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Aaj Ki Aaawz

Advani says Netas standing in elections should submit 'no money in Tax Havens' affidavit!

Under what category will the following fit???

Netaon ka black paisa in 'some Industrialist's Tax Haven account'!!!

Quite a few Netas use this mode as per an insider's account!!

Again though Advani behaves 'holier than thou' but he's not that holy!!

For example his name in the Jain Hawala Diary was indeed 'unholy'!!

Many still wonder was that a gift from Jain or was it Advani's apna money!!!

Ask Advani and see him 'runny runny'!!

And then those in the know joke 'do not forget the UK NRI family of 4 bros'!

Who have an innovative 'banking' scheme for Netas the story goes'!

Ask Advani about this and see him turn red in the face!!!

Away from you he'll literally race!!!

Using the 4 bros Netas can technically submit the Affidavit that Advani has demanded!

BJP needs to issue a Notice…. by Advani BJP is no longer commanded!!

Because as Advani sees the possibility of BJP coming to power Advani will go berserk!

Advani has shown time and again he has the 'knack ki Nation ko karre irk!!

What is pathetic about Advani is his not walking the talk!!!

And rest assured on corruption Advani's talk differs from his walk!!

IBN says Mohna is an island .... island on which 'wrecked' corrupt UPA Netas land!!

And he gives them a helping hand!!

'Island Mohna' is under the rule of Madam Ji!!!!

And sadly to corruption of UPA Netas she does not say 'chee'!!

It is indeed pathetic that a young lad who has nothing to show,

Is being compared to The Great Mahatma…. a new low!!

Just look at his Resume and you will guffaw in scorn!!

His only claim to fame is that in the Nehru Gandhi family he was born!!

His calling card should read… Rahul Gandhi, Phd in Drama!!!

Claim to fame ….. Nehru Great Grandad and Indira Grand-mama!

A friend tells me that at IGI India has an 'apartheid immigration'!!

If you are a First Class passenger you get special treatment by the Immigration Authority of the Nation!!!!!

There is a special counter at Immigration for passengers flying first class!!!

Would Mohna like to take Immigration Authority's to task????

Yes have a special counter for Tourists and Diplomats!!!

But why give prefrential treatment at Immigration to First Class 'fat cats'???

Seems Gaddafi is not interested in 'buying out the rebellion by oil money power'!

He's using his military might or power!!

In Middle East the turmoil is here to stay!!

And havoc with Oil and Gas prices this turmoil will play!!

A Belgian Politician says 'spouses of Leaders should refuse sex with their spouses'!

Convert their homes into 'no sex houses'!!

The Politician adds 'Make it clear no sex till a Government is made'!!!

'Till then being lovey-dovey is stayed'!!!

Confucius says…….however in India if the same situation were to take place!

As 70% Netas are too old similar threats from their spouses they would not face!!

Adds….. for the older Netas here what will work is spouse nagging!!!
And then if there is no Sarkaar and Netas were to stay at home nagging would be like ragging!!!

Caveat.... to the too old for lovey-dovey there are expections...N.D.Tiwari!!!
Though once the DNA test report comes out he's going to say his 'sex drive' is because of a bimaari!!!!

Bharat Kumar

New face to head Finance Ministry ?
If sources close to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are to be believed, North Block will have a new Finance Minister after the budget session of Parliament. During the next reshuffle neither Pranab Mukherjee nor P Chidambaram will head the Finance Ministry.

Middle East developments to change power equations
There is a general feeling that developments in Middle East is going to change power equations in the world during the next six months.

BUREAUCRACY

Sisodia to be JS HRD ?
R P Sisodia is being tipped to be Joint Secretary in the Department of HRD in the Government of India. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

M.A Ganpati tipped to be Joint Secretary, Naxal Management
As the grapevine has it, M.A Ganpati - IGP, Uttarakhand, on central deputation is likely to be appointed as Joint Secretary, Naxal Management in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

Reddy to be Indian Ambassador to Baghdad ?
K Suresh Reddy is likely to be posted as India's Ambassador to Baghdad. He is 1991 batch IFS officer.

