Yes, I agree you have no competitor in the country of 121 crores.
A G Kutty

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Politicians are cutting across Party lines and ganging up against Anna 'Doosra Gandhi'!!!

Anna has literally kick started against corruption an aandhi!!

Congress says ' Lokpal's orders will not be binding'!!!!

'This counter' in Congress Sibal is minding!!

He's even says ' Can the Lokpal ensure education, healthcare or water for the deprived'?????

But then at this conclusion he wrongly arrived!!

May I remind him about the words of his Boss's hubby ' only 8 paisa of Rs. 100 reached ground zero'!!

Lokpal is needed because though there is blatant chori our system has the same attitude like Nero!!

Nero stummed the harp as Rome burned!!!!

And all allegations about the blatant chori successive Sarkaar's have spurned!!

Lesser corruption would indeed make more money reach the cause it's been sent for!!!

Lesser money will go out of the back door!!

Sibal has spent a lifetime proving wrong is right!!!

And he has the art to prove wrong as right even when wrong is in 'black and white'!!!

Putridly Crafty PC too is giving his inputs.... and these guys are on the Draft Panel...do you see the game??????

It is very clear why on this Panel Sibal and PC Congress did name!!

Advani 'without taking names slammed those who look down on his kind (Netas)'!!!!!

He feels it is wrong to kick Netas who kick the Nation and Indians in the hind in their hind!!

It is Advani the Neta speaking........ don't forget Advani was in the Hawala Dairy of Mr. Jain!!!

Though he shows he is aboveboard but this statement will make people look down at him in disdain!

Anna has responded 'if Netas were on the right path I would not have to start this movement'!!!!

And this is not a case of 'just wanting improvement'!!!

This movement is to root out rot that abh ho gaya hai entrench!!

Of rottenness the system really lets out a horrid stench!!

There is a new scam coming out every day and every day there was a cover up!!!!!

Even 'honest' Mohna to protect those involved in scams gives gupp after gupp!!

Fact ........Desh ko loot liya in siyaasat waalon aur in ke Dalalon ne!!!

Jhooti jhooti baton se aur ek dum galath iraadon se!!

Jaane woh kaise logh theh jinnone apna sabh kuch Desh ke liye diya!!!

Ajh ke Netaon ne toh Desh ka khoon hai piya!!!

Again...... Anna has got what he demanded and now he should keep mum!!!!!

In Public domain speak ek dumm kumm!!!

Media has been put on the job to twist every word that he and those close to him say!!!!!

And this hired Media is capable of editing statements to change the meaning in the replay!!

Congress Leaders on the Lokpal Bill Draft Panel get goose-bumps at the mention of proceedings being video-graphed!!

'Do they think we are fools to agree to this' one of them nervously laughed????

Maybe the Ministers on this panel will say they are all camera shy!!

We know why they do not want proceedings video graphed and no excuse we are going to by!!

If Rahul could he'd retract the 'overage barb'....... but he can't!!!!

So very soon some ludicrous 'detail' in Media Congress will pant!!

The so called Messiah for Congress is a 'flop'!!!

Into the PM's chair via parachute he's trying to plop!!!!

Confucius says....... should we have a mediocre individual lead us just because of his surname!!!!

Or maybe after being ruled by Nehru-Gandhis we Indians they have been able to tame!!

Adds.... just peruse this lad's resume and you'll let out a gasp in shock!!!

Time to let Gandhi's know 'we Indians are not their pushtaani flock'!!!!

More........ abh from these parachuting Netas we should try to get chutkara!!!

Just the thought of being led by a mediocre individual because of his/her surname should raise every Indians paara (temper)!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Ms. Jayanti Natarajan poised to head national panel on Eves
Ms.Jayanti Natarajan, Leader of Congress Party, is likely to be appointed as the Head, National Commission for Women in place of Ms. Girija Vyas after Tamil Nadu assembly elections. Meanwhile, Yasmeen Abrar has assumed charge as the acting chairperson of the commission on completion of the tenure of Girija Vyas. The six-year tenure of Girija Vyas had ended on April 8.

