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Vikram S. Meena MMTC

Aaj Ki Aawaz

After letting loose all the Agencies at its command on Team Anna now Congress has resorted to send Team Anna a message .....take on Congress at your own peril!!! This is second time in a month that Kejriwal has been targeted.... though on both occasions those targeting him were thrashed by his supporters.... but the message has been sent and received..... because Kejriwal knows that he does not have the Security of his supporters 24x7!!! Now Team Anna is looking to appoint an Ombudsman to look into any allegations against Team Anna... and I'm sure Ombudsman's working will be totally transparent..... And please do remember Nation is not naive..... Nation is with Team Anna for an effective Lokpal.....beyond Lokpal Bill Team Anna will find support 'petering out'!!

Congress seems to be missing the bus!!!!
Nation supports Anna because at UPA's blatant corruption Public doth cuss!!

Good ole Farroukh is trying to save face and his skin too!!! Now he says that the NC Fixer who is alleged to have been bumped off used to use a mime to mimic Farroukh's voice!!! Well phone records will show the truth.....it is rumoured that PDP has details of the 'alternative' mobile numbers used by Farroukh!!! Also what about the photographs..... in the photographs it is clear that these are not for show.... like the ones that Netas oblige people with.... there are photographs of him in a Chopper with Omar.... and what about the photograph of the Fixer standing with Omar and Rahul???

More will come out!!!
A million words the pics of the Fixer with Abdullahs and the one with Rahul already 'do shout'!!

WIC says in UP Congress, Ajit and SP have bonded for upcoming State elections.... in Punjab Manpreet ' Sheikh Chilli' Badal is feeling confident because he's roped in Commies and Barnalas!!! Fact is these political associations have a fallout... many voters switch loyalties to other Parties because the Parties they were supporting have associated with a Party whose ethos is not to their liking!! Look at Congress its bad mouthed SP to the hilt and vice versa..... this too has an impact!!! Commies have proved beyond doubt that they are anti progress.... and also anti National!! Commies would be detrimental for Punjab!!! Coming back to UP... what if Maya cuts UP into four pieces.... they say Maya has this ace in her purse!!!! And I hear Badal's too have an ace up their sleeves.....insiders say with this ace Amrinder , Congress's vote catcher, would be neutralized!! Manpreet is inconsequential for them .... is he... because there are still rumours that near the Punjab Election Manpreet will rejoin Akali Dal.... Pash (Prakash) and Dash (Gurdas) coming back together again!!

Congress has everything crossable crossed that in 3 State elections it'll do better!!
Hoping that in these three States corruption (including seena jorri) and inflation will not fetter!!

Pawar and Praful met Sonia.....and the stroy being put out is they did not even utter the L (Lavasa) word...... humm ko toh these people take as bewakoofs!!! Not only was Lavasa discussed but they say Pawar even brought up Balwa's case...... as per Pawar he's just committed a financial indiscretion!!! One source even says ' Rahul's coronation was discussed'..... now it is even being said that Sonia called for this meeting as she wanted to talk about Rahul's coronation!!! Seems the meeting was mutually fruitful... the way Pawar has come out in support of fuel hike!!!

Jiggery-pokkery and Pawar go hand in hand!!!
And Praful... single handedly bajaa diya iss ne AI ka band!!

PS... ITC has sued Suhel Seth for his tweets.... Suhel Seth has locked his tweets.... maybe he'll approach ITC and say 'I've locked up what you found offensive so now let's forgive and forget'!!! Though this case could also make tweeting injurious to your 'finances'! Seems Sonia has instructed PM.... partially rollback petrol hike... indicator that this is going to take place...... when Rahul makes a statement demanding rollback!! PC's tryst with the Court nears...... betting market...... 'even' for his name being included in 2 G accused list..... 20:1 Court will reject Swamy's plea.... and 10:1 Court does 'tacit fence sitting'!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Did Sonia Gandhi call Sharad Pawar?
Contrary to what is being told to the press, the recent meeting between UPA supremo and Sharad Pawar was at the behest of the former. Sources close to the development said that Ms Gandhi had warned Sharad Pawar that Prithviraj Chavan will not be replaced as the CM of Maharashtra and that Lavasa issue will continue the way it was going right now.