Jamestin to be Director (HR) ONGC
In all probability K S Jamestin will be new Director (HR) of the ONGC.The PESB is believed to have put his name number one in tha panel.

K.V. Eapen tipped to be Senior Advisor, IMF- Washington
The ACC has approved appointment of K.V. Eapen as Senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C. Eapen currently on central deputation is Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (Ministry of Finance).He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre.

Butola's appointment as new CMD of IOC cleared
Name of R S Butola has been forwarded to the ACC.He is expected to take over as new CMD of the Indian Oil Corporation in a week or two.
(We said this on Aug 25 and Sept 27 , 2010 and finally on Feb 15)

Prakash Mishra's promotion on the anvil
Prakash Mishra, Additional Director General (ADG) in National Investigation Agncey (NIA), is soon going to be promoted to the DG rank. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Postings of new GMs in Railways further delayed
There has been a further delay in postings of new General Manager (GMs) in Railways. The related file that was cleared by the Cabinet secretariat has asked for inclusion of names of two incumbents in the panel meant for posting as general managers (GMs). They are Rajeev Bhargawa and Abhay Khanna (both contenders for GMs).

Faiz Ahmad Kidwai to be India's new consul general in Jeddah
Faiz Ahmad Kidwai has been appointed as India's new Consul General in Jeddah. Kidwai who on central deputation is currently Director to the President of India will succeed S.A. Baba (IAS 1988 batch, West Bengal cadre). He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Y K Gaiha is new Member of BIFR
Y K Gaiha has taken over as Member of the BIFR on Tuesday. He is former 1975 batch IRS (IT) officer. He retired as CCIT Ahemdabad.

Who will head UTI?
A race has begun for new Chairman of the UTI. The process for hunting of new chief of UTI has been initiated by the Company's board.

Uncertainty regarding new Chairman Tea Board continues
Uncertainty regarding new Chairman Tea Board continues. The Central government has sought fresh panel officers from the Assam government. On going by convention this time an officer from Assam cadre is supposed to head the Tea Board.

AP CS Prasad is also Chairman of HMR
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary S.V. Prasad has been appointed Chairman of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMR) in place of C.V.S.K. Sarma.

Coal India emerged as new brand in global arena
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has emerged as a new brand in global market. Thanks to the drive and push that was demonstrated by its Chairman Partha S. Bhattacharyya. Last year the CIL was able to garner a record amount of $54 billion i.e.Rs.235000 crore at that time through its IPO. Prior to that Partha S. Bhatachayya had addressed 116 meetings while conducting road shows at 84 destinations across the globe, in just 28 days. Bhattacharyya who retires as CIL Chairman on February 28, 2011 had blazed a new trail before heading CIL. He had attained a major turnaround in the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) as its Chairman and Managing Direcor(CMD). Political analysts say that it will be no exaggeration to say that Bhattacharyya as CIL Chairman had
struck "deal of the year in 2010" through CIL's IPO.

Dismal Fiscal in Pakistan
According to testimony given recently by Pakistan's Finance Secretary Waqar Masood and Development Division Secretary Sohail Ahmad to a Parliamentary Standing Committee, the country is passing through dismal fiscal situation. Budget deficit estimated at 4% at the start of the current fiscal has already touched 7% 'despite the government having used all available cushions'. IMF program for Pakistan has been suspended and bilateral negotiations with World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Department for international Development (DFID) are not moving ahead. 'Therefore', the Finance Secretary told the Standing Committee, 'the country was facing a serious cash liquidity crisis'. Planning and Development Division Secretary Sohail Ahmed added further, 'govt has imposed an across the board cut in the Public Sector Development Plan (PSDP) allocations and all government sector entities have to manage their affairs within limited funds'. Rs 35 billion flood related expenses, 100 billion subsidy to Pepco and poor law & order situation putting extra burden on the exchequer are primarily responsible for the dismal picture according to the senior bureaucrats dealing with Pakistan's finances.

