What people say about us !

The website is very good and hope to include alert email on changes and also opinion system or polling

Kishore Kumar

Has Sharad Pawar been pressed into service ?
ACS Home in Maharashtra U C Sarangi has been pressed into service to extinguish fire in Ramlila Ground. In fact 1977 batch IAS officer Sarangi is considered close to Sharad Pawar in the bureaucratic circles. What is the significance ?

Now name of China in circulation
There were reports about US hand in Anna Hazare agitation, Now there is another talk of China hand in this agitation to weaken the country.

BUREAUCRACY

Three new Judges of Supreme Court
Justice Ranjana Desai of the Bombay High Court, Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court J.S. Khehar are expected to be sworn in as Judges of the Supreme Court of India on August 26.

Anindo Majumdar moves to Afghanistan
Anindo Majumdar has moved to Afghanistan on an assignment for one year. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anup Mukherjee to retire next month
Bihar Chief Secretary Anup Mukherjee is retiring next month end. He is 1974 batch IAS officer.

General J J Singh busy authoring book
Ex-Army Chief and Governor Arunachal Pradesh General J. J. Singh is writing a book on National Security, world power and his personal experiences. It is a 500 pages book.

Ms. Tavleen Singh to pen a book on Gandhis' family
Ms. Tavleen Singh who had earlier written a book on Rajiv Gandhi is now writing an insider information on the Gandhi family. Though, it is to be seen how deep she can get information about the secretive first family of the country, and what beans can she spill from what the world already knows.

A book on Murli Deora?
Milind and Mukul Deora the sons of ex Union minister Murli Deora are planning to write a book on their father Murli Deora. It is going to talk about the rise of the Deora his close connections with the Ambanis' and his political and ministerial career. Though who is going to write a book is not as yet clear, there is a search going on for the right person say sources.

Attachment of Mrs. Asha Rani with Postal Staff College extended
The extension of attachment of Mrs. Asha Rani with Postal Staff College for a further period of six months w.e.f. August 6, 2011 has been approved.

IES officer Yash Pal empanelled as JS
IES officer of 1984 batch Yash Pal has been empanelled as JS, under CSS, in GoI.

IRS officer Vyawahare empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer K K Vyawahare who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA&AS officer Murugiah is now Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit)
S. Murugiah, Principal Accountant General (Audit), Punjab, Chandigarh, has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

Pakistan : Joint Staff HQ empowered to finalise joint strategic directive
Pakistan's defence Secretary stated on Saturday that as per the new defence policy approved by Prime Minister Gilani the Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) has been empowered to formulate the Joint Strategic Directive (JSD). JSD is the basic document that lays down the norms regarding composition, structuring, perspective planning, training methodology and employment strategies for the armed forces. It also contains specific instructions for execution of plans to counter specific threats. The last JSD was issued by the government of Pakistan in 2007. That the power has now been delegated to the JSHQ implies that the armed forces in Pakistan aren't prepared to let the political establishment meddle in matters military.

SAIL Chairman reviews expansion work at Bhilai Steel Plant (UPDATED)
The Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), C.S. Verma, reviewed the progress of modernisation & expansion (M&E) activities being implemented in the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh at a cost of about Rs. 17,200 crore and expressed satisfaction over the progress made in installation of Bhilai's new Blast Furnace which will be the biggest blast furnace of Bhilai with an annual hot metal production capacity of 2.8 million tonnes (MT). He also witnessed operations in Coke Oven Battery (COB) besides visiting the main M&E project sites, including COB # 11, Sinter Plant # 3 (in which a second sinter machine would be installed), Steel Melting Shop # 3 and Bar & Rod Mill. He also reviewed work at the ultra-modern Universal Rail Mill being set up at the plant at a cost of Rs. 1,200 crore. At Dalli-Rajhara, Mr. Verma witnessed the crushing, screening and washing processes and interacted with officers of the mines. Later Verma informed media persons that SAIL would invest Rs. 10,264 crore on development of its mines, adding that the company's total iron ore requirement would increase from the present 23.2 MT to a post-expansion level of 39 MT.

CORPORATE

Amitabh Bachchan - the luckiest of all !
Amitabh Bachchan can be said to be the luckiest person on earth as on date. He is one who is in the limelight since Seventies - i.e. for over 40 years.

Panikar appointed Addl. Director, JIK Industries
JIK Industries Limited has appointed Vijay Puttan Panikar as an Additional Director with immediate effect.

Singh appointed Whole-time Director, Hindustan Tin Works Ltd
Hindustan Tin Works Ltd has appointed P P Singh as Whole-time Director of the Company w.e.f. August 12, 2011.

Jain resigns as Whole-time Director, Hindustan Tin Works Ltd
Manoj Jain, Whole-time Director of Hindustan Tin Works Ltd has resigned from the company's Board w.e.f. August 12, 2011.

Tandon appointed COO Draftfcb Ulka
Draftfcb Ulka has appointed Sanjay Tandon as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its Delhi operations.

Samson appointed GM, The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore
The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has appointed Amit Samson as the General Manager of The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore.

Pandey appointed VP (MICE Division), Tamarind Tours
Tanuja Pandey has joined Tamarind Tours ( MICE division) as Vice President based in New Delhi.

Bindra appointed Director (Tours & MICE), FCm Travel Solutions India
Manpreet Singh Bindra has been appointed as the Director(Tours & MICE )of FCm Travel Solutions India.

J P Patel re-designated as Executive Chairman, Sahyadri Industries Ltd
Sahyadri Industries Ltd has re-designated J P Patel as Executive Chairman of the company.

S V Patel re-designated as MD, Sahyadri Industries Ltd
S V Patel has been re-designated as Managing Director of Sahyadri Industries Ltd .

