It is very impressive and a lot of bureaucrats and senior bankers often visit your site.
Anil Kumar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Why was Kanimozi's name kept out of the 2 G Charge Sheet????

That is because DMK's request Congress did meet!!

It is election time in TN and Kanimozi's name would hurt the DMK!!!

So DMK asked Congress on the impending Charge Sheet ' Don't Mention Kanimozhi' or DMK!

This DMK's DMK request and Congress's helping out should show you how CBI is controlled!!!

Her name should have been included would be the response if privately the responsible CBI Officers are polled!

In an interview she shows as if the loan was a pure business one!!!

And she says once they realized Balwa's involvement the 'loan was undone'!!

Fact is these dolts did not expect this to come to light!!!

They thought their chori 'was watertight'!!

Now in TN Independent candidates are offering Nano cars!!!

And as usual all Parties are promising the electorate 'stars'!!

What irony.... the TN electorate saw DMK's chori on the TV sets DMK gifted last election!!

And this time DMK has purposely for free distribution 'laptops' as its selection!!

Via the laptops they want the electorate to keep themselves abreast of Amma's scandals!!

They expect in the next 5 years she's going to add to her wardrobe 5000 saris and 1000 sandals!

Out of his domain.....Anil has forgotten his Dad's cardinal rule!!!!

Use the holes and differing interpretations as your 'law circumventing' tool!!

Do not flout the law by making your own set of rules!!!

Raja did this and now in the Jail his heel's he cools!!!

Inventing rules was in Papa Ambani's book a 'no no'!!!

If he were alive down this road Anil would not have been allowed to go!!

Sonia Gandhi joined the Public outside 10 Janpath to celebrate India's win!!!

She's realized cricket is a religion here and she's using cricket so that back into our favor she can wiggle in!!!

Did you ever hear in the past of her being so interested in cricket?????
Her interest in cricket is 'forced' as she finds herself on a sticky wicket!!

First Tax Exemption dole to the super rich ICC and now cash awards to Cricket Team!!

If you have to get dole in India you have to be super rich it does seem!!

Or do the awarders of these cash awards feel only money awards matter to the Indian Team????

Do they feel non material awards will in the mouths of the awardees taste like neem????

Award them specially designed gold medals and let President, Mohna or Sonia award them these!!

This cash and real estate awards epidemic should now cease!!

Confucius says...... giving the super rich is like giving dole to a Amrinder Singh or Scindia!!!!

And sadly this is the practice followed in India!!

Adds.... rather than giving money to super rich Tendulkar spend money on nurturing more Tendulkars!!

And they know where to nurture future Tendulkars and Gavaskars!!!

Tailpiece: India won the World Cup so congrats a tonne!

Now get cricket off your mann (mind)!!!

And now get all those pending jobs done,

Because very soon to IPL your mann will run!!

Bharat Kumar

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Will a woman succeed Chandra Sekhar ?
Will a woman become Cabinet Secretary for the first time ? Answer to this question lies with only Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Names of two woman IAS officers are already in circulation. Infact, the PM wants hard working, honest and upright successor of the present Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar.

Dr Likhi to be Director (Production and Marketing ) MIDHANI
Dr D K Likhi is being tipped to be new Director (Production and Marketing) in Mishra Dhatu Nigam (MIDHANI ) Ltd, Hyderabad.

Ms. Nisha Singh poised to be Joint Secretary Urban Development
Ms. Nisha Singh on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary in the Urban Development (UD) Ministry. She is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre. Presently, she is working as Secretary Ayush.

Manoj Kumar poised to be Joint Secretary Chemicals & Ferilizer
Manoj Kumar on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary in the Chemicals & Ferilizer. He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre. Presently, he is working as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Himachal Pradesh.

Tarun Kapoor poised to be Joint Secretary Non renewable sources of Energy
Tarun Kapoor on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary in the Non renewable sources of Energy. Kapoor is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

P V Kumar is now NTRO Chief
Finally orders of P V Kumar as Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) have been issued for a period of two years. Former R&AW official Kumar was officiating as NTRO Chief.

( We said this on March 25 )

GMs' panel in Railway Ministry lapses
The panel of senior officers of Railways that was drawn for elevation to different posts of General Managers (GMs) has lapsed, since no action on it was taken till March 31, 2011.

Dr. D.K. Bhalla is Joint Secretary Food
Dr. Devinder Kumar Bhalla Delhi so far was Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC) with the Nagaland government on central deputation has joined as a Joint Secretary in the Food Ministry on April 1, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Nagaland cadre.

