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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mohna says ' Seeing the blatant chori and chors being protected do not despair'!!!

He adds ' Be like me and when you see chori or a cover up look elsewhere'!!

Mohna also says ' I'll fight corruption… his resolution for the Naya Saal'!!!

Chalo for starters how about letting us know Pawar ne banaaya kitna maal?'

Impossible that he does not know….okay if not exactly he can give a ballpark figure'!

Chalo if this is not possible at least towards Pawar raise an accusing finger!

Now Congress cannot accede to a JPC and BJP cannot give up its demand!!!!

If either gives up an explanation as what took so long Public will demand!!

If either gives in Public will say ' what took you so long'?????

The delay ensued in wastage of valuable time of Parliament and this is grossly wrong!

So BJP tested the water via Joshi's 'PAC is qualified'!!
But by We The People this tacit move was disqualified!!

Mohna's offer to appear before PAC ….. was a Congress face saving brainwave!!!

And now 'Fast track Court' is how Congress is trying a face save!!

Madam Ji please take a re-look at Q's case!!!!!

It's the investigation that took years and evidence the investigators did erase!

Fact is if BJP relents it'll be a laughing stock!!!!!

And if Congress relents people will say ' JPC demand why did Congress block'!!!

You can say now for Congress and BJP JPC is like a 'galle ki bone'!!!

Both are in 'strictly no reversing' zone!!

Kitchen inflation will not abate!!

And you can expect a higher rate during summer 2011 at this rate!!

Though Montek says it'll come down!!!!

As Public cries it is ile to humor us Congress has sent in its clown!!

Montek is gung ho on growth and on inflation's fall!!!

And then he will say when there is growth inflation tends to maul!!

Public should say 'we are bearing the price rise' so please spare us from Montek's lies!

And his lies will soon be known as time really flies!!

How did Raja spend his New Year Eve?????

Got the account books from hiding to check out how much was he able to thieve?????

Niira spent the New Year Eve in thought!!!!!

Like Lalit Modi an Icelandic Passport some say she too has sought!!

After all a plan C is what anyone in her place will do!!!!

Plan B also involves running away too!!!!

She has the connections and money here and overseas!!!

Like Q out of India she too could literally breeze!!

Kalmadi spent the New Year Eve speaking to his relatives in USA!!

The account books are there and 'quite a few bills he still has to pay'!

Though Sonia and Mohna do not come in the same bracket as the above three!!!

What did Sonia do..... she contemplated from the present bind Congress ko how do I free?

Rahul gave up his plan to stay overnight in a Dalit home!!

All around his house with his doggy tagging him listlessly and aimlessly he did roam!!

Mohna kept asking the mirror in his bedroom ' which Neta is the most honest in this land'!!!

All of a sudden the 'mirror itself slipped' out of Mohna's hand!!

Confucius says…… As I see it Mohna's war cry on corruption is an empty war cry!

Seems he's made his face saving excuse......he'll say at least I did try!!!

Bharat Kumar
233 IAS retiring in 2011
As many as 233 IAS officials are retiring in 2011. They include nine of AGMUT cadre, 12 of Andhra Pradesh cadre, seven of Assam Meghalaya cadre, 19 of Bihar cadre, two of Chhattisgarh cadre, 17 of Gujarat cadre, six of Haryana cadre, seven of Himachal Pradesh cadre, six of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, six of Jharkhand cadre, 15 of Karnataka cadre, seven of Kerala cadre, 14 of Madhya Pradesh cadre, 12 of Maharashtra cadre, seven of Manipur Tripura cadre, three of Nagaland cadre, 13 of Orissa cadre, 12 of Punjab cadre, 10 of Rajasthan cadre, one of Sikkim cadre, eight of Tamil Nadu cadre, 21 of Uttar Pradesh cadre, four of Uttarakhand cadre and 15 of West Bengal cadre.

Nehchal Sandhu is new IB Chief
Nehchal Sandhu has taken over as new IB Chief.1973 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Sandhu has succeeded Rajiv Mathur who retired on December 31.

CBI Director's forthrightness commendable
A detailed explanation by CBI Director A. P. Singh on why the Aarushi Talwar's murder probe was closed,is highly commendable. Singh did so
while delivering a lecture at the Hyderabad located National Police Academy (NPA) in presence of 100 IPS officers.

