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In the fight between Yeddy and Bhardwaj State is suffering!!

State's progress this fight is buffering!!!

The best way out would be Bhardwaj be recalled and Yeddy removed!!!

For the State 'horrendous' both have proved!!!

Ghadkari may say that Yeddy is morally wrong but he's done nothing illegal!

Ghadkari needs to understand if something is immoral it cannot be legal!!

It was expected that Bhardwaj would create trouble and Yeddy was a catalyst!

It was expected that from day one BJP CM's tail Bhardwaj would twist!!!

In Q's collage of pics titled ' my Bofors saviours' Bhardwaj's pic is there!!!

Bhardwaj helped him when he sat in the Law Minister's Chair!!

What I'm trying to say Guv who says he is fighting corruption was on Q's side!!!

And we all know how and by how much Q took India for a ride!!

Montek says the 2 G auction was not about 'profit maximization'!!!!

Like on inflation now again he's trying to make budhu of the Nation!!!

The Companies that got the Licenses went in for 'profit maximization'!!!

Montek is trying to justify Sibal's stand who also tried to make budhu of the Nation!!

What Montek is trying to do is segregating cheap allocation and huge profiteering stages!

Really this man's warped logic enrages!!

Who is Montek pleasing ....Sibal, Karuna/Raja/Kanimozi or Sonia Maam?????

By saying 2 G allocation was not a scam!!

This Tiranga hoisting at Lal Chowk sends a wrong sandesh!!!

That in Kashmir they do not hoist the Flag of the Desh!!

And BJP is going there to do so!!!!

But with Ghadkari and Advani calling the shots down this path BJP had to go!!

BJP's already been down this path and then there was a BJP revival!!!

This time I think this Yatra is for Ghadkari and Advani's survival!!

Because they say in BJP there is a whispering campaign 'hadn't Advani ji retired'??

And seems salvo for this someone will sooner than later be fired!!!

Because Advani politically is like deadweight around BJP's neck or galaa!!!!!

He says he loves BJP so why does he not retire for BJP's 'bhalaa'?????

Advani thinks he runs the Nation via his Blog and Ghadkari thinks via his tummy!!!

Advani thinks he's too smart and Ghadkari thinks 'every Indian is a dummy'!!

UPA now is being called 'Unholy Political Alliance' … and with good reason!!!

Of course Mohna and Madam will say… guilty will be punished!!!

And in the meantime by GOI all ' support will be furnished'!!!

Hope you recall what CBI did when it went to USA!!!

To hear and record what a witness to Tytler 'inciting mobs had to say'!!!

This witness migrated as he was being harassed here!!!!

By saying he went AWOL or is a 'bhagoda' in Court his statement CBI did jeer!

Confucius says……. Fate has a way of 'getting back'…… HE has his ways!!! For our bad deeds here itself each one of us pays!!!!

Bharat Kumar

BUREAUCRACY

Congress is busy with Tiranga Yatra & 2 G Spectrum
As of now top Congress leaders in Delhi are busy with strategy on BJP sponsored Tiranga yatra & the ongoing row over 2 G Spectrum.

BUREAUCRACY

Ms.Sumati Mehta seeks VRS ?
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Sumati Mehta has sought voluntary retirement from service. She is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.

Noor Mohammad to be Advisor NDMA
Noor Mohammad will succeed A B Prasad as Advisor National Disaster Management Authority. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.Prasad is retiring this month end.

Mukesh Jain is PS to Jyotiraditya Scindia
Mukesh Jain has assumed charge as private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to Madhya Pradesh cadre.

P. K. Goyal is no. 1 in panel for Director Finance ,IOC
P K Goyal, Executive Director - Finance of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC),is number one in panel for Director Finance in IOC.

Chhattisgarh seeks repatriation of its officers
The Chhattisgarh government being headed by Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh has sought repatriation of all its officers from central deputation. Reason attributed to this is shortage of officers in the state.

D Shasnkaran no. 2 in panel for Director Finance ,BHEL
D Shasnkaran General Manager (GM) Finance, BHEL is number two in panel for Director Finance in BHEL

Harsh Bardhan seeks voluntary retirement
Harsh Bardhan, Principal Advisor with the telecom regulator of TRAI has applied for voluntary retirement from service. He is an IRS-IT officer of the 1982 batch.

P. Sreedharan to be Additional Secretary Lok Sabha
P. Sreedharan who is presently Joint Secretary in the Lok Sabha is poised to be elevated as Additional Secretary in the Lok Sabha secretariat.

K.B Gokulchandran Additional Director IB to be elevated
K.B Gokulchandran Additional Director Intelligence Bureau (HQ) Delhi is likely to be promoted as Special Director in IB. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

IA&AS officer Parmar transferred
Surinder Singh Parmar, Assistant Accountant General, in the office of PAG (Audit), HP, Shimla, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director (adhoc) in the office of PDCA & e.o. MAB-IV New Delhi, Branch Office Chandigarh against an existing vacancy.

