Your team is doing excellent work.
Mohan Lal

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Bhushans are now Enemy Number One of Netas and so are under the scanner!!!

In Civil Society's plans to take on corruption Netas are trying to throw a spanner!!

Netas cannot attack Anna and Bedi so they are attacking Bushans and soon Kejriwal ki hai baari!!!

So between the Civil and Uncivil lot there's going to be words ki maara maari!!!

Now it's been revealed Maya allotted Bhushans land!!!

Now in another controversy Baap Beta ho gaye hai land!!

Netas allege that from Maya Bhushans took the land as ghoos!!

Basically on Bhushans by Netas 'hounds have been set loose'!!!!

Bhushans say they fought and are fighting cases against UP Sarkaar 'tooth and nail'!!!!

But now with ' Bhushans should have known better' Bhushans ko Netas are trying to nail!!

It's being said ' Bhushans being corruption fighters Maya's fixed allotment karte refuse'!!!!

Said .....either auction the plots or karro hum ko allotment se 'recuse'!!!!

Basically Netas want the five from Civil Society to be 'pristine clean'!!!!

However there is no problem with the Uncivil lot who most Indians feel are 'thoroughly unclean'!!

How come HT attracts the scum Jounros.... Vir and Vinod Sharma????

If you read Sharma's articles or seen him or TV Talk Shows you would agree standing up for Congress is his Dharma!!

Imagine this Congress Bhagat got the Bhushan CDs analysed from a Government Lab in ½ a day!!!!

His argument is 'where there is will there is a way'!!!

From when have Government Labs started working for Journos and at such lightening speed!

Or maybe some Sarkaar's order on Sharma's request Lab did heed!!

Of course Congress Bhagat Sharma refuses to reveal this Lab's name!!!

And this itself makes his claim lame!!

Amar says he's not the Papa of the CD but fact is CD is his child!!!!!!

And whenever he's caught Amar is habituated to go wild!!!

He'll make threats and wild allegations...... vintage Amar!!

Seems Amar is going to be very busy this summer!!

You must be wondering how Sonia gets Amar to do the needful time and again!!!

More so because after each job he's lost out and Congress has been able to gain!!

That's because Sonia keeps him at two arm's length but in 'calling' proximity or distance!!!!

Yes herself from him she keeps a very very safe distance!!

She remains in touch with him via someone in Congress who does matter!!!

Last time it was Mohna and this time its Diggy who is on Her Majesty's Service to 'twist and tatter'!!!

And Amar's 'chotta motta' jobs that he wants to be done are done!!!!!

And this is how by Sonia Amar has been won (over)!!!

Congress does not want Sonia to dignify Hazare's missive with a response!!!!

Or maybe after receiving Hazare's missive this was Sonia's response!!

And what Madam says is like law for her minions!!!

Then they do not even air their opinions!

They say Madam may go in for a NAC revamp!!!!!

Because quite a few of her NAC Members ' have shown they belong to Anna's camp'!!!

They are doing so because in their domain now it is fashionable to be on Anna's side!!!!!

Even in taking the right side this lot takes people for a ride!!

Madam is surrounded by Jhola Waalas...... the selfish kind!!!!!

The committed selfless ones in Anna's camp you will find!!!

Medha types..... who are selfless..........though she's got her own take on Development!!!

As per Medha 'to benefit the rich at the cost of the poor is how Development is being bent'!!

Sharad Pawar's Goenka connection is revealed from his nephew being implicated in land a rip-off!!!!!

Ajit Pawar is a shareholder of the beneficiary Company of which Goenka is a Director.....EC too will scoff!!!

Because in his Affidavit to EC Ajit made no mention of these shares..... now how will he get off the hook!!!!

Because as per law for misleading ho saktha hai Ajit Pawar book!!

By the way Goenka is the same guy who is Balwa's 'pal' and his partner too in the 2 G chori!!!!!!

Now let's see Pawar 'spins what yarn or story'??????

Confucius says....... Pawar is seems is now a 'self detonating' kind of bomb!!!!!!!

And now this Doctorate in Ghoos is losing his seena jorri 'aplomb'!!!!

Flash..... inflation is going to rocket again!!!!!

Get ready for high prices pain!!!

Montek Uncle Sam's dear bhanjaa!!!!

On GDP is 'lapetoing 9.5 % manjaa' (fibbing)!!!

UPA is Unlimited Panwati (curse) Alliance....... kabhi mille gi iss panwati Sarkaar se chutkaara?????

