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

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Moily as the Convener and Pranab Da the Chairman shows the Sarkaar intent!!!

And then to meet the Civil Society reps Kapil Sibal the Chief Deceiver was sent!!!

Sarkaar refusing to issue a notification also shows its true intent!!!

Instead Sarkaar says 'Letter by Moily will be sent'!!!

Reality check….. this Bill has to be passed by Parliament!!!!

And by the looks of it back to the Drafting Committee the Draft Bill will be sent!!!

That is because no Neta worth his or her salt wants this Bill to become law!!!!

So when the Bill comes up for discussion in Parliament MPs will find flaw after flaw!!!

And Sarkaar's defense of the Bill will be weak…… fixing will in all probability be done!!!

And for the time by not allowing this Bill become law by Netas the battle will be won!!

The Lokpal Bill is to tackle corruption and Bill should make this clear!!

All other matters....... Lokpal should not go even near!!!

In simple words when it comes to corruption Lokpal is the Superman!!!!

And should not become Supreme Man!!

Knowing that Congress will give in Rahul will sit at Teen Murti on fast demanding that Lokapal Bill be enacted!!!

He knows his Family's image has been horrendously impacted!!

By sitting on fast he'll try to take some of Anna's glory!!!!

But does he think we are that gullible that we'll get taken in by his attempting 'glory ki chori'?????

In TN Jaya is going to sweep the polls!!!!!

And Rahul will end up scoring a few self goals!!!

His dear Mummy scored a self goal in Kerala by asking Votes for the Opposition!!!

Opposition in Kerala is all for her proposition!!

Seems Hazare has got her rankled and that's the reason for this faux-pass!!!

Or maybe because her rallies in TN ' Public gave the pass (miss)'!!

Though Congress said the low turnout was because of the heat!!!

Empty seats ne kiya Madam ko greet!!

After crying out against corruption all of a sudden BJP's gone 'chup'!!!!

So its cries against corruption were just a 'gup'!!!

Otherwise BJP should be crying itself hoarse for the Lokpal Bill!!!!

But then like Congress Netas when in power BJP Leaders bhi apni pocket karte hai fill!!

Confucius says …..Today the fight is Anna versus the Political Establishment!!!!!

Anna wants a Lokpal with teeth and Netas want a Lokpal who is just an embellishment (decoration)!!!

Flash..... Anna should not allow the likes on Barkah and Rajdeep on stage!!!

Because they are pro Congress and a war against the movement they do wage!!

Already the pro Congress Media has spread canards!!!!

And both Barkah and Rajdeep are self appointed Congress Bards!!

And Anna needs to cut down about talking about himself....... let others do the praising!!

Otherwise the flag of ego he'll be raising!!

One of the reason he's respected is his humbleness..... only simple living is not humbleness ka sign!!

Humbleness also means no use of ' me or mine'!!!

What are you watching..... cricket IPL????

Or the Indian Patriotic League or IPL!!!

Last heard seems some breakthrough has been made!!!

But in Parliament by Netas this Bill will be 'stayed'!!!

Here's wishing Anna a long life because Netas have bought time and hope sooner or later Anna will 'pop it'!!!

And then at Jantar Mantar fasting who will sit????

Bharat Kumar

Ministers carry cash, and ministers office bails them out
Carrying cash and entering the country is one thing but when you are minister and get caught there are enough people to defend you. This is what happened with Goa's education minister Atanasio Monserrate, who was detained by the Mumbai Airport Customs on April 1, 2011, for allegedly carrying undeclared currency. But he was soon let off after a call received from the Indian Finance Minister's office. Now Central
Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has denied that that any calls were received by the custom officials at Mumbai Airport from the office of any Minister. Sources say the decision was taken entirely as per customs rules.

SS chief pays back Anna in his coin
Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray who once hated the guts of Anna Hazare during the tenure of his government in the state called him a fake wretched faced Gandhian. This time SS Chief has supported the Lokpal Bill movement , but has not supported Hazare for the same !

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>

Who will head the Lokpal Bill redraft Committee?
The grapevine has it that eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan will head the 50- 50 joint committee to redraft the Lokpal Bill.

