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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Gandhi is back in 'favor'.....we were being forced to forget him by the 'other Gandhis'..... Anna's got a Gandhi revival!!! You can say the asli Gandhi is back!!! We've had an overdose of the 'other Gandhis'...... they've even named practically everything after their clan!!!! Anna's brought the real Gandhi back into the limelight!! It was indeed touching seeing him take off his cap and bow to down at Gandhi's samaadhi!!! Corruption is a huge issue......latest example.... there is a huge Fighter Jet Deal on the block.... and already there are rumors of huge kickbacks in the offing!!!! US has also jumped in with an unsolicited offer... Anna should demand that once the price bids are opened all future decision making and decisions, correspondence and related info should be put in Public Domain....not a State Secret as Arms suppliers keep 'all their Customers and prospective customers updated'!!!

Gandhi wapas aala!!!!
Gandhi ko centre stage pe Anna ne wapas daala!!

If you lived in Amritsar and if we had open borders with Pakistan it would have been cheaper for you to drive down to Lahore and get your tank filled with petrol and return!! Mohna is dead against the Duties being tinkered with and he and good ole Montek have warned Sonia if an tinkering is done 'there would be no money for her social schemes'!!! Congress's plan is to go with 'global prices for petrol ' at this time.... come the State Elections and Congress will pull a bunny out of it's hat.... if global prices go up the increase will not be passed over to the consumer..... and if prices fall even a wee bit the benefit will be given to the consumer!!! Duties and taxes in India constitute a huge chunk in price of petrol...... can India compete in the Global Market when in other competing economies the Fuel cost is lower?????

Don't high fuel costs impact growth?????
Economists would say Sarkaar cannot hope to have both!!

Rahul has taken 'UP as is Rahul's last bastion' very seriously!!! He's on a village hopping spree..... he meets carefully selected individuals.... mostly based on caste and creed and events (victims)!!!! If only these selected individuals were to see what has happened to the 'selected individuals' he met in Maharashtra... why Kalawati was his mascot!!! Today them Lady has lost everything.... today she feels her meeting Rahul was more like a curse!!! Rahul must realize that all over India Congress faces huge Centre caused anti incumbency and a 'dimpled smile' is not going to reduce the heartburn!! And for all Rahul lovers the biggest disservice you will be doing to him is not pointing out his follies to him..... an enemy is not as dangerous as a chamcha!!!

Corruption and inflation are the issues that Public has on its mind!!!
Wherever you go these issues on top of everyone's mind you fill find!!

In Cannes Mohna seems to be uncomfortable!!! That is because he knows what an economic mess he's got India into...... and that too when an Economist PM is 'supposed to be at the helm'..... and corruption has literally taken the bottom out!!! Here's a warning for him... there are ominous warnings on the horizon... China is taking over our manufacturing...... and it's also going to compete with us in the Software Industry soon.... English is its stumbling block and China is addressing this 'stumbling block'..... our food needs are rocketing and production is falling.... the gap between rich and poor is widening..... corruption despite 'the goo hitting the fan' is still very much alive and kicking!! More than the Greece and Europe contagion Mohna's mind should be 'home bound'....our path has been mined heavily!!

Rather than worrying about Greece and Europe think what is the condition back home Mohna Ji!!
As an Economist the dark clouds on the horizon you should be able to see!!

PS...... Digvijay was heckled for high petrol prices....he should have sued his standard defence.... attack RSS and put the blame on RSS! The message that Judge Saini has sent is that when you 'short change the Nation then Bail is not your right!! How can Mohna be on Forbes List of Powerful... he derives his power from Sonia and she's already on the list????? A Nation cannot be a global power in the face of starvation deaths and when 'feeders of the Nation' commit suicides.... my theology is.......to be a Global power a Nation has to fulfil its duties to its citizens first!!!! Mamtha's a smart cookie..... she now uses ' TMC was not taken into confidence' for any decision that is unpopular.... fact of the matter is it is impossible she did not know about the fuel hike!!!

Response to Forum: This is not 'Paid Media'! No political affiliations .... biases are developed based on Nation's interests!! Nation first, second and third.... only Nation is on the podium for me!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Ms. Mamata Banerjee to consult party on petrol price hike
West Bengal Chief Minister & TMC supremo Ms. Mamata Banerjee is going to consult party people on the issue of recent petrol price hike. Party will also decide whether to continue in the Government or come out of it.

BUREAUCRACY

Bhattacharya is new Secretary Fertilizers
Ajay Bhattacharya, a 1977 Batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre has taken over as the Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. He succeeds Sutanu Behuria.

Pandey to be Director (Finance) NCL
The name of AK Pandey has been recommended by the Public Enterprises Selection Board for the next Director (Finance), Northern Coalfields Limited. He is presently GM BCCL.