CBI Director A. P. Singh's short shrift to Moily?
As the grapevine has it Law Minister Veerappa Moily was told by CBI Director A. P. Singh that he should not meddle in affairs of the CBI. Singh reportedly said that CBI is an independent organisation. And in case there was interference from the Minister's side then the CBI would inform the Supreme Court, Singh said.

Will Dange be Member UPSC ?
Now name of Maharastra Chief Secretary J P Dange is doing the round for the post of Member Union Public Service Commission ( UPSC ).He is 1973 batch IAS fficer.There is still one vacancy in the UPSC.

Rajiv Kher to be Additional secretary Commerce !
Rajiv Kher is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Commerce. A proposal to appoint 1980 batch UP cadre IAS officer Kher is being made this week.

Gaikwad to be Chief Secretary of Maharastra
In all prpobability Rantakar Gaikwad will replace J P Dange as Chief Secretary of Maharastra.He is 1975 batch IAS officer.

Gupta is DG Ordnance Factories
Dinesh M. Gupta has been appointed Director-General Ordnance Factories and Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board.He is 1974 batch IoFS officer.

Jha is now Joint Secretary in MHA
Radha Raman Jha will succeed 1987 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer A K Yadav as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is CSS officer.

Major IAS reshuffle in Maharastra this week
A major IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharastra this week.

DPC clears 1978 batch IRS for CCIT
DPC has cleared 1978 batch IRS officers for the promotion to the rank of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax.Names till Z S Klar have been cleared.

IA&AS officer Singh promoted
Teg Singh, Deputy Director (Ad-hoc) in the office of Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, Delhi has been promoted to the Senior Time Scale and posted as Deputy Director (AMG-I/Fin/Rep) in the same office.

Ahmad is new Secretary Border Management
Anwar Ehsan Ahmad is new Secretary Border Management in the Ministry of Home Affairs.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

R C Mishra is also DDA Vice Chairman
Additional Secretary Urban Development R C Mishra has been given additional charge of the Vice Chairman of the DDA.He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Sudhir Chandra is new CBDT Chairman
Sudhir Chandra has taken over as new CBDT Chairman on Friday.He is 1973 batch IRS officer. He has succeeded S S N Moorthy who retired yesterday.

IES officer Mukherjee empanelled as JS
1986 batch India Economic Service officer S K Mukherjee has been empanelled in Government of India as JS or equivalent under CSS.

Air Marshal N A K Browne is new Vice Chief
Ace fighter pilot Air Marshal N A K Browne has taken over as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force at the Air Headquarters here.
(We said this on October 22)

Lt Gen Parnaik is chief of Northern Command
Lieutenant General, K T Parnaik has taken over command of the prestigious Northern Command .

IAS changes in UP
Shambhu Nath Shukla will now be new commissioner Jhansi . Anup Mishra, has been given the additional charge of principal secretary, department of institutional finance.

Major IPS reshuffle in UP
Altogether 27 IPS officers were reshuffled in Uttar Pradesh.17 District Superintendents of Police have also been changed.PK Tiwari will now be IG Agra Zone. Vijay Kumar who has been posted as IG Kanpur. IG railways Chandra Prakash has been appointed as IG Gorakhpur. Brij Bhushan has been put on the waiting-list . DIG RTC Mirzapur SK Mathur has been transferred to Chitrakoot.DIG Aligarh Mukesh Babu Shukla has been made DIG/SSP Gorakhpur. He will be replaced by DIG Chitrakoot BP Tripathi. Prem Prakash has been moved to Jhansi in the same capacity. DIG/SSP Agra LV Antony Devkumar has been put on the waiting-list. Aseem Arun will move to Agra as DIG/SSP. DIG (Establishment) Lalji Shukla has been appointed as DIG/SSP Varanasi.

A. K. Bansal is ADG at the Centre
A.K. Bansal has assumed charge as ADG in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) following retirement of P.B. Gangopadhyaya who retired
by the year-end. Bansal is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Bureaucratic reshuffle on the anvil in Jharkhand
As the grapevine has it a bureaucratic reshuffle is on the anvil in Jharkhand. However, it will happen only after the ongoing session of
the state assembly gets over.

