What people say about us !
You can carry an IPS and IAS officer in your web. People and Journo can used it. More hit you can get.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

We have a PM who has to take permission from his High Command to take decisions!!! The situation is so bad that quite a few in the PMO joke...... even to go to the loo Mohna takes High Command's permission!! PM is supposed to be like the sun in India's power 'solar system'..... but PM Mohna is the moon who gets light from the sun and sun is Sonia Gandhi! BJP objected to Sonia becoming PM because they called her a foreigner...... hope BJP realizes that Sonia runs the Country , though indirectly..... akin to catching the ear around the neck..... so if BJP objected to her becoming PM as they said she was a foreigner then what about this alleged 'this foreigner' running the Country!!

India is ruled by Sonia Gandhi and India's PM is just a rubber stamp!!

Wherever Sonia tells him to apply PM's stamp Mohna does stamp!!

If you wonder why Jaitley does not take on PC then here is why...... he and PC are pals!! And by the way Jaitley too suffers from 'I'm the best' complex..... he too is habituated to being haughty.... though not to the extent his pal PC is!!! Sushma has built bridges with Sonia!!! Ghadkari is pally with Pawar..... so you can see why BJP often fails in being the Opposition!!

BJP fails as an Opposition because of links with Mantris and its camp wars within!!!!

They are either fighting with each other or with their UPA pals doing 'chin chin'!!

Digvijaya Singh seems to have lost it!! In Ujjain he literally indulged in a road fight with protesting BJP activists!! His trying to show that RSS is the real Terror Organization causing terror in India may get him Pakistan's highest civilian award!! This 'lying and fibbing appeasement' should be seen as an insult by Muslims........ if they can be wooed by blatant lies then it really shows them in bad light!!!!!

Sonia Madam socho..... if someone tried to befriend you with lies what would you do!!!

I'm sure you'd boo!!!!

Will Amar be questioned?????? Would be a logical outcome after his aide was arrested!!! Though Congress shows the 'cash for vote' as nothing fact is cash for vote was a slap in Democracy's face!!! A Government that was actually in a minority was able to continue in power!!! Though Amar will use the argument that if he was instrumental in manufacturing numbers for UPA then how come he was treated like a pariah by Congress post the vote of confidence????? Logically he should have been made the Deputy PM!!!

Sukh bhare dinn beete re Amar Bhaiya abh dukh aayo re!!!!!!!

Goo se mehak kaise paao ge re?????

PS......... Supriya Sule d/o Sharad Pawar, Maratha Strongman has bought swanky cars from a guy who via conning the system sold cars imported via Diplomatic route!! Of course Pawar will use his contacts in the Opposition to make this 'headline' die a premature death!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Was Jairam Ramesh asked to leave by Industry?
India Inc is the happiest lot because of the shift of Jairam Ramesh from the Environment Ministry. Many corporate had suffered unnecessarily at the hands of Ramesh even when they were complying with the rules. It is heard in industry circles that environment objections were used by Ramesh's office to cough up party funds.

Now former DGH Sibal sending stories to journos
Journalists in New Delhi covering the Oil beat are receiving stories from former Director General of Hydrocarbons Sibal clarifying that he indeed gave the right approvals for Reliance's KG basin gas. The clarification in the form of confidential papers are being given to prove that Sibal did not take any undue favors and that he was right in giving clearance for the hydrocarbon finds.

Murli Deora too calling journos
Former Oil Minister Murli Deora before demitting office called journos to say that he indeed asked for the inquiry into the alleged bungling in Reliance's KG basin block. Journos did get a phone call saying that he had asked for the inquiry into irregularities. Seems like all is not well between the uncles and nephews now.

Balwa and Goenka to be released on bail soon?
It is heard that Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka of DB Realty are soon going to be released on bail.

Will Home Minsiter RR Patil resign?
Maha Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister RR Patil are in New Delhi at Sharad Pawar's place for discussing the failure of Home Ministry's role in recent bomb blasts that had rocked Mumbai. It is understood that RR Patil may be asked to resign in wake of the failure of home ministry in containing the repeated attacks. Congress leadership under Prithviraj Chavan had earlier blamed Home Minister RR Patil who belongs to alliance party NCP for the failure to contain attacks.