Split in Congress - NCP in Maharashtra?
Will Congress and NCP contest forthcoming municipal elections separately is a hot topic of discussion? Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has indicated after his recent trip from New Delhi that two parties will contest separately for the forthcoming elections.

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.

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of R K Mathur as new Secretary, MSME today
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 20)

Orders of Loretta Mary Vas in a day or two
Orders of Loretta Mary Vas as the new Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals are expected to be issued in a day or two. She is 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

CSB to meet on November 21, 2011
Next meeting of the CSB will be held on November 21, 2011.

Rajiv Kumar poised to be Joint Secretary, Road Transport
As the grapevine has it, Rajiv Kumar on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Presently Rajiv Kumar is Delhi based Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) to the Jharkhand Government. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Pulok Chaterji to resume duty today
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,Pulok Chaterji who was busy in his daughter's wedding is going to resume duty from Tuesday.

Ms. Sandeep Kaur granted inter cadre transfer to Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Sandeep Kaur on marriage grounds has been granted inter cadre transfer from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh. She is an IAS officer of 2010 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Syed Akbaruddin to be new Spokesman MEA?
In all probability Syed Akbaruddin will be new Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs. He is presently posted in IAEA ,Vienna.

Vishnu Prakash to be Ambassador to Seoul
Present Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs Vishnu Prakash, is all set to become the next Indian ambassador to Seoul.

Dilip Trivedi tipped to be ADG, (HR) BSF
Dilip Trivedi who on central deputation is ADG- ITBP, New Delhi, is likely to be appointed as Additional DG, (HR) BSF, FHQ in place of Arvind Ranjan. He is an IPS officer of 1978 who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) cadre.

Arvind Ranjan tipped to be Special DG, BSF, East Command
Arvind Ranjan who on central deputation is Special DG (HR) FHQ BSF, New Delhi, is likely to be appointed as Special DG, BSF, East Command (Kolkata) West Bengal in place of V. N. Rai. He is an IPS officer of 1977 who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Two senior level IPS vacancies in North Block
Two senior level IPS vacancies of Secretary Security and Special Secretary Internal Security are currently lying vacant in the Government of India.

Ashwini Vaishnav joins GEE in India
Orissa cadre IAS officer Ashwini Vaishnav, who was also the Private Secretary (PS) to the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Vihari Vajpayee aftter quitting the service has joined GEE as Deputy Chief for their Transport business. He is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Deputation tenure of Srivastava extended
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 June 10, 2013. He is 1979 batch IPoS officer.

Anil Kumar to be Secretary Home Chandigarh Administration
Anil Kumar is being tipped to be new Secretary Home in the Chandigarh Administration. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Will Singh move from Urban Development Department?
Joint Secretary in the Urban Development Department, Shailesh Kumar Singh is likely to be laterally shifted.

Rajendra to be Member IT Appellate Tribunal
1982 batch Income Tax Commissioner in Mumbai, Rajendra is being appointed Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.

Will Lavasa mean problem for Gulabchand?
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's move to initiate criminal proceedings against Lavasa Corporation's promoter, directors and officials for violation of green law, is likely to see some trouble for Hindustan Construction Company's (HCC) CMD, Ajit Gulabchand. Sources say despite a lot of political gimmickry by the NCP there could be some more unpleasant news for the CMD in coming days.

Amitabh Ranjan is new Minister in Berlin
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).

Diwakar Mishra is PS to Defence Minister
Diwakar Mishra who so far was Director in the Cabinet Secretariat has joined as Private Secretary (PS) to Indian Defence Minister A. K. Antony. He is an IAS officer of 2000 batch who belongs to the Assam- Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.
(We said this on November 3)

Dheeraj Gupta to join PMO on November 8, 2011
Dheeraj Gupta who so far was Private Secretary (PS) to Indian Defence Minister A. K. Antony will be joining the Prime Minister's office (PMO) on November 8, 2011. He is an IAS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir (J & K)) cadre.

Anjuly Chib Duggal to be third Punjab cadre IAS officer
If Anjuly Chib makes it to E.O.'s post she will probably be the third Punjab cadre officer to get this job, the earlier ones being S.P.Bagla and Rajendran Nair.

