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

Aaj Ki Aawaz

IMAGINARY CONGRATULATORY CALLS !

Mohna's call to Dhoni

Mohna: Hullo this Manmohan Singh.... congratulations on this superb victory..... you've done the Country proud!

Dhoni: Thank you Sir..... your presence at Mohali was a morale booster!

Mohna: Do you have a minute or two???

Dhoni: Sir it is an honour to talk to you.... I have all the time for you Sir!

Mohna: You recall some time back your house was stoned...... how did you manage this claw back..... because today the same people who stoned your home are showering petals at your gate!

Dhoni: Sir it hurt at that time...... my personal opinion is we Indians idolize and vilify very easily and very fast! But Sir did not know you were so concerned about my house getting stoned!!!

Mohna: I am concerned about such events..... but I asked you this question because had there not been my Security cover I'm sure the Aam Admi would have stoned my home...... chalo I know the Security is preventing this...... but what I'd like to know is how did you manage this claw back????

Dhoni: Sir practice.....

Mohna: This is not possible in my case.....do not get second chances!!!

Dhoni: Believing in yourself......

Mohna: Very difficult with a High Command..... I've lost my self confidence!!

Dhoni: Within repeat as often as you can ....... I'm great..... I'm the best...

Mohna: Arre I can do this but if unknowingly I say this aloud and someone from Congress hears this I'll lose my job!! You know this job is really addictive!!!!

Dhoni: And in your diet include more meat....... why do think Pakis and Goras have that killer instinct!

Mohna: Chicken is okay but pork and meat give me constipation!!! And in my job constipation is hazardous...... if I'm in Madam's presence and show the slightest constipation emanating discomfiture she'll take it wrongly as if I'm being moody..... and if I'm meeting some head of State and have this discomfiture it could affect the foreign relations of the Nation!! Tell me doesn't it get lonely up there?????

Dhoni: Very lonely...... everything may look honky-dory but let me assure you there are jealousies, personality conflicts, egos all at play....... and as a Captain who is Captaining some seniors and some upstarts I have to walk a tightrope!!!

Mohna: But what do you do to get over this loneliness???

Dhoni: I talk a lot to myself!!!

Mohna: I can't do this.... do you know if a Head of State talks to himself or herself what would be the repercussions????? I could do some talking to myself in the loo but you know I sometimes get the feeling I'm not alone even in the loo!!! Okay you were talking about Captaining Seniors.... how do you mange this??? I ask this question because 'I Captain Seniors' too!!!

Dhoni: Give them their due respect but do not accede your space!! You can address them as Sir or add Ji to their name but in now way should you show 'deference'!!

Mohna: You know I called Pranab Sir and he crinkled his nose....... then I addressed him as Pranab JI and he told someone I was sucking up to him..... and when I called him Pranab he gave me mortally hurt look!!!

Dhoni: Sir can I ask you a question..... are these Wiki Cables true???
Mohna: Oye concentrate on your cricket......when the newspaper comes you are a Sportsman so just read the sports pages... and view just sports channels on TV..... bye..... Wiki Cable.......this is no joke....... mainoo kyon puch reha hai eh (what's this joke...... why is he asking me)????

Sonia calls Yuvraj's Mom Shabnam

Sonia: Congratulations on Yuvraj's performance in the World Cup. I feel congrats are due to the 'hand that rocks the cradle'.

Shabnam: Thank you ji..... what an honour ji....... I'm going to tell everyone that Madam Ji called me to congratulate me...

Sonia: No .... no..... okay..... just tell them I called to congratulate you, because I want to talk to you Mother to Mother..... my son is Yuvraj of the Congress and your son has now been crowned the Yuvraj of the Indian Team. I understand after his bad patch Yuvraj had gone into depression.... as a Mom what did you do????
Shabnam: Ji I took help from my Guruji and also some Homeopathic medicines. Guruji used to give Yuvraj pep talks regularly.

Sonia: Me Guruji is in Rome and he does not make personal calls. Though if I get MEA to do something as an exception he may make one or two calls to Rahul. What homeopathic medicines????