Will RR Patil be asked to work for the party?
It is understood that after resigning from the post of Home Minister RR Patil may be asked to work for the party in the forthcoming Gram Sabha and other elections.

Who will be Maharashtra's new Home Minister?
Who will be Maharashtra's new Home Minister? Will it be Deputy CM Ajit Pawar or ex home minister Jayant Patil?

BUREAUCRACY

ITPO Chairman unlikely to get extension
Chairman of the ITPO Subas Pani is unlikely to get extension .Tenure of 1972 batch IAS officer Pani is coming to an end on July 31.

Tie for Joint Secretary MSME between 2 IAS officers
As the grapevine has it, there is a tie for the post of Joint Secretary MSME. They are: Dinesh Singh( IAS UP,1982 batch ) & Apurva Chandra (IAS ,Maharashtra 1988 batch).

1979 batch IAS officer Ramanujam to get ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh
R Ramanujam is being promoted to the rank of Chief Secretary in Madhya Pradesh on July 30. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

B S Patil to be Additional Solicitor General ?
Basavaprabhu S Patil (Son of Justice Shivraj Patil, Retd Supreme Court Judge) is said to be in the reckoning for appointment as Additional Solicitor General for India.

Mehrotra to be CMD of MECON India Ltd
K K Mehrotra is being tipped to be new CMD of the MECON India Ltd..He is presently Director in the same company.

GOI's Home Secretary to chair I-Day, awards/medals panel
The committee for Independence Day awards/medals will be meeting in the first week of August. The committee will be chaired by Home Secretary Government of India (GOI) R.K. Singh.

Ms. Indra Mallo Jain to go to Arunachal Pradesh
Ms. Indra Mallo Jain, an IAS of 1999 batch from the Maharashtra cadre on inter-cadre transfer, is likely to be shifted to Arunachal Pradesh. She will be the first lady IAS officer in Arunachal Pradesh.

438 cops in Punjab jails for acting tough against militants
As many as 438 police officers are still languishing in Punjab jails for having taken a stern action against militants.

Prakash is OSD to Minister Coal
Dharmendra Prakash has been appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) to Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of Coal.He is 1989 batch IFS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Oil India ushered into a new era: N.M.Borah
"Oil India Limited (OIL), the country's premier Oil Company engaged in the business of Exploration, Production and Transportation of Crude Oil and Natural Gas has been ushered into a new era. OIL is focusing on increasing its crude oil production domestically and internationally." These views were expressed by N.M.Borah the OIL's Chairman and Managing Director(CMD). Borah while sharing his vision for the OIL told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that the OIL is planning to tap the huge potential in the oil rich regions in the north eastern parts of India, it is planning to stay on course to by drilling its first well in the Shakti block in Gabon, by early 2012. In a bid to meet the nation's energy demands OIL has accelerated its exploration programme and increased its crude oil production marginally to 3.627 MMT during the year 2010-11. During the fiscal the Company has established additional hydrocarbon reserves of around 8.43MT of oil equivalent and as in the past has maintained a healthy reserve to production ratio in excess of 1.5. Six new hydrocarbon discoveries were made in 2010-11 in its areas of operation in Assam,said N.M. Borah. The Company's Gross Income during the year has increased from a level of Rs 8859 crores in 2009-10 to Rs. 9549 Crore in 2010-11. The net profit for the Company for the fiscal stands at Rs. 2888 Crore an increase of 10.62% over the previous year. This increase in net profit has been achieved in spite of having to share the under recovery burden of the oil marketing companies to the tune of Rs.3293 crores, more than double the amount shared in the previous year. The company is trying to improve upon its performance in the current financial year by way of increased production in the domestic region and making a footprint globally by way of acquisitions, noted OIL's CMD N.M.Borah.

Pakistan : Apex court orders disciplinary action against DG FIA
A three judge bench of Pakistan Supreme Court comprising of CJ Iftekhar Chowdhary, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Amir Hani Muslim has directed the federal establishment secretary to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the DG FIA for non compliance of a judicial order. The apex court had on July 7 directed that disciplinary action against Zafar Qureshi Addl DG FIA heading investigations in the notorious NICL case shall be kept suspended till further direction from the court. This order was duly communicated to the DG on July 8 but the DG left for the UK without complying with the court's order. Establishment secretary has been directed to keep the court abreast of the progress in this regard through the registrar.

