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Rashesh Purohit

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Murli Manohar Joshi says Rattan Tata answered PAC's questions forthrightly!!!!

A Tata appearing before the PAC for a scam for Tata's is something unsightly!!

Though he answered questions bluntly, frankly, directly but he did not speak the truth!!!

He has a lot to hide so without a doubt he resorted to untruth pe untruth!!

Now it should not be difficult to find Ratan Tata's successor because he's lowered the bar!

Shrunk the image of Tata's Head Honcho from a Merc to a 'can catch fire' Nano car!!

Joshi says Radiia on the other hand was evasive!!!

By telling her she could face the music for her evasiveness PAC could have been persuasive!!

It is only natural that he answers to PAC were evasive or it would be spilling the beans!!

And to lie where there is the will there are the means!!

Anil Ambani was selective in answering PAC's questions... evasive was the verdict!!

Ambani's going to face more problems many predict!!

He went to the extent of giving the PAC a lecture on crossholding!!!!

Had he not been Anil Ambani he'd have got from PAC a scolding!!!

In the olden days allegations were made about RIL using Companies of the dummy kind!!!

Companies named after animals and birds in list of dummy companies one did find!!

In 2 G too Companies alleged to have ADAG connection,

Again to name the Companies animals and birds names have been the selection!!

Tiger, Parrot, Giraffes, Penguin and Swan.......all have an ADAG connection!!

And when it came to naming these Companies like Dad Anil too made from 'wildlife' his selection!!

Kalmadi, Radiia, ex CJI Balasubramaniam, Kanimozhi are all Holy Cows!!!!

Sonia's 'knighted' them so and as we all know to Sonia CBI reverently bows!!

That is as long as UPA/Congress is in power!!!

UPA/Congress gets booted out and CBI will be looking how to phasao Sonia within an hour!!!

Quatrochchi too is a Holy Cow....... CBI has exaggerated the Bofors investigation cost!!!

To close Bofors case CBI told the Court that in this investigation 250 crores was lost!!

Now via an RTI it has been revealed that just Rs. 5 crores was the kharcha!!

Hope on CBI misleading the Court there is heated charcha!!

I say this because Congress's pals in the Media have been told!!!

Any revelation on Bofors please go cold!!

Message is ' Bofors is dead so black out any further info/revelation on Bofors'!!!

'Do not even discuss the info/revelation behind closed doors'!!

Anna Hazare has united the Netas because none of them want the Lokpal Bill!!!!

Because the Bill will curtail their sole objective of power.... pocket karro fill!!

BJP too is not siding with Hazare .......wanting him to call off the fast!!!

Though unlike Congress ' on Anna blackmailer aspersion BJP's not cast'!!!

After Anna said he's going on a fast till Lokpal Bill is passed!!

NAC Members in a room Sonia massed!!

NAC wants a Lokpal Bill that looks very impressive on paper!!!

No substance and more like a caper!

But by saying Lokpal Bill is needed NAC saves Madam's face!!!

Becuause the minute Hazare announced his fast to criticize him Congress's Bhonpu's did race!

And Hazare is abs right....... Pawar cannot and wil not fight corruption or ghoos!!!

Pawar is on corruption's side.... will Dracula help in how to catch and sentence a 'khoon choos'?????

And funnily Pawar is on the EGoM to fight corruption..... what a joke!!!!

Many would agree that quelling the ghoos fire he'll be interested ghoos fife how he can stoke!!

Confucius says..... a chor will never want chori to be curbed or curtailed!!!!

Why do think to curb corruption every Sarkaar has failed?????

Adds..... actually if you look closer it's not failed in its mission!!!

And the mission is ' Right to earn in every Deal commission'!!!

Flash...... Hazare has written to Mohna and asked on Lokpal Bill to show guts!!!!!!

On Honest Mohna's lack of guts to fight ghoos khori Hazare 'tut-tuts'!!!

Pawar says from all GOMs he should be relieved!!

If this is done I'm sure 'India would feel relieved'!!

But Pawar should never be believed!!

There's a political stunt in his asking that he be relieved!!

Bharat Kumar

WHY PEOPLE ARE LOSING INTEREST IN DEFENCE SERVICES ?