Till that time we have to bear UPA as there is no chaara!!!

Madam has responded to Hazare's letter saying ' I do no encourage smear campaigns'!!!

Read between the lines ' I do not discourage when my minions to please me take pains'!!

And what Kapil and Diggy are doing without a doubt would please her no end!!!

She gets the credit from the Neta fraternity ' attack on us Madam karr rahi hai fend'!!!

And by the looks of it by Netas their objected is being achieved!!!

From the Draft Committee seems Bhushans will request till their innocence is proved they be relieved!!!

What rule is applied to Netas should be applied to Draft Committee members too!!!

Now let us see what Bhushans do????

Though Netas try their best not to abide by this rule!!!!

But those fighting for propriety kaise karr sakthe hai propriety ko fool????

I feel now Bedi should come on to the Panel.....in this Panel CJI should represent the Judiciary!!!

CJI is Judiciary's 'fiduciary'!

Though Amar Singh has proposed Jethmalani's name... Jethu should sue Amar Singh!!

By Amar recommending him Jethu should say on his a bad name this would bring!!

Pawar has demanded Bharat Ratna for Tendu for his contribution to Indian cricket!!

And now he'll demand a Bharat Ratna for Amar Singh for putting Bhushans on a sticky wicket!

Bharat Kumar
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Will Chandrasekhar be new Ambassador to US ?
Will history be repeated and Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar succeed Nirupama Rao as Indian Ambassador to US. Chandrasekhar is 1970 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre. Late P K Kaul who was Cabinet Secretary had also been Indian Ambassador to the United States.

Sanjeev Handa in the reckoning for Chairman Railway Board
Sanjeev Handa is in the reckoning for the post of Chairman Railway Board. Presently, he is Member-Mechanical in Railway Board.

Will Gireesh Pradhan be Secretary Heavy Industries ?
Now the name of Gireesh Pradhan has started doing the round for the post of Secretary heavy Industries. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. Minister Heavy Industries Prafulla Patel also hails from Maharashtra.The name of Shekhar Agarwal presently Special Secretary Ministry of Defence is also in circulation. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

2 TN IAS officers in run for Secretary, Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals
As the grapevine has it names of two IAS officers belonging to the Tamil Nadu cadre officers are in fray for the post of Secretary in the Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals.

Justice Alam to move to SC ?
Name of Justice Syed Rafat Alam Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has started doing the round for the Supreme Court of India.

ACC approves appointment of Kapil Dev Tripathi
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Kapil Dev Tripathi, IAS (AM:80), presently in the cadre as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Atul Chaturvedi appointed Principal Adviser in Cabinet Secretariat
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Atul Chaturvedi, IAS (UP:74) (Retd.), as Principal Adviser in the Cabinet Secretariat, on contract basis, for a period of three months.

Interviews for CMDs of banks held
Interviews of all 18 senior bankers for filling up Eight vacancies of CMDs that are going arise in the year 2011-12 were held on April 20, 2011.All candidates claim that their interviews went very well. However, 12 candidates figure in the list that was taken to Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee by S K Sharma Secretary of Financial Services i.e. Banking on Wednesday.

Ms. Sonali Giri's cadre changed to Punjab
Orders regarding inter-cadre transfer of Ms. Sonali Giri from Gujarat to Punjab on marriage grounds have been issued. She is an IAS officer of 2009 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre. She is married to Vipul Ujjwal who is also an IAS officer of Punjab cadre from the 2009batch.

K. Mohan Das gets additional charge of Tourism
K. Mohan Das who on central deputation is Secretary Shipping has been assigned with an additional charge of Secretary Tourism for two weeks. He is an IAS officer of 1974 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Sunil Kumar to return Chhattisgarh in June
Additional Secretary Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD in the Government of India Sunil Kumar is returning to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre in June after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

3 IPS officers to be inducted as hardcore officers in IB
As many as three IPS officers who are on deputation to the Intelligence Bureau (IB) will shortly be inducted as hardcore officers in the IB.

Shrikant Jadhav yet to join BCAS
Shrikant Jadhav who was appointed as Additional Commissioner Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is yet to join. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Commerce Ministry scraps panel for Joint Secretaries
As the grapevine has it the panel of five candidates for two posts of Joint Secretaries in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under the Ministry of Commerce sent by DoPT has been scrapped by Commerce Ministry. In the panel there were four IAS officers and one officer of Audit and Accounts.