M.S. Bali's suspension revoked
Suspension of M.S. Bali the then CPMG Maharashtra Circle has been revoked and he has been posted
CPMG, West Bengal Circle vice S.K. Chakrabarti, CPMG, West Bengal Circle

1990 batch of IRS officers soon to be CITs
As the grapevine has it the file relating to elevation of promotion of Indian Revenue Service (IRS)-IT,officers
belonging to 1990 batch is lying in the PMO. It is expected to be cleared next week whereby most of the 1990 batch IRS-I officers are likely to be elevated as Commissioners of Income Tax(CITs).

IPS changes in Haryana
There is an IPS reshuffle in Haryana. Satender Kumar Gupta has been appointed Superintendent of Police, Fatehabad, in place of Vivek Sharma who has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Rohtak, B. Satheesh Balan will be the new SP, Bhiwani. Ashwin has been made SP Hisar. Devender Yadav, Additional Superintendent of Police, Ambala, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Sirsa.

IAS vs PCS in Chandigarh
There are reports of war between IAS officer of UT cadre and Haryana Civil Service officer.

Search of Director of NEIGRIHMS in Meghalaya
The Meghalaya Government has asked the Union Government to speed up the process of appointment of the new Director of NEIGRIHMS after the resignation of Dr ME Yeolekar.

O P Misra joins as Director, IT, NDMC-New Delhi
O P Misra has joined as Director, IT, NDMC, New Delhi. He is a DANICS officer who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Arun Mishra is Director, Personnel-NDMC
Arun Mishra has joined as Director, Personnel-NDMC New Delhi. He is a DANICS officer who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Thakur gets charge of Member (Customs, RI&I, Exports & Safeguards) in CBEC
MC Thakur has been assigned the charge of Member (Customs, RI&I, Exports & Safeguards). The zones and DGs that would fall under his administrative control and supervision would include Chief Commissioner, CX, Bhubaneswar, Chief Commissioner, CX, Kolkata, Chief Commissioner, Customs, Kolkata, Chief Commissioner, CX, Ranchi (HQ. at Patna), Chief Commissioner, Customs (P), Patna,Chief Commissioner, CX, Shillong, DG, DRI. DG (Export Promotion), DG (Valuation), DG (Safeguards) and Directorate of Logistics,CRCL.

Badhan assigned charge of Member (Central Excise) in CBEC
MS Badhan has been assigned the charge of Member (Central Excise). The zones and DGs that would fall under his administrative control and supervision would include Chief Commissioner, CX, Delhi, Chief Commissioner, Customs, Delhi, Chief Commissioner, Customs (Prev.), Delhi, Chief Commissioner, Customs & CX, Meerut, Chief Commissioner, CX, Lucknow and DGCEI/DGICCE/ DG(Audit)/ CC(TAR).

20 KAS to get IAS in Karnataka
20 Karnataka State Service Officers are being inducted into the IAS.

Two State Police officers awarded IPS
Two police officers from Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Gungte and Kime Kaming - both state police service cadres - have been nominated for the IPS.

New book of Chatrath
Retired 1967 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre Dr K J S Chatrath has penned new book "The Last Post: Inscriptions on French Graves in India" .

Four Tripura Police Service officers get IPS grade
Four Tripura Police Service officials have been awarded IPS grade. They are Mssrs Arindam Nath, SP (North) L Darlong, SP (Procurement) Pradip Paul and SP (CID) Soumitra Dhar.

Sahota is new IG, Lok Pal in Punjab
Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota has been appointed as IG Lok Pal in Punjab. IPS changes in Andhra Pradesh There is IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh.

Pakistan : PM meet stop brass to improve performance
Pakistan's Prime Minister YR Gilani met senior officers of the Railways on Thursday to have an 'insider's account' of the factors responsible for the organisation's pathetic state of affairs. Apart from railway Minister Haji Gulam Mohammad Bilour the meeting was attended by Chairman Railway Board Javed Iqbal and GM (operations) Saeed Akhtar. The PM was apprised of acute shortage of locomotives for want of repairs due to which freight service has come to a complete halt and running of passenger trains severely curtailed. A semblance of normalcy the PM was told can be attained only if funds (at least Rs 600 million) are immediately made available for repairing the locomotives. Gilani is understood to have instructed the finance ministry to look into the railways' demand.

Deputation tenure of Srivastava extended (UPDATED)
Cenral deputation tenure of A P Srivastava as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai has been extended for a period of two years upto 10.6.2013. He is 1979 batch IPoS officer.

Amitabh Ranjan is new Minister in Berlin (UPDATED)
Amitabh Ranjan will be Minister (Personnel) in the Embassy of India, Berlin. 1988 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer Ranjan would succeed Satish Chandra Jha, IPS (BH:81).

