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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Sarkaari ads scream.... FDI in Retail means ... better price to farmers, creation of lakhs of jobs and benefits to consumers .... all hogwash!!! Because India has refused to learn lessons from the problems other Countries face with Big Ticket Retail....... a hurried step! Big ticket retail will not come here to benefit us but to make money!!!! Wal-Mart and likes squeeze the best price while buying and squeeze the best price while selling!!!! Anand Sharma's only exposure to Big Ticket retail are his visits to such stores during his trips overseas....... attracted by the ambience and sold to it!!! Yes no doubt this type of Retail does generate employment.... but it'll be set off by the number of Retailers and support manpower that such Retail will put out of business and work!! On the plus side no doubt the losses in produce post sale by Farmer will go down..... better storage and transportation will help in 'losses between farm to fork' to fall..... though where FCI is involved chori, rodent losses and rot will continue!!!! Wall-Mart and likes will be artiya and wholesaler, and sometimes hoarder, and retailer all rolled into one.... so Farmer will continue to be short changed and Big Ticket retail will rake it in....annual rate contracts are a tool via which the farmer is short changed....manufacturers too will be squeezed for increase in retail margins! While procuring from SMEs Wal-Mart and likes would press that Indian SMEs match Chinese prices.... and slowly but surely will wiggle out of commitment to buy 30% from SMEs....have the political backing and the money to buy their way out!! And sadly India has gifted a humongous market to overseas Big Ticket Retail!!!

Of course by the time the effects will be felt Anand Sharma would be back to being a 'no body'!
When big Ticket Retail's 'squeeze' would be felt by everybody!!!

Post Pawar getting slapped I asked more than 100 people from various walks of life to find out what they felt on Pawar getting slapped..... 70% felt he deserved it and 20% felt all Netas deserve to be slapped and 10% felt usage for both haath and laath was needed!!! Not one objected to Pawar getting slapped!!!! Symbolic paid protests by NCP were held in Delhi and parts of Maharashtra!!! Our Netas refuse to recognize that Public's patience with them is running 'sub zero'!!!!! Indians are sick of their corruption and their 'chori and seena jorri'!!!! And Indians blame Netas for the inflation that they face....... Indians are pretty well informed about the games Pawar has been playing as a Mantri!!!! Sugar being exported and then imported at a higher price....... red wheat imports.......onion loot......the list can go on and on!!!

And Pawar needs to be careful as this one slapping will lead to quite a few 'copy cat slaps'!!!!
Fact is when 'Pawars' are slapped Nation claps!!!

Maya's rally must have given Congress knots in its bread basket.... paapi pett mein marod!!! Problem is Congress's only plank for votes is Rahul..... And Rahul's plank for asking for votes... I've stayed in your houses, ate your food and drank your water and got the runs....... the audience need signals from the local Leaders to applaud .... so what Rahul feels is a bomb turns out to be phuss!!! BSP and SP are working on their tried and tested caste and religion formulae!!!! Congress's grass root presence is negligible ..... it's Leadership in UP is pathetic!!!! So many do question Rahul's gamble in UP' .... some say he had no way out!!! As Congress has expertise in dramas and Media power I've heard a theory that near the election Congress could sham worsening in Sonia's condition.... to kick in a sympathy wave for Rahul!!! Congress's pally Media will step in and 'dramatize'!!!!

As of now no way Congress can even get a podium finish in this UP election!!!!
Best case scenario is it gets to be King Maker if UP voter makes a fractured selection!!

PS.... Laloo was supposed to release his Party's rap sheet on Nitish.... but seems he's not been able to collect enough material!!! My feeling is rap sheet will land up in the place where he is in.... in the bin!!! Joke.... Reliance Fresh had been rechristened 'Reliance Stale'!!! On names... if Maya is Dalit Cazarina then Sonia is Citadel Cazarina... she's lost whatever little contact she had with the Public!!! On Devil's Advocate one go to see vintage Farooukh Abdullah... rude, brash and a bully!!!! His son mucked up the AFSPA issue by not doing his homework and now he's trying to make amends....seems prior to opening his gob on AFSPA Omar had not taken legal advice!!!!

Bharat Kumar

Tussle between PM & FM?
Is a tussle between Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on? This question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. What is the bone of contention? Is this over the post of the President of India?