Technocrats to be considered for NHAI Chairman's post
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry may also consider technocrats for the post of NHAI Chairman. The Minister is contemplating to discuss the matter with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh before taking a final call in this matter. The change of mind has come looking into the feedback from the people that technocrats should also be considered for the coveted post. The current rules, however, allow only secretaries to be considered for the post.

Pandey gets extension in tenure
IG in the SPG S K Pandey has been granted three months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Will Anil Swarup move to RD ?
Joint Secretary Labour in the Government of India, Anil Swarup, is likely to move to the Department of the Rural Development. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

GSI promotes 400 officers
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has promoted 400 officers including to that at the Director level.

K S Mehra gets Secretary's pay -scale
K S Mehra , Commissioner MCD, has been given Secretary Grade (Rs 80,000 ) fixed. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

S.N Sawat elevated as IG, CRPF
S.N Sawat, DIG, CRPF, Lucknow has been promoted as IG, CRPF, Orissa in place of Nageswar Rao IPS, CRPF. Official orders regarding this have been issued by the Central Government. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Anand Kumar to be CSO, NTPC
Anand Kumar is poised to be Chief Security Officer (CSO), NTPC, in Ministry of Power. Presently, he is Secretary Home with the UP Government .Official orders will be issued within a day or two. Kumar is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

IAS postings in Delhi Government
Anshu Prakash has been appointed Secretary Health.Rajendra Kumar will now be new Sales Tax Commissioner.

M.K Gupta debarred by GoI
M.K Gupta had failed to join as Director; Ministry of Textile on central deputation has now been debarred for five years as far as central deputation was concerned. He is an IPSE officer of 1984 batch.

Pradeep Michael Lal resumes his duty
Pradeep Michael Lal, Director,Ministry of Consumer Affairs Government of India . He was out for nine months for Apppa course. He has now joined his previous duties for the remaining tenure. He is an IPoS officers1989 batch.

S M Khan is now DG (News) DD
S M Khan will be new DG (News) Doordarshan .He is 1982 batch Indian Information Service Officer.

G Ganeshan to replace Khan in PIB
DG (News) DD G Ganeshan will replace S M Khan in the PIB as DG (Administration). He is 1982 batch IIS officer.

Rajiv Jain to move to DAVP
Rajiv Jain is moving to the DAVP from the PIB. He is 1991 batch Indian information Service Officer.

30 IIS Officers cleared in DPC for JAG
About 30 Indian Information Service Officers belonging to 1998,1998 and 2000 batch have been cleared for JAG. The DPC which met in the UPSC on Tuesday has cleared the names.

Candidates for new MD, MRVC yet to be short listed
Candidates for new Managing Director (MD) of the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) are yet to be short listed. There are five applicants from the Railway department.

Kaza Sudhakar soon to be relieved by RBI
Kaza Sudhakar who is tipped to be an Executive Director (ED) with the National Housing Bank (NHB) is expected to be relieved soon. Presently he is a Chief General Manager (CGM) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Army Chief accused of biased attitude
If Maj Gen TS Handa is to be believed, he was not considered for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General because of the biased attitude of Gen VK Singh - first as the Eastern Army Commander and later as the Army Chief. "I was awarded a "displeasure" by Gen Singh in 2008 and given "lukewarm" annual confidential reports (ACRs) in contrary to his earlier profile and his performance for the said period", Handa said in his petition that came up for hearing before the Armed Forces Tribunal the other day.

B.K. Dube posted as PMG, Ahmedabad
B.K. Dube who so far was on leave has become Post Master General (PMG), Ahmedabad.

D.V. Prasad in race for slot of DG, NIFT
As the grapevine has it, D.V. Prasad is in race for the post of Director General (DG) of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) under the Ministry of Textiles that has been lying vacant for a pretty long time. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to Karnataka cadre.

Pakistan : Bill to bar dual nationality and foreign bank account holders from Parliament
According to two private members bills - one of the two introduced by an ex MOS (Law) - introduced in the Pakistan National Assembly (NA) an individual holding dual nationality or holding a foreign bank account, holding shares in a foreign company or holding position in management of a foreign company is to be barred from any public office including membership of the country's parliament. The disqualification is to apply even in cases where the spouse or any member of the family or any dependent of the aspirant too suffers from the proposed disqualifications.

