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

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Both Mohna and Sonia suffered from insomnia last night!!!

Because they know that they are in the wrong and Anna is in the right!!

Anna wrote so many letters to both but both refused to reply!!!

Now after his fast and looking at the gravity of the situation for appointments dono karra rahe hai apply!

Anna is not going to meet any Neta....fountainhead of corruption Chautala came,

And went back without getting to bask in reflected glory and Uma came and did the same!!

To meet the protestors Mohna deputed Congress's Deception Chief Sibal to use his gift of gab!!!!

And about a Lokpal Bill now NAC Members karr rahe hai blab!!

The Sarkaar Lokpal Bill Draft is wishy-washy and so are its efforts to make Anna end his fast!

And my advice to Government is Anna is 73 so act fast!!!

If Anna dies fasting Nation will burn....... Emergency will be enforced!!!!!!

But in the end to quit Sarkar will be forced!!

In the mean time Congress's 'dirty tricks' departments is at work!!!

And maybe around Jantar Mantar Amar Singh with 'stingers' already karr raha hai lurk!!

Congress may have 'hired' Amar Singh to carry out a sting!!!

Jo bad name on the People against Corruption agitation will bring!!

Amar may get a goon to join the Jantar Mantar protest and go on a fast!!!

Friendly Media will grab bytes as in full camera glare 'corrupt Sarkaar he'll blast'!!

Then in the evening he'll quietly slip out and go to tipple at a Bar!!!

And the Sting waalas will know where he is going and catch him on camera from a following car!!

In the Bar a sting camera crew will be waiting and will catch him on camera eating and drinking!!

And then this sting will be aired and they'll show that of double standards those fasting are stinking!!

They'll recall bytes of this fellow saying he is on a fast and then on ghoos khori damning the Sarkaar!!

And then they'll play the bytes from the bar!!

Or maybe using good offices of Gandhi siblings get Sharukh Khan to shoot near Jantar Mantar'!!

Theory...Public at Jantar Mantar will run to see the shooting and from Jantar Mantar ho jayengi choo mantar!

Sarkaar's usual tools to take on foes ........ CBI , ED , IT are useless!!!!

Tried to beat movement with political stick....Congress fibbed that Anna's movement RSS did bless!!

It is an apolitical movement so Congress cannot use its usual stunts and tricks!!!!!

But in this wall against corruption there are no political bricks!!

Fact is the Sarkaar is underestimating this movement......it is Independence 2011!!!

Independence from corruption which at present makes India stink right up to heaven!

Rahul had positioned himself as the Leader of Indian Youth!!!

I'm sure the Youth of India find this as uncouth!!

Yes he maybe the Leader of Congress's youth brigade that is servile to High Command!!!

Now the youth's respect Anna Hazare does command!!

This 73 year old is the new Leader of India's youth!!

And Rahul is shocked at the turn of events and looks like he's seen a bhooth!!

Hope now Rahul sees the difference between dramabaazi and doing something with sincerity and passion!

You can so easily see through Mother and son's fake compassion!!

Now the movement has spread in India and overseas too!!

Even in USA Indians took gathered and at corruption in India they did boo!!

Mohna has the infamy of heading the most corrupt Government India has ever had!!

The logo of UPA is 'Chor eye mask on a Notes ka wad'!!!

And it is clear Mohna's hide is thicker than Amar Singh's hide!!

Otherwise in shame Mohna in 7 Race Course would hide!!

Sonia and Rahul who are perceived to be UPA's real 'Boss'!!

Dono ki Image ka total loss!!!

Because the perception is that they 'control this Sarkaar' and Mohna is puppeteered by these two!

And Mohna is damned because despite being honest himself nothing to curb corruption he did do!!

Confucius says..... the wave against corruption that started in Tunisia!!!!

Is spreading in Asia!!

Adds..... now it's reached India and will spread far and wide!!!!!

Reason..... people no longer want to be taken for a ride!!!!

More...Civil Society in India takes on the Indian Uncivil political establishment..... Independence repeated!

This time the 'enemy within' will be defeated!!

And more........ and what is shameful here this is happening in a Democracy!!!!

Maybe this could be the end of 'Political autocracy'!!!

Flash....to save face Sonia says I always wanted this Bill to take shape!!!!

I'm sure in disbelief many like me gape!!

Sorry to say this but Madam lies!!!!!

And like me her story no one buys!!!

Pawar resigning from EGOM to tackle corruption is tacitly accepting he's unfit to be on it (EGOM)!!!

In fact to be in the Cabinet he's unfit!!!