Shabnam: My homeopath just gives me the pill and liquid bottles marked with 'Depression- Yuvraj- dosage'. Why is Rahul in depression..... I saw him on TV the other day and he looked very happy ji????

Sonia: Like Yuvraj went through a bad patch Rahul too has been going through a bad patch!!! Prior to flying to Chandigarh for the match Rahul had gone to the Dentist and I think the happiness was Nitrous Oxide generated!! He's sad sad..... Oh! So sad!!

Shabnam: Yuvraj got a pep up when I cooked Rajma Chawal for him ji..... should I make Rajma Chawal and send it for Rahul Madam Ji?????

Sonia: No .... no...... he's more into fusion food..... he's not the Rajma Chawal type..... his Rajma Chawal is risotto with chilly beans!! I heard you mentioning Band Bajah Baarat on TV...... how did you get Yuvaraj to get hitched!!

Shabnam: He's still not ready ji and I said this just to put pressure on him!!! What about Rahul ji????
Sonia: I'm worried.... the other day I even game him an ultimatum.... no effect! Whenever I bring up marriage Rahul starts blowing air to show his resentment!!

Shabnam: Some time back I used to get hyper thinking..... Yuvaraj is not getting married..... hope he's normal....... I saw Dostana and just went hyper............ the song ' munda doli chadiya (boy sat in the Doli)' rang in my ears all the time.....one day I mustered courage and spoke to him ji and he said ... Mom are you blind don't you see me going around with girls .... he said that he was not funny... no ....no... what is that word ji....... yes....... he said Mama I'm not a queer???? I heaved a sigh of relief ji. Now I'm only worried that he does not choose a filmy girl ji!!

Sonia: I've got no problem whatsoever...... in fact our family could do with someone filmy...... would come handy while electioneering!! Really this boy's bachpana is worrying me!!!

Shabnam: Yuvraj too has a lot of bachpana!! Just ensure that he does not play games on his phone and if he's got one of those TV playing games (Play Station) in his room remove it!!! Also you should instruct his staff not to serve him milk..... give him black coffee!!!! Madam Ji he will come out of it!!!

Sonia: When .... God when?????? I'm worried sick!!!

Shabnam: I used to get a good head massage to relieve me of my tensions......Big B does the ad for this oil...... Madam Ji why worry..... look at the positive side..... you also have a daughter and she's already made you a Grandmother......whereas if Yuvraj does not get married I will not be a Grandmother...... just see my plight!!! If your son does not make it in politics your daughter can take his place!!! In my case I do not have a daughter and even if I had one she could not replace Yuvraj in cricket..... my plight's worse than yours.....so do not worry!!!!

Sonia: Who asked you for your two pence....... my daughter can replace my son in politics..... bah!! Phone rakh....... don't waste my time with this useless chitchatting!!

Bharat Kumar

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> &

<mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Will there be lateral shifting of Secretaries ?
An exercise on the basis of performance is reportedly going on in the PMO for lateral shifting of a couple of Secretaries in the Government of India.

Four IPS officers empanelled in GoI
Four IPS officers have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India. They are Mssrs Rajeev Mohan Singh 1984 batch assam -Meghalaya cadre, N S Megharikh 1987 batch Karnataka cadre, Dr Rajvant Singh 1985 batch AP cadre and Santosh Mehta 1987 batch AP cadre.

Kutty to be PS to Delhi CM ?
Dr M M Kutty is reportedly returning to the parent UT cadre to take over as Principal Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit. In all probability 1985 batch IAS officer Kutty will succeed P K Tripathi who is now Chief Secretary of Delhi.1985 batch is being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary this week.

4 posts of GMs vacant now
As many as four posts of General Managers (GMs) are vacant in the Railway Ministry. These are of : GM Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) Perumbur, GM Railway Coach Factory (RCF) Kapurthala, GM South East Central Railway (SECR) Bilaspur and GM Western Railway (WR).

Who will be MD, MRVC?
Who succeed P. C.Sehgal Managing Director (MD) of the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) as he is going to retire on April 30, 2011? P.K Sharma Director Projects, MVRC is senior most. However, he has not applied for the post this time.