Two IFS officers in Rajasthan transferred
Two IFS officers in Rajasthan transferred. While Kailash Chand Sakarwal - Conservator of Forests, M&E, Bharatpur, has been transferred as Chief Conservator of Forests, Joint Forest Management, Jaipur, Rajesh K Grover - Conservator of Forests, Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been promoted and posted as Chief Conservator of Forests, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

Three additional judges appointed in Mumbai High Court
Justice Kamalkishore Kapoorchandji Tatda, Justice Prasanna Bhalchandra Varale and Justice Shahrukh Jimi Kathawale have been appointed additional judges in Mumbai High Court.

23 Dy Commissioners of Inome Tax transferred
As many as 23 Deputy Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred. They are Sarita Kumari from Chandigarh (CCA NWR) to Kanpur (CCA UP(W)), VK Prasanth from Cochin (CCA Kerala) to DGIT (Vigilance) Delhi, Balvinder Kaur from Kanpur (CCA UP(W)) to Chandigarh (CCA NWR), Supriya Biswas from Patna(CCA Bihar) to Kolkata (CCA WB), M G Jasnani from Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat) to Pune CCA (Maharashtra), Tufail Ahmad KhanAhmedabad (CCA Gujarat) to Mumbai CCA, Sanjeev Mahajan from Kanpur (CCA UP(W) to Delhi CCA, Yogesh Kumar Sharma from Kanpur (CCA UP(W) to DGIT (Vigilance), Delhi, Sat1sh Kumar Gupta from Kanpur (CCA UP(W)) to Delhi CCA Shiv Nandan Kaul from UOP Kanpur (CCA UP(W)) to Delhi CCA, A.K. Sonkar from Chandigarh (CCA NWR) to Kanpur (CCA UP(W)), Vasanthi Ashokan from UOP Chennai to CPC Bangalore, V1jay Kumar Singh from Patna CCA to NADT, Nagpur, S. Swaminathan from Chennai CCA to NADT, Nagpur, Mayank Mishra from Jaipur (CCA Rajasthan) to Patna (CCA Bihar),Raj Singh from CPC Pune to Pune CCA (Maharashtra), Niraj Kumar from CPC Pune to Pune CCA (Maharashtra), Parikshit Singh from CPC Manesar to Chandigarh (CCA NWR), Tatung Pad1 from CPC Manesar to Chandigarh (CCA NWR), Thakur S1kgh Mapwal from CPC Pune to Pune CCA (Maharashlra), Kali Charan from CPC Manesar to Chandigarh (CCA NWR), Jibanta Kumar Das from Guwahati CCA to Kolkata (CCA WR) and Ms Shubrata Verma from Chennai CCA to DGlT .

Justice Chopra is new Chairman of Copyright Board
Justice Ramesh Chandra Chopra has been appointed as the new chairman of the Copyright Board for a period of five years.

IAS changes in TamilNadu
Rajesh Lakhoni has been appointed as additional commissioner of revenue administration, a newly created temporary post. Chandrakant B Kamble has beeen made as commissioner of fisheries .Dr B Chandramohan has been posted as commissioner of labour .R Vasuki has been transferred and posted as joint secretary, agriculture .

IPS postings in TamilNadu
Salem DIG G Venkataraman has been appointed DIG DVAC,Chennai .N Z Asiammal has been posted as SP vigilance and anticorruption,western range.C Maheswari has been posted as SP, vigilance and anti-corruption,southern range.

1974 batch IPS officer dies
Director General of Police (Prisons) in Himachal Pradesh Sohan Singh has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 1974 batch IPS officer.

IAS officer wins case in CAT
1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre J S Rana has won the case in CAT against the state government's refusal to give him voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) .

IRS officer Hemant Mittal passes away
Hemant Mittal, IRS 1982, Custom and Central Excise, presently posted as Collector of Central Excise and Service Tax, Haryana at Panchkula, breathed his last on 17-7-2011 after a prolonged illness. He was rated a very bright and honest officer. He was earlier in IPS in 1980 batch.

35 GMs in SBI appearing for interviews for the post of CGM (UPDATED)
Altogether, 35 General Managers in the State Bank of India are appearing for interviews for promotions to the grade of CGM in top Executive Grade Special Scale - 1 . The interviews would be conducted for two days from July 21.