Will Karnal Singh join GoI?
Will Karnal Singh, IG Mizoram join the Government of India as Additional Director, Enforcement, Ministry of Finance Government of India. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Promotion file of 1990 batch IRS (IT) to be cleared this week
Promotion file of 1990 batch IRS (IT) officers to the rank of Commissioner is expected to be cleared this week end.

Lakhwinder Singh to join as MoEF's Regional Director, Bhopal
As the grapevine has it, Lakhwinder Singh on central deputation is set to join as Bhopal based Regional Director in the GoI's Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Brar to be Chairman PPSC?
S S Brar is likely to be appointed Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

Satyam is Member of SC Commission
Former 1961 batch IAS officer S Satyam has been appointed as Member on Teachers Education appointed by the Supreme Court of India.

Maj Gen Pama takes over command
Major General Balbir Pama has taken over the reins of Chief of Staff of the Northern Command .

Justice Manjula Chellur to be Acting CJ of Kerala HC
Justice Manjula Chellur, judge of the Karnataka High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.She replaces Jasti Chelameswar, who has been elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court.

Santosh Gauriar elevated as Member, Postal Board (UPDATED)
Santosh Gauriar (IPoS 1978 batch), who is presently CPMG Madhya Pradesh, has been elevated as Member of the Postal Board. He will look after Operations. Gauriar who has been awarded Silver Medal (2nd rank) in the Advance Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA Course) from Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, has visited several foreign countries including USA, UK, France, Germany and Singapore and has as Chiewf P_MG, Madhya Pradesh circle, implemented the Direcxtorate's orders on Mail Network Optimization Project (MNOP) besides monitoring and improving performance of all the Project Arrow Post Offices.
(We said this on Sept 26, 2011)

Elaine Mathias to be Director (Finance) BEL (UPDATED)
Elaine Mathias is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).

Kerala High Court gets four addl Judges (UPDATED)
Four additional Judges have been appointed in Kerala High Court for a period of two years. They include: Vaidyanathan Chitambaresh, Abdul Mohammed Shaffique, Kunjupillai Harilal and Krishnan Vinod Chandran.

Guwahati HC Chief Justice, Lokur transferred to Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
Chief Justice of the Guwahati High, Madan Bhimarao Lokur has been made Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He has been asked to assume charge before November 15.

PMO clears Railway GMs' proposal (UPDATED)
The much awaited proposal relating to postings of General Managers (GMs) in Railways was cleared by the PMO on November 8,2011

Orders of R K Mathur as new Secretary, MSME issued and takes over charge today (UPDATED)
Orders of Radha Krishna Mathur, Special Secretary, Ministry of Defence, as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have been issued and he took over the charge today itself. Mathur, who is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, has been appointed against the post vacated by Uday Kumar Varma, a 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

(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

Banks margins will be squeezed further?
Banks are borrowing over Rs 60,000 crores from the RBI everyday to fund their liquidity needs. Liquidity is tight in India due to a tight monetary policy of the RBI forcing banks to access the RBI window for funds on a daily basis. This will propel a high cost of funds in the system leading to a rise in cost of borrowing in the economy.

External debt can cause Rupee to slip more
The external debt data released by the RBI for end June 2011 shows that a debt of $137 billion is coming up for maturity in the next one year. Given the currency volatility and strengthening of the Dollar, debt can mean that NRI deposits will not be rolled over. This can cause currency to slip further.

Will the stock markets show a trend?
Greek referendum will give a clarity to the stock markets say stock brokers. Until there is clarity on whether the referendum will take place or not, markets will swing between gains and losses say market men. In the event of a referendum not happening, markets will see huge gains and if referendum does happen markets will see falls and remain depressed until the vote results were out, they reason.

Will aviation sector see a shakeout?
There are doubts being raised about the future expansion plans of airlines, given that each of the airlines is in red and are in talks with banks for restructuring loans there is going to be a tough time ahead for carriers when the actual deliveries start coming. Aggressive expansion plans are being announced by Kingfisher, Indigo and Spice jet .Will these companies carry on the business or swelling losses lead to a shakeout in the airline space?

Jet airways debt gets worrying
Jet Airlines losses are worrying because its debt is in foreign currency. The rupee's sharp depreciation has taken the toll of almost 80 percent of the company's debt. Jet Airways losses are expected to peak in the September quarter, say people close to the development.

