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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Now IT says Ex CJI Balu's relatives have tonnes of kaala dhan!!!!

Why isn't the IT taking action against them 'dhan dhana dhan' (pronto)???

Seems Ex CJIs Sabharwal and Balu are 'holy cows'!!!

To whom all investigation Agencies bow!!!

And they are protected because they've sided with the powers of the day!!!

Behind the scene and under the table a lot is at play!!

UPA will not touch Balu!!!

They know he is a hot but 'holy' aaloo!!

Why do you think Maya, Laloo and Mulayam say they have confidence in Supreme Court???

Because it seems they know that they will be able the wangle from SC support!!

And here I'd like to quote a former Law Minister and famous Advocate!!!

8 past SC CJIs were corrupt he does state!!

And he has even dared SC to jail him for contempt!!!

Not even a 'rebuttal' did SC attempt!!

It is said the present CJI is above board!!!!

Hope he picks up 'cut corruption in SC' sword!!!

At least let the 'final appeal Court' be clean and where Justice wins!!

Where those who have sinned do not get a helping hand to get away for paying for their sins!

Mohna had at one time said 'cleaning up Judiciary was a priority'!!!!

But seems he was pressured by his High Command who was pressured by 'corrupt sorority'!

The corrupt sorority would comprise of Netas and Judges who are corrupt!!!

Must have warned High Command ' a huge controversy will erupt'!!

'So let matters proceed like have been proceeding for donkey's years'!!!!!

And I am sure High Command put to rest their fears!!

This in all probability will be Pranab Da's Budget de 'swan song'!!!!

And then he has indicated he's not going to be in politics for long!!

So here's hoping he'll try to do his best!!!!

To pass Public ka test!!!

The previous FM PC was more focussed on the Corporate Sector!!!

In fact he was perceived to be 'big money's protector'!!

Pranab Da should keep in mind that the common man has been taxed via inflation!

And not forget this inflation is a UPA Minister's creation!!!

He will also have to give thought to reducing the taxes and duties on fuel!!!!

With Mohna and Montek for this he may have to duel!!

Because for both these capitalism Bhagats this would profanity or sheer evil!

For them 'inclusive economics' is the work of the Devil!!

Good thing Sonia is against the intended fiddling with the RTI!!!!

If it is allowed this Act would be renamed Reject The Application.... RTA and not RTI!

Sorry but here Mohna's siding with the 'wrong side'!!

Those who have a lot to hide!!

Kaka Ji Sukhbir is itching to make it official!!

Official which at present is unofficial!!

He is the unofficial CM of Punjab today!!

And there are rumours he'll take over from Dad any day!!

Though the general perception is that if Akali Dal has any hope of coming back to power!

Then Papa Badal should be at the helm as in Punjab he still does tower!!

But Sonny feels Papa's a relic and his kind of politics is no longer relevant aaj!!!

Basically the lad is suffering from an acute 'takeover khaaj (itch)'!!!

Confucius says….. old has to give way to new!!!!

Outside many an aging Neta's door you will find a 'takeover queue'!!

Adds.... they forget that ultimately Public makes the choice!!!!

And now it is no longer possible to stifle Public's voice!

Flash..... NCP MLA is accused of rape..... following NCP's Boss!!!

Pawar has been 'raping' the Nation during his UPA 1 and 2 stints is what comes across!!

Praful ' Boeing' Patel and Supriya Sule want NCP to merge with Congress!!!!

Ajit Pawar says NCP should not do so and keep giving Congress stress!!

Fact of the matter is NCP will split after Pawar pops it!!!

Half will merge with Congress and half between remaining as NCP and merging with BJP will flit!!

Bharat Kumar

Does the blame game really help in arresting prices?
Does the blame game really help in arresting soaring prices? This is the hottest question of discussion at most of the high profile parties. Consensus is evolving that instead of
blaming each other, at least once, those sitting in power act ruthlessly in the national interests and for the sake of a common man.

UPA's year long campaign on "Bharat Nirman"
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) being headed by Congress president Ms. Sonia Gandhi has started a year long campaign on the theme of "Bharat Nirman" .The campaign is mainly aimed at highlighting the achievements of the UPA government being led by Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh.

