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There is an all out effort to control Social Media!!!! I hear Government wants to ensure that 'anonymity' in Social Media goes.... you may need a UISM.... Unique Identification for Social Media... and to get UISM you will have to go through the same rigmarole you do to get a Passport!! Behind this is Sonia Madam's worry about the Rahul bashing in Social Media.!!! Rather than analyzing why there is Rahul bashing, Sonia Madam is taking a step that any blue blooded autocrat would take..... try to silence the messengers!!! Why do people resort to anonymity...answer... look at the way Government has gone after Team Anna... every investigation Agency has been put on their 'case', so voicing your opinion on Social Media could be injurious to your health!!! And why is Rahul targeted... on Social Media are 'between age of 19-35' are in a majority......and this lot are not comfortable with Rahul parachuting into the PM's chair.... they compare their resumes with Rahul's resume and lament aloud 'what the hell'!!! Today the Public is so frustrated with the 'State of the Nation'........ corruption, chori and seena jori, paid media, fixed judgements, though in recent times Courts have shown the old way Judiciary was misused is a thing of the past...now Swamy's case to get PC in the 2 G accused list would be an indicator of Judiciary's freedom..... they need a forum to vent their anger without the worry of that the system will target them!!! Social Media is a peaceful way of venting your anger.... better than taking to the streets and causing a nuisance and destroying public property... and when no one is prosecuted when on the streets there are slogans like 'Sonia or Pawar chor hai' then why should it be seen as defamation on social media!! Yes 'going in the gutter is wrong'.... but then beauty of Social Media is if you feel anyone is indulging in gutter talk don't 'read it' or 'block', un-follow etc. But if one is subjective even ordinary criticism will be construed as gutter talk!!!

Wouldn't you prefer that rather than burning taxis and autos Shiv Sena vent anger on The Net!
Rather than harming people and property wouldn't it be better that on The Net they fume and fret?

Rahul's visits to the 'Countryside' have done next to nothing for those he visited and those he made his 'Mascots'!! See the condition of Kalawati!!!! His aim seems to be just be seen ' be at the right place and time' and earn electoral brownie points!!! Take Bhata Parsaul...... in the end Public sent him back telling him he should first get the Land Acquisition Bill passed.... the perception was that Congress was in a position to get this Bill passed but for reasons best known to Congress this was not being done!! He went to Sikkim and what did he do????? Nothing!!! He met people......indulged in small talk....and returned!! If he had the earthquake affected getting relief in mind he should not have gone because he knew that for his visit precious manpower and vehicles would be diverted from relief work for his visit! Chalo even if he went did you see him supervise and relief work???? Congressmen feel these visits of Rahul's will get Congress Votes.... in fact in UP they say his visits have already changed Congress's fortunes.... cutlery talk!!! And believe me Indhra and Rajiv both's undoing was heeding 'cutlery talk'.... and mind you when one ins power Government Agencies too tend to become cutlery!!

Public do not want 'Neta concern' or 'Neta talk'!!!
They know the concern just momentary and talk hollow .....'vote stalk'!

Mamtha wants petrol price hike rolled back... her saying that TMC was not taken into confidence is hogwash... she was agreed to freeing petrol prices and she knew the consequences!!! She's just doing drama....she's okay with any hike as long as TMC is not seen as party to the hike!!! Pawar too wants prices to be rolled back.... two prong strategy.... show electorate he is 'with them' and then bargain with Congress for ultimately going with the decision of the price hike!!! Do not forget this is the same Pawar who has justified the huge hike in food prices!!!! DMK is hardly in a position to make any demands..... at least not till Kani gets off the hook.... or DMK wins TN back!!!

PM said in Cannes 'market forces should decide price' but here the problem is duties and taxes!!
With ' Align with Market Forces', which was music to Obama's ears, unfairness in fuel costs PM waxes!!

PS.... Modi's going to China.... to check out how Made In China is growing in India.... hope he is able to give a spin to the cuisine.... how about Amras Noodles (replace Honey Noodles)..... Chilly Dhokla ...... or a new soup Hot and Sour Gujarati Kadhi served with round chakils of red chilly sprinkled fried potatoes ...... the mainstay of Made In China is a artificially low Won!!! Team Anna would be naive if they would not have expected that Government would be keeping tabs of their every step.... Anna could resort to Anna Giri on his mobile...'snoopers' would either stop listening after some time or become addicted to Anna Giri!!! Message being given to Team Anna... take on Congress and get ready to be beaten... and beauty is you will be beaten in RSS's name!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Will there be Coalition Government in UP?
There is a belief that it will be Mulayam Singh, Congress and Ajit Singh combine Government in Uttar Pradesh.