(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

CWC observes vigilance awareness week
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) observed vigilance awareness week at its Corporate Office and field units from October31 to November 5, 2011 with "Participative Vigilance" as the theme. The week commenced with a pledge on October 31,to bring about integrity and transparency in all activities. A declamation contest on "Vigilance is a participative effort" was organized on November 1 in corporate office, Delhi. A training programme on "Orientation of administrative vigilance" was also organized during the period from November 2 to 4, 2011 in the corporate office wherein officers from CWC across the country
participated. A special function was organized on this occasion in the corporate office, New Delhi on November 4, 2011 wherein Dinesh Rai, Chairman, Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) was the chief guest. Rai in his keynote address stressed on the use of technology to bring greater transparency in the working system and participation of all the stakeholders in vigilance process.B.B. Pattanaik Managing Director (MD) CWC while speaking on this occasion urged all employees to be vigilant in their working and demonstrate transparent work practices to maintain CWC's position as a front runner in warehousing services. Vineet Pandey, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO)of the corporation apprised about various preventive and proactive vigilance initiatives taken by the corporation. The chief guest released the 11th issue of in-house journal "Vigilance - An Overview" brought out by the corporate vigilance division on this occasion. He also distributed prizes to the winners of declamation contest.

Sumantran appointed Vice Chairman, Ashok Leyland Ltd
Dr V Sumantran has been appointed as Vice Chairman of Ashok Leyland Ltd.

Ravindran appointed Chairman (Audit Committee), Sun TV Network
J. Ravindran has been appointed as Audit Committee Chairman of Sun TV Network with effect from November 3, 2011.

Gathoo appointed Director (HR), BPCL
S. P. Gathoo, Executive Director (HRS) has been appointed as Director (HR) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) with effect from November 3, 2011.

Mohan ceases to be Director, BPCL
Dr. S Mohan has ceased to be Director (HR) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) effective November 1, 2011 consequent upon his superannuation from the services of the Corporation.

Iyer appointed Director, The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd
Hari Narayan Iyer, General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Jaipur, have been appointed as Director of The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd with effect from October 7, 2011, in place of Arnab Roy by the Reserve Bank of India.

Bhandari appointed Manager at Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel
Gautam Bhandari has assumed charge as the Manager at Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel & Lakeside Chalet, Mumbai - Marriott Executive Apartment.

Dutta appointed President (Retail), Aerens Gold Souk International Ltd
Devasish Dutta has been appointed as President (Retail ) of Aerens Gold Souk International Ltd and will be responsible for the design and development, operations and management of the commericial, retail, residential, IT Parks and hospitality buildings.

Sabyasachi Ghosh appointed Vice President - Bengali Magazines, ABP Group
Sabyasachi Ghosh has been made Vice President - Bengali Magazines, ABP Group. He was earlier VP - Ad Sales, Dailies.

Chandan Majumdar appointed VP - Ad Sales, Dailies, ABP Group
Chandan Majumdar has been appointed VP - Ad Sales, Dailies, ABP Group. He was earlier VP Finance & IT.

DEBATE (1)

Is the empanelment process in GoI fair and legal?

The suggestion of A K Saxena on the above subject is worth serious consideration by the PMO, Cabinet Secretariat and Secretary (Personnel).The interviews will help in assessing the future potential of eligible candidates in providing leadership to the Ministry/deptt, he is expected to head.

N K Bora IFS (Retd)

"UPSC and SSC require specialised skills?"

K S Palachandran's argument for opposing appointment of consultants, is specious and absurd. He is opposing as he is himself working as a Consultant in Health ministry after his retirement from that ministry three years back.

A K Bhatt

UPSC and SSC really need people with specialised skill

I entirely agree with Palachandran that organisations like UPSC and SSC need people with specialised skill and also dedication and integrity. In case some retired officers have been appointed as consultants, they are helping the organisations and contributing much more as compared to those who are still in service.

Pulipra

Excellence is respected!

This is a shining example in the clouded and dark atmosphere prevailing. If an officer is really excellent, he is recognised and respected. This is the classic case. Congrats Salim Ali.

Dhayalan

Suggestion is laudable

Justice Katju's suggestion for the creation of a media council expanding the present Press Council and including in its ambit visual media, is laudable. Though some of them come out with an occasional expose, most of the news anchors present biased news and debates. Some of them look like Sarkari channels. Modi bating appears to be the constant mantra giving his detractors all space and time. The depth of their decadence was exposed when one of the leading presenters, a Padma Sree awardee was exposed in the Radia tapes. She even now carries on with out a tinge of regret.

