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

Aaj Ki Aawaz

This little Piggy sorry Diggy has metamorphosed into a wolf and is trying to blow down Civil Society's (CS) house!

The fire against ghoos khori that CS has lit by giving CS a bad name fire Diggy is trying to douse!!

He said Bhushan Father and son undervalued their Property to avoid Stamp Duty!!!

And his Boss Madam Sonia stood up and applauded 'this beauty'!!

When BJP is in a corner it paints Congress black so as to look white and Congress does the same!!!

So in the very same way both Congress and BJP Civil Society ko try karr rahe hai to shame!!

I had said that there is possibility that Congress has outsourced 'shame Civil Society' to Amar Singh!

And dutifully out a CD Amar Singh ne kiya bring!!

In the CD a voice that sounds like Shanti Bhushan's says ' a certain Judge can be bought'!!!

A voice test his son has sought!!

Take on scum and they'll hit back and to hit back they have no qualms about using any means!!!

They say 'crookedness' is in Amar Singh's genes!!

Amar Singh rejoicing in this momentary attention says ' who is this CD's Papa or Daddy'!!!!!

It's Papa Amar who is trying to be Sonia's 'caddy'!!!

Sonia is livid that the youth of India have made Anna their Icon!!!

She wants this mantel for her son!!

Netas will do everything possible so that Civil Society pe Public ho jaye rattle!!

Public stands solidly behind Anna and he should prepare for Drafting 'battle'!!!!!

Tharoor says Babies are focused ..... truth is Babies are easily distracted!!!

To anything and everything they get attracted!!

Tharoor's advise to Rahul Amul Baby..... take VS's Amul Baby barb as a compliment!!

And I'm sure by VS to Rahul as a compliment this Amul Baby barb was not sent!!

In an attempt to score brownie points Tharoor has just added more mirth!!!!

Tharoor should ask his Mom how many years it took him to get focussed after his birth!!

And just for Tharoor's info post Rahul's ' VS is old' remark VS's stock rose!!!

And went up more after he gave Rahul Amul Baby waala dose!!

In TN they say DMK will lose and Congress will face a wipe out!!!

And in WB Congress will win because of Mamtha without a doubt!!!

DMK's going to be kicked out....... and war in Karuna's family will 'explode' in Public domain!!!!

And Karuna will lock himself up and indoors he'll remain!!!

More out of necessity...... he does not want a repeat of what took place last time Jaya was in power!

Cops had come to arrest him at an odd Godly hour!!

Pawar's returned the swanky car that was his but came to him via Balwa!!!

To be driven in the swankiest cars Netas use this indirect ownership jalwa!!!!

From Lawasa to Food Grains scams to Telgi to 2 G ...... Pawar has done it all!!!

And beauty is investigators from knocking at his door he's been able to stall!!!

Pawar's made a killing on the Stock Market via the Mauritian rout!!!

Via P Notes he parked into Indian Stocks a part of his loot!!!

Confucius says...... Breaking News.... Pawar has found a way to take his ghoos yonder...... hell!

Seems to him a scam scheme 'way to send money yonder' someone's been able to sell'!!

Bharat Kumar
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Where from Ms. Mamata Banerjee enter assembly?
In case Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee reaches the Writers building as a Chief Minister of West Bengal then she is likely to seek
election from Dhakulia legislative assembly segment. Lieutenant Subrato Mukherjee is the lead representative of this seat who is also
one of the significant and one of the close associates of Ms. Banerjee.

Who will raze Adarsh ?
There is a trouble of sorts with razing scam ridden Adarsh society. The Maharshtra government is discussing whether its Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) or Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Mumbai that will raze the contentious structure. The entire project was approved by MCGM, while as planning authority MMRDA had granted commencement and occupation certificate to the society.

Maharashtra ministers a headache for Prithviraj Chavan
Ministers in cabinet of Maharashtra Chief Minister Pritiviraj Chavan are reportedly in no mood to listen to their fellow minister and adhere to any code of conduct. Most ministers in his new cabinet have not given the details of their assets and liabilities which were to be given within two months of being sworn in office. The Prithviraj Chavan cabinet has 29 cabinet ministers and 10 state ministers and only two ministers have adhered to the code of conduct on the declaration of assets.