UP CM's office preparing a roster for 'Bada Babus'
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati having asked senior bureaucrats to visit villages twice a month, her office is now preparing a roster for 'Bada Babus' which would carry details of their inspection tours. It will have all the details of the officials who will go to different districts, the date of their visit and the number of days they will stay there.

Top 10 bureaucrats of Haryana CM, Bhupinder Singh Hooda
( a) Chhatar Singh

(b ) K.K. Khandelwal

(c ) Yudhvir Singh Malik

(d) Rajiv Arora

(e) Ms. Jyoti Arora

(f) S.S. Dhillon

(g) T .C. Gupta

(i) R. S. Doon

(j) P.V. Rathi-DGP

(k) K. K. Jajan

IAS changes in Orissa
Roopa Roshan Sahu will be new Collector of Sundergarh.A K Pani has been made Collector Bhadrakh.K C Patra has been moved to the Academy of Administration.Janki Ballav Mishra will now be Collector Nupada.Shalini Pandit has been appointed Additional Secretary GAD.

Nitish Kumar reviewing departments' working
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is reviewing working of different departments on April 21, 2011. Its a day long exercise. Ministers and Secretaries are attending the same.

Gujarat IAS officers association hosting a lecture
The Gujarat officers association of which president and secretary are V. N. Maira and K. Srinivas respectively, is organising a lecture in Ahmedabad on April 21, 2011. Former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramanim will speak on "Sardar Patel and his idea of Indian Administration". It will be held AMA hall from 6 pm.

Hamid Ali is new Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (UPDATED)
Hamid Ali Rao will be new Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.1981 batch IFS officer Hamid Ali is son of late Madhya Pradesh Governor Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan.

Bharti appointed Indian Ambassador to Belarus (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Bharti, Joint Secretary at MEA headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Belarus.

K.Vaiphei to go to Manipur-Tripura cadre (UPDATED)
K.Vaiphei IG SAF (Operations & training) in Madhya Pradesh is going on a two year inter cadre deputation to Manipur-Tripura cadre.He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Atheeq appointed JS in PMO (UPDATED)
Director in the PMO LK Atheeq has been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary in Prime Minister's Office .He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on April 19 )

Buhril is new PGE in GoI (UPDATED)
Ruolkhumlien Buhril has been appointed as Protector General of Emigrants (Joint Secretary level) in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

AP Govt repatriates IAS officer on inter-cadre deputation to Karnataka (UPDATED)
The Andhra Pradesh government, in pursuance of the orders of the AP High Court has repatriated Mrs. K. Ratna Prabha to her parent cadre, Karnataka. Mrs Ratna Prabha who was on inter-cadre deputation was posted as Principal Secretarty, Information Tec hnology & Communications, Govt of AP. She is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to Karnataka cadre.

Ajay Mishra gets additional charge of PS, ICT, AP (UPDATED)
The AP government has entrusted Ajay Mishra Principal Secretary, Infrastructure and Investment department with the additional charge of Principal Secretarty, Information Tec hnology & Communications in place of Mrs. Ratna Prabha. Mishra is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who hails from AP cadre.

AP Govt extends CCF, B.K. Singh's deputation term for one year (UPDATED)
The Andhra Pradesh government has extended the deputation term of B.K. Singh Chief Conservator of Forests/Regional Manager, A.P. Foresh Development Officer, Nellore for a period of one year uptol March 31, 2012.
Decision about BSNL, MTNL? (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it a top level meeting for finalisation of chiefs of BSNL, MTNL is going to take place at 6 pm on April 21, 2011.The meeting will be chaired by Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar and others.

DEBATE
Does ACC system have its relevance for all posts?
Does the ACC system has its relevance as far as appointment of incumbents for all posts was concerned? It is time consuming. Under the system it is examined at each level and in every Ministry there are at least six levels. Broadly speaking it goes from concerning Ministry to DoPT Ministry, then to cabinet secretariat and then to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).Finally it goes to the PMO. It is extremely time consuming .In the wake of this please give your valuable views to us.
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Born again CPSEs
The Board of Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSEs) has described as many as 11 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) as "born again". Reason - these companies running into heavy losses have bounced back by showing profits for the past three consecutive years. They include Ranchi-based Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), BBJ Construction Company, Bharat Pumps and Compressors, Braithwaite and Company, Bridge and Roof Co, Cement Corporation of India, Central Electronics, Hindustan Insecticides, Mecon, Mineral Exploration Corporation and State Farms Corporation of India.