Despite several measures, including increasing the intake of Short Service Commission (SSC) officers to meet the shortfall, the Indian armed forces are facing a shortage of 15,004 officers which includes around 12,349 in the Army, 1,818 in the Navy and 837 in the Air Force besides the shortage of pilots in the Air Force which is about 426.

The above scenario has generated a question before the nation that Are people losing interest in defence services these days ? And if so - what could be the reason. Whispersinthecorridors.com recently conducted a survey in this context

And the conclusion was that there has been a gradual decline in patriotism post independence due to increase in materialism and lack of any commonly percieved strong external threat.

The other reasons behind the youth losing interest in defence services, according to the respondents, are - not so attractive pay packet, frequent transfers, increasing craze for Engineering, Medical and other lucrative careers, lack of glamour in Military jobs etc.

With their changing mindsets and lifestyles, the youth today have turned less adventurous and more materialistic, say respondents adding, "they have unbridled cravings for lucrative, armed chair and easy going BPO jobs".

Though the government has - to attract youth to defence services - taken several steps such as - All officers, including those in the Short Service Commission (SSC), are now eligible to hold substantive rank of Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel after two, six and 13 years of reckonable service respectively and increasing the tenure of SSC officers from 10 to 14 years to motivate the youth to make armed forces a preferable career option, they have been of little help giving vent to the feeling that concrete measures be taken to check the waning interest of youth in Defence services.

Detailed report of the survey in the April issue of the Whispers in the Corridors magazine.

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> &

<mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Jitesh Khosla to be CMD, UTI AMC ?
Latest information says that 1979 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Jitesh Khosla is going to succeed U K Sinha as UTI AMC Chairman and Managing Director.
(We said this on March 10 )

Ashok Lahiri to get two months extension !
ED in the Asian Development Bank, Ashok Lahiri, is expected to get two months extension in his tenure. Tenure of noted Economist Lahiri is coming to an end in June.

Is there truth in this Shunglu Committee report ?
Shunglu Committee report has reportedly lots of lines being superimposed by whitener. What lies beyond these whiteners? Does it hide name of top persons in Bureaucracy. It is believed that before Shunglu left for US, he was asked to amend the report by someone in the Government. Will the Supreme Court read beyond these whiteners in this Report and do something like it did in 2G?.

290 vacancies of High Court Judges
There are reports that 290 posts of High Court Judges are vacant and 32 million cases are pending in courts across India.

Why the Railway GMs' panel lapsed?
Why did the panel of senior Railway officers meant for elevation as General Managers (GMs) lapse? This is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. Insiders say it was an out come of a see-saw struggle that went on between DoPT and Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee. The former kept on insisting that Abhay Khanna and Rajiv Bhargava too be empanelled as GMs, while the latter rightly took the stand that as to how it could be done without adhering to rules. Once, Ms.Pompa Babbar was appointed Financial Commissioner (FC) by shifting her from Integral Coach Factory (ICF)Perumbur the DoPT had reportedly made a last effort to get two said officers have empanelled. Experts say this was not possible, so panel lapsed on March 31, 2011.

Orders of Pratip Chaudhuri as SBI Chairman today
The PMO has cleared the file of Pratip Chaudhuri's appointment as new Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI). Formal orders are expected to be issued on Thursday.
(We said this on December 8, 2010)

Hemant Contractor soon to be SBI, MD
As the grapevine has it, file relating to Hemant Contractor's appointment as new Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI) has been cleared by the PMO.

Krishna Kumar soon to be SBI, MD
As the grapevine has it, file relating to Krishna Kumar's appointment as new Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI) has been cleared by the PMO.

K D Tripathi to be new Secretary, CVC
Kapil Dev Tripathi is poised to join on central deputation as new Secretary CVC. Tripathi is an IAS officer of 1980 who belongs to Assam-Meghalaya (A-M)cadre. He will succeed K S Ramasubban (IAS WB:1976) who retired on March 31, 2011. The related proposal has been cleared by the PMO.
(We said on April 1 that 1980 batch IAS to be Additional Sec CVC )

Unprecedented delay in new guidelines for banks
As the grapevine has it there has been an unprecedented delay in finalizing new guidelines for selection of senior bankers for filling up slots of Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) & Executive Directors (EDs) in public sector banks.These guidelines were sent more han one year back. Had they been approved earlier then by now the selection of new incumbents would have taken place for slots that are going to fall
vacant in the year 2011-12.

