman of Coir Board
Prof G Balachandran is being appointed new Chairman of the Coir Board. Minister is believed to have cleared his name.

Varun Bhatnagar is new GM, of ECR
Varun Bharathuar GM Eastern Railway (ER), has been appointed new GM East Central Railway (ECR), Hajipur.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Asthana is new GM, SCR
G. N. Asthana, GM West Central Railway (WCR) has been appointed GM, South Central Railway (SCR)-Secunderabad.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Jain appointed GM, Central Railway
S. K. Jain, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Western Railway will be GM Central Railway.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Bhargava is new GM, RWF, Bangalore
Rajeev Bhargawa Additional Member- Works in Railway Board, on elevation will be GM, Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), Bangalore.
(We said this in the first week of October)

Rajsekhar is new GM, RCF, Kapurthala
B. N. Rajsekhar Additional Member -Planning in Railway Board on elevation will be GM, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Kumar appointed GM, SECR,
Arunendra Kumar Additional Member -Production Unit (PU), in Railway Board on elevation will be GM, South East Central Railway (SECR), Bilaspur.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Mahesh Kumar appointed GM, Western Railway
Mahesh Kumar Additional Member -Signals in Railway Board will be GM, Western Railway.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Verma is new GM, SER
A .K. Verma Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME), will be GM, South Eastern Railway (SER), Kolkata.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Khanna is new GM, ICF Chennai
Abhay K. Khanna Additional Member -Budget in Railway Board will be GM, Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai.
(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Agrawal is new GM, Eastern Railway Kolkata
G. C. Agrawal Principal Chief Engineer Eastern Railway will GM, Eastern Railway- Kolkata.

(We said this in the first week of October 2011)

Indra Ghosh to GM, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar
Indra Ghosh Chief Operations Manager(COM), Northern Railway (NR), will be GM, East Coast Railway,Bhubaneshwar.

Arya is GM, WCR, Jabalpur
Sunil Arya Additional GM, Central Railway will be GM, West Central Railway (WCR), Jabalpur.

Addl DIT Ms Puja Jindal goes to Civil Aviation as Director
Consequent upon her selection for appointment as Director in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, New Delhi, on deputation basis, the services of Ms Puja Jindal, addl. DIT (Infra), New Delhi are placed at the disposal of Ministry of Civil Aviation, New Delhi for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever event takes place earlier.

S M. Somasekara to head Regional office, Bangalore
As the grapevine has it, S M Somasekara on central deputation will be Bangalore based Regional CCF in the GoI's Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS), officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Former IPS officer is Member of Bihar PSC
Former ADG Raj Bardhan Sharma has been appointed a member of the Bihar Public Service Commission ( BPSC). He is a retired 1980 batch IPS officer.

10 IAS officers transferred in Karnataka
As many 10 IAS officers have been transferred in Karnataka. They are: Dr Rajneesh Goel (1986 batch) Managing Director (MD) Karnataka State Industrial Investment & Development Corporation (KSIIDC) Bangalore, Ramesh Bindu Rao Zalki (1987 batch) Secretary Women and Child Development to hold additional charge of Commissioner Karnataka Housing Board Bangalore, G.V.Kongawad (1990 batch) Secretary Commerce and Industries Department (Mines, SSI
& Textiles), M.B.Dyaberi (1993 batch) Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner of Stamps Bangalore, Arvind Srivastava (1994 batch) Secretary Urban Development Department (Municipalities & Urban Development Authorities), Bangalore, Rajender Kumar Kataria (1996 batch) Managing Director (MD) Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board Bangalore, Harsh Gupta (1997 batch) Managing Director (MD) Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) Bangalore, Munish Moudgil (1998 batch) Commissioner Upper Krishna Project (UKP) Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&R) Bagalkot and Dr G.C. Prakash Managing Director (MD) Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) Gulbarga.

G C Jain gets addl charge of CCIT-II, Chennai
G C Jain, CCIT-1, Chennai, has been given addition charge of CCIT-II, Chennai.

S Toppo, SAG, IRSME, SER shifted to Eastern Railway
S Toppo, SAG/IRSME/South Eastern Railway, has been transferred to Eastern Railway.

Post of Member, Appellate Tribunal vacant
The post of Member, the Appellate Tribunal, is vacant. Last date for applying for the post is November 20, 2011.