Manpreet Badal to play a spoil sport
Manpreet Badal, ex Minister of the present Punjab government, who has floated "People 's Party of Punjab (PPP) -a new political party, is going to act as a spoil sport as far as poll prospects of ruling Akali Dal in next Punjab assembly polls were concerned. This is the perception of political analysts.

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Will Money be Chairman of NHAI ?
Road Transport Minister C P Joshi has reportedly cleared the name of K S Money for the post of Chairman of the NHAI. Will the PMO agree on the name of former Rajasthan cadre 1976 batch IAS officer K S Money for the post ?.Minister hails from Rajasthan.

5 in contention for DMDs slot in SBI
Five candidates of the Chief General Manager (CGM) are in fray for 3 posts of Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in the State Bank of India (SBI) being headed by its Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri. They are:Mrs.Soundara Kumar CGM Bangalore Circle, Bhagwant Rao CGM Madhya Pradesh Circle, R.K. Garg CGM corporate centre, Sunil Pant CGM Delhi circle and Nand Kumar CGM Gujarat Circle.

Who will head OVL?
As the grapevine has it P K Bhowmick, head of the Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration (KDMIPE) in Dehradun and a member of ONGC's shale gas research team is in run for the plum post.

Gupta to be Director (Finance) CWC !
V R Gupta is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the Central Warehousing Corporation.

Panel of Punjab and Sindh Bank scrapped ?
Panel of new CMD of the Punjab and Sindh Bank is believed to have been scrapped. Two Punjab cadre IAS officers were figuring in the panel.

Amiya Chandra is PS to Ajay Maken
Amiya Chandra has been appointed as private secretary (PS) to Indian Sports Minister Ajay Maken. He is an ITS officer of 1989 batch.

Siddharth Sharma poised to be Director, Expenditure
As the grapevine has it Siddharth Sharma on central deputation is likely to be appointed as Director, Expenditure. He is an ICAS officer of 1996 batch.

Shipping Ministry to be functional from April 15
The Shipping Ministry will be once again fully functional on April 15, 2011 as Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan who is currently busy with Tamil Nadu state assembly polls will be in Delhi on that day.

3 months extension for Satish Kumar on the anvil
Satish Kumar, Minister Berlin is likely to be granted an extension of three months. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

K K Sharma to join in Chandigarh this week
1983 batch UT cadre IAS officer K K Sharma is joining as Advisor to the Chandigarh Administrator this week end. Pradip Mehra will return to the Delhi Government.

Strange transfer policy for Postal department
Formulation of a flawed transfer policy by Ministry controlling India Post has come in for a sharp criticism. Unlike the past it is quite impractical said many officers in the Postal department.

Winds of change begin to blow in SBI
Winds of change have begun to blow in the State Bank of India (SBI) after assumption of charge by Pratip Chaudhuri as its Chairman.

Pradeep Yadav to go for mid career Training
Pradeep Yadav, Director UT and Staff Officer to Home Secretary in Government of India (GOI) will be going for mid-career training to Mussourie for two months for which he is likely to be relieved on April 14, 2011. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

L. Mohanty promoted as IG
L. Mohanty has been promoted has joined as IG BPR&D. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the J&K cadre.

Judges superseded in being recommended for appointment to apex court
As many as 20 judges superseded in being recommended for appointment to apex court, according to thew Law Ministry, are Justices DK Jain, Markandeya Katju, VS Sirpurkar, GS Singhvi, MK Sharma, AK Pattnaik, Cyriac Joseph, JM Panchal, AK Ganguly, Swatanter Kumar, HL Dattu, RM Lodha, TS Thakur, BS Chauhan, KS Radhakrishnan, AR Dave, CK Prasad and Gyan Sudha Mishra. The Ministry also disclosed the names of four judges whose names for appointment as HC judges were returned at least once by the President. They were Justices Ajit Bharioke, VK Jain, Indermeet K Kochhar and AK Pathak, who were additional judges in Delhi HC.

Work starts only in evenings in Oil ministry
Most of the time Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy is not in Delhi, as he is travelling to Hyderabad. But whenever he comes to Delhi, it's only after six in the evening and the babus have to wait till the minister finishes his work.

