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Aaj Ki Aawaz

CAG Report pointing out Sheila Aunty's gupplas in tabled!!!

As Aunty 420 she's been very rightly labeled!!!

Sheila had been saying she'll wait for the CAG Report being tabled in Parliament before commenting on the so said gupplas enumerated in the Report!! Ultimately like Kalmadi she's going to say 'for the prestige of the Nation cost is immaterial'!!! Tendering norms were trashed....... arbitrary decisions were taken...... which led to huge losses and huge profits for certain Companies!! Now let us see if the 'caretaker' Boss of Congress will order Sheila to resign????? Congress says Report only points out to the guplas and she is innocent till proven guilty!!! Of course Singhvi and Manish have forgotten what they had demanded when the Hegde Report came out!!! And one must not forget the Great CWG Chori made the Nation look as if India 'bit more than it could chew' by bidding and then accepting to host the CWG Games!!

Delhi Cops yarn that Hindustani was the Cash for Voters master mind SC is not buying!!!

SC feels all logic Cops are defying!!

Hindustani is a pawn!!!! SC has given Delhi Cops three weeks to come up with answers on the money angle!!!! Amar Singh has restarted his Mandir visits .... trying to get 'divine deliverance' from Cash for Votes investigation by DP!! Maybe like he got Ash to marry a tree to cure a 'dosh' he may get himself locked up in a mock jail to cure 'dosh' in his 'kundli'!!! Please do remember one kundli is made by astrologers and the other kundli Cops make.... Amar would like to cure the latter kundli!!!

Madamji jaldi wapas aana.... I miss giving you flack!!!!

And you know I only give you flack when in your duty to the Nation I find that you lack!!

In Sonia's absence Rahul will run the show!!!! Now the three caretakers appointed with him have the power to order Mohna!!! Imagine Defence Minister in Mohna's Cabinet is now his Boss! Because in Congress High Command is Supreme and in Sonia's absence High Command is a four member body!! Sonia has also indicated that in case ohna goes and Rahul Baba still wants to 'play' then Antony will be the PM!!!! Pranab, PC , Sibal and Digvijaya are all cut up at not being included in the caretaker Body Sonia appointed!! And once again I wish Sonia 'get well soon'!

PS...... they say now Pranab Da has finally decided to call it a day after this stint in the Union Cabinet! But he'll not shift to West Bengal and live his 'sunset' years in Delhi... shuttle between WB and Delhi!!! He pens his daily dairy.... and on the page where he has expressed his intention to call it a day, at the bottom he has also penned E&OE!!!!!

Bharat Kumar

Major AICC reshuffle
Renuka Chowdhary and Rashid Alvi will be two new Spokesperson.Vilas Muttemwar will monitor the government's flagship programmes. Girija Vyas has been appointed head of the Vichar Vibhag (intellectual cell) and editor of party mouthpiece Congress Sandesh.Suresh Pachauri has been made convener of the party's research and coordination department, a job with potential .Anil Shastri has been made chairperson of the party's Hindi department.The Sandesh editorial board has been reconstituted with Salman Khurshid and Jairam Ramesh as members.
( We said this on August 1 )

Is new Environment Minister going to block industry dreams of mining projects ?
Ms. Jayanti Natrajan- the new Environment Minister at the Centre, is likely to be a proverbial albatross around the neck for the party. She is going to be a roadblock in clearances of all the projects that are environmentally sensitive. This would mean that corporates wanting to take up mineral and mining activities in various regions are going to have a tough time going ahead. It is heard that the new minister has the full backing of Home Minister too, since both belong to the same state.

BUREAUCRACY

Hamid Ali Rao is new Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Hamid Ali Rao, presently Ambassador and permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in succession to Talmiz Ahmad.
(We said this on May 24)

Goa Government to launch unique health insurance scheme
Goa Government being headed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is going to launch a unique health insurance for all Goanese. It will cover all such people who have stayed in Goa for at least five years. For this a tie up with the ICICI Lombard has been done by the Goa Government. Every eligible Goanese will get health insurance cover of Rs.60000 and that too irrespective of his/her income. The scheme to be launched from August 15, 2011will be christened "Swarn Jayanti Beema Yojana".

Sanjay Krishna going to the US
Sanjay Krishna Principal Secretary Planning with the Assam Government is going on training to university of La Sierra in USA for six months. He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Sarita Mittal gets in-situ promotion
CSS officer Sarita Mittal has been given in-situ promotion as Joint Secretary HRD in the Government of India.

Suresh Pal gets in-situ promotion
CSS officer Suresh Pal has been given in-situ promotion as Joint Secretary DoPT in the Government of India.

76 CBI men are in the dock
This is official. 76 of its own officers from DIG to constable are in the dock on a wide variety of charges.

Four in fray for DGP's slot in Punjab
There are four DG rank officers who are in fray for the post of DGP with the Punjab Government.