Rajiv Jain empanelled as ADG in GOI
Rajiv Jain Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), SIB, New Delhi has been empanelled as ADG in Government of India (GOI). He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Sinha is officiating Secretary CVC
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.

Rahul Bhatnagar gets extension
Joint Secretary Commonwealth Games Rahul Bhatnagar has been granted extension in tenure till December. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
( We said this on February 24 )

Pradip Mehra to join Delhi Government this month
Advisor to Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra is returning to the Delhi Government later this month. K K Sharma will take over from 1975 batch IAS officer Mehra.

AJ.V.B. Prasad poised to go on deputation to GOI
As the grapevine has it, A.J.V.B. Prasad is poised to go on deputation to Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

1 more post of IG on the anvil in NIA
A proposal mooted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) proposal to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to create one more posit at IG level is almost through.

1978 batch IAS to get ACS rank
1978 batch IAS officers belonging to UT cadre are expected to get ACS rank this week.

1984 and 1985 batch IPS to get ADG rank
UT cadre 1984 and 1985 batch IPS officers are expected to get ADG rank this week.

Three IPS batchs to get IG rank in UT cadre
UT cadre IPS officers belonging to 1991,1992 and 1993 batch are expected to get IG rank this week.

1996 batch IPS to get DIG rank
UT cadre 1996 batch IPS officers are expected to get DIG rank this week.

Rajiv Krishna's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name Rajiv Krishna. He is an IPS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

IIS officer Devendra Kumar empanelled for JS rank
IIS officer Devendra Kumar Malik has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary rank under central staffing scheme. He belongs to 1984 batch.

IA & AS officer Praveer Kumar transferred
Praveer Kumar, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn/GE/Wks), in the office of the Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna, has been transferred and posted as Director (Hqr), in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Air Force & Navy, New Delhi.

P.K. Gupta joining Delhi government on April 8, 2011
P.K. Gupta who is presently Development Commissioner & Special Secretary (Tourism) Daman & Diu and. Dadra & Nagar Haveli -Silvassa, will be joining the Delhi government on April 8, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

A.K. Goyal returns to Kerala cadre
A.K. Goyal on completion of his training course rejoined the Kerala government on April 4, 2011. Earlier, he was a Joint Secretary in Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). A.K. Goyal is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1981 batch.

AP upgrades DIG, Marine Police Vizag to IGP rank
The Andhra Pradesh government has upgraded the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Marine Police, Visakhapatnam to Inspector General of Police, Marine Police, Visakhapatnam w.e.f Jan 26, 2011 following the promotion of N.Chandramouli as IGP. He is an IPS officer of the 1992 batch who hails from AP cadre.

B.R. Sekhar attends the Eisenhower Fellowship
Budithi Raja Sekhar Chief Executive Officer, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty & State Project Director, A.P.R.P.R.P., Hyderabad is attending the Eisenhower Fellowship at Philadelphia, USA till May 28, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch who hails from the AP cadre.

Supertime scale for K. Ramagopal
AP government has promoted K. Ramgopal, IAS, Collector& District Magistrate, Nellore district in Andhra to the Supertime scale. He is an IAS officer officer of the 1995 batch who hails from AP cadre.

Pakistan : Foreign Office Surprises
In a surprise move the Foreign Office (FO) in Pakistan has abruptly withdrawn the name of Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi Ambassador (designate) to Saudi Arabia leaving the senior officer seriously embarrassed as he had already made a farewell call on President Zardari in anticipation of his departure for Riyadh. His replacement for the coveted posting now is Mr Naeem Khan Addl Secretary (Admin) in the FO. While Andrabi was handpicked for Riyad by the former Foreign Minister SM Qureshi Naeem Khan is considered to be a close chum of the Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.

ICC still to feel India's victory in Cricket World Cup Tournament 2011 !
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
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.