Khursheed Ganai's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of Khursheed Ganai. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch. He is known for his efficiency. Presently, he is, Principal Secretary (PS) Ladakh affairs department. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch. He is known for his efficiency.

Arvind Jadhav creates a history
Arvind Jadhav as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India has created a history of sorts. He is the only IAS officer who figures in the list of top 10 Indian entrepreneurs. The Air India of which he is the CMD is Jadhav since May 2009 is placed on number three while the number one slot has been given to Tata group of companies followed by Sun Pharmaceuticals at number two in a list of top 25 Indian multinational companies. This is the outcome of a survey that American research company and strategy consultant titled Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) conducted in March 2011. It had covered 600 companies. The PSB survey first of its kind has ranked Arvind Jadhav just next to Anil Ambani head of the ADAG group and above Navin Jindal of Jindal Steel and Power. Respondents to the PSB survey evaluated the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of each rated company on both 'unaided awareness' and 'regard' (most valued CEO/Company leader). A summary score was then circulated from these two metrics and company leaders were ranked on this basis. Jadhav who is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch from the Karnataka cadre had assumed charge in May 2009 & that too when the company's losses touched all time high mark. Arvind Jadhav is optimistic about the cash-strapped carrier to be operationally profitable by 2015.

After colluding in corrupt practice foreign firms want payments of CWG
Diplomats from seven European countries and Australia have sent a second reminder to Indian Sports and Finance Ministry asking them for payments of dues to foreign companies who contributed to the Commonwealth Games. The government had agreed to pay these companies in the month of January. But with the investigations being carried out in the games fund allocations on all payments have been put on hold.

Assam cadre IAS to be Advisor in Delhi
Retired Assam cadre IAS officer P Hazarika is going to be an Advisor at the Goa National Games Secretariat.

President wants a Maharashtra cadre IAS as Director
As the grapevine has it, President of India Ms. Pratibha Devising Pattil wants an IAS officer from Maharashtra cadre to be posted as new Director in the Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi.

Jharkhand Plan allocation goes up by 64 per cent
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda deserves a special mention because he was able to convince authorities in the Planning Commission of India (PCI) including its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and get an increase of 64 per cent in plan allocation to Jharkhand for the year 2011-12 as against Rs. 9500 crore for the year 2010-11. Thus, plan allocation for Jharkhand government during 2011-12 will be Rs.15300 crore. It was finalized in a meeting that took place in New Delhi on April 11, 2011.

IA & AS officer Rajiv Kumar transferred
Rajiv Kumar, Director in the branch office Ranchi, in the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board-II, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (SRA/Wks/RVP) in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jharkhand, Ranchi against an existing vacancy. He will continue to hold additional charge of the post of Director in the branch office Ranchi, in the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board-II, Kolkata, till further orders.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra this week
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in ,Maharashtra in a week or two.

B.K Sharma IG, CRPF shifted
B.K Sharma, IG, Lucknow, CRPF has been transferred as IG, Administration, CRPF, Directorate (CGO), New Delhi. He is a CRPF cadre officer.

ED unwilling to relieve R.P Upadhyay
Senior officers in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are not willing to relieve R. P Upadhyay who is currently Additional Director ED. He has been appointed as India's Deputy Commissioner, Sudan. It is due to his a remarkable track-record of work. He is an IPS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Former UP DGP to join Peace Party
Former Uttar Pradesh DGP Yashpal Singh is joining the Peace Party . Peace Party is part of an electoral front, Lok Kranti Morcha, headed by Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh .

CIL gets Maharatna status (UPDATED)
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has been conferred with coveted "Maharatna" status by the government for its outstanding achievements over the years.CIL's Chairman N.C. Jha received it at the hands of President Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil in Delhi on April 11, 2011.

CORPORATE

Why is ONGC Chairman not being announced?
A government panel had selected India's largest energy explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) director-offshore Sudhir Vasudeva to head the state-run company however the CVC clearance has got the government thinking once again.