R.P. Singh has an edge for the post of CMD, SJVN
As the grapevine has it, R.P. Singh, one of the two main contenders for the post of CMD of the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), has an edge for the slot. Interviews will be held on August 7, 2011.Presently, Singh is acting CMD, SJVN.

IRS officer Kumar empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer I Vijay Kumar 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 Teg Singh transferred
Teg Singh, Deputy Director (AMG-I/Fin/Rep), in the office of the Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Delhi, New Delhi.

Aditya Kumar Bajpayee nominated for 37th APPPA
Aditya Kumar Bajpayee, Director (Fin), Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) which commenced at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

IPS changes in Uttarakhand
S K Bhagat has been appointed ADG CID and Administration.Ram Singh Meena will now be IG Law and Order.

Saraf is new Advocate General Arunachal Pradesh
Ashok Saraf has been appointed as new advocate general in Arunachal Pradesh.

TERI's admission to 5th MA in Public Policy and Sustainable Development is on
TERI University announces admissions for the 5th MA in Public Policy and Sustainable Development. The programme, sponsored by DoPT, is suited for mid career civil servants and professionals in the corporate sector. The curriculum comprises of two semesters of course work at the New Delhi campus, 6 weeks training at reputed Universities abroad on select modules on public policy and one year major project at the place of posting. The last date for application is 10th October, 2011. The session commences on 9th January, 2012. Further details are available at TERI
University website www.teriuniversity.ac.in

Sharda Pratap Singh to be Dy.Secretary to Rajashan (UPDATED)
Sharda Pratap Singh Deputy Conservator of Forest(DCF) Sariska Tiger Project (Alwar) has with immediate effect been transferred as Deputy Secretary to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.Singh is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 2006 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE

Will the stay order in Bellary - Hospet mining region affect the GDP growth?
Closure of operations in Bellary - Hospet region could cost the country around $ 8.5 billion of GDP loss say sources in the steel ministry. The ore produced from the region is consumed by key manufacturers like Tata Metaliks, Kalyani Steel, Mukund Iron and Steel besides JSW.

B. K. Datta is BPCL's Director Refineries
B. K. Datta has taken over as Director Refineries in BPCL .Earlier he was Executive Director (Supply Chain Optimization) in BPCL.
(We said this on May 11,2011)

Jharkhand CS gets additional charge
Jharkhand Chief Secretary S K Chaudhary has been given additional charge of the CMD Tenughat Power Corporation.

Prasad ceases to be Director, Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd
Ms Sarita Prasad, Non-official Part-time Director ceased to be Director of Powergrid Corporation of India on completion of her tenure on August 3, 2011.

Upadhyay resigns as Company secy. Deep Industries Ltd
Ms. Renuka A. Upadhyay, Company Secretary, Deep Industries Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from July 31, 2011.

ICICI Bank nominates new Director on Samtel Color Ltd Board
ICICI Bank Ltd on July 21, 2011 has nominated Alok Singh, Deputy General Manager of the bank as their nominee on the board of Samtel Color Ltd in place of Yogesh Rastogi.

Ram resigns as Director, Samtel Color Ltd
Arun Bharat Ram, Director, Samtel Color Ltd has resigned from the board of the company.

Ahsan appointed F&B Manager, Holiday Inn, Mumbai International Airport
Syed Raghib Ahsan has been appointed as Food & Beverage Manager, Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport.

Hodavdekar is Addl. Director, Zicom Electronic Security Systems Ltd
Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited has appointed K. D. Hodavdekar as an Additional Director on the Board of the Company w.e.f. August 4, 2011.

Simon joins as Exec. Creative Director, O&M, Bangalore
Joono Simon has been appointed as Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Bangalore.

Agarwal is Company Secy, DCM Financial Services
DCM Financial Services Limited has appointed Sumit Agarwal as Company Secretary w.e.f August 1, 2011.

Shishir Kumar to look after Bharti Airtel head North Circle
Shishir Kumar has been appointed by Bharti Airtel as CEO of the company's B2C operations in Upper North (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and J&K) circle.

Millions of Indians starving for the sake of GDP

M L Gupta wrote: "There is no shortage of production in essential commodities--in fact, the government has no place to keep the bountiful produce and hence puts it to rot in the open. Releasing them in the market would tame the prices, which will be bad economics."

Absolutely right, Gupta jee. You have hit the nail on its head. Reduction in agricultural commodity prices would result in lowering of GDP from that sector which would affect the total GDP. Reduction in growth of GDP would mean loss of credibility, face and prestige. A few million Indians starving to death is the price we are willing to pay.