SBI now has 4 MDs
The State Bank of India (SBI) has now got four Managing Directors(MD). They are:R Sridharan, Diwakar Gupta, Hemant Contractor & A Krishna Kumar.

Harinath Mishra transferred in IB
Harinath Mishra Deputy Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) Head Quarters, New Delhi has been transferred as Joint Director, IB, Agartala (Tripura) in place of Neeraj Sinha. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Umesh Kumar relieved by Rajasthan govt.
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.

Whose baby is government's Communication sector?
Whose baby is government's Communication sector? His question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. With no equipments how capacity building and expansion can be done is a not a Million Dollar butt a Billion Dollar question?

IA & AS officer M Karunanithi transferred
M Karunanithi, (IA&AS 2004), on repatriation to the department, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (C&RA), Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

Two Jharkhand cadre IPS to join GoI
Two Jharkhand cadre IPS officers R K Malik and Prashant are expected to join the Government of India.

Satya Gopal to be Chairman CHB
Satya Gopal, who is presently administrator, Daman, Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli will soon be joining as chairman of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) . 1988 batch UT cadre IAS officer Satya Gopal will succeed 1991-batch officer Mohanjeet Singh, who has been transferred to Daman and Diu.

P.Mallanagouda is ADG, Homeguards & Prisons in Manipur
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.

Das is now full-time CMD of NBCC
V. P. Das - the acting CMD and Director Projects of NBCC - has been appointed as full time Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC. The order of Das has been issued.

Ms Prasad to join Defence Ministry
Dr Ms Jane Prasad is joining the Defence Ministry on deputation. She is 1998 batch IP&T AFS officer.

Dharma Reddy repatriated to Defence Ministry
The Andhra Pradesh Government has repatriated the services of A.V.Dharma Reddy, Secretary A.P. Information Commission to his parent cadre Ministry of Defence (DGDE), Government of India. He is an IDES officer of the 1991 batch.

Foreign Correspondent Club of South Asia elects new office bearers
Simon Denyer, South Asia Editor of the Washington Post has been elected President of the Foreign Correspondent Club of South Asia, for the two years period 2011-13, during the elections held on April 7th, 2011, at the Club Building in New Delhi. Sanjay Jha, India Bureau chief of ITN News, London, has been elected Vice President while the other members elected for the executive committee are Francis ELLIOTT, South Asia Editor of the Times of London , Niklas Hallen, REX Features, London, Ammu Kannampilly, South Asia correspondent, AFP , Dean Nelson South Asia editor , Daily Telegraph, London, Adam Plowright, Deputy Bureau Chief, AFP, Nicola Smith, South Asia correspondent, Sunday Times (London), Amanda Hodge, The Australian, Australia and Sanjit Das, freelance photographer.

IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh. N. Mukteswara Rao will be Collector of Nalgonda district replacing the present incumbent S.A.M. Rizvi. Rizvi in turn has been posted as Collector to Krishna district. A. Ashok has been made Collector, Adilabad, in place of P. Venkateswarlu, who is posted as MD, APCO.Solomon Arokia Raj has been appointed Collector, Chittoor district, in place of V. Seshadri who, in turn, has been posted as Collector of Ranga Reddy . Siddharth Jain has been moved as Collector, Khammam district. Mudavatu M. Nayak, has been appointed as Joint Collector, Khammam, replacing Mohd. Abdul Azeem who is made chief city ration officer, Hyderabad.

Ex.Member CBEC is no more (UPDATED0
Ranjit Chandra, IRS (Customs) of the 1967 batch, ex-Member (P&V), CBEC and ex-Member, Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited property breathed his last on the 4th of April.

Ratan Tata awarded (UPDATED)
Ratan Tata has been conferred the Most Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year award by Chemtech India Foundation.

1996 batch IPS is DIG in Manipur (UPDATED)
Four 1996 batch IPS officers Mssrs Clay Khongsai, S Manglemjao, GA Bimolchandra Sharma and Kh Chandramani Singh have been promoted to the rank of DIG in Manipur. 1994 batch IPS officer L Kailun has also been given DIG rank.

CORPORATE

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

'Days of consumption without thought are over', says SAIL Chairman
"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.