Namita Chaudhary to be Secretary Minority Commission
Namita Chaudhary is being appointed Secretary Minority Commission in a day or two.

Gujral gets three months extension
Acting Chairman of the NHAI, R S Gujral, has reportedly been granted another three months extension till June 30.

Will Prasar Bharti Chairperson get new term ?
Rumours are rife that Chairperson of the Prasar Bharti Ms Mrinal Pande is getting fresh term beginning May 1.

Process for GMs panel yet to start
The process relating empanelment of senior officers of Railways for elevation as General Manager (GMs) is yet to start. In fact it should have been completed by now.

Surender Singh empanelled as ADG in GoI
Surender Singh, Joint Director - Intelligence Bureau (IB), HQ, New Delhi has been empanelled in Government of India (GoI) as ADG. He is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

IIS officer Onkar Mal empanelled for JS rank
IIS officer Onkar Mal Kedia has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary rank under central staffing scheme. He belongs to 1985 batch.

Promotions of ITS officers on the anvil
Promotion of Indian telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to 1978 batch till Parmeshwaran are on the anvil.

Six CGM 's posts vacant in BSNL
As many as six posts of CGM's are currently lying vacant in BSNL even though eligible candidates are available.

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

Manoj Sahay to be AG, Jharkhand
Manoj Sahay (IAAS-1994) who is soon returning to his parent cadre will be proceeding on posting as AG, Jharkhand. Hitherto, he was a Director in Department of Expenditure Ministry of Finance.

Eligible DANIPS officers to get AGMU cadre
Decks have been cleared for eligible DANIPS officers for induction into AGMU cadre of IPS.In this regard the UT division had sent a query to DoP&T for the clearance. In the response of this, DoP&T has reverted UT division, the clearance approval of those officers is now awaited. So it will happen shortly.

More recruitment in Income Tax !
Income Tax department is facing an acute dearth of staff. The shortfall is that of around 6000 personnel at junior level.

Money for elections now in Cargo
Money being caught with a passenger traveling to Calcutta has alerted everyone who are interested in sending funds for political parties. Now with the tax authorities being deployed on Airports to check passenger's baggage, there is a new way to send money i.e. Cargo. Income Tax authorities say that Airlines are taking Cargoes full of cash and flying them down to Chennai and Calcutta, while the tax personnel cannot do much as this is fairly legal.

Dr. R. D. Jakati gets apex scale
Dr. R. D. Jakati who is presently working as the Director of the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehra Dun has been granted the apex scale. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

IAS changes on the anvil in Gujarat
As the grapevine has it, IAS officers in Gujarat will be shifted. Among others, certain Collectors will also be changed.

Justice Garg moves to MP High Court
Judge of the Delhi High Court Justice Moolchand Garg has been moved to the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Justice Veerma is new Judge of Patna HC
Justice Prakash Chandra Verma Judge of the Allahabad High Court has been transferred to the Patna High Court.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
B M Meena will now be Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj.Rajnish Gupta has been made Secretary Science and Technology.M K Narayan will be Secretary health and medical education And Anamika Singh Special Secretary Health and Medical Education.

Sharma is now Advisor in Railway Board
S K Sharma, HAG/IRSME, Western Railway, has been recalled and posted as Adviser (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board,.

Transfers of JAG rank officers in ITFS
There are transfer of JAG rank officers in ITF Anita mahadas from Director F dept of post AP to Shillong.Nivedita Shrivastava from Director dept of posts Lucknow to DOP HQ`S N. DELHI.Brajesh Singh from Director Budget and Administration DOP HQ`S to JTCCA UP Telecom Lucknow.Aprajita Atique from Department of Posts MP to Director Finance Department of Posts UP Lucknow.R shyam JTCCA to Chennai from Hyderabad telecom.Sanjay Kumar JTCCA UP Telecom Lucknow to Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi.V P Sapna JTCCA Karnataka Telecom to Trivantpuram.Tarachand JTCCA Bangalore to Director Finance Department of Posts Banggalore. Sangeet Kumar Jtcca Patna Telecom to Department of Posts Patna. U B Tiwari Director Department of posts to JTCCA Telecom Patna.