Two directors re-designated as Whole-time directors of Sahyadri Industries Ltd
P. L. Patel and V. L. Patel have been re-designated as Whole-time directors of Sahyadri Industries Ltd.

You are supporting wrong people

If you feel that you can get away by supporting wrong peoples like Mayavati, J P Gaur, SSS, Sehgal etc you are terribly wrong. How many crores have you collected from J P Industries for praising them on your website? Are you aware that you could be investigated for possessing black money?

(An IAS Officer of UP Cadre)

Two most respected and honest individuals

Madhav Godbole and Anna Hazare were both part of committee which drafted Maharashtra State information commission and they both are most respected and honest individuals in the state.

P. Joshi IAS

Ever heard of shortage of ministers in the country?

M L Gupta asked "Ever heard of shortage of ministers in the country?" Yes When a minister says that he did not know, it means he is overloaded with respect to his ability. In other words, his workload needs to be split and another minister given that work. If the appropriate authority does not act, it means the proper person is not available. In other words, there is a shortage of ministers. All other organisations work on that workload divided by capacity of manpower available , determining the manning level/ requirements basis.

R Kumar

Are NGOs the new targets of the Lokpal Bill ?

There is a huge outcry that NGOs are the new targets of the Lokpal Bill. Rightly so ,since section 17 of the draft bill reads as follows :

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(e) any director, manager, secretary or other officer of every other

society or association of persons or trust (whether registered under any law for the time being in force or not) wholly or partly financed by the Government or in receipt of any sums under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 or any donation from the public: ---"

So if a body of individuals obtain donation from public, Lokpal Act should apply.

Now, read the definition of political party in Representation of Peoples Act :

"[(f) "political party" means an association or a body of individual citizens of India registered with

the Election Commission as a political party under section 29A;]"

Thus a body of individuals registered as a political party proceeds to obtain public donation , the political party is as much amenable to the provisions of Lokpal Act.

Looks like the draftsmen in order to target NGO forgot to take themselves outside the dragnet. Give it a thought.

David

Hazare has put the Govt. in a bind.

Anna Hazare has put the Central Government in a bind. They do not know how to extricate out of this situation. One is worried about this state of affairs. The swelling crowds around Anna are indicative of bad Governance and corruption of which people of this country are fed up. Anna's crowd consists of young people. The 'josh', the anger , the organizing ability, the talent at spreading and managing the Annamania is too impressive. If only this talent of youth could be harnessed to build this nation. What does this show? The youth of this country want a better life with better Governance. It also shows that they do respect values. Anna symptomises an ideal. Simple and austere life dedicated to common good. They are therefore for him. Our leaders must learn a lesson from this. They can have the support of people only if they show such strength of chracter. When all this is commendable the enthusiasm of the young crowd, the continuing protest is worrisome too. Exposing the Government as a weakling in the face of mass protest of this nature does not bode well for the nation. Our enemies can take cue from it. Some way should therefore be found soon to end this stalemate.

Aarti Khosla

BJP lost the opportunity

By shedding crocodile tears in Parliament on the way Anna was treated and keeping silent about the issues raised by him, BJP is missing the woods for the trees; a clear case of showing concern for the messenger and not the message. Added to this is the betrayal of the opposition by voting with IPA for the price rise. BJP should have brought out the reasons for Anna's relevance and the circumstances that brought this Gandhian to Delhi and the support he is getting. BJP not only broke the opposition unity but has also lost a golden opportunity to show their concern about corruption and price rise.

Navnith

Facts were fully correct

The piece in support of Bharat Bhushan further proves that the facts stated in leela's piece about his aborted, irregular and short-lived additional charge posting as CMD of AI were fully correct. Along with the further effort to prop him up,it also unfairly and gratuitously denigrates the past and present CMDs of AI, Arvind Jadhav and Rohit Nandan.

There is more about the postings of Bharat Bhushan. He has been simultaneously holding the FA post in three different ministries, civil aviation, IT & environment, which should have gone to three different officers, denying the chances of others while so many competent and willing officers are available and waiting to come on central deputation. Occupying the FA post in three different ministries militates against efficient and prompt disposal of work and proper accountability and answerability to one Secretary in overseeing his work and write his ACR.

John Thomas

TAIL-PIECE

Kapil Sibal, Digvijay Singh and Chidambaram were travelling in a chopper. Sibal dropped a 100 rupees note down and said I have mad one poor Indian happy. Digvijay singh dropped two 50 rupees notes down and said well I have made two poor Indians happy. Not to be outsmarted Chidambaram dropped hundred one rupee coins and said look I have made a hundred poor Indians happy. Hearing this the pilot laughed and said now I am going to drop the three of you down and make 121 crore Indians happy. The pilot was ANNA HAZARE.

NN Ojha

Protection of trees

The Complainant wanted the Forest Department, GNCTD to put up on their website certain information related to the Delhi Tree Preservation Act like details of permissions given for felling and pruning of trees, together with the details of applicants, the number of trees, locations, reasons for approval or rejection of the same and other details. The CIC directed to put the information on-line along with the details of complaints received on the tree help-line and their status till the date of final disposal. The CIC also directed all civic agencies carrying out any construction work to display along with the monetary costs and details of the project, the environmental cost, indicating the number of trees being felled and the location of compensatory plantation.

Comments

In M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India, the scope of Article 21 of the Constitution of India (Right to Life and Liberty) was enlarged by the Apex Court and the right to clean environment was also comprehended under Article 21. The rapid concretization in the city is affecting the trees the most, leading to poor forest cover and disappearance of
various species of birds. While this order is a step in the right direction, the mute question is whether it would be implemented and if yes, to what extent?

- 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)