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Aaj Ki Aawaz

During the JPC Debate Congress tried to browbeat BJP with 'NDA days'!!!

'NDA did this so we can do the same' is what Congress says!!!!

Kapil Sibal just harped on BJP's past!!!!!

Because of its past aspersions by Sibal on BJP were cast!!!

And without a doubt what Raja did was wrong and stinks of ghoos making!!!

But Raja had his Sugar Daddy so for whom ghoos Raja was taking?????

We all know the answer to this sawaal!!!!

Public perception is that Karuna got a lion's share of the 'maal'!!

Just saying 'Raja followed what BJP did' is not a valid excuse!!!

Take the following example which shows NDA's precedence Raja cannot use!

If someone was allotted a plot in a new City say for a paltry sum!!!!

In the argument that today same mode and rate should be applicable there is no dumm!!!!

When a new City was made there were compulsions not to auction but allot!!!

Now the mode would be announce a minimum price and via auction the plot is bought!

Just keeping inflation as a yardstick price cannot be same!!

Hope via this simple example I've explained why Raja is to blame!!

FM had opined 'it is a scarce resource' and auction was the right mode to proceed!

PM too had advised Raja to auction Spectrum..... both advises he did not heed!

Congress's siding with Raja when the goo hit the fan puts Congress in the dock!!

And one of the reasons's why there has been a fall in Congress's stock!!

BJP on the other hand is no 'babe in the woods'!!!!!!

BJP too has its share of 'damaged goods'!!!

And if Pranab Da thinks by being acerbic and angry he can make jhoot into truth!!!

He should realize he looks and sounds uncouth!!

Fact of the matter is by not conceding to a JPC Congress did waste 'time and money'!

Pranab Da blaming BJP for waste of Parliament's time sure sounds funny!!

Baba Ram Dev agrees that his trusts have more than 1000 crores but hastens to add!

That he does not have even a Rupee on his name and does not even own a pad (house)!

Baba Ji they say Libya has 140 Billion but fact is it is under Gaddafi's control!!!!

Baba ji you too have a similar role!!!

The money is in the Trusts names but not a paisa can be spent without your approval!

Before a paisa is spent they have to take your approval or disapproval!!

You live an opulent life!!!

Yes you would need money in your pocket if you had children and a wife!!

Why have you been bitten by the siyaasat ka bug?????

By becoming a Neta 'grave for all the good work you have done' you have dug!!

As I see it 'fame' has given you a bloated head!!!

And rather than improving Indians health via Yoga you have got into politics instead!!

Mamtha's Railway Budget... Singur to get a Factory to make Coaches!!!

Mamtha's Budget was for WB poll which fast approaches!!

She says Railways are aware of the acute sense of responsibility!!!!!!

We trust the Railways but believe on Railway Mantris there can be no dependability!

Wish Mamtha had exposed Laloo's lying, fibbing and window dressing!!!

Had she done this Business Schools all over the world she would be addressing!

Topic...... how to spot and catch lies and balance sheet window dressing?????

Of course Laloo would have found this oppressing!!

Pan Masala and Gutka should be banned!!!!

Oral Cancer cases Pan Masala and Gutka have fanned!!!

The manufacturers will say we employ millions and generate huge tax revenue!

Same old argument and nothing new!!

And then for sure huge amounts go to Political Parties....political donation!!

We know for Netas 'money' comes first and then comes the Nation!

Confucius says...... Pan Masalas and Tobacco- less Hookas are a just a sham!!!!

Into tobacco addiction the users both do tacitly ram!!

Adds.... Youngsters take to Pan Masalas and Hookas at a raw age!!

Towards tobacco addiction this is the first stage!!!

Bharat Kumar

Where does the politician's money?
With a lot of hue and cry being made over the unaccounted money of politicians in Swiss Bank, the so called servants of 'common man'' have now started investing in the construction business. A latest survey in this connection also indicates that a number of politicians are these days putting in their money in the construction business.

Aurangzeb Road becomes new VIP address in Delhi
Aurangzeb Road in Delhi has become the new VIP address in Delhi. It has assumed the significance of a 'status symbol'.