BUREAUCRACY

1992 batch IAS empanelment meeting today ?
Meeting for empanelment of 1992 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place on Monday.

1981 batch IFS empanelled
Meeting for empanelment of 1981 batch Indian Foreign Service officers to the rank of Additional Secretary has taken place on last Wednesday.

Government working badly hit
Thanks to Anna affect, working in the Government of India (GoI) has been badly crippled.

FSB meeting takes place
Meeting of Foreign Service Board (FSB) has taken place last week.

Ms Lakshmi is new JS Ex-Servicemen Welfare
Ms. AS Lakshmi Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Mumbai, will now be Joint Secretary Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence . She is 1987 batch IA&AS officer.

A V P Adithela appointed JS Chemicals and Fertilisers
Ajay Vara Prasad, Adithela Registrar, Co-op Societies, HP Government, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Chemical & Fertiliser, Government of India, in place of SC Gupta. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the HP cadre.

Bhanu Pratap Sharma joins as EO in DoPT
Bhanu Pratap Sharma has joined as new Establishment Officer (EO) of the DoPT in the Government of India (GoI). He is Bihar cadre IAS officer of 1981 batch.

AK Mittal to be GM, South Western Railway soon
As the grapevine has it, AK Mittal is poised to be GM South Western Railway (SWR), Hubly. His proposal after ACC clearance has moved to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GOI). He is presently Controller of Stores of the Varanasi located Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW).

Rajeev Bhargawa relieved
Rajeev Bhargawa, Additional Member -Works in Railway Board, who on elevation had failed to join as GM Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) Bangalore, has been relieved. So far he was Additional Member Works in the Railway Board. His charge has been given to A.K. Gupta Additional General Manager Eastern.

Bureaucratic reshuffle imperative in Haryana
A bureaucratic reshuffle in Haryana will be quite imperative in days to follow because four bureaucrats handling different responsibilities in the Power Ministry are poised to go to the Centre.

Will A K Singh join CBI ?
Amrendra Kumar Singh, IGP(Vigilance), Sikkim Police, is likely to be inducted as Joint Director, (JD), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI. He is Sikkim cadre IPS officer of 1990 batch.

Meenu Chaudhary did not get cadre clearance ?
Ms. Meenu Chaudhary, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police, North-West district IPS officer of 2000 batch reportedly did not get cadre clearance for central deputation.

Shirish Jain to join Cabinet Secretariat !
Shirish Jain, Asstt. Director(SVP)NPA, Hyderabad is likely to be inducted as Deputy Director, Cabinet Secretariat. He is Maharashtra cadre IPS officer of 1999 batch.

Sriram Taranikanti is FA, IRDA
Sriram Taranikanti on central deputation has joined as Financial Advisor (FA) in the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Hyderabad. He is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre. He has gone there on a Director level post.

Owais Ahmed Sheikh unlikely to join GoI
The J & K Government is believed to have refused to relieve Owais Ahmed Sheikh IGP(Pers&Trg.) for central deputation because of shortage of IPS officers.1987 batch IPS officer Sheikh was to join as CVO Hindustan Insecticides Limited(HIL).

Will Goel join CBI ?
Somesh Goel, Additional DGP (AP&T), Shimla, is likely to be inducted as Joint Director (JD), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the HP cadre.

Will Rajesh Ranjan join CBI ?
Name of Rajesh Ranjan, Additional DGP(HQ&Admn) is in circulation for the post of (JD)Joint Director,Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS officer of1984 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Tug of war between IPS and IRS in NCB ?
There is reportedly tug of war between IRS and IPS over the administrative control in the Narcotics Control Bureau.

Three IAS officers empanelled each from three states
Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka have three each on the list of 1978 batch IAS officers empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.

G K Pillai on the board of HPCL
Former Home Secretary G K Pillai is all set to join the Board of the HPCL as an Independent Director.

Posts of CVO are vacant in PSUs
Posts of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVO) have been lying vacant in Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited the applications from willing officers before January 31, 2012.

Talwar to be new Chief Secretary of Punjab ?
If all goes well, 1980 batch IAS officer A R Talwar will be new Chief Secretary of Punjab.