Ms. Tilotma Verma's promotion on the anvil
Ms. Tilotma Verma is likely to be promoted as a Joint Director in the CBI. She is an IPS officer of the1990 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

S. Jairaman is Spl. Director, IB
S. Jairaman who on central deputation so far was Additional Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on promotion has become Special Director, IB .He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Ms.Krishna Veni Desavathu joins MP from West Bengal
Ms.Krishna Veni Desavathu due to change in her cadre has joined Madhya Pradesh cadre. She is an IPS officer who belongs to the 2007 batch and was earlier in the West Bengal cadre. Her husband Shreekant Bhanot is whose cadre was also changed from West Bengal to Madhya Pradesh is an IAS officer of 2009 batch. Currently, he is posted as Assistant Collector, Dhar.

Sanjeev Kumar Mishra tipped to be PS to Dayanidhi Maran
As he grapevine has it, Sanjeev Kumar Mishra on central deputation is likely to be appointed as private secretary (PS) to Dayanidhi Maran Indian Minister for Textiles. Presently he is a Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is an IAS officer of the1997 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

J.K. Batra's term ends on May 18, 2011
Term of J.K. Batra, Member for Authority on Advance Ruling, will come to an end on May 18, 2011.

IA&AS officer Kurian transferred to Shimla
V Kurian, Principal Accountant General (Civil & Commercial Audit), Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram, has been transferred and posted as Director General, National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Shimla.

1979 batch IAS to get ACS rank in Jharkhand
1979 batch IAS officer A K Sarkar is being promoted to the rank of ACS in Jharkhand very soon.

A Santhi Kumari empanelled in GoI
A Santhi Kumari has reportedly been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1989 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

IFS results announced
Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) has announced the result of the Indian Forest Service Examination held in July 2010. The list contains names of 85 candidates, including 35 belonging to Other Backward Classes, 15 to the Scheduled Castes and 07 to the Scheduled Tribes.

IPS changes in Kerala
Additional Director-General of Police Mahesh Kumar Singla has been moved to the PHQ. Rajesh Diwan is the new ADGP, Northern Range.

Air Commodore Sood is head of Command in Pune
Air Commodore Deepak Sood has taken over the Command of 9 Base Repair Depot, Pune.

Selvi Apporva transferred as Inspector General of Registration in TN (UPDATED)
Selvi Apporva, IAS, Special Secretary to Government, Industries Department, in Tamil Nadu, has been transferred as Inspector General of Registration.

D. Sabitha is Secr School Education Department in TN (UPDATED)
D. Sabitha, IAS, Inspector General of Registration, in Tamil Nadu, has been transferred and posted as Secretary to Government, School Education Department.

Jagarajan is Secr, TN Human Rights Commission. (UPDATED)
D. Jothi Jagarajan, IAS, Secretary to Government, School Education Department, in Tamil Nadu, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, State Human Rights Commission.

DoT accepts refusal for promotion of 5 Asst Accounts Officers (UPDATED)
The Department of Telecommunications and IT, Department of Posts has accepted the request for refusal/deemed refusal of five Assistant Accounts Officers for promotion to the post of Accounts Officers. The five officers will not be eligible for further promotion consideration for a period of one year wef from Dec 10, 2010. Those Asst Accounts Officers whose refusa has been accepted include J.T. Sahney PAO Nagpur, A.R. Chaudhary PAO Nagpur, S.M. Saharasbudhe PAO Nagpur, R.I. Khatib PAO Nagpur and M.K. Khandelwal PAO Bhopal.

Ajay Kumar promoted as DIG (UPDATED)
J.Ajay Kumar, Superintendent of Police, C.I.D. E.O.W.-I, Hyderabad, who is on inter cadre deputation from Assam to Andhra Pradesh, has been promoted in the Supertime Scale to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Assam Manipur cadre, PCR III Cell CID.

AP Govt to repatriate IFS officer Vijaykar (UPDATED)
The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to repatriate P.J. Vijayakar, Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer to his parent cadre Assam Manipur wef March 12, 2011. He is posted as Regional Vigilance and Enforcement Officer, Guntur and is an officer of the AM cadre who belongs to 1992 batch.