Madan Mohan to be Director (Finance ) SPML !
Madan Mohan is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation Ltd.Madan Mohan an ICAS 1986 batch was Director Finance in the company. He has been interviewed for the next term on 18th April and is likely to be re-appointed soon.

EDs of PSU banks to be interviewed on April 20, 2011
The Government of India (GOI) has called senior bankers for interviews for their elevation from Executive Directors (EDs) to Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) of different public sector banks. They are: Debabrata Sarkar Allahbad Bank, Ajay Kumar and N. R. Badrinarayanan -both UCO Bank, Ms. V.R. Iyer and Rajiv Kishore Dubey -both Central Bank of India, Anil Bansal and Ms. Nupur Mitra -both Indian Overseas Bank, Ms Shubhalakshmi Panse Vijaya Bank, S L Bansal United Bank, S.S. Mundra Union Bank of India, P K Anand Punjab & Sind Bank, B.A. Prabhakar Bank of India ,M.V.Tanksale Punjab National Bank(PNB), A. K. Dutt Dena Bank , M.G. Sanghvi Bank of Maharashtra ,Narendra Singh Corporation Bank and N.K. Maini Deputy Managing Director of SIDBI. Of them selected candidates will be appointed CMDs of following Eight banks: Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, Andhra Bank, Syndicate Bank, OBC, Bank of Maharashtra and Union Bank of India .

Saumil Jayant Sheth appointed Investment Advisor, Swiss Private Bank
Saumil Jayant Sheth has been appointed as an investment adviser in Swiss Private Bank.

Rakesh Singh is Head, HDFC's investment banking outfit
HDFC Bank has roped in Rakesh Singh - who was earlier managing director and cu-head (financing advisory) at Rothschild. HDFC - to head its investment banking outfit. Singh has remained as managing director with Morgan Stanley and has also remained director and head (debt capital markets), Merrill Lynch, and director and head (debt capital markets), Standard Chartered Bank.

Next International Monetary Fund chief could be non-European
An Indian or a Chinese could be the next chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), British Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated IMF chiefs are by convention from European countries. But Brown said that the IMF be led by someone "extraordinarily competent" and suggested that the next IMF head could come from "another part of the world", such as China or India. The UK and other major economies, however, have an effective veto on this appointment.

CBI to file chargesheet against former Nalco chairman soon
The CBI is all set to file a chargesheet, by April 26, against former Nalco chairman Abhay Kumar Srivastava, arrested for allegedly taking bribes. .

Dentsu India President Rajesh Aggarwal quits
Rajesh Aggarwal, President, Dentsu India, has after eight years stint with the company has put in his papers. He is one of the Founder members of the Company.

Raina quits Dentsu Communications
Ruchira Raina, MD, Dentsu Communications, has put in his papers.

Gullu Sen quits Dentsu India
Gullu Sen, Executive Vice Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu India, has quit the company.

Nitin Suri quits Dentsu Marcom).
Nitin Suri , NCD, Dentsu Marcom, has quit the company.

Balram appointed Director, Asianet News
Renowned senior journalist HS Balram, who has journalistic experience of nearly four decades, has been appointed as Director Asianet News Pvt Ltd. He will also be looking after Suvarna News.
Rajeev Bhandari promoted as COO, Radio One
Rajeev Bhandari, National Sales Head of Radio One, has been promoted as COO. He will, thus, now be the Business Head of Radio One.

Rajesh Ranjan is Delhi Station Director, Radio One
Rajesh Ranjan has been made Station Director of Delhi, Radio One

Eathesham is Kolkata Station Director, Radio One
Eathesham Azam has been made Station Director of Kolkata, Radio One.

Sequeira is Retail Sales National Head at Radio One
Arun Sequeira has been promoted as National Head, Retail Sales, of Radio One

Sehgal is Corporate Sales National Head at Radio One
Saurabh S ehgal has now been promoted as National Head, Corporate Sales, at Radio One.

Srinivasan appointed Addl. Director, HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies Ltd has appointed R Srinivasan as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. April 19, 2011.

Kapoor resigns as Company Secy. Pearl Polymers Ltd
Naresh Kapoor, Company Secretary of Pearl Polymers Ltd has resigned w.e.f. April 15, 2011.

Aggarwal to resign as President, Dentsu India?
Rajesh Aggarwal, President, Dentsu India, has decided to put in his papers.

Balram on Asianet News Board of Directors
Senior journalist HS Balram has been appointed as Director at Asianet News Pvt who will also be in-charge of Suvarna News.