Girish Shankar is Joint Secretary Food
Girish Shankar on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary Food on April 4, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Sujata Chaturvedi to join GoI
Ms Sujata Chaturvedi is likely to join the Government of India as Regional Deputy Director in the Unique Identification Authority of India under Planning Commission. She is 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Kudos to Textile Secretary Ms. Rita Menon
Six Jute mills of Government of India (GOI) including five in Kolkata and one in Katihar (Bihar) were lying dormant since last ten years. However, thanks to efforts & steps taken by Ms Rita Menon Secretary in GOI's Textile Ministry three of these mills have restarted with flying colours. With the helping hand of Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Textiles, Ms. Menon had put in every atom to make sure that those defunct jute mills worked and finally three of them have come up to life. Two in Kolkata and one in Katihar, Bihar. Those three mills have started on with their production. There are whispers in the power corridors that this initiative is a good omen for the Ministry of Textiles. Hats off to efforts put in by Ms. Menon.

K.V. Eapen to be Senior Advisor, IMF- Washington
K.V. Eapen who has been appointed as Senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C. Eapen has handed over his charge of Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (Ministry of Finance) to Alok Nigam-also a Joint Secretary in the Ministry. Eapen is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre. Alok Nigam is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Jagdeesh Chandra turns around ETV Channels
For the first time in the last 9 years since its inception in the Hindi heartland, ETV Hindi Channels have marked a "breakeven" on March 31,perhaps the first channel in the recent times to earn profits in the present scenerio,where most of the National and Regional Channels are heavily bleeding .Interestingly, the Channels's TRP ratings in all the 7 Hindi States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand are touching No 1 position in most of the States. This overhaul turnaround has been done by a bureaucrat turned Media person Jagdeesh Chandra, who had taken over as CEO of the Channel two years before. Similarly, after taking over the ETV ,Urdu Channel as its head. Chandra has also ensured that this global Channel, which is the first choice of Muslims in the country ,also makes a breakeven this year. At least two major News Channels have asked their CEO's to study this ETV turnaround success.

Sudhakar to be Chairman DERC !
P D Sudhakar is likely to be appointed Chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) this week. He is retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He retired as Secretary Corporate Affairs in the GoI.

Rakesh Mehta failed to become Chairman DERC
Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta has taken over as Chief of the State Election Commission. 1975 batch IAS officer Mehta was keen to become Chairman of the DERC but could not make it.

( We said this on February 9 )

Tripathi is new Chief Secretary of Delhi
P K Tripathi has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Delhi.1977 batch IAS officer Tripathi will succeed Rakesh Mehta on Monday.

( We said this in 2010 )

Siddharth Sharma to be Director, Expenditure
Siddharth Sharma(ICAS-1996) is going to take over as a Director in Department of Expenditure Ministry of Finance from Manoj Sahay (IAAS-1994).

Good response for slot of MD, MRVC
This time there has been a good response for the post of Managing Director (MD) of the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC).

Sunil Kumar in IB shifted
Sunil Kumar Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), SIB, Srinagar (J&K) has been transferred to IB HQ, New Delhi as Joint Director. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Appointment of outsider as BSNL CMD wouldn't be viable
Indian Telecom Services Association (ITSA) which has demanded that BSNL CMD should be from amongst Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers has said that appointment of an outsider on the coveted post wouldn't be viable as he will take substantial time to acquaint himself with the BSNL network, environment, work culture and ethos, with which ITS officers are well acquainted. The experience of appointing an outsider has been a bitter experience in several Government owned PSUs including Air India. These outside candidates have failed to meet the Government expectations results in heavy losses to the PSUs thus negating the very purpose.

M.A Saleem's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of M.A Saleem. He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

This year no IAS to go to Centre from Gujarat
His year no IAS officer from Gujarat cadre will be able to join the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation. As the grapevine has it Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has rejected the related file.

A.K Mishra transferred in IB
A.K Mishra Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) Kohima Nagaland has been transferred to IB head quarters, New Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Mittal is JS Culture
Sanjiv Mittal has joined as Joint Secretary Culture in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IDAS officer.

Tammisetti is Director Defence
Rambabu Tammisetti has joined as Director in the Ministry of Defence. He is 1998 batch IDAS officer.

Vibha Govil Mishra is Dy Secretary DoPT
Vibha Govil Mishra has joined as Deputy Secretary DoPT. She is 1997 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

IA & AS officer Kulwant Singh transferred
Kulwant Singh, Director (Hqr), in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Air Force & Navy, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director (Personnel) in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

1986 batch UT cadre IAS to get PS rank
1986 batch UT cadre IAS officers are being given Principal Secretary this week. They are Mssrs Anshu prakash,M K Parida,S N Sahai,MS S S Bedi and Ved Prakash.

1995 batch UT cadre IAS officers to get super-time scale
Over half a dozen UT cadre. IAS officers are being given super-time scale this week.

1996 batch UT cadre IAS officers to get Selection-Grade
Over a dozen 1996 batch UT cadre IAS officers are being given Selection-Grade this week.