Cotton and Sugar to be freed for export
It is heard that the ban on export of Cotton and Sugar is likely to be lifted soon. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has indicated about the same after his recent visit from New Delhi.

Maharashtra to achieve 11 percent growth
Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has stated that the state will witness a growth of 11 percent in the next fiscal from the current years 9.1 percent growth.

Raju appointed Whole-time Director, NCC Ltd
NCC Limited has appointed A.K.H.S. Rama Raju as Whole-time Director of the company for a period of five years with effect from November 4, 2011.

Kaul to be Addl. Director, India Infoline Ltd
The Board of India Infoline Ltd has approved appointment of Sunil Kaul, a nominee of Carlyle Group as an Additional Director of the Company.

LIC nominates Sah on Board of Kesoram Industries Ltd
Vinai Sah has been appointed as Nominee Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India on the Board of Kesoram Industries Ltd on November 3, 2011.

Bongirwar resigns as Director, Videocon Industries Ltd
A. L. Bongirwar has resigned as Director of Videocon Industries Ltd citing personal reasons with effect from November 1, 2011.

Agarwal ceases to be Director, Arvind International Ltd
The Board of Arvind International Ltd has accepted the resignation tendered by Manoj Kumar Agarwal

Banka appointed Addl. Director, Arvind International Ltd
Manoj Banka has been appointed as Additional Director of Arvind International Ltd.

Chaudhary appointed GM, Park Plaza, Shahdara, New Delhi
Siddharth Chaudhary has been appointed as General Manager of the soon to be launched Park Plaza in Shahdara, New Delhi.

Afifi appointed as Manager, Novotel Bengaluru Techpark
Alaa Afifi has been appointed as Manager for Novotel Bengaluru Techpark.

Mittal resigns as Director, Rama Paper Mills Ltd
Amar Mittal has resigned as Director of Rama Paper Mills Ltd .

Garg appointed Addl. Director, Rama Paper Mills Ltd
Manish Garg has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of Rama Paper Mills Ltd w.e.f. November 4, 2011.

Nirula appointed Addl. Director, Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd
Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd has appointed Ms. Ramni Nirula as an Additional Director of the company.

Bawa steps down as Head , RIM, India
Frenny Bawa has stepped down as Head of Research In Motion, (RIM) India.

(DEBATE 1) Is the empanelment process in GoI fair and legal?

I would entirely agree with A K Saxena's prescription for selecting Secretaries to GOI after interviewing by the UPSC. All posts of Secretaries have been grabbed by the IAS lobby. The PM as cabinet Minister in-charge of DoPT and the Cabinet Secretariat must attend to this matter.

K V Prabhakaran IRS (Retd)

RSS would persuade Advani

The RSS would persuade Advani after his "yatra" to declare that he would not contest 2014 P.C. polls and would work as a patron of BJP's interests. After preponing polls in Gujrat, Modi is effectively on a roadmap to get anointed as national President, BJP, in December, 2012

Shiva Mishra

WIC should start a debate

WIC should start a debate "Role of CBDT in failing to arrest the growth of back economy in India". When India is vying for developed nation status , would it be possible with a creaking CBDT and leaky tax administration is a serious issue. Historically no nation in the world has had it's unaccounted economy gallop so fast in such quick time as has happened in India. Leaky tax administration suits every one. In India the fact that CBDT has looked the other way in the face of a burgeoning black economy is a reality. Whether tax administration has kowtowed to a marauding political class ,whether policies have been faulty and administration ham handed, which Chairman CBDT saw the maximum rise in black economy are issues in question. Terrible it may sound, but how long inconvenient questions are to be mothballed. Time for a debate and CBDt should join in too

Pygmalion

Kind attention to CBDT

The notices are being issued due to discrepancies in 26AS and TDS shown in ITRs. In the backdrop of these notices, the cases are being scrutinised in greater details. Can CBDT make sure when there is only discrepancies in 26AS and TDS shown in ITRs, may be limited to discrepancies only and copy of challans and certificate issued by deductor can be asked as a proof. If case is for scrutiny, it can be seen from the same perspective. Sr. citizens and income less than 10 lakhs may be exempted from un-necessary scrutiny and cases may be settled by asking relevant papers. Officers of IT department can be utilised in intelligent and better jobs to unearth tax evasion by many business man, industrialists etc. CBDT has taken a very challenging and commendable jobs and must be appreciated. Board is really excellent one.