Prabhakar Alok IPS promoted as ADGP (UPDATED)
The Andhra Pradesh government has provided pro-forma promotion to Prabhakar Alok IPS officer to the HAG scale as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) wef Jan 7, 2011. He is an IPS officer of the 1986 batch who hails from the AP cadre and is presently on deputation to the Intelligence Bureau.

Kerala IPS officer Thachankary in trouble again (UPDATED)
Senior police officer from Kerala Tomin J. Thachankary, Inspector General of Police, is in the limelight for the wrong reason again. This time he had landed himself in trouble for not disclosing full personal details while applying to renew his passport. Thachankary is an IPS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to Kerala cadre.

Kerala ADGP M.K. Singla in trouble for issuing NoC to Thachankary (UPDATED)
Additional Director General of Police, North Zone, Kerala, Mahesh Kumar Singla is likely to face action for having granted no objection certificate to IPS officer Tomin J. Thachankary, who is under suspension pending an inquiry, for renewal of his passport. Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters in Thiruvananthpuram that he was aware of the issue and would take action against the officer. Singla is an IPS officer of the 1982 batch who hails from Kerala cadre.

CORPORATE

Capt Pavan Kumar Kaul is Director, NFL
Capt Pavan Kumar Kaul has assumed charge as new Director of the National Fertlizers Limited (NFL). Hitherto he was Executive Director (Customer Relations & Business Development) in the CONCOR.
(We said this on November 11,2010)

CWC co hosts national meet on food grains' storage
The Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India in partnership with the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and FICCI organized a one day national conference on policy for storage, handling and transportation of foodgrains in New Delhi on February 19, 2011. The Conference was inaugurated by Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Prof. K.V. Thomas. Dr. B.C. Gupta, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI, CMD FCI, MD CWC B.B. Pattanaik and other senior officials of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GOI, FCI, CWC and SWCs also participated in the event. The main objective of this national conference was to revisit the national storage policy notified in July 2000 and various schemes formulated by various Departments from time to time to accelerate the development of warehousing in the country and to prepare a road map for future developments in the sector. The conference had three technical sessions relating to policy, storage technology and financing of warehousing sector. The meet was attended by the representatives from warehousing and logistic companies both in public and private sector, commodity exchanges, banks, policy makers, senior Central and state government officials and other stakeholders in the warehousing sector.(The photograph is of the same occasion)

Narlikar is new MD Assam Financial Corporation
Jayant Narlikar has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Assam Financial Corporation .He is 2003 batch IAS officer.

TOP TEN OF KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK

1.Uday Kotak - Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director

2.Anand Mahindra - on Board of Directors

3.Deepak Gupta - Executive Director

4.C Jayram - Executive Director

5.Shivaji Dam - Kotak Foundation

6.Sandesh Kirkire - CEO Kotak Mutual Fund

7.Ravi Iyer - Head Kotak Securities

8.D Kanan - Head Kotak Securities

9.Falguni Nayyar - Head Investment Banking

10.Shanti Ekambaram - Head Wholesale and Corpo

Naik to be Director (Defence Budget) BEML
P R Naik is being tipped to be Director (Defence Business) of the Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML).

Uncertainty over new Coal India,Chief
With barely a week left for Parhas S.Bhattacharyya, present Chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL) to retire, uncertainty sill persists about new chief of CIL. If one goes by rules then N.C. Jha by virtue of his being senior most Director, CIL should be appointed till a full time chief of CIL was appointed. However, he is holding the charge of CMD South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECIL) as well. If Jha is not given then it will be after 2003 that Alok Perti Special Secretary Coal may be given charge till new incumbent was appointed. Perti is an IAS officer of 1977 batch from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. It may be stated that in the year 2003 the then Additional Secretary Coal was appointed CIL chief.

M.K Das's extension as CVO ITI rejected
The ACC has rejected a proposal relating to extension in deputation tenure of M.K Das Chief Vigilance Offcer (CVO) of the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Bangalore. He is an IPS offcer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Manipur- Tripura Cadre.

Ms. Usha Venugopal appointed as CVO, Madras Fertilizer
Ms. Usha Venugopal has been appointed as Chief Vigilance officer(CVO) of the Madras fertilizer LTD. Chennai. She is an IR&AS service officer 1988 batch.