IAS changes in Jharkhand
Debashish Gupta has been appointed new Development Commissioner. Smita Chugh will succeed him but also continue to hold the post of tourism secretary. Nitin Madan Kulkarni will now be commissioner of North Chotanagpur (Hazaribagh). Ajoy Kumar Singh has been made commissioner of Palamau. Singh would also hold additional charge of secretary of art, culture, sports and youth affairs. Satendra Singh has been made commissioner of South Chotanagpur. Former urban development secretary P K Jojoria would now be chief electoral officer cum secretary of election department.

Enquiry Committee against Nagaland DGP
The Nagaland Government has set up an inquiry committee to probe allegations against DGP K. Kire.

ISID Chief gets another extension
The Pakistani government has given another one-year extension to the chief of its powerful spy organization, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha.

Thakral gets additional charge of CVO ONGC
V K Thakral CVO of the Oil India Videsh Ltd V K Thakral has been given additional charge of the CVO ONGC. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

R C Jain is no more
R C Jain is no more.1958 batch retired Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer has passed away in Delhi .He was 77.

Biplav Kumar gets award
Biplav Kumar, IRTS, Deputy Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust Goa, has been conferred with the prestigious "RASHTRIYA GAURAV AWARD" by the India International Friendship Society, at the conference held on 'GLOBAL PARTICIPATION IN INDIA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT' at IIC New Delhi,the distinguished hands of Bhishma Narayan Singh, ex-Governor of Tamil Nadu & Assam, in the presence of Ram Jethmalani, M.P. (Rajya Sabha) & an eminent senior Lawyer and Ved Prakash, Secretary, AICC".

12 Deputy Commissioners transferred in Punjab
One dozen Deputy Commissioners have been transferred in Punjab.

Pakistan : Disciplinary Proceedings against PCS officers Association Chief
The Punjab provincial government has asked Rai Manzoor Nasir President of the PCS officers Association to appear before the state chief secretary on 11 April for personal hearing and explain why suitable penalty should not be imposed upon him for staging protest in the civil secretariat premises last month. Show cause notices have been also issued to over 40 other PCS officers for the same 'misconduct'. The most worried lot however appears to be the PCS probationers associated with the protestors in whose case the government is considering termination of service straightway as per probation rules.

Sinha is officiating Secretary CVC (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar Sinha is now officiating Secretary in the CVC.1979 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Sinha is presently Additional Secretary in the CVC.The post has fallen vacant following the superannuation of 1976 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre K S Ramasubban on March 31.

ICC still to feel India's victory in Cricket World Cup Tournament 2011 ! (UPDATED)
Indian Cricket team might have won the World Cup in the just concluded ICC Cricket World Cup Tournament 2011 at Wankhede, Mumbai though, the top banner in the official site of the International Cricket Council (http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/index.php) still shows the pictures of Australian cricketers - former winners of the cup. What does that means ?

Two Judges of Gauhati High Court appointed (UPDATED)
Justice Asok Potsangbam and Justice Pranoy Kumar Musahary, Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court, have been appointed Judges of the Gauhati High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the date they assume charge of their offices.

CORPORATE

Why did O.P. Bhatt decry RBI?
Why did outgoing Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) O.P. Bhatt decry the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? This question is a hot topic of discussion in banking, financial & corporate sector. Bhatt had retired on March 31, 2011.

Sushil Muhnot is SIDBI chief on SIDBI Day
Sushil Muhnot has assumed charge as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on the SIDBI Day i.e. April 4,2011.Hitherto, he was an Executive Director (ED) in the IDBI.
(We said this in December 2010& March 2, 2011)

Post of ED falls vacant in IDBI Bank
The post of Executive Director (ED) has fallen vacant in the wake of resignation by Sushil Muhnot who has now become new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on the SIDBI Day i.e. April 4,2011.

DipakChakravarty is new MD of NRL
Dipak Chakravarty has taken over as the Managing Director of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) . Earlier he was Director (Technical) in the Company.
(We said this on December 19, 2010)

Adi Godrej elected Chairman of ISB
Godrej group chairman Adi Godrej has been elected chairman of the Indian School of Business (ISB) .Other Members of the Board include Anil Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal, G.V. Prasad of DRL, Chanda Kochhar, Rahul Bajaj and Deepak Parekh of HDFC.

Prof. Jayant Varma appointed FSLRC member
Prof. Jayant Varma has been appointed member of the 11-member Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) headed by Justice (retired) B.N. Srikrishna to simplify and rewrite financial sector legislations, rules and regulations and bring them in harmony with the requirements of India's fast growing financial sector.

Solanki appointed Whole-time Director, Gyacoal Alloys Ltd
Zankarsinh Solanki has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Gyscoal Alloys Ltd the period of five years w.e.f. April 1, 2011.

Raju resigns as Whole-time Director, NCC Ltd
R N Raju, Whole-time Director has resigned from the Board of NCC Ltd effective as on March 31, 2011.