Jai Menon is back to Airtel
Jai Menon is back to Bharti Airtel after a brief stint with Vodafone .

MCCS has elevated Sanan
Neeraj Sanan has been promoted as Executive Vice President Marketing and Distribution at MCCS.

Pandey is VP Sales at MCCS
Avinash Pandey is Executive Vice President Sales at MCCS.

Lele resigns as Director, Wyeth Ltd
P.H. Lele, Director, Wyeth Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company with effect from April 6, 2011.

Kamat retires as CMD, HMT Ltd

A.V.Kamat has ceased to be the Chairman and Managing Director of HMT Ltd upon superannuation on March 31, 2011.

Dash ceases to be Director, MSP Steel & Power Ltd
Niranjan Dash Independent Director of MSP Steel & Power Ltd has ceased to be director of the Company w.e.f. February 14, 2011.

Ravishankar resigns as MD & CEO, Geometric Ltd
Ravishankar G, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Ltd has resigned from the Company with effect from April 8, 2011

Parpia appointed CMD, Geometric Ltd
Manu Parpia has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Ltd with immediate effect.

Auld appointed CEO, Trent Ltd
Trent Limited has appointed Philip Auld as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company.

Burra is Addl. Director, Midvalley Entertainment Ltd
Prashanth Burra, has joined the Board of Directors of Midvalley Entertainment Ltd as Additional Director with effect from April 1, 2011.

Jena resigns as Director, Midvalley Entertainment Ltd
Sudhir Kumar Jena, Director of Midvalley Entertainment Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company due to his other pre-occupation with effect from April 1, 2011.

Two directors of Sampada Chemicals Ltd resign
Adarsh Somani and Gopaldas Mantri, the directors of Sampada Chemicals Ltd have resigned from the Company with effect from March 31, 2011.

Pradeep Jain to be re-appointed Chairman, Parsvnath Developers
Pradeep Kumar Jain will shortly be re-appointed as Whole-Time Director designated as Chairman of Parsvnath Developers Ltd .

Sanjeev Jain to be re-appointed MD & CEO, Parsvnath Developers
Sanjeev Kumar Jain will shortly be re-appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Parsvnath Developers Ltd .

Rajeev Jain to be re-appointed Director (Marketing), Parsvnath Developers
Dr. Rajeev Jain is to be shortly re-appointed as Whole-Time Director designated as 'Director (Marketing)' of Parsvnath Developers Ltd.

FORUM

Just received an e-mail, wanted to share with the whispers community.

1. Who is Anna Hazare?

An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War

2. What's so special about him?

He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra

3. So what?

This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.

In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.

4. Ok,...?

This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.

5. Really, what is he fighting for?

He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.

6. How that can be possible?

He is advocating for a Bill, The Lok Pal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), bureaucrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds.

8. It's an entirely new thing right..?

In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit thier theft (corruption).

7. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?

The first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed.

Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the LOK PAL BILL. 50% goverment participation and 50% public participation. Because you can't trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them.

8. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?

A LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like, Bofors scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result.

9. Is he alone? Who else is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?

Baba Ramdev, Ex. IPS Kiran Bedi, Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more.

Prominent personalities like Aamir Khan is supporting his cause.

10. Ok, got it. What can I do?

At least we can spread the message. How?

Putting status message, links, video, changing profile pics.

At least we can support Anna Hazare and the cause for uprooting corruption from India.

At least we can hope that his Hunger Strike does not go in vain.

At least we can pray for his good health.

At least we can take out some time and go to Jantar Mantar, where he is fasting, to show and register our solidarity to the cause for which he is fighting.

Ashok K Bhimani

Where criminals rule the roost ?