Eight IPS officers retiring in April
As many as eight IPS officers are retiring in April. They are A.K.Sinha and Rajesh Kumar - Arunachal Pradesh, Joginder Kumar Khanna - Bihar, Sudhir Mohan - Haryana, Shashi Kumar Naik - Madhya Pradesh, Thugbemo Lotha - Nagaland, Malkiat Singh - Uttar Pradesh and Rajatava Bagchi - West Bengal.

IA & AS officer Singh transferred
Services of LS Singh (IA&AS-1994), Director, Ministry of Steel, New Delhi, on relief from his present duties, are placed at the disposal of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi for appointment to the post of Controller of Finance.

Ganapathy joins MHA in GoI
M A Ganapathy has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary Naxal anagement in the MHA on Friday . He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

( We said this on April 6 )

Mishra empanelled in GoI
B K Mishra has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

K K Sharma is new Advisor in Chandigarh
K K Sharma has taken over on Friday as Advisor to the Administrator of Chandigarh Administration.He is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Spolia is new PS Finance Delhi Government
D M Spolia has been appointed new Principal Secretary Finance Delhi Government. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre..
(We said this on April 6 )

Nutan Guha Biswas is new PS PWD Delhi Government
Nutan Guha Biswas has been appointed new Principal Secretary PWD in the Delhi Government.

Dharmendra Kumar is PS Revenue in Delhi Government
Dharmendra Kumar has been appointed new Principal Secretary Revenue Delhi Government .He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

Keshav Chandra gets additional charge in Delhi Government
Keshav Chandra has been given additional charge of Forests,Environment,Arts and Culture Department in the Delhi Government.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Sanjiv Dube will be Secretary PWD.Anamika Singh has been made Secretary Industrial Development.Himanshu Kumar will be Director (Administration) Health and medical Education.Ashish Kumar Goyal will be Director National Rural Health Mission ,Lucknow.

Dilip Trivedi ADG-ITBP on a tour to the US
Dilip Trivedi Additional Director General ITBP is on a week long official tour to the US. He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch who elongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

IA & AS officer M Karunanithi transferred
M Karunanithi, (IA&AS 2004), on repatriation to the department, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (C&RA), Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

Guruprasad does something unimaginable
Karnataka's DGP DV Guruprasad has, strangely enough, posted the details of all his assets straight on the public domain - on his Facebook page 'Dgphgff Karnataka'. This is, perhaps, the first time any police officer has put up on a public platform the details of the properties he owns. His assets, according to him, include a house built on 2,100 sqft land allotted in 1983 by the Bangalore Development Authority and constructed through loans from the state government and Metropolitan House Building Co-operative Society, his ancestral house in West Park Road built by his father DV Murthy on a 3,000 sq ft plot.

Pakistan : FIA senior Director closing in on PM's secretariat transferred
Hussain Ashgar, Senior Director in Pakistan's Federal Investigating Agency (FIA), has been transferred as IG Gilgit Baltistan. The transfer orders came rather abruptly as the officer started closing in on the PM's secretariat during investigation in the Haj scam. He had issued notice to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's son Qadir Gilani to join in investigations as there were strong reasons to suspect that Qadir had taken a luxurious bullet proof land cruiser jeep imported from Dubai as bribe in lieu of helping one Rao Shakeel to be appointed as DG Haj under whose stewardship the scam took place. Mr Zain Sukhera a family friend of the PM who was appointed as an officer in the PM's secretariat was also under the FIA officer's scanner. Lamenting the sudden and abrupt transfer of their Senior Director the team of investigators claimed, 'we were going to unmask more faces involved in the scam'.

Book written by IAS officer released in Haryana
Sumita Misra a Haryana cadre IAS officer, has come out with her first collection of poems titled "Life of a Light". The book was relased on Friday. She is 1990 batch officer.

IPS officer gets admission in Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
R.S. Praveen Kumar, has got admission to the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

Mrinal Pande re-appointed Chairperson of Prasar Bharti (UPDATED)
Mrinal Pande has been re-appointed Chairperson of the Prasar Bharati for another three years.Official announcement will be made next week.
(We said this on April 7 )

CORPORATE

Vipin Anand elevated as ED- Corporate Communication in LIC
Chief of Corporate Communication of LIC India Vipin Anand has been elevated as Executive Director - Corporate Communication Department of LIC India

Mendiratta is Chief of Personal Department in LIC
LIC India, Secretary Corporate Communication T R Mendiratta has been given a new role of Chief of Personal Department of LIC India.