BUREAUCRACY

Vijai Sharma to be Member Green Tribunal?
Grapevine has it that former Secretary Forests and Environment Vijai Sharma is being appointed Member of the proposed Green Tribunal.He is retired 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

P. M. Nair poised to be Additional Director, CBI
P.M.Nair, Additional Director General (Ops&Works), CRPF is likely to be appointed as Additional Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS officer of the1978 batch, who belongs to the Bihar cadre. Earlier his name was doing the round for the post of DGP Jharkhand.

Rath is new DGP of Jharkhand
G S Rath has been appointed new DGP of Jharlkhand. He is 1978 batch IPS officer. Present DGP Neyaz Ahmad is retiring on February 28.
( We said this on February 26 )

Dr. D.K. Bhalla posted as Joint Secretary Food
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
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 )

New GMs in Railways likely in March only
Going by present trend it is being felt by administrative experts and analysts that posting of senior officers of railways as General Managers (GMs).

45 IFS officers of 1986 batch empanelled for JS post
As many as 45 IFS officers of 1986 batch have been empanelled for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent level under the Central Staffing Scheme. Thay are C Bhaskar (UTT), A.M. Sinoh (AM), P.C. Dubey (MP), S.B. Badhuria (SK), Hemavathi Burman (MP), Ramesh Kumar Gupta (MP), Subhash Ashutosh (AM), Akhilesh Argal (MP), Dr. D.S. Ravindran (KT), Pawan Kumar Sharma (UP), Munindra (AP), Deepak Mohanty (OR), A.K. Johari (AM), N. Prateep Kumar (AP), Ajai Kumar (MT), P.K. Kesavan (KR), Anil Kumar Ganeriwala (SK), Pramod Kumar Pathak (KR), V.K. Tiwari (HP), Rakesh Bhushan Sinha (MP), Surendra Kumar (KR), A.K. Shrivastava (MP), S.K. Bhandari (AGMUT), CA. Reddy (AGMU), V.S. Gaur (BH), Ranjana Gupta (AM), M.R.P. Rao (UP), Anand Bihari Gupta (MP), Yogendra Kumar Dak (RJ), Dr. N. Rambabu (MS), B.N. Mohanty (MT), S.K. Chaturvcdi (GJ), S.S. Badhawan (JHK), Pradeep Choudhary (AGMUT), Dr. A. Rastogi (MT), Y.I.P. Rao (MS), P.S. Somasekhar (RJ), B.D. Suyal (HP), Archana Singh (AGMUT), K.N. Banarji (AP), A.K. Shukla (AGMUT), S.K. Aggarwal (AGMUT), Archana Sharma (HP), Madhu Sharma (KT) and A.K Verma (GJ).

Sisodia is JS Elementary Education and Literacy
R P Sisodia has joined as Joint Secretary Elementary Education and Literacy in the Department of HRD in the Government of India. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on February 22 )

Shaktikant Das is now Additional Secretary, DEA
Shaktikant Das who so far was Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has now been elevated in DEA itself as Additional Secretary. He is an IAS officer from 1980 batch who belongs to Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms. Punam Kishore Saxena to be Member CBDT
Ms. Punam Kishore Saxena DGIT is poised to be a member in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Ms. Manjari Kackar to be Member CBDT
Ms. Manjari Kackar Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) Pune is poised to be a member in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

R. Venkaaraman appointed as CVO ITI
R. Venkaaraman has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Offcer (CVO) of the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Bangalore. He is an IRS officer of the 1982 batch.

Dr. Arja Srikanth is PS to A. Sai Pratap MOS Steel
Dr.Arja Srikanth, (IRTS 1987 batch) is now private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister of State Steel A. Sai Pratap.

Anandrao Vishnu Patil to be PS Vilas Rao Deshmukh
Anandrao Vishnu Patil is now private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister for Rural Developmen Vilas Rao Deshmukh. He is an IAS officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

K. Satish Nambudiripad is PS to K.V. Thomas
K.Satish Nambudiripad is now private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister of State for Consumer Affairs with Independent charge K.V. Thomas. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of the 1991 batch.