Harpreet Singh appointed as Director- Project Services, CONCOR
Harpreet Singh has been appointed as Director, Project Services, Container Corporation of India Limited.

21 GMs in IOC promoted as EDs
SK Diwan - GM I/c (Engg & PJ) HO as ED Gujarat SO, Suneel Sethi - GM(CC) CO as ED (HR) PL HO, Dr B Basu - GM(App Res) R&D Centre as ED(Lube Tech) R&D Centre, VK Gupta - GM(Fin) Mathura Refinery as ED(Fin) Mathura Refinery, BD Ghosh ED CHT New Delhi (Gr 'H') as ED CHT New Delhi (Gr 'I'), Ashish Nag - GM PDEC Ref HQ as ED PDEC Ref HQ, BP Baliga - GM (HSE) CO as ED(HSE) Ref HQ, S Ganguli - GM(TS) Haldia Refinery as ED Haldia Refinery, S Rajagopal - GM(Ref Tech) R&D Centre as ED(Ref Tech) R&D Centre, AK Digar - GM(Operations) HO as ED(HSE) HO, Ms Madhu Nangia - GM(Fin) Panipat Refinery as ED(Fin) Panipat Refinery, S Balasubramanian - GM(HR) HO as ED(HR) HO, JP Ojha - GM ERPL Kolkata as ED ERPL Kolkata, AN Jha - GM(CC & Branding) HO as ED(Consumer Sales) HO, S Mitra - GM(PC) CO as ED(PC) CO, PM Nazirudeen - GM Kerala SO as ED Andhra Pradesh SO, SS Samant - GM Madhya Pradesh SO as ED(PJ & Engg) HO, SK Ghosh - GM I/c (Core Group) PNC 'P' as ED PNC Panipat, Anish Aggarwal - GM(PJ-System & Gas) PLHO as ED WRPL Gauridad, B Ashok - GM Karnataka SO as ED Karnataka SO and Anjan Banerjee - GM (Lube Ops) IBP Coord HO as ED(Lube Ops) HO.

Singh resigns as Director, Uttam Sugar Mills
Prabhkaran Singh Lalli, Director, Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd has resigned from the Directorship of the Company w.e.f. February 18, 2011.

Madia appointed Addl. Director, Raj Oil MIlls
Raj Oil Mills Ltd appointed Dipakkumar Madia, as Independent Additional Director on the Board of Directors with effect from January 1, 2011.

Anandakrishnan appointed ED, K.P.R Mills
C R Anandakrishnan, President (Processing Unit), K.P.R Mills Ltd has been appointed as an 'Executive Director' of the Company for a period of five years from February 1, 2011 to January 31, 2016

Jauhari resigns as National Creative Director, Pickle Lintas
Rahul Jauhari, National Creative Director, Pickle Lintas has put in his papers. He is currently serving his notice period at the agency.

Gauba appointed Senior VP Law & Kenneth
Law & Kenneth Delhi has appointed Sanjeev Gauba as a Senior Vice President.

Sharma appointed Company Secy. Vardhman Polytex
Vardhman Polytex Limited has appointed Sushil Sharma, Company Secretary as Secretary of the Company as well as Compliance Officer.

Jain appointed Addl. Director, Sarla Performance Fibres
Anil Kumar Jain has been appointed as an Additional Director of Sarla Performance Fibres Ltd w.e.f. December 9, 2010. He is an Independent Director.

Vidyasagar resigns as COO, Sun TV
Ajay Vidyasagar, Chief Operating Officer, Sun TV, has put in his papers