Tripathi is new Chief Secretary of Delhi
P K Tripathi has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Delhi on Monday.He is 1977 batch IAS officer,

S.G. Sridhar to be officiating CMD, HMT
S.G.Sridhar Director(Operations) of HMT Limited has been appointed as officiating Chairman & Managing Director(CMD) of HMT Ltd.He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore and an MBA from Central College, Bangalore.After initial training in Kirloskar Electric Company, joined HMT Limited in 1977 as Engineer Trainee and rose to General Manager in 1999. During the span of 29 years from 1977 to 2006 in HMT Limited, he had held various functional responsibilities ranging from Sales, Marketing, business planning, formation of joint ventures, manufacturing plant etc. He was instrumental in formation of two joint venture companies and was General Manager of the Plant manufacturing Precision Machine Tools, Manipulators, refurbishing, etc., for a period of three years. During this period many new CNC turning centres and different varieties of Manipulators (import substitutes) were developed and supplied for Atomic energy plants.He then joined Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL)in March, 2007 as General Manager, Marketing for healthcare products. During this period the sales increased by 37%, distribution network was expanded, first medical diagnostic lab of HLL was set up at Delhi, new contraceptive products were launched through nationwide promotion campaigns etc.He has widely traveled in India & Abroad (visited over 12 countries including the USA, Germany, Italy, Srilanka and the UAE) with rich experience in marketing and manufacturing of engineering capital goods and FMCG health care products.He was GM Marketing in HLL before join ing he HMT as Director (Operations).

BHEL's net profit Rs.4311 crore in 2009-10
The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) of which Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) is B.P. Rao has posted a provisional net profit of Rs 6,021 crore for the year 2010-11. This was stated by B.P. Rao while talking to news people in Delhi on April 4, 2011. According to Rao it is 40 per cent more than the net profit posted in the year. 2009-10. He further said BHEL completed another successful year, which saw private as well as public sector utilities and other customers reposing confidence in the company's capabilities.Earnings Per Share (EPS) stood at Rs.123 - an increase of 40% over that of 2009-10,said BHEL's CMD adding that net asset value (NAV) per share stood at Rs.411, reflecting the intrinsic strength of the company.

Reddy is new Ambassador to Iraq (UPDATED)
S.K. Reddy, Joint Secretary at MEA headquarters has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Iraq.

Kutty is new Principal Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister (UPDATED)
1985 batch UT cadre IAS officer Dr M M Kutty is back to the parent cadre from central deputation.Dr Kutty who was Joint Secretary Urban Development in the GoI has now succeeded P K Tripathi as Principal Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit.
( We said this on February 18 )

Arun Kumar Singh gets additional charge in Bihar (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Singh who is Principal Secretary (PS) Information Technology(IT) with the Bihar government has been given additional charge of PS Science & Technology ( S & T). This charge was earlier with Girish Shankar who on central deputation had joined as a Joint Secretary Food on April 4, 2011. While, Girish Shankar is an IAS officer of the1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre, Arun Kumar Singh is an IAS officer of the1985 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Ganapathy to join MHA in GoI (UPDATED)
M A Ganapathy is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary Naxal Management in the MHA.He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Prasad is new CVO NPCC (UPDATED)
A N Prasad who was working as Inspector General of Forests and Director, Project Elephant, Ministry of Environment and Forests has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Projects Construction Corporation Limited(NPCC), New Delhi.
He is 1979 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Sujata Chaudhary gets extension (UPDATED0
Central deputation tenure of Ms Sujata Chaudhry, IpoS(86) as Chief Vigilance Officer, Hindustan Insecticides Limited(HIL) has been extended for a period of three months till August 19.She is 1986 batch IpoS officer.

CVO RINL gets extension in deputation period (UPDATED)
Central deputation tenure of K Vidyasagar as Chief Vigilance Officer, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam has been extended till June 29.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

BHEL's Bhopal unit registers 13 pc growth (UPDATED)
Having completed production worth Rs 4,202 crore and procuring Profit Before Tax of Rs 648 crore for the financial year 2010-11, Bhopal unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has registered 13 per cent growth, said Executive Director, M K Dube, according to whom the company achieved a turnover of Rs 4,202 cr surpassing previous year's turnover of Rs 3,708 cr.

CORPORATE

Did O.P. Bhatt try for an extension?
Did outgoing Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) O.P. Bhatt try for an extension? As the grapevine has it, he did try it vainly.