BUREAUCRACY

N.C. Jha will head the CIL
Who will head the Coal India Ltd (CIL) once Partha S.Bhattacharyya retires as Chairman, CIL on February 28, 2011? Well this question has been answered by Sri Prakash Jaiswal Indian Minister for Coal. It is senior most Director i.e. N.C. Jha Director Technical in CIL, who will be acting Chairman of CIL from March 1,2011. N.C.Jha is already holding charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of SECL.

B. L.Bagra to head NALCO
As the grapevine has it B.L. Bagra, Director (Finance), NALCO is poised to take over as new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) NALCO on March 1, 2011.A formal order regarding this is expected shortly.

Some alternative arrangement for CMD,SECL
In wake of N.C. Jha being appointed as Chairman of Coal India Ltd. (CIL) some other arrangement will be worked for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of SECL- the charge that Jha is holding concurrently.

Rath to be new DGP of Jharkhand
G S Rath is being tipped to be new DGP of Jharlkhand. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.Present DGP Neyaz Ahmad is retiring on February 28.

Bhalla is DG of NCC
Lt Gen Palvinder Singh Bhalla has taken over as the Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC).

Sailesh gets three months extension
Joint Secretary Youth Welfare and Sports Sailesh has been given three months extension in central deputation tenure. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ms. Veena Tamta Bhatia tipped to be Director, Science & Technology
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Veena Tamta Bhatia is likely to be appointed as Director, Science & Technology in Government of India (GOI). She is an Indian Ordnance Factories Service( IOFS) Officer of the 1988 batch.

Manoj Joshi is Secretary to Kerala CM
Manoj Joshi has joined as Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan. anoj Joshi is already Secretary GAD & Ports in Kerala. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to Kerala cadre.

IA&AS officer Ms. Tare transferred to New Delhi
Ms. Geetali Tare, Accountant General (A&E), Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi.

IAS changes in UP
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.New postings are :- Mssrs Anurag Srivastava Divisional Commissioner Aligarh,Bhuvnesh Kumar divisional Commissioner Meerut,Pankaj Kumar DM Mujaffarnagar,Subhash Chandra Sharma DM Meerut,R Rajsekhar DM Muradabad,Madhukar Dwivedi DM Balia and Senthil Pandian Special SecretarytBasic Education .

Singh is Director MHA
J P N Singh has joined as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1995 batch IA&AS officer.

967 IAS officers in 51 - 55 years age group
As many as 967, of the 4443, IAS officers in the country are in the age group of 51 - 55 years.

A.K Goyal Joint Secretary (FFR), MHA to retire
A.K Goyal, Joint Secretary (FFR) in the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA), is going to retire on February 28, 2011. He is a CSS cadre officer of the 1974 batch.

Singh is nodal officer
IGP (Organisation) Kuldeep Singh has been appointed as Nodal Officer to coordinate deployment of the Central Paramilitary Forces in West Bengal for the coming Assembly elections. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Post of Counsellor, Community Affairs at Abu Dhabi vacant
One Director level post of Counsellor, Community Affairs (Development), under the Ministry of Overseas lndian Affairs is vacant at Abu Dhabi. The incumbent to the post will work under the overall supervision of the Ambassador (Head of Mission) and will report functionally to the Ministry of Overseas lndian Affairs

Rahul Bojja is Collector Warangal
Rahul Bojja IAS officer of the 1990 batch, Andhra Pradesh cadre is now Collector Warangal. Earlier, he was private secretary to Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh.

Additional Secretary & Joint Secretary were in Orissa
Additional Secretary Mines S.K. Srivastava and Joint Secretary Mines Sandeep K. Nayak were in Bhubaneshwar on February 25, 2011. They flew back to Delhi by a morning flight on February 26, 2011.