It's now between Rita Bahuguna and Tiwari?
There is a big fight between two Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh - Rita Bahuguna and Pramod Tiwari.

BUREAUCRACY

Liquidity a big problem in market
Indian markets are facing a lot of problem for last few months because there is liquidity crunch of cash.

T Balakrishnan joins new assignment
T. Balakrishnan, who was Additional Chief Secretary of Industries & Commerce and IT with the Government of Kerala and had retired on October 31, 2011, has joined as Special Officer for the Highspeed Railway Corridor, Kerala. He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Railway GMs postings have become a mockery
Postings of new GMs of Railways seems to have become a mockery. Never before so many posts of GMs were vacant.

Powers of Prasar Bharti CEO to be curtailed
There is a serious move to curtail the powers of the CEO of the Prasar Bharti in the months to come.

Apoorva Chandra on an official tour goes to U.S.A
Apoorva Chandra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), in the Government of India (GoI), is on an official tour to U.S.A for a week. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Philip Bara's deputation in NDMC to end shortly
Philip Bara, Director, Commercial, NDMC will be returning to his parent cadre as his deputation is coming to an end shortly. He is DANCS officer who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

S.P Sanwal's deputation in NDMC to end shortly
S.P Sanwal, Director (GA) General, Administration, NDMC, will be returning to his parent of CSIR as his deputation is coming to an end shortly.

R.S Godboley's extension in NDMC likely
R.S Godboley, Director Estate 1, NDMC, is likely to get an extension in his deputation tenure which is getting over. He is a MCD (W) cadre officer.

IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan likely
As the grapevine has it, a reshuffle of IPS officers is likely in Rajasthan.

Vacancy of GM-FCI, Arunachal Pradesh advertised
There is a vacancy of General Manager (GM) in Food Corporation of India (FCI) for Arunachal Pradesh and the same has been advertised.

IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu
D Mahesh Kumar, ASP Crime Peramblur District has been promoted as Superintendent of Police and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ambattur. S Baskaran, ASP CrimeTiruppur District has also been promoted as Superintendent of Police and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Madurai City. On promotion ASP K V Kabilan has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Control Room, Chennai City. On promotion C Rajendran, Additional Superintendent of Police, Crime, Tiruvarur District has been posted as Deputy Commissionor of Police, Crime, Madurai City . M Annadurai, Additional Superintendent of Police, Crime, Coimbatore District, was promoted as Superintendent of Police and posted as Superintendent of Police, Security Branch CID-II, Chennai.S Pattabi, Additional Superintendent of Police, Crime, Vellore District has been promoted as Superintendent of Police and posted as Pudukottai District SP.

NIA to set up three new offices
National Investigation Agency (NIA) is going to set up three new offices in Lucknow, Cochin and Mumbai.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
ADG Fire Services Hareesh Chandra Singh has been moved to training.Vipin Kumar will now head Training Centre in Sitapur.

Is Nazrul Islam annoyed with Mamta Banerjee?
There are whispers that once the closest police officer to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, Nazrul Islam is annoyed with her.

Pakistan: Punjab and federal governments lock horns over officers transfer
Pakistan's Punjab provincial government has refused to relieve 11 senior police officers and 2 officers of the District Management Group (DMG) whom the federal government had recently posted to the trouble torn Baluchistan province without any prior consultations with the Punjab government. The Punjab provincial government has sought an explanation from the federal government for its unilateral action in violation of its own establishment division's guidelines on the subject. Baluchistan is considered a tough posting and the federal government's action was perceived to be politically motivated by the rivalry between the PPP heading the federal ruling coalition and Nawaz Sharif's party PML (N) running the provincial government as the officers affected were considered close to the provincial politicians.