Sharma to be Regional Director Tea Board London
Mangat Ram Sharma is likely to be posted as Regional Director Tea Board in London. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Four new Judges in Gujarat HC soon
Four new High Court Judges are being appointed soon.

Rajinder Bhagat to be High Commissioner in Ghana
Rajinder Bhagat is being tipped to be new Indian High Commissioner to Ghana. He is 1980 batch IFS officer.

15 SAG officers of IES get HAG
As many as 15 Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officers of Indian Economic Service (IES) have been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted at different places. These officers include: Dr. Basudev Mohanty, Adviser, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been promoted as Senior Adviser in the same department; R Viswanathan, Economic and Statistical Adviser, Agriculture and Cooperation will remain in the same place. Ms Vineeta Kumar, Labour and Employment Adviser is promoted as Senior Adviser, Planning Commission; Manak Chand Singhi, Economic Adviser of Industry Policy and Promotion is promoted as Senior Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs; Nirmal Singh, Adviser, Planning Commission is promoted and posted as Senior Adviser, Information and Broadcasting; Arvind Kumar, Adviser, Road Transport & Highways is promoted as Senior Adviser; R S Ahlawat, Economic Adviser, Environment and Forests is promoted as Senior Adviser in the same department; Partha Pratim Mitra, Joint Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment is promoted as Chief Economic Adviser in Rural Development; Aditi S.Ray, Economic Adviser, Corporate Affairs is promoted as Senior Adviser, Department of Women and Child; Dr. Joseph Abraham, Economic Adviser, Corporate Affairs is promoted and posted as Senior Adviser Revenue; Ms Chanralekha Malviya, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Steel is promoted and posted as Senior Adviser, Information Technology; Dr.K S Uma, Special Secretary, Finance Department has been given proforma promotion is on deputation to Andhra Pradesh; D S Kolamkar, Member Forward Markets Commission has been made Director General, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh and R K Manchanda, Adviser, Small and Medium Enterprises is posted as Adviser (Economics), Department of Telecommunication.

Who will head Town & Country Planning in Haryana?
Who will head Town & Country Planning in Haryana once T.C. Gupta on central deputation goes to the Government
of India (GOI)? This question is hot topic of discussion in state Secretariat of Haryana.

A .D. M. Chavali's appointment as ED, IOB delayed
Mystery shrouds delay in elevation of A.D.M. Chavali who is currently a General Manager (GM) in the Bank of Baroda
(BOB). He will be new Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB).

Narendra Singh appointed CMD of Bank of Maharashtra
Narendra Singh has been appointed as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Bank of Maharashtra. Singh who is ED Corporation Bank will succeed A S Bhattacharya on January 31.
( We said this on April 27 )

Sanghvi appointed CMD, Syndicate Bank
The Central Government has appointed M. G. Sanghvi, Executive Director, Bank of Maharashtra as the Chairman and Managing Director of Syndicate Bank from the date of his taking over charge of the post on or after March 1, 2012 till June 30, 2013.
( We said this on April 27 )

Power of IFS lobby in Madhya Pradesh
ACS Forests in Madhya Pradesh Swadeep Singh is likely to be appointed new DG of the Academy of Administration .IFS lobby in the state is keen for the shifting of 1979 batch IAS officer.

Pakistan : Oil & Gas Regulator's Appointment Illegal says SC
Pakistan's Supreme Court has set aside the appointment of Tauqir Sadiq as chairman of oil and gas regulatory authority (OGRA) and asked NAB to investigate allegations of corruption against him. Mr Sadiq who held a fake degree of LL.M from a so called 'university of America' in London was not eligible for the post which as per recruitment rules had to be filled by 'a prominent professional of known competence and integrity'. Mr sadiq who happens to be the brother-in-law of a leading PPP politician will also have to refund the emoluments he drew from the exchequer since his appointment in July 2009. NAB will complete its preliminary investigations in 45 days and submit a status report to the apex court on further course of action required to be taken.