C N White

Nothing can be far from truth

I am in complete agreement with the views expressed regarding CGHS. At Noida, it takes two days to take medicines - on monthly basis. It means every month, two precious days are wasted on getting medicines. Staff comes not before 8.15 or 8.30. We reach there at about 9 or so and our turn does not come till 1.30, at which time they close down. Today came to know about something like an afternoon session. I believe it is only in NCR like Noida etc. When the case of diabetes and hypertension is on the increase and it is a very common ailment, I wonder why the dispensary cannot give medicines for 3-4 months at a stretch instead of only for a month. The specialist from RML prescribes for 6 months at a stretch. Every month, so much time gets wasted in just procuring these medicines. After computerisation, it is even worse. The system does not work satisfactorily. Why cannot they resort to manual working when the computer system fails? They refuse to do that and all the people have to keep waiting till the system starts working again. What a precious waste of time. Whatever happened about the insurance scheme - floated by minsitry of health in place of CGHS?

Moogambigai

A forward looking officer

Mugda Sinha is a forward looking fine officer, who tries to solve problems at the core, has a depth of knowledge with fine humane qualities. As a bureacrat i have known her for several years . she is an hard worker and responds to poor people with warmth and follows till their work is done. let god be with her in her new assignment .

GG

Challenging tasks by traffic police

It is heartening to note the challenging tasks being performed by traffic police. I wish every officer takes up one issue at a time in his agenda, to clear the system from unruly masses. Today every one can see zooming cars and bikes on roads. Why cant our traffic police note down nos. of all such vehicles and check them, instead of looking the other way. Invariably ,one can find zooming Sumo/Scorpio/Innova/Tavera like big vehicles which are generally driven by goons. If a drive is made to stop/track such cars and bikes by traffic police, a lot can be done to book the criminals. Such zooming vehicles generally belong to criminals/antisocial elements/spoiled children from rich families etc. Therefore without waiting for any untoward incident to happen, a drive by traffic police/ police in all cities will certainly help catch potential criminals in the society.

DK

Inclusion of PM in Lok Pal ambit is a red herring

All this clamour for inclusion of PM in Lok Pal ambit is a red herring. More pernicious is section 57 of the draft bill ,which says that the provisions of the Lok Pal Act would be "in addition to " and not in "derogation " of any law for the time being in force. Meaning thereby that the Anti Corruption Wing of the CBI would continue in the present form. This is more than clear from the proposed and only amendment to section 6A of the DPSE,1988 in the draft Lok Pal bill. So folks, in India, we would have 2 agencies to tackle corruption :one within the Government and one outside the Government. Where on earth ,can one find such a calculated mess ? Should the Government not asked the utility of 2 central agencies to administer POC Act ?

BD

Discussions about stagnation in IRS galore

Discussions about stagnation in IRS vis a vis IAS or even P&T Accounts and Finance galore. However, people should also take a look at the similar situation in Railways where no service has a batch in SAG below 1989. Infact, IRSS and IRSEE etc are lagging so much that even 1987 batch is not yet promoted. It is only recently that proforma promotion has been given to them. However similar situation remains in HAG in all services in Railways where generally 1978-1979 batches are yet to get HAG when 1985 of IAAS & IAS are already in HAG.

S Kumar

We'r proud of Director PR !

We are proud of B.D Sharma , Director PR, as a real professional. He not only does official publicity and Public Relations job excellently but contributes a lot for the promotion of local talent in different fields. Good luck to him.

Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia

Review promotions

DoPT should review the promotions of Steno Grade D to Steno Grade C and consider regularising their services from retrospective effect with respect to their adhoc appointment in that grade, subject to their suitability. A cut off date should be fixed. This would mitigate their grievances once for all.

H G Upreti

Opinion given by Ministry of Law and Justice

The Appellant sought information regarding the legal opinion provided by the Ministry of Law & Justice in respect of an incident for which action is being contemplated against Shri Pranav Kumar (IAS 2008 Batch, Bihar Cadre) under Rule 12 (d) of the IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954. The Ministry of Law informed the CIC that its opinion on any given issue is tendered on the file received from the concerned department. This opinion becomes a part of the File which is eventually returned to the Department concerned. The Commission clarified that the records of any advice / opinion tendered by the Ministry to other Government Departments do not fall under the category of fiduciary capacity and Section 8 (1) (e) is not attracted. The Commission held that the decision in respect of disclosure of the legal opinion given by the Law Ministry to the concerned under the RTI Act, has to be made by the Department seeking that advice.

Comments

There exists a two-way channel connecting the Law Ministry with any other Department of the Central Government. On one way, the File seeking opinion travels from the concerned Department to the Law Ministry and on the other way, the opinion tendered on that File travels from the Ministry of Law to the concerned Department. If the advice given by the Law Ministry is accepted as fiduciary, then such information which will never be disclosed in any contingency u/s 8 (1) (e) of the RTI Act even if the concerned Department is willing to disclose such opinion which is under its control.

[Shri Rajiv Ranjan Verma v. Ministry of Law and Justice in Appeal No.CIC/SS/A/2011/000886].

- 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)