CSB to meet on November 21, 2011 (UPDATED)
Next meeting of the CSB will be held on November 21, 2011

R K Mathur is new Secretary, MSME (UPDATED)
Radha Krishna Mathur has been appointed new Secretary MSME. At present he is posted as Special Secretary, Defence. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Manipur Tripura (MT) cadre. Official orders are being issued on Tuesday.
( We said this on October 21 )

Nine IFS officers promoted as CF in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
As many as nine IFS officers have been promoted as Forest Conservators (FCs) and given fresh postings in Maharashtra. Accordingly, M Sriniwas Reddy- (IFS 1993) is CF WL Gondia; Dr H N Patil- (IFS 1993) - CF WP, Kolhapur; A J Kamble ( IFS 1993) - CF WL Thane; A M Vispute ( IFS 1993) - CF WL Nashik; V V Gurme ( IFS 1993) - CF Land Record, Panvel; U G Avasak ( IFS 1993) - CF WP Chandrapur and Sanjeev Gaur ( IFS 1994) has been promoted as CF and will continue as JS R & FD.Besides, M Sriniwas Rao (IFS 1992) has been promoted as CF but his posting is yet to be announced while Ms Imtienla A (IFS 1992), on central deputation, has also been given proforma promotion and her posting is also to be announced.

10 DCFs transferred in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
There is a reshuffle of Deputy Conservators of Forest (DCF) in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Godbole has been posted as DCF, WL Akot; P N Patil as DCF, Dhule and Sarfaraz Khan is placed as DCF Roha. Similarly, Ms K Pradeepa has been posted as DCF, East Nashik; G P Garad has been made DCF, Nanded; Rathod has been shifted as DCF, Parbhani; Chopde has been made DCF, Jalgaon; Mrs ShreeLaxmi has been posted as DCF Sironcha; Ramesh Kumar has been shifted as DCF, Allapalli; Kadaskar has been posted as DCF, WL Allapalli, HQ Chandrapur and Dr Gujar will be DCF, Yawal.

(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

Who are the trusted men of Narendra Modi?
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has emerged as darling of business houses in Indian politics is leading a high level team of officials & entrepreneurs to China. The delegation will leave India on November 8, 2011 & return on November 13, 2011. Members of the delegation are: Maheshwar Sahu - Principal Secretary Industries, A.K. Sharma - Secretary to the Chief Minister, Bharat Lal - Principal Resident Commissioner, Delhi, Jagadish Thakkar - PRO to the CM, Dinesh Thakur - Personal Assistant to CM, Sudhir Mehta - Chairman-Torrent Group, Parimal Nathwani - Group President - Reliance Industries Limited & MP - Rajya Sabha, Pranav Adani - Director - Adani Group, Ratul Puri - Managing Director (MD) - Moser Baer, Hemant Desai - President - Reliance Industries Ltd, S.B. Dangayach - MD - Sintex Industries Ltd, Mahendra Patel - Chairman - Mamata Group, Leng Yong - MD - TBEA Energy (India) Pvt Ltd, Chen Zhijin - Director - TBEA Energy (India) Pvt Ltd., Manish Kiri - MD - Kiri Industries Ltd, Jagat Shah - Chairman -India Chinese Economic & Cultural Council Ahmedabad, Jayesh Buch - Resident Director - Essar Group, Sunil Chaturvedi - Executive Director - Bharat Forge Limited, Rajesh Jain - MD - Netcore Solutions (P) Ltd., Mumbai, Balraj Sinh Parmar - Director - Suzlon Group, Indresh Batra - Vice Chairman & MD, Jindal saw Limited, New Delhi, Vinod K Mittal - Chairman - Ispat Corporation, Nirav Shah - Chairman & CEO - Jayatma Informatics Ltd, Mohammad Athar - Senior Consultant PWC, Dhaval Gandhi - Studio Viscom -Professional Photographer, Shashi Ruia - Chairman - Essar Group will directly join in China. Others who are already in China are: James Zhan - President Tata Sons China, K.C. Tatania - Executive Director, Finance GNFC Bharuch, A. T. Patadia - General Manager GNFC Bharuch.

Matsuura ceases to be Director, FGL Refractories Ltd
Osamu Matsuura has ceased to be Director of FGL Refractories Ltd.

Konno appointed Casual Director, FGL Refractories Ltd
Yoshihiro Konno has been appointed as a Casual Director of FGL Refractories Ltd.

Agarwal appointed Part Time Director, Indian Overseas Bank
The Central Government, after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has nominated Niranjan Kumar Agarwal, as Part-Time Non Official Director on the Board of Indian Overseas Bank w.e.f. November 1, 2011 for a period of three years.