Kapania is MD, Idea Cellular Ltd
Himanshu Kapania has taken over as the Managing Director of Ideal Cellular Ltd effective April 1, 2011, pursuant to relinquishment of office by company's Managing Director Sanjeev Aga.
(We said this on December 12, 2011)

Two top execs. of Hero Honda Motors Ltd resign
Toshiaki Nakagawa, Joint Managing Director and Sumihisa Fukuda, Technical Director of the Hero Honda Motors Ltd have resigned from the company's Board of Directors w.e.f. March 22, 2011.

Mehta appointed CEO, Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd has appointed Mahendra Singh Mehta as the Chief Executive Officer of the company with immediate effect.

Jalan appointed CFO, Sterlite Industries ( India) Ltd
Din Dayal Jalan has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd with immediate effect.

Gupta appointed Director (Marketing) BPCL
K. K. Gupta, Executive Director (Retail) has been appointed as Director (Marketing) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), with effect from March 31, 2011.

FORUM

ITS should opt for either MTNL or BSNL

ITSA's demand for posting of BSNL from ITS cadre is justified but first of all ITS should opt for either MTNL or BSNL. So far ITS are enjoying the benefits of both sectors viz. Central Government and Public Sector. They enjoy the fruits of public sector without bearing responsibility. Government must ask the ITS to first opt or MTNL/BSNL and if they dont opt, they should be sent to DOT. BSNL & MTNL should have only those officers who are willing to swim and sink with these organisations.

Tarun Sharma

ITSs are ruining BSNL

It is ITS people who are ruining BSNL

Arvind Pal Dahiya

In Democracy answer lies in Education

To provide education to illiterate poor of our country who are in majority as Vote Bank. It may take time but in Democracy answer lies in Education.

Jai Prakash

Seven cheers for chairman CBDT

Seven cheers for Sudhir Chandra chairman CBDT. He has lifted morale of senior officers very high by his time bound promotion policy. If he manages to make 1980 batch CC by this December, he will be the miracle man.

RAN

Only pep up

Senior civil servants are feeling badgered. Only pep up would be raise in retirement age to 65.

Rita

CBI should conduct enquiry

Most of those people like Balwa who import aircrafts for private use, do it for temporary six months circumventing the provisions of import rules and go on extending it with the connivance of the Aviation Ministry. This is to avoid heavy import duties. Ex-Aviation minister, Praful Patel is reported to have given such sanctions to many including Tata, who is using such an aircraft for more than four years. CBI should conduct an enquiry into this outright cheating immediately.

N Sriram

CVC be from amongst reputed Sc Judges or an IPS Officer

CVC be appointed from a group of reputed Judges of Supreme Court or an IPS Officer have good track in his career. IAS should be avoided this time.

H S Tanwar

Rajeev Gupta for MPT Chief

Rajeev Gupta, Joint Secretary - Shipping Ministry, is right & proper person for MPT Chief.

K T Khande

IFS Promotions in Maharashtra

The controversy around promotions of IFS officers from CCF to APCCF level in Maharashtra refuses to die down. It may be recalled that DPC for these promotions was held on 21st December, 2010 and the panel of selected officers was approved in the first week of January, 2011. Proposal for posting these officers was also submitted to the CM. However, due to pressures from the High Command, the Chief Secretary was directed to review the cases of superceded officers on 29th March, 2011. It is now understood that all the superceded officers are now cleared for promotion. The moot question is, there being only 8 vacancies, some of the officers selected by the original DPC will be left out despite having higher merit! They may have to wait for a year or more. Maharashtra is the worst affected State in terms of career progression in IFS. What is curious is that the State Government adopted Bench Mark scores for IFS promotions on 24th March, 2011. If the superceded officers were to be adjudged as per the Bench marks, many of them wouldn't have been cleared! So, what's happening? Is it the way, this State, once famous for administration, is going to function? What if those aggrieved by this action approach the Court? A lot of dirty linen may tumble out of the veiled cabinets of Forest Department. It's time the Appointing Authority took a stock of the murky deals and initiate resolute action to cleanse the system.

Hemant

pinion of PIO

The Appellant had sought the opinion of the PIO on pay revision of an official. He raised queries such as whether fixation of pay is correct as per CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 and which rules of CCS (RP) would be applicable etc. The CIC noted that there was nothing on record and the PIO has given his own interpretation of how the pay revision should
occur. A warning was issued by the CIC to the PIO holding that this is an error on his part since he is not expected to create a record.

Comments

In the definition of "Information" under section 2(f) of the Act, the term 'opinions' and 'advises' means those opinions and advises which are available on the record. The PIO should give what is the matter of record and not give his own opinion.

[Raj Kumar Anand vs. Deputy Director of Education, Delhi in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2011/000196/11644].

- 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