Who will be PS to Jairam Ramesh ?
Who will be new private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh? This question remains unanswered. His earlier PS Rahul Bojja is now Collector Warangal. Bojja is an IAS officer from 2000 batch who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Faiz Ahmad Kidwai to be India's new consul general in Jeddah
A formal order regarding appointment of Faiz Ahmad Kidwai as India's new Consul General in Jeddah has been issued. 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.
(We said this last week)

A K Singh CMD, CMPDI tipped to be CMD,SECL too
As the grapevine has Ashok Kumar Singh Chairman-cum-Managing Director CMPDI is likely to get additional charge of CMD, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL). Presently, this charge is with N.C. Jha Director Technical Coal India Ltd.(CIL).However, he will be heading CIL from March 1, 2011; so Singh will be additional charge of SECL.

Orders of Butola in a day or two
Formal orders of the appointment of R S Butola as CMD of the Indian Oil Corporation are being issued in a day or two.

Who will be President Board of Revenue in UP ?
Who will succeed 1974 batch IAS officer Sunanda Prasad as President of the Board of Revenue Uttar Pradesh ?.Prasad is retiring today and no successor has so far been named.

Utter chaos prevails in Telecom sector
Utter chaos prevails in the Indian telecom sector. Two public sector majors i.e. MTNL & BSNL are being run on ad hoc basis by acting CMDs for a pretty long time. It may be recalled that R.K. Upadhay who is CMD of the TCIL was on number one in panel for the post of CMD, BSNL. Similarly, Kuldip Singh acting CMD; MTNL was on number one in panel for the post of CMD, MTNL. BNSL's acting CMD Gopal Das is retiring on February 28, 2011.Meanwhile, the Government of India (GOI) has appointed a new panel comprising Sam Pitroda, Nandan Nilekani, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair, for selecting CMDs of BSNL & MTNL. On the contrary informed sources say that the panels for CMDs of both companies were live. The search committee will mull over different aspects and then take a holistic view while keeping the option of existing panel in mind.

Empanelment of 1987 and 1988 batch IPS officers on the anvil
As the grapevine has it IPS officers of 1987 and 1988 batch are soon to be empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India shortly (GOI).

IA&AS officer Viswanathan transferred to Jaipur
RG Viswanathan, Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director, International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (ICED), Jaipur against a newly created post.

ISI tells CIA 'Treat Us As Alliesllites Not Satellites'
An unexpected fallout of the Raymond Davis affair is growing tension between the ISI and Pakistan's elected civilian government. ISI top brass feels that instructions issued last July by the civilian government to the Pakistani embassy in US to issue visas to Americans without ISI supervision has resulted in massive induction of undercover operatives including what is euphemistically called the 'security contractors' on Pakistani soil without any accounting. According to former Army chief Gen. Aslam Baig Davis alone was heading a team of some 3000 such operatives though most analysts consider the figure to be highly exaggerated. Another retired army chief Gen. Jehangir Karamat has stated that 'the minimum the ISI wants is an accounting of all the contractors who work for the CIA in roles that have not been defined and rewriting of the rule of engagement by the CIA in Pakistan'. The ISI chief Genl Shuja pasha has reportedly spoken himself with the CIA Director and conveyed to him, 'treat us as allies and not satellites'.

S. George transferred as ADGP, SHRC Chennai
The Tamil Nadu home department transferred S. George, Chief Vigilance Officer, State Transport Corporation (Madurai) Ltd, Nagercoil, and posted him as Additional Director General of Police, SHRC Commissioner, Chennai. He is an IPS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to Tamil Nadu cadre.

Senthilkumar posted DCP, Madurai
The Tamil Nadu government transferred P.K. Senthilkumari, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Security, Chennai Police to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Madurai City. Senthilkumari is an IPS officer of the 2009 batch who hails from TN cadre.

Sarvanan transferred as DCP, Security Chennai Police
A.Saravanan, SP of Dindigul district has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Security, Chennai Police. He is an IPS officer of the 2007 batch who hails from TN cadre.

Ravindra Babu posted as Asst Secy, Commissoner Prohibition & Excise
The Andhra Pradesh government posted A.Ravindra Babu, Deputy Collector who was on deputation to the A.P.Industrial Development Corporation Limited, Hyderabad as General Manager to Assistant Secretary, Office of Commissioner, Prohibition & Excise Department, Hyderabad.

IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.New postings are Mssrs :-
Vinita Kumar will be Secretary medical education department.Forest Secretary M.H. Khan will now hold the additional charge of social welfare, women empowerment and child development departments.Ravinath Raman has been given additional responsibility of Ayush department.Nitesh Jha will now hold the additional charge of tourism.Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister Ajay Pradyot will also hold medical education in addition to his other portfolios.Excise, Ranbir Singh has been given the additional charge of Secretariat administration.U.D. Chaube has been given the additional charge of Director Employment.

Big "B" praises Vipul Mittra's book
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan in his blog has written "While on culture and arts and literature, I was wanting to bring to the attention of all my EF, on a marvelous book written by Vipul Mittra, Secretary Tourism, Gujarat with whom I had the great pleasure of spending most of my time during the making of the Gujarat Tourism films, called 'Pyramid of Virgin Dreams' - a refreshing and humorous rendition on the life in bureaucracy in India. It has been released to rather lavish reviews and has moved up to to the number one best seller in its category in some of the book stores in Mumbai."

GOM to tackle Corruption
In a bid to improve governance through tackling corruption, the Union government has now constituted a Group of Ministers (GOM). It would consider measures for tackling corruption. This includes speedier processing of corruption cases of public servants, transparency in public procurement and contracts, discretionary powers of Central ministers and competitive system for exploiting natural resources.

State funding of elections in the offing !
The State funding of elections seems to be in the offing. The Group of Ministers (GOM) constituted to consider measures for tackling corruption is understood to be addressing issues relating to State funding of elections. Funding of elections is believed to be the starting point of corruption.

GOM to make recommendations in a time bound manner
The Group of Ministers (GOM) constituted to consider measures for tackling corruption, it is learnt, has been asked to make its recommendations in a time bound manner.

Five IRS officers get additional charge
As many as five IRS officers in the grade of CCIT/DGIT have been given additional charge. While ML Agrawal (CCIT - Bangalore) has been given the charge of CCIT - III, Bangalore, PP Srivastava (CCIT - Mumbai) has been given the additional charge of CCIT XI, Mumbai. Similarly Jaspal Singh (CCIT - Panchkula) has been given the charge of CCIT - Chandigarh, Pramila Srivastava (CCIT - Gaziabad) of CCIT - Dehradun and Sudhir Chandra (CCIT - VI, Chennai) has been given the additional charge of DGIT (Inv), Chennai.

Quality Management Systems of WAPCOS now conform to ISO 9001:2008
The Quality Management Systems of WAPCOS have now been upgraded to conform to ISO 9001:2008 for Consultancy Services in Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Development Projects. The Certificate to this effect was presented by Indian Register Quality Systems to R.K. Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited. The Company's Vision is to be a Premier Consultancy Organisation recognized as a Brand in Water, Power and Infrastructure Development for Total Project Solutions in India and Abroad. The upgradation of Quality Management Systems is an initiative taken by WAPCOS Limited in adapting to international standards, excellence in project delivery systems, use of State-of-the-art Technical Expertise, Innovativeness, Capacity Building and Client's Satisfaction.

Air India COO resigns
Air India's Chief Operating Officer Capt Gustav Baldauf has resigned today.

Ajit Parasnis appointed new DGP Maharashtra
Maharashtra government has appointed Ajit Parasnis Director General (Home Guards) as the new Director General of Police. He is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Mahasrashtra cadre. He will succeed D. Sivanandan who retired w.e.f. Feb 28.
(We said this on Feb 8)

Arup Patnaik appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner
The Maharashtra government has appointed Arup Patnaik Additional Director General of Police (Highway Traffic) as the new Mumbai Police Commissioner. . He is an IPS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Mahasrashtra cadre.
(We said this on Feb 25)

DEBATE

ARE PEOPLE LOSING INTEREST IN DEFENCE SERVICES THESE DAYS ?