Having belonged to one of the most corrupt departments under Ministry of Defence i.e. department of defence estates where those involved in criminal and vigilance cases are given the charge of vigilance function and having faced every type of harassment and victimisation for blowing whistle on high level corruption , I was always wondering whether I belonged to a Group A service known as IDES or a land mafia (and it is no wonder that my present boss happens to be a person of no less standing than the one being on bail and facing a criminal case on charges of corruption and my junior by several batches ) I wanted to quit the service in the year 2000 but having become useless (inspite of being a CA ) on account of having joined govt service and fighting corruption in the defence estates department I some how continued in the service. Contrary to media reports it is not only the young generation who has rallied behind Anna Hazare there are several officers of our service (IDES ) like many others who may be no longer young but they feel determined to fight corruption with greater vigour. while many consider us as one of the most corrupt departments under Min of Defence because of Adarsh Society case and Kandivli land scam very few know that we have to work under heavy odds and one of our officers has been without salary for almost fifteen months for having blown whistle on corruption but has refused to bow down before the corrupt bosses. Anna Hazare,s fast coming close on the heels of peoples uprising in Arab world is bound to change the shape of things in not so distant future. At a time when most of senior bureaucrats are willing to do do any thing to get a post retirement sinecure , here is a man like Anna Hazare willing to die to get rid the country of cancer of corruption .

regards

Sudhir Chopra

Lok Pal Bill

There seems to be mass movement against corruption spearheaded by Anna Hazare. It is not clear why government is not willing to support LOK Pal Bill and does want to notify even for constitution of Committee. Any thing which is in public interest can be notified by the government. This is demand of public and is meant for public. We should not forget the days when Mahatma Gandhi went on hunger strike or fast during British Raj and he got success.

R K Mishra

Hazare deserves praise

Anna Hazare has electrified the nation against corruption. Bharat Kumar in his Aaj-ki awaz is right that it is spontaneous movement.I watched the goings on on the first day and today also i spent two hours sitting there watching unending queue of people filing past the barricade close to the stage with veneration in their eyes for the man who while reeling on the pillow acknowledged their support by waving hands. At Jantar Mantar it is a large gathering of people of every hue-young and old individuals by themselves, organizations of all variety-kissan, communists, religious sects. Very touching was the lines of students from different schools some as small as 7-8 year old. Their enthusiasm is seen to be believed. The posters they carried and the slogans they raised were infectious. It made me sad though to think that why our kids have to engage themselves with serious issues like corruption when they should just be in the school learning and playing. But why not? Even for their admission to a good school their parents have to face this menace of corruption. I hope some breakthrough is possible today in this stand off between the Government and Anna's supporters to enable the crusader to end his fast.

Aarti Khosla

Govt seems to have lost

This government seems to have lost it all. Even after four days of outpouring of public sentiment in Anna Hazare movement it could not come out with any coherent response. None of its leaders including the so called 'youth icon' and the one once compared by your forum to 'Gandhi Ji' could come out and address the public sentiment. Govt adopted an ostrich type attitude and was not willing to concede an inch to a sentiment which was echoing into every household of the country. It would be advisable for PM now to resign a live a peaceful life and some real leader should take up the reign of governance in this country otherwise time is not far when we may find ourselves in an anarchical state notwithstanding the much touted 9% growth rate of economy.

MB

Unfortunate

Government of Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh is dragging its feet on the issue of bringing up an effective legislation to root out corruption. They should show some urgency to pass this legislation and not take shelter of procedures etc.

They never talked about such procedures and other niceties while passing the legislation in case of "Office of Profit Bill" since that was done to benefit a few persons from political class including Mrs Sonia Gandhi.

A special session of Parliament should be called to facilitate passing the effective legislation to root out corruption.

It is quite unfortunate that Government actions to shield the corrupt is causing collateral damage to the credibility of even the most honest people in the political class.

Sammalochak

About Mrinal Pande

Why not? When she could tamper with the Minutes of Board Meeting of March 15, 2011 for appointment of Tripurari Sharan as DG Doordarshan, the Minister's candidate, this extension is mere formality !!

Let others know that even a female power mongering writer could stoop to any low gutter. Dont rate them high and hold them in esteem....Anna Hazare kya karega jab aise intellectual chori karenge !! Shame.

Goga Prasad

Defective tenure transfer policy.