Jose ahead in race for top slot of Coconut development Board
As the grapevine has it, T.K. Jose Managing Director (MD) Kerala Books & Publication Society (KB & PS) is poised to be new Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) Coconut development Board (CDB). Jose is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

3 claimants for top slot of Spice Board
There are two IAS officers of 1991 batch who are claimants for top Chairmanship of Spice Board.They are:G.Ashok of Andhra Pradesh cadre and Jayatilak of the Kerala cadre. Besides, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Kerala cadre is in fray for the post.

Maharashtra CM's crucial for MPT chief's slot
As the grapevine has it, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will have a say in deciding name of incumbent for the post of Chairman Mumbai Port Trust (MPT). It may be recalled that related committee had last month had short listed three candidates. They were: Rajeev Gupta Joint Secretary Shipping Ministry, Swadheen Khshatriya (1980, Maharashtra ), & Tom Jose (1984 ,Kerala).

Who is wiser of Ambani brothers?
Who is wiser of Ambani brothers? This question has been doing rounds ever since the Cricket World Cup 2011 got over. It was the Anil Ambani's group that was one of the corporate sponsors for the event. However, it was his elder brother Mukhesh Ambani along with his wife Ms. Neeta Ambani who got maximum visibility out of the event as they were present at many places during the tournament, while Anil Ambani was not present anywhere. Thus, in terms of visual publicity Mukesh Ambani, Chief of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), scored maximum runs.

Tussar to be promoted abroad by Jharkhand
Tussar silk of which Jharkhand is the biggest producer is going to promote it abroad in a very big way. This is the fall out of a recent tour by a high level team that Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda had led to Germany , early this month.Apart from this entrepreneurs who accompanied with Munda were enlightened about green technology in mining area, specially regarding coal mines.

Coal Minister to decide about de allocation of coal blocks
Indian Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal will take a call regarding de allocation of such coal blocks whose applicants had failed to submit their mining plans.

PESB invites applications for Bharat Dynamics Limited's Director (Finance)
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Dynamics Limited. It has sought a seniority-wise list of the names of candidates alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form) by May 23, 2011.

Scarecrow appoints Banerjee
Scarecrow Communications has roped in Anindya Banerjee to head its creative function in Delhi.

Mudra Max appoints Bose
Mudra Max recently appointed Anwesh Bose as its Branch Head, North & East. Prior to this appointment, Bose was with the Dentsu India Group as Chief Growth Officer - Media.

Ketchum acquires stake in Sampark PR
Ketchum, one of the world's largest global public relations consultancies, has acquired a majority stake in Sampark PR. This move, which follows recent acquisitions in Greater China and Russia, further expands the agency's global reach. Sampark PR was founded in 1994 by Bela Rajan and NS Rajan, who, as Director and Managing Director, will continue to lead the India business and will retain a significant holding in the agency going forward. It will henceforth operate as Ketchum Sampark.

MediaCom appoints Niti Kumar
MediaCom has appointed Niti Kumar as National Director - New Business and Insights based in Delhi.

South African Tourism appoints Hannel Slabberi
South African Tourism Board in India has announced the appointment of Hanneli Slabber as Country Manager, India for South African Tourism. Hanneli assumes responsibilities for all India operations for the tourism board from Evelyn Mahlaba, Acting Country Manager- India.

Adfactor appointed by Huawei
Much has been made about the entry of Chinese companies in Indian markets over security etc. Niira Radia episode notwithstanding Huawei the Chinese telecom company has appointed Adfactor PR to lobby its entry. The PR company will lobby with in Trade, and Telecom ministry, besides the PMO.

Infosys Technologies Board appoints Venkatesan as Addl. Director
The Board of Infosys Technologies Limited has appointed Ravi Venkatesan as an Additional Director of the company.

Infosys Technologies Board accepts resignation of Mohandas Pai
The Board of Infosys Technologies has accepted the resignation of its Director In-charge (HRD) T. V. Mohandas Pai.

Bora nominated as Part-time Non Official Director on UBI Board
Union Ministry of Finance has nominated Hiranya Bora, as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of United Bank of India (UBI) for a period of three years.

Hero Honda Board accepts resignation of two Non-Exec. directors
The Board of Hero Honda Motors Limited has approved the resignation of Yuji Shiga, Non-executive Director and Ms Shobhana Bhartia, Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company from the Board of Directors w.e.f April 13, 2011.