Maybe 'Netas' will gang up against Pawar feeling that his going will placate Anna.....ho saktha hai!!!

And very soon Pawar apna couldn't care less attitude kho satkha hai!!!

Though last night unlike Mohna and Sonia he slept like a baby he's going to be sleepless soon!

And if Pawar is shunted out for the Nation it'll be a boon!!!

Anna wants an effective Lokpal Bill and not a Jokepal Bill like the Sarkaari one!!!!!

And if Pawar is shunted out of the Cabinet Anna will say its work 'half done'!!!!

Bharat Kumar

After Media Management now Political Management collapses ?
After the failure of the Media Management , now it's a turn of the failure of the Political Management of the UPA Government. Why Anna Hazare was allowed to go on fast by the political managers ?.

Will the Congress change state presidents in Maharashtra ?
As the grapevine has it change in Maharastra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief may be considered by the party high command as the Municipal elections are nearing. Congress state in charge Mohan Prakash is in Mumbai to assess the situation. Sources say that MPCC President Manikrao Thakre and Mumbai
Pradesh Congress Committee President Kripashakar Singh are likely to be changed soon.

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>

Over 300 ITS officers quit in last 3 years
Over 300 officers belonging to the Indian Telecom Service (ITS) have quit government jobs. Is it not a subject of research ?

Will Khosla go U K Sinha way ?
There is a buzz that 1979 batch Assam -Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Jitesh Khosla is also resigning from the IAS to join as UTI AMC CMD. Earlier 1976 batch IAS officer U K Sinha had also quit the IAS for this prestigious job. Now Sinha is SEBI Chief.

Who will be LIC Chairman , answer on 11th April
There has been a whisper in corridors of power about new LIC Chairman doing rounds, all possible names are being discussed , including favorites of big business houses. Sources say that there is going to be a meeting of a high level committee in New Delhi on the April 11,2011 to finalise the name. Ministry of Finance's banking and Insurance department ,Department of Economic Affairs ,IRDA personnel will be included in said meeting.

Will an IAS officer be head of LIC?
Sources close to development say that IAS officers are also angling for this coveted post. There are some business houses who are the main beneficiary of LIC's corporate loans who are also involved in pushing names of their candidates.

Why Ajit Seth active these days ?
The seniormost bureaucrat, after Cabinet secretary, Ajit Seth has become very active these days. He is now seen attending almost all important meetings. What is the significance ? His name is also doing the round for the post of Cabinet Secretary.

Pratip Chaudhuri is SBI Chairman
Finally Pratip Chaudhuri has become new Chairman of the State Bank of India((SBI) .He served as Group Executive of International Banking and Managing Director and served as Deputy Managing Director- International Banking with SBI. Chaudhuri has been Managing Director and Director of State Bank Of Saurashtra since December 24, 2007.He had served as SBI's Chief General Manager (CGM) of Chennai ircle.Chaudhuri, who had joined SBI as a probationary officer in 1974, succeeds O P Bhatt who retired on March 31, 2011. Chaudhuri's tenure will come to an end in September 2013.
(We said this on December 8, 2010)

It will take at least four months for new GMs in Railways
It will take at least four months for appointment of new General Managers (GMs) in the Railway Ministry. As it is, four posts of GMs are vacant as of now. Ad hoc approach will prevail till then as is the case regarding Member Traffic in the Railway Board.

19 Railway officers posted as DRMs
As many as 19 railway officers have been posted as Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs). They are: Madhusaudan Rao IRTS- Kota, Vishal Agrawal IRTS-Pune, Sunil Mathur IRTS-Moradabad , P.S.Mishra IRTS-Raipur, L.M.Jha IRSE-Danapur,
AK Gupta IRSME-Sambalpur, R.L. Gupta IRSME-Sonepur, T.P. Singh IRSME-Guntakal, Toppo IRSME-Ranchi, L.C. Trivedi IRSME-Bilaspur, Rakesh Behal IRSME-Ahmedabad, Rahul Jain IRSME-Mumbai-VT, Rajendra Jain,IRSSE-Jodhpur, Anup Prasad IRAS-Solapur, Lokesh Narain IRSEE-Ratlam, Swain IRSEE-Nanded, V. K. Yadav- Lucknow (NER), K.K. Gupta IRSEE-Jabalpur & Singh,IRSS- Izzatnagar (Bareli)
Surprisingly names of M. K. Gupta IRSE Eastern Railway and Rajesh Agrawal IRSME Eastern Railway were omitted from the said list. Orders of Harsh Kumar IRSME also approved for Malda division. It will be issued after code of conduct in West Bengal gets over.