Vishnu Agrawal appointed Director- Finance, MRPL
Vishnu Agrawal has been appointed as Director Finance with the Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL). So far was he was Group General Manager (GGM) Finance with the ONGC.
(We said this on December 6, 2010)

Siresh Saxena is ITDC's GM Hotels
Siresh Saxena Executive Chef Ashok Hotel Delhi has been promoted as the General Manager (GM) hotels in India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)
(We said this on March 16, 2011)

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.

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

Malegam appointed FSLRC member
Yezdi H. Malegam 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.

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.

Dr Jain inducted on Board of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd
Dr Arun Kumar Jain, Professor of Strategy, IM and Corporate Governance, at IIM Lucknow has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Irrigation Systems Ltd w.e.f April 4, 2011.

Basak resigns as Whole-time Director, Manaksia Ltd
The Board of Manaksia Limited has accepted the resignation of Nadia Basak as a Whole-time Director of the Company with effect from March 30, 2011. However, he would continue as Non Executive Director on the Board of the Company.

Jain appointed CEO, Bajaj Finance Ltd
Bajaj Finance Limited has re-appointed Rajeev Jain as the Chief Executive Officer for a period of five years with effect from April 1, 2011.

K. L. Manchanda resigns as Whole-time Director, Brand Realty Services Ltd
K. L. Manchanda has resigned as Whole- time director of Brand Realty Services Ltd with effect from March 31, 2011 .

Kama Manchanda resigns as Whole-time Director, Brand Realty Services Ltd
Kamal Manchanda has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Brand Realty Services Ltd effective April 1, 2011.

Mittal appointed Director, Trade Wings Ltd
Ashok V. Mittal has been appointed as a Director of Trade Wings Ltd .

Jain resigns as Director, Suncity Synthetics Ltd
Dhanraj Kewalchand Jain has resigned from the Board of directors of Suncity Synthetics Ltd with effect from March 29, 2011.

Fleming to quit Wipro
Mark Fleming, head of Wipro's global media and telecom strategic business unit (SBU), is quitting the company.

Hieronimius to be Non-executive Chairman, MindTree
Albert Hieronimus, currently , Chairman of Bosch Ltd, will be the Non-executive Chairman of the MindThree board of directors effective immediately.

ONGC announces out of promotion and cash prize
ONGC management announced out of turn promotion and a cash prize of Rs 20 lakhs each for the three ONGCian cricketers, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Munaf Patel for their stupendous show in ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup. AK Hazarika, CMD, ONGC complimented the stellar role played by the three ONGCians in winning the world cup for India. "The contribution of Gautam, Virat and Munaf brought the world cup home after 28 years," he said.

Cyriac Davies is new MD of KITCO
Cyriac Davies has taken over as the new Managing Director of KITCO, one of the premier public limited technical consultancy organisations in India.

FORUM

Wikileaks Debate

The motion that India has become a nation of spies and anti-national debauches, is per se unfounded. The Wikileaks cables are only a secondary source of information based on inputs given by the American ambassadors (to India and other countries impacted by the on-line onslaught) to their American masters. No wonder, the WIC forum could also be one of the feedback sources to American diplomats. No exaggeration, this!

This is not to discount the Wikileaks revelations for want of proofs. Such briefs are invariably based on intelligence inputs and direct conversations with the high profile Indians who, like 'emotional fools', take pride in getting invited and gifted with freebies by US diplomats. The Indians should have been extremely discreet during interactions with the foreigners and while retailing gossips to them. The Wikileaks is a wake-up call for the Indian politicos, civil servants, journos and, last, but not the least, the career diplomats. It is shameful to call them spies and debauches. They are ordinary human beings with usual frailties.

As for the measures, the first step for the MEA is to revamp its mindset in tune with the present multi-polar world. Let the MEA (Read as PMO) jettison its slavish mentality vis-a-vis the US Admn. Let the Dr Manmohan Singh think like Indira Gandhi . The Indian diplomats also need to be extremely discreet while interacting with their US counterparts in India and abroad. Let them re-visit Chanakya and refresh their knowledge about his pearls of wisdom on statecraft. Let them serve their country's interests rather than be unduly enamoured of US Administration. Let Dr Manmohan Singh take the lead and behave like the PM of a great country instead of offering to resign, as he did before the Parliament in the wake of the Wikileaks ! Let him bid good bye to his Look 10 Janpath policy and learn to work independently without bias in favour of the US Admn. The nation has already suffered enough humiliation due to Wikileaks expose. Not, any more!