Inuma appointed Addl. Director, Hero Honda Motors
Hero Honda Motors Ltd has appointed Toshiyuki Inuma as an Additional Director in the category of Non-executive Director w.e.f. April 13, 2011.

Mishra resigns as Independent Dir. Gyscoal Alloys
Dharmendra Deo Mishra, Independent Director of Gyscoal Alloys Ltd has resigned from the Directorship of the Company w.e.f. April 15, 2011.

Kulkarni appointed Company Secy. Asian Electronics Ltd
Asian Electronics Ltd has appointed Charudatta A. Kulkarni as the Company Secretary .

Infosys Technologies Board to meet on April 30 to plan leadership succession
The Board of Infosys Technologies Ltd will meet on April 30, 2011, to finalize plans for the Company's leadership succession.

Sarabhai resigns as Director, ORG Informatics
Kartikeya V. Sarabhai has resigned as Director of ORG Informatics Ltd with effect from April 11, 2011.

FORUM

Anna has done is really remarkable

It is well known that majority of politicians and senior bureaucrats are making a lot of money. I think the follow up to Jan Lokpal Bill should be Administrative reform which is blocked by IAS lobby. All the money making and high profile posts have been cornered by them ignoring suitability and eligibility. Expose to CVC appointment should be an eye opener.

Is it not surprising that any Tom, Dick And Harry IAS officer is suitable for any technical and professional post despite being generalist and not a single professional is suitable for the post if it is of high profile in nature. What a sad story where merit has no meaning. DOPT must be cleaned first and must be manned by professionals not bureaucrats.

Mohan

Rule Of Law

Indian politicians and bureaucrats should take a lesson from USA in atleast one thing..the supremacy of RULE OF LAW. It spares no one..be it Nixon, Clinton or Chiefs of Army.. That has been critical to ensuring that politicians and bureaucrats remain relatively honest. The fight against corruption in India needs a similar approach. JLP will need to be as comprehensive as possible. No one denies that corruption exists and it needs to be fought on all fronts. Let us begin by fighting from top.

Vikas

Delhi High Court disposed off 30 Service matters by single order

Delhi High Court disposed off 30 Service matters, which were pending since 2002, by single order on 21.12.2010 on the ground that Counsel for the parties fairly stated that the controversy is covered by the decision rendered in WP(C) No. 6013/2010 Union of India Vs. Krishna Mohan Dixit and other connected matters decided on 8th October, 2010. By this order, Court held that downgraded ACRs should be communicated within 4 weeks to the concerned officer and he/ she shall submit reply within 2 weeks. The said matters covered downgraded ACRs for the period of 15 to 20 years. So Delhi High Court order needs to be reviewed in the light of Supreme Court in Dev Dutt vs Union of India (2008) 8 SCC 725 has categorically held that every entry in the ACR must be communicated to the public servant within "a reasonable period". It is submitted that the expression "reasonable period" has got its own importance. After the Judgment of Dev Dutt, the DoPT vide OM dated 14.5.2009 has issued instructions to communicate the overall grading after the Report is complete with the remarks of the Reviewing officer and the Accepting Authority. Thus the communication is to be done within 8 months. So communication after 15-20 years shall not serve the basic objective of communication i.e. opportunity for improvement in performance. Most importantly, the Judgment is not in order as it is not in line with the Hon'ble Supreme Court's three Judges bench order in the matter of Abhijit Ghosh Dastidar vs Union of India (2009) 16 SCC 146. Moreover, the above said 30 matters were not disposed off in the light of J.S.Garg case, with which the Writ Petitions were connected and made 'Sine die' in 2007 till the outcome of Civil Appeal No. 5319 of 2003 filed by Union of India against the Full Bench Judgment dated 16.8.2002 of Delhi High Court in the case of J.S. Garg (CWP No.350/2001 Union of India vs J.S. Garg). The Supreme Court' dismissed this appeal on 24.11.2009 relying on the judgment of Abhijit Ghosh Dastidar Vs. Union of India and held that Review DPC should be conducted after ignoring downgraded ACRs. The Supreme Court also disposed off R.K.Anand and Ranjana Kale cases in the light of Abhijit Ghosh Dastdar case and ordered for promotion after ignoring the downgraded ACRs.

Y. Mishra

What has IRS Association done till date?