Singhvi on Subex board
Subex Ltd has appointed Anil Singhvi, Chairman of Ican Investments Advisors Pvt Ltd, as an Independent Director on its board .Prior to establishing Ican Investments, Singhvi was an Advisor to Reliance ADA Group for about two years.

L&T starts search for next Chairman as J P Nayak retires
Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has begun search for the next Chairman of the company following retirement of J P Nayak on March 31, 2011.

Vissanji resigns as Director, Walchandnagar Industries Ltd
Ms. Arati H. Vissanji, has resigned as a Director on the board of directors of Walchandnagar Industries Limited w.e.f. April 5, 2011 due to her other responsibilities and commitments.

Kulkarni appointed Assistant Company Secy. Twilight Litaka Pharma Ltd
Nikhil Kulkarni has been appointed as Assistant Company Secretary of Twilight Litaka Pharma Ltd w.e.f April 11, 2011.

Slabber appointed Country Manager, India, South African Tourism Board
South African Tourism Board has appointed Hanneli Slabber as Country Manager, India .

Upputuru appointed Exec. Creative Director, Dentsu Marcom
The Dentsu India Group has appointed Titus Upputuru as Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Marcom.

Bose appointed Branch Head (North & East), Mudra Max
Mudra Max has appointed Anwesh Bose as its Branch Head ( North & East). Prior to this appointment, he was working with the Dentsu India Group as Chief Growth Officer (Media).

Ghiya appointed Whole-time Director, High Street Filatex Ltd
High Street Filatex Ltd has appointed Kamal Kishore Ghiya as Whole-time Director w.e.f. April 1, 2011 for a period of three years .

Bhatt ceases to be Director, State Bank of Travancore
Om Prakash Bhatt has ceased to be Director on the Board of the State Bank of Travancore with effect from April 1, 2011, consequent to his retirement from service as Chairman of State Bank Group.

Kapoor to join Board of CA Technologies
Rohit Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer , ExlService Holdings Inc has been elected to Board of Directors of CA Technologies with immediate effect.

FORUM

Corruption of private sectors and so called civil society

There is CBI and Anti Corruption Wings for Government Servants but no body is talking about corruption in big houses and Pvt Sectors. Alleged bribe taker A. Raja and his Secretaries are behind the bar but what about bribe givers like Ambani, Tatas who are still enjoying the status of honest persons and no Hajare, Kejriwal and Bedi are interested in bribe givers. Film stars, owners of electronic media channels are the greatest tax evaders but they come and talk about corruption on news channels and innocent people listen them carefully. Is there any agitation against these hidden snakes.

S K Singh

Prize Money

Abhinav Bindra won the first individual Gold Medal in Olympics for our Country and was rewarded Rs. One Crore, as prize money. Later on, after 26/11, there were mails and smss moving across the Country putting this amount vis-a -vis compensation to 26/11 soldiers/policemen. Now, after the Cricket World Cup victory, various Govts./ Organisations, are falling one over another to make our existing Crorepati Cricketers to make them bigger Crorepatis and same public is lapping it up. Suddenly, these few crores have No relevance to 26/11 Shahids and other Sportsmen.

How many of us are even aware about the amount of prize money paid to our medal winning Sports persons; Wrestlers, Boxers, Athletes, Shooters etc who also brought glory to the Country in Commonwealth, Asian, Olympic and respective World cup competitions? Most of us won't be even knowing the names of Medal winners in various disciplines.

And then we, the Public, only laments why a country of 130 crore population doesn't produce World Champions !!!! .

Ajay Chaudhry

What is his real 'Agenda"?

Some times back he had described students asking for permission to grow beard as 'Talibanisation'.

Ahmad

HUDCO is lucky

HUDCO is lucky to have Baligar as CMD- HUDCO.

Vipin Mahajan

Assam Governor camping in Orissa

The Governor of Assam camping in Orissa for the last 3 weeks to promote his son-in-law as the new PCC President ,all the while when Assam is in the middle of an election. God save Assam and Orissa and Congress ,if one were to have have leaders like this.