Dr. D.K. Bhalla posted as Joint Secretary Food (UPDATED)
Dr. Devinder Kumar Bhalla Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC) with the Nagaland government on central deputation has been posted as a Joint Secretary in the Food Ministry. He is an IAS officer of the1986 batch who belongs to the Nagaland cadre. It may be stated that Dr. Bhalla has done his Ph.D. on the theme of "Sustainable Strategies for Tourism Development in Nagaland." Dr. Bhalla is a well experienced & a qualified bureaucrat who is a science graduate. He holds a master's degree in public administration (MPA) and a postgraduate diploma in Enterprise management from MDI Gurgaon (in collaboration with Kellog school of Management, USA) equivalent to MBA. He possesses excellent managerial skills like negotiation;
communication, interpersonal relations and team work with initiative. Dr. D.K. Bhalla has over 29 years experience in various fields including over 23 years as an IAS officer.

(We said this on February 10 )

Girish Shankar to be Joint Secretary Food (UPDATED)
Girish Shankar on central deputation has been posted as a Joint Secretary Food. Presently he is Principal Secretary (PS) Science and Technology (S & T) to the Bihar government. He is an IAS officer of the1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

(We said this on February 10 )

CORPORATE

S V Rao takes charge as Director Exploration of ONGC
S V Rao has taken charge as Director Exploration, ONGC today. He has over three and a half decades of experience in Exploration and Exploitation of Oil and Gas fields covering the entire gamut of Field Exploration, Well site investigations, Geological & Geophysical assessment. Shri S V Rao was also the Head of two critical basins of ONGC namely Krishna-Godavari and Western Offshore besides Deep Water Operations. He also headed the Exploration & Development Directorate, Dehradun which is the Corporate Exploration Wing of ONGC.

S. C. Misra Member Services in DoT to head BSNL
As the grapevine has it, S.C. Misra - Member Services in the DoT is going to be appointed CMD, BSNL till a full time CMD was appointed. The present incumbent Gopal Das is due to retire on February 28, 2011. Das is also holding charge of acting CMD. Basically, Das is Director (HRD), BSNL.

Will Ms. Anita Soni be acting CMD, MTNL?
Will Ms. Anita Soni, who is presently Director Finance in MTNL, be acting CMD, MTNL? This question is hotly being debated in corridors of powers because a proposal has been mooted by the Ministry in this regard. Presently, Kuldip Singh who is Director Technical MTNL is holding charge as acting CMD, MTNL. The latest proposal has triggered a debate that at a time when MTNL's revenue not only went up, but even its losses declined in the last one year, then what is the reason for changing guards in MTNL a his juncture? Moreover, it is being said, if at all for ill financial health of MTNL its CMD is being held responsible then how could Ms. Soni escape the onus who has been MTNL's Director Finance for the last six years, while Singh has been Director Technical in MTNL for the last five years.

SAIL Chairman C.S. Verma's response to rail budget
"No direct increase in freight is good news for the steel industry, because for every tonne of steel, around 4 tonnes of material, including raw materials and finished goods, is transported. In addition, laying of new and modified rail lines, procurement of wagons and related investments in infrastructure are all positive steps for the steel industry. We welcome the well-defined long-term targets announced in the Rail Budget. Besides, the decision to set up 5 state-of-the-art wagon factories in JV/PPP mode will go a long way in adding to transport infrastructure of the country."

Rajdev appointed Addl. Director, Surana Corporation
Surana Corporation Limited has appointed Harish Purshottamdas Rajdev as an Independent Additional Director of the Company.

Gupta resigns as Director, Koutons Retail India Ltd
Virender Kumar Gupta has as Director of Koutons Retail India Ltd the company w.e.f February 8, 2011.

Gopalakrishnan appointed MD, Bata Stores
Rajeev Gopalakrishnan has also been appointed as Managing Director-Bata Stores, Bata India Limited, for a period of five years with effect from February 23, 2011.

AML Steel appoints Company Secy.
Ms. Simi.S.S has been appointed as the Company Secretary of AML Steel Ltd on February 14, 2011.

Preethi appointed Company Secy. Ramco Systems
Ms. M Preethi has been appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Ramco Systems Ltd with effect from February 23, 2011.

Bharucha ceases to be Director, SBI
Dr. (Mrs.) Vasantha Bharucha, Director , State Bank of India ceased to be a Director on the Bank's Central Board, with effect from February 25, 2011.

Agarwal appointed COO (Digital) Reliance Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment has appointed Manish Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer (Digital).