3 Tamil Nadu IPS officers in panel for DIG, BCAS
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has shortlisted 3 IPS officers out of 14 officers for post of DIG in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). In this panel all three officers are from Tamil Nadu.

P.Chidambaram to inspect CISF
P. Chidambaram Indian Minister for Home will be visiting at CISF Headquarter on January 25, 2011 for reviewing the progress of CISF.

Chief Secretaries' to meet in Delhi on February 4 & 5
The Indian Ministry of Finance has convened a two days annual meeting of Chief Secretaries of different states in Delhi on February 4 & 5, 2011. It will be held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Bureaucratic changes in Mizoram
Dr. Dilraj Kaur, IAS (AGMU:2000) OSD, Mizoram House, New Delhi has been transferred and posted as OSD to the Chief Secretary (Coordination). The transfer order in respect of Nikhil Kumar, IAS (AGMU:2002) as DC, Serchhip District has been cancelled and he will continue to work as Special Secretary, Revenue, Environment & Forest. In the meantime, P. Lalchhuanga, MCS (1986 batch) Director, Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation has been transferred and posted as DC, Serchhip District. K. Riachho, IAS (AGMU:1997) has been given additional charge of Chief Electoral Officer besides his normal duties as Secretary cum Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs.

22 Excise & Customs officials get Presidential Awards
As many as 22 officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department, and the Directorate of Enforcement have been conferred withPresidential Awards of Appreciation Certificate on the eve of Republic Day, 2011. The awards are given for exceptionally meritorious service rendered at the risk of life and specially distinguished record of service. While Satish Hari Kulkarni, Inspector, Customs Commissionerate, Pune, has been awarded for exceptionally meritorious service rendered at the risk of life, those awarded for specially distinguished record of service include Debi Prasad Dash, Additional Director General, Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, New Delhi, Ajay Jain, Commissioner (Central Excise), Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi, Navneet Goel, Director (Drawback), Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi, M.K. Singh, First Secretary (Trade), High commission of India, London, Mrs. Subhagata Kumar, Additional Director, Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, New Delhi, Sunil Tated, Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hqrs., New Delhi, Suresh Kumar, Additional Commissioner, Customs Air Cargo Complex, Bangaluru, Manish Kumar Sinha, Additional Commissioner, Central Excise Commissionerate, Pune, S.D. Chand, Deputy Director, Directorate General of Valuation, Mumbai, R Ravikumar, Deputy Director, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Chennai, S.M Mani, Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Zonal office, Chennai, Dharmvir Singh, Officer on Special Duty, TRU, Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi, G. Gururaghavendran, Superintendent, Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, Chennai, Syed Mohammed Senior Intelligence officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Cochin, Jayaraj P G Nair, Senior Intelligence officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal unit, Mumbai, Surinder Singh Dangi, Senior Intelligence officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence , Zonal Unit. Ahmedabad, Ramalingeswara Rao, Superintendent, Central Excise commissionerate, Vishakhapatnam-Il, Prabir Kumar Bhadra, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Sub-Regional unit, Berhampore, K C Meena, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Regional unit, Jaipur, Manish Immaneul, Senior Intelligence officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Bijender Singh Yadav, Superintendent, Central Excise Commissionerate, Delhi-III, of Revenue Intelligence, Hqrs. New Delhi, Sujeet Kumar, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hqrs, New Delhi, Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, Intelligence Officer, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi, Santhosh Kumar K, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Mangalore. Sanjay Chatterjee, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Lucknow, R S Girish, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Chennai, Niraj Rai, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, , Zonal Unit, Mumbai, KS Vijay Kumar, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Zonal Unit, A Muralikrishna, Intelligence officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Chennai, Ankush Banerjee, Inspector, Central Excise Commissionerate, Kolkata-I, Mrs. Jayalakshmi Balasubramanian, Inspector, Central Excise Commissionerate, Hyderabad-Il, Malay Kumar Paul, Private Secretary, Office of the Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Kolkata, Kumar Singh, Driver (Special Grade), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hqrs. New Delhi, Nanda Ballabh, Head Havaldar, Directorate General of Audit, New Delhi.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Alok Kumar iii will be new DM of Allahabad.Sanjay Prasad has been moved as Member Board of Revenue.Sudhir kumar will now be DM of Gazipur.

104 Gallantary Awards this year
Altogether 104 Gallantary Awards are being announced by the Government of India on the eve of Republic Day.

CORPORATE
P.K. Bajpai no. 1 in panel for Director Finance ,BHEL
P.K. Bajpai Executive Director ( ED) Financial Services BHEL is number one in panel for Director Finance in BHEL.

Agarwal is CGM BSNL, AP Circle

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has appointed Rajeev Agrawal as Chief General Manager of its Andhra Pradesh Circle on January 1, 2011, following retirement of T.N. Sudhindra Kumar.