12 GMs in SBI to face interview for the post of CGM on July 21(UPDATED)
As many as 12 General Managers in the State Bank of India would face interviews for promotion to the post of Chief General manager (in top Executive Grade Special Scale - 1 ) on July 21. They are Shriram Bhaskar Bejalwar, Supriyo Kumar Chaudhuri, Mrs. Swati Desai, RJ, Ghatey, Riten Chinmoy Ghose, Ranjit Goswami, Praveen Kumar Gupta, N Jambunathan, Mrs. Jyotsna Madhu jamkhandi, R. Karthikeyan, N. Krishnamachari and Nihal Suddir Kujur.

23 GMs in SBI to face interview for the post of CGM on July 22(UPDATED)
As many as 23 General Managers in the State Bank of India would face interviews for promotion to the post of Chief General manager (in top Executive Grade Special Scale - 1 ) on July 22. They are Rajnish Kumar, Parveen Kumar malhotra, VG Mathew, Ashwani Mehra, Rajeev nandan Mehra, Dr. J N Misra, D Mozumdar, Mrs. Usha R Nair, Manmohan Pathak, S Rajan, Raman Chinnaiyan, S A Ramesh Rangan, Ms. Deepti Sahai, Salil Kant Saran, Ms. Sasikala Varadachari, Rajeev Kumar Seth, Mrinal Shankar, Rakesh Sharma, R Ganapathy Subramaniam, Sanjay Wasantrao Tanksale, K Venugopal, K P Venugopalan and Vishvesh Ramamoorthy.

Usha Ananthasubramanian takes over as ED of PNB (UPDATED)
Usha Ananthasubramanian has taken over as new Executive Director of the Punjab National Bank (PNB)
(We said this on June 13 )

IT commissioner Bisht posted as OSD in Lucknow (UPDATED)
IT commissioner BPS Bisht has been, on completion of his study leave, posted as OSD in the office of the CCIT (CCA) Lucknow.

DDIT Nageshwara gets voluntary retirement(UPDATED)
Deputy Director of Income Tax, Mumbai, VVR Nageshwara has been granted voluntary retirement. He stands retired from his services with immediate effect. IT

IT commissioner Sehgal gets voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
IT commissioner Delhi XVI, New Delhi, VK Sehgal, has been granted voluntary retirement. He will retire from his services with effect from August 1, 2011.

ACIT Banwari gets voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Ujjain, G L Banwari, has been granted voluntary retirement. He stands retired from his services with immediate effect.

R.S. Gujral appointed Finance Secretary (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of R.S. Gujral, IAS (HY:76), Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance as Finance Secretary and Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

SAIL excels in official language implementation (UPDATED)
SAIL's Director (Pers.), BB Singh receiving award from SAIL Chairman, CS Verma & Secretary (OL), GoI, Ms Veena Upadhyay in the presence of ED (P&A) B Dhal at a programme organised by Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Delhi at SCOPE Auditorium New Delhi.

CORPORATE

Rupert Murdoch may step down as CEO ,News Corp
As the grapevine has it media baron Rupert Murdoch is considering to step down as CEO of News Corp .

New Directorate of Corporate Affairs Ministry
Corporate Affairs has constituted a new South Eastern Regional Directorate with its headquarters in Hyderabad for the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Srivatsa is now Group President of Yes Bank
Rajagopal Srivatsa has been appointed by the Yes Bank as Group President - Liability Management and Transaction Banking.

CBI raids on SpiceJet
The CBI has raided the offices of SpiceJet, owned by Kalanidhi Maran, in Chennai.

CBI raids on Paramount Group
CBI raided the office of the Paramount Group and residence of Paramount Airways MD.

Burman appointed Addl. Director, Future Ventures India Ltd
Future Ventures India Limited has appointed Gaurav Burman as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. July 16, 2011.

Palav appointed Senior Creative Director, Onads Communications
Milind Palav has been appointed as Senior Creative Director, Onads Communications. He moves from McCann Erickson.

Agarwal resigns as Company Secy. CIL Nova Petrochemicals Ltd
Ms. Payal Agarwal has resigned as Company Secretary of CIL Nova Petrochemicals Ltd w.e.f June 11, 2011.

Shah appointed as Company Secy. CIL Nova Petrochemicals Ltd
Romin Nileshkumar Shah had been appointed as Company Secretary of CIL Nova Petrochemicals Ltd .