Sikri to be Secretary Justice ! (UPDATED )
D K Sikri is being moved as Secretary Justice in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Neela Gangadharan to move as Secretary Child and Women Welfare ! (UPDATED)
SecretaryJustice Ms Neela Gangadharan is likely to move as Secretary Child and Women Welfare. She is 1975 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Posting and Transfers in Railways (UPDATED )
Akhilesh Chandra, Sr. Commandant of 3rd BN/LKO/RPSF has been posted as sr. DSC/SECR, Bilaspur; Hemant Kumar, Sr. DSC/RPF of SECR/Bilaspur has been made Sr. Commandant, 3rd battalion/LKO, RPSF; Shiv Kumar Chowdhary, HAG/IRTS of NR as CAO (PIS) has been posted as COM/NR; Z A Siddiqui, HAG/IRTS of CR as CCM has been posted COM/CR; Satya Prakash, HAG/IRTS of Central Railway as CCM has been posted AGM/CR; BM Agarwal, SAG/IRSME, on return from deputation, posted in the same cadre in NCR. Anoop Srivastava, CSC/RPF of NCR has been assigned additional charge of CSC/RPF/ECR till the resumption of duty by Sanjay Kumar. The transfer order of D K Gaur CMT from DMW/PTA to RWP/Chhapra has been cancelled. Similarly, the transfer order of SR Grover CMT from RCF/Kapurthala to DLMW/PTA has also been cancelled.

Nampoothiry promoted as Special Secretary Legal Affairs (UPDATED)
N.K. Nampoothiry, ILS, Additional Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice has been promoted as Special Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice against the newly created post.

450 ITS officers relieved by BSNL & MTNL (UPDATED)
As many as 450 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) & Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) have been relieved to join the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
This has been going on since November 9, 2011. All of them were selected by the UPSC.

300 ITS officers sitting idle in Delhi (UPDATED)
As many as 300 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of junior administrative grade (JAG), senior administrative grade (SAG) and higher administrative grade (HAG)have so far reported to Janpath located Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC), New Delhi.Hitherto, they were serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) have been relieved to join the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). They have no job to do.Interestingly all of them have on sharing basis taken accommodation in Delhi & in each flat three to four ITS officers are staying. Their daily routine is to report at TEC in the morning & they have to sit idle as there is no work allocated to them.

Working of BSNL & MTNL to be adversely hit (UPDATED)
In the wake of the decision taken by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to repatriate nearly 1600 UPSC selected officers of the Indian Telecom Service (ITS) from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) ,working of both
will be hit.

Maj Gen Kochekkan is no more (UPDATED)
Major General E.J Kochekkan, chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) has passed away in Nagaland .

(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

Why Rupee getting weaker before American Dollar?

Why Indian Rupee is getting weaker before American Dollar? This question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. Perception that is emerging among Economists is that such a phenomenon has cropped because of a slow down in the Indian economy.

Ram Nath is CEO, Sterlite Industries, Tuticorin
Ram Nath has joined as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sterlite's Tuticorn located plant.

Infrastructure sector works stalled
Infrastructure sector's works have virtually come to a standstill as far as the Government sector was concerned.

With pledged shares and bottoming bourses, will businesses survive?
The equity markets have been under phenomenal pressure. The stocks across the board have been shivering under selling pressure amidst of gloomy market scenario. While the markets are under pressure, the companies in which the promoters have pledged substantial portion of their shares will come under tremendous pressure, as there is a risk of margins calls getting triggered from the lenders. There are 748 companies in which promoters have pledged shares. The total value of the pledged shares by the promoters is working out to an aggregate of Rs 1,09,000 crores some prominent companies include Gujarat Pipavav, Ansal Properties, Koutons, GTL, Kingfisher, United Spirits, JSL Stainless, Spice Jet, Essar Oil , S Kumars , Omaxe, McDowell Holdings, Parsvanath, Suzlon Energy etc.

Walia resigns from Gabriel India Ltd
Arvind Walia has resigned from the Board of Directors of Gabriel India Ltd.

Resignation of Das accepted
Taksheel Solutions has accepted the resignation of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Ankit Das.

Divya Jain appointed Company Secretary
Ms. Divya Jain, an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, has been appointed as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer by Taksheel Solutions. Taksheel is a comprehensive IT solutions company focused on providing technology solutions and services for the enterprises engaged in financial service industry, which is one of the industries driven by technology all over the world.

Bhargava appointed Chairman
Subodh Bhargava has been appointed chairman of TRF board of directors.