Vijaykumar elevated as VP (Emerging Market Solutions), Wipro
Wipro has elevated I Vijaykumar, Chief Technology Officer of IT business as Vice-president ( Emerging Market Solutions ).

Srivastava to be Senior VP & CTO at Wipro
Dr Anurag Srivastava will take over the role of Vijaykumar as the Chief Technology Officer ( CTO ) besides being the Senior Vice-president (IT Business) at Wipro .

Bellani appointed CEO, Saviance Technologies
Saviance Technologies has appointed Kaushik Bellani as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) .

Singh appointed Head (Investment Banking), HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank has appointed Rakesh Singh as Head (Investment Banking) .

Cimmco Birla Ltd appoints addl. directors
Cimmco Birla Limited has appointed D. N. Davar, Jamil Ashraf and Dr. G. B. Rao as Additional (Independent) Directors of the Company with effect from March 31, 2011.

Mohan to be officiating CFO, Cimmco Birla Ltd
Dr. Vinay Mohan, Executive Director (Corporate Affairs) (Designated) at Cimmco Birla Ltd has been given additional change as officiating Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company with effect from March 31, 2011.

Rekhi no longer MD, United Spirits Ltd
V.K.Rekhi has ceased to be the Managing Director of United Spirits Ltd with effect from April 19, 2011, consequent upon the expiry of the period of his office as Managing Director of the Company.

Who will be new Jute Commissioner ?
Who will be new Jute Commissioner ?.1986 batch IPS officer Kuldip Singh and 1983 batch IPS officer A.K.Maliwal - both from the West Bengal Cadre - are reportedly battling tough to win the Post of Jute Commissioner, an important assignment in GoI, at Kolkata. Let's see who is going to be the winner.

FORUM

DoPT should issue guidelines on downgraded ACRs

Natural justice demands that the officers who had been graded below the Benchmark without providing opportunity to represent need to be protected. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Dev Dutt's case held that overall grading should be communicated but within a "reasonable time". Accordingly, the DoPT vide OM dated 14.5.2009 issued instructions to the Ministries/ Departments to communicate the overall grading of the APAR after it is reviewed by the Reviewing officer and accepted by the competent Authority. Thus the communication is to be done within 6-8 months.

The DoPT order is effective from 2009-10 onwards. But what about the downgraded ACRs which are old by 10-15 years and not communicated at the relevant time. Communication of such ACRs at this stage shall not serve any purpose. The basic objective of communication is to give opportunity to the officer concerned to represent and most importantly to provide opportunity to improve the performance in future in the interest of the organisation. That is the reason Hon'ble Supreme Court in its recent orders held in the cases of Abhijit Ghosh Dastidar (three judges order), R.K. Anand, J.S. Garg and Ranjana Kale that review DPC should be conducted ignoring the downgraded ACRs. In view of the recent judgments, DoPT should issue guidelines for the DPC to consider the promotion of such officers ignoring downgraded ACRs.

V.Kumar

Transparency in transfers can check corruption

Corruption could be effectively reduced by transparency and 0% deviation in transfer and posting policy in all the departments. The authority responsible for transfer and postings should be made directly responsible for violation of policy. This would reduce money power, recommendations and buttering for getting prime postings.

Aman

People discuss corruption, bureaucracy not affected

While the whole country is discussing corruption like never before but there is little or no impact on bureaucracy of all this. I found the attitude of 'I care a damn' still very much prevalent in most senior bureaucrats and the 'nanga nach' of corruption is going unabated. I also find it difficult to fight with the system because the system has been so designed that it favours only the corrupt and powerful. If one is ready to live with a compromised career, sullied reputation and frustration then only one should take panga with the powerful bureaucracy which has mastered the art of 'how to harass or sideline an honest' officer. I in person also tried to find out from CVC whether a whistleblower would have any protection if the culprits are senior bureaucrats the answer was that 'risk is entirely yours'. How does one live in this system without being totally suffocated?