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Cabinet Secretary

Chandra Shekhar should continue till he is 65. He is the best Cabinet Secretary ever. Like Sachin Tendulkar, perfect in work and popular among all. When teachers, doctors, surgeons, judges etc retire at 65, what is wrong with the health of the civil servants that they tire out at 60. Cabinet Secy should retire at 65, and if possible so should all civil servants.

Singh

Congratulations

Congratulations for being a world cup HERO and running a very informative and effective and useful site for government employee and for all other Indians.

Indian railway and Indian army along with CGHS are really trying to give best treatment to their serving & retired employees. This is to be mentioned here that the health set up in Railways is health unit, sub div or div hospitals (secondary) and central hospital (tertiary) .Normally the health units are placed at remote locations and the employees are getting hardship in getting treatment at such places. Diagnostic tests lab/x-ray/ultra sound etc. started in the year 2005(appx.) but there is limited /insufficient power given for this purpose to the treating medical officer along with other restrictions due to that the beneficiaries are not diagnosed, treated taken care of & satisfied. Due to this the purpose is defeated and there are lots of complaints and resentments take place. keeping in view the health of the employees (serving/retired ),awareness in the public and requirement of time the facilities at health units are required to be upgraded and strengthened and the poorest and most needy persons will be helped.

Thanking you in Anticipation,

Poonam Saxena

CBDT & CBEC best promotion opportunities

CBDT & CBEC have largest numbers of posts in HAG and each direct Gr A officers rises upto that level. Govt. is planning further restructuring of the cadre inspite sixth pay commission have been implemented recently. Will the Government motivate CBDT & CBEC officers to help public in resolving their tax problems without harassing. First let the cases of AY 2010-11 be completed immediately as new FY has started. Government or CBDT to take action accordingly and reward the officers and officials whose work for last Financial year is over in assessment.

R K Mishra

Hope wisdom dawns on CBEC

There are many parliamentary committee reports and parliament questions about acute stagnation in CBEC Group B & Group C cadres. Many Group C officers are retiring with only one promotion and to revitalise the frustrated staff the cadre restructuring proposed 4000 posts of group A posts which were kept as low as 800 till date. The board's biased approach towards appraisers in promotion matters resulted in unending litigation in courts on which even apex court expressed disgust on many occasions. Hope wisdom dawns on CBEC at least now after decades of inefficient administration

Meena

Kudos to Ms. Menon and the Minister

Kudos to Ms. Menon and the Minister Maran, who have paved the way to restart defunct mills in order to give employment to the needy persons and production for improving the economy of GoI.

Mohan Singh Thakur

TAIL-PIECE

An Indian tourist walks into a curio shop in San Francisco.

Looking around at the exotica, he notices a very lifelike,

Life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It has no price tag,

But is so striking he decides he must have it.

He takes it to the owner: "How much for the bronze rat?"

"Twelve dollars for the rat, one hundred dollars for the

Story," says the owner.

The tourist gives the man twelve dollars.

"I'll just take the rat,you can keep the story."

As he walks down the street carrying his bronze rat,

He notices that a few real rats crawl out of the alleys

And sewers and begin following him down the street.

This is disconcerting; he begins walking faster.

But within a couple blocks, the herd of rats behind

Him grows to hundreds, and they begin squealing.

He begins to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see

That the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, and are still

Squealing and coming toward him faster and faster.

Concerned, even scared, he runs to the edge of the Bay

And throws the bronze rat as far out into the Bay as he

Can. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jump into the Bay

After it, and are all drowned.

The man walks back to the curio shop.

"Ah ha," says the owner, "You have come back for the Story?"

"No," says the man, "I came back to see if you have a a statue of a Corrupt Indian politician in bronze!!

Contributed by-Vivek Dhawan

Opinion 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 - LAW AND PRACTICE by
Taxmann. (The views are Personal)