Malla is Director (Sales & MKtg.), The Westin, Hyderabad
Aditya Shamsher Malla has joined as Director ( Sales & Marketing) at The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace.

Narayanan is President, TiE, Chennai
Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman, Cognizant Technologies has been elected as the new President of TiE , Chennai.

Gajcak is VP, Corporate Communications, The Leela Palaces
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has appointed Julia Gajcak as Vice President (Corporate Communications).

Jayanthi is CEO (India), Capgemini
Ms Aruna Jayanthi has been elevated as the new India Chief Executive Officer for Capgemni.

Cooper is Exec. Chef, Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai
Clinton Cooper has joined as Executive Chef of Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai.

FORUM
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If Freedom Fighters were born again ?

My son who is in class 8th asked me a question that if Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and

Sukhdev were born again in the current era and see how the indian politician and

bureaucrats are exploiting the independent India of their dreams, would they not

have regret as to why they sacrificed their lives for all this? I had no answer if anyone on the forum has please do write so that I can inculcate some optimism in him. Thanks

Ruhan Singla

Anomaly in pay of IAS/IFS vs Central Services

The grant of two additional increments in PB3 and PB4 till promotion to SAG to all the officers of the IAS/ IFS is nothing short of apartheid being practiced against rest of the services even though these officers are recruited through the same examination and are equally meritorious. In fact top 50% of the officers of these services had scored better ranks (consider 50% reservation). Though the conclusion may seem a bit bizarre but the above referred undue financial advantage of a total of six additional increments(there are 3 stages of promotion before SAG) is like treating the best of the officers in other services at par with the officers of IAS/IFS who have been punished thrice with witholding of their two increments each time with cumulative effect. If at all any additional financial advantage is considered necessary, it should be linked to the post/work and not to any particular service, after an objective assessment of nature of work.

Such posts/ assignments are in almost every service where the work is of very exacting nature( if there are majority of such posts in these two services, let it be). Further the additional financial advantage should be shown separately and it should not be counted for any other purposes( HRA/House allotment/ Travel entitlements etc.) and when the officers of the two services are promoted to SAG, this component should be dropped from their pay. As of now, this irrational and illogical advantage is continued even after retirement which may have financial implications running into several lakhs or even a few crores. Has anyone done the arithmatics?

Rajendra

Crime and Punishement

It has been suggested in the Forum that sentence for rape be increased to deter rapists. Similar suggestions have come up in respect of corruption. It would be very easy to do so. No legislator is going to oppose such an ammendment in the law. Research has, however, shown that increase in the quantum of punishment rarely reduces crime. The certainty of punishement does. And how does one increase the conviction rate? The obvious methods are (1) Reduce corruption in the judiciary and the police; (2) Take on the lawyers' lobby who frustate any efforts towards legal reform. Arguably, the second is more difficult.

Prof. N. C. Saxena

Add a special column 'corruption' in your portal

Sir, your site indeed brings out sensational news in respect of important postings of bureaucratic and PSU organisations. This is absolutely laudable. I sincerely request you to add a special column 'corruption', in your portal, which at present is rockig the country. How a lobbysit can have a say in ensuring a berth for Cabinet Ministers, as has been the case in the on-going NEERA RADIA incident. Where is the country going?? Your site has already been attracting millions of viewers/public. Certainly bringing out a special column on 'corruption' in your esteemed website will add a feather in your cap. This will enable people know about such lobbyists/corrupted hands such as Neera Radia, who really deserves a 'throw-out' from this country for the way she has damaged the reputation of the country. It is more than reputation, the damage that her activities caused to the country, that is really hurting us. Though i am nobody to sugges any punishment for this lady, yet I strongly feel that she be expelled from the country or be awarded life imprisonment. She might have dragged and forced all other alleged officials of GoI and other such organisations into this scam.

B V Rao

RTI

Information provided by public servants

Copy of certificates regarding the marital status of a Civil Judge etc. were refused u/s 8(1)(j) claiming the information to be personal. The Commission held that disclosure of information about the marital status of a public servant cannot be considered as unwarranted invasion on the privacy. All information provided by public servants is information which is provided in the course of public activity to satisfy a statutory requirement. The Commission ruled that the information sought by the Appellant is not covered by Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.

Comments

In the case of public officials, the right of privacy is not available with respect to their acts and conducts relevant to the discharge of their official duties. However, this does not mean that a person loses his privacy by virtue of joining the government job. Unless the marital status has a bearing on one's appointment, this information cannot be disclosed. The Commission appears to have grossly erred in stating that all information provided by public servants is information which is provided in the course of public activity to satisfy a statutory requirement. Would the Civil Servants reading this article pause for a few seconds and think of 'Right to Privacy Law' already available to citizens of many countries?

[Peeyush Gakhar v. Office of District and Sessions Judge-II, Tis Hazari Courts in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2010/002811/10995]

- 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)