Pakistan : DG FIA resigns
Waseem Ahmed DG of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has resigned in the backdrop of allegations that he had been protecting some influential persons in corruption cases registered by the agency. The Supreme Court of Pakistan had in January this year issued directions to investigate and ascertain his role vis-a-vis these allegations leading to the funny situation of his subordinates investigating their own boss. After submitting the resignation Waseem Ahmed stated that he 'didn't want to be the reason for clash between the government and the judiciary by continuing to maintain his post'. IG Baluchistan Malik Muhammad Iqbal has been appointed the new DG FIA.

Justice Kalifulla is acting CJ of J& K HC
Justice Fakkir Mohammad Ibrahim Kalifulla has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of J&K High Court.

A N Singh bereaved (UPDATED)
Ms A Singh wife of former Madhya Pradesh DGP A N Singh has passed away in Bhopal on Thursday morning.

BWWA celebrates World Health Day (UPDATED)
Border Security Force Wives Welfare Association (BWWA) celebrated World Health Day on April 7 by organising a Medical Camp at BWWA Complex, 25 Bn BSF Chhawla Camp.After inaugurating the medical camp, the chief guest, Mrs. Anjali Srivastava, President BWWA, said that women should be observant towards their health as responsibility of the whole family lies on their shoulders. In view of problems being faced by "Seema Prahari Families", BWWA organised this camp, wherein, free medical check-up of women were conducted by experienced Medical Officers of BSF. Besides, lecture/presentation on "Nutrition & Health" was also Conducted. The Camp received an enthusiastic response from wives of BSF Personnel. Ladies who attended the camp stated that they have been largely benefitted by the Medical Camp and Lecture/presentation.

IAS officer deputated for Sathya Sai Baba Trust (UPDATED)
The AP Government has constituted a five -member team headed by 1985 batch IAS officer Dr P Venkata Ramesh Babu to work out a smooth transfer of reins of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Trust in the event of 85-year-old godman's demise.

CORPORATE

Niira Radia was promoted by Wadia
The latest in corridors of power on Niira Radia is that she was introduced by Nusli Wadia to Ratan Tata, hence the confidence shown by the Tata Patriach.

Amit Mitra resigns from Air India Board
ICCI Secretary General Amit Mitra, who is contesting in the West Bengal Assembly elections, has put in his papers from the Air India Board as an independent Director.

Sanjay Mishra will be GM HR & Legal in ITDC
Sanjay Mishra will be General Manager (GM) Human Resource (HR) and Legal of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).

Rajendra Kothari resigns from PHD Chamber
Rajendra Kothari has resigned from the PHD Chamber of Commerce.

Nair appointed FSLRC member
C.K.G. Nair (Secretary to the Commission), and the serving Joint Secretary (Capital Markets) 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.

Agrawal elected President of FISME
V. K. Agarwal (MD- Shashi Cables Ltd, Lucknow ) has been elected President of FISME for 2011-12. He succeeds Mohan Suresh (Managing Director, Technospark, Bengaluru).

Nandwani is new Development Commissioner Falta SEZ
Sanjeev Nandwani, Indian Trade Service (1986 batch) has taken over as Development Commissioner Falta SEZ at Kolkata under the Ministry of Commerce. The previous incumbent was A. K. Bit IAS (UP: 1976) who returned to his cadre upon completion of his 5 year term in October 2010. Sanjeev Nandwani was a 'British Chevening Gurukul Scholar' at the London School of Economics for the year 2002. He has also done his Masters in Public Policy and Management as a 'Mason fellow' at the Harvard University in 2006.

Prasad is new CVO NPCC
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
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
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.

Harpreet Marwah quits Clea PR
After six years stint with CLEA PR, Harpreet Marwah has quit the organisation.

Marwah joins Sampark PR
Harpreet Marwah, who has recently quit CLEA PR, has joined Sampark PR as Principle Consultant.

India TV elevates Amit Kumar
India TV has elevated Amit Kumar as Group Business Head.

Sharma appointed Head of Sales, India TV
Gautam Sharma will be the new Head of National Sales at India TV. He has joined India TV four months ago after quitting Star News.