Pattanaik appointed Alternate Director, Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd has appointed S K Pattanaik as an Alternate Director to Alex Amrein with effect from July 16, 2011.

Sharma appointed as Non Exec. Director, Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd
Ram Sharma has been appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director on the Board of Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd .

Infosys Ltd announces members for its new Exec. Council
Infosys Ltd has announced its new Executive Council . Prominent members on the Council include S. 'Kris' Gopalakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director; S.D. Shibulal, Chief Operating Officer, and Srinath Batni, Director and Head - Delivery Excellence.

Sharma resigns as COO, Jagran Solutions
Ambika Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Jagran Solution has resigned from the Dainik Jagran Group. She joined Jagran Prakashan Limited in April 2005 and started Jagran Solutions, as an agency specialising in activations.

Bender appointed CMO, Evolva Holding SA
Evolva Holding SA has appointed Norbert Bender, as its Chief Medical Officer with immediate effect.

Iyer appointed CEO, Shantha Biotechnics Ltd
Dr Harish Iyer has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Shantha Biotechnics Ltd with effect from June 13, 2011.

Mankad appointed CEO, Seven Hill Hospital, Mumbai
Dr Pankaj S Mankad, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seven Hill Hospital, Mumbai.

Mani appointed COO, Madison Media Infinity, Bangalore
Madison Media has appointed V S Mani as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Madison Media Infinity, Bangalore.

Roy appointed ED, National Housing Bank
National Housing Bank (NHB) has appointed Arnab Roy as Executive Director.

Survey by Govt. / SCOPE

A survey needs to be done to find out the condition of public sector employees who retired say 10 years ago or more. Then some necessary steps can be taken as required to mitigate their plight. A comparison can also be made with the retired government employees of same era as the government controls retirement benefits of both.

Mani

Stop post retirement assignments

SD appears to be happy to retire. However there are persons who may like to remain engaged after retirement also. But post retirement assignments in government has become some kind of dole by Ministers. This should stop and there should be transparency.

B Kumar

Is it democracy ?

What does one call a state which does not care about its citizens and does not even bother about its hapless citizens when they are being killed by terrorists from across the border? It is an amoral state. The ruling class has lost its moral bearings. Is this what the democratic experiment in India was destined for?

A K Singh

Pandey 's tenure as Cabinet Secretary was disastrous

Kamal Pandey 's tenure as Cabinet Secretary was disastrous as he was politically motivated , vindictive, lacked humaneness and the will to support honest and sincere officers. Wish that AK Seth is not in the same mould.

SS

Senior Chief Commissioners a demoralised lot

The senior Chief Commissioners of CBEC and CBDT are currently a demoralised lot. All the senior Chief Commissioners are relegated to side postings and important postings are given to junior Chief Commissioners. Strange are the ways of these Boards.

Vijay Kumar

SK Roongta is renowned name in India. His contribution towards Indian steel industry is really great. As CMD SAIL, he will always be respected in the country. His resignation from the board of Axis Bank is not a good signal. It seems the things are not moving in right direction in Axis Bank. The management of Axis Bank must explain.

Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta , MP

Contributions to "Sri Sai Baba Super Spirituality Hospital Trust"

The copies of all the "Periodical Returns" furnishing the details of "Foreign Contributions filed by "Sri Sai Baba Super Spirituality Hospital Trust" and the details of all the "Bank Accounts" operated by the Trust were denied u/s 8(1)(j) and 8(1)(e) based on objections of the third party. It was informed that the documents related to the
show cause notices issued and their replies after granting the registration under Foreign Contributions Regulatory Act, 1976 to the Trust could not be provided as they have been destroyed. The CIC held that u/s 12 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules 2011, summary data of receipts and utilisation of foreign contribution in excess of one crore rupees in a financial year is required to be kept in the public domain. The CIC further directed the PIO to furnish the relevant Rules/ order under which the records have been destroyed.

Comments

Contrary to popular beliefs, the RTI Act is applicable not only to the governmental organisations, but also to NGO's which are substantially financed by the government. Further, the documents submitted by any private organisation in compliance of a regulatory requirement can be sought under the RTI Act. All records available with the public authority can be destroyed only as per the rules.

Atul Gulati v. Ministry of Home Affairs in CIC/SS/A/2011/000454

- 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)