Varun Mehta joins BBDO India
Varun Mehta, who spent his early years at Ogilvy and McCann before he moved to JWT and then DDB Mudra, has now joined BBDO India as Sr. Creative Director - Special Projects.

FORUM

Malkangiri collector acted in a stupid way

Malkangiri collector went out to show his concern for public in a stupid way , instead of planning and acting as an collector was supposed to be. Of recently collectors go and do extra bit to get publicity which is cheap . Unfortunately the hard work and sacrifice made by police, para military forces in nabbing Maoists went in vain, with this kind of stupidity. Things can be made in several ways using strategy and not becoming prey himself.

Sorya

Malkangiri collector put the entire nation in embarrassment

Young IITan, DC Malkangiri, definitely threw to the winds some extant instructions of the State Government on undertaking tours to Maoist-infested areas. He put the entire nation in real embarrassment.

N K Pushpakaran

Nothing strange !

This is the order of the day in the government too for posting and extension. What matters whom you know and how much powerful he is? The retirement age of 60 years is for only some and on papers only. There are persons in the government on extensions even beyond 65 years + ... no jokes. Does any body knows how many officers, not non-officers, are there in the central government working and any justifications, how they are indispensable? During BJP rule, LK Advani made a statement that no body is indispensable and no extension to any one. He implemented it only for few years but things are back again to same old position. This is India. It is no strange. No economist can be chief statistician because Dr Mantok singh Ahluwalia is economist and I wonder if he knows what statistician can do, which economist can not do at all. This is the land of scams and connections. Does any one has guts to bell the cat ? I think none.

Ravi Kant Gupta

Top level vacancies in Army ?

In the Whisper "Many top level vacancies in Army" of 25th Feb 2011, it is mentioned that Army has vacancies for 90 lieutenant generals and 290 major generals. The statement is misleading since these numbers must be "total authorised strength of lieutenant generals and major generals" and not the "vacant posts at lieutenant generals and major generals levels". Regarding shortage of over 12,000 officers at the junior and the middle rung, it would be worth mentioning that one reason for this shortage could be the deployment of many officers in "non military roles". Some of the organisations from where these officers can be spared are Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry headquarters, Border Roads Organization, Military Engineering Service. There may be many other places where army officers are performing non military duties.

Sammalochak

Hats off to Dr. Vijayalakshmy Gupta

After reading so much about Dr. Vijayalakshmy Gupta, I thought I should do a quick check on her. I found that all that is written about her is not only correct but falls short by miles . Besides conducting 3 G Auction, She ensured that the collection of One Lakh Six Thousand Crores was actual and not presumptive! She withstood pressure being mounted on her to defer collection from BSNL/MTNL since these PSU's did not deposit their bid amount in time! She insisted that these PSU"S paid Penal interest on the amount due from them! Minister Raja could not overrule her! On her personal front, she is a perfect model of National integration. By looking at her no one can guess that she is not a UP BANIA. She is a Palghat (Kerala) Brahmin .She can speak six languages(Tamil,Malyalam,Marathi,Hindi,Sanskrit and German- which was one optional subject in UPSC exam)! Her elder son in law is Maharashtrian and younger one is a Punjabi. Husband is from Kanpur UP. She is an astrologer, a Vidushi in true sense. A professional finance person, she refused post of Director General of OC CWG and had rightly predicted that all top brass of Kalmadi men will go to Tihar! How prophetic! Lady with guts to face Kalmadi is how 0fficers in the OC remember her. Hats off to this officer who is honest, outstanding in work, humble and unassuming, till challenged ! This I gathered after talking to a dozen or so officers in the organizations she served in the past 10 years. She deserves the best in life. Recognition by the Prime Minister, a man of integrity, could be the reward which is least expected which this officer could be given in recognition of her contribution to reduce over 1% of fiscal deficit of the country. This fact I understand has been accepted by secy.(finance) Ashok Chawala himself.

PRIYAMVADA V

Logic behind extension of two months?

What is the logic for extension of two months? Is it to ensure that he is involved in transfer of officers? Does the government not rely on Member (P & V), CBDT who is otherwise a respected officer in the department.

Raj

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)