Dr.M.Sanjappa retires as Director, BSI
Dr. M. Sanjappa who was Director of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata has retired.

Dr.B.S. Corri is Additional PCCF in Kerala
Dr.B.S.Corri has been promoted as Additional PCCF in Kerala. is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Patnaik to be Vice Chairman DDA (UPDATED)
Girija Sankar Patnaik is being appointed new Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

17 civilian officers nominated for 51st NDC course (UPDATED)
Altogether 17 civilian officers have been nominated for the 51st National Defence College (NDC) course commencing from Jan 10, 2011. They are Ajay Prakash Sawhney, IAS (AP : 1984), Rajesh Verma, IAS (OR: 1987), Dinesh Bhatia, IFS (1992), Sheel Vardhan Singh, IPS (BH : 1986), Sanjay Kundu, IPS (HP : 1989), Ramesh Kumar Jha (IRSE : 1985), Mrs Anuradha Mishra ( (IRS : 1987), Mrs Anupama Anand (IRS : `1992), Mrs. Arti Bhatnagar (IDAS : 1990), Sanjeev Kishore (IOFS : 1985), P Daniel ( IDES : 1989), KSC Iyer (INAS : 1984), Pravin Kumar Mehta (DRDS : 1986), Vivek Vajpayee (Coast Guard : 1985), Ms. Anjali Pandey (RAS : 1988) and Prajandipta Mohanty (IOFS : 1987).

S. Krishnan gets a posting Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
S. Krishnan Senior Advisor to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA, on reversion to the state cadre has been posted as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes vice Md. Nasimuddin who was holding additional charge in Tamil Nadu.Both IAS officers
belong to the 1989 batch and are from thev Tamil Nadu cadre.

RTI

Inspection of records
The PIO had first given a date and time to inspect the records and then did not facilitate the inspection. The CIC held the PIO responsible for harassing an RTI applicant by first fixing a date and time for inspection and then not facilitating the same. Under section 19(8)(b) of the RTI Act, the CIC awarded a compensation of Rs. 2000/- to the applicant for the loss and humiliation suffered by him.
Comments
Before fixing an appointment, a PIO should ensure availability of records and any other requirements for inspection, lest there be a charge of dereliction of duty. A PIO must honour his commitment and abide by the responsibilities under the RTI Act.

[Mr. Rajendra Gupta v. MCD in Decision No. C/SG/A/2010/003216/10705]

- 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)

CORPORATE
Pydah is CMD of OBC
Nagesh Pydah has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).Prior to this, he was Executive Director of Punjab National Bank .
( We said this on June 7 )

Sethi is new ED of PNB
Rakesh Sethi has taken over as new Executive Director of the Punjab National Bank in place of Nagesh Pydah.
(We said this on September 3 )

Sahni appointed Director, Power Finance Corp.
Union Ministry of Power has appointed Krishna Mohan Sahni as Non-Official Part Time Independent Director on the Board of Power Finance Corporation Limited w.e.f. December 31, 2010.

Kumar's resignation accepted by Subex Board
The Board of Subex Limited has approved the resignation of Raj Kumar as the Company Secretary of the Company effective end of day December
31, 2010

Ramanathan appointed Company Secy. Subex Ltd
Ramanathan J. has been appointed as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Subex Ltd with effect from January 1, 2011.

Vanitha appointed Company Secy. CCL Products
Ms Nagulavari Vanitha has been appointed as Company Secretary of CCL
Products (India) Ltd .

Srivastava is now CVO RITES
P K Srivastava, presently working as Joint Secretary (Mission) in the Ministry of Urban Development, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES). He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Chandra gets additional charge as CMD Madras Fertilizers
The Union Government has entrusted the additional charge of the post of CMD, Madras Fertilizers Ltd to Satish Chandra, IAS Joint Secretary,
Department of Fertilizers in place of M Sagar Mathews, Director - Technical, who was holding additional charge. Satish Chandra, IAS has
assumed charge of CMD, MFL w.e.f. December 20, 2010.