22 posts of Directors vacant in GoI
As many as 22 posts at the director level are vacant in the Government of India (GoI). The DoPT has consistently been responsive towards the appointment at this level and has sent panels of names of officers to concerned ministries. However, the procedure reaches it's cessation once the panel of names reaches ministries, because they put down the consideration of panels either due to unsatisfactory experience or some other eligibility criterion which results in the disapproval of those proposals.

Differences between defence ministry and army headquarters over promotions ?
The spat between the defence ministry and army headquarters over the policy to determine the eligibility of Major Generals and Brigadiers for further promotions has reportedly frozen the future prospects of senior officers in the Indian Army'.

Faiz Ahmad Kidwai relieved to join in Jeddah
Faiz Ahmad Kidwai who has been appointed as India's new consul general in Jeddah was relieved from his posting as Director Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Faiz Ahmad Kidwai is an IAS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre. He will be succeeding S.A. Baba, an IAS officer of 1988 batch from West Bengal cadre.

Diwakar Gupta is MD, SBI
Diwakar Gupta on elevation from Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of State Bank of India (SBI) has become Managing Director (MD) of the SBI.
(We said this in April 2010)

Hemant Contractor is MD, SBI
Hemant Contractor on elevation from Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of State Bank of India (SBI) has become Managing Director (MD) of the SBI.
( We said this only yesterday )

A. Krishna Kumar is MD, SBI
Krishna Kumar on elevation from Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of State Bank of India (SBI) has become Managing Director (MD) of the SBI.
( We said this only yesterday )

Samar Ghosh to continue as West Bengal CS
One thing is certain, in case there is a change of guards (chances of which are very bright) at Writers Building Kolkata then Chief Secretary to the state government Samar Ghosh will continue. This was amply clear as Trina Mool Congress (TMC) founder president Ms. Mamata Banerjee who is also Railway Minister had stated recently "Dakshata ka koi rang nahin hota (that there is no colour of talent)". This 1977 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is famous for his integrity, probity and ability.

Dr Aditya Arya Spl Commissioner, RP Bhawan to get new posting
Dr Aditya Arya who is Special Commissioner of Police Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi will be getting a new assignment as he has been transferred out of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to AGMUT cadre.

Will Kapil Sibal attain his 100 days programme?
Will Indian Communication Minister Kapil Sibal be able to attain his goal of filling up all vacancies in BSNL Board under his 100 days programme? His question is hot topic of discussion in communication sector.

IAS officer deputated for Sathya Sai Baba Trust
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

Shake up of CGMs on the anvil in BSNL
A shake up of Chief General Managers (CGMs) will take place once promotions of Indian telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to 1978 batch materialised.

Ashok Prasad in IB transferred
Ashok Prasad Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), HQ, New Delhi has been relocated as Srinagar based Additional Director, IB. He is an IPS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

IA & AS officer Ms. Tanuja S Mittal transferred
Ms. Tanuja S Mittal (IA&AS-1996) on return from leave, is transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn/Pens), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai.

Pranab Mukherjee to seek cabinet not for recruitment in IT
Sources say that Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is soon going to take a go ahead from the Cabinet to recruit more personnel in Income Tax (IT) department.

Reddy is back to Punjab
Punjab cadre 1987 batch IPS officer C S R Reddy who was on deputation to the AP Government is back to the cadre.

NAC - 2 loses impact
The discussions in the corridors of power as to whether (National Advisory Council) NAC - 1 was more important or NAC - 2 now generally end with the conclusion that the former has lost importance after the tenure of the 1966 batch IAS officer Arun Bhatnagar as Secretary of the NAC.

Post of Director Finance vacant in BSNL
It is almost three years since the post of Director Finance has been lying vacant in BSNL. Last Director Finance was S.D. Saxena.

Yadav is back to Sikkim
Joint Secretary Home in the Government of India A.K. Yadav is back to the parent Sikkim cadre. On return 1987 batch IAS officer Yadav has been posted as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Transport Department .

Two ITFS officers to join Defence Ministry
Two JAG rank ITFS officers Jane Prasad & Indu Madhvi have been approved to go on deputation to the Ministry of Defence.

No relief for PCS officers from LHC
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has declined to quash an FIR registered against PCS officers for 'instigating others to protest and distributing provocative pamphlets in the civil secretariat'. Rejecting the request of Advocate Asghar Ali Gil for interim relief in a petition filed on behalf of 150 PCS officers the CJ remarked that the officers had taken law in their hands and he could not grant any relief to violators of law. The CJ also regretted that of late all sections of society have started resorting to strikes to have their demands accepted. Case has been adjourned for 22 April when the investigating officer has been summoned by the court.