India TV to launch more channels and Training Institute
India TV has unveiled plans to launch two more channels this year besides starting a Broadcast Television Training Institute in 2011.

MPG India appoints Jamuar as head of West India
MPG India, the flagship brand of Havas Media, has announced the appointment of Kunal Jamuar as Head of West India and Executive Director for Mumbai office.

Spice Mobility Board to appoint additional directors
The Board of Spice Mobility Limited has decided to appoint Vijay Brijendra Chopra and Thomas Henrik Zilliacus, as additional directors on the Board of the Company.

Vyas retires as ED, Bell Ceramics Ltd
S. R. Vyas, the Executive Director of Bell Ceramics Ltd has retired from the services of the company with effect from April 1, 2011.

Bhakta appointed CEO (New Media), Balaji Telefilms
Punyashlok Bhakta has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (New Media ) of Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

Two directors of Himachal Fibres Ltd resign
Ajai Kumar Sukhram Singh and Rahul Kalia, directors of Himachal Fibres Ltd have resigned from the board of directors.

Kamble appointed MD, BBH Group
BBH Group has appointed Raj Kamble as Managing Partner and Head ( Creative) for its office in Mumbai.

Amin resigns as Director, Hester Biosciences Ltd
Praful R. Amin has resigned as a Director of Hester Biosciences Ltd with effect from March 19, 2011.

Gupta appointed Nominee Director on Supreme Tex Mart Ltd Board
A. K. Gupta, Assistant General Manager, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (PSIDCL) has been appointed as a Nominee Director of PSIDCL on the Board of Supreme Tex Mart Ltd in place of their existing Nominee Director S. S. Chugh, Deputy General Manager PSIDCL, with effect from March 29, 2011.

FORUM

USA wants all countries to lose their culture !

As is obvious from recent events (wikileaks), the USA is trying to control India's economic, nuclear and political policies. It is also trying to control morals and behaviour. The rich and famous, the industrialists, the powerful in government and judiciary and media barons in India are spreading the message of freedom in India. This freedom is that of "free" sex, which is the USA's unique contribution to the rest of the world (along with the spread of AIDS). The casualties will be family, children and marriage. The outcome will be increasing rates of diseases, divorce, promiscuity and a morally weak nation. Is it because the USA wants all countries to lose their culture and emulate them? Yes, so that the ills that plague them become the ills of all countries and no country ever overtakes them.

Vijay Kumar

Raising retirement age to 65 will have the following benefits:

1. Honesty will go up as officers will get more time to discharge their personal responsibilities.

2. Officers will not need to bend backwards to get some post retirement jobs.

Rita

Cabinet Secretary

The current Cabinet Secretary has been great for the IAS (probably the most pro-IAS Cab Sec to hold that position). While the IAS would love to keep him going on for ever, the same cannot be said for other services and experts from outside the civil services. We should not forget that the current Cab Sec has presided over the appointment fiasco of the previous CVC and could not manage the bureaucracy and the 2G scam. He has also presided over a most one sided and pro-IAS pay commission. We need to replace the Cabinet Secretary with a real management expert who use the principle of meritocracy for appointments from across the civil services and experts and not just from the IAS Raj.

Palani T

Reward them suitably

We should list out such officers and Ministers who are doing good for nation and reward them suitably.

Mohan Singh Thakur

Appointment of consultants by Ministries against DOP&T instructions

As per rule 165 and 168 of General Financial Rules 2005 of GOI , engagement of consultants may be resorted to in situations requiring high quality services for which the Ministry / Department does not have the requisite expertise. Further, before engaging consultant, an advertisement is to be published in the national dailies and the Ministries' web sites detailing the broad scope of work or service, eligibility criteria including past experience etc. At best, 3-4 consultants could be appointed in a ministry. No government servant could be appointed through contract after the age of superannuation of 60 years.

These instructions are being violated with impunity by central government ministries. DOP&T headed by the PM ,is blissfully unaware of violations of its instructions. The Field Operations Division( FOD) of the NSSO under Min of Statistics & Programme Implementations has been misusing its authority by appointing consultants in violation of above rules. Will Dr M S Gill ,the minister for MOS&PI please look into it and punish the guilty.