What do you think? Why people are losing interest in Defence Services? Have they lost attraction because they are no more that lucrative as they have been earlier or there is a decline of 'nationalism' among the people of country these days. There is a shortage of over 12,000 officers at the junior and the middle rung alone in the Defence services in the country.

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CORPORATE

Custodian distributes 2225 crores to Income Tax Department and Banks
Special Court (TORTS) Mumbai directed Custodian to distribute 2000 crores to Income Tax Department, 200 crores to SBI, and 25 crores to Canbank Financial Services from the attached accounts of Harshad Mehta Group entities. Harshad Mehta was the kingpin of 1992 Securities scam.

Arrest of NALCO CMD S.K. Srivastava shakes corporate world
Arrest of Chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) A K Srivastava, his wife Chandni and two others ,by the CBI on February 25, 2011 has terribly shaken the corporate sector. Why the need for such an act of amassing wealth should arise when pay packets of head honchos in PSUs are so nice that one can lead a very comfortable life without any hassle? This question is hotly being debated. In fact one who is at such a position is not able to spend his full salary even.

Bagra gets additional charge of CMD NALCO
B.L. Bagra, Director (Finance) in the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has been given additional charge of the CMD of the company.
(We said this on February 26 )

Sharma is no longer CMD of SJVN
H K Sharma CMD of the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN). Currently, he was on a three-month extension period.

Katoch is officiating CMD of SJVN
R.S. Katoch, Director (Personnel) in SJVN, has been appointed officiating CMD in place of H K Sharma.

Das is new GM IOC Guwahati Refinery
Biswapriya Das has taken over charge of Indian Oil's Guwahati Refinery as General Manager. He has succeeded G Bhanumurthy, who retired.

Hema appointed Head - Sales Division, JW Marriott
Hema Hariramani has been appointed to head the Sales and Marketing division for JW Marriott Mumbai.

Rajiv Ranjan appointed GM of Orchid Pune
Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as General Manager, The Orchid Pune Balewadi. His last assignment was with St Laurn Hotels & Resorts as general manager. He also worked with Jaypee Palace Hotels, Agra; The Regent, Mumbai; The Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

Andrew is GM of Four Seasons Hotel
Andrew Harrison has been appointed as General Manager of the Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai. He has been with the Four Seasons hotels since 1995 and served its properties in Mauritius, Thailand & North San Diego.

Pachauri appointed Director , Areva T&D India
Areva T&D India Ltd has appointed Arvind Pachauri as an Alternate Director to Pierre Laporte.

Tang appointed Speciality Chef, Emperor's Court , Renaissance Mumbai
Ryan Tang has been appointed as a Chinese Specialty Chef at Emperor's Court, Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel.

Padhey resigns as Director, Abhishek Corp.
Shreedhar V. Padhey has resigned as Director of Abhishek Corporation Ltd w.e.f. January 31, 2011.

Christiansen appointed Director, Gujarat Pipavav Port
Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited has appointed Martin Gaard Christiansen as Director of the company. He replaces Charles Menkhorst who has tendered his resignation from directorship of the company.

Babbar ceases to be Company Secy. SIL Investments
Pawan Babbar has ceased to be the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of SIL Investments Ltd w.e.f. January 27, 2011.

Chauhan appointed Company Secy. SIL Investments
Ashish Chauhan has been appointed as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of SIL Investments Ltd w.e.f. January 28, 2011.

Nagpal appointed Resident Manager, Holiday Inn, Mumbai Intl. Airport
Vijay Nagpal has been appointed as Resident Manager at Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport.

Siva Prasad given addl charge of CE, Godavari Delta System, AP
The Andhra Pradesh government has entrusted Siva Prasad, Incharge Chief Engineer, Quality Control Wing for Coastal Region, Dowlaiswaram with the additional charge of Chief Engineer, Godavari Delta System, Dowlaiswaram. The post fell vacant following the retirement of S. Sankar Rao on Feb 28.

AP entrusts Seeta Ramaiah with adl charge of CE, HR Errum Manzil
The Andhra Pradesh government entrusted B.Seeta Ramaiah, Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Hyderabad with the additional charge of Chief Engineer, Human Resource, Errum Manzil, Hyderabad. The post fell vacant following the retirement of M.A.Farookhi on Feb 28.

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)