Mathivanan appointed Director, Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd
N Mathivanan IAS has been appointed as Director of Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd in the place of Rajeev Ranjan, IAS with effect from November 11, 2011.

Mani re-appointed Whole-time Director, Bimetal Bearings Ltd
Bimetal Bearings Ltd has re-appointed N. P. Mani as Whole-time Director of the Company for a further period of one Year with effect from November 1, 2011.

Taparia resigns as Company Secy. Auroma Coke Ltd
Nirmat Kumar Taparia, Company Secretary, Auroma Coke Ltd has resigned from the company.

Kalyanram appointed Chief Delivery Officer, Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Ltd
Bharath Kalyanram has been appointed as Chief Delivery Officer ( AMS) of Infinite Computer
Solutions (India) Ltd with effect from November 21, 2011.

Behl resigns as Company Secy. Graviss Hospitality Ltd
Ms. Chanda Behl, Company Secretary, Graviss Hospitality Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from October 21, 2011.

Garg resigns as Director (Finance), Kraft Cadbury
Rajesh Garg Director (Finance), Kraft Cadbury, South Asia & Indo China has resigned from the company.

Sanadi resigns as VP (Legal Affairs), Kraft Cadbury
Shivanand Sanadi, Vice President (Legal Affairs and Corporate Legal Counsel), Kraft Cadbury has resigned from the company.

Vacancy should be filled through open advertisements

Infact , all the Secretary level appointments should be from the experts of their field and vacancy should be filled through open advertisements and the selection should be after a screening throgh a committee

Kshitiz Agarwal

Parity in Pay Commission recommended

Through your web site, I want to bring to the notice of authorities as well as the persons who are suffering due to departments not implementing this in a proper manner even though the Govt has accepted the 6th pay commission recommendation to grant parity with 2 years junior IAS officers. It is known fact that officers of several central govt organised services get their promotion to SAG and HAG level very late. Many of these officers miss out these promotions. A non-functional upgradation was the remedy rightly recognised by the 6th Pay Commission and Govt graciously accepting this. The following example will show how this facility is being denied on flimsy grounds: An officer of Central Engg Service of 1975 batch (as per DoPT definition) gets his promotion in SAG in July 2006 in a panel of 2005-06. The promotion is delayed by administration at least 15 month's as the same is supposed to be ready by March, 2005. 4 unfilled vacancies of 2004-05 were also carried forward to 2005-06 in which the particular officer could have been covered. Thus delay for him is more than 15 months.

1975 batch central service needs to be given NFUG in HAG from 26th Dec, 2007. The officer in example has completed more than 32 years of class I service on this due date of grant of HAG and 1 year and 5 months in SAG against required 25 years and 1 year respectively. He however is denied this up gradation on the peculiar argument of not having completed 1 year in SAG on 1.1.2007 since 26th Dec falls in the year 2007-08 for which eligibility is checked on 1.1.2007. How strange is the argument. First huge administrative delay in grant of promotion in SAG then this peculiar argument to deny the legitimate up gradation.

A K Sinha

Mess in the Telecom Sector

There is a lesser known service in the deptt. of Telecom, the recruitment of which happens to be through the UPSC-Civil Services exam.It is called the IP&TAFS and is enlisted on the gazzette at no. 4 after the IAS,IPS and IFS.Ironically, the quality of work and the significance attached to their functions in the department is negligeble.They play a subsidiary/secondry role in the sector despite entering through the mother of all exams. There is sheer wastage of manpower- the most important of all resources in a nation. When will this decay in civil services be addressed?

Virika

BSNL, MTNL was spoiled by politicians, IAS and absorbed employees

BSNL, MTNL was spoiled by politicians and IAS and absorbed employees of BSNL/MTNL (which are around 2LAKH).

Rajiv

Talented ITS cadre

Very talented ITS cadre mainly responsible for continuous 11th year service of BSNL/MTNL is victim of Govt. ignorance.

Rakesh

Not only 1975 batch

Not only 1975 batch, a large number of IAS officers from 1976 batch of IAS also were empanelled as Secretary/Secretary equivalent in GoI. In all 39 (35+4), out of 70 and odd officers, as on 01/01/2009, were empanelled. (see whispers of 19th/20th May 2009). It further confirms what whispers reported that the list was drastically pruned in case of 1978 batch. In fact, as somebody put it, Government appeared to be more keen on eliminating than empanelling officers of 1978 batch. Hoe arbitrary.