Yes it is true the Minister is intelligent & dynamic & does not get swayed by bureaucrats. But the IPOS know very well how to circumvent the system & Sibal will not come to know. There are following shortcoming-

1. The tenure transfer & allotment of Circle criteria policy is not laid down in case of inspectors of post offices from staff selection commission. In so many cases the IPOS officers has relaxed the condition & adjusted influential Inspectors in home district but those come from poor families are sending to opposite direction. Person from UP send to Tamil Nadu etc. in last so many years large number of inspectors give exam again & join customs. The working condition is very much worse as IPOS harassing them.

2. In tenure transfer policy IPOS have not said anything about deputation. So when officer come from deputation in Delhi he can join the Ministry & again go on deputation come back & join in ministry. They will remain fixed in Delhi. Therefore nexus will not break. How will tenure be counted?

3. This policy has been made to harass only those ones who are not having any influence. Even in service husband wife officers keeping in same place even when they can be posted in some other place. They are telling children in class-IX to XII will be adjusted but when now there is no Board exam in 10th class what is problem in transfer?

4. Why they are not making tenure transfer for Accounts people? I am sorry if Sudeep Jain feels bad but policy should be made for everyone. What is policy for doctors in P&T Diospensary? The IPOS unable to implement any policy because they themselves favour own people.

I wish Sibal very GOOD LUCK. If he is successful the working of post office will improve. IPOS lobby must break.

Jalaj Manohar Sinha

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

As per MOF's instruction No. 14 (14) - E (Coord) 77 dated 25th October, 1977, when a post is sanctioned for a specific purpose in an organizations is diverted for another purpose at the same or different station and / or utilized as a standby to accommodate an officer awaiting posting orders or to make use of the services of an officer for some special item of work etc. such diversions defeat the very basis purpose for which posts were originally created. Since such action amounts to abolishing one post and create another at other stations, prior approval of MOF is necessary.

The above instructions are being flouted by the FOD of MOS&PI due to vested interests. Several posts were transferred to other locations on frequent basis. Order No. 12015 / 6 / 2010 - SSS dated 1st June 2010 could be accessed on the ministry's website. These orders were issued by MOSPI without the approval of Min of Finance.

V R Shukla

An upright officer

Dr. Aditya Arya is an upright officer and his services are specifically required in Delhi which is lacking uprightness and discipline. Hope he would be retained in Delhi and assigned important portfolio in Delhi Police (Crime/Admn.)

Mohan Singh Thakur

Civil Servant - a class apart

Ajit Seth is a suave, level-headed and unbiased civil servant. He is down to earth. His straight forward approach is disarming. He would be the best choice for holding the post of next Cabinet Secretary on the basis of merit and honesty .We were peers in the Science faculty ,University of Delhi. My best wishes to him.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Cabinet Secretary is pro IAS

The Cabinet Secretary is honest, hard working, efficient and looks after the interests of his service. He is pro IAS, but every Cabinet secretary is. However, the IAS does not want him as Cabinet secretary. Four batches of the IAS have lost their opportunity to become Cabinet Secretary because of him. Only the Kerala lobby (and the next incumbet)wants him to continue. The CWG/ 2G/ Adarsh scams cannot be laid at his door, the scamsters are being investigated, if the PM is not to be held responsible for these scams, neither can the Cabinet secretary. In the selection of the CVC probably he had a role, but that is a matter which has been laid to rest. Anyway, he will continue till the next incumbent joins!

A K Singh

CPWD pinnacle of inefficiency?

The Laxmi Bai Nagar Type IV quarters had pitched tar coal roads inside the quarters. However all of a sudden the CPWD had a brain wave that roads and the entire colony should be concretized. The only reason one could think for this was to line the pockets of engineers, who keep on devising new ways to spend money, so that they can get their cut.

What is worse is the poor quality of concretization work done. The colony roads resemble a dusty village road due to bad quality of work. As a result the colony had a look worse than that of a slum.

I hope the secretary Urban development and the chief engineer CPWD will take note of this article and do something about this mess, lest residents are forced to complain to higher ups.

Mohan (A resident)

Sai Trust

Dear Sir, this cannot happen. However, the state government tries. Better, the team concentrate on other works. The trust is truly trust-worthy and spends money for various welfare activities, including treatment for all at no cost. Govt. cannot do this. Let them not spoil this work being done by the Sai Trust

R R Subramaniam

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)