Aziz Qureshi

Support Anna Hazare

I would appeal to all Indians that they must support Anna Hazare's fight against corruption openly. Only public pressure can do something. We all know that most of the politicians and bureaucrats have amassed enormous illegal money so it is natural that they will oppose. Let us see who wins in this tug of war between common man and powerful men. It is something like now or never. God bless Anna Hazare and his supporters.

Mohan

From CS Division (DOPT)

My dear Steno D. In 2006 a cadre restructure was approved by Cabinet for you and just before that for Assistants. Those Assistants saw to it that it was implemented. But senior most PS/PPS and Sr.PPS interfered in its implementation and saw to it that no of posts of PPS/Sr.PPS increased and also creation of a new posts of PSOs. An increase in these posts resulted in cut in the posts created for you as a match saving and therefore you have remained where you. are. Now that again Cabinet has approved restructure; though its implementation has started again for promotion of PS to PPS/PA to PS and as far as Gr D to PA is concerned; when it will start nobody knows and even if it starts they a poor Grade D of 1984-85 onwards will be in the Select List from 2010 and thus will become very junior to a UDC of 1993 who is a regular Assistant from 2003. It is better you take it up with Sr.PPS/PPS who are blocking you promotion but when it comes to late sitting; you are aware that only you persons are exposed because you have already put in more than 20-25 years of service.

Rajiv Gupta

Fast by Anna Hazare:

Anna Hazare is a true Gandhian, universally admired for his crusades against corruption. But, his current Fast unto death appears to have effectively diverted the public attention from the burning issues of CWG, 2G, Land scams, Adarsh (which is well neigh buried!). Lok Pal Bill needs to be drafted keeping in mind the various concerns voiced by the people and be effective enough to nail all public servants within a prescribed time frame.

However, one needs to ask Anna as to how things are going from bad to worse in his own State? Epicentre of all corruption in the State appears to be in Pune, from where he operates! His crusades die in a whimper when it comes to Land scams of Pune. Why? His State has enacted a Transfer Act in 2005, which has only centralised and institutionalised corruption, besides providing a respectable facade to political interventions in Transfer Industry. In some departments, all transfers from Class III upwards are made by Ministers. The Act provides for delegation of powers but reverse appears to be true. Even powers of HODs under the Discipline and Appeals Rules are withdrawn. Under the circumstances, employees make a bee line to the Ministers leaving HOD twiddling their fingers praying to God Almighty for the financial year to end on a scam free note, which, alas, never happens! It's time when Anna saw the logic of conceding that Charity Begins At Home!

Hemant

Vitriol will not conceal facts

Any amount of vitriol will not conceal facts from a close on looker. I took training as a Corporate Executive at ALTTC and chose another service ahead of BSNL though my CES rank permitted any choice.

With all the bungling at the top, ITSA never raises an audible whimper and is more worried about its continuance as a gazetted service. All revelations are from outside the Deptt. Even if I were an absorbee of BSNL, that only makes me more eligible to criticise ITS as that shows my greater commitment to Organizaton than to my gazetted Status.

Babu RVB

Rampant corruption in Telecommunications

Ministry of Information technology and Communications has been with DMK for long and is temporarily with Congress. Rampant corruption in Telecommunications is the talk of the day. Statement of Ratan Tata given to PAC clearly demonstrates how incapable our UPA-II Government is ? Corporate Houses are deciding the ministries and portfolios of the Cabinet of India. We all know, corporate houses has just one aim to maximise profit and whosoever offer them concessions they support him. Let us see whether Mr. Kapil Sibbal is genuinely honest in cleaning the Ministry from loathes of corruption and puts men of integrity and honesty as Heads of BSNL & MTNL to take private operators head on in the telecom field or fall in line with his predecessors.

Tarun Sharma

CBDT

Congratulations Chairman, CBDT for sensitizing Chief Commissioners Delhi & Mumbai for finalising the cases of AY 2010-11 by 10th April 2011 and processing refunds, if any. This is very positive step taken by the Chairman and deserves for appreciation. keep it up.

R K Mishra

TAIL-PIECE

If ou can't afford a doctor,go to an Air Port .You will get a free X-Ray and a Breast Examination and if you will mention Al Qaeda you will get a free Colonoscopy.

Contributed by=A Visitor

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)