The existence of IRS Association should be questioned! Simple question to the old and new office bearers...Do you guys have any vision for your cadre i.e. IRS? Let the new office bearers give a presentation as to what value add they will undertake in the immediate and distant future and how these initiatives will help the cadre?

Sandeep

IAS officers joining superannuation after private sector

Several IAS officers have after superannuation joined private sector with good perks etc. on random checks it was noticed several of these officers had come across these companies in their career in different capacities and for several reasons. Many of them after getting into these private companies have got raised their stakes in these companies,. after all it was pre mediated and pre meditated laundering .

Bagchi

Impact of WIC

Lot of thanks to sureshmehrotra.com for exposing various irregularities going on in NSSO (FOD) a subordinate office of Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, specifically unconstitutional appointment of more than 250 consultants in all over India for routine work. These kinds of appointments would definitely damage the national identity and reliability of NSSO (FOD). In an establishment, such kind of scandal is not possible without involvement of higher decision making officers directly or indirectly of Ministry.

The NSSO is known worldwide for collection of quality and accurate data for future policy formulation of the country by using highly technical persons available in the hierarchy and following the existing guidelines of DOP&T & Ministry of Finance.

The promotion prospect is not at all satisfactory for NSSO (FOD) officials. Again the appointment of consultants is nothing but pinching of salt in a wound. The Government is incurring unnecessary expenditure because ASOs who have already received higher grade pay and waiting for promotion should be promoted and be given the work of the consultant. Here not a single paisa will be spend not to say about Rs. 12000/- as the so called consultants are receiving today from NSSO (FOD). Appointments of consultants are destroying office decorum in day to day function in various manners. The matter should be enquired and culprits be punished.

S A Khan

Behaviour of Metro Officials

The behaviour of officials representing various governmental bodies is well known - discourteous, impatient and unfriendly - be in railways, airports, bus services, hospitals etc. The atrocious behavior of Metro officials at Karkardooma Station is not any different, for they have also the same polluted blood running into them. But what shocked all of us was that it happened at a time when Sreedharan is at the helm of the Delhi Metro. We expected the present CEO to ensure training to Metro officials at short intervals and not just once (as is the practice in other public dealing offices - one training for whole service career), so that they are updated with the traits to handle the public. Anyways whatever happened was very bad but worse is the Metro Management taking the issue lightly. Just suspending the two of the four officials involved; no action against CISF officials; no FIR; enquiries will follow etc. etc., same as is heard in any other public dealing organization. I hope, CEO of Delhi Metro would again remind his officials that Delhi Metro Corporation is not like any other public service office, it is certainly different. At least that is what the common people believe in. To regain the public trust, Delhi Metro should ensure that these guilty officials are brought to book and charged for 'murder' or 'causing grievous hurt' without further delay. Any injury that forces the patient to be kept in 'ICU' for more than 12 hours should be treated 'grievous' and those who cause such injury must be charged for 'murder'.

C.Singh

Is the job of the EC restricted to confiscating illegal cash ?

The blatant cash for votes reports from Tamil Nadu and EC's confiscation of crores of unaccounted cash there raises more questions than answers. Is the job of the EC restricted to confiscating illegal cash used for getting votes and announce it to the public or is it not their duty to follow up and derecognize political parties indulging in such corrupt practices? Does EC has no answer to the freebee culture other than shouting about it in the media.What ever it may be it is a sad day for our democracy that our EC has been reduced to the level of a scare crow.

N Krishnan

Don't raise retirement age

Instead check correct date of birth of officers working, either by verifying certificates issued by Municipalities or Panchayats. The employees who do not have birth certificates should be asked to undergo medical examination to verify age as most of the Govt. employees have shown less age.

Rameshwar Singh

Pay high salaries to check corruption

The way to reduce corruption is to pay high salaries to the Ministers. Let Cabinet ministers at the centre be paid Rs. 5 crore every year tax free and let Ministers of State at the centre be paid Rs 4 crore every year tax free. Let Chief Ministers be paid Rs 3.5 crore every year tax free and Cabinet ministers in state governments be paid Rs 3 crore every year tax free. Do not give them any perks except telephones and airline/ train travel. After that, nail every corrupt politician.

A K Singh

Don't raise retirement age

No need to raise the retirement age to 62. Now a days it is boring to work in a government. The government should not consider raising the retirement age.

Diana

News without any substance

The frequent 'breaking news' of the English Channels have become virtual 'breaking wind' without any substance.

Navnith

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)