FORUM
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Congrats for holding your head high: WIC & Dr Mehrotra
The year 2010 brought disgrace to many big shots & media personalities. The Whispersinthecorridors.com continued to maintain its ethical standards high even when others gave in for the charm of money or influence and specially Dr Suresh Mehrotra, the Editor-in-Chief, who proved the point that it is possible to be honest even in the most trying times. I am reminded of the famous lines of Late Dr Harivansh Rai Bacchan: "badnaam rahe ho mandir bhi, yeh to thahara madiralaya...".Practicing honesty in the Indian context is tapasyaa, sadhanaa or yog. Even then I would wish the WIC continues to serve the cause of clean administration and governance in India under the devout leadership of Dr Mehrotra. It inspires many surfers to give their best in public service, without caring for personal losses. Happy New Year to all!
M L Gupta

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. NOW TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO CLEAN THE SYSTEM

1. The best way in which corruption can be routed is by making appointments to all posts clean, transparent, logical with no arbitrary powers or vague discretionary powers in recruitment.

(a) There should be no after retirement appointments because officers tend to become sycophants & jeopardize the interests of whichever department/organization they are heading in exchange for getting extension in service or after retirement job.

(b) All posts of Consultants and Advisers held by retired bureaucrats need to be abolished at once as vested interests have invented these posts for their own benefit & these are a drain on the exchequer. Retired Officers lobby for such posts of Advisers & Consultants so that they can enjoy car with driver, government house facilities etc & go about lobbying for another extension or post. Such Officers appointed as Consultants & Advisers are an insult to the capability & competence of serving officers & raise a question mark on their efficiency & ability to take on responsibility & decide matters or is it that these serving officers are busy lobbying for a post retirement placement & thus the government has to employ consultants & Advisers to do the work?

(c) Only serving Officers should be working against all available government posts. For example there are posts of Secretary equivalent posts against which retired IAS officers are working whereas there are a large number of serving IAS Officers who have been promoted as Secretary but for want of posts continue working in same post as re-designated as Special Secretaries & searching, waiting for posts.

(d) The Chief Justice of India should retire from service & not taking any posts like Governor or NHRC Head etc. For example if the senior most judge fulfills all criteria & becomes the Chief Justice of India then the second senior most judge should become the Chairman of NHRC incase he fulfills the criteria. This will ensure the impartiality of these judges & they will not bend backwards before Ministers etc for appointments & post retirement placements like endless Commissions of Inquiries etc. For example some Committees headed by Judges were given numerous extensions & they gave their reports after 5-10-15 years much after the subject matter of Inquiry had lost relevance due to long passage of time. While the country lost by way of not getting a Report on time & being saddled by huge expenditure these retired Judges gained by retaining all facilities like personal staff & office, government accommodation, car with driver etc which expenditure runs in Crores.

(e) The incumbents holding such high position like Election Commission of India should be debarred from joining any political party or post of Minister etc because it raises a question mark on the impartiality of the incumbent while he was holding the post of Chief Election Commissioner, like has he been rewarded for toeing the line of the party in postion, did he favour particular party etc. The credibilty of such posts need to be restored.

2. A systemic review of all such posts in which bureaucrats who have outlived their utility still clinging on to positions due to their clout, sycophancy & ability to manipulate the system needs to be carried out & all those who have completed their expiry date need to be weeded out. Have you not observed retired Officers preening & prancing & trying to appear attractive & all dressed up as potential candidates for re-employment when they appear in Television debates mouthing safe inanities & trying to attract attention. If youth is to be given a chance then let serving Officers be given priority in all available post so that accountability can be ensured & responsibility fixed and it will bring to an end the time wasting pre-retirement lobbying & playing safe mentality of Officers.

LOK NATH MEHRA

The ongoing loot of public money mentioned in this forum is not confined to the telecom deptt alone.Other deptt of that ministry,Postal deptt got infected with it around the same time.Postal deptt hired govt hall of TFAI in Pragati Maidan through a private party,Wisitex Foundation in March 2ooo for holding Postech Exhibition.Finance advice was systemetially bypassed and whistleblowers tortured and punished,as per the usual practice.
Surendra

Despite Govt policy regarding 5 year tenure of US,DS and Directors in one Ministry, CS Divn is not implementing the same and rather making transfers as per their whims and fancy. Will CVC take note of this?
Nandan