FORUM

Ineffective & Weak Vigilance mechanism in GoI

The Supreme Court recently remarked that every Government wants to have a weak Judiciary. I would like to add to it, that every Government wants to keep its internal vigilance mechanism weak so that things can be managed. If men & woman of exceptional intelligence & high integrity are posted against the posts of Chief Vigilance Officers then the present sorry state of affairs would not have arisen. I think the fountain head of corruption emanates from the manner in which posts are filled up. Everything flows from the recruitment or appointment stage. If a person has to pay bribe to get recruited then no one should expect him to give a honest service because the means by which he was recruited were dishonest. Similarly the blatant manner in which CVOs are selected by the Government is a mockery. There is no transparency & the system is made so difficult & procedure suffocating. Since all applications of Officers interested for deputation are to be routed through the respective cadre controlling authorities thus the first stage of elimination occurs here. The cadre controlling authorities' forward the applications of their own favoured ones. And who are the favoured ones ? All those committed-to-boss officers, who quietly agreed to whatever the higher ups wanted are considered as practical & pro administration. Never mind if these obedient officers submitting dedicated notes & in the process damaging the career prospects & aspirations of other officers or their committed notes have led to loss of crores to the government but gain to their bosses such obedient officers are the ones who rise in service. It is their applications that are selectively favoured & forwarded repeatedly & who jump from one deputation to another & remain perpetually on deputation with brief spells of one or two years in their own departments/cadres as cooling off period.

Now I would like to know that with every Ministry & Departments in the Government having a plethora of posts of CVOs can anyone point out one single instance in which any CVO has taken proactive action & caught any corrupt practices? Has any CVO worth his salt caught any corrupt official. None at all because the CVOs treat these posts as comfortable parking areas after completion of one deputation tenure as they get an additional three years under Central Staffing Scheme of DOPT, where they can enjoy all the public sector perks & privileges, throw ther weight around, create false fear to suck more facilities, case files are hung up before the culprits & more advantage sponged off. Who will judge these corrupt CVOs who have no accountability, are answerable only on paper and enjoy immunity from prosecution. Thus they can carry out blackmailing tactics side with the corrupt & cozy up with officials against whom they receive complaints as they themselves are provided immunity from action. There is not a single example in GOI of any CVO catching any corrupt person because the selection process to fill post of CVO is defective, as anyone who takes such initiative will be reverted & branded as unsuitable for the post. In fact such Officers of high intelligence & unimpeachable integrity are given a short shrift & not selected for such posts under the 'Committed Bureaucracy" concept now prevailing. If the plethora of Vigilance Officers & the paraphernalia provided to them is converted in rupee terms then it will be clear that the people of India are paying a heavy price to maintain this Vigilance set up with zero results. It will not make any difference if the posts of CVOs are abolished, at least considerable amount will be saved. What is the use of having institutions in place & plethora of rules, acts etc but the absence of will to implement the same.

Lok Nath Mehra

Incomplete information on RTI application

The new CSI is perennially on tour abroad. The incomplete information given by the MOSPI on my RTI application is baffling. This will be shared with the browsers in due course.

SriRam

CSSS - for Gr.'D' always pathetic

Recently The Cabinet had approved cadre restructure for CSSS. The same thing was done in 2006 with the main intention of providing relief to Gr. Steno who are stagnating in the same grade for more than 20 years. But unfortunately, nothing happened but only the no of PPS and Sr. PPS posts increased. This time also the main motive is only the same i.e. providing relief to stagnation Gr. 'D'. But one and half month has passed and nothing has happened. Again, it seems there is going to be increase in no. of posts of PPS and Sr.PPPs and the steno D will be left where they are only for being posted as a subordinate to these "British PPS/Sr.PPS officers" for sitting late for a small salary. Apart, from this, UDC at present who are junior to Steno 'D' have been promoted as regular Assistants will shortly become SOs; and probably the poor steno D will be calling them "SIR".

This drama enacted again by DOPT is fine and deserved a "national award"

Raju

Telecom's Loss?

News on this site about Dr Vijayalakshmy K Gupta, Member (Finance), Telecom Commission being selected as Secretary Finance Defence. Our Congratulations. Dr Gupta is the most deserving candidate. Her persona is that of efficiency and dedication coupled with a friendly demeanor and accessibility unlike other bureaucrats. But then, the Dept of Telecom would be the biggest loser, especially it's a crisis period and her presence is imperative. As Member (Finance) she has seen and conducted the smooth auction of 3G spectrum and her efforts have been singled out for appreciation by the Ministry of Finance. Dr Vijayalakshmi Gupta has brought in Refreshing reforms in Telecom especially in Finance & Accounts set up and the GOI should well extend her tenure to strengthen Finance in the Ministry of Communication & IT.