Kothekar appointed Company Secy. Bio Green Industries Ltd
Bio Green Industries Ltd has appointed Ms. Gauri G. Kothekar as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. August 24, 2011.

CSS Technergy Ltd appoints Addl. Directors
Vikram Reddy and Sivarama Krishna Murthy have been appointed as Additional Directors of CSS Technergy Ltd w.e.f. from October 31, 2011.

Reddy appointed Non Exec. Promoter Director, CSS Technergy Ltd
Doodipala Vikram Reddy has been appointed as Non Executive Promoter Director of CSS Technergy Ltd.

Ganguly resigns as Chairman, Century Plyboards (India) Ltd
Satya Brata Ganguly has resigned as Chairman of Century Plyboards (India) Ltd but shall continue as Independent Director on the Board of the company .

Bhajanka appointed Chairman Century Plyboards (India) Ltd
Sajjan Bhajanka has been appointed as Chairman of Century Plyboards (India) Ltd.

Gupta resigns as Company Secy. High Street Filatex Ltd
Ms Chinu Gupta has resigned as Company Secretary of High Street Filatex Ltd w.e.f. October 28, 2011.

Kaushik appointed Company Secy. High Street Filatex Ltd
Gaurav Kaushik has been appointed as the Company Secretary of High Street Filatex Ltd w.e.f. October 28, 2011.

Confidential interest and RTI?

If even the outsourced services are covered, what is beyond the RTI Act? What if the person who has been given the contract refuses to give the information citing confidential interest?

Ghanshyam Gupta

A welcome step!

The reservations in public procurement to Dalit entrepreneurs is a most welcome step. The same should be extended to Muslims and OBCs also. Any class that is under privileged can be given this benefit. Only thing is, quality must not suffer and quality checks must not be disregarded.

A K Singh

Hefty pensioners should devote time for social justice

A retired person with hefty pension should keep himself or herself away from any government related work and devote time for social justice independently. Their being part of commissions etc makes them absolutely laughing stock who did not do any produtive work while in service and now without any accountablity pass the judgements. Officer much learn to retire with dignity, after that if he gets any appointment it is an obligation and therefore SHAME.

Jaggi

First time

Apropos Forbes list of the most powerful persons. Perhaps it is the first time in the annals of human history a master and the slave are put in the same category.

N Sriram

Why can't the retired people sit back?

I fully agree with the views of Lal Bahadur on "Why can't the retired people sit back?"

Engaging, retired people after retirement is another corrupt practice. To get this favour, the beneficiary will like to go by the wishes of his master and will agree for unacceptable, illegal, corrupt actions. Especially, when he is retained as advisor in the same organisation from where he has retired. CVC should note this and issue a directive against this to all government organisations.

R V Reddy

Wrong in giving undue support

N Krishnan is wrong in giving undue support to Markanday Katju and criticise the Media. There are some highly educated and competent anchors in the electronic media like Arnab Goswami, Shazia Ilmi (She is now with Team Anna), Alka Saxena etc.

Zeenat Jehan, Jamia Millia Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi

I strongly condemn N Krishnan's views supporting Markandey Katju,who made unworthy comments about the journalists. Katju Sir has just taken over as Chairman , PCI and started criticising the journos.

Alok Vidrohi Rajasthan Patrika,JAIPUR

Justice Katju's remarks are reprehensible

N Krishnan endorsing Retired Justice Katju's opinion against the Media merits criticisms. The impulsive, impetuous and sweeping remarks of Markandey Katju , smack of arrogance. His logic that those who have never studied economics, politics, literature or philosophy, are Members of the Media does not stand to reason. His outburst against senior journalists who are Members of the PCI headed by Katju himself, is puerile and a gross mis-use of Right to Freedom of Speech. The Editors? Guild of India and the Broadcasters? Association of India have reacted sharply. The exasperated Justice J S Varma , former CJI and the present Chairperson NBA , has recommended the PCI to be shut down ( India Today).

It is high time the GOI reformed the ineffective, toothless (even gumless)statutary and quasi-judicial paper tiger like the PCI.Katju Saheb must be reprimanded by the PM for his holier than thou attitude and passing irresponsible remarks, painting the entire Media as a bunch of useless nincompoops ! (155 words)

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

An upright ofiicer

Ajay Bhattacharya, new Secretary Chemical and Fertiliser is dedicated and upright ofiicer. All the best to him.

Vinay

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)