MB

Corruption in Offices

I am a strict pleader for the Lokpal Bill having a functional mechanism for dealing with the victimisation of honest, straightforward but devoted & efficient ones ( including Sr Executive rank officers / Sr officers in Government setup )at the hands of dishonest Sr Officers and the Top Management of govt. Organisation/ Deptts. It is happening everywhere and victims have no where to go for justice. I call this "Official Terrorism" or "Office by Terror" where Act & Rules are blatantly misinterpreted to save the corrupt ones. In such a situation, one can't move Courts as it involves huge cost that is very difficult to bear by any such victim, very long time to see the end of the proceedings and most discouraging factor-further victimisation by the office in so many different ways like giving bad Annual Appraisal Report, No further promotion, bad & frequent posting and transfers to tough centres etc. While Lokpal will be expected to oversee corruption at very high level, a provision could be made in the bill to cover such "Office by Terror" cases. If data on this are collected, I am sure the number shall be in lakhs and one can assume the level of corruption and the number of human resource so harassed, their morale, their sufferings in silence, bearing all kinds of excesses etc,. It adversely affects the national productivity. Therefore, people from every corner could raise this issue also to create an honest & effective office culture that should impact positively the working with the people at large.

Dr S N Pandey

Can we trust you, our scientists?

On nuclear energy projects, people do not trust their leaders. Can our scientists, who alone can legitimately bare all before the people, muster courage to speak the truth and nothing but the truth? They can give a comprehensive status report for people to evaluate the pros & cons before voicing any opinion. Some issues that come to mind and are definitely not included in any DPR(Detailed Project Report) are:- 1) what is the opinion of the world scientific community on disposal of nuclear waste?(Small Is Beautiful by Schumakar also be referred);2) what is the life of the plant beyond 60 years? 3) what investment is needed once the life span of the plant is spent? 4) Will India remain dependent for nuclear fuel on foreign countries for only 25 years(period planted news stories hold out in the name of Areva-the French company); 5)Can we hope for supply of fuel at reasonable price by the French after the expiry of the 25 years for the remaining life of the project i.e. another 35 years? 6)can we not save the 10000 MW power of T & D (transmission & distribution losses)losses and rampant power theft by unscrupulous politicians, bureaucrats and business persons?; 7) who is going to benefit from this nuclear energy? the aam aadmi? the Indian businesses or the foreign importers, who are shifting hazardous operations to hungry but corrupt to the core countries in the developing world? 8)what mechanism for "effluent" disposal/treatment is going to be put in place? Is it adequate to protect human, animal & plant life and environment? 9)What is the harm in taking the people into confidence when their safety is at stake, Bhopal type disasters occur without any succour to the sufferers, Fukushima cautions us, Chernobyl and USA n-plant experience educates us? Or we are determined to learn our lessons only from the European countries, who will set the guidelines for the world in the next two decades? Wake up, dear scientists, and reveal the truth to us. You owe it to the Nation !

M L Gupta

Was Army Chief underage when he appeared for entrance exam ?

Apropos reports of fudging of date of birth by the Army Chief General V K Singh, one feels that if the correct date of birth of Gen V K Singh is May 10,1951 as contended by the Law Ministry as well as the general himself, Gen VK Singh was most probably not eligible, being under age for appearing in the NDA Exam in 1965. UPSC needs to examine the issue and clarify. It appears that wrong date was entered in the application form for NDA with the aim to make him eligible for the exam. Keeping in view the consequences of inaction, there is an urgent need for the government to take decisive action not only against the beneficiary(ies) of fudging but also against those who have allowed it to happen and kept the matter lingering on for decades..

Observer

Killing corruption in one go

Instead of Lok Pal we should instead be focussing ourselves on Right to (Administrative) Service. It will ensure that service by government servants, which is a due right of each citizen, is provided in the desired form and in the desired time frame. It will kill corruption in one go!

Nitu

Action taken report following an audit

The Appellant wanted to know about the disciplinary action taken in the matter of certain irregularities detected by the auditors during the audit of a particular Branch of the Bank. The denial of information without any reason by the CPIO was upheld by the First Appellate Authority. The CIC directed the CPIO to provide the photocopies of the relevant records and documents relating to any departmental action taken against officers and staff members of the Bank following the said audit. If no action had been taken against anyone in this matter, the same was to be informed. The CPIO was let
off without any penalty as the Respondent submitted that it was because of plain misunderstanding on his part.

Comments

All PIO's must note that no information can be denied merely at their discretion. Every decision to deny any information must be backed by very clear arguments and supported by specific provisions of Section 8 of the RTI Act. Otherwise, such decision could be interpreted as plain denial of information and penalised u/s 20(1) of the RTI Act.

[Shri Ashok Kumar Dwivedi v. Etawah Kshetriya Gramin Bank in CIC/SM/A/2010/000953]

- 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)