UNDP-Civil Servants and Afganistan
For reconstruction of Afghanistan, civil servants of India are deputed to UNDP Afghanistan Institutional Development Program. The agreement was that the civil servants from India would be posted for a year in Afghanistan. However, it has been seen from previous years that some of them who are deputed have some how managed to extend their tenure from more than one year to two to three and to even four years. A list of other civil servants (IAS, CSS, IFS and others) who are interested for work experience and redevelopment of Afghanistan have sent their nomination for the same to GoI. However because of this re-instating the same civil servants, earlier deputed, is are making others in the list of not getting the opportunity and chance to serve as advisers in UNDP Afghanistan Institutional Development Program. Many civil servants have been frustrated by this and blame both the Prime Ministers Office and the Ministry of External Affairs for this delay and perfect monitoring of this esteemed program. Many have complained to the PMO and the MEA for leaving out civil servants in the list for an opportunity to serve. Many civil servants see that the huge pay to be the high reason that some have been re-deployed and asked for an extension for which others miss the chance to serve

7,1978 batch IAS officers get Secretary Equivalent (UPDATED)
Seven 1978 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to Secretary Equivalent rank in the Government of India. They are Mssrs :-P Prabhakaran and K Jayakumar (Kerala) R C Mishra (MT),M M Srivastava (Gujarat) V N Gaur (Nagaland) S K Majumdar (Bihar) and R Chandra Mohan (UT).

Madhav Lal empanelled in GoI (UPDATED)
Madhav Lal has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India .He is 1977 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Venkatachalam gets Secretary Equivalent rank (UPDATED)
V Venkatachalam has been empanelled to the rank equivalent to Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

1600 ITS officers stand repatriated to DoT (UPDATED)
As many as 1600 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior administrative grade (JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG) who were serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and ahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) stood repatriated to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) since November 8, 2011.However, their relieving is to be done separately by the BSNL & MTNL. They all will have to join in Delhi. All of them were selected by the UPSC.

400 ITS officers repatriated by BSNL(UPDATED)
As many as 400 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior administrative grade (JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG) who were serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) were relieved to join the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) since November 9, 2011. All of them were selected by the UPSC.

MTNL to follow the suit of BSNL (UPDATED)
Just as in the Bharat Sanchar NigamLtd (BSNL), 400 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior administrative grade (JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG) were relieved, the Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) will also repatriate ITS officers to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). All of them were selected by the UPSC.

Working of BSNL & MTNL to be adversely hit (UPDATED)
Once all 1600 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior administrative grade (JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG), who were serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL), stood repatriated to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) since November 8, 2011, then working of both telecom PSU's will be very badly hit. All of them were selected by the UPSC

12 ITS officers opt for absorption (UPDATED)
Believe it or not, only 12 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior administrative grade (JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG), who are serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL), have opted for absorption. All of them were selected by the UPSC.


ITS officers stand united, says ITSA (UPDATED)
All 1600 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior dministrative grade(JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG), who are serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL), and who stood repatriated to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) since November 8, 2011 have resolved to die or survive together. According to a source of the ITS association (ITSA), all officers of ITS will report in Delhi. "We have already started getting our tickets booked to Delhi," he said.

(DEBATE)
EMPANELMENT IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Whether administrative procedure for empanelment of Additional Secretary and Secretary in the Government of India is fair and legally sound?
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Kamat to replace Girotra in UBS
Aashish Kamat will replace Manisha Girotra as CMD of the India Unit of Swiss Banking Giant UBS AG.

Acharya to cease being Board member of Procter and Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd
Deepak Acharya shall cease to be a Director of Procter and Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd w.e.f. December 1, 2011 consequent upon his relocation to Geneva.

Luharuka resigns as Director, Career Point Infosystems Ltd
Arun Luharuka, has resigned as Director of Career Point Infosystems Ltd due to some personal reasons on November 9, 2011.

Kala resigns as Director, Dhar Textiles Ltd
Prakash Chand Kala, Non-executive, Independent, Director of Dhar Textiles Ltd has resigned due to his pre-occupation w.e.f. October 31, 2011.

Radhakrishnan resigns as Company Secy. Mannapuram Finance Ltd
C. Radhakrishnan, Company Secretary, Mannapuram Finance Ltd has resigned from the company.

Hurstel appointed Director, Seamec Ltd
Muriel Hurstel has been appointed as Director, Seamec Ltd under casual vacancy in place of Christophe Armengol on October 28, 2011.