M.A.

Arrogant officers ?

There are many officers in services like IAS, IPS and IRS who are arrogant and think they are extremely powerful. Such officers misbehave with their juniors and the general public and abuse their authority. Most of such officers are the least hard working of the lot.Most of such officers come from backward states and thus their mindset is an offshoot of the poor public's reverence for the services in these feudal states. What they should realise is that they have been appointed to serve the public with humility and not arrogance. They should also understand that their arrogance is rooted in their feudal mindsets but the era of rajahs and maharajahs is gone for good and has no place in a democratic set up.

Vijay Kumar

What an innocent proposition!

Navin K Das makes the innocent proposition on behalf of someone that it is government which gives postings to officers and the innocent officers have nothing to do with it! You should know how some civil servants lobby the politicians for lucrative and attractive posts and for multiple posts to be held all together so as to extract maximum benefits. It is the most unscrupulous and dishonest civil servants that are benefit in this regard, being ever willing to oblige the corrupt leaders. These civil servants eat out of the politicians' hands and have the politicians eat out of theirs. So this is a cozy partnership benefiting both, but destroying the nation.

John Thomas

Importance of DGCA !

I do agree with John Varghese's comments about the importance of DGCA, though I do not subscribe to his repeated unsubstantiated personal attacks at the present DGCA, which clearly shows a personal grudge. Looking at the track record of Shri Bharath Bhushan, a Harvard post-graduate ,ever since he took over as DGCA,there is necessity of making him permanent if not yet done so. Any one who is sincerely interested in the aviation sector will agree with me. The so called professionals who headed the directorate earlier have shown total lack of administrative skills resulting in the current mess. With fraudulent flying licences, corrupt test practices and flying clubs without aircrafts, they made the DGCA a laughing stock.

Navin K Das

Rightly highlighted

B Prasad has rightly highlighted postal departments rural ICT in which 1800 crores have been allocated. All rules are being flouted, favouratism and corruption increased during tenure of secretary post who retired on October 31st.

Panneerselvan

Sharing frustration

IRSS 87,88 & junior batch share very much frustration as they do not see any hope for their future career prospects. So many of them are planning to leave it. Railway board should come forward.

Manoj

Urgent need

Take positive action

There is an urgent need to take positive action regarding promotion to SAG of IRSS 87 batch who have already put up more than 23 years of service to uplift the morale of the 87 batch

D K Srivastava

Conviction rate?

Your report that CBI has filed 450 Charge sheet against IAS/IPS officers. What is the conviction rate? This needs to be ascertained.

T K Ghosh

Jobs in retail sector?

Union Commerce Minister says that there will be 10 million jobs in 3 years. But how many jobs will be list in 3 years in retail sector? Also will the foreign companies guarantee to keep those employed? In USA more jobs were lost in retail sector due to current economic slowdown.

D S N Murthi

CWG not a flop !

CWG was definitely not a flop, it showed that inspite of all channels and media trying to damage and question the capability of India, it was wonderful show. All those who understand sports have commented it to be the best with excellent work. However, weak Government failed to exploit the advantage. The weak PM failed to encash it. He should have made a statement that India have robust system to catch wrong doings but should have resorted to hounding. Great opportunity lost as the team spirit different departments worked for common quality outcome should have developed as a model. Alas, cost we pay for a Government who does not have opinion of his own but reacts to media.

Jaggu

Disclosure of financial information to wife

The appellant sought information about the salary certificate, details of amount of GPF, the name of the nominee of and other information with the Department regarding immovable proper of her husband. The FAA informed the appellant that information pertaining to monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees is available on its website of the Ministry and can be accessed by the general public. On remaining points the FAA denied information to the appellant u/s 8(1) (j) of the RTI Act holding it to be personal. The Commission upheld the order of the First Appellate Authority holding that the information sought is personal information of the third party and there is no public interest involved in the disclosure of this
information.

Comments

Information about the personal finances of a government employee are personal information of the concerned individual and cannot be shared with anyone else.

Smt. Lalitha Bahuguna v. Ministry of Mines in CIC/SS/A/2011/001191

- 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)