IPS officer shifted in Orissa
Rourkela SP in Orissa D K Pattanayak has been asked to proceed on leave.He is 1997 batch IPS officer.Deepak Kumar will replace Pattanayak.

IPS officer suspended in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Government has suspended 1986 batch IPS officer Jawahar Singh for a sting operation in Aurangabad jail.

Former IAS officer grilled by CBI
Former Advisor to Chandigarh Governor Lalit Sharma has been grilled by the CBI officials .

IAS officer is Ombudsman KERC
The Karnataka Government has appointed B R Jayaramaraje Urs as ombudsman for Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC).He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

P.Mallanagouda is ADG, Homeguards & Prisons in Manipur (UPDATED)
P.Mallanagouda who was earlier IG CRPF on his return from central deputation has been posted as Additional DG (ADG) Homeguards & Prisons by the Manipur government. He is an IPS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to Manipur cadre.

Umesh Kumar relieved by Rajasthan govt. (UPDATED)
Umesh Kumar Administrator Rajasthan Agricultural Marketing Board who on central deputation will be Joint Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking, has been relieved by he Rajasthan government. He was holding additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Rajasthan Finance Corporation. He is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.

V. P. Das appointed as full time Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC (UPDATED)
V. P. Das the acting CMD and Director Projects of NBCC has been appointed as full time Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC order of Das appointment are issued today afternoon.

'Days of consumption without thought are over', says SAIL Chairman (UPDATED)
"SAIL is using the foundation of sustainable development to become a global player", said C.S. Verma, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), while addressing the inaugural session of a two-day international seminar on 'Achieving Sustainable Corporate Growth: Exploring New Frontiers in Technology & Management' at Ranchi on Friday. The seminar, organised jointly by Maharatna SAIL and National HRD Network at SAIL's Management Training Institute is being attended by around 500 delegates from various countries around the world representing academia and industry. Noted economist and former Indian Ambassador to the US Abid Hussain was the chief guest at the inaugural session of the seminar. Also present were former Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs R. Bandyopadhyay and SAIL Director (Personnel) B.B. Singh.. Contending that "the days of consumption without thought are over," Verma said "many leading companies have adopted sustainable development as a major corporate strategy and a driver for innovation that yields both bottom- and top-line returns." Speaking at length on the various measures that corporates should take to make sustainable development and growth a reality, he informed the participants that the Indian steel industry is also putting in concerted efforts and adopting a multi-pronged strategy towards greater sustainable practices.

CORPORATE

To whom is JP Group too close to?
It is being asked in the Corporate World these days with great interest that to which political party or person JP Group is too close to.

Satish Chandra is MD, NFL
Satish Chandra who on central deputation is Joint Secretary Chemicals & Fertilizers has got additional charge of Managing Director (MD) of National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL).He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

BCCL elevates Dr Bhaskar Das as President !
Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL) is believed to have elevated Dr Bhaskar Das, Executive President, as the President of the company.

BCCL appoints Arunava Das as Executive President
Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL) is learnt to have appointed Arunava Das Sharma, who was with Whirlpool US, as Executive President.

Raj Kamble appointed Managing Partner, BBH India
BBH Group has appointed Raj Kamble as Managing Partner and Head of Creative of its office in Mumbai. Kamble joins from BBDO WorldWide, New York, where he worked as Senior Vice President on the global P&G and Gillette business.

Rajesh Kamat to lead CA Media
Rajesh Kamat will lead CA Media in establishing it as a diversified Indian media and entertainment company. He will take charge as CEO of CA Media, India, from July 2011. The Company will develop Indian operations principally in television and film content, family entertainment, digital media, sports and leisure.

Sharma appointed Addl. Director, Moser-Baer (India) Ltd
Moser-Baer (I) Limited has appointed Vineet Sharma as an Additional Director of the Company.

Ghaghda appointed Company Secy. Asian Granito India Ltd
Asian Granito India Limited has appointed Bhavesh Ghaghda as Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. April 1, 2011.

Ansari resigns as Director, Mid-Day Publications
Khalid A.H. Ansari, Director, Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd has resigned from the Board of the Company with effect from March 31, 2011.

Gupta is Part Time Non Official Dir. Andhra Bank
Shaibal Gupta of Asian Development Research Institute, Patna , has been appointed as Part Time Non Official Director on the Board of Andhra Bank for a period of three years with effective from 4 April, 2008, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division), New Delhi.

Chakrabartty appointed Company Secy. Kalpena Industries
A. B. Chakrabartty has been appointed as Company Secretary of Kalpena Industries Ltd with effect from April 1, 2011.