Mishra to take over as ED, Tata Global Beverages Ltd effective from Dec. 1, 2011
Ajoy Misra has been appointed as Executive Director on the Board of Tata Global Beverages Ltd effective from December 1, 2011.

Pathak resigns as Company Secy. Geecee Ventures Ltd
Sanjeev Pathak, Company Secretary, Geecee Ventures Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. October 26, 2011.

Maira appointed Addl. Director, DCM Ltd
DCM Ltd appointed Bipin Maira as Additional Director of the Company.

Tuli to be Chairman, DCM Ltd effective from Dec. 20, 2011
Jitendra Tuli, Independent Director, DCM Ltd, has been appointed as Chairman with effect from December 20, 2011 .

Palejwala appointed Company Secy. Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd
Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd has appointed Ms. Karishma Palejwala as Company Secretary of the company.

Singhi to be Whole-time Director, Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd
The Board of Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd has approved appointment of Arun Kumar Singhi, as Whole-time Director of the company.

All brains department in GoI

The all brains department in GoI is IRS Income Tax. These guys are not just aware of the most vexatious of technical areas known to man kind ,but also the Inter disciplinary areas ,and also human rights, civil rights and concepts of freedom. The fact that IRS spawned a thinker like Kejriwal is owing to free thinking spirit and unlimited mental space provided to it's officers. No cynicism here. IRS Income Tax has the best brains in GOI. Only if the political masters have the eye to spot a winner.

Crimson

Spiralling petrol prices

I would like to draw your attention to the spiralling petrol prices in the country. Common man is paying enormously. Whereas on the other hand, govt vehicles are consuming lot of petrol for so called "official work." Is it not the right time for Government of India to think limiting the petrol per month per vehicle. Some Ministries are allowing 150 litres and others allow 300 litres per month per vehicle etc. Ministry of Finance should issue instructions on limiting this consumption of petrol as generally common man is taxed. Generally these vehicles run for the petty things of the officer which it is attached.

S Kumar

Misuse of offical transport in central govt.

With the increase of petrol price every month, the govt should be very cautious about the utter misuse of official vehicle. It is a luxury that can the government afford? There should be thorough probe on the misuse of official vehicle by non entitled officer for coming and going back to resident and every department should made available on the website the official using vehicle from coming to office and going back and the transport allowance claimed, the expenditure occurred ? This will save crore of public money. No excuse to be entertained under any circumstance? I am sure some one will put an RTI in this scam going on for ages in all the central govt deptts. If this is done the state and PSU will be careful otherwise thorough investigations to be carried over there also,

Ravi

What kind of society we Indians have become?

A chief minister who is required to uphold the law and order barges into a police station to free her party workers who indulged in rioting and generally disturbing the peace in the area.The foundation stone for a Railway line is being laid in a state and who is called to do the honours.The president of the party in opposition in the state and the chief minister is not even invited.Mind you a railway line is being built by the Railways a central Govt. Department and what has the President of the party to do with this.The ad taken out by the Northern Railway which is going to execute the project gives an impression that it is ,as if,to help the Congress in coming elections.How very wrong.it seems the Indian Railways have become a tool to be manipulated for the political ends of politicians of all hues.Why the ex-railway minister and now the chief minister still interferes in the day to day working of the ministry.How is it right that some of her ex-aides and party workers work for her in the state Government but are on the rolls of the Railway ministry.One is really confused by this state of affairs where the distinction between right and wrong is getting obliterated.

Aarti Khosla

Penalty for delay without any reasonable cause

The applicant sought information about unauthorised construction in Paschim Vihar and related information. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) directed the PIO to supply the photocopies of building plans to the Appellant within 15 days which was not complied with. The name of the individual responsible for not obeying the orders of the FAA was pointed out to the CIC. Observing that the deemed PIO is guilty of not furnishing information within the time specified and has further not obeyed the orders of his superior officer without any reasons, the CIC imposed the maximum penalty of Rs. 25000/- on the deemed PIO and directed that the amount be deducted at the rate of Rs. 5000/- every month from his salary.

Comments
The level of the FAA offers a safety valve to the PIO to correct any lapse. Not obeying the orders of the FAA compounds the mistake and should never be attempted by the PIO.

[Mr. Deepak Yadav v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2011/002249/15070Penalty].

- 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)