Anita Jane.

IpoS run the Dept like feudal lords

Having once been in IPoS before moving to another service, I must say not even IAS but it is in this service where one gets to meet the most arrogant people i;e IPoS. They run the Dept like feudal lords and forget accounts they even treat the departmental postal guys worst than menials. They don't even offer a seat to their subordinates even PMG's are kept standing by the CPMG. Very discourteous and lacking decorum, from my experience the nice people in this suffocating dept apart from the promotee guys were the IP&TAFS people indeed cordial and friendly even the Seniors are so friendly and offer a cup of coffee but the other guys don't even offer you a seat. There is acute shortage of manpower but the poor promotees chaps are made to run personal errands by the IPoS masters.

This dept has outlived its utility and its better it gets merged with Telecom and since the dept is going technical in a big way the ITS can manage better with their technical background. The IPoS can be disbanded.

R K Sharma

Telecom Dept didn't allow its Services to go on deputation

The Dept of Telecom because of its rapid expansion did not allow any of its Services ITS & IP&TAFS to go out on deputation because of the availability of large number of posts. Ofcourse this helped the IPoS they managed to occupy Postal Accounts Offices with the alacrity .The huge pendency is thanks to them, infact because of IP&TAFS there is a semblance of order and the offices have been streamlined to a large extent. Now these people cannot browbeat the direct recruits hence the antagonism. In the new States like Chhattisgarh posts of CPMG, PMG. Directors have been sanctioned but not Director Accounts posts or other Accounts personnel. The Member(Finance) post in the Postal has been deliberately downgraded and the 5th Pay Commission had recommended the revival of Member(Finance) but the file is not moving an inch. In the 6th CPC many Member Posts were created in Postal Operations and all have been sanctioned but till date no Member(Finance) post. All this clearly reveals the attitude towards Finance. Any proposal of Finance and accounts is kept pending deliberately. The Ministry of Finance and C&AG should seriously look into all issues. The Postal dept is sitting on a volcano some day a scam will just blow up like the 100 crore scam in W. Bengal. The Postal dept can learn from the Telecom Dept, disregard for Financial advice in 2G SCAM has lead to well everybody knows. And YES its the IP&TAFS looking after the Accounts and Finance there.

S Kumar

Questions to be answered

There is no doubt that some people have heaved a sigh of relief over the denial of extension to the officer. The basic issue is that when the Finance Secretary, Reverend Secretary etc do not have tenure posts, how could a subordinate officer have it. These are questions to be answered.

Jhonty

Is Advani following Vajpayee ?

Ms Sonia Gandhi's letter to Advani and the latter's immediate expression of regret about the BJP task force's report more than what meets the eye. Why Advani was in such a hurry and that also even before discussing the matter with BJP President, task force or other top brass. If any body sees a quid pro quo in this, he can not be faulted especially since CBI has suddenly resurrected the Babri demolition case with Advani as an accused in the SC after almost ten years. BJP's Loh Purush, it appears, has become a Makhan Purush. He is following the foot steps of Vajpayee who is being accused of soft pedaling Quottrochi case as a quid pro quo for saving his 'foster' family members.

N sriram

RTI

Prosecution record

Copies of certain documents were denied to the Applicant claiming that it consists of analysis of evidences by various decision taking authorities and their opinions thereon which has the potential to influence these evidences and to interfere with the proceedings of the court wherein prosecution of the Applicant is already under process. The Commission noted that copies of the relied upon documents submitted by the Respondents to the Court have already been provided
to the Applicant by the Court and that there is no order from the Court not to disclose any further information available with the Pubic Authority. The Commission directed to provide the documents after severing those portions that are exempt from disclosure under any of
the sub clauses of Section 8(1) of the RTI Act.

Comments

Public Authorities tend to avoid disclosure even after the filing of the charge-sheet, on various pretexts. With the filing of the charge-sheet which marks the end of the investigations, the documents should no longer be held as exempt.

Shri Vijai Singh Meena v. North Western Railway in File No: CIC/AD/A/2010/001543

- 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)