OIP

Corrupt officers don't bother for promotion

It is not correct to relate the higher promotion with property return. It should be made mandatory and linked with salary of January every year since the annual report is due in January. Corrupt officers do not bother for promotion.

RC

Campaign against civil society

In less than 24 hours, the propaganda machinery of the dirty tricks departments in collusion with embedded journos of the 2-G notoriety has become active. It is so frightened of the people that it has started quoting the constitution a la the D quoting the scriptures. The cause of their fright is an ordinary man called Anna Hazare: corruption can take care of such elements(!!!) very easily, perhaps with the same ease with which it has been carrying out operation loot and still continuing to remain the people's representative. They think others are prohibited from thinking. Opinions of constitutional experts are being aired, political leaders have hardened their views, party spokespersons have begun demolishing civil society concept and even members of the committee have started ridiculing the committee. All a grand design. There is no constitutional bar on any such committee(NAC has been questioned and that has angered many because there is no constitutional opinion on that). All "residual" powers vest in the Union of India (subjects that do not find a mention in any of the three lists viz; union list, state list & the concurrent list). Bills are, everyone knows, of only two types: government bill & Private Members' bill. Private member's bill is meant to be withdrawn or defeated and government bill to be passed. Same is going to be the case with the Lokpal Bill. Why then such a hue & cry? It is so for the reason of the rise of the people's power(nobody has forgotten Emergency), but more than that it is the explosion of anger of the English speaking educated class across caste, creed, province, gender, language or any other divisive political character, which has been effectively deployed so far by politicos as a weapon to break the society in consumable pieces. It is this emergence of the new generation of the youth, who belong to the global village and have asserted themselves for the first time. Politicians have fooled the Emotional India for long but fear the Thought leaders of the young India. And they are rightly apprehensive, for this change has already occurred. The new India asserts itself, it is able to read between the lines and stand up to the challenge posed by corruption in India. India without corruption ? Imagine such an India after another 20 years, when the old will get replaced by the young, educated, modern and tech savvy leaders delivering clean government! When corruption fears the law, all public services will get delivered as efficiently as in any advanced country, contrary to by the grace of corruption. Education, health, justice & employment will become available to all Indians equally as a matter of right of the citizen rather than a slave of some criminal, though elected person.

M L Gupta

Appoint IT Professional

A tech savvy IT Professional should be appointed instead of an IAS.

N V K Prabhakar

It is unfair

Comparing Sachin and Anna Hazareji and looking at a competition between the two un-equals is unfair. Neither Anna Hazare is obsessed with Bhrat Ratna nor is Sachin. Lets leave them alone.

Babu RVB

UPA will be at loss

The government is running around saving the face from all sides. It is a pity that inspite of many requests the government does not acts. There is a rumor that government wishes to save face by putting retirement age to 58 years or 62 years. The confusion prevails as the deciding bosses are somewhat whimsical. If it is not raised and implemented to 62 years than the reaction will be deep rooted and will cause UPA heavy causalities and deep trouble in the days to come. Old is gold but the limit is expiring. If it is not implemented, the entire lot goes with people who lead Hazare type agitations in the future and see who exists.

K Ramsumiran

Application fee in the name of Accounts Officer
The RTI application was returned by the CPIO citing the reason that the application fee of Rs. 10/- was not in favour of "Pay & Accounts Officer" of the Ministry. The Complainant stated that the IPO was in favour of "Accounts Officer" as per the DoPT circular F.10/9/2008-IR, dated 05/12/2008 and 02/09/2009. The CIC noted that the CPIO, in his reply, had not indicated the name and address of the First Appellate Authority before whom the first appeal could be filed by the complainant. While directing the CPIO to clarify the reasons for the same, the CIC also issued a show cause notice for imposition of penalty for not providing the information within the stipulated time frame.

Comments
Lack of awareness of the RTI Act makes the CPIO commit these kinds of follies. The CPIO should invariably indicate to the complainant the name and address of the First Appellate Authority, before whom an appeal can be filed. All payments in the name of the 'Accounts Officer' should be accepted.

[Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal vs. Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in CIC/DS/C/2010/000933].

- 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)