Even in sports, the decline of sports like athletics, hockey and foot-ball should be put on the visual media. For most of them Indian sports starts with Cricket and ends with Cricket. They have time to show the 'over the hill' Tandulkar waving a flag in the recent Indian F1 and give London trial of Pakistani cricketers, half the news time sidelining all the important national news, but have no time to show even a glimpse of the National Junior Athletics Championships going on in Ranchi. All these championships which is the nursery of athletics are totally ignored.

There is a necessity to tether in the visual media. In case of national emergencies, such unbridled power in the name of freedom of expression can create panic amidst people. They can force Government to take erroneous actions by swaying the public opinion as happened at the time of Kandahar hijack. Government should implement Justice Katju's suggestion though the media will cry hoarse about freedom of expression etc.

N Krishnan

Differences between Rlys and PMO unfortunate

It is unfortunate that railways and PMO cannot agree on simple issue of posting. in the process work is suffering in the field. Also it caused serious damage to the morale of rank and file in the entire organization. Accidents are not ruled out in such a situation. All concerned should hammer out the differences early.

Raghuram

Nothing wrong in this policy

Kaushal's comments about the reservation for Muslim Entrepreneurs in Tenders, I see nothing wrong in this policy. It is positive move that should help in developing entrepreneurial skills in an underprivileged class. The steps taken by the Congress such as NREGA, Interest subsidy on Kisan Credit cards, Profit sharing by mining companies with tribals, substantial increase in MSP for the farmers, Tablet PC's for students at just Rs.1100/- etc. are steps that are empowering the masses and the result can be seen in the increase in purchasing power of the masses over the past 6-7 years. The increase in food inflation is mainly because of this factor. Media which is being dictated by the manufacturing and trading class makes so much noise about food inflation since it is getting concerned by the empowerment of classes. For long, wage earners have been exploited by the traders. Because of the policies of the past 6-7 years, the farmers and daily wage earners have improved their position considerably.

Kusum Chaudhary

CBDT has given up its chief function of policy making

Agree with BR and berate. CBDT has given up its chief function of policy making and the only thing that interests is transfer and postings. But it must be admitted that the present board is better than any board in the last 2 years. at least some recognition of policy is there in its transfers and postings. what should be on scanner is the conduct of its regional Chief Commissioners and DGIT. Whatever may be done by CBDT gets undone at the local level. the very same fellow who has got transferred on medical ground gets posted to the arduous charges by the local CCIT and DGIT. Local CCIT and DGIT behave like satraps. CBDT should call for the records of such orders and will find out that any fellow who has some sensitive matter pending is always given the best charge. reputation, record or ACR has no meaning for the CCIT and DGIT. tHE OFFICERS BEING POSTED IN INVESTIGATION WING (Metros and outskirts and state capitals) are highly suspect characters. CBDT has to end the scourge of local biases.

Tripuri

Why can't the retired people sit back?

Why can't the retired people sit back in their houses and indulge in some social work (without any remuneration)?. Why do they wan't to hold on to the Government in the form of 'posting paying Rs.80,000/- salary, a staff car, telephone facility & an office to sit'; or they try to indulge in 'consultancy work' and face the agony of persons who were junior to them in service? You gave Narasimha Rao a broken boat but he crossed the river successfully. It means that no body is indispensable in this world. Only working people should be posted on regulatory bodies and in turn more & more fresh recruitments should be made.

Bimal Bahadur

Political Parties and Division of the Country

It is not that the Parties are dividing the country now . The country has been divided since time immemorial when there was no Party. The onslaught of the Mughals and the Britons was due to the fact that we were divided vertically as well as horizontally. Political parties, in fact, are trying to bridge this divide through various welfare measures. Four per cent procurement from Dalits and reservation for Muslims is a move in right direction to minimize the division in the society. Society ultimately makes a country. Jai Hind!

Z S Nirwal

Is information related to outsourcing covered under the RTI Act?

The appellant sought certain information about written test including the marks obtained, both sides of O.M.R. answer sheet, answer key of his question booklet and cut-off marks of every category. The CPIO refused the OMR answer sheet and key answer claiming that they do not possess the required information as the examination was held by the another agency which conducted the examination on behalf of Bank. The CIC observed that, if any other body is given the job to conduct examinations it must be in complete control of the Public Authority. The Commission directed the PIO to use the full force of the law and obtain the sought information. In case the examining body refuses to part with the information the Commission recommended that the Bank should consider either changing the examining body or ensuring it is able to access all information with respect to the examination.
Comments
The Government organization cannot deny the information merely on the grounds that they have outsourced for the job and do not possess the information. If any other body is given the job to conduct various functions, it must be in complete control of the Public Authority and the information available with such sources should be made available under RTI.
[Mr. Ashwani Kumar Avasthi v. Vijaya Bank in CIC/SM/A/2011/001455/SG/15158]

- 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)