R K Mishra

Correct views

Katju's views are correct if we take into consideration the fact that NDTV, India TV, Star News etc., have stopped saying anything against Ms. Mayawati after the recent spate of promos shown on these channels about Uttar Pradesh Government. I am sure money would have gone out of the State's kitty to these channels. It is surprising that how some of the known faces of TV stoop down like a servant before important politicians. They enjoy taking free trips along with the Prime Minister on the latters tour abroad. They also try to maintain contact with the important Government individuals by restraining themselves in writing against the individuals. Misuse of office perks & facilities is great malady and they never do anything about it. On one hand thousands of crores of government wealth is squandered on these practices and on the other hand government goes on increasing the price of petrol. 60% of the of the pertrol in this country is being consumed by Government departments.

Anurag Srivastava

Views on press are absolutely correct

Justice Katju's views on press are absolutely correct. While press should be at liberty to cover events, they have no business to pass judgement on anything and everything under the planet. They also have no business to call politicians and ask them to express views in 30 seconds. The way Rajdeep Sardesai etc talks, it appears that he and other journalists are Einstein, Newton, Kautilya, Aristotole etc etc --all rolled into one. They are doing all this for profit and not for educating the nation.

Kumar

Honest officers suffering

Honest officers and officers with integrity are suffering because of the bad policies of TMC . There is unrest at the top level of course it's natural and obvious since people who have been cleared for open line with seniority almost six- eight months bak are still be given post . THERE IS A SCAM ?

Kunal

Congratulations

I would like to congratulate Dr. Chatrath on this and pray to Almighty for his good health. I am writing this because I have worked with him and not seen such an IAS Officer honest and totally dedicated to his work.

V S Rana

CGHS Woes

Retired pensioners of the Central Government who are entitled to cashless treatment/diagnostic services from CGHS-empanelled hospitals/diagnostic Centres in Chennai are not provided the said facility. CGHS Chennai does not even recognise your CGHS Plastic Cards issued from Delhi although these Cards are valid throughout India. The CMOs-in charge of the CGHS Wellness Centres in Chennai do not exercise the powers delegated to them by the Health Ministry to grant permission to beneficiaries for treatment/diagnostic tests at CGHS recognised hospitals/ diagnostic Centres. Everyone has to go to the Additional Director's office for permission. The Health Ministry's clear instructions are flouted by the CGHS Chennai with impunity. I faced this difficulty in Chennai recently. I do not know if anyone has faced similar difficulty in Chennai. Is Health Ministry listening?

N K Pushpakaran

Rediscovering Gandhi in Anna!

I think we all have a Gandhi in us; badly neglected; there is a need to nurse it. While there is incentive to neglect Gandhi in us (and multiplying of wealth by the corrupt is evidence of that), there is all the possible disincentive in nursing it. The corrupt are recognised, promoted and rewarded and it is the honest who suffer; the corrupt takes all the caution to save himself and the honest is fixed because of being honest. Look at DD Misra, DIG Fire Services in UP and no one will save him because his brand is not in demand.

A friend of mine told me a few decades back how he dissuaded the Chief Minister from giving me an important posting as according to him I was useless - neither I eat nor allow others to eat. The honest officers and also politicians have become becharas deserving sympathy.

I feel sorry to know that RSS is piggybacking on Anna' movement not realising that it is this organisation alone which has wherewithal to prepare people to fight corruption, casteism, religious communalism etc and do real nation building but they are highly misguided and work just the opposite. Mayawati has been promoted by them/ BJP; Modi is being protected by them; there are umpteen examples. If India has to become a super power Political parties, Annas and his exploiter team members, Babas who have amassed huge wealth and now want political power should not be allowed to drag this country backwards by creating unrest.

I wish RSS plays it rightful and positive role and does not toe lines which drag India backwards in the hope that some crums will be thrown to them when the party they support comes in power.

Prakash

Festival posters in Maharashtra

Ramzan mein Ram , Diwali mein Ali,

aao mil kar manaye Eid aur Diwali

(There is Ram in Ramzan and Ali in Diwali,

Let's celebrate together Eid and Diwali)

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)