Jain resigns as Company Secy. Kalpena Industries
Manoj Kumar Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of Kalpena Industries Ltd . Vohra appointed Independent Dir. HCL Infosystems Ltd

Vohra appointed Independent Dir. HCL Infosystems Ltd
Ajay Vohra has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of HCL Infosystems Ltd .

Two directors of Anand Credit Ltd resign
Gunvant Acharya and Tushar Joshi have resigned from the Directorship of Anand Credit Ltd w.e.f. March 21, 2011.

Singh appointed Company Secy. Poly Medicure Ltd
Ms. Sonia Singh has been appointed as Company Secretary of Poly Medicure Ltd the Company w.e.f. from March 15, 2011.

FORUM

Sibal on cleaning spree !

Good news is that the Minister of Communications Kapil Sibal has started cleaning up the Departments under him. Recently on his insistence for the first time tenure transfer policy has been formulated for Indian Postal Service. The Minister wants fresh talent in the headquarters & to break the coteries of strong vested interests who give him coloured feed back. Now there is widespread worried looks everywhere. The IPOS Officers want to staying on in Delhi & are looking for influence in high corridors to bringing pressure on Minister. All this even before implantation of Policy. Will the Minister bring Discipline? Can he get all vigilance cases managed to be closed in past by influential IPOS re-opened. The IPOS harass only Accounts cadre but have different policy for themselves.

Sudeep Jain

"Appointment of consultants by Ministries against DOP&T instructions."

The FOD of MOSPI is a den of corruption. There is no rule of law. All decisions are taken under the discretionary powers of ADG/DDGs (FOD)and on considerations other than merit. There is no transfer policy in place.

B S Gupta

"Appointment of consultants by Ministries against DOP&T instructions."

I retired from the FOD of MOSPI. As per my information, ADG (FOD) has engaged hundreds of consultants in the FOD by short-circuiting all rules. The matter does not end here. These consultants in order to grab these post-retirement rewards have paid 50% cuts to the big wigs of FOD Hq in Delhi. This latest scam runs into crores of rupees that has exchanged hands under the table. Officers in the MOSPI are party to this racket for decades. There is also a similar racket going on in the FOD in transfer industry to places of choice. Will the Minister Dr M S Gill ask some external agency like the CBI to conduct raids at the FOD Hq and seize all records to get at the truth.

V R Shukla

Will DOPT give a serious thought ?

In 1993 Cadre re-structuring was done and on the basis of resultant vacancies, Steno D were promoted on ad-hoc basis from 1993. In 2006 again, cadre restructure was approved by Cabinet but no benefit of any kind given to Poor Steno D due to resultant vacancies from 1993, rather the vacancies were filled by Departmental Exam as well as Open Steno C Exam and no promotion was given to poor Steno D till date and were temporarily promoted as Steno C and many of them are working as Steno C on ad-hoc for more than 17 years but surprisingly not given any regular promotion. If no benefit is given to the most stagnating Steno D (the feeder grade of the CSSS Cadre) for whose welfare lot of hue and cry is made and cadre restructured time and again, but no actual benefit is given to them and the benefit goes to the top level posts or posts are created at the higher level. In the recent cadre restructuring, 625 Steno C posts and 400 Steno D posts are cut to give benefit to top level and to the level of PSO, Sr PPS and PPS but no single regular promotion is given to Steno D which is the actual sufferer.

It appears that senior most PS/PPS and Sr.PPS interfered in its implementation and got a cut in the posts created and made them remain where they 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 start a poor Grade D of 1984-85 onwards will be put in the Select List from 2010 only instead of 1993 or 2006 at most due to them which will not have any financial involvement as almost all of them have got ACP and are due for third ACP/MACP on completion of 30 years but will become very junior to a UDC of 1993 who is a regular Assistant from 2003 despite having put in more than 20-25 years of service. Will DOPT give a serious thought and actual effort to give them the benefit due to them.

Narinder

Support Anna Hazaare

Social Activist Anna Hazaare and his followers are doing Excellent job to root out the Corruption from our society and Nation. We should all support him and activities like him who are fighting clean the system for our better tomorrow.

Manohar

Afghanistan

Times now's breaking news incorrect

Times now's breaking news- politicos sent packing by Anna's supporter is incorrect. There are still good politicians in the country such as Sharad Yadav who not only sat next to Anna on April 5 at 1300 hrs but also gave a pin drop silence speech for more than one hour.

Times now is known for supporting a good cause always. But it should highlight that only corrupt politicians are not allowed by Anna